1. Antivax Elections, 2. Antivax Clusters, 3. Gubergenic Outbreak, 4. Cervical Cancer Control, 5. African Polio, 6. Las Vegas Measles Epicenter. -From PDWN 190818
Jurisdictions/Regions: USA (Default), Global (Default), Europe, Philippines, Rwanda, Bangladesh, DRCongo, Ghana
Outbreaks/Agent: HPV, Measles, Dengue, Polio
Topics: Antivax, Presidential Candidates, Scientology, SB 276, Exemptions, Gun Violence, Flying
Previous Week 190811-Vaccine.
-1. Is the Current Generation of Children the Sickest Generation, as Antivaxers Claim might be true but it would be because of antivax, Experts Criticize Marianne Williamson's Views on Vaccines, Depression and Illness, >> Williamson 190804-Vaccine-1. Worth watching to see if vaccination becomes a campaign issue, but it is not likely as it is not polarized politically yet. Williamson herself is likely to not be a canditate. Global Measles Outbreaks Make 2019 a Record Setting Year, WHO: Measles Outbreaks Continue to Spread Worldwide, El Al Stewardess Dies after Being Infected with Measles, Harmless Measles Kills a Flight Attendant. Antivaxxers Are to Blame, -6↓, 190421-VCP-Israel. Why Is the Church of Scientology Helping Antivaxers in a Last Ditch Attempt to Block Passage of SB 276, Are There 6 Reasons to Oppose SB276, Bob Sears Ignores Death Threats Against Dr. Pan, Parents Block California’s Effort to Investigate Fake Vaccine Exemptions. Measles Outbreak: as Students Head Back to School, US and World Officials Warn about Risks, U.S. Records 10 New Cases of Measles Last Week. Do Anti Vaccine Pediatricians Lose Millions Not Vaccinating Kids. About Those Anti Vaccine Signs Some Folks Are Making. The Annals of I’m Not Antivaccine, Part 28: New York S2994 and the Disappeared. New York Judge Waits to Rule on Letting Unvaccinated Go to School. Sayer Ji: Outraged That Google Views Vaccine Safety Questions to Be Akin to Pizzagate, I agree; Pizzagate is a conspiracy theory, Vaccine Safety is a loaded question -2- -3- -4- that starts with a false premise. Guess Who Thinks Vaccines Are Connected to Mass Shootings, Guns, Vaccines, and Rekindling Our American Sense of Duty. Conspiracy Theories and Fear of Needles Contribute to Vaccine Hesitancy for Many Parents. Ahead of 2020, Disinformation and Fake News Are Alive and Well on Social Media, 190818-Polemic-5.1, 190707-Polemic-5.1, 190623-Polemic-5.2A. <ADDED 190818-190630-6> Tyranny of the Minority, UCSF: An Academic Home for Conspiracy Theorists, Antivaxxers. What Do Anti Vaccine Doctors Know About Vaccines. Kansas Couple Sue to Keep Son from Being Vaccinated, they are worried vaccines could affect the health of the boy, who was born with a heart condition that has since been corrected with surgery. They’re also asking a judge to declare Kansas’ vaccination requirements unconstitutional.
-1.2. Ethan Lindenberger’s Brother Isaac Says He’s No Longer an Anti Vaxxer. During his rounds on the antivax circuit, Isaac says he met a lot of really lovely people. However, he realized that the people were wholly misinformed about the safety of vaccines. He noted that mounting evidence that supports vaccine safety and effectiveness is impossible to ignore. I’m a skeptical person. after all, I’m a psychonaut, and I’m an anarchist. I don’t trust the government whatsoever. But evidence is convincing, especially a SEA of it. I may not trust the government, but empirical data and thousands of studies are convincing enough, 190310-VCP-USA.
