cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/36033796

Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data.

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    8 hours ago

    Other countries should just stop tourists from the USA from entering - the damn place is a biohazard at this point.

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      58 minutes ago

      Hey, you’re a genius! Let’s look at a list of all countries with measles outbreaks and restrict all their citizens from travel!

      Oh no, there is sub-optimal measles vaccination coverage across the EU/EEA! Oh no, Yemen, India, Pakistan, the Russian Federation, Canada, Mexico!

      I don’t know what country you live in, Mr. Genius, but for your sake I hope it’s North Korea so you can be isolated from the rest of civilization.

      https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-events/measles-rise-again-europe-time-check-your-vaccination-status#%3A~%3Atext=Data+on+measles+cases+in%2Cduring+the+spring+of+2025.

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      7 hours ago

      You think that the people rooting for this are world travelers? What’s really strange is I just did an Uber ride for a couple from the Netherlands that came to visit center of nowhere.

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        6 hours ago

        You think that the people rooting for this are world travelers?

        I don’t care if the guy spreading measles voted D or R. I care that he’s spreading measles.

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          5 hours ago

          Democrats still believe in science and get their family vaccinated. But nice attempt to BOTH SIDES!!! the issue, cretin.

          Or maybe you just don’t understand how disease and infection works? Highly likely.

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            26 minutes ago

            Dude is using multiple accounts to artificially get some credits (votes)

            Don’t respond to them and you should block them.

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            5 hours ago

            Wow, you sure have a short fuse, buddy. Shame your aim is all over the place.

            Now read this and this, then come back and tell me:

            1. how Democrats’ belief in science helps them when the whole country becomes infested, and
            2. you’re sorry for calling me names for completely failing to understand what I wrote.
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              5 hours ago

              Thanks for proving with your links about herd immunity and asymptomatic carriers that you have no real idea how disease and infection works. You are literally saying you think vaccinated people visiting a place with vaccinated people will create a pandemic. I guess you don’t believe vaccinations really work?

              You’re a genius!

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                4 hours ago

                FFS, mate…

                Vaccinated people aren’t 100% immune. Vaccinated people CAN be the transfer vessel for viruses. AND not everybody CAN get vaccinated.

                Like, if you took your head out of your arse for one minute to read what I’m actually writing, you’d realise that you’re barking up the wrong tree.

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                  1 hour ago

                  Bruh. Did I say vaccinated people are 100% immune? Nope! But it’s a beautiful world of straw you live in! Hey, when there is a measles outbreak, do you think it’s going to run rampant in communities where the majority of people vaccinate their children, or is it going to run rampant in the communities where people don’t vaccinate at all? Do you know why that is, because that’s how fricken vaccines work. Before I get a flu vaccine, do I ask myself, GARSH, DID EVERYONE GET A FLU VACCINE I SURE HOPE SO!!

                  Why do you think that is, hm? Gosh, that’s right, because that is what vaccinations do! For some stupid reason you wanted to make it into some political, anti-Democrats, anti-US thing to punish us all for a group of ignorant Republicans. Here’s a simple solution, if you are a country worried about measles: require people traveling to your country to be vaccinated.

                  Do you even know the top 10 countries with measles outbreaks? Did you know Yemen leads the list? Did you know India, Pakistan, Russia, Canada and Mexico are on the list? You better start calling your government and demanding to restrict your borders! Idiot.