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Countries: USA, India, Research, DRC, Global, China, South Sudan, Singapore, Venezuela
Topics: Antivax, Measles, Flu, Ebola, HIV, Dengue, Health Beliefs, Superstition, Exemptions, Hot Spots
-I. VCP News Archive. }}With PDWN added material
-China: If a Government Can’t Deliver Safe Vaccines for Children, Is It Fit to Rule, China Disciplines More than 80 Officials Linked to Major Vaccine Scandal, 190120-VCP, 181230-VCP.
-USA: Vaccination Exemptions Backfire in Oregon Measles Outbreak. Vaccination Exemptions Continue to Rise in California. 190127-VCP, 190120-VCP-Research, 190106-VCP-USA -Research, 181223-VCP, 181209-8.1, 181209-VCP, 181202-VCP, ##↓↓. }} Measles Are Coming Back Because of Vaccination Loopholes, Some States Allow Parents to Get out of Vaccinations. Then this Happens, Medical Exemptions from Vaccines Endanger Us All, Why Measles Is Back, in Five Charts, US Lawmakers Consider a Ban on Vaccine Opt Outs as Northwest Measles Outbreak Worsens Video. Number of Measles Cases Continues to Rise in Washington amid Outbreak, Measles Is the Most Contagious Disease in World, vaccination 98% effective, but 'herd protection' works only if 95% vaccinated. Officials Urge Vaccinations amid Northwest Measles Outbreak. Measles Outbreak Sparks Public Health Emergency in Washington State. Kids Traveling from Washington Develop Measles in Hawaii, and this is the event when an outbreak begins to get more negative attention, Measles Cases Confirmed in 3 New States amid Washington Outbreak, Connecticut Officials Confirm First Measles Case for 2019, 3 Cases of Measles Reported in Atlanta Area none had been vaccinated. Antivaccine Legislator Sen. Paul Boyer Is Doing His Best to Make Measles Great Again in Arizona. What Do We Know About the Rockland County Measles Outbreak. | What Are Anti Vaccine Folks Saying About the Measles Outbreaks, Dr. Baker Says to Stop Worrying about Measles, Is a Vaccine Strain Causing the Latest Measles Outbreak, About Those Vaccine Strains in Measles Outbreaks.... Fun and Games with Measles, Why Are Anti Vaccine Folks Panicking over the Measles Outbreaks, More Fake Measles News, Did CNN Apologize for Using a Fake Measles Photo, What Makes Some Parents Fall for Anti Vaccine Messaging. Dr. Peter J. Hotez: A Scary Anti Science Movement Has Become Very Strong in Texas. 8 Things Everybody Should Know about Measles. Where Is Measles on the Rise. State of Emergency Declared in Washington as Measles Outbreak Grows to More than 30. Is January Usually a Big Measles Month. Measles Outbreaks in Washington and New York Challenge Public Health Systems, North Dakota Sends Team to Help with Measles Breakout. Confirmed Measles Cases Now up to 41 with 15 More Cases Suspected; Health Officials Announce Exclusion Requirement Due to New Possible Exposure Site. Northwest Measles Outbreak Revives Debate over Vaccine Laws, Proposal to Reduce Vaccine Exemptions, While Respecting Rights of Conscience. Measles Outbreak Sparks Concerns over Anti Vaccination Movement. Beyond Rash and Fever: How Measles Kills 100,000 Children a Year. [Chart]. Measles: Why It’s So Deadly, and Why Vaccination Is So Vital. ¶ Two Arkansans Die from Flu as CDC Declares National Epidemic so much for a mild flu season 190113-VCP. Henry Ford Health Visitor Restrictions in Place to Limit Flu. ¶ Parents Who Don't Vaccinate Kids Tend to Be Affluent, Better Educated, this is slowly becoming increasingly wrong, with inaccurate categories. Affluent is probably more related to a perception they are buffered from consequences, that one is in some way privileged. Educated does not correspond to cognitive ability but what schools, specifically college, one attended; an aspect of being privileged, not of personal excellence. Currently the trend is toward more autocratic, intolerant political beliefs, complicated with overlaps with magical thinking and exploitation concerning health and environment.
-II. Not in VCP News Archive:
-Singapore: Do Superstitious Beliefs Affect Influenza Vaccine Uptake Through Shaping Health Beliefs, 181104-VCP-Global, 180819-VCP-Global.B‡. There are multiple reasons why some geographic areas are information vacuums. Language, area media not interested in topic, government policy, cultural aversion to sharing that type of information, not being viewed as a problem by the community, media in other geographic areas not interested in that county. Obviously there are risks and dangers not having information about an area, but also understanding why there may be a lack of information would be useful data.
-DRC: Over 70,000 Vaccinated Against Ebola as Outbreak Marches On, <ADDED 190203-180513-1.1>↓, 181223-VCP.
-India: In Indore, Unknown Virus Claims 64 Lives in Four Months. This may be a syndemic of three viruses 190203-1, only one which may have a vaccine currently, and may be complicated by pluralea (2nd paragraph, last sentence) of inadequate access to medical care. This can also lead to magical thinking – similar to antivax logic -2- -3- -4- -5- – which can lead to Six Men Arrested for Killing Woman, Four Children for Suspected 'Witchcraft' in Indian Village.
-Research: Current and Future Influenza Vaccines. Rotavirus Vaccine May Protect Against Type 1 Diabetes$. When You Ask for Vaccine Advice in an Anti Vaccine Facebook Group…. Measles Vaccination in an Increasingly Immunized and Developed World.
-Global: Today's Skepticism of Vaccines Could Be as Big of a Health Threat as HIV. Undeterred by Sanofi's Stumble, Takeda Takes Similar Path with Dengue Shot, 190106-VCP-Philippines.
-III. Applicable to VCP from PDWN-190203
-190127-1. ..... Show Me the Vaccine Insert, about a response to WHO stating antivax is a global health threat.
-181209-4>. Possible intervention in Venezuela .... Resurgence of Vaccine Preventable Diseases in Venezuela as a Regional Public Health Threat in the Americas. ....
-180513-1.1, -DRC↑ .... Protecting Those on the Frontline from Ebola, South Sudan Vaccinates Health Workers Against Ebola. ....
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