Measles Is Back -- It's a Sign Worse Is Coming

Saturday, April 25, 2026

The Editorial Board: Reversing the new vaccine skepticism will require a dedicated effort.

Posted by retort at 09:24 AM | 11 COMMENTS | permalink

Tragic and heart-breaking. Why we must not let our guard down - measles is terribly contagious and can and will come roaring back if we let it.

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-- Brendan Nyhan (@brendannyhan.bsky.social) Apr 21, 2026 at 3:20 PM

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That triumphal arch, if it is ever built, needs to be dedicated to communicable disease.

Because it is winning.

Trump needs the Nobel Peace Prize for this because, as you know, when you're dead you're peaceful.

#1 | Posted by Zed at 2026-04-25 09:51 AM

What will it be hardest to forgive MAGA for? Spitting on the Bill of Rights or letting the enemies of mankind lose in the form of disease?

Frankly, I see no forgiveness in my generation or the next. Too much damage; too much hurt. Too much smug mindlessness.

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2026-04-25 09:55 AM

COVID was a pop quiz we should have been ready for and still flunked.
The mid-terms are coming and we've sold our textbooks for beer.

#3 | Posted by morris at 2026-04-25 04:38 PM

"There are lots of people who lack education but who have great natural intelligence and a desire to learn, including most of the people I grew up with. Stupid is different. To win a degree in stupid, you have to willfully reject facts in favor of superstitions, myths, fears and conspiracy theories. And then get all your news from fake or biased news sites targeted at the stupid."

Alan Caron

#4 | Posted by SomebodyElse at 2026-04-25 05:10 PM

"Look Kodos, our plan to destroy America from within is working perfectly!"

"But Kang, I thought this was Vladimir Putin's plan."

"And so it is Kodos, we all serve him, including Dummkopf Trumpf. Bwa-ha-ha-ha!"

#5 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-26 12:59 PM

The------------------- and Polio Bob are making pestilence great again.

#6 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-04-26 08:26 PM

I wish MAGA folk kept their stupid hats on all the time so we would know who to thank for the return of measles and one fears...polio.

#7 | Posted by Hughmass at 2026-04-27 06:49 AM

Measles was brought back from unvaccinated illegal immigrants coming to this country with no health screening or other vetting. Who knows what other diseases some of them may have brought with them.

#8 | Posted by gasman21 at 2026-04-27 07:09 AM

"Measles was brought back from unvaccinated illegal immigrants coming to this country with no health screening or other vetting."

Well, unless measles has a new, unheard of dormant period, all these illegals came in under Trump.

Is that what you're saying???

#9 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-04-27 10:59 AM

You just made the point as to why people should be fully vaccinated, thank you.

#10 | Posted by Hickory at 2026-04-27 11:01 AM

There are MAGA dumfux on this site who claim horse paste is a game changer.

#11 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-04-27 01:32 PM

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