Measles virus is extremely contagious. It acts as the canary in the coal mine, it tell us vaccinations are under the level required to avoid preventable illness and death.
Collectively we seem to have forgotten how bad infectious diseases were.
Collectively we seem to have forgotten how bad infectious diseases were.
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Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist
The measles outbreak in Texas is the worst in thirty years, and it’s a DIRECT result of declining vaccine rates thanks to RFK Jr.
Disinformation is eroding public health.
In 2023, measles cases were 20% higher than in 2022. In 2022 they were 18% higher than in 2021.
See the pattern?
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Disinformation is eroding public health.
In 2023, measles cases were 20% higher than in 2022. In 2022 they were 18% higher than in 2021.
See the pattern?
1/
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Rightwing politics playing an important role here, setting people up to be suspicious of everything.