Listen to Victor Davis Hanson discuss with cohost Sami Winc the history of Amendment 16, a new income tax in 1913. They also address the news on healthcare, the “Golden” card, Newsom’s podcast, issues in immigration given a closed border, Jake Tapper’s duplicitous new book on Biden’s decline, and Gene Hackman passed away.
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Professor Hanson – you make so many serious errors talking about measles, I think it would be best for you to avoid medical topics.
1. Red measles (rubeola), and German measles (rubella) are two entirely different diseases, caused by entirely different viruses. Red measles is serious, and dangerous to the infected patient. German measles is non-serious to the infected patient, but can cause serious fetal defects if a pregnant mother is infected.
2. There is NO TREATMENT for either type of measles!
3. There are vaccines for both types – they are separate vaccines.
4. If a pregnant unvaccinated woman gets German measles, the damage is already done, the vaccine WILL NOT protect the fetus.
5. American children are vaccinated for red and German measles in early childhood. Epidemics of measles still happen in the US. They are due to unvaccinated, mostly illegal immigrants, and children of anti-vaccine (and very unwise, in my opinion) parents.
If you are determined to continue commenting on medical matters, and least look them up on Wikipedia before your podcast.