A lot of people coming over unvaccinated from poorer countries, it’s not just the “anti-vaxxers” fault. Just look at France, recently they were saying there were too many cases of SCURVY there… Scurvy… How is that even possible nowadays
Edit: yes I know how scurvy works, i cant explain my comment to you if you didn’t understand it
“Well it’s not eradicated in my house!”
Measles has been on the uptick lately. Might have something to do with that numpty belief that vaccines cause autism.
Where was this poster? Never seen it before
Looks like it’s more people travelling back and forth between Ireland and countries where measles is prevalent.
> From 2020-2023, most confirmed cases reported recent travel to countries where outbreaks were ongoing. In 2024, there has been a rise in the number of confirmed measles cases. Small outbreaks with person to person measles transmission are also being reported.
Immunity can also wane as you get older so even vaccinated people can get measles. Often we’re only checking the antibody titre on request before we consider getting pregnant so even with the best intentions we might be walking around with limited immunity.
It can be traced back to when the antivaxx paper by Andrew Wakefield gained prominence, all of those kids who didn’t get the MMR are all of college age now.
Anivaxxers, the gift that keeps on giving..
When I was a student in UCD in the 00s and early teens – every year usually spring/summer the UCD medicine section and science section had mumps and measils outbreaks. We’d get email notifications. It was international students and medical students working in the hospitals were the causes identified. It’s nothing new
Some people have decided to take medical advice for their kids from unemployed losers on the internet. Crazy bastards.
I got a new family doctor a couple of years back.
He ran a blood panel on me and found that I didn’t have immunity to one of the MMR vaccine covered illnesses.
I was vaccinated as a kid, but I guess in the 90s they only did single doses. So in my 30s I had to get to two shots again.
My handyman/builder… an actual science graduate. Hasn’t vaccinated his two young daughters, believes the 15 minute city conspiracy theory, and believes that governments control the weather. I have to bite my tongue so *much*! But available handymen/builders are as rare as hens’ teeth, so I need to not antagonise him with facts…
My son will be getting the first injection next week. I’m dreading how uncomfortable he’ll be but it’s the right thing to do.
state of that URL at the bottom. no one is typing that out
I always laugh at the idiot anti-vaxxers they happily take other meds etc but balk at vaccines for stupid reasons like claiming oh big pharma this and that, sure dude you keep saying that while you pop paracetamol made by the same company.
Those silhouettes look like they’re going to break into the YMCA dance routine….
I got the vaccine twice as a kid in the 80s and 90s, I got both measles and rubella as a teen in the late 90s. I got measles again in the 2010s as an adult. I got another round of mmr vaccine in 2020 during my first pregnancy, because I somehow had no immunity despite the massive amount of exposure and vaccines I got.
Finally now I have immunity. I’m an outlier though, most people dont take as long to develop immunity. My sweet boy will get all his shots on time when he gets here. As will his dad.
I know people who work in healthcare who believe that vaccines cause autism.
They are 100% wrong of course, but if they can be persuaded by shite on the internet, then what hope do general dopes in society have?
I remember posters like these in my first year in college in September 2008 so it’s not that new. I specifically remember because I go a really bad dose of the flu (my only “real” flu to my knowledge!) and was pure freaked at the thought it could be measles. As far as I remember the colleges put these up every September and January as there’s usually a spike in illnesses when term restarts.
Anti-vax stuff is crazy and I’m 100% pro-vaccine but just pointing out that these campaigns are rolled out this time every year for literally decades now.
They need to start disallowing kids enroll into schools with no vaccines. If they don’t want to take part in society they should suffer the consequences of their choices.
It’s an embarrassment that we’re back here and just demonstrates how hard of thinking so many people are.
As a real eye opener, here’s what can happen when measles is allowed to take hold, with a cameo appearance from the presumptive nominee for United States Secretary of Health and Human Services:
In 2024 the number of cases of Whooping Cough surged from 18 in 2023 to over 600.
We’re entering the coolzone again for disease through sheer ignorance.
Children’s allowance shouldn’t be given to parents that don’t get their kids vaccinated.
