#measles — Public Fediverse posts
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I'm not *actually* running a book on PA's measles outbreak.
But I am asking for guesses.
So far the 8th grader is best at estimating the bump in total cases per M/W/F dashboard update.
The senior thinks we'll stay shy of the +20 mark with today's 2pm update, but I think she's just trying to keep a positive mindset with the start of school upon us.
Sigh.
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"The good news is that most parents do get their kids the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine, which is 97% effective after two doses. Experts who spoke to CIDRAP News for this story say that if a fully vaccinated child has a normal immune system, parents shouldn't worry about their child catching measles at school—especially if that school has a relatively high vaccination rate. Outbreaks are extremely unlikely in communities where overall MMR coverage is 95%.
"But uptake is uneven."
The threat of more, expanded measles outbreaks looms with start of school
By Sarah Boden
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/threat-more-expanded-measles-outbreaks-looms-start-school -
Not good. My little corner of the globe has measles again. So much winning…
https://www.kmaland.com/news/taylor-county-confirms-measles-cases-in-southwest-iowa/article_065cb6cc-a151-4199-b4b5-0408d3fea5e3.html -
RE: https://newsie.social/@ProPublica/117116751921431804
anybody spewing about “parents’ rights” is basically defending their right to abuse their children. they are people who see their children as property, that they get to treat however they want, and with no consequences.
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Measles cases in the United States have reached their highest annual level in more than 35 years.
So far in 2026:
• 2,566 confirmed cases
• 169 hospitalizations
• 93% of cases involved people who were unvaccinated or whose vaccination status was unknown
• Kindergarten MMR coverage has fallen to about 92.4%https://thenewsink.com/us-measles-cases-reach-their-highest-level/
#Measles #PublicHealth #HealthNews #Vaccination #MMR #TheNewsInk
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#ProPublica traces the trail of disinformation and incompetence that led to the most U.S. #measles cases in 35 years. And yes #RFKJr has a starring role.
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NEW: Measles Used to Be in Our Rearview Mirror. Now Cases Are Reaching Record Highs.
---In other parts of the world that have let their guard down to vaccine-preventable diseases, long-forgotten scourges have roared back and killed and disabled children.
https://www.propublica.org/article/measles-cases-vaccines?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post#News #Health #PublicHealth #Measles #Medicine #Children #Vaccines #Science
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@jik One of my sibs is now as antivax as RFK thanks to #antivax propaganda that got very slick in 2020. The book How Fascism Works talks about how fash propaganda fractures our previously shared reality, which makes it easier for fascists to take & keep power.
In a recent #TWIV episode, the host shared a story from the recent American Society for Virology conference: "SSPE. This is a late sequalae to #measles. It is uniformly fatal. It is rare. But. These kids who had measles, cuz they weren't vaccinated, they get this disease, neurological degeneration and they all die. & when they're sick, the parents call my host, Roberto Cattaneo, and say, 'What can I do? The doctors tell me there's nothing to do. Can we #vaccinate him now?' Parents don't understand. This is rare but you will lose your child if he gets SSPE. So get vaccinated. . . . [The incidence is] 1 in [10,000 but] if the child gets it in the first year of life, the incidence is 1 in 600."
https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-1344/
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#RFKJr's campaign to Make Infectious Diseases Great Again scores another win. https://www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/vaccines/
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Kindergarten #vaccine exemptions jump to another record high, CDC reports, as Trump and #RFKJr. seek overhaul of immunizations. The increase in the share of kindergartners with exemptions extends a years-long erosion of childhood #immunization rates, and comes as the U.S. battles its worst #measles resurgence in 35 years. #publichealth #medicine #pandemics #medicine #children #education #CDC
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Angels of Death
The United States is currently experiencing a historic resurgence of measles, reaching a 35-year high in 2026. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed that measles cases have surpassed the record-breaking numbers of 2025, fueled by a multi-year decline in childhood vaccination rates and growing vaccine skepticism. Because measles is one of the most contagious infectious diseases on Earth, it acts as a “canary in the coal mine” for public health, rapidly finding and spreading through pockets of under-vaccinated communities.
