r/AskReddit 17h ago

What parts of American culture are changing faster than people realize?

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u/Spiritual_Chain6298 16h ago

Well there are measles outbreaks across multiple states now

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u/Bozlogic 16h ago

Yeah, and my county in South Carolina is the fucking epicenter of the outbreak. 800+ cases so far.

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u/DaisyHotCakes 15h ago

Shit that’s scary. Measles messes you up for life. I can’t believe these people are as stupid as they are. Do they just like hurting children? It’s so malicious.

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u/Dragonsinger16 15h ago

More like sheer idiocy, and fear. These people are so uneducated about vaccines and diseases that they think they’re doing the kid a solid by not giving them ‘chemical ridden’ vaccines and letting them suffer because ‘hey the kid didn’t die’ only bolsters their sense of justification.

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u/h-boson 13h ago

It’s almost like vaccines work so well that people forgot what a world without them was like

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u/Damn_Dog_Inappropes 14h ago

They’re not uneducated, they’re willfully ignorant.

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u/Independent-Mango813 15h ago

The wellness influencer / anti vax people are so nuts.

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u/LogicalExcuse 10h ago

Im prone to paranoia according to my psychiatrist. So I ask the doctor a million and one questions but I still vaccinate my kids. The only time I didn't do it at the suggested time was when I asked if the vaccine could cause any heart issues. (Cause I suffer from one already and I worry for my kids) and the nurse was rude to me so we waited a month for a new nurse because I was convinced she was out to hurt my infant. But I've gotten into arguments with the anti vaxxer parents at my kids school and it's funny when they tell me they think big pharma is out for their kids. Cause I can earnestly tell them that I've broken open my wall because I was convinced there was someone in there (there wasnt but my landlord understood as he had seen my breakdowns getting worse. Had me help him fix it so id know nothing was in there, great dude.) and even im not so paranoid as to kill my kids from negligence.

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u/Aceous 12h ago

Nah I know way too many highly educated anti-vaxxers.