1. Vaccine Conspiracy and Outbreaks, 2. Overwhelm with BS, 3. Deselecting Antivax MD’s, 4. Brexit from Vaccines, 5. Withholding Vaccines for Murder, 6. Hep A Acceleration, 7. Vaccine and Only Protection, 8. Un Kosher, 9. Lymed History, 10. HPV Prevention , 11. , 12. , 13. , 14. , 15. -From PDWN 190825
Jurisdictions/Regions: USA (Default), Global (Default), UK, Interborder, Africa, Philippines
Outbreaks/Agent: Polio, Measles, Flu, Hepatitis A, HPV
Topics: Antivax, Research, Technology, Magical Thinking, Luddite (Logical Fallacy), Conspiracy Theory, Anti Immigration, Nativism, Genocide via Neglect, Funding, Drug Abuse, Food Industry, Bussing, Meaningful Humor
Previous Week 190818-Vaccine.
-1. Could the World See a Resurgence of Polio. Experts Fear a Cautionary Tale in Measles. Major Milestone: Africa on Brink of Eliminating Polio. Setting Is Ripe for Polio Recurrence in Philippines.
-1.1. 9 New Measles Cases in Multnomah, Clackamas Counties, health officials confident there's been no public exposure, these cases were announced to emphasize putting vaccinations on back to school to do lists. The reasoning about why it would not spread is flawed. Cited only spread through very close social contact, not through any kind of passing public exposure. For people who are not immune Measles can spread via contaminated surfaces for up to two hours, including via an immune person who is acting as a vector. Measles Outbreak Grows to More than 1,200 Cases Reported in 30 States. Forecasted Size of Measles Outbreaks Associated with Vaccination Exemptions for Schoolchildren -2-. Federal Judge Denies Bid to Halt NY's Ban on Religious Exemptions for Student Vaccinations, 190818-Vaccine-1. | Tourist May Have Brought Measles to Southern California -2- -3-, which may become Disneyland Measles II, Measles Outbreak — California, December 2014-February 2015; the PDWN listibase (database) has extensive stubs on this if anyone is interested.
-2. About Those Binders of Anti Vaccine Misinformation. 190825-Polemic-5+-Reflexive Control, occurs to me that antivax may also include conflation of information with intelligence -2- -3-. Did the AAP Say That Vaccines Cause Severe Brain Injury. Conspiracy Theories Might Sound Crazy, but Here’s Why Experts Say We Can No Longer Ignore Them. They are both powerful and enduring, can wreak havoc on society. In recent years, fringe ideas prompted a gunman to storm a Washington, D.C. pizzeria and may have motivated another to fatally shoot 11 worshippers inside a Pittsburgh synagogue. They are also largely to blame for a worldwide surge in measles cases that has sickened more people in the U.S. in the first half of 2019 than in any full year since 1994. Do Unvaccinated Kids Spread More Disease. Do Flu Vaccines Have More Reported Side Effects than Other Vaccines. Is 100% of Injected Aluminum Absorbed. Are Reported Pertussis Cases up by 114% Since 1967. Ann Dachel and Sayer Ji Inadvertently Show That Antivax Pseudoscience Never Changes. Americans Can Handle an Open Discussion on Vaccines—RFK, Jr. Responds to Criticism from His Family, 190512-VCP-USA-A. The Vaccine Guide: Cherry Picked Studies and Deceptive Highlighting in the Service of Antivaccine Pseudoscience. Wakefield’s Mutating Measles and Natural Herd Immunity, 190825-Polemic-5.2.
-3. Should Doctors Accept Unvaccinated Children as Patients, 41% of parents may seek new provider because of unvaccinated children at their doctor's office. Computer Simulation Just Predicted a Huge Measles Outbreak in Texas, with 4,000 Percent Increase Predicted in Some Communities.
-4. MMR Vaccine: One in Seven Five Year Olds in England May Not Be Immunised. UK to Tackle Spread of Misinformation after Losing Measles Free Status, UK to Pressure Social Media Companies to Fight Antivax Info, UK's Johnson Slams 'Mumbo Jumbo' about Vaccines after Measles Rates Rise, Boris Johnson Orders Action to Stop Measles Spread. A bit late to start countering the misinformation, possibly because of the association with Brexit or the information environment it stemmed from, Voting Brexit Is like Being Antivax 2016, Compare Brexit Lies to the MMR Panic and Something Becomes Very Clear 2018. The UK only had the measles free status since 2017. In any case both antivax and Brexit are proving to be unhealthy for the UK: UK Planning Post Brexit Freight Service for Vital Medicines, Brexit: Nuclear Medicine at Risk from No Deal, UK Faces Food, Fuel and Drugs Shortages in No Deal Brexit: Times, Citing Official Documents, Leaked UK Memos Warn of Food, Drug Shortages in Brexit Chaos, UK Faces Food, Fuel and Drug Shortages, Says Contested Leaked Document.
