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Measles
Jan 30, 2015 16:17:58 GMT -6
Post by capncrunch on Jan 30, 2015 16:17:58 GMT -6
Been some talk about measles.
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Measles
Jan 31, 2015 7:06:35 GMT -6
Post by angelsamongus on Jan 31, 2015 7:06:35 GMT -6
Several years back I had a family member get the Measles twice during Basic Training for the Military. Though not common innoculations can cause the disease in the person receiving the vaccine. He'd had proof of his childhood Innoculations, yet he still got them. Shortly after being released back to training, once again became symptomatic.
Miserable thought of having to repeat Basic Training from the grueling start once again.
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Post by dumdave on Jan 31, 2015 11:40:39 GMT -6
and yet this was almost non-existant here just a decade or so ago. I had the shots and so did me squids. No problems.
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Measles
Jan 31, 2015 12:53:14 GMT -6
Post by helencrump on Jan 31, 2015 12:53:14 GMT -6
and yet this was almost non-existant here just a decade or so ago. I had the shots and so did me squids. No problems. Some schools across the nation have a 50% or higher NONvacination rate.
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Measles
Jan 31, 2015 20:51:00 GMT -6
Post by capncrunch on Jan 31, 2015 20:51:00 GMT -6
and yet this was almost non-existant here just a decade or so ago. I had the shots and so did me squids. No problems. Some schools across the nation have a 50% or higher NONvacination rate. I thought all states for public schools, private schools are required vacination. I know that there is no way to check for the home school children.
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Measles
Jan 31, 2015 20:55:22 GMT -6
Post by capncrunch on Jan 31, 2015 20:55:22 GMT -6
Amid growing vaccination debate, measles continues to spread and is now in New York state By Peter Holley January 31 at 10:00 AM
Vials of measles, mumps and rubella vaccine are displayed on a counter at a Walgreens pharmacy in Mill Valley, Calif. ( Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Health officials announced that a college student diagnosed with measles recently traveled across New York on a train, potentially exposing untold numbers of travelers to the virus, according to news reports.
The infected individual, a student at Bard College, boarded a a 1:20 p.m. Sunday Amtrak train from New York City’s Penn Station to Rhinecliff, N.Y., according to ABC News. The train stopped in Albany before traveling on to Niagara Falls, ABC reported.
“Anyone traveling on Amtrak train #283 from Penn Station in NYC to Albany on January 25, 2015, and who is not immune to measles or not sure of their measles immunity, should contact their primary care physician if they become ill with fever,” the New York State Department of Health said in a statement, according to the Associated Press.
Three New York state residents — one in Dutchess County and two in New York City — have been diagnosed with measles so far this year, ABC reported.
New York requires that college students taking six credits or more show proof of immunity to measles, according to university guidelines.
“At Bard College, medical forms show that a student’s immunity to the disease must be documented, but they don’t state whether exemptions are allowed,” according to ABC.
After notifying students and faculty of the measles case, Bard College, with the help of Dutchess County Department of Health, held a measles vaccination clinic for anyone on campus who has not been vaccinated against measles, according to ABC.
“In order to prevent the spread of illness, DOH is advising individuals who may have been exposed and who have symptoms consistent with measles to call their health care providers or a local emergency room BEFORE going for care. This will help to prevent others at these facilities from being exposed to the illness,” the Health Department said, according to the AP.
The latest measles outbreak has infected more than 100 people across 14 states, according to Anne Schuchat, director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. Fifty-eight of those cases, according to the California Department of Public Health, are traceable to an outbreak at Disneyland and another theme park in Southern California that began in late December and now has spread to six other states, including Utah, Washington, Oregon and Colorado.
The outbreak has generated sometimes fierce criticism of people who, for personal reasons or because they mistrust the vaccine, choose not to have their children immunized and prompted at least two school systems in California to ban unvaccinated students from school.
RELATED: 2015 U.S. measles outbreak already at 84 cases, more than in a typical year
On Friday, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said President Obama believes decisions for vaccinating children should remain in parents hands, but noted that he also thinks the public should heed the advice of public health professionals, according to Reuters.
