Some private schools have shut down because of a rapidly escalating measles outbreak in West Texas. Local health departments are overstretched, pausing other important work as they race to limit the spread of this highly contagious virus.

  • SarcasticMan@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Thank God they aren’t vaccinated. Could you imagine if they had measles and vaccination side effects? By golly, these kids are lucky, I tell you what.

    I have spent my entire adult life fighting this special brand of stupidity and hate here in Texas. I am tired, frustrated, angry, heartbroken, and more and more disillusioned in the core populous of my state. I will keep fighting these pitched battles in this rigged war in the hope that one day we can cast off this yoke of hate and greed that has dragged Texas so far down into the mud.

    Hi ho

    Here I am again pissing in the wind and wondering why I’m covered in piss.

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      18 hours ago

      Much respect.

      Sometimes I imagine a counterfactual history where good people just abandoned those red states for purple ones in unison just before a census. A progressive gerrymandering of the Electoral College + House + Senate all at once.

      Even just one cycle of that would have jerked the Overton window significantly left…