Measles breaking records, flu breaking records...

[Tiangou]

Somebody needs to stop vaccinations before they save more lives! Where's Bobby Kennedy, Jr??! He needs to stop development of vaccines until they've all had two centuries of double-blind studies to prove they don't cause gray hair and sunburn!


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Weekly measles cases hit new record amid worst outbreak since 1990s

Weekly measles cases have set a new record, according to figures published Friday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, topping the peak of an outbreak in 2019 that ranked as the worst since the 1990s.

The number of cases that had their symptoms start during the week of March 30 has grown to 111, according to the agency's latest update. Authorities backdate newly reported measles cases based on when their rash began, to account for delays in reporting and diagnosis.

That tops the 102 cases reported for the week of March 23, 2019, at the height of that year's wave. By the end of 2019, measles cases that year added up to the largest annual tally since endemic spread of the virus was declared eliminated in 2000...

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CDC reports 216 children died this flu season, the most in 15 years

More U.S. children have died this flu season than at any time since the swine flu pandemic 15 years ago, according to a federal report released Friday.

The 216 pediatric deaths reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eclipse the 207 reported last year. It’s the most since the 2009-2010 H1N1 global flu pandemic.

It’s startling that the number already is this high, given that the flu season is still going on. The final pediatric death tally for the 2023-2024 flu season wasn’t counted until autumn.

“This number that we have now is almost certainly an undercount, and one that — when the season is declared over, and they compile all the data — it’s almost certain to go up,” said Dr. Sean O’Leary of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

There are likely several contributors to this season’s severity, but a big one is that fewer children get flu shots, added O’Leary, a University of Colorado pediatric infectious diseases specialist...

[Acer]

One study I saw implied the flu vaccine cocktail didn't hit the mark as well this year. Defense waned as the season progressed. Which is simply a fact of flu vaccine, given the buggers evolve rapidly. The Facebook post that linked the study had a different spin, of course.

[Speedy]

Tiangou wrote: “This number that we have now is almost certainly an undercount, and one that — when the season is declared over, and they compile all the data — it’s almost certain to go up,” said Dr. Sean O’Leary of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Having this many reported deaths is easily solved by no longer compiling the data. No doubt this is high on the priority list just as daily apprehensions of those crossing the border between official crossing points was discontinued because they didn’t serve the current administration’s propaganda efforts.

[pdq]

Healthy people (and children) don’t die of infectious disease.

It’s unpossible.

[Janit]

pdq wrote:
Healthy people (and children) don’t die of infectious disease.

It’s unpossible.

That's right. They're just called home to God.

[Lizabeth]

Everyone on the forum should do yourself and your family a favor to check with your primary physician on whether you need additional vaccines. We would hate to lose our loved ones unexpectedly and unnecessarily.

When I was a volleyball ref back in the day (probably during the late 80’s early 90’s) and doing High school games during an outbreak of measles I did get a booster shot as a precaution. I don’t regret doing it considering I was vaccinated initially during the early 60’s.