This is a huge mark of shame for the UK.
There is absolutely no reason why one of the world's richest countries shouldn't be able to keep measles at bay.
The causes are no doubt complex, but this really should be a solvable problem for a rich country with the political will to solve it.
This is a huge mark of shame for the UK.
There is absolutely no reason why one of the world's richest countries shouldn't be able to keep measles at bay.
The causes are no doubt complex, but this really should be a solvable problem for a rich country with the political will to solve it.
Trump & RFK are bringing back the worst of U.S. criminal racist medical abuses of the past, like the Tuskegee experiment that killed over 100 African American men the South.
This time, in the name of proving that vaccines are unnecessary, or dangerous, they've awarded a $1.6 million grant to a group of controversial Danish researchers (The Bandim group) to delay the hepatitis B vaccine to children in Guinea-Bissau, despite the fact that it has already been proven safe and effective, particularly when given to newborns. This is in a region with high endemic hepatitis B prevalence (up to 20% of the population is infected). And it is particularly unethical and cruel, when any delay in vaccination increases the risk of lifelong, irreversible hepatitis infection and premature death.
Past studies by the Bandim researchers have been challenged by mainstream scientists, but championed by anti-vaccine activists like RFK Jr. The grant smacks of corruption and cronyism, as it was awarded to the Danish team without any competition from any other scientists. A review published in Vaccine last month found that the Bandim researchers “have systematically over-interpreted the findings from their randomized trials” for 25 years.
#publichealth #hepatitis #vaccines #antivax #rfkjr #trump #cdc #africa #racism #children #ethics
A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other neurodevelopmental diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to stop recommending the vaccine to pregnant women.
https://www.propublica.org/article/covid-pregnancy-risk-autism-study-cdc?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Science #Research #Health #COVID #Vaccines #Women #Autism
The #CDC has repudiated its past insistence that #vaccines do not cause #autism after decades of fighting #misinformation linking the 2, blindsiding career staff & delighting #AntiVax activists.
The agency’s website on vaccines & autism, updated Wednesday, now makes several #false claims about a connection, echoing longtime rhetoric from “Health” Secy #RFKJr, who has a lengthy history of disparaging vaccines & linking them to autism.
The revisions show that the “CDC cannot currently be trusted as a scientific voice,” said Demetre Daskalakis, who formerly led the agency’s center responsible for respiratory viruses & #immunizations. He was 1 of 3 senior leaders who resigned in August because of what they said was the politicization of #science at the agency. “The weaponization of the #CDC voice by validating false claims on official websites confirms what we have been saying,” he said.
The false claim that #vaccines cause #autism can be traced to a 1998 article that has since been retracted, but it has persisted for decades in #AntiVax messaging that has repeatedly come up in conversations at pediatricians’ offices. The connection has been repeatedly disproved through dozens of studies examining hundreds of thousands of children around the world.
#science #medicine #PublicHealth #policy #Trump #RFKJr #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #eugenics #SocialCleansing #USpol
The #CDC has repudiated its past insistence that #vaccines do not cause #autism after decades of fighting #misinformation linking the 2, blindsiding career staff & delighting #AntiVax activists.
The agency’s website on vaccines & autism, updated Wednesday, now makes several #false claims about a connection, echoing longtime rhetoric from “Health” Secy #RFKJr, who has a lengthy history of disparaging vaccines & linking them to autism.
#TimothyMellon, a wealthy banking heir & railroad magnate, is a longtime backer of #Trump ….
A grandson of former Treasury Secretary Andrew W. Mellon, Mr. Mellon was not a prominent Republican donor until Trump was elected. But in recent years, he has poured HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of dollars into supporting Trump & the #Republican Party.
#PrivateMilitary #law #DarkMoney #CitizensUnited #ConspiracyTheories
#TimothyMellon, who lives primarily in Wyoming, keeps a low profile despite his prolific political spending. He is also a significant supporter of #Health Secy #RFKJr, who also ran for president last year. Mellon donated millions to Kennedy’s presidential campaign & has also given money to his #AntiVax group, Children’s *Health* Defense.
#PrivateMilitary #law #DarkMoney #CitizensUnited #ConspiracyTheories
> The cost of [a 2019] measles outbreak in #Texas ... was $47,479 per case
> ...[while the] #MMRvaccine provided by the #VaccinesForChildren program is $2.60
> --
https://www.tpr.org/public-health/2025-04-14/the-cost-of-the-measles-outbreak-in-texas
Simply put: #AntiVax is robbing the public purse.