At 12 Months you get the vaccine for Meningococcal B, now as part of the national rollout..
my kid was born before the public rollout, didn’t even know of such untill i saw this aricle that scared the shit out of me and the first thing i did was booked for them to get a vaccine privately at the time i paid i think 380euro but better to be safe then sorry
I didn’t receive the MMR as a child and, though I knew I was missing some vaccinations, didn’t get around to it as an adult before contracting measles myself last year. It was dreadful! I’m fairly healthy otherwise but I ended up in the hospital for 3 or 4 nights. At first I thought I had a chest infection or flu, but after a few days I was coughing so much I vomited. I was starting to develop a rash, and by the time I made it to the hospital it had spread from my neck to my feet in just a few hours. I had low blood pressure, oxygen in the low 90s, a fever and a racing heart. I was seriously unwell and was hooked up to oxygen and IVs for my whole stay in hospital. I did not end up in ICU but it was looking likely at one point. I developed pneumonia which really messed my lungs up. Obviously once I was diagnosed with measles I was isolated, but it is one of the most contagious viruses. My housemate caught it from me but thankfully he was vaccinated and did not get as ill as I did. God knows how many people I passed it on to unknowingly. My skin was also extremely dry for a few weeks. I was given a massive pot of some paraffin moisturiser. There was much slathering. I also got an unrelated oral infection due to my wisdom teeth at the same time. I could barely chew. It took a couple of months to return to my normal weight. After I recovered I got the MMR. I was immune to measles following my infection, but was still vulnerable to mumps and rubella. I was quite angry with my parents after the whole experience, but at the end of the day, I was an adult and had neglected to pursue vaccination myself. My parents were well intentioned but fell for fear mongering. I don’t believe anyone who does not vaccinate their kids makes that choice thinking it will cause their child or others harm.
I’d recommend people who would have been born in the 90s or so to check their vaccine schedule with their [local health board ](https://www.hse.ie/eng/health/immunisation/whoweare/requestrecord.html)(your GP might also have them) , I grew up in the era of vaccine fear that my parents got bought in by, luckily my college was running an MMR clinic around the time I said I should probably act on this, but GPs can too
Young lad has an awful dose since Friday, all of the symptoms above except for the spots/rash.
Pretty sure it’s the flu as that’s doing the rounds in the creche at the minute.
Poor fucker is only just after finishing up his bout of Chickenpox over Christmas!
In addition to the anti-vax idiots there are people coming to live here who don’t have the same vaccinations that are available here. A program to get immigrants vaccinated would be great.
Most people my age born 77 got measles, MMR given after 78. So age 4/47 will have had vaccine.
Please, please vaccinate yourselves and your kids. Vaccines won’t turn you into a 5G mast, but measles will put you at great risk of dying, and just generally make you terribly sick.
Unfortunately, I think aggressively educating people about vaccines and diseases will forever be necessary and we became complacent about it.
Vaccine hesitancy in Ukraine could also be contributory?
I think in eastern Europe the USSR didn’t help with medical confidence.
It’s mental, people are just fucking toxic
Fucking idiots not getting their kids vaccinated. They should get taken off you if you don’t do it. It’s child abuse.
This scares me so much because my baby is too young to get the vaccine, chicken pox is apparently making the rounds too, which can also be horrendous.
We should tell antivaxers that cigarettes cure measles and they should make sure to smoke 40 a day to own the woke lefties!
What I can’t understand is why Ireland does not offer the BCG vaccine, even if buying on private.
I understand that TB rates in Ireland are almost non-existent, but considering the number of people from all around the world who enter this country daily, it is crazy for me that they do not offer it at all.
It’s not just anti vax, I had the MMR in primary school and found out while I was pregnant I wasn’t immune. I had to get the vaccination again after my daughter was born
I was born in Ireland in 1963 and lived there till 1975. Are my vaccinations okay?
I actually had measles 3 years ago. My ma didn’t get me vaxxed as at the time they were saying it was linked to autism or something at the time. Measles is something you DO NOT ever want.
Half of my face swelled up, I had blurry vision and was so so sick for weeks. Highly Recommend getting the MMR as I was lucky to get no longer lasting side effects.
I worked, for a while, in a hospital in Southern Africa, and ocassionally used to have to go and get blood from kids in the Infectious diseases unit. Anyone against the measles vaccine has never had to deal with kids who are blind, or have severe neurologicl issues because of the virus. Seriously, it can be far, far worse than ” a few spots”.
Theres no point in wasting money on advert space. Put the science juice into tranquilliser darts and fire them at antivax protests.
Problem solved
I saw one for Scurvy prevention the other day.
Even if vaccines caused autism, I would still vaccinate. How can so many underestimate the impact of these deseases?
When a society starts deifying MMA fighters, social media nobodies and gymfluencers over intellectuals this is the result.
My understanding is the main problem with vaccines is that we all need to take for it to really be effective. It’s a real challenge for mass migration across populations with varying levels of vaccine coverage.
I don’t have the words to describe how I feel about people that don’t vaccinate against polio, measles, mumps and rubella at the very least.