-5. Migrants in US Border Detention Centers Won't Receive Flu Vaccine -2-, [Cartoon] >>Migrant 190818-1.1, Appeals Court Rules Detained Migrant Children Should Get Soap, Sleep, Clean Water, 190811-Vaccine-4, <ADDED 190804-190210-1.1>4A, Chickenpox Cases at Migrant Shelter in Single Digits per CDC, 190804-Vaccine-2.1, Legislation Setting Health Care, Safety and Hygiene Standards for Detained Immigrants Passes House Listicle, 190721-6, Border Patrol Agents Are Passing Around a Commemorative Coin Mocking Care for Migrant Kids, 190707-2.2, Biden on Health Care for Undocumented Migrants: How Do You Say, I'm Gonna Let You Die, Trump Signs Humanitarian Aid Package to Bolster Migrant Care a consistent example of saying one thing and doing something else. GOP Sees Potent Trump Attack Line: Health Care for Immigrants, 190707-Polemic-5.3, Azar Slams 'Outrageous' Description of Border Detention Centers as Concentration Camp, Yes, Trump's Detention Centers Are Concentration Camps. Firestorm Sparked after Government Lawyer Argues Detained Migrant Children Aren't Entitled to Toothbrushes, Soap or Towels Listicle. Here's Why the Trump Administration Says It's Not Required to Give Migrant Children Soap. Border Patrol Allegedly Turning Down Donations of Soap, Diapers, Toys At Texas Facilities Housing Migrant Children, People Are Trying to Donate to Detained Migrants. Border Patrol Won't Accept It, Why Border Patrol Isn't Accepting Donations for Kids in Custody The short answer is it's against the law, they apparently have the supplies but have not distributed them. [Cartoons24 ]. GOP Rep. Michael Burgess Says Migrant Children in One Detention Center Can Leave 'At Any Time', Are Migrants Free to Leave Detention Centers Any Time. Slimy Sandwiches, Unhealthy Ramen on Appalling Detainee Menu, Immigrant Detainees Diet Is the Same as College Students. Ken Cuccinelli Blames Drowned Man in Border Photograph for Own, Daughter's Deaths. Jerry Falwell Jr. Questions Evangelical Leader over Criticism of Facilities Holding Migrant Children; Christ in the Camps. Cold, Cramped, Filthy: Migrants Describe Border Centers. In Attempt to Mitigate Reports of Filthy, Abusive Conditions, Border Patrol Gives Highly Controlled Tour to Journalists Listicle. Inside the Clint, Texas Border Facility That's Been Accused of Child Neglect and Public Health Emergency. Lack of Data on Missing Migrant Children Leads to Gaps in Protection, this has been consistent with THEPA, avoiding data that can disprove its policies; 190616-Vaccine-2 -A, 190609-Vaccine-8. This appears to frequent enough to constitute a legal basis for investigation, that is if it were a war crime*, In Syria, Immunizations Are Withheld as an Act of War and Polio Is on the Rise 2014, 190728-Polemic-3.3. *Claiming >>invasion is not declaring war 190811-1 -A. CBP Refuses to Publicly Reveal How Many Migrants Are Sick with Contagious Diseases.
-A. Critics Say Decades Old Flores Agreement Is Cause of Chaos on Border. Others Argue It’s the Only Thing Protecting Detained Youth Listicle, Trump Administration to Lift Limit on How Long Migrant Kids Can Be Detained, probably to justify deporting of those who have always lived in US. Trump Says Administration Looking 'Seriously' at Ending Birthright Citizenship, except of course the rich and European*‡. | New Lawsuit from Detainees and Advocacy Groups Claims Ice Denied Medical Treatment. A Detained Immigrant Says She Needs to Breastfeed Her Daughter. ICE Responds with a Lactation Exam. Standards on Treatment of Prisoners, Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, Systemic Indifference Dangerous & Substandard Medical Care in US Immigration Detention, A Crime by Any Name; again not a new problem, but one that has accelerated under THEPA gubergenic, US: Immigration Detention Neglects Health. Fact Checking Trump’s Claim That He Didn’t Start Family Separations at Border, this has been debunked before yet the claim persists.
