Speaking for myself, I believe in God and I think anything that prevents the easily avoidable death and suffering of even one child is doing Her good work. :)

Emilio is both a long-time io9 regular and an actual doctor of medicine.

There aren't enough Bailey's pancakes on my plate to deal with this.

My Mom nursed a patient with tetanus once. He survived, but it was pretty horrific. He was paralyzed for a while, and the nurses would have to roll him over to stop him getting bedsores. Mom said you could hear his joints creak as you rolled him.

I was once told that I was unqualified to be allowed the flag button because I had said that black people are not seen as human in this country.

The world is turning into one huge dickfarm.

They made the parents sit on the sofa where their daughter had just been killed? That's movie villain-levels of sadism

The majority of Americans are okay with this. Black lives do not matter. Whether male or female, young or old. The majority (yes, that's mostly white people in the US) think the murder of this child is just collateral damage.

Thanks. Unfortunately, it was not the family's only terrible experience with now-preventable childhood diseases. My fondest hope is that more senior citizens will start speaking up about the terrible things their families experienced in the days before vaccines. Someone like my mom, who lost siblings, or like the…

BUT MAH FREEDUMBS

Most vaccines are cheap or free.

I wonder if that kid really had pertussis. We had an outbreak at the school where I did my PhD. Multiple people were hospitalized, I was sick for three months. Several expectant women miscarried. It was bad.

im so upset right now

Tetanus DOES NOT GIVE A SHIT about your strong immune system. I'm pretty sure the last time I went in to get a cut treated they were brushing my arm with alcohol and pinching a vax site WHILE I was signing the freaking consent form. No time was wasted. That disease is not to be fucked with—dying from it is…

Fox guy who thinks he is a psychiatrist.

Reminds me of the time I lost my wallet and the cop I reported it to arrested me for robbing myself.

I was being a dumb person. Sulfates sound like a great topic to tackle next. I'll email Jane and get it sorted. Hang tight, you sulfate-covered masses.

I second a sulfates article.

Ooh, can you do sulfates next? And I have heard some claims against disodium EDTA.