#politics #measles #vaccines #RFK #epidemic #stupidity
Gotta leaf
As Trump tries to destroy universities
“US faces millions of #measles cases over next 25 yrs if vax rates drop 10%
No change in current vax rate would result in 100s of 1000s of measles cases over same per, per math model by team of Stanford U
researchers”
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
#Congress created the #Vaccines for #Children program in 1993 after a US #measles #epidemic had killed dozens of children a few years earlier. The #CDC found
that >50% of the children who got measles then were unvaccinated. The #cost of the #immunization was a primary reason families had skipped the shot even though they were seeing doctors regularly….
We have several open positions, both #phd & #postdoc: https://nerds.itu.dk/positions/
On the topics #epidemiology #epidemic preparedness and #networkscience & #ai & #ScienceOfScience
Deadlines in April and May!
"*On March 9, a case was confirmed in the Maryland/metro D.C. area.
Measles is more contagious than many of the diseases we take far more seriously in the media and halls of Congress.
Measles infection can result in severe and sometimes permanent complications including pneumonia, lung damage, brain damage, and death."
#RFKJr #vaccines #measles #epidemic #disinformation #quackery
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"According to the Centers for Disease Control, as of March 6, 2025, a total of 222 measles cases have been reported by twelve U.S. jurisdictions in just the first 65 days of 2025.
The current outbreaks are in:
Alaska
California
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York City
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Texas
Washington state"
~ Amelia Mavis Christnot
#RFKJr #vaccines #measles #epidemic #disinformation #quackery
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https://auntiemavis.substack.com/p/measles-dangers-immunity-vaccination-testing
"He cheered on questionable treatments like cod liver oil, and said that local doctors had achieved 'almost miraculous and instantaneous' recoveries with steroids or antibiotics."
Note that shifting blame for contracting measles to lack of good diet and exercise blames victims in a particularly nasty way that makes invidious insinuations about social class and income. RFKJr. and his kind are models of good health?
#RFKJr #vaccines #measles #epidemic #disinformation #quackery
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"[RFKJr] issued a muffled call for vaccinations in the affected community, but said the choice was a personal one. He suggested that measles vaccine injuries were more common than known, contrary to extensive research. He asserted that natural immunity to measles, gained through infection, somehow also protected against cancer and heart disease, a claim not supported by research."
~ Teddy Rosenbluth
#RFKJr #vaccines #measles #epidemic #disinformation #quackery
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/health/measles-texas-kennedy-fox.html
Evidence suggests that measles immunity fades about 10-15 years after vaccination. If it's been more than 10 years since your MMR, or you can't find the latest record of vaccination, update your shot.
And WEAR A MASK. Measles is one of the most contagious diseases of all time. There is NO reason to expose yourself when a KN95/N95 mask offers so much protection.
An epidemiologist has a lot of really good info on the current measles outbreak in Texas.
https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/a-child-is-dead-from-measles
NY TIMES - Unvaccinated Child Dies of Measles in Texas, Officials Say
It is the first known death from an outbreak in West Texas and New Mexico. At least 124 cases have been identified in Texas since late January, mostly among children and teenagers who are either unvaccinated or whose vaccination status was unknown, officials said… #News #BreakingNews #Measles #epidemic #PublicHealth #epidemiology #virus
Bird Flu Found in California Rats as USDA Scrambles to Rehire Scientists
https://www.newsweek.com/bird-flu-found-california-rats-usda-scientists-2034873
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed H5N1 bird flu in four black rats in Riverside County, California this week. The rats were discovered in late January near two recently affected poultry farms, marking the first detection in rats since 2021.
At the #CDC, 2 prestigious training programs were gutted: one that embeds recent #PublicHealth grads in local #health depts & another to cultivate the next generation of PhD lab scientists. But the agency’s #Epidemic #Intelligence Service—the “disease detectives” who track #outbreaks around the world—has apparently been spared, perhaps because of an uproar among alumni after a majority of its members were told on Fri that they would be let go.
That is fckng disgusting. Allowing coding geeks, under a pseudo-intellectual, to make decisions about highly specialised areas such as finance and health, 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 lead to impeachment. Then again, our elected officials override expert opinions all of the time for their own benefit and that of their donors, don't they?
@bruno_j_navarro #louisiana beware. #GovernorLandry is apparently an #antivaxxer and he may precipitate the next #epidemic in this state #republicans hate us
Where Spray-Tan Satan goes, disease follows.
A horrifying update on #H5N1 #birdflu and the unprecedented dereliction of duty on the part of the reich-wing government that’s making the problem worse.
If you liked it #COVID19, you’ll love what’s coming.
#healthcare #pandemic #epidemic #CDC #flu
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFyy1U3POz9/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
The U.S. Is Not Ready for Bird Flu in Humans
Bird flu is infecting more people than we think. We need to stop it now before a new pandemic begins
Right after President Donald Trump took office, amid the flurry of executive orders and agency upheavals, the administration told the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention not to release any reports or communications until one of Trump’s people could take a look at them. Among the many reports not released that week was a study on how many veterinarians had gotten bird flu.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-us-is-not-ready-for-bird-flu-in-humans/
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