Marjorie Taylor Greene, a prominent Republican congresswoman and a staunch ally of Trump, suggested a return to “measles parties” for children. She criticized contemporary attitudes towards vaccination, stating, “Now, they demonize parents who refuse to vaccinate their kids.”

  • theneverfox@pawb.social
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    3 days ago

    She’s surely vaccinated though… Because until recently it was required, and the vaccine is like 97% effective

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      3 days ago

      Still it would force her to see up close how the disease affects her constuents rather than allow her to pontificate from her office chair

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          2 days ago

          Let her. It’ll keep her oblivious to the viral mutations that will ping pong off her people until it overcomes her resistance

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            1 day ago

            Yeah, that’s not really how that works… Coronaviruses are particularly quick to evolve, and that’s still with tens of millions of cases. Immunity is immunity, if your body knows how to fight it it’s barely going to chip at your defenses