22 Times People Had The Best Responses To Anti-Vaxxers (Part II)

Anti-vaxxer conspiracies have continued to spread and because of their beliefs – so have the measles. Oregon and Washington are among eighteen states that allow families to opt out of vaccines based on philosophical beliefs, which is why these areas have been the most recent hotbed for the measles outbreak. More than 50 people have been infected across Southwest Washington state and Northwest Oregon – and everyone is fed up with these science deniers.

“It’s an outbreak because generally, the way we define an outbreak is when you have more observed cases than expected cases. And generally with measles, the expected number is zero,” Dr. Alan Melnick with Clark County Public Health told KOIN6 TV in Portland, Oregon, last week. “You know, we have a very effective vaccine for measles. Two shots are 97 percent effective. We really shouldn’t be seeing measles.” Scroll down below to read some of the best comebacks to anti-vaxxers on the internet and don’t forget to upvote your favs!

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Since the Ebola virus appeared on the worldwide radar Americans have expressed public anxiety over the possibility of a mass outbreak on their own shores – with over 70 percent calling for a travel ban in 2014 for people from the most at-risk African countries. But, Nigerian writer Elnathan John had some advice for these people – clean your own home before criticizing others. While it’s true that the current number of Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo doubled in the last month, the United States measles is, in fact, more contagious than Ebola.