Will you get the Covid Vaccine?

[MU82]

Arkansas jail inmates settle lawsuit with doctor who prescribed them ivermectin for COVID-19

https://apnews.com/article/arkansas-jail-inmates-ivermectin-lawsuit-settlement-bc1b8569c6625800ad8dc9d817754348

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Five former inmates at an Arkansas county jail have settled their lawsuit against a doctor who they said gave them the antiparasitic drug ivermectin to fight COVID-19 without their consent.

A federal judge last week dismissed the 2022 lawsuit against Dr. Robert Karas, who was the doctor for the Washington County jail and had administered the drug to treat COVID, citing the settlement.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved ivermectin for use by people and animals for some parasitic worms, head lice and skin conditions. The FDA has not approved its use in treating or preventing COVID-19 in humans. According to the FDA, side effects for the drug include skin rash, nausea and vomiting.

[tower912]

Just did.  Awaiting the zombification.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Just did.  Awaiting the zombification.

You should be OK.  You missed the national test of the emergency broadcast system.

[tower912]

I meant watching Fox News, but yeah, that phone thing.

[Not all scoop users are created equal apparently]

Encouraging statistics

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-new-evidence-confirms-covid-19-vaccines-are-overwhelmingly-safe/

[MU82]

Legal child abuse:

The percentage of kindergartners whose parents opted them out of state-required childhood vaccinations rose to the highest level yet during the 2022-2023 school year, according to federal data released Thursday. The numbers mark a continued drop in routine immunization that increases the risk for highly contagious diseases, such as measles, to spread.

The report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention underscored the coronavirus pandemic's impact on routine immunization rates and the lingering consequences for school-age children.

The United States has experienced several measles outbreaks in recent years in communities where vaccination rates have been low. Last fall, a measles outbreak in Columbus, Ohio, mostly involved children who were old enough to get the shots but whose parents chose not to have them vaccinated, health officials said. It was the country's largest outbreak of the highly infectious pathogen last year.

All states and the District of Columbia require schoolchildren to be vaccinated against certain diseases, including measles, whooping cough and polio. They must report yearly data to the CDC on the number of children in kindergarten who meet those requirements or who receive exemptions. All states grant exemptions based on medical reasons; a growing number also allow religious or philosophical exemptions.

The overall percentage of children with a vaccination exemption increased from 2.6 percent during the 2021-2022 school year to 3 percent in 2022-2023, the highest exemption rate ever reported in the United States. The data includes estimated vaccination coverage for about 3.8 million public and private school kindergartners.

The report's authors said they did not assess why there is a continued drop in vaccination coverage. "It is not clear whether this reflects a true increase in opposition to vaccination, or if parents are opting for nonmedical exemptions because of barriers to vaccination or out of convenience," the report said.

But even before the pandemic, more parents in an increasing number of states opted their children out of required immunizations because of vaccine hesitancy and anti-vaccine sentiment, according to data and experts. The pandemic magnified those concerns because of controversies and politicization around coronavirus vaccines and school vaccine mandates.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2023/11/09/kindergarten-vaccine-exemptions-cdc-data/?utm_campaign=wp_the7&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_the7

[Uncle Rico]

Legal child abuse:

The percentage of kindergartners whose parents opted them out of state-required childhood vaccinations rose to the highest level yet during the 2022-2023 school year, according to federal data released Thursday. The numbers mark a continued drop in routine immunization that increases the risk for highly contagious diseases, such as measles, to spread.

The report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention underscored the coronavirus pandemic's impact on routine immunization rates and the lingering consequences for school-age children.

The United States has experienced several measles outbreaks in recent years in communities where vaccination rates have been low. Last fall, a measles outbreak in Columbus, Ohio, mostly involved children who were old enough to get the shots but whose parents chose not to have them vaccinated, health officials said. It was the country's largest outbreak of the highly infectious pathogen last year.

All states and the District of Columbia require schoolchildren to be vaccinated against certain diseases, including measles, whooping cough and polio. They must report yearly data to the CDC on the number of children in kindergarten who meet those requirements or who receive exemptions. All states grant exemptions based on medical reasons; a growing number also allow religious or philosophical exemptions.

The overall percentage of children with a vaccination exemption increased from 2.6 percent during the 2021-2022 school year to 3 percent in 2022-2023, the highest exemption rate ever reported in the United States. The data includes estimated vaccination coverage for about 3.8 million public and private school kindergartners.