Its not that they are necessarily stupid, but I think they have terribly weak minds. Like, to let a proven lie dictate your decision making because your terrified of your kid becoming autistic and would rather take the chance that they can handle measles mumps or rubella or polio and to hell with herd immunity… how can they be so… silly?
And the same people will fully embrace all other medicines like cancer treatment, or even the humble paracetamol or and anti biotic.
I dont know…
Well it is what misinformation and deception do.
All of this crap is part of the plan of an authoritarian regime. Drive it up to the max in their country , cull the education then spread it throughout other countries.
Dehumanizing people,
Discredit science and experts ,
Devalue currency with scams like cryptocurrency
Bankrupt entire economies
Basically dividing distracting and creating chaos.
Children death are a collateral damage.
Adult death too .
Undermining governments and institutions is a thing .
Don’t let this happen to Ireland !!
We do not need ignorance and stupidity here .
And please vaccinate your children.
I was vaccinated for everything and anything that was going or even new things like the 79s experimental tuberculosis vaccine.
This one was memorable to me because along the years when there were relatives with tb around me , the whole gaff got tested .
I was the only one allowed to remain near them .
It reacted with my immune response wonderfully.
And it was just an experiment . From the government on the country I was living in.
( they just didn’t ask they bus us to another school and nurses and doctors got on to vaccinate some of our classes .
Not the whole school either . Some schools
I still don’t know if was per area , age or what was that about. )
But hey it worked out for me anyways.
I have been vaccinated for stuff people don’t normally has
Like rabies
Malaria
And got knows what
I’m still here tho.
Funnily, i work around infectious diseases. So .. ah sure .. 😃it meant to be
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Yes. Selfish bastards.
A lot of people coming over unvaccinated from poorer countries, it’s not just the “anti-vaxxers” fault. Just look at France, recently they were saying there were too many cases of SCURVY there… Scurvy… How is that even possible nowadays
Edit: yes I know how scurvy works, i cant explain my comment to you if you didn’t understand it
“Well it’s not eradicated in my house!”
Measles has been on the uptick lately. Might have something to do with that numpty belief that vaccines cause autism.
Where was this poster? Never seen it before
Looks like it’s more people travelling back and forth between Ireland and countries where measles is prevalent.
> From 2020-2023, most confirmed cases reported recent travel to countries where outbreaks were ongoing. In 2024, there has been a rise in the number of confirmed measles cases. Small outbreaks with person to person measles transmission are also being reported.
https://www.hpsc.ie/a-z/vaccinepreventable/measles/
[The top 10 countries for measles outbreaks from April-September 2024](https://www.cdc.gov/global-measles-vaccination/data-research/global-measles-outbreaks/index.html):
Pakistan – 14,391
Iraq – 8,983
Ethiopia – 8,773
Russian Federation – 8,662
India – 8,540
Kazakhstan – 6,620
Romania – 5,823
Kyrgyzstan – 5,207
Afghanistan – 4,924
Thailand – 4,596
If anyone is on the fence about vaccination, please read this from Roald Dahl. Measles can and will kill children.
[Roald Dahl’s Letter About Losing his Daughter in 1962](https://fs.blog/roald-dahl-letter-daughter/)
Immunity can also wane as you get older so even vaccinated people can get measles. Often we’re only checking the antibody titre on request before we consider getting pregnant so even with the best intentions we might be walking around with limited immunity.
It can be traced back to when the antivaxx paper by Andrew Wakefield gained prominence, all of those kids who didn’t get the MMR are all of college age now.
Anivaxxers, the gift that keeps on giving..
When I was a student in UCD in the 00s and early teens – every year usually spring/summer the UCD medicine section and science section had mumps and measils outbreaks. We’d get email notifications. It was international students and medical students working in the hospitals were the causes identified. It’s nothing new
Some people have decided to take medical advice for their kids from unemployed losers on the internet. Crazy bastards.
I got a new family doctor a couple of years back.
He ran a blood panel on me and found that I didn’t have immunity to one of the MMR vaccine covered illnesses.
I was vaccinated as a kid, but I guess in the 90s they only did single doses. So in my 30s I had to get to two shots again.
My handyman/builder… an actual science graduate. Hasn’t vaccinated his two young daughters, believes the 15 minute city conspiracy theory, and believes that governments control the weather. I have to bite my tongue so *much*! But available handymen/builders are as rare as hens’ teeth, so I need to not antagonise him with facts…
My son will be getting the first injection next week. I’m dreading how uncomfortable he’ll be but it’s the right thing to do.
state of that URL at the bottom. no one is typing that out
I always laugh at the idiot anti-vaxxers they happily take other meds etc but balk at vaccines for stupid reasons like claiming oh big pharma this and that, sure dude you keep saying that while you pop paracetamol made by the same company.
