silence7@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoTexas cities run short of MMR vaccine as measles outbreak drives demandwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up1101arrow-down10
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minus-squarewwb4itcgas@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·1 day agoThe MMR vaccine is the sixth most common global immunization. I’m sure they could find some additional doses if they tried just a little.
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·edit-21 day agoOh wait, I guess this is why trade wars can be bad: Texas: “Hey Canada, can us Texans get a few more of them measles vaccines.” Canada: “All y’all can go fuck yourselves.”
minus-squareImplyingImplications@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoCanada actually produces very little vaccines because in the 80s the Conservative government thought it was a waste of tax money. Thankfully that’s changing since the Covid pandemic.
The MMR vaccine is the sixth most common global immunization. I’m sure they could find some additional doses if they tried just a little.
Oh wait, I guess this is why trade wars can be bad:
Texas: “Hey Canada, can us Texans get a few more of them measles vaccines.”
Canada: “All y’all can go fuck yourselves.”
Canada actually produces very little vaccines because in the 80s the Conservative government thought it was a waste of tax money. Thankfully that’s changing since the Covid pandemic.