If you would like to see reliable news reports from the ostrich farm, the BC Interior news source Castanet is updating this article.
Apparently the farm has been cleared of people not from the RCMP or CFIA, including some that have been arrested. The cull is expected to take place today or tomorrow though no timelines have been given.
https://www.castanet.net/news/BC/573933/RCMP-confirm-B-C-ostrich-farmers-arrested#573933
#culturewar #AntiVax #antiScience #farm #farming #H5N1 #CanPoli #BCPoli #DrOz
Looks like the ostrich farm people have been arrested and the birds are going to be culled now. Here's the post I did about them a couple weeks ago.
Culling of the herd is simply what you do when you're farming. The nonsense culture war stuff is just that. Nonsense.
#culturewar #AntiVax #antiScience #farm #farming #H5N1 #CanPoli #BCPoli #DrOz
https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/@chris/115204022092473804
That didn’t take long…
‘It Feels Like the #CDC Is Over’
The CDC’s departing leaders discuss the agency’s future—or lack thereof.
By Tom Bartlett
#Trump#RFKJr#ConspiracyTheories#AntiVax #eugenics #disinformation#HealthyIfYoureWealthy#Aporophobia#SocialCleansing#EconomicDiscrimination #plutocracy#PublicHealth#Health #vaccines #science #medicine #policy#USpol
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/08/cdc-resignations-tipping-point/684038/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxb3iptRElGDyBA80yCQGKb4
That didn’t take long…
‘It Feels Like the #CDC Is Over’
The CDC’s departing leaders discuss the agency’s future—or lack thereof.
By Tom Bartlett
#Trump#RFKJr#ConspiracyTheories#AntiVax #eugenics #disinformation#HealthyIfYoureWealthy#Aporophobia#SocialCleansing#EconomicDiscrimination #plutocracy#PublicHealth#Health #vaccines #science #medicine #policy#USpol
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/08/cdc-resignations-tipping-point/684038/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxb3iptRElGDyBA80yCQGKb4
But if you're concerned about #Trump & #RFK undermining #science & #medicine, the consensus is there for #transgender #healthcare, so you should be just as concerned about anti #trans rhetoric & anyone regurgitating it as you are for #antivax rhetoric. It's ALL #antiscience bullshit.
#Democrats#Republicans#Liberals#Conservatives#Marxism#Communism#Socialism#Anarchism#Politics#Election#Gay#GayRights#TransRights#Transgender#LGBTQ#LGBTQIA#Lesbian#Bisexual#Queer#Intersex#Asexual
But if you're concerned about #Trump & #RFK undermining #science & #medicine, the consensus is there for #transgender #healthcare, so you should be just as concerned about anti #trans rhetoric & anyone regurgitating it as you are for #antivax rhetoric. It's ALL #antiscience bullshit.
#Democrats#Republicans#Liberals#Conservatives#Marxism#Communism#Socialism#Anarchism#Politics#Election#Gay#GayRights#TransRights#Transgender#LGBTQ#LGBTQIA#Lesbian#Bisexual#Queer#Intersex#Asexual
I do wish people would treat #transphobia as the serious #redflag it is, cos if someone is repeating bullshit #pseudoscience talking points from #rightwing cranks, that's just as bad as conceding to #antivax nonsense & undermining trust in #science & #medicine, alarm bells should be sounding!
#Democrats#Republicans#Liberals#Conservatives#Marxism#Communism#Socialism#Politics#Vote#Gay#GayRights#Trans#TransRights#Transgender#LGBTQ#LGBTQIA#Lesbian#Bisexual#Queer#Intersex#Asexual
Sacha Stone built his global online following off antivax & 5G conspiracies - but now he's established himself in the MAGA fringe, his love of Putin, and a 'sovereign micronation' plan are stirring up local fears. Read my new investigation with Alexander Beunder: https://www.fastcompany.com/91358928/the-british-conspiracy-guru-building-a-sovereign-micronation-in-appalachia #Russia#Conspiracytheories#Socialmedia hashtag#Influencers #sovereigncitizens #extremism #pseudoscience #antivax #antivaxxers
Sacha Stone built his global online following off antivax & 5G conspiracies - but now he's established himself in the MAGA fringe, his love of Putin, and a 'sovereign micronation' plan are stirring up local fears. Read my new investigation with Alexander Beunder: https://www.fastcompany.com/91358928/the-british-conspiracy-guru-building-a-sovereign-micronation-in-appalachia #Russia#Conspiracytheories#Socialmedia hashtag#Influencers #sovereigncitizens #extremism #pseudoscience #antivax #antivaxxers
