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"According to the Centers for Disease Control, as of March 6, 2025, a total of 222 measles cases have been reported by twelve U.S. jurisdictions in just the first 65 days of 2025.

The current outbreaks are in:

Alaska

California

Florida

Georgia

Kentucky

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York City

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

Texas

Washington state"

~ Amelia Mavis Christnot

#RFKJr #vaccines #measles #epidemic #disinformation #quackery
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auntiemavis.substack.com/p/mea

Auntie Mavis’ Musings · Measles Is One Of The Most Contagious Diseases On EarthBy Amelia Mavis Christnot
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"He cheered on questionable treatments like cod liver oil, and said that local doctors had achieved 'almost miraculous and instantaneous' recoveries with steroids or antibiotics."

Note that shifting blame for contracting measles to lack of good diet and exercise blames victims in a particularly nasty way that makes invidious insinuations about social class and income. RFKJr. and his kind are models of good health?

#RFKJr #vaccines #measles #epidemic #disinformation #quackery
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"[RFKJr] issued a muffled call for vaccinations in the affected community, but said the choice was a personal one. He suggested that measles vaccine injuries were more common than known, contrary to extensive research. He asserted that natural immunity to measles, gained through infection, somehow also protected against cancer and heart disease, a claim not supported by research."

~ Teddy Rosenbluth

#RFKJr #vaccines #measles #epidemic #disinformation #quackery
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nytimes.com/2025/03/10/health/

In an interview posted online last week, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, offered unorthodox, and at times contradictory, messages on vaccination.
The New York Times · Kennedy Links Measles Outbreak to Poor Diet and Health, Citing Fringe TheoriesBy Teddy Rosenbluth

TX Health Officials: Don't have "measles parties"! True, back in the 1950s, it was THE way to get immunity and the only way for parents to have a little control over when the kids actually got sick. The vaccine meant not having to wait for an outbreak to get immunity. wired.com/story/measles-partie #measles #immunity #epidemic #outbreak #vaccines

WIRED · Texas Official Warns Against ‘Measles Parties’ Amid Growing OutbreakBy Beth Mole, Ars Technica

Africa: Africa CDC's Emergency Consultative Group Recommends Continuation of Mpox As a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security: [Africa CDC] Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | -- The Emergency Consultative Group (ECG) of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), chaired by Professor Salim Abdool Karim, has unanimously recommended the continuation of Mpox as a Public Health Emergency of… newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJGL #Mpox #PublicHealth #AfricaCDC #HealthEmergency #Epidemic

The number of ongoing and potential epidemics and pandemics we are facing all at once is deeply alarming.

The ruthlessness of capitalism, the impotence of governing institutions, the erosion of public and/or affordable and/or accessible healthcare, the changing climate and weather, the massive concentration of exploited animals, the devastation of some countries economy...

It's a death by a thousand, systemic, malicious and self-destructive cuts...

#epidemic #pandemic #healthcare #BirdFlu #h5n1#covid #mpox

In just five years, the world's health authorities hope to declare an end to the #AIDS #epidemic.

But with a stroke of a pen, #Trump may have pushed that out of reach.

Trump’s plan to #slash #foreignaid has #derailed efforts to contain growing HIV epidemics in the Asia Pacific & caused some programs to be suspended.

The region has the largest HIV epidemic outside of Africa, with 300,000 new cases & 150,00 AIDS-related deaths in 2023. #auspol #USPol #TrumpSabotage

abc.net.au/news/2025-02-20/us-

ABC News · Trump's aid funding freeze derails HIV prevention efforts in Asia Pacific amid rising epidemicsBy Lachlan Bennett

Bird Flu Found in California Rats as USDA Scrambles to Rehire Scientists

newsweek.com/bird-flu-found-ca

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed H5N1 bird flu in four black rats in Riverside County, California this week. The rats were discovered in late January near two recently affected poultry farms, marking the first detection in rats since 2021.

Rat
Newsweek · Bird flu found in California rats as USDA scrambles to rehire scientistsUSDA confirms H5N1 bird flu in four black rats in Riverside County, California amid growing mammal infections.
#BIRDFLU#H5N1#RATS