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1 minute ago, FritsSikkink said:

The article in the link is misleading as Central Asia is NOT a part of Europe, there are not 53 countries in Europe:

"127,350 measles cases were reported in the European Region in 2024, double the number of cases reported for 2023 and the highest number since 1997, according to an analysis by WHO and UNICEF.

Children under five accounted for more than 40 per cent of reported cases in the Region – comprising 53 countries in Europe and Central Asia."

So?  You're nitpicking.  The salient part is the 2x increase between 2023 and 2024.  Vaccine hesitancy doesn't work that fast.  Immigration does, if you recall your history.

2 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

There’s no variable at all.

 

Your immigrant bashing is a constant.

It's no secret that I, like most Americans, am against unvetted illegal immigration.  If you're expecting some remorse for that, good luck.

Why is it that the same liberal western apologists who constantly screech that Euro migration wiped out indigenous populations can't wrap their heads around the idea that maybe the increase in diseases today is related to immigration in the other direction?

They seem to be forgetting reports like this:

Measles Outbreak Associated with a Migrant Shelter — Chicago, Illinois, February–May 2024

Fifty-seven measles cases were associated with residence in or contact with persons in a migrant shelter in Chicago, Illinois. 

Measles Outbreak Associated with a Migrant Shelter — Chicago, Illinois, February–May 2024 | MMWR

https://www.cdc.gov/

1 hour ago, FritsSikkink said:

EU figures say something different:  https://measles-rubella-monthly.ecdc.europa.eu/  from https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/measles/surveillance-and-disease-data

Measles cases from 1 June 2024 to 31 May 2025

In the most recent 12-month period, from 1 June 2024 to 31 May 2025, 30 EU/EEA Member States reported a total of 17 940 cases of measles.

Between 1 June 2024 and 31 May 2025, of the 17 940 cases with known age, 7 732 (43.1%) were in children aged under five years; and 5 243 (29.2%) cases were aged 15 years or above. The highest notification rates were observed in infants under one year of age (602.4 cases per million) and children aged 1-4 years (333.2 cases per million).

Of 16 360 cases (100.0% of all cases) with a known age and vaccination status, 13 968 (85.4%) were unvaccinated, 1 446 (8.8%) were vaccinated with one dose of a measles-containing vaccine, 883 (5.4%) were vaccinated with two or more doses, and 39 (0.2%) were vaccinated with an unknown number of doses.

During the 12-month period, 11 deaths (case fatality rate (CFR): 0.1) attributable to measles were reported to ECDC by Romania (eight), France (two) and Netherlands (one) (Figure 4).

I linked to WHO numbers, which apparently include parts of Europe outside the EU.

If you don't like their statistics, take it up with WHO.

2 minutes ago, gargamon said:

So no link then. Ok.

I gave you the links above.  Twice.

But lefties want it spoon fed to them by the MSM, instead of looking at the numbers and doing a little math with their own brain.

1 hour ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Straight to blaming immigrants.

 

Yes Europe has a problem with vaccine hesitancy too.

We should perhaps have a thread on that.

What's the variable in the equation? 

Mennonites have always had "vaccine hesitancy".  The variable is how many unvetted "newcomers" they're exposed to after the Biden open borders.  

Same with Europe.  They had 2x as many cases in 2024 as 2023.  Vaccine hesitancy doesn't explain that because most Europeans were either vaccinated or not.  In any given year, about 2% of the population is even scheduled to get the vaccine.  The variable is the number of unvetted asylum seekers.

1 hour ago, gargamon said:

To be meaningful it needs to be per capita, not raw numbers.

And RFK Jr has a history long before he got a govt position. He is clearly responsible for the 83 deaths due to measles in Samoa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Samoa_measles_outbreak

It's even worse per capita.  Canada and the UK have a much smaller population than the USA and yet, more cases.

Europe has marginally more people, but 50-100 times as many cases.

50 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

These lowlifes are likely responsible for countless crimes and breaches of social norms. They simply have too much power and it is likely that the law rarely pursues them. Hope this creep gets locked up. 

For what? 

She came into his condo, and she was so afraid of the guy that she took a ride home from him instead of running away and flagging down a taxi.

11 minutes ago, gargamon said:

Got a link for that?

Canada and the UK numbers are in the OP. 

Other countries are also facing similar challenges. The UK recorded its highest number of confirmed measles cases since 2012 last year, totaling nearly 3,000, while 529 new cases have been reported in England in 2025 alone. In Canada, over 3,000 cases have been documented this year, with the provinces of Ontario and Alberta hardest hit.

I posted the link to the Euro numbers from the WHO in my post above.  But here it is again for the folks that don't read before they post:

According to an analysis by WHO and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), 127 350 measles cases were reported in the European Region for 2024, double the number of cases reported for 2023 and the highest number since 1997.

European Region reports highest number of measles cases in more than 25 years – UNICEF, WHO/Europe

https://www.who.int/

9 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

The driver, identified as 57-year-old Mr Paithoon, was found trapped in the front of the cab with a laceration to his chin. Rescue personnel used hydraulic tools to free him from the wreckage.

I hope they brought him a fresh pair of undies.  I'd have code brown'ed, stuck in a cab with leaking gas cylinders all around.  Drunk or sober.

On 7/5/2025 at 7:19 AM, jerrymahoney said:

AI quickie:

 

Yes, alligators in Florida are protected by both state and federal laws. They are listed as a "Threatened" species under the Endangered Species Act due to their similarity of appearance to the American crocodile, and also by Florida's Endangered and Threatened Species Rule. This means it is illegal to intentionally harm, capture, or kill an alligator without proper authorization. 

But you can get a permit to hunt and trap them in Florida.  (In season, of course- Aug15-Nov8 in 2025). 

And they're delicious.

Edit:  I should mention that the number of permits is limited, and issued by lottery.

The far left in the DNC keep misreading their constituents, who are telling them to give up ICE violence, MS13 and dudes in chick sports. 

They're calling for even more violence and insanity, thinking they're losing because they haven't been crazy enough.

Just now, CallumWK said:

7 minutes ago, impulse said:

It's gonna suck, but the addiction to cheap stuff from overseas needs to be broken.

 

You mean, rules have to be applied for others but not for you?

I'll live with the same rules.  And as a bonus, I won't need to pay for an extra storage shed to keep all my imported crap that I upgrade from.  I'll just have to get by with the 65 incher.

It hurts me to even look at them.

She's got nice eyes.  Must have been a looker before "that".

2 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

I can’t think of any? 
Which businesses would close down in Thailand without American consumers?

They make up less than 2% of tourists to Thailand. 

2% of the tourists and 90% of the tips.

5 minutes ago, expat_4_life said:

No sane, functional person who is tethered even loosely to reality expected there to be any evidence that remained of Epstein's crimes or his death, victims, vids, etc.

Some of us still hold out hope that there are good people left in gub'ment that have preserved some of the JFK, MLK, RFK, Epstein (et al) evidence.