-B. In El Paso, 'Uncaged Art' Spotlights Detained Kids' Memories of Home, <ADDED 190714-190602-3.2>4B, <ADDED 190707-190602-3.2>7. | Migrant Children Programs Report Drivers Harassing Buses [Cartoon], but likely not the Thousands of Central American Migrants Take Free Rides Home Courtesy of U.S. Government, <ADDED 190818-190602-3.2>6‡, White House Mulled Ways to Block Migrant Children from Schools. | DOJ: Immigration Jail Shouldn't Have to Pay Minimum Wage. In Suit Against New Immigration Rule, California Claims Trump's 'Public Charge' Change 'Weaponizes Health Care' Listicle, Trump Administration Revives Public Charge Clause That Kept Nazi Era Refugees from the US; New Trump Policy Would Permit Indefinite Detention of Migrant Families, ICE Opens Interdimensional Detention Center to Indefinitely Imprison Immigrants Across Infinite Number of Multiverses. 'Orange Is the New Black' Featured an Immigrant Detention Hotline. ICE Shut it Down. Kids Left Without Either Parent at Home for 8 Days after Mississippi ICE Raid.
-*. Kamala Harris Says Trump Move on Green Cards Part of Effort to Vilify a Whole Group of People, Trump Policy Favors Wealthier Immigrants for Green Cards. Trump Immigration Official Offers Rewrite for Statue of Liberty Poem, Cuccinelli Rewrites Statue of Liberty Poem to Make Case for Limiting Immigration, Trump Official: Statue of Liberty Poem Refers to Europeans, Clearly, He Did Not Take Part in Our Curriculum: Historians Bash Ken Cuccinelli’s Revised Statue of Liberty Poem, Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor: The Story Behind the Poem on the Statue of Liberty, Cuccinelli's Statue of Liberty Suggestion Is a Parody of Trumpian Bigotry and Ignorance, [Cartoon -2- -3-], Biographer: Statue Poem Embraces Migrants from ‘All Places’; 13 States File Lawsuit over Trump 'Public Charge' Rule, The Public Charge Ploy$.
-6. States Report Some Grim Hepatitis A Numbers to CDC, Including 236 Deaths. PDWN Vaccine has followed >>Hepatitis A for months but did not report on it as often as its risk (probability of occurrence and level of harm when it does occur) warranted, 190721-Vaccine-1, 190630-Vaccine-1.2, 190526-Vaccine-7, <ADDED 190217-190210-1.1>1, 190106-VCP-USA, ##↓↓. It would appear that the curator is not immune to bradyoccult*; the filtering of SLAI in selection of information for stubs; the fact it was previously considered very rare with fewer than 20,000 US cases per year in the US; that it is an easily prevented contagion with simple measures (drugs, contact with fecal matter, food and water contamination); was not one of antivaxers targets; and by PDWN having a focus in the previous VCP version for selecting what is pertinent to that project (and it is a worthwhile and trust worth project), rather than for PDWN. The habit of glossing the topic probably limned observation as it accelerated – Alabama Hepatitis A Outbreak Reported in Jefferson County, Tennessee Hepatitis A Outbreak: 13 Deaths, More than 2,200 Infected, Missouri County Imposes Mandatory Hepatitis A Vaccines for Food Service Workers -2- – even though it was clearly associated with human behavior and social issues (food service, homelessness, Public Health erosion, sanitation, drug use). Then again maybe the curator is being overly self critical about what was very *diffused by being reported under a *wide range of other topics with *geographic and *temporal separation, lacking journalistic *Sharpening with an single author, slanted language and accruing legs.
-7. WHO: Influenza Vaccine Response During the Start of a Pandemic. We have often talked about the importance of NPIs (Nonpharmaceutical Interventions) like flu hygiene, school closures, and social distancing in the opening months of any pandemic because the creation, mass production, and distribution of an emergency vaccine is a difficult, uncertain, and time consuming endeavor. Updated Recommendations to Prevent and Control the Flu from the CDC. Though I hate that this would be similar to an antivax and medical luddites (misoneism) meme that there is an over reliance on the technology of vaccines to prevent disease outbreaks. The PDWN spin is that this involved novel strains and neglected pathogens that do not have a vaccine yet. In fact it could be argued that magical thinking can be applied to the idea that there will always be a vaccine created in time to prevent depopulation events due to a pathogen. The Surprising Story of the Original Luddite, Why Luddites Are Fashionable Again, Why a Famous Technologist Is Being Branded a Luddite. Austin Bennett Takes the Violent Rhetoric of the Antivaccine Movement a Step Closer to Real Violence, in the current context this is becoming a risk of higher probability to targets that are clearly pro vaccination. For example Planned Parenthood is clearly associated with abortion and subject to attack. Mapping Model Tracks How Hate Spreads and Adapts Online, note the similarities to antivax and disease propagation as well as containment and control of a disease outbreak.
