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/
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,476

    'Not our finest hour'

    Looking back, public health experts see lost opportunities for combating that problem.
    While anti-vaxers were busy spreading their false propaganda, "the good guys," as Schaffner calls them, failed to effectively communicate how dangerous diseases like measles can be.

    Those "good guys," he said, include groups such as the CDC as well as doctors' groups.
    "I think this was not our finest hour," Schaffner said.
    Dr. William Moss, an infectious disease pediatrician at Johns Hopkins, agrees.
    While anti-vaxers circulated videos on social media of mothers citing false claims about vaccines, public health groups failed to tell the stories of the ravages of diseases like measles.

    "We didn't do enough to get a mother on camera to say 'my child died of measles' or had brain damage from measles. I think we could have done better with our public health messaging," said Moss, executive director of the International Vaccine Access Center at Johns Hopkins.

    https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/28/health/us-measles-elimination-status-in-jeopardy/index.html
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Smellyman
    Smellyman Asia Posts: 4,528
    antivaxers, climate deniers, flat earthers

    all equally idiotic.
  • Moonpig
    Moonpig Posts: 659
    Smellyman said:
    antivaxers, climate deniers, flat earthers

    all equally idiotic.
    Add Trumpists to that list also, I'm sure they all move between most of these labels.
  • Halifax2TheMax
    Halifax2TheMax Posts: 42,262
    Smellyman said:
    antivaxers, climate deniers, flat earthers

    all equally idiotic.
    Deplorables.
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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    That's because it is a tricky issue...do you pass a law and force people, or do you leave be...


    Give Peas A Chance…
  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,836
    Meltdown99 said:
    That's because it is a tricky issue...do you pass a law and force people, or do you leave be...


    I think you can pass laws that make it almost a requirement...without making it a requirement.  Like school vaccinations....required to attend public school.  But feel free to home school.  

    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 ;).  

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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    Fatal measles case highlights the importance of herd immunity in protecting the vulnerable

    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.  
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,814
    Another "I hate USA" thread?
    Shocking.
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,476
    edited August 2019
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Another "I hate USA" thread?
    Shocking.
    So insecure. Cute.
    Post edited by Spiritual_Chaos on
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,836
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Another "I hate USA" thread?
    Shocking.
    So insecure. Cute.
    https://www.thelocal.se/20190813/swedish-unemployment-rate-rises-for-first-time-in-two-years

    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?
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,476
    cincybearcat said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Another "I hate USA" thread?
    Shocking.
    So insecure. Cute.
    https://www.thelocal.se/20190813/swedish-unemployment-rate-rises-for-first-time-in-two-years

    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?
    What is the relevance to the thread? I feel like I'm missing something here.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,814
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Another "I hate USA" thread?
    Shocking.
    So insecure. Cute.
    All of the words I am not free to use.
    To you.
    Strongly 
    Repeatedly.

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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,476
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Another "I hate USA" thread?
    Shocking.
    So insecure. Cute.
    All of the words I am not free to use.
    To you.
    Strongly 
    Repeatedly.


    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,476
    edited August 2019
    UK, Greece, Albania and Czech Republic - measles not considered eliminated.


    Human beings are so stupid. Having problems that do not even have to exist.
    Post edited by Spiritual_Chaos on
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    I have never seen someone post so much anti-American crap as what we are getting.  It is just ridiculous at this point.  
    Give Peas A Chance…
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,904
    We have problems here  with people not having  the vaccine .  It is hard as a parent. But all my kids are vaccinated. 
    My mum had measles as a child before  the vaccines  were around.  So she taught  us about the importance.  


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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,476
    Meltdown99 said:
    I have never seen someone post so much anti-American crap as what we are getting.  It is just ridiculous at this point.  
    What is anti-american in the problem of measles outbreaks? 
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,476
    lastexitlondon said:
    We have problems here  with people not having  the vaccine .  It is hard as a parent. But all my kids are vaccinated. 
    My mum had measles as a child before  the vaccines  were around.  So she taught  us about the importance.  
    You don't have a public "children vaccines program" in the UK? In Sweden every kid gets (not law though) 9 different vaccines for diseases. Measles included.

    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.

    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,814
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Another "I hate USA" thread?
    Shocking.
    So insecure. Cute.
    All of the words I am not free to use.
    To you.
    Strongly 
    Repeatedly.


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  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,836
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    cincybearcat said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Another "I hate USA" thread?
    Shocking.
    So insecure. Cute.
    https://www.thelocal.se/20190813/swedish-unemployment-rate-rises-for-first-time-in-two-years

    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?
    What is the relevance to the thread? I feel like I'm missing something here.
    Didn;t feel like starting a new one and since this is the 1,000,000 anti-USA thread from a swede I thought I'd ask about this Swedish topic.

    Why are you deflecting instead of answering.  Just wondering what the reason is
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