Re: idiots walk among us

In article <vqhnj4$6sfh$1@dont-email.me>,
Gary McGath  <garym@mcgath.com> wrote:

On 3/8/25 4:30 AM, Evelyn C. Leeper wrote:

On 3/7/25 6:11 PM, WolfFan wrote:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/marjorie-taylor-greene-promotes-
measles-parties-for-kids-amid-deadly-outbreaks/ar-AA1At4JL
>
you can’t make this up. If someone tried to put this into the plot of a
work of SF, any competent editor would reject it as too stupid to allow
suspension of disbelief.
>

 
You do realize that these were a thing back in the 1950s and 1960s,
right?  So if someone is writing an SF work set in that era, it would be
perfectly accurate.

>
Measles parties in that time were held on the assumption that the
disease was so widespread that every child would get it, so they might
as well get it at a convenient time when they can plan for it. I'm not
saying it was a good idea, but it was less crazy than having such
parties in the current world, where the disease is comparatively rare.
>
Greene's idea seems to be that it should be made into an epidemic so
that the survivors will have herd immunity.
>

It would have the advantage that measles resets immunities, which means
when bird flu jumps to humans, the resulting US pandemic should be more
exciting.

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