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Mississippi On The Cutting Edge?
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Mississippi On The Cutting Edge?
February 5, 2015 at 2:24 pm
I never thought I'd see the day.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/02/missi...o-decades/

Quote:Mississippi has no religious exemption for vaccines — and hasn’t seen measles in over two decades

Who'd a thunk it?
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RE: Mississippi On The Cutting Edge?
February 5, 2015 at 2:38 pm
Whhaaaaaaaaaaaat Shock
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RE: Mississippi On The Cutting Edge?
February 5, 2015 at 2:44 pm
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RE: Mississippi On The Cutting Edge?
February 5, 2015 at 2:44 pm
Well, there you have it!
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RE: Mississippi On The Cutting Edge?
February 5, 2015 at 2:45 pm
West Virginia, too.
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RE: Mississippi On The Cutting Edge?
February 5, 2015 at 2:51 pm
There's a pattern to this vaccine resistance, though.

It's a new-agey trend among fucking yuppies who think that their woo-woo bullshit is real.

Dumb fucks like in Mississippi and W. Va. just do what they are told.
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RE: Mississippi On The Cutting Edge?
February 5, 2015 at 2:53 pm (This post was last modified: February 5, 2015 at 2:54 pm by Faith No More.)
I'm surprised some of them don't see it as a big-bad government intrusion.
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RE: Mississippi On The Cutting Edge?
February 5, 2015 at 3:08 pm
I bet you if Faux News told them about the "cumpulsory vaccination," they'd start howling from the hills (literally).

Same with WV laws of compulsory education. You have to send your kids to school, or face criminal penalties.
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RE: Mississippi On The Cutting Edge?
February 5, 2015 at 3:33 pm
I saw this last week and it blew my mind. Maybe it has something to do with the fact their both dirt-poor and can't afford the consequences. Can't have anything to do with intelligence in those states.
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RE: Mississippi On The Cutting Edge?
February 9, 2015 at 11:27 am (This post was last modified: February 9, 2015 at 11:27 am by Strider.)
There's a current bill that is trying to grant just that kind of exception. I wouldn't be surprised if it passed. The MS GOP, which is essentially indistinguishable from the tea party, has been bellowing about "governmental intrusion" for several years now.

And, guys, please. Mississippi does have a lot of stupid, Bible-thumping, bigoted asshats, but every single person here isn't a poor, shoeless, dumb fuck.
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