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US is close to losing measles-elimination status
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“We’re embarrassed”: US is close to losing measles-elimination status
There’s a “reasonable chance” that the US will soon lose its status as a country that has eliminated measles. That’s according to Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.What to know about measles in the US as case count breaks record
The World Health Organization considers a disease eliminated from a country or region if it has gone at least 12 months without continuous spread of said disease. (This is different from disease eradication, which is when a disease is completely stamped out globally. Humans have only managed to eradicate two diseases: smallpox and rinderpest, which infects cattle and other ruminants.)
The US triumphantly declared measles eliminated in 2000—after spending decades tenaciously working to promote widespread vaccination. (The CDC had originally hoped to have it eliminated by 1982.) And in 2016, the WHO declared measles eliminated from the Americas altogether. WHO’s Regional Office for the Americas (PAHO) celebrated the news with announcements titled, in part, “Bye, bye measles!”
But now—after a global resurgence of the highly infectious viral illness, spurred partly by misinformation and vocal anti-vaccine advocates—both of those achievements are close to being undone.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/08/were-embarrassed-us-health-experts-chagrined-by-measles-resurgence/
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/08/were-embarrassed-us-health-experts-chagrined-by-measles-resurgence/
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'Not our finest hour'
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/28/health/us-measles-elimination-status-in-jeopardy/index.html
Libtardaplorable©. And proud of it.
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My personal belief is it should be required, but I'm also leery of just letting the government decide what must be put in your body. Perhaps a "potential spreader" tax
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181101133918.htm
Our Swede friend must stay up all night on google searching for dumb shit to critique the US on...it is becoming a joke at this point...
I guess we could critique Sweden ... but I don't give a damn about.
Shocking.
Hey - what is the cause of this? And why is unemployment roughly 7% for Swedes but almost 20% for foreign born people in Sweden? Why the disparity?
To you.
Strongly
Repeatedly.
Human beings are so stupid. Having problems that do not even have to exist.
My mum had measles as a child before the vaccines were around. So she taught us about the importance.
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The vaccinations that are offered to all children protect against 9 diseases: diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, polio, infections caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b, measles, mumps, rubella and serious diseases caused by pneumococcus. Girls are also offered a vaccine against the human papillomavirus (HPV). (See table below.) Since 2016, all county councils ("landsting" or "regioner") additionally offer all infants vaccinations against hepatitis B.
Most vaccines that are part of the Swedish child vaccination programme are given as combination vaccines, i.e. vaccines against several diseases are given in the same shot in order to minimize the number of injections.
All vaccinations within the vaccination programme for children are voluntary and offered free of charge.
Why are you deflecting instead of answering. Just wondering what the reason is
And I still don't see the relevance of my nationality to the thread. Buy me a beer in Tokyo in 2020 and we can discuss it there. Where it is not weirdly off-topic.
OP, as much as you're on here, you must know about these: https://community.pearljam.com/discussion/186388/vaccinate-your-kids/p1 and https://community.pearljam.com/discussion/279213/a-quarter-of-all-kindergartners-in-washington-county-aren-t-immunized-now-there-s-a-measles-crisis/p1. Only neither of those mentions the US in a negative light in their titles.
Perhaps @Kat or @Sea will perform another merge so as not to turn AMT into a surface-level anti-US agitprop forum.
https://www.thelocal.se/20171228/gothenburg-hospital-battles-measles-outbreak
28 December 2017
Measles outbreak in Gothenburg continues
On Thursday Sahlgrenska University Hospital revealed it had closed the children's emergency ward temporarily after detecting a ninth suspected case of measles, which it has been battling since December 10th.
The confirmed number of infections in the city has now risen to 10, with the majority of the cases being people who had contact with someone who sought help at the hospital on December 10th.
"We can say that it's a mixture of different people who have been infected, both children and adults," Peter Ulleryd, a deputy infections doctor in Västra Götaland county told newspaper Göteborgs Posten.
"The likelihood of there being more cases is high. Measles are so contagious that sitting in the same waiting room or being present in the same room is enough to be infected," he continued.
The hospital is trying to track down those who may have been infected. Many are believed to have been exposed to the virus, but only a limited number of infections are expected as most Swedes are vaccinated against measles.
Health officials urged those who are not vaccinated to get the measles jab, but told people who believe they may have been infected to stay at home and contact health advice hotline 1177.
“These people should not be in the waiting rooms due to the risk of infection. If you still go to our emergency wards you should pay attention to the information signs and additional healthcare staff at the entrance. Their job is to ask about measles symptoms and vaccination status. If they suspect infection the patient will be treated in a separate room,” said Anne Haglund Olmarker, duty hospital chief.
“Because we are tracking down the infection, we may find people who are not vaccinated. They are then offered the opportunity to quickly get vaccinated. Vaccination must take place within three days of infection,” she added.
The first symptoms are high fever, a severe cough and red eyes, followed by a rash.
Sweden has offered vaccination against measles since 1971 and as part of the MMR jab (measles, mumps and rubella) since 1982. More than 97 percent of two-year-olds are today vaccinated.
https://www.thelocal.se/20180105/gothenburg-measles-outbreak-grows-to-15-confirmed-cases
Gothenburg measles outbreak grows to 15 confirmed cases
5 January 2018The number of people infected in a Gothenburg measles outbreak has increased to 15, and there are concerns it may spread to other parts of Sweden.
Gothenburg has been battling the outbreak since the first case was confirmed at Sahlgrenska University Hospital on December 10th, and on Friday Västra Götaland Regional Council said that the number had risen to 15 – two more than the previous update on Thursday.
One of the two new cases is a woman who was infected in Västra Götaland and sought treatment in Västerbotten, northern Sweden.
Not included in the 15 is a further suspected case in neighbouring Halland however, where local health officials said they would not be able to make an accurate diagnosis until Saturday.
Most of the 15 confirmed cases are adults and are believed to have been infected while visiting Sahlgrenska.
READ ALSO: More than 60 babies may have been exposed to Gothenburg measles infection This article can be found here:
https://www.thelocal.se/20180103/more-than-60-babies-may-have-been-exposed-to-gothenburg-measles-infection
Sweden has been offering vaccination against measles since 1971 and as part of the MMR jab (measles, mumps and rubella) since 1982.
A similar outbreak occurred in Sweden in 2016 with 12 cases, and in 2013 with 17.
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