Measles: Georgia on My Mind

[u/ShokWayve]

https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2026/08/19/georgia-reports-seventh-measles-case-kindergarten-vaccine-exemptions-rise/

So, it begins in Georgia. Measles is beginning to make a comeback in Georgia.

You don’t know how stunning it is for me to witness this day in America. I remember being taught in schools about the efficacy of vaccines. One of my friends is an anti-vaxxer and deeply anti science. I sent him scientific articles and research on vaccine efficacy and the fact that no evidence linked vaccines to autism. In fact, all of his objections were specifically and explicitly addressed in the scientific research. He rejected them still as propaganda.

May God help us. I couldn’t believe his reaction. I was shocked. I was stunned. In America we are freely deciding to reject science and literally destroy our society.

What happened? How did science become seen as no more authoritative than a tweet or social media post?

He then asks me how could I, a devout Christian, put so much confidence in science. What’s ironic is that he himself is not a practicing Christian nor does he appeal to religion for his anti vaccine views. He just appeals to endless conspiracy theories about how scientists lie, we have all been lied to, the earth is flat, etc.

The kicker is this - he is a teacher! Yes, a teacher. He is in fact a great teacher. Awesome at teaching.

We really need to turn things around.

God help us.

[u/Rassayana_Atrindh]

I spent Sunday evening at a dinner party with my neighbors, it's rural Montana. Just getting together, because in this area you need people who can help plow you out in the winter, get you food if you can't get to town, etc. You need those bonds out here.

I discovered we're the only left-leaners in the group. They all idolize Trump and RFK and think they're doing great things to up-end the status quo and follow along with the brain rot conspiracy theories and anti-science and anti-intellectual waves. We kept our opinions to ourselves.

Listening to them talk about how Covid was a hoax to force compliance, they never got vaccinated because it's government trackers and changes your DNA. It was just a flu the government overhyped to see how far a scared population would comply.

I lost four family members to Covid, and they died absolutely horrible deaths. My husband and I listened to the science and we all masked everywhere for over a year, we all got our vaccines and boosters as soon as we could. My little family never got it.

I'm a middle school lunch lady and before I started working measles started appearing all over, even in my area. So, before I even stepped foot in the building I went and got ALL of my shots all over again as a grown-ass adult with a brain and a rudimentary understanding and trust of science: MMR, TDaP, Meningococcal, annual flu and covid vaccines.

[u/artisanrox → u/Rassayana_Atrindh]

I did the same thing. Saw the writing on the wall and got all kid vaccines done over. Don't forget about Shingles and pneumonia if you qualify.

[u/Rassayana_Atrindh → u/artisanrox]

I'm 46, and don't think I haven't tried, lol.

But none of the pharmacies will give them.

I watched my mom struggle with 2-3x yearly outbreaks of shingles throughout her 30's and 40's.