As measles cases continue to rise around the globe, the World Health Organization warns it’s a signal that other disease outbreaks could soon follow.
The surging number of measles cases around the world is a stark warning sign that outbreaks of other vaccine-preventable diseases could be next, the World Health Organization warned Friday.
“It’s crucial to understand why measles matters,” said Dr. Kate O’Brien, director of the WHO’s Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals. “Its high transmissibility means that even small drops in vaccine coverage can trigger outbreaks, like a fire alarm going off when smoke is detected first.”
That is, measles is often the first disease to pop up when vaccination rates overall drop.
We are in for it now. Public heath has always ben a sisyphean task. Interrupt it and you lose ground immediately and constantly until you go backstop the fall. Which is to say, we’re in for it.
love how the media is so scared of trump that they can’t even hint about how this is all literally a direct consequence of pridefully ignorant magahat antivaxxer morons who would actually cut their own balls off for trump just because he makes them feel like it’s totally fine to be bigoted racist rapist assholes
not scared. complicit.
Sometimes I wish there was some scientifically curated fiction where vaccines came from this high altitude tibetan super moss and it was bio and all that bullshit anti vaxxers want to hear. It could work
We can tick one of those boxes! Vaccines are an adaptation of an ancient eastern medicine practice (variolation) rebranded to give some English white guy all the credit (tbf vaccines are a lot safer, but still the dude didn’t come up with the concept all on his own).
scientifically curated
you’ve already lost the audience you’re trying to reach
Apple cider vinegar and oregano oil.
that could be one reason but I’d guess the main reason why they don’t single out the trump aligned antivax crowd is because they don’t want to alienate trump supporters (that’s like over half of the us population)
the people this information needs to get to the most are those antivaxxers, it matters more that they get vaccinated and less that we learn of their mistakes
Steve Jobs proved that even Sociopathic Oligarchs can be just as stupid as anyone else when it comes to health. Maybe even stupider, since their uncontrolled narcissism has convinced them that they are smarter than doctors. I encourage this trend.
We’re just experiencing an evolutionary split within the human race, that’s all…
You’re joking but this isn’t far from the truth. Self destructive behaviours wiping out species not clever enough to change their behaviour is as old as the earth.
I’m old enough to have the Smallpox vaccine, so have fun with that, you MAGA Morons.
