Well, it's done

[asphaltcowgrrl]

Two weeks ago, I got a text from Walmart recommending I get an MMR vaccination.  Which is probably good, becuase I'm sure that I'm due for a booster since it's been like 40 years. 

But it's also exceptionaly sad and frustraing that adults are needing boosters BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE NOT VACCINATING THEIR CHILDREN.

I am relieved because Taylor had to have another dose before she could start her clinicals and Maddie had to have another before starting at UNLV.  So, my kids are protected.

So, I scheduled an appointment for Saturday.  And since I'm going to be there, I'm getting an updated COVID vaccination, since I was due, as well as pneumonia, and shingles since they were recommended. 

Slowly but surely I'm managing to get things done.  Yay?

Time for lunch.

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[asphaltcowgrrl.livejournal.com]

SERIOUSLY. And I jumped on the shingles vaccine because my FIL had it a couple of years ago and was miserable. No thank you!

Ugh, I can't imagine. I had looked it up and the MMR became available in 1971, three years before I was born. But I do agree with you, it's why I got my kids the chicken pox vaccine, even though it wasn't required for school when Taylor was eligible (two years later, by the time Maddie was ready, it was required). I don't understand, especially since the majority of these anti-vaxxers are all vaccinated themselves.

Over the weekend, there was another death from measles in Texas, which I think was the second. And, of course, we have a notorious anti-vaxxer in the role of Secretary of Health and Human Services. His dumbass told the people in Texas to up their vitamin A intake, something anti-vaxxers believe prevents measles and other things. But, because it's fat soluble (I believe), it's really easy to OD on, and of course, overdoses on vitamin A are on the rise. It's... stupidity at its finest.

And you thought you went on a rant! Hahaha. The worst thing though, is these people believe that measles isn't dangerous and that the kids that are dying are dying 'with' measles rather than from it and... I'm glad I'm no longer in Texas, that's all I got.

We can both just scream into the void together, I guess.

[haldoor.livejournal.com]

OMG! the downfall of humanity will definitely be that humans have gotten dumber instead of smarter since the internet!

Totally with you on the screaming into the void. 😱

[asphaltcowgrrl.livejournal.com]

It's like what George Carlin said, only a lot more evident these days: "Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that."

Thank you for listening at least! Now, I just have to make sure I don't forget to stop and pick up my tire tonight. I should have gone and gotten it on Saturday when they called, but I was being lazy. LOL