HIS DAUGHTER WAS AMERICA’S FIRST MEASLES DEATH IN A DECADE A visit with a family in mourning. An outbreak—even one this big—should not have come as a surprise. Vaccination rates have dipped in many states, including Texas, since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. (The Atlantic)
We are a sad sack of a nation when we have the education, information, understanding, facts, and science to demonstrate how to eradicate measles but lack the strategy to implement that knowledge. We are a nation where way too many regard the Fetus or Zygote in the womb with more respect than we do the baby born from the womb.
In Gaines County, where Seminole is located, the measles-vaccination rate among kindergartners is just 82 percent, well short of the estimated 95 percent threshold for maintaining herd immunity. Even that alarming figure would appear to undersell the local problem. Many children from the county’s Mennonite community, which numbers in the thousands, are unvaccinated, but they won’t get picked up in state tallies, because they are either homeschooled or enrolled in nonaccredited private schools, which are not required to collect such data. (The Atlantic)
When do we actually hold parents accountable for their pre-mediated murder actions regarding the health and safety of their children? What is the value of having accredited schools when, in fact, we permit charlatans, snake oil salespeople, and con artists to operate institutes of learning? Why is it the government feels free to act as judge and jury regarding abortion, trans kids, and gender assignment but feigns any responsibility regarding just how of a full life any and all those children will live?
