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Lucylastic -> RE: Italy and vaccinations . . Rome, we have a problem. (4/23/2017 6:11:57 AM)
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http://globalnews.ca/news/3345439/deadly-measles-outbreak-spreads-in-europe-as-vaccinations-fall/
Romania has seen nearly 2,000 cases of measles since February 2016, World Health Organization data shows.
The country’s vaccination rate is 86 per cent, well below the 95 per cent recommended for “herd immunity” against infectious disease.
Romania’s measles outbreak has killed 17 children there, none of whom were vaccinated.
Romania’s vaccination rate has fallen sharply over the last decade, driven in part by a vocal anti-vaccination movement there. The country now has Europe’s highest measles infection rate, and its fifth-lowest vaccination rate.
This report is from january.
http://globalnews.ca/news/3176898/trumps-support-for-anti-vaxxers-could-lead-to-deadly-outbreaks-disease-expert-warns/
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s meetings with anti-vaccination activists risks triggering a disease outbreak by lowering vaccination rates, an infectious disease expert warns.
“When someone takes a public policy position that weakens vaccine programs, they are threatening everybody’s health,” University of Toronto medical professor David Fisman charges. “They are threatening my health.”
Earlier this week, Trump met with vaccination skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to discuss naming him to a presidential panel on autism.
It’s not the first time Trump’s links to vaccine skeptics have been evident. During the campaign, he met for nearly an hour with an anti-vaccination group that included former British doctor Andrew Wakefield. Wakefield was stripped of his licence to practice medicine in 2010 when a British disciplinary panel found that research that he claimed proved a link between the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism was “dishonest” and “irresponsible.”
“I found him to be extremely interested, genuinely interested, and open-minded on this issue, so that was enormously refreshing,” Wakefield told STAT, a medical news service.
In 2014, Trump tweeted his support for the vaccines-cause-autism theory:
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If I were President I would push for proper vaccinations but would not allow one time massive shots that a small child cannot take - AUTISM.
7:44 PM - 27 Mar 2014
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Healthy young child goes to doctor, gets pumped with massive shot of many vaccines, doesn't feel good and changes - AUTISM. Many such cases!
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I'm not against vaccinations for your children, I'm against them in 1 massive dose.Spread them out over a period of time & autism will drop!
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But using a big platform like the White House to cast doubt on vaccines could lead to lower vaccination rates, which in turn raises the odds of a dangerous outbreak, Fisman warns.
“I think it’s extremely irresponsible,” Fisman says. “He bears the responsibility for outbreaks and epidemics that occur as a result of these signals, because he’s in a leadership position.”
Society’s resistance to infectious diseases like measles depends on “herd immunity” — having a critical mass of people vaccinated against a disease. The lower the vaccination rates, the more likely an outbreak becomes. The less vaccination is supported, the less common it is likely to be.
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Now I know that there is a lot of info on the anti vaxxers side, regarding the various ingredients, but this is the result of not even covering a child with the basics.
you need to have at least two full doses of the MMR vaccine. And while there are legitimate medical reasons a child is not suited to the vaccines and could be deadly, those are few and far between statistically, but the responsibility for NOT being vaccinated falls on the parents heads.
That "most" of the sick and dead were not vaccinated...it would seem prudent to give your own and others children a chance, not to mention adults.
There are people that fall thru the cracks, sadly.usually thru no fault of their own, but reducing the risk, IS a responsibility. Not just as a human being.a parent, a spouse, but also as a kink person.
The idea that single payer kills all known germs, is bloody pathetic.
And as there are anti vaxxers on both sides of the aisle, most religious groups have anti vaxxers, most colours have their anti vaxxers, its not a partisan thing, altho trump as pres is an anti vaxxer(or is he??) its relevant as far as the future health policies go.
Plus he just fired the Surgeon General, what are policies going to be for vaccinations if the outbreaks(of whatever) keep breaking out.?
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