Those silhouettes look like they’re going to break into the YMCA dance routine….
I got the vaccine twice as a kid in the 80s and 90s, I got both measles and rubella as a teen in the late 90s. I got measles again in the 2010s as an adult. I got another round of mmr vaccine in 2020 during my first pregnancy, because I somehow had no immunity despite the massive amount of exposure and vaccines I got.
Finally now I have immunity. I’m an outlier though, most people dont take as long to develop immunity. My sweet boy will get all his shots on time when he gets here. As will his dad.
I know people who work in healthcare who believe that vaccines cause autism.
They are 100% wrong of course, but if they can be persuaded by shite on the internet, then what hope do general dopes in society have?
I remember posters like these in my first year in college in September 2008 so it’s not that new. I specifically remember because I go a really bad dose of the flu (my only “real” flu to my knowledge!) and was pure freaked at the thought it could be measles. As far as I remember the colleges put these up every September and January as there’s usually a spike in illnesses when term restarts.
Anti-vax stuff is crazy and I’m 100% pro-vaccine but just pointing out that these campaigns are rolled out this time every year for literally decades now.
They need to start disallowing kids enroll into schools with no vaccines. If they don’t want to take part in society they should suffer the consequences of their choices.
It’s an embarrassment that we’re back here and just demonstrates how hard of thinking so many people are.
As a real eye opener, here’s what can happen when measles is allowed to take hold, with a cameo appearance from the presumptive nominee for United States Secretary of Health and Human Services:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/26/rfk-jr-samoa-visit-measles-outbreak-vaccines
In 2024 the number of cases of Whooping Cough surged from 18 in 2023 to over 600.
We’re entering the coolzone again for disease through sheer ignorance.
Children’s allowance shouldn’t be given to parents that don’t get their kids vaccinated.
At 12 Months you get the vaccine for Meningococcal B, now as part of the national rollout..
my kid was born before the public rollout, didn’t even know of such untill i saw this aricle that scared the shit out of me and the first thing i did was booked for them to get a vaccine privately at the time i paid i think 380euro but better to be safe then sorry
[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-35602045](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-35602045)
worrying that when you look at the data, it’s on the rise since 2021
[https://immunizationdata.who.int/global/wiise-detail-page/invasive-meningococcal-disease-reported-cases-and-incidence?CODE=IRL+DEU+GBR&YEAR=](https://immunizationdata.who.int/global/wiise-detail-page/invasive-meningococcal-disease-reported-cases-and-incidence?CODE=IRL+DEU+GBR&YEAR=)
I didn’t receive the MMR as a child and, though I knew I was missing some vaccinations, didn’t get around to it as an adult before contracting measles myself last year. It was dreadful! I’m fairly healthy otherwise but I ended up in the hospital for 3 or 4 nights. At first I thought I had a chest infection or flu, but after a few days I was coughing so much I vomited. I was starting to develop a rash, and by the time I made it to the hospital it had spread from my neck to my feet in just a few hours. I had low blood pressure, oxygen in the low 90s, a fever and a racing heart. I was seriously unwell and was hooked up to oxygen and IVs for my whole stay in hospital. I did not end up in ICU but it was looking likely at one point. I developed pneumonia which really messed my lungs up. Obviously once I was diagnosed with measles I was isolated, but it is one of the most contagious viruses. My housemate caught it from me but thankfully he was vaccinated and did not get as ill as I did. God knows how many people I passed it on to unknowingly. My skin was also extremely dry for a few weeks. I was given a massive pot of some paraffin moisturiser. There was much slathering. I also got an unrelated oral infection due to my wisdom teeth at the same time. I could barely chew. It took a couple of months to return to my normal weight. After I recovered I got the MMR. I was immune to measles following my infection, but was still vulnerable to mumps and rubella. I was quite angry with my parents after the whole experience, but at the end of the day, I was an adult and had neglected to pursue vaccination myself. My parents were well intentioned but fell for fear mongering. I don’t believe anyone who does not vaccinate their kids makes that choice thinking it will cause their child or others harm.
I’d recommend people who would have been born in the 90s or so to check their vaccine schedule with their [local health board ](https://www.hse.ie/eng/health/immunisation/whoweare/requestrecord.html)(your GP might also have them) , I grew up in the era of vaccine fear that my parents got bought in by, luckily my college was running an MMR clinic around the time I said I should probably act on this, but GPs can too
Young lad has an awful dose since Friday, all of the symptoms above except for the spots/rash.
