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#Rubella

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Curious Magpie

After a friend's mom (in her 80s) ended up in urgent care because she was afraid she had contracted #measles (it ended up being #shingles) I decided to get the vaccine for myself.

Except ... my doctor wouldn't approve it until I had a titer test to determine if I had immunity.

Got the results back today and I have immunity for both #mumps and #rubella (I sort of mostly remember having them) but no immunity for measles.

I am both kind of tired of getting jabbed and grateful that there are jab-worthy vaccinations still available.

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Richard Rathe

"Modeling Reemergence of Vaccine-Eliminated Infectious Diseases Under Declining Vaccination in the US"

jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/

"At current state-level vaccination rates, measles may become endemic again; increasing vaccine coverage would prevent this. Under a 50% decline in childhood vaccination in the US, the simulation model predicted 51.2 million #measles cases over a 25-year period, 9.9 million #rubella cases, 4.3 million #poliomyelitis cases, 197 #diphtheria cases, 10.3 million hospitalizations, and 159,200 deaths."

Note that the graphic is labeled "25% decline in childhood vaccination" not 50%. I think this is because the authors wanted an "average" of their models for the graphic. Bottom line: It's bad at 25% and can only get worse! Also note that the #measles numbers are much larger because it is so much more contagious!

People... this would be an *appalling* outcome of the current anti-vax, anti-science, anti-child confusion and policies of the current #Trump administration!

Graphic showing results of a 25% decline in US vaccination rates.
#VaccinesWork#StopRFK#PublicHealth
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Nonilex

Dr. Sugerman, a snr scientist leading #CDC’s #measles response, highlighted #COVID-19 #funding cuts before a fed advisory panel: “We are scraping to find the resources & personnel needed to provide support to #Texas, & other jurisdictions.”

#Health Secy #RFKJr has overseen the huge reductions in force & budget after casting doubt on #vaccines for decades. In the current measles #outbreak, he is promoting unproven treatments while giving a tepid endorsement of the measles, #mumps & #rubella vax.

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JimmyChezPants 🇨🇦

Hey #GenX I'm a bit worried that a lot of you aren't clear about #Measles vs #Rubella

And it's still bloody confusing to me because another name for measles is apparently Rubeola and when I searched "Measles" just now I saw that and I thought there was just confusion on someone's part about how to spell a weird latin disease name.

But anyways, we all most of us got Rubella as kids, and the grownups called it Measles, or else German Measles, but that was Rubella. Little red rashies everywhere for a few days, no further ill effects. One of those "harmless childhood diseases" that antivax crew love to deathcult about.

Measles or "Red Measles" or Rubeola, on the other hand, that shit is bad. Real fuckin bad. And as I understand it, that's what is on the spread.

Rubella = German Measles = [panic less].

Measles = Rubeola = antivaxxers are participants in multiple homicides.

So my concern is, that a lot of you are brushing off the Measles outbreaks, because you think it's Rubella.

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Nonilex

In a prerecorded interview that aired on #FauxNews, #RFKJr said that the federal government was shipping doses of vitamin A to Gaines County, the epicenter of the outbreak, & helping to arrange ambulance rides. [AYFKM?]

#HHS officials PREVIOUSLY said they were shipping doses of the #measles #mumps #rubella [#MMR]vaccine to #Texas, but RFKJr did not discuss vaccination.

#Trump #idiocracy #AntiVax #PublicHealth #health #medicine #science #vaccines #GetVaccinated #USpol
foxnews.com/video/636959567311

Fox News · RFK Jr.: CDC seeing 'very good' results with measles treatments in Texas | Fox News Video"Fox News senior medical analyst Dr. Marc Siegel joins ‘America’s Newsroom’ to discuss his interview with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the measles outbreak across the country."
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AI6YR Ben

Case of German measles confirmed in San Antonio at Legacy Traditional School (rubella)

"On Thursday, Legacy Traditional School - Cibolo sent an email to parents and guardians of students, informing them of the confirmed infection.

Chris Van Deusen with the Texas Department of State Health Services (DHSH) said it is important to note the difference between German Measles (Rubella) and Measles (Rubeola), which is more contagious and poses a much greater health risk."

(Update: possible false alarm...)

news4sanantonio.com/news/local

WOAI · Case of German measles confirmed in San Antonio at Legacy Traditional SchoolA confirmed case of Rubella has been reported at a San Antonio-area school.
#tx#rubella#measles
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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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