The whole article is worth a read:
The shocking thing about this article isn't necessarily the ignorance. It's the malevolence: "I'm not going to put my child at risk to save yours." Leaving aside the fact that there is functionally zero fucking risk, the out-and-out unwillingness to help the community in any way is remarkable.
But then it's coupled with the inevitable persecution syndrome. "We're being unfairly blamed for bringing disease." I mean, yeah--because you did bring disease. There's nothing "unfair" about it.
Between the ignorance, the malevolence, and the persecution syndrome, these people are a menace to society. If there's one thing I can agree with this Administration on, is that they be cut off from the federal teat, which is the only way they survive. Let them catch measles. And whopping cough and diphtheria, while they're at it. Cut off their Medicaid. Their hospitals will close. But that's ok--they'll have plenty of snake oil to keep them kicking. And along the way, we can cut off their SNAP and their farm credits and everything else. A century ago, their ancestors in that part of the state died of disease and starvation. We made a mistake in eradicating those two particular horsemen from riding roughshod.