“I’m not going stand up here and dispense medical advice,” Earnest said, according to the AP. “But I am going to suggest that the president’s view is that people should evaluate this for themselves, with a bias toward good science and toward the advice of our public health professionals, who are trained to offer us exactly this kind of advice.
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Measles
Jan 31, 2015 21:34:31 GMT -6
Post by capncrunch on Jan 31, 2015 21:34:31 GMT -6
It’s 6:30 p.m. in eastern Arizona, and an energetic doctor who has gained notice due to his disdain for vaccinations has just gotten home. It’s been a busy day. He’s already spoken to USA Today. He just did a segment on CNN. And he’s closely monitored his Facebook page, which has collected 4,000 “likes” in the span of 48 hours. But Jack Wolfson always has time to discuss vaccinations — his hatred of them and his abhorrence of the parents who defend them.
“Don’t be mad at me for speaking the truth about vaccines,” Wolfson said in a telephone interview with The Washington Post. “Be mad at yourself, because you’re, frankly, a bad mother. You didn’t ask once about those vaccines. You didn’t ask about the chemicals in them. You didn’t ask about all the harmful things in those vaccines…. People need to learn the facts.”
But whose facts is he talking about? Every respectable expert totally disagrees with him and his anti-vaccine movement and, along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, urges parents to get their kids vaccinated. And Wolfson himself, who has quickly become something of a spokesman for the anti-vaxxers, is in no way an expert on vaccines or infectious diseases. He’s cardiologist who now does holistic medicine.
What the experts say: “The measles vaccine is one of the most highly effective vaccines that we have against any virus or any microbe, and it is safe, number one,” Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told CBS. “Number two, measles is one of the top two most contagious infectious viruses that we know of…. So you have a highly infectious virus and you have an extraordinarily effective vaccine.” Measles sends home 66 students at Calif. school(1:06) Officials say 66 students at a Southern California high school have been told to stay home through the end of next week because they may have been exposed to measles and are not vaccinated. (AP)
Wolfson, who himself lives in a state now affected by the California measles outbreak that many blame on the anti-vaccination movement, does nonetheless prove the power of assuming a contrarian stance. The controversy has transformed Wolfson — last week, just another doctor — into a hero for those who share his views. “Thank you for breathing truth into all of the B.S. out there,” one fan wrote him on Facebook. “Wish all doctors were like you.”
Then there are the critics. Of which there are many. “I’ll be sending a copy of your highly irresponsible and reckless comments to the Arizona Medical Board for review,” one said. “As a pediatrician who has seen unvaccinated children die from vaccine preventable diseases and also seen whooping cough go through my practice area in 2013 thanks to declining vaccination rates, you do not deserve to hold a license to practice medicine in AZ.” To keep your kids away from measles, move here(1:24) With the latest measles outbreak spreading fast, you may be surprised by the state with the best child vaccination rate in the country. (Gillian Brockell/The Washington Post)
Weeks ago, someone infected with measles at Disneyland sparked an outbreak that has so far infected at least 84 people in 14 states, according to the CDC, many of whom weren’t vaccinated. In Wolfson’s Arizona, as many as 1,000 people, including 200 children, have potentially been exposed to the disease, and seven are infected.
Amid this outbreak, Wolfson actively urges people to avoid vaccines. “We should be getting measles, mumps, rubella, chicken pox, these are the rights of our children to get it,” he told the Arizona Republic. “We do not need to inject chemicals into ourselves and into our children in order to boost our immune system.” He added: “I’m a big fan of what’s called paleo-nutrition, so our children eat foods that our ancestors have been eating for millions of years…. That’s the best way to protect.”
Wolfson is the latest incarnation of a trend that long precedes him. Those wary of vaccinations have always latched onto any doctor who affirms their reservations, regardless of the absence of research supporting them. Before Wolfson, there was Sherri Tenpenny, an osteopath who long inveighed against vaccinations and just canceled an Australian tour, citing fears of “anti-free speech terrorists” and “pro-vaccine extremists.” And before Tenpenny, there was Britain’s Andrew Wakefield, who authored a study — since retracted — linking autism to vaccines. After it was thoroughly discredited, it cost him his medical license. But it also got him a following.
