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The children I'm referring to are the ones who've died of measles.
Kennedy and idiots like him, have contributed to the low vaccination rates in Samoa.
Spreading anti-vaccination propaganda is the moral equivalent of putting poison in the water supply.
OB
anti vaxxers are only really happy when they are murdering and torturing infants.
The children I'm referring to are the ones who've died of measles.
Kennedy and idiots like him, have contributed to the low vaccination rates in Samoa.
Spreading anti-vaccination propaganda is the moral equivalent of putting poison in the water supply.
OB
anti vaxxers are only really happy when they are murdering and torturing infants.
The Samoan measles death toll has now risen to 63 including 55 children under 4.
Samoan health authorities are asking people to stay at home while they go house to house seeking those who aren't vaccinated. These efforts have been severely hampered by local and international anti vaxxer propaganda aimed at the Samoan population.
A local 'healer'/anti vaxxer has been arrested under state of emergency legislation.
Anti-vaxxer arrested as Samoa battles measles epidemic
Communications Minister Afamasaga Rico Tupai said anti-vaxxers spreading conspiracy theories were hindering the unprecedented public health mobilisation.OB
"The anti-vaxxers unfortunately have been slowing us down," he told TVNZ.
"We've had children who have passed away after coming to the hospital as a last resort and then we find out the anti-vaccine message has got to their families and that's why they've kept these kids at home."
He warned anti-vaxxers: "Don't get in the way, don't contribute to the deaths".
The government-backed its tough rhetoric by arresting vocal anti-vaccination campaigner Edwin Tamasese late Thursday and charging him with incitement against a government order.
Officials said they acted after Tamasese had ignored previous warnings to stop his campaign.
Tamasese, who has no medical training, has railed against vaccines on his Facebook page and advocates using quack remedies such as papaya leaf extract to treat measles.
In a final post on Thursday before his arrest Tamasese described the vaccination drive as "the greatest crime against our people", and said vitamin C would save children.
The outbreak in Samoa is horrific. The death rate is something around 1 in 65 people. Statistics weren't even that bad in 1960 before the MMR vaccine...back then it was something like 1 in 10,000. Something definitely is awry, and it has nothing to do with people who chose not to vaccinate. Of course, as with anything people don't understand, we must find a scapegoat so, by all means, create your red herring and blame the anti-vaxxers...blame RFK Jr., blame whomever you chose but the fact of the matter is, it serves no useful purpose and creates needless fear and hatred.
Now, WHO is rushing in and "helping" these poor people by vaccinating everyone including already immune-compromised people (read people already infected with measles, telling them it's a 'cure' which it is definitely not.) It is a live virus vaccine. And it isn't just for measles. It covers mumps and rubella, adding more to their already-taxed immune systems. They are prescribing antibiotics for a VIRUS which has been proven to make things far worse. And to top it all off, they are giving small, sick children fever reducers. It is no wonder people are dying.
Maybe we should consider their diets and overall health and the fact that they are Vit A deficient. The Samoan people are not healthy at all and that makes them very susceptible to diseases of any kind. It may not be a third world country but it is definitely not a first world country either and certainly not comparable to North America.
https://pafpnet.spc.int/attachments/article/692/Samoa Household Nutrition in Brief.pdf
We already know how important Vit A is:
https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/pediatrics/91/5/1014.full.pdf
I fear that Samoa is a testing ground for future outbreaks. Let's just experiment on these people and find out what works (and what so obviously doesn't) so we will know for the next outbreak. Because of those dangerous anti-vaxxers and RFK Jr, we know there will be more outbreaks, right?
Anti-vaxxers are definitely gonna get in the way & contribute to the deaths. That's what they're infamous for. I'm friends IRL with @Stanfordella, she presented a paper at a national conference on how Americans export anti-vaxxer misinformation & the ramifications of that. Misinformation has been called one of the biggest threats to global public health. She worked for a Congressman who convinced Amazon to remove the fraud documentary Vaxxed & other misleading AV junk from their platform bc of how it propagates misinformation.
There's anti-vaxxers who are so completely arrogant & ignorant they've sent boxes of vitamin A to Samoa & encouraged that ppl take that instead of the vaccine even though that's seriously stupid & reckless. But they read on Facebook or something that it was gonna be helpful so that's what they did.
Yes, this is why anti-vaxxers get up in the morning.
They seek out infants to torture and people to murder. Your comment is ridiculous and does nothing but stir up division.
If you believe so strongly in vaccines then thoroughly educate yourself on the science
and educate others face to face. No one will be convinced on any social media platform.
Pretty much.
There is nothing I can say, nothing I can do which is more ridiculous than anything one of the reality deniers does.
Well, I have a PhD, and 30 years experience in vaccine research. What more education would you have me get?
Hence the derision.
It is far too late for vaccinations once an outbreak is raging. Oh it would help but not for at least 2-3 weeks. AND the way typical mass vaccinations happen it could worsen things by exposing people NOW.
It is far too late for vaccinations once an outbreak is raging. Oh it would help but not for at least 2-3 weeks. AND the way typical mass vaccinations happen it could worsen things by exposing people NOW.
You'd said something b4 about rugby in Samoa in relation to the measles outbreak, maybe you could explain more?
The pacific island nation of Samoa has been making headlines over the past month due to a significant measles outbreak. At last count, 4,995 measles cases had been recorded, and 72 people, mostly young children, had died.
Tragically, 40% of recorded deaths have been in babies under one year old, and nearly 90% among children less than five.
Prior to the outbreak, Samoa had notoriously low vaccination rates, with data from the WHO and UNICEF estimating that the country's national immunization coverage fell from 74% to 34% between 2017 and 2018.
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