Utah has emerged as a major center of measles infections in the US, as an outbreak that has been building for some time continues to expand.
State officials reported a total of 602 measles cases on Wednesday tied to an outbreak that started last year and is still ongoing, including 19 newly identified infections, according to the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (Cidrap). Recent exposures have been reported at several preschools and elementary schools.
About one-third of those infected have experienced symptoms severe enough to require visits to emergency rooms, reported the New York Times, largely due to intense dehydration from vomiting and diarrhea.
Out of the 602 total cases, 405 have occurred since the beginning of this year, with 75 reported in just the last three weeks. So far, 49 individuals have needed hospitalization. A significant majority of those infected – 513 people, or 85% – were not vaccinated against measles.
EU should mandatory test travellers from US on arrival - quicktest like we did with covid.
The quick test could require them to point to the country that they are trying to enter on a map of the world. If they’re unable to do so it’s a fairly good indicator that they’re probably unvaccinated as well.
So glad I’m vaccinated and have no kids.
Data shows 85% of those infected in the state have been not vaccinated against measles as dozens are hospitalized
The data also therefore shows that 15% of those infected were vaccinated. That means that these anti-vaxxer twats are causing responsible people to catch dangerous diseases that they would have otherwise been shielded from by herd immunity. People who refuse to be vaccinated should be banned from public spaces like planes, trains, busses, etc.
They should also be banned from businesses and other public venues unless those venues specifically and publicly advertise that they are open to the unvaccinated. That was the rest of us can avoid going to places where we may be exposed to pathogens that could overwhelm out vaccine derived resistance.
Those idiots dont get it. They see the 15% and say ‘see, they got it even though vaccinated. The vaccine doesnt work! Hurr durr’
Thats what educated people are dealing with.
The last time we tried to get conservatives to enact/follow basic public health measures, they:
Essentially declared jihad against the concept of public health, as well as actual embodiments of it
Invented a slew of new conspiracy theories, quack fake cures, and modern day babbling psychopath ‘prophets’
Attempted a violent insurrection of the US Federal Government
… yeah I’m sorry but at this point my suggestion would be to just get yourself vaccinated and then fucking leave the suicidal theocracy quarantine zones, before more sane parts of the country start imposing quarantine restrictions on them.
The data also therefore shows that 15% of those infected were vaccinated. That means that these anti-vaxxer twats are causing responsible people to catch dangerous diseases that they would have otherwise been shielded from by herd immunity. People who refuse to be vaccinated should be banned from public spaces like planes, trains, busses, etc.
Thank you! This is what most people don’t get. They think “Well I’m vaxxed, and my kids are vaxxed, so let those idiots all die.” And frankly, I’m with you.
But in reality, vaccines aren’t perfect, and the efficacy rate can be highly variable. Things like Chicken Pox vaccines wear off, and re-emerge as shingles in later life. And sometimes it just didn’t take, but you haven’t been around anyone with measles because EVERYBODY has a measles vaccine.
When we get on the other side of this, and can start acting sane again, we need to pass laws against this sort of anti-science defamation. It has serious real-world consequences that can’t be just dismissed as Free Speech, especially when the motivation is malicious, political or profit.
Antivaxxers are a particular type of filth
If only there was something out there that would lower the chance of this spreading?!
Yeah, a lot more money should be spent on research for this. /S
You gotta /s these days mate. The world is becoming such a stupid fucking place that it’s more common than sarcasm now.
Yeah, I saw that. Corrected.
I thought that people would understand that the post could only be sarcastic, but no
You mean more than zero? It all got cut last year.
Jeez, people! I forgot to add the /S
First, so sorry to anyone who legitimately can’t be vaccinated. This isn’t fair. Second, to everyone else, good luck with your fucking measles I hope you fucking die. Third, sorry kids, this isn’t your fault but you’re gonna pay for this.
No one cares about diseases until they start killing children. Maybe if measles kills enough children these brainless shit stains will start to figure it out. Hopes are not high. They’ll blame the devil or libs or magic or immigrants or anything else first.
We already have interviews of parents whose kids had died of measles basically shrug their shoulders and say “yeah it sucks but we’d do it again because it’s better this way.” They have completely lost touch with reality at that point and are basically committing negligent homicide.
An minimum refusing to vaccinate your kid should constitute child abuse. That’s the problem with the pro-choice crowd, they’re not pro-choice, they’re pro stupidity.
America does not REALLY give a shit about kids. We force women to have babies and then abandon them. We allow any fucking nut case to have a gun and I say this as a gun owner. The a few of those nut cases go shoot up a school. We do nothing about it all because of FREEDOMMM!!! We let antivaxxers sprout all their stupid shit and do nothing to really counter it. America do not give a single fucking shit about any child anywhere in the world let alone the ones at home.
Are adults with sane parents at risk?
Kids with sane parents you mean? Yes, the ones who can’t be vaccinated for legitimate reasons.
Not really. I’m asking for myself.
I believe if you were vaccinated before a certain year, it’s recommended to take the vaccine again.
There’s no age limit on vaccination if your parents didn’t have you vaccinated, then you can just get yourself vaccinated now. It’s fine, it’ll still take.
…I said ‘sane’ parents. Rational, educated parents, who took their children to pediatricians, and the whole 9.
God I hope some of these people fucking die. I am so sick of all the jackasses around here and the fucking bullshit they’re pulling.
Yeah, but it’s just going to be their kids who die.
But what about the magic underwear?
I’m sorry, magic w h a t?
Mormons wear special underwear that go from their knees up to their shoulders because Jesus said so.
Kids don’t get to wear it.
But, if they’re under 8 years old and die, they get to go straight to the Celestial Kingdom to live with God and Jesus.
Why is 8 years the cutoff?
Because Jesus says so in their scriptures. There are specific passages in the Book of Mormon and Doctrine and Covenants about it.
Ah. I was hoping it was one of their loop holes like jumping on the bed or whatever they do.
Age of accountability (varies from religious sect to religious sect) usually cited in Judaism and Christianity. If a Muslim sibling can enlighten us if this belief is present in Islam, I will appreciate it.
It’s the same in much of Christianity. That’s why communion is at age nine.
We shouldn’t let people in planes without proof of vaccination or a doctor’s note explaining why they cannot be vaccinated.
Is there any way to confirm this as an adult? I imagine my parents have a record or something, but I have absolutely no clue.
You can get a titer if you don’t know your vaccination status. That’s just a small blood draw and they check for antibodies to whatever vaccination you aren’t sure you have had.
For most vaccinations, there’s no particular reason not to get an extra booster. So you don’t necessarily have to get a titer first.
I definitely had anything recommended in the early 80s, I’ve just never seen proof of it.