Which is something that’s happening to Wolfson, too. “I’m getting inundated from all over the country from people who are coming to support me,” he said. “There are a lot of people in our corner.”
It began last week when Wolfson did an interview for NBC Phoenix — and another, quoted above, for the Arizona Republic, which got more than 30,000 “likes” on Facebook. “Valley doctor: Don’t vaccinate your kids,” the headline said.
Following the ensuing outrage, he addressed his critics in Health Impact News. It was shared on Facebook 110,000 times.
Wolfson himself came to his anti-vaccination stance late in life. “I’m the son of a cardiologist,” he told The Post. “I was trained to believe in the power of vaccines…. And going through school, as a medical student you don’t question anything. You don’t question what’s going on.” Then in 2002, Wolfson, originally from Chicago, moved to Arizona where he met his wife, a chiropractor, who “opened my eyes.”
He said he soon embraced “natural and holistic” medicine. That was when he started challenging vaccines. He said viruses — not vaccines — are a part of the natural world. “Unfortunately, they mean that some people get sick and some people die,” he said. “But the reality is that we can’t inject our children with chemicals.”
Measles isn’t a big deal, he said, though the CDC definitely disagrees. “This quote-unquote ‘outbreak’ has infected 70 people who are quote-unquote ‘infected,’ ” he said. “This is a country of 300 million people, and no one has died, and no one is sick as far as I know. We are all worried, and we are all getting crazy, and what we’re talking about is really just a fever and a rash.”
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Post by OutlawwithaSnipeSniper on Feb 1, 2015 13:12:21 GMT -6
Golly, just seal up the border and none of this would be an issue..............
Tough concept I know.
But hey, those Illegals pay their way, VITAL for our economy as it were........... If you are in the health care sector.
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Measles
Feb 1, 2015 14:16:54 GMT -6
Post by octavarium on Feb 1, 2015 14:16:54 GMT -6
It's not a border issue. People have been crossing the border forever. It isn't something that started on 1-20-2009. The issue is the anti vaccination movement and idiots that are convinced that vaccinations cause autism, therefore putting others at risk of preventable diseases that were practically eradicated years ago.
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Post by OutlawwithaSnipeSniper on Feb 1, 2015 14:40:03 GMT -6
Octavium, the idiots didn't start keeping their kids from being vaccinated on 1-20-2009 either.
Let's cut the sh!t, you know FULL WELL this crap came from El Salvador and Guatemala.
That's the problem with you loons, if the flippin guy shot someone right in front of you, it wouldn't be his fault.
Now Americans are DYING because of him and you keep right on sucking it down.
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Post by super on Feb 1, 2015 14:45:15 GMT -6
people are stupid
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Measles
Feb 1, 2015 15:10:41 GMT -6
Post by octavarium on Feb 1, 2015 15:10:41 GMT -6
You're such a clown, Snipe. People didn't come from Guatemala & El Salvador before Obama's presidency? We all know your opinion of Obama and that anything bad is his fault in your view. Tell us your views on the anti-vaccination movement. I can guess right now, that's Obama's fault too.
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Post by OutlawwithaSnipeSniper on Feb 1, 2015 15:23:35 GMT -6
You're such a clown, Snipe. People didn't come from Guatemala & El Salvador before Obama's presidency? We all know your opinion of Obama and that anything bad is his fault in your view. Tell us your views on the anti-vaccination movement. I can guess right now, that's Obama's fault too. SHOW ME MULTIPLE "RAPE" TRAINS under ANY previous Administration. GO RIGHT AHEAD TRY AND FIND SOME. We all also know you could give a d**n if this country fades into history because of him, so where does that leave us? THE FACTS ARE OUT THERE, YOU AND YOUR KIND REFUSE TO SEE THEM. The anti-vaccination movement uses the same blind LUNACY you do. Clear enough?
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Post by OutlawwithaSnipeSniper on Feb 1, 2015 16:33:25 GMT -6
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Measles
Feb 1, 2015 17:40:56 GMT -6
Post by octavarium on Feb 1, 2015 17:40:56 GMT -6
What the hell is a rape train and what does that have to do with measles?
Do you have a source from something perhaps a bit less partisan than conservative treehouse. Treehouse, how cute. No icky girls allowed!
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