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Knowing the #symptoms of this #vaccine-preventable #disease can help reduce its chance of spreading. Here is a comparison of #measles symptoms in children & adults.

According to the [fmr] #CDC, measles symptoms appear 7 to 14 days after contact with the #virus & typically include high fever, cough, runny nose & watery eyes. Measles rash appears 3 to 5 days after the first symptoms.

Newton, MA, caught with its pants down, starts enforcing its school vaccination requirements. I can't understand why they were "relaxed" in the first place! But better late than never.

Newton Public Schools have a lot of unvaccinated students, and the district is cracking down and reinstating requirements that were relaxed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The district’s central office recently sent out a message letting NPS families know that, during a meeting with the city’s Health and Human Services team, school administration learned that since 2020, 182 students were allowed to enroll in NPS without standard immunizations required by the state to attend public schools in Massachusetts.

“These matters came to our attention due to a series of cases of chicken pox, which were dealt with last week and brought us to review of our students and their immunization status,” the NPS message notes.

This is at a time when measles cases are popping up nationwide, and the NPS data shows 42 students who aren’t immunized for measles.

newtonbeacon.org/with-alarming

h/t @universalhub (whose post on this hasn't made it to Mastodon yet: universalhub.com/2025/after-ch)

Newton Beacon · With alarming number of unvaccinated students, Nolin reinstates requirements for NPSBy Bryan McGonigle

"If someone just compares the raw numbers of miscarriages in #vaccinated and #unvaccinated #women, they are missing a crucial source of #bias. Specifically, some factors – like pregnancy history and underlying health – may influence both the chances of getting vaccinated and the chances of miscarriage. Just because the two are #correlated, it doesn’t mean one is causing the other."

kucharski.substack.com/p/when-

#VaccinesWork
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Understanding the unseen · When the underlying data doesn't speak for itselfBy Adam Kucharski

“We're getting into the realm where diseases that were really problematic here in Canada in the 1950s and 60s — and that through a really comprehensive and well-co-ordinated vaccination campaign were largely eliminated — are coming back."

Polio could be next? Another vaccine preventable disease? My goodness, another level of stupidity is developing.
#VaccinesWork #Canada #cdnpoli
cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/mea

CBCMeasles is surging in Alberta. Which vaccine-preventable disease could be next? | CBC NewsDoctors and scientists worry Alberta's measles outbreaks could signal the start of a new era when other dangerous infectious diseases of the past could re-emerge and pose new health threats.

"The first thing to do if someone expresses uncertainty about vaccines to you, say researchers, is not to judge or dismiss them. It’s wrong to assume that people are ignorant, irrational or have naively swallowed online misinformation. A lot of people have genuine and legitimate questions..."

I guess, the main point is that there are risks associated with vaccines, but that the diseases that they prevent are much worse. #vaccine #vaccines #vaccination #VaccineSafety #VaccineSideEffects #VaccinesWork

nature.com/articles/d41586-025

www.nature.comHow to speak to a vaccine sceptic: research reveals what worksHesitancy about vaccinations is on the rise, but studies show there are specific ways to address people's questions.

“For decades, anti-vaccine activists have been shouting their false claims about vaccine safety, cover-up, conspiracy, and corruption from the sidelines. Now, with RFK Jr…and two sycophants from the FDA…It’s a dangerous time to be a child in America.”
#VaccinesWork #Science
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Beyond the Noise · “Don’t Trust the Old FDA, Trust Us”By Paul Offit

it's awful how many pregnant people in Ontario are unvaccinated against diseases that could kill or maim their foetus, just because they believe anti-vaccine propaganda.

and for fuck's sake if someone does get exposed to measles while pregnant and unvaccinated, get them a dose of intravenous immunoglobulin within six days.

cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/six

CBC6 infants born with congenital measles from unvaccinated mothers in Ontario since last fall | CBC NewsOntario's chief medical officer of health says six infants have been born with congenital measles since an outbreak began last fall, adding they were infected in the womb through mothers who were not vaccinated.