OR - Public health emergency declared over measles anti-vax hotspot near Portland and NY, Jan 2019

[angelainwi]

There is a thread on that case.

That is because I started one. The thread was not there when I asked if anyone wanted to start one.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Michigan's measles cases hit 30, most since 1994

Michigan health officials have confirmed eight more cases of measles, bringing this year's state total to 30.

The eight new cases were in Oakland County, bringing the county total to 29. Wayne County has one confirmed case.

This is the highest level of cases that Michigan has experienced since 1994, when 26 cases were reported over 12 months, according to the state Department of Health and Human Services...

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Measles outbreak puts Detroit area on 'high alert'

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

200 people notified of possible exposure to measles in ER

CDC: Measles virus is highly contagious

 

[Inthedetails]

200 people notified of possible exposure to measles in ER

CDC: Measles virus is highly contagious

From the link, noting location:

"UC Davis Health in Sacramento, California, sent letters to about 200 people who visited its emergency department on March 17 to notify them that they may have been exposed to measles."

 

[human]

Auschwitz museum blasts anti-vaxxers for donning yellow stars in protest

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Health officials now confirm 39 measles cases in Oakland, Wayne counties

Unrelated Indiana case has exposure locations in Sturgis

 

[Inthedetails]

Russia trolls 'spreading vaccine discord'

Russia trolls 'spreading vaccination misinformation' to create discord

(Please note: The article does not contain any names of politicians, no party names. Just pointing that out so the convo doesn't derail into politics.)

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

What it took to change one mom's mind about refusing vaccines

Counseling hesitant families about vaccines takes time. Meanwhile, the rates of unvaccinated continue to rise.

 

[MsFacetious]

Auschwitz museum blasts anti-vaxxers for donning yellow stars in protest

Here is a more accessible link: Auschwitz Museum Blasts US Antivax Protesters for Donning Yellow Stars

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Flashpoint 4/7/19: Measles outbreak; Autism Awareness Month

In the last few weeks, we have been reading headlines that seem pretty old -- but they are as current as can be. We started to leave measles in the rear view mirror in 1963 when the vaccine was developed.

In 1989, we added a second dose to the MMR vaccine protocol and by 2000 the measles were declared eliminated and yet -- they're back...

 

[FrostOwl]

Flashpoint 4/7/19: Measles outbreak; Autism Awareness Month

In the last few weeks, we have been reading headlines that seem pretty old -- but they are as current as can be. We started to leave measles in the rear view mirror in 1963 when the vaccine was developed.

In 1989, we added a second dose to the MMR vaccine protocol and by 2000 the measles were declared eliminated and yet -- they're back...

The elimination of measles (and other "old-fashioned" diseases) only happened in some parts of the world where enough of the population was vacciated (more than 95 percent), so that there were no longer a chance for epidemics to be spread among a large part of the population, but the current cases of measles shows how quickly the situation can change. It's impossible to completely eradicate the pathogens that cause the measles and other diseases, we can just keep them not from spreading by seeing to that enough people are vaccinated. The measels is not as deadly as other infectious diseases, what would happen if there was to be a outbreak of polio or the bubonic plague among those who are not vaccinated?

 

[dixiegirl1035]

The elimination of measles (and other "old-fashioned" diseases) only happened in some parts of the world where enough of the population was vacciated (more than 95 percent), so that there were no longer a chance for epidemics to be spread among a large part of the population, but the current cases of measles shows how quickly the situation can change. It's impossible to completely eradicate the pathogens that cause the measles and other diseases, we can just keep them not from spreading by seeing to that enough people are vaccinated. The measels is not as deadly as other infectious diseases, what would happen if there was to be a outbreak of polio or the bubonic plague among those who are not vaccinated?

The CDC still recommends against polio, but I don't think Bubonic plague is vaccinated for presently in the US.

"CDC recommends that children get four doses of polio vaccine. They should get one dose at each of the following ages:

2 months
4 months
6 through 18 months
(booster) 4 through 6 years"

Polio | Vaccination in the U.S. | CDC

 

[FrostOwl]

The CDC still recommends against polio, but I don't think Bubonic plague is vaccinated for presently in the US.

It's good that the polio vaccination still is in place, but it's not so good if there is no vaccinations against the plague, as it's still active, both in the U.S. (about 7 cases/year), but even more cases in parts of Africa. There is a page about the plague on CDC, but I can't link to it from my tablet.

 

[Podengo]

Most anti-vax folks I meet are more concerned with cancers than autism. I’m not making an opinion here, just sharing something interesting to me.
“When you see an increase like that -- that fast -- in a short period of time, most likely it is going to be driven by some exposure to environmental factors,” says Catherine Metayer, MD, PhD, an adjunct professor at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health.
Childhood Cancer Rates Are Rising. Why?

 

[dixiegirl1035]

It's good that the polio vaccination still is in place, but it's not so good if there is no vaccinations against the plague, as it's still active, both in the U.S. (about 7 cases/year), but even more cases in parts of Africa. There is a page about the plague on CDC, but I can't link to it from my tablet.

Here is the link

Plague | Plague | CDC

 

[Inthedetails]

Most anti-vax folks I meet are more concerned with cancers than autism. I’m not making an opinion here, just sharing something interesting to me.
“When you see an increase like that -- that fast -- in a short period of time, most likely it is going to be driven by some exposure to environmental factors,” says Catherine Metayer, MD, PhD, an adjunct professor at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health.
Childhood Cancer Rates Are Rising. Why?

Interesting.

When I was a young mom, there was a sub-group in my "playgroup crowd" who were anti-vaccine, but from what I could tell, their opposition was more that the vaccines happened too early and too quickly. They preferred to delay and space the vaccines out. I should mention this was an educated group of parents. FWIW, when a child in the group got measles and was hospitalized, several of those parents quickly got their kids vaccinated! I recall listening to their conversations about whether a doctor would ridicule them, etc. when they went in to update the shots. That was a big concern, and I've thought ever since then that the way to change someone's mind is NOT to put them down (which I see a lot on social media) or make things difficult, but to make it easy for them to change their mind - to take the approach of welcoming them into the fold.

That was my observation, and it's from quite awhile ago as my kids are grown now. I get the impression that anti-vax parents are more radical (if that is the right word) now than they were several years ago. What I observed was more of a choice to delay but not deny vaccines for their kids.

jmo

 

[Podengo]

I delayed and spaced out vaccines as well. We skipped the hep c just after birth as well.

 

[gitana1]

False and disproven claim?

I have not read where they have proven it is not from vaccines, I must have missed that tidbit.

If they don’t know what causes it then how do they what doesn’t cause it.

I graduated HS “74” never ever were there kids with autism. Never in public, on vacation, never. How did it all the sudden surface?

They sent them to "special" schools. We didn't have mainstreaming until the 1980's when children with mild disabilities began to be integrated into "regular" classrooms.

In the late 90's they began integrating kids with more serious disabilities.

In the 70's I went to two elementary schools. One didn't have any kids with special needs. The second had a classroom dedicated to kids with serious special needs. There were kids with Down syndrome and kids with what looked like autism.

We notice kids with autism more due to awareness and mainstreaming.

 

[Inthedetails]

"Health officials say 465 measles cases have been reported this year, as of last week. That’s up from 387 the week before.

The numbers are preliminary. The 2019 tally is already the most since 2014, when 667 were reported. The most before that was 963 cases in 1994."

https://nypost.com/2019/04/08/us-measles-outbreak-tops-465-cases-with-kids-hit-hardest/