@auscandoc Those numbers are frustrating! Many things get wrong in today's world, but vaccine scepticism is on my top list of What's Stupid.
#vaccineswork
@auscandoc Those numbers are frustrating! Many things get wrong in today's world, but vaccine scepticism is on my top list of What's Stupid.
#vaccineswork
Measles was eliminated in the U.S. 25 years ago. Now? It’s back, hitting record highs. Why? Anti-vax lies. Political cowardice. RFK Jr. should be prosecuted. Kids are dying from a disease we had beat. Conspiracies replacing science. #VaccinesWork #PublicHealth #RFKJr #MAGA
There should be no outbreaks of measles in developed countries.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/well/us-measles-record-outbreaks.html?unlocked_article_code=1.VE8.d4nk.H0ais6_FcztQ
#measles #vaccines #vaccinate #VaccinesWork #PublicHealth #antivax #antiscience #RFKjr
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.
The #outbreak has led to at least 155 hospitalizations, including 431 adults & 824 children. There have been 3 confirmed deaths.
The #measles #virus is one of the most contagious #InfectiousDiseases. It's so #contagious that 92% of #unvaccinated people who are exposed end up contracting the disease. And 1 in 5 of those people end up in the #hospital, according to [what’s left of] the CDC.
Do you remember when the old place was great for #ScienceComm?
Anyway, as it was world #Zoonoses day yesterday, the message bares repeating.
Do not kiss your dog - for both your sakes.
And keep up to date with your
vaccinations FFS.
Keep babies, high risk Albertans away from Stampede due to measles, doctors caution
#Calgary #Measles #VaccinesWork
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/keep-babies-high-risk-albertans-away-from-stampede-due-to-measles-doctors-caution-1.7576448
Can you believe it, going from the heights of #JFK & #RFK to the depths of #RFKjr ????? And he has personally had all his childhood #vaccines !!!
Hey Bobby,
#VaccinesSaveLives & #VaccinesWork and YOU KNOW IT !!!!
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.
h/t @universalhub (whose post on this hasn't made it to Mastodon yet: https://www.universalhub.com/2025/after-chickenpox-outbreak-newton-officials-put-foot-down-incoming)
Childhood vaccination rates are falling around the world — for many reasons. That is a public health nightmare with many adverse consequences. It also comes with great economic costs/penalties.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1ljv2mvr00o
h/t @fulelo
https://journa.host/@fulelo/114742499373323094
#vaccines #vaccinate #VaccinesWork #PublicHealth #antivax #antiscience
National vaccine registry needed amid measles resurgence, Canada's outgoing top doctor says
#VaccinesWork #Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/whitecoat/theresa-tam-national-vaccine-registry-1.7566745
"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."
https://kucharski.substack.com/p/when-the-underlying-data-doesnt-speak
#VaccinesWork
#USpol
#UShealth
#RFKjr
#publichealth
#dataanalysis
#criticalthinking
“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
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/measles-is-surging-in-alberta-which-vaccine-preventable-disease-could-be-next-1.7560747
Sure…talk down vaccines and public health initiatives to citizens and then turnaround and blame lack of people interested in taking vaccines resulting in money wasted. That is the UCP in a nutshell.
#Canada #Cdnpoli #VaccinesWork
goddamn antivaxxers
"Alberta's measles surge is so dramatic, the last time case counts were higher Calgary did not have an NHL team, O Canada was not yet the official national anthem and gasoline would set you back 24 cents a litre."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-measles-most-cases-half-century-1.7559973
"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
“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
https://pauloffit.substack.com/p/dont-trust-the-old-fda-trust-us.”
#Vaccines
https://pauloffit.substack.com/p/dont-trust-the-old-fda-trust-us
And the open access article from the CMAJ
#VaccinesWork #Pregnancy #Measles #Canada #Alberta #Ontario
https://www.cmaj.ca/content/197/22/E627
“Measles in pregnancy increases the risk of infection with pneumonia, hepatitis, and even death, and increases the risk of miscarriage and premature birth.”
A preventable disease
#VaccinesWork #Canada
#Measles #Pregnancy
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-06-pregnant-burden-measles-outbreaks-canada.html
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.