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George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽
@georgetakei@universeodon.com  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

Vaccine and science denialism has deadly consequences.

Screenshot of a ProPublica post on X reporting that autopsy records for multiple infants showed Vitamin K deficiency as the cause of or a contributor to their deaths, and that the babies' parents had refused the standard newborn Vitamin K shot. The post links to a ProPublica article titled "Tiny Footprints, a Blue Blanket: What I Can't Forget About the Babi..." and includes an image of ink footprints from a newborn.
Screenshot of a ProPublica post on X reporting that autopsy records for multiple infants showed Vitamin K deficiency as the cause of or a contributor to their deaths, and that the babies' parents had refused the standard newborn Vitamin K shot. The post links to a ProPublica article titled "Tiny Footprints, a Blue Blanket: What I Can't Forget About the Babi..." and includes an image of ink footprints from a newborn.
Screenshot of a ProPublica post on X reporting that autopsy records for multiple infants showed Vitamin K deficiency as the cause of or a contributor to their deaths, and that the babies' parents had refused the standard newborn Vitamin K shot. The post links to a ProPublica article titled "Tiny Footprints, a Blue Blanket: What I Can't Forget About the Babi..." and includes an image of ink footprints from a newborn.
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MidgePhoto
@Photo55@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@georgetakei
If it follows advice given by people who have assets, surely lawsuits if not a class action should follow, particularly if they are people who have a duty to give good advice.

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@BillMcGuire@mastodon.social
@BillMcGuire@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@georgetakei

Afternoon, George. I agree that vaccines are lifesavers. Mom had Polio & was pregnant with me. The docs told her I would likely not make it, but here I am 75 yrs later; rest assured Mom made damned sure my sister & I had all our vaccines. Happy Sunday.

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Plantwizard
@Plantwizard@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@georgetakei I don't know why these parents are prosecuted. Oregon successfully prosecutes Follower of Christ Church (faith healing cult) members whose children die from treatable diseases. Why can't we prosecute parents whose children die of other easily preventable medical causes?

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Raymond Russell
@raymierussell@mastodon.scot replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

@georgetakei
I am 54 today and I am only here because I had vitamin K deficiency diagnosed and treated when I was born.

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Richard R Lee
@InfoMgmtExec@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

#NihilistDeathCult - #Trumpistan.
@georgetakei

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WooShell
@WooShell@chaosfurs.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

@georgetakei Sadly, they aren't going to learn anything from that. Worst case, they'll blame whatever the doctors did to try and save the kid to be the actual cause of death.. or they'll cry "victim blaming!" and reject any criticism against their actions.

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Richard Rathe
@nickrauchen@c.im replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

@georgetakei

Link to article...

https://www.propublica.org/article/more-parents-decline-vitamin-k-shot-newborns

#InfantMortality

ProPublica

Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth

A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
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decapitae
@decapitae@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

@georgetakei The fearmongered anti-vax death cult has brought about yet more suffering

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Yet another Josh :donor:
@crankylinuxuser@infosec.exchange replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

@georgetakei

At least this is a rebuttal to Idiocracy being a documentary.

If the idiots keep killing their babies, at least the idiots wont pass on their stupid.

It makes this self-selecting out of the gene pool.

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TheFwGuy 🇪🇺🇮🇹🇺🇸🖖
@thefwguy@techhub.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

@georgetakei I think is the Nature response to the #moronavirus pandemic.
Darwin Award become a festival thanks to the millions of morons on this planet.

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CheDN
@DrollTide@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

@georgetakei Natural selection in action, ironic because these ppl don't think evolution is real.

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Leanne J
@LDJ@mastodon.green replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

@georgetakei “some parents have voiced a desire for a more natural birthing experience, one without pharmaceutical intervention” breaks my heart.

It all sounds nice having ‘no intervention’ but when you realise that modern medicine is the reason that so many babies actually survive nowadays, of course I’d accept the shots that health professionals recommend. Infuriating that this vitamin injection is caught up in vaccine denialism.

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Inc Hulk 🧪
@IncHulk@mastodon.green replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

@georgetakei Darwin was right. Survival requires “fitness”.

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Der Giga
@DerGiga@troet.cafe replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

@georgetakei "Death to America" is just a chant. "MAGA" delivers results.

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Chris Hessert
@chessert@mastodon.online replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

@georgetakei

I will never understand any parent's decision to be willfully ignorant about their childrens' health. Your child's life is way, way, way too much cost for your stubbornness, and it's not you paying the actual price!

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Simon Zerafa (Status: :no_AI_logo: :catthink: 😊)
@simonzerafa@infosec.exchange replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

@georgetakei

Ignorance and stupidity has deadly consequences 😕

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George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽
@georgetakei@universeodon.com replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

Story: https://www.propublica.org/article/vitamin-k-baby-autopsy-reports?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1779364816&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

ProPublica

What I Can’t Forget About the Babies Who Died After Not Receiving a Vitamin K Shot

Babies have died after not receiving the vitamin K shot at birth. Their autopsy records underscore how preventable their deaths could have been.
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