Vaccine preventable diseases and other infectious diseases on the rise.
Partly from lapses in routine healthcare during pandemic.
Partly because prior COVID increases chances of some illnesses, like the surge in Mycoplasma pneumonia.
Partly the rise in anti-science, anti-public health fervor.
Partly from lapses in routine healthcare during pandemic.
Partly because prior COVID increases chances of some illnesses, like the surge in Mycoplasma pneumonia.
Partly the rise in anti-science, anti-public health fervor.
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Scott Gottlieb, MD
🧵Growing outbreaks of vaccine preventable, severe disease in kids:
A grim thread
“As of Nov 9, which marks the latest data available from the CDC, there were more than 23,500 cases of whooping cough reported so far this year. That’s far and above the roughly 5,000 cases confirmed in all of 2023”
A grim thread
“As of Nov 9, which marks the latest data available from the CDC, there were more than 23,500 cases of whooping cough reported so far this year. That’s far and above the roughly 5,000 cases confirmed in all of 2023”
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