Scariest Halloween decoration ever: measles viruses

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/10/31/toronto-the-good.html

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Pretty scary stuff, kids! Also, if those are full-size pumpkins, that’s a huge tree!

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I assume the reaper-looking guy on the right is roughly human size. If so, they are closer to pie-pumpkin size. And they would have to be, or attaching the pumpkins to the tree without hurting the tree too much would be tricky.

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I was thinking a good scary costume would be a measles victim. That would put the fear of god in anti-vaxxers.

“It’s fine, herd immunity, amirite?”

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This practical twist on the holiday reminds me of how the NYC zoos celebrate halloween, with gravestones for extinct species…

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That is way cool, but really sad that it is even needed.

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The opposite of the old-folks home that puts out gravestones, which seems tone deaf at best.

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I’m too old to have had the luxury of being vaccinated for measles and since I had them, I’ve had the pleasure of being partially deaf for almost all of my life. I would gladly strangle any anti-vaxer that came my way.

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More scary than ever - research news just out today shows that measles causes long term damage to immune system:

[https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2019/10/31/measles-makes-your-body-forget-how-fight-other-diseases/]

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