Ark park failure blamed on atheists?

[Sandra Craft]

Do rats even like nuts?

They'll eat pizza, so I figure they're up for anything.

[Recusant]

We haven't had any updates for a few years about Ken Ham's "Ark Encounter" Christian tourist trap. Apparently one of the things you can bring home from a visit there is an unpleasant virus.

"People who visited Ark Encounter may have been exposed to measles" | Friendly Atheist

In perhaps the most predictable bit of news ever, an unvaccinated person may have spread measles while visiting Ark Encounter, the Creationist "Noah's Ark" attraction in Kentucky.

The Kentucky Department of Public Health issued an exposure alert on Wednesday:

Health officials have identified potential measles exposures in Grant County, Kentucky. An unvaccinated, out-of-state traveler stayed at the Holiday Inn & Suites in Dry Ridge from December 28 to 30, 2025 and visited the Ark Encounter on December 29, 2025.

Measles is a highly contagious respiratory virus that can cause serious health complications, especially in young children. Vaccination is the best protection against measles...

As that release suggests, the fact that this person visited Ark Encounter is especially problematic because the virus spreads among unvaccinated people, and you can almost guarantee that the sort of people who visit that place include plenty of vaccine deniers. What is Ark Encounter if not a meet-up spot for the scientifically illiterate

And since Ark Encounter offers free tickets for children, practically encouraging parents to indoctrinate their entire family, there's also the possibility that unvaccinated kids will pay the price because of one irresponsible person's ignorance. It's already happened in South Carolina, where one particular church is now the epicenter of a measles outbreak.

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[Icarus]

Are the people in Europe as dense as we Americans are?  Hopefully not. They do not have a man with a worm in his brain, JFK Jr., running their health care system.

[billy rubin]

my 21 year old son does not want to live in america. he is surveying alternatives.

but he has no life experience. i explain that if he doesnt like america, he will likely not like south africa or a number of south east asian countries. i explain that new zealand restricts immigration. i suggest the nordics, and he points out a major european war is on the horizon.

what to do?

he cant afford an island in the south pacific, and it would likely be under water anyway in a few more years.

[Icarus]

The people who contract Measils or other infirmities are, plain to see,are the unrepentant sinners who have visited the place. Smiting the sinners is the Lords will.

[Dark Lightning]

Billy, if your son has a marketable skill, he can emigrate to Oz or NZ. They'll be happy to take him, if he can contribute to the economy. I looked into it, but since I'm retired, I'd have to pony up a megabuck (2016 dollars). Yeah, just let me go out to the back yard and prune that money tree! My wife has a friend who married a New Zealander. She comes back to the US for some medical things. State-sponsored medicine doesn't mean quick, competent, or reliable. Something to think about.

[billy rubin]

i once applued to emigrate to nz, and they told me they were not accepting immigrants at all. i did the same for oz, and got through the first round of screening, as i was a petroleum geologist.  but i went to california to write computer manuals in silicon valley instead.

that week the ozzies were looking for legal secretaries and pastry chefs.

the boy is still in school, so him leaving the country isnt yet closer than the horizon. he wants to go into aeronatical engineeringr, but hes got some work to do first.