-A. If PDWN was inclined to be “fair” and an apologist for MD’s (Morally Deficient) and other health care professionals who are antivax one could frame their resistance of vaccination in favor of being more human in their care and treatment, that putting people though an assembly line of prevention, Why Are Doctors Such Luddites. The Real Luddites on the streets of Manhattan can demonize big oil, big food and big pharma all day long. They can decry profit as if Satan himself invented the notion. Yet when the multinational firm GlaxoSmithKline announces, as it did last week, that it has come up with the first effective vaccine for malaria, you can bet that it would never have happened in the system they propose. And if the vaccine is successful, the company will have done more good for the world than a million marches about the evils of capitalism could ever hope to produce. Resistance to Science and Technology When you move from the field medicine to technology, there is a burgeoning neo Luddite movement which has many parallels to the antivaxxer movement as well as the previous Luddite movement that came about during the British industrial revolution in the early 1800s.
-B. Swiss Scientists Develop Cat Allergy Vaccine, Science Based Satire: Children of Anti Vaccine Parents More Likely to Refuse Cootie Shot, 190825-Vaccine-2.1.
-8. This is not about vaccination per se, but given Yeshiva’s association with antivax – 190609-Vaccine -6*, 190414-VCP-II-USA-B, 190113-VCP-USA, 181202-VCP-II-USA, 181021-VCP-Israel – and orthodox Judaism being an epicenter of measles outbreaks – 190630-Vaccine-1.1, 190623-Vaccine-4, 190616-Vaccine-4 – this could have consequences that cascade into vaccination. Rabbis at NYC’s Yeshiva University High School Accused of Molesting Dozens of Former Students -2- -3- -4-, and as antivax well knows it does not have to be true or remotely involved with vaccination to have negative impact.
-9. Can a New Lyme Disease Vaccine Overcome a History of Distrust and Failure. <ADDED 190818-190728-6>1. 190728-6. Its at least three to five years away from clinical use. That may seem like a long time to wait, especially since there are several Lyme disease vaccines available for dogs 190721-Vaccine-9. But it’s taken researchers almost two decades to get this close — for the second time. Developers have faced an uphill battle since LYMErix, a short lived human vaccine, was pulled from the market in 2002 amid low demand and lawsuits over potential side effects, not to mention mounting distrust in vaccines. Some critics worry that since these new approaches protect only against Lyme disease, recipients may be less careful about preventing tick bites and so expose themselves to other tick related diseases like babesiosis. Since the first cluster of confirmed cases was reported in Old Lyme, Conn., in 1977, Lyme causing ticks are now found in 44 states. A 2016 study found that the ticks that spread Lyme disease were found in 44% more counties than in 1996. Coastal states and north central states still have the highest number of cases, with Pennsylvania topping the list with more than 9,000 confirmed cases in 2017. Not to mention disinformation 190728-Polemic-5.3. | UK Lyme Disease Cases May Be Three Times Higher than Estimated.
10. CDC: Young Adults Should Catch up on HPV Vaccination. HPV Vaccination Rate in U.S. Girls Has Stalled. CDC: 92 Percent of HPV Caused Cancers Could Be Prevented by Vaccine. 190818-Vaccine-4. Why Me. I Had Ovarian Cancer at 14, it is inconclusive if HPV is an agent for ovarian cancer.
From PDWN 190825
-181118-VCP-China>. Urgency for Vaccine Grows as Virus Ravages China’s Pigs. Philippines syndemic.
-180513-1.1>. Rwanda Fast Tracking Purchase of Ebola Vaccine. This is likely to create a ring vaccination barrier to Ebola from DRCongo, but as a speculation would Rwanda be better served by increasing depth of the perimeter by also vaccinating those who are likely to enter Rwanda from the DRC. What if borders were not thought of as absolute borders of jurisdiction but recognized as the permeable Interborder that they are. Instead of costly and ultimately worthless expenses of a barrier they becomes lines of coordination between the two jurisdictions, with mutual aid and interests, adding areas of influence to ones areas of responsibilities, vesting in helping the others as it benefits ones own side. Vaccination Strategies to Control Ebola Epidemics in the Context of Variable Household Inaccessibility Levels. HHS to Provide $23 Million to Merck for Ebola Vaccine Production, HHS has also provided funding for the Department of Defense to transport bulk vaccine materials from Merck’s facilities in Germany to its unit in Pennsylvania to produce additional doses of the vaccine, 190825-Polemic-180513-1.1>.
-190825-Polemic-5. Story and fact.
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