kinda breathtaking to watch the U.S. media establishment lose its shit about one maybe-plague death in a Russian backwater town with 3,887 confirmed measles cases reported in the United States, SO FAR, in 2026
The irony of this is not lost on the Russians - skip to 1m0s:
@readyStateFail I wish we'd take the help!
Oct 6, 2026, 7:59 PM@kevinrothrock @readyStateFail Putin has committed and continues to commit many crimes, but amongst them is _not_ intentionally starting plagues in his own country.
JFK Jr is so jealous.
But they're RUSSIAN germs! 🦠 😱
@kevinrothrock Just as a suggestion, how about we send RFMeasel to Russia to deal with this plague and find somebody in the United States with some sort of qualification to handle our health department?
Oct 6, 2026, 6:51 PMThis popped up when I was halfway through reading an article about the Russian plague lockdowns.
Oct 6, 2026, 7:39 PM@kevinrothrock Us propose help to russia ... when they completly ignore the need of Ukraine that the EU + Japan + UK is the only one to pay for.
And don't talk about weapon, US give them because the EU + Japan + UK pay them.
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The plague is far sexier. ☢️
@kevinrothrock if only the measles were coming from nefarious scientists in a lab leak. Then again people believe that about covid and still didn't get vaccinated so we're in the same boat with people drilling holes in it one way or another.
FUD makes easy copy.
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Measles cases which already include 5 deaths… 😿
Strangely enough, the billionaire owned media do not care if Americans die, in fact, they wish we would hurry up and get on with it...
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We may never get a fatality count from that plague outbreak, but there have been six "measles associated" deaths in the US in the last two years. Death is not the only permanent effect of measles. Babies born deaf, encephalitis and blindness can occur.
we don't get this much coverage when the plague kills somebody in New Mexico, it's almost as if... this whole story is BS...
@kevinrothrock And we have a well established antibiotic treatment for pneumonic plague, but not antiviral treatment for measles
@kevinrothrock plague is So Sexy...
@kevinrothrock I would say in my case it’s a scary novel pneumonia resistant to antibiotics. Being fully vaccinated for everything else I would hate to see that come here and get me. We now have no federal health department to do any tracking or tracing and we would never fund a new vaccine. Ebola however, is a bigger concern. If you’re not vaccinated for measles or anything else, what will be will be, and I won’t feel sorry. Measles devastated my older sister pre vaccine.
I haven't seen the media 'losing it's shit' over the plague issue, but I have seen reporting about it, but I mostly read articles rather than watch TV. It sounds to me as if you are conflating reporting about something with panic. I also heard that from many Poles in Poland before & during the pandemic when asking about measures they were taking. Panic & reasonable concern to remain informed are not the same thing. However, American healthcare & meds are inaccessible to many.
@kevinrothrock is it possible it's because the 3,887 measles cases have around 6 confirmed deaths
and the possible plague in question wiped out one-third of the population of Europe, and God knows how much of Asia?
Oct 8, 2026, 9:37 AM@codebyjeff Before we knew how to treat it, yes. But it is completely treatable now, and indeed active in the US. Don't go near dead rodents in California and you'll probably be alright though.
@Rhube oh, I know, and I don't mean to spread disinformation or anything
but...measles is completely preventable with vaccination, and yet a sizeable proportion of the country has decided it doesn't care
(nearly) ditto for Covid
Media's gotta sell ads. Why show stories about something the viewers have made plain they don't care about?
Oct 8, 2026, 9:53 PM@codebyjeff This... does not align with your previous toot, which suggests you think plague is much more worrying, but OK.
@Rhube no, I don't personally. I read the full stories down to where they mention "can be cured with modern antibiotics"
I just meant that was the mindset. sorry if I didn't write that clearly - was prolly trying to be sarcastic or something at the time
@kevinrothrock Measles is 'old' news. Media only wants new and different news. They get bored so easily!
@kevinrothrock Particularly since, here in Colorado, we average one bubonic plague death every year. The prairie dogs in the eastern part of the state are carriers.
@JamesPadraicR Sounds like a slightly more despicable carrier than Verizon.
@kevinrothrock @JamesPadraicR verizon sucks ass. verizon cut off our copper land line. comcast gives me copper.