-2. This may explain antivax clusters. It's Not You, It's the Network. Social perception bias – peoples' tendency to assume that others think as we do, and to underestimate the size and influence of a minority party. Many psychologists attribute the source of these biases to faulty cognitive processes like 'wishful thinking' or 'social projection', but the structure of our social networks might offer a simpler explanation. People tend to interact with those who have similar opinions, homophily. The greatest perception biases emerge when majority and minority groups were disproportionate in size, and when nodes of the same group were highly connected to each other. In these situations, individuals in both groups tended to overestimate their own group and underestimate the other. There are other perception biases, such as the tendency for a majority group to overestimate the presence of a minority group when the two groups are more evenly dispersed within the network. To counter the effects of perception bias, make an effort to interact with people from different groups, to better sample the broader societal network. It helps to be more aware of the outer environment, in a global, interconnected world we all depend on each other and all changes will eventually come to us (heterophily). Homophily and Minority GroupSize Explain Perception Biases in Social Networks. | An aspect that I have not seen a study on, though it is alluded to in reports, are the social and familial relations of an antivax cluster. In someways a cluster is like a social group that has a common interest, gives a sense of belonging, and provided opportunities to social events, sometimes these events and relationships are imaginary, More Anti Vaccine Protest Signs, This Was Supposed to Be a Story About a Bizarre Anti Vaccine Rally and a Sedated Bear. Then It Got Weird. ¶ This may also apply to other types of parademic clusters and persuasion of erroneous beliefs. Climate Change Conversations Can Be Difficult for Both Skeptics, Environmentalists. Reinforcing trust in science, focusing on perseverance may shift views. Having productive conversations about climate change isn't only challenging when dealing with skeptics, it can also be difficult for environmentalists, according to two new studies. Overall a cluster, homophily, echo chamber are likely to be a speech community https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_communityldrslt-2- -3-. This Year's Pumpkin Spice Latte Launch Feels Earlier than Ever, and You Can Blame Starbucks and Climate Change. Why Is Singapore’s Adult Vaccination Rate So Low, Surge in Diphtheria Cases Hints Towards Need for Routine Booster Vaccine, are not purely antivax but after years of emphasis on children needing vaccination, not having the concept that adults needs to be vaccinated.
-3. Gubergenic, is government caused harm. Philippines Science and Politics. If there are two characters that would make the strangest of bedfellows, these would be the scientist and the politician. One cultivates an insensitivity to public opinion and pursues relentlessly the rigidity exacted of him by the scientific method; the other thrives on popular support and will be careful not to strike raw nerves. It would be naive to insist that science and politics should be completely disentangled. The scientist pursuit are the very concerns with which politicians are bothered. In fact, at one time, it was public policy to be suspicious of scientists, just as it is common policy today to be supportive of their ventures. Dengvaxia is a case in point. By all accounts it should have been hailed as a medical breakthrough. Many parents in the Philippines bear the indelible scars of grief from losing a child to this death dealing plague. But Dengvaxia was purchased in bulk, its widespread (some say, reckless) distribution and use. The congressional hearings on Dengvaxia were motivated as much by a desire to do justice to the supposed victims of the irresponsibility of the vaccine’s use as by an irrepressible preparedness to strike a blow at a hated regime. 40 Dead in Bangladesh's Worst Ever Dengue Outbreak. \fs24ulPhilippines Dengue Epidemic Rises, Increased Cases Can Be Expected Through October. Fanning Hysteria about the Dengue Vaccine. 190818-3, 190811-Vaccine-2, 190728-Vaccine-4, 190721-Vaccine-3.
-4. The US Can Learn from Rwanda on Stamping out Cervical Cancer. Texas Almost Mandated an HPV Vaccine Before Politics Got in the Way. Now, the State Has One of the Country's Highest Rates of Cervical Cancer, Years after Texas Backed off HPV Vaccine Mandate, Cervical Cancer Rate Soars. Bogus Paper Claims HPV Vaccine Causes Infertility, Scientists Shred It to Pieces.
-5. Ghana Affected by Circulating Vaccine Derived Poliovirus from Nigeria. 190804-Vaccine-4, 190721-Vaccine-2 -180513-1.1, Pakistan Confirms 9 New Polio Cases, 1 Each in China, Angola, 190714-Vaccine-5, 190707-Vaccine-6, <ADDED 190512-180513-1.1>11, 190421-VCP-DRC, 190303-Polemic-3.1, 190210-VCP-Papua New Guinea}} -Mozambique, 190120-VCP-Research, 181209-VCP-Djibouti, 181202-VCP-Global, 180923-VCP-Papua, 180909-VCP-Global, 180805-VCP-Kenya, ##↓↓.
-6. Las Vegas Visitor with Measles May Have Exposed Other People. Nevada itself is relatively safe as it has a high vaccine rate, though that is being eroded. However with some 39 Million visitors to Las Vegas the odds increase dramatically that an unprotected person will encounter measles and then carry it to another location. Given the tendency of antivaxers to cluster this increases the probability of an outbreak. -1↑. 190303-VCP-USA.
From PDWN 190818-180513-1.1>. Treatment to cure as opposed to vaccine to prevent. Behind the Life Saving Ebola Vaccine Is a Story of Missed Opportunity. Ebola Has Been Raging for a Year: this Is Why We Need a Second Vaccine. Measles Has Killed More People in DR Congo this Year than Ebola Epidemic, MSF Says.
190818-Polemic-4. Nipah Vaccine.
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