US measles cases pass 2,000 this year as outbreak nears worst in decades | US news | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/10/measles-us-spike

"Outbreak driven by falling vaccination and misinformation as federal public health cuts hamper state response"

#Measles #Antivax #Health #RightWing

US measles cases pass 2,000 as outbreak nears worst in decades

Outbreak driven by falling vaccination and misinformation as federal public health cuts hamper state response

The Guardian
When we #childfree hear about #antivax parents & crunchy parents feeding their kids #rawmilk, the whole bingo argument of "who will take care you when you're older" is laughable when our counter argument is "will your child live to adulthood" and if they do, "WILL they WANT to take care of you for putting their life at risk".
#badparenting

Major posts are vacant.🚨Waves of scientists are gone. Ebola looms.

“If the CEO🚨lacked deep expertise in the company’s business & the leaders of its most important divisions were missing, investors would revolt."

#RFKJr🚨has demonstrated little interest in managing his dept as he focuses on food & vaccine policies. He’s received few briefings about #ebola from #CDC scientists. He mismanages #HHS &💔imperils Americans, esp #children.

#Vaccines #AntiVax #Health #USPol
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/us/politics/ebola-vaccines-kennedy-health-department.html?unlocked_article_code=1.oVA.zaa-.qj3lRC4Y-6Dj&smid=url-share

RFK Jr. Appears Disengaged on Many Health Department Matters Beyond Vaccines

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has demonstrated little interest in managing his sprawling department as he focuses on food and vaccine policies, according to colleagues.

The New York Times

Anti-Vax #Dating Apps Are Going IRL. People Are Mad as Hell About It

Unjected and #PureBlood.Dating are hosting in-person meetups—and have transformed the dating landscape into a #political battleground over bodily autonomy.
#antivax #vaccines

https://www.wired.com/story/anti-vax-dating-apps-are-going-irl-people-are-mad-as-hell-about-it/

Anti-Vax Dating Apps Are Going IRL. People Are Mad as Hell About It

Unjected and PureBlood.Dating are hosting in-person meetups—and have transformed the dating landscape into a political battleground over bodily autonomy.

WIRED
Hospitals See Diseases Resurge as Vaccinations Decline

Doctors nationwide are encountering more children with whooping cough, bacterial infections and other serious illnesses, as well as more adults refusing tetanus shots.

The New York Times

Grifters, cynics, and true believers: The family tree of #vaccine opponents

Stanley Plotkin, 93, was instrumental in developing a number of #vaccines over the course of his career. He recently said that he’s “beginning to regret having lived so long—because we’re going downhill.” How could we possibly have gotten here?

Maybe we’ve always been here. It turns out that the anti-vaccine arguments currently flooding the Internet have been around for as long as vaccines have.
#maha #antivax

https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/05/grifters-cynics-and-true-believers-the-family-tree-of-vaccine-opponents/

Grifters, cynics, and true believers: The family tree of vaccine opponents

A new book looks into the long history of people who have opposed vaccines.

Ars Technica

One of the copy-and-paste #antivax talking points is that #polio was caused by #DDT. For everyone repeating this vile lie:

My grandmother was a polio survivor. She caught the disease in childhood, before DDT was in use as a pesticide. When I was a small child, she could walk, sort of, with crutches. By the time I was in high school, she was wheelchair-bound, as she would be for the rest of her life.

Consider this an engraved, gold-plated, personally delivered invitation to go fuck yourselves.