The report's authors said they did not assess why there is a continued drop in vaccination coverage. "It is not clear whether this reflects a true increase in opposition to vaccination, or if parents are opting for nonmedical exemptions because of barriers to vaccination or out of convenience," the report said.

But even before the pandemic, more parents in an increasing number of states opted their children out of required immunizations because of vaccine hesitancy and anti-vaccine sentiment, according to data and experts. The pandemic magnified those concerns because of controversies and politicization around coronavirus vaccines and school vaccine mandates.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2023/11/09/kindergarten-vaccine-exemptions-cdc-data/?utm_campaign=wp_the7&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_the7

Maybe they're taking ivermectin

[Pakuni]

If I want to expose my child - and any child near my child - to a potentially life-changing or life-ending illness, that's my parental right.

[MU82]

As long as we ban books about life-ending illnesses, all will be OK.

[BrewCity83]

If I want to expose my child - and any child near my child - to a potentially life-changing or life-ending illness, that's my parental right.

Better to hide your child under the bed forever so they are safe.  You are exposing your child "to a potentially life-changing or life-ending illness" every time they set foot outside your home.  There are germs everywhere and you can't avoid them.

[MU82]

Better to hide your child under the bed forever so they are safe.  You are exposing your child "to a potentially life-changing or life-ending illness" every time they set foot outside your home.  There are germs everywhere and you can't avoid them.

When I'm really sick, I'm just gonna sneeze right in others' faces. After all, there are germs everywhere, and people can't avoid them.

[BrewCity83]

You will get punched in the face for that.

[MU82]

A parent who is willing to let his or her kid catch easily preventable diseases and who puts other kids at risk for the same deserves to get punched in the face.

[Uncle Rico]

The human race nearly eradicates diseases that kill children and can be easily spread amongst children

21st Century Americans: "I listen to Joe Rogan and quacks like RFK, Jr." and reject your proven science

[BrewCity83]

A parent who is willing to let his or her kid catch easily preventable diseases and who puts other kids at risk for the same deserves to get punched in the face.

But if those other kids are vaccinated, aren't they protected from this easily preventable disease?

[The Sultan]

But if those other kids are vaccinated, aren't they protected from this easily preventable disease?

Depends on the disease.

[Pakuni]

Better to hide your child under the bed forever so they are safe.  You are exposing your child "to a potentially life-changing or life-ending illness" every time they set foot outside your home.  There are germs everywhere and you can't avoid them.

This is a bad take and you should feel bad for writing this.

[JWags85]

And this is where the COVID Vax hesitation people lose their plausible deniability from the anti-vax whackos.  But using mildly reasonable COVID vaccines concerns as a gateway drug into full on vaccine skepticism.  SHEESH.

Not doing a COVID vax for your non-risk factor child?  Fine by me.  Also opting out of MMR or Polio or Smallpox because you've had "your eyes opened" to vaccines?  FOH

[Not all scoop users are created equal apparently]

And this is where the COVID Vax hesitation people lose their plausible deniability from the anti-vax whackos.  But using mildly reasonable COVID vaccines concerns as a gateway drug into full on vaccine skepticism.  SHEESH.

Not doing a COVID vax for your non-risk factor child?  Fine by me.  Also opting out of MMR or Polio or Smallpox because you've had "your eyes opened" to vaccines?  FOH

Freedom shouldn't include the ability to hurt other people's lives.

Covid really put Dunning Krueger into overdrive

[BrewCity83]

https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking/dunning-kruger-effect-probably-not-real

[TSmith34, Inc.]

But if those other kids are vaccinated, aren't they protected from this easily preventable disease?

Stop signs: as long as other people stop at them they should be just fine.

[BrewCity83]

Stop signs: as long as other people stop at them they should be just fine.

That doesn't even make sense.  If my kid is vaccinated with a vaccine that protects him/her from a disease, why should I care if your kid is vaccinated?  Your kid is no danger to my vaccinated kid.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

That doesn't even make sense.  If my kid is vaccinated with a vaccine that protects him/her from a disease, why should I care if your kid is vaccinated?  Your kid is no danger to my vaccinated kid.

As long as I stop at stop signs, why should I care if you barrel through them?

[Pakuni]

That doesn't even make sense.  If my kid is vaccinated with a vaccine that protects him/her from a disease, why should I care if your kid is vaccinated?  Your kid is no danger to my vaccinated kid.

The pro-smallpox and polio faction of Scoop weighs in.

[BrewCity83]

The pro-smallpox and polio faction of Scoop weighs in.

LOL.