What are our leaders doing about it? Donald Trump is spreading vaccine skepticism. He overruled his qualified medical advisers in issuing an executive order urging Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr. to cut the number of childhood immunizations. His plan includes 11 immunizations, down from a recommended 17. Vaccines for measles, mumps, rubella (MMR), tetanus, pertussis and polio would still be universal. But those for hepatitis A and B, dengue, flu, Covid and rotavirus would be advised only for “high-risk” children, or else would to be left to “shared clinical decision-making” between doctors and parents.
It also orders the government to recommend that the combination MMR vaccination, which protects against measles, mumps, and rubella, “should be administered in three separate singe-disease shots.”
Simply put, it means three trips to the doctor and three jabs of a needle for children. That means extra pain and cost. And that’s if the three separate vaccines are made available. Right now, only the combination shot is produced. It could take years to produce the three separate vaccines. The combination shot has been used in the United States for more than 50 years.
The effect will be to discourage parents from administering the vaccines to their children. That will lead to an increase in disease and death.
Trump calls his order the “Gold Standard Childhood Vaccine Recommendations.” It largely follows a much-disputed HHS report in January that advised fewer vaccines on the childhood schedule. Trump’s order isn’t based on rigorous science, or really any science at all. It is based only on his uninformed position, supported by the anti-vaxer with no medical training who he put in charge of the nation’s health, RFK, Jr. His statement announcing the new order was loaded with misleading claims and out and out lies.
The day after Trump’s announcement the president of the American Academy of Pediatrics blasted the new policy. “As measles cases reach a 35-year high in the U.S. and with cold and flu season quickly approaching, today’s executive order on vaccines is not only disheartening but dangerous,” Dr. Andrew Racine said in a release.
The President’s executive order doesn’t compel states or schools to follow his pared regimen, but he threatens legal action against those that don’t adopt it. He directs Attorney General Todd Blanche to challenge state laws that conflict with “parental authority, religious freedom, disability accommodations, and equal protection under the law.”
Under Trump’s order, the Justice Department could sue states for infringing on parental authority if they require vaccines for school attendance that differ from his recommendations. State police powers to protect public health can sometimes be in tension with parental rights, and some states overstepped during the pandemic, though none mandated Covid shots for school-age children. Multiple studies have shown that the United States suffered twice the number of deaths and incurred twice the cost of comparable countries as a result of Covid. Trump consistently opposed medical advice on combatting that pandemic.
Trump’s order could inflame what has become a culture war over immunizations. That war was enflamed by the broad Covid vaccine mandates during the Biden administration. The mandates were vigorously opposed by conservatives and vaccine skeptics. But Trump is making the same mistake in trying to coerce states into following his line on vaccines. Kennedy and his plaintiff lawyer friends benefit from spreading vaccine skepticism. But Trump’s jab at children’s vaccines could alienate voters, especially parents of young children, as measles spreads.
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#CDC #Death #Epidemic #Health #Healthcare #HHS #Illness #Measles #Medicine #news #politics #RFKJr #science #Trump #Vaccination #vaccines -
Surge in measles cases risks 'horrific' health consequences, Paul Forsyth reports. Find out more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth #Measles
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"A new study has found an estimated 1.7 million people are susceptible to catching #measles, according to 2019 data."
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Study warns of measles risk with 1.7 million Australians vulnerable
By Rachel Carbonell and Caitlyn GribbinA new study finds that an estimated 1.7 million people are susceptible to measles, with experts warning it could lead to more outbreaks.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-17/measles-outbreak-risk-australians-not-protected/107031752
#Measles #VaccinesandImmunity #Viruses #RachelCarbonell #CaitlynGribbin
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EA on LBC: From #Fauci Persecution to Anti-Vaccine Steps, #Trump Camp Threatens Public Health (Scott Lucas with Matt Frei)
#RFK #AntiVaxxer #Measles #COVID
https://eaworldview.com/2026/08/fauci-anti-vaccine-steps-trump-camp-threatens-public-health/
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Heather Cox Richardson, US History prof from Maine, on the impact of #Trump’s executive order splitting up the #MMR vax into three shots.
The individual #vaccines do not exist.
Insurance companies do not cover them.
#CDC does not recommend it.
Each shot would require two doctor visits.
That’s six visits to doctors that charge for each visit.
Poor kids will not get vaccinated.
In the midst of a #measles epidemic.
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Doctors, Medical Associations Already Giving A Giant Middle Finger To Trump’s Vaccine EO
