Countries: USA, Israel, Italy, Russia, Japan, Thailand, Northern Ireland, Sweden
Topics: Antivax, Flu, Measles, Chickenpox, Rubella, HPV, Migration
-I. VCP News Archive. }}With PDWN added material
-Northern Ireland: Just 28% of Staff Have Received ‘Flu Vaccine, 180923-VCP-UK. Presumably this is not due to a shortage -Sweden↓ but staff choosing not getting the flu jab. Not only indicates a strong antivax sentiment, but that if those in the medical field are avoiding being vaccinate, that it will be very challenging to persuade the general population to do so. It is possible that the shortage is due to low market demand for years so it was not manufactured in the first place. This is not the first forecasted shortage that will not be solved before it arrives, Millions Left Behind as Diabetes Drives Surge in Insulin Demand, Half of the World's Diabetics Won't Have Insulin by 2030.
-Thailand: Measles Has Infected 2,280 People and Killed 18 in the Mainly Muslim Border Provinces in the South this Year, 181111-VCP.
-Japan: Rubella Spreading Across Japan, Raising Concern Before Tokyo Games, 180923-VCP.
-USA: War Breaks out in New York’s Ultra Orthodox Community over Measles Outbreak, (181111-VCP), and like its North Carolina counterpart this is happening in a larger context of preserving a particular religious identity and its separate education system. }} Measles Outbreak Tops 100 Cases In Rockland, Brooklyn. In neither case is this the first outbreak, which one would think they would reconsider their position, A Maddening Case of the Measles in Orthodox Jewish Brooklyn 2013, Measles Vaccine Developer Warns Jewish Anti Vaxxers 2013. 180805-VCP-Research. [Cartoon]. | Anti Vaccine Community Behind North Carolina Chickenpox Outbreak, 181118-VCP. }} Anti Vaccination Stronghold in NC Hit with Worst Chickenpox Outbreak in 2 Decades, a stronghold is an impenetrable fort, so safe in fact that food, water, air, ideas can’t get in and eventually everyone dies. Chickenpox Outbreak Is North Carolina’s Largest since 1995. Another Waldorf School, Another Outbreak. Quelle Surprise, Chickenpox Outbreak at School Linked to Vaccine Exemptions, Chickenpox Outbreak Hits N.C. Private School with Low Vaccination Rates. Quarantine Challenged amid N Carolina Chickenpox Outbreak. The Revenge of Chicken Poxain . | NJ Measles: Lakewood Outbreak May Be Poised to Spread, Why Vaccination Debate Persists as Measles Outbreak Spreads, -Israel↓. | One Third of U.S. Parents Won't Get the Flu Vaccine for Their Kids, Percentage of Unvaccinated Children in U.S. Has Quadrupled since 2001, 3 Ethical Reasons for Vaccinating Your Children, contribute to public good benefits all, protects the vulnerable and health is communal, Mom of Girl with Cancer Begs Parents to Vaccinate Their Children: It’s an Act of Compassion. Does an Echo Chamber of Information Impede Flu Vaccination for Children 181125-1.1. Texas, Close Vaccine Loophole Before it Gets Bigger, Antivaxxers Want to Expand Vaccine Exemptions to Texas Day Cares. We Can’t Let That Happen, Antivaccine Movement Thrives in Parts of the United States, Dispelling Deadly Myths about the Flu Vaccine$. County Reports Second Flu Death this Season. | 181125-6, The CDC’s Influenza Math Doesn’t Add Up: Exaggerating the Death Toll to Sell Flu Shots. Of course they (BigPharma) are trying to sell flu shots. It’s a commodity that can be sold for profit, that is why they are in business. Is hype to get people to vaccinated a bad thing, profit is the bottom line but saving the life of a family member should trump outrage that your getting a vaccine that could prevent death, for $20-$70 if one doesn’t have insurance, sounds like a good investment in health protection and preventative medicine that avoids costs of expensive treatments, hospitals and funerals. BTW hype of disinformation to get people to not vaccinate has its own profit motive. That it is a bad thing. | Anti Vaccine Movement 'Subjecting' Women to Cervical Cancer, Says Doctor, Why I'm Standing up to the Anti Vaccine Nonsense. California Appeals Court Upholds Vaccination Law.
-II. Not in VCP News Archive:
-Sweden: Nation Sees Uneven Supply of Influenza Vaccines, -Northern Ireland↑. <ADDED 180610-VCP>.
-Venezuela: <ADDED 181125-6B>.
-DRC: Two Major Cases of Resistance Against Ebola Vaccine Reported in Butembo, <ADDED 181125-180513-1.1>.
-Italy: Italy Orders Seizure of Migrant Rescue Ship over HIV Contaminated Clothes, Italy Orders Seizure of Migrant Rescue Ship Aquarius for Illegal Waste Treatment, 181125-5 -181118-1-Smoke -180513-1.1B. A reasonable public health precaution, that also reassures the public, would be to: decontaminate the vessel, label as Special Waste*, and handled with normal personal protection and equipment. The fact is that HIV does not persist outside a live body very long and when it does there is a narrow range of conditions that will allow HIV to persist, and HIV is not considered an infectious disease as its transmission is also very limited. This action are likely that this is to get the 5 Star Movement message back on track after last week 181118-VCP pragmatic back tracking of policy to advocate vaccination for measles. This is not an usual technique to deflect attention from an inconsistency, by being stronger on other issues – anti migration, anti MSF, anti EU by using the dread and moral panic about a scary disease. What is more concerning is this demonstrates more sophistication with disinformation campaigns than a national level populist movement would have -1- -2- -3-. Note that this observation about disinformation is conspiracy theory like, which is part of the circular logic of conspiracy theory. Occupation hazard when dealing the socially constructed reality, one quickly doesn’t know what is true, get depressed and paranoid. There are ways to check oneself for this, similar to measures to control for the effect of one’s biases. One of the beauties of disinformation campaigns use of existing conspiracy theory is that it is difficult to prove origin, debunk and accusations that something is a disinformation conspiracy theory is easily interpreted as a conspiracy theory itself. *At this time there is not an internationally accepted protocol for Special Waste but by in large most jurisdictions use similar definitions and procedures.
-Israel: CDC Issues Travel Notice for Israel Due to Measles Outbreak, 181111-VCP. 181125-VCP-USA. -USA↑.
-Research: The Ethical Quandary of Human Infection Studies. Sometimes infecting volunteers with a disease can lead to new treatments, but how much risk and compensation is acceptable for those in poor nations. DNA Vaccine Reduces Alzheimer's Associated Brain Toxins. Emergent Valneva Zika Vaccine Clears Early Trial.
-Global: Why Don’t We Have Vaccines Against Everything$. The Story Behind the Worst Measles Outbreak in the European Union. VCP Blog The State of Vaccine Confidence 2018. 2018 Surges in Measles in Europe and US Show Importance of Herd Immunity.
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-181118-1-Smoke>A. Illustrative of the same process that also made the antivax narrative.
-180513-1.1>. Situation in the Congo.
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