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More Than Half the World Faces High Risk of Measles Outbreaks Following 'Big Gaps' in Immunizations, WHO Says

people.com More Than Half the World Faces High Risk of Measles Outbreaks Following 'Big Gaps' in Immunizations, WHO Says

More than half the world will be at a 'high or very high risk' of measles outbreaks by the end of 2024 following the lack of immunizations amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

More than half the world will be at a "high or very high risk" of measles outbreaks by the end of 2024, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

Earlier this week, the global group warned that the viral infection — which is also known as rubeola — has been increasing across the globe due to a high amount of vaccinations missed amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

"What we are worried about is this year, 2024, we've got these big gaps in our immunization programs, and if we don't fill them really quickly with the vaccine, measles will just jump into that gap," Natasha Crowcroft, a Senior Technical Adviser on Measles and Rubella with the WHO, said during a press briefing in Geneva.

"We can see, from data that's produced with WHO data by the CDC, that more than half of all the countries in the world are going to be at high or very high risk of outbreaks by the end of this year," she added.

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Thanks, antivax morons

And if you are an antivax moron: fuck you 🖕
- As an autistic person that's a double fuck you from me
  
  As an ADHD person, what was it we were talking about again?
- If only telling morons not to be morons was the solution to morons being morons.
- Being confrontational will only alienate them from your position and be counterproductive for everyone. Better to just share info that is simple and friendly enough; my favorite is this video: Kurzgesagt: The Side Effects of Vaccines - How High is the Risk?
  
  They don't care.
  
  If they cared about the truth, we wouldn't be in this situation in the first place.
  
  Fuck them. They are literally killing people with their fucking stupidity. I didn't mind if they killed themselves by not reading labels and drinking bleach or whatever, but now they are putting everyone at risk from their willfull ignorance and stupidity.
  
  Again, from the bottom of my heart: fuck these knuckle dragging truth denying idiots who don't deserve any time, effort, patience or sympathy. Fuck. Them.
  
  "Bullshit. Lies! That guy's sister heard from her hair stylist's cousin that he read an article on Facebook that they implant Alien Neonazi microchips with every vaccine that make you gay and dumb!"
  
  Those people are lost to science, let's face it.
  
  This only works if they are rational actors. They are not. The issue is they have forgotten the pain of the silent generation, where of families of 8 kids, only 3 would survive to become adults.
  
  What they need is trauma, lots of it. Until then, ridicule and humor is the best we can do.
  
  Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
  
  Kurzgesagt – The Side Effects of Vaccines - How High is the Risk?
  
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  Isn't fun being downvoted for trying to be rational, by people claiming to be rational.
  
  "Responding with the same actions is detrimental and only accelerates the ever increasing division that drives all this. It's best to respond with logic and a calmness to try close that division, at least on one side."
  
  Everyone here, "FUCK YOU!!! They don't listen so fucking pound it into them, that always works!!!"
Vaccines are like IT departments. When it works and everything is fine, "they do nothing and cost a lot to run", but when they're let go, things might still works for a while until it doesn't anymore and now everything is on fire.

Not vaccinating your kids works only if other kids are vaccinated. The moment a large number of kids not vaccinated anymore, that's when hell break loose.
- The phrase is "What do we pay you for?" And they'll say when everything works, and when everything breaks. We're always justifying our jobs. It's why we need a union 💪.
Worst part is that for some of these people, watching their children die is not a wake up call. They form very tight groups who comfort each other as their children die, saying:

It's not your fault, you did all you can do.

This world needs a serious dosage of accountability.
Thanks Florida
- Meanwhile in Florida:
  
  No Vax? It's ok. You can still go to school and spread measles
  
  Florida school lunch:
  
  Turkey sandwich
  
  Milk
  
  Strawberry 🍓 Rubella pie
- "Can you hear my measles baby (measles baby) ?"
Good episode in season 7 of ER about selfish, antivax parents watching as their helpless kid dies from measles.
- ER is such a great show, it made me want to become a doctor. Of course, I didn't end up becoming one because I thought the schooling for it was more expensive than it actually was in my country, which means I probably wasn't smart enough to become one in the first place.
  
  So true. Watched when I was a kid, but rewatching now as an adult and it holds up.
Thanks RFK
More than half the world? We talking population or countries?

Seems like an awful lot, but I have no idea about vaccines in other countries. Also do you only need 1 vaccine against measles once in your life or does it require a 2nd one later in life?
- A second one later in life, IIRC.
  
  And sometimes the second one doesn't stick. It didn't for me, and I've been seeing enough other people saying that was also the case for them that I've been suggesting my loved ones go get tested for measles immunity even if they're up-to-date on their vaccines.
  
  Yes the second one only makes you 97% chance of not passing it on. I will need to find a good source for that, but the idea of vaccination requires mass support. Survival of the fittest isn't about the strongest. It is about those that can figure out a way to reproduce. Viruses reproduce over and over and over in a single body. A vaccine is a poster in the break room that says "known terrorist". By the time the body gets the Senate and House to declare a war or the President to start without gives reproduce processes for the virus plenty of time. 97% of the time they step up in this case, clearly not human governments. 3% of the time that virus still gets spread. If we don't isolate it enough it goes peanut butter all over our jelly. Everyone knows what it is like to clean up peanut butter. It's just nasty
Also - thanks cursed thumbnail
- Totally thought it is a dick pic.

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