Pretty sure it’s the flu as that’s doing the rounds in the creche at the minute.
Poor fucker is only just after finishing up his bout of Chickenpox over Christmas!
In addition to the anti-vax idiots there are people coming to live here who don’t have the same vaccinations that are available here. A program to get immigrants vaccinated would be great.
Most people my age born 77 got measles, MMR given after 78. So age 4/47 will have had vaccine.
Please, please vaccinate yourselves and your kids. Vaccines won’t turn you into a 5G mast, but measles will put you at great risk of dying, and just generally make you terribly sick.
Unfortunately, I think aggressively educating people about vaccines and diseases will forever be necessary and we became complacent about it.
Vaccine hesitancy in Ukraine could also be contributory?
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9986985/
I think in eastern Europe the USSR didn’t help with medical confidence.
It’s mental, people are just fucking toxic
Fucking idiots not getting their kids vaccinated. They should get taken off you if you don’t do it. It’s child abuse.
This scares me so much because my baby is too young to get the vaccine, chicken pox is apparently making the rounds too, which can also be horrendous.
We should tell antivaxers that cigarettes cure measles and they should make sure to smoke 40 a day to own the woke lefties!
What I can’t understand is why Ireland does not offer the BCG vaccine, even if buying on private.
I understand that TB rates in Ireland are almost non-existent, but considering the number of people from all around the world who enter this country daily, it is crazy for me that they do not offer it at all.
It’s not just anti vax, I had the MMR in primary school and found out while I was pregnant I wasn’t immune. I had to get the vaccination again after my daughter was born
I was born in Ireland in 1963 and lived there till 1975. Are my vaccinations okay?
I actually had measles 3 years ago. My ma didn’t get me vaxxed as at the time they were saying it was linked to autism or something at the time. Measles is something you DO NOT ever want.
Half of my face swelled up, I had blurry vision and was so so sick for weeks. Highly Recommend getting the MMR as I was lucky to get no longer lasting side effects.
I worked, for a while, in a hospital in Southern Africa, and ocassionally used to have to go and get blood from kids in the Infectious diseases unit. Anyone against the measles vaccine has never had to deal with kids who are blind, or have severe neurologicl issues because of the virus. Seriously, it can be far, far worse than ” a few spots”.
Theres no point in wasting money on advert space. Put the science juice into tranquilliser darts and fire them at antivax protests.
Problem solved
I saw one for Scurvy prevention the other day.
Even if vaccines caused autism, I would still vaccinate. How can so many underestimate the impact of these deseases?
When a society starts deifying MMA fighters, social media nobodies and gymfluencers over intellectuals this is the result.
My understanding is the main problem with vaccines is that we all need to take for it to really be effective. It’s a real challenge for mass migration across populations with varying levels of vaccine coverage.
I don’t have the words to describe how I feel about people that don’t vaccinate against polio, measles, mumps and rubella at the very least.
Its not that they are necessarily stupid, but I think they have terribly weak minds. Like, to let a proven lie dictate your decision making because your terrified of your kid becoming autistic and would rather take the chance that they can handle measles mumps or rubella or polio and to hell with herd immunity… how can they be so… silly?
And the same people will fully embrace all other medicines like cancer treatment, or even the humble paracetamol or and anti biotic.
I dont know…
Well it is what misinformation and deception do.
All of this crap is part of the plan of an authoritarian regime. Drive it up to the max in their country , cull the education then spread it throughout other countries.
Dehumanizing people,
Discredit science and experts ,
Devalue currency with scams like cryptocurrency
Bankrupt entire economies
Basically dividing distracting and creating chaos.
Children death are a collateral damage.
Adult death too .
Undermining governments and institutions is a thing .
Don’t let this happen to Ireland !!
We do not need ignorance and stupidity here .
And please vaccinate your children.
I was vaccinated for everything and anything that was going or even new things like the 79s experimental tuberculosis vaccine.
This one was memorable to me because along the years when there were relatives with tb around me , the whole gaff got tested .
I was the only one allowed to remain near them .
It reacted with my immune response wonderfully.
And it was just an experiment . From the government on the country I was living in.
( they just didn’t ask they bus us to another school and nurses and doctors got on to vaccinate some of our classes .
Not the whole school either . Some schools
I still don’t know if was per area , age or what was that about. )
But hey it worked out for me anyways.
I have been vaccinated for stuff people don’t normally has
Like rabies
Malaria
And got knows what
I’m still here tho.
Funnily, i work around infectious diseases. So .. ah sure .. 😃it meant to be
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