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#AntiVaccine

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JoanaReisNunes

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Thanks to our national vaccination program. Measles, Rubella, Raebis, Smallpox, Polio and Diphtheria have been eradicated in Portugal. This is not exclusive to Portugal as you can see in pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/
Between the years of 2011 and 2014, we had 8 cases of Measles in Portugal and all imported by people from other countries.
Serves as an example of exactly the opposite of what #Antivaccine movement is saying.

dn.pt/arquivo/diario-de-notici
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/

PubMed Central (PMC)Global Status Report for the Verification of Measles and Rubella Elimination, 2022Since the World Health Assembly (WHA) in 2012 endorsed the Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP), which included regional measles and rubella elimination goals by 2020, global progress towards verification of measles and rubella elimination has been ...
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Auscandoc

#Antivaccine movement falsely blames measles shots for Texas outbreak nbcnews.com/news/texas-measles “As a #measles outbreak sweeps through Texas, officially sickening 124 people, mostly unvaccinated children, and hospitalizing 18, anti-vaccine groups are pushing a familiar and false theory: The highly contagious virus is being caused by the vaccine itself. (1/2)

NBC News · Anti-vaccine movement falsely blames measles shots for Texas outbreakBy Brandy Zadrozny
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Nonilex

prices climbed 0.5% compared with the previous month, or 1.9% on a yearly basis. That was driven in large part by a nationwide shortage caused by an outbreak of / , which has pushed prices up 15.2% over the past 4 wks [while Trump appointed an to run which encompasses NIH, CDC, FDA, ASPR & other agencies that might respond to the outbreak]

costs also rose another 1.8% in the last month.

#Trump#economy
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Nonilex

sought to pre-empt criticism of his views, insisting he is not . An extensive review of Kennedy’s public comments by The Washington Post found he repeatedly disparaged & falsely linked them to autism. He founded Children’s Health Defense, an anti-vaccine group.

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wapo.st/42zOOkt

The Washington Post · RFK Jr. disparaged vaccines dozens of times in recent years and made baseless claims on raceBy Lauren Weber
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Nonilex

told the panel that he is not , saying all of his children are vaccinated. This was actually a point that his cousin, , raised in her letter opposing his confirmation yesterday — she described him as a “” for vaccinating his children while at the same time profiting from amplifying fears about in many parents.

Sen entered Caroline Kennedy’s letter in its entirety into the record.

#law#USpol#PublicHealth
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Nonilex

…Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, said ’s finances showed “outrageous conflicts of interest that endanger .”

“This disclosure shows that RFK Jr. made millions off of peddling dangerous ,” she said in a statement. “Even worse, if he is confirmed, his finances will still be tied to the outcomes of anti- lawsuits — even as he’d be tasked with regulating them as secretary.”

#law#USpol
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Stuart D Neilson

"As federal lawmakers prepare to decide [tomoorow 29 January] whether #AntiVaccine advocate #RobertFKennedyJr should be the next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services #DHHS, pediatricians from around the country are making emotional pleas to protect and support lifesaving immunizations."

#Vaccines prevent illness and save lives.

arstechnica.com/health/2025/01

Ars Technica · Dead babies, critically ill kids: Pediatricians make moving plea for vaccinesBy Beth Mole
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Auscandoc

“Another factor is, of course, political opportunism. As anti-vaccine movements become more mainstream in conservative politics, politicians seem more likely to use the topic as a way to get votes and play to their base. This, in turn, makes being #antivaccine an ideological flag for those who identify with this community.” 11/11

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Auscandoc

“being fed a diet of #antivaccine messaging by conservative media (e.g., watching Fox News is “associated with increased negative public vaccine sentiment” and “increased vaccine refusal”); and the powerful, polarizing, misinformation-spreading and echo-chamber creating role of social media platforms (e.g., being part of a more right-wing online community is “associated with vaccine hesitancy in the U.S.”).” 10/11

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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

Even Adults May Soon Be Vulnerable to ‘Childhood’ Diseases
#Outbreaks among the #unvaccinated are a predictable consequence of falling immunization rates. But even #vaccinated adults may be vulnerable to some illnesses.
There were more than 32,000 cases of #whoopingcough in #2024.
#Antivaccine campaigns often targeted the #MMR #vaccine, which protects against #measles, #mumps and #rubella. Experts tend to worry most about a resurgence of measles.
nytimes.com/2025/01/13/health/
archive.ph/Kxmn5

A pertussis, or whooping cough, vaccine. The illness may be mistaken for a typical respiratory infection at first, but it can bloom into a painful, full-body “100-day cough.”
The New York Times · Even Adults May Soon Be Vulnerable to ‘Childhood’ DiseasesBy Apoorva Mandavilli
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Auscandoc

Another expensive court loss for #antivaccine mandate lawyer #FAFO | National Post nationalpost.com/news/canada/a “Two courts in B.C. and two federal courts had already quashed similar #Galati lawsuits, noted Justice Markus Koehnen in a strongly worded decision released last month.

The statement of claim “is so outlandish and so far outside of the spectrum of what is reasonable that there is no legitimate public interest in its pursuit,” Koehnen wrote. (1/3)

nationalpostAnother expensive court loss for anti-vaccine mandate lawyerRocco Galati challenged the firing or suspension of hundreds of Ontario health-care workers who refused to get vaccinated against the virus.
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smeg

"What if instead of a vaccine we were just able to get exposed to a weak version of the virus that enabled us to build the antibodies we need to fight the real thing.” 🤦‍♂️

Jack Posobiec: Trump supporting activist accidentally invents vaccines | indy100
indy100.com/viral/jack-posobie

indy100 · Jack Posobiec: Trump supporting activist accidentally invents vaccinesBy Joanna Taylor
#vaccines#vaccine#antivaccine
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