another health risk

[Steve]

At least 34 Minnesota children have contracted measles since an outbreak began in Hennepin County last month. The state health department reports nearly all of the cases are in Somali-American children ages 5 and younger. Public health officials and Somali community leaders urge parents to get their kids vaccinated immediately.

Public health officials say the vaccination rate among 2-year-olds in Minnesota's Somali-American community is just 42 percent, compared with 88 percent of non-Somali kids.

Osterholm said he expects the outbreak to grow. State health department infectious disease division director Kris Ehresmann reports two people not of Somali descent have contracted measles.

Minnesota health officials said Monday that Somali families in the state had been "targeted with misinformation" about vaccines as the number of measles cases neared 50. The Minnesota Department of Health had confirmed 48 measles cases Monday, 46 of them in children under age 10.

Measles

"In 2014, the United States experienced a record number of measles cases, with 667 cases from 27 states reported to CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD); this is the greatest number of cases since measles elimination was documented in the U.S. in 2000," the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

"The majority of people who got measles were unvaccinated," the CDC notes, adding that "[m]easles is still common in many parts of the world including some countries in Europe, Asia, the Pacific, and Africa."

Refugees are not required to have vaccines, including the critical MMR vaccine, which protects against measles, mumps, and rubella: "Refugees, unlike most immigrant populations, are not required to have any vaccinations."

Our tax dollars paid for the vaccine, and now we will pay for the care as well,..

Six diseases that were recently near eradication are making a comeback in the United States, as the taxpayer funded refugee resettlement industry launches a propaganda blitz about the so-called World Refugee Day this Monday.

The returning diseases are;

1. Tuberculosis
2. Measles
3. Whooping Cough
4. Mumps
5. Scarlet Fever
6. Bubonic Plague

The near eradication of these diseases in the United States during the twentieth century was a remarkable accomplishment of American civilization. Until recently, most Americans believed these diseases were gone from our shores for good.

The near eradication of these diseases in the United States during the twentieth century was a remarkable accomplishment of American civilization. Until recently, most Americans believed these diseases were gone from our shores for good.

The number of foreign-born residents of the country has increased by 31 million in three decades, from 11 million in 1986 to 42 million in 2015. Immigration to the United States during this period has come from Middle Eastern, African, Asian, South American and Central American countries where all these diseases are prevalent.

Maybe Trumps should mandate vaccinations, halt all immigrants who refuse to take them. I would ship back all the immigrants/refugees who refuse to take them..

 

[Bullhauler]

You do realize that alot of the anti-vaxxers in this country are right-wing nut jobs don't you? Including none other than Donald J. Trump.

 

[Faster horses]

You do realize that alot of the anti-vaxxers in this country are right-wing nut jobs don't you? Including none other than Donald J. Trump.

Certainly sounds like it from Steve's post anyway.

Or is your post just your opinion?

 

[Steve]

You do realize that alot of the anti-vaxxers in this country are right-wing nut jobs don't you? Including none other than Donald J. Trump.

It could easily be, I am not for mandatory vaccinations, especially for diseases that were all but eradicated in this country. But if you want to travel you should be prepared to get them.

And you should also realize I am not much of a Trump supporter.

but for the sake of facts... (or lack of them)

Pew Research Center finds modest differences in views about vaccination—34 percent of Republicans, 33 percent of independents, and 22 percent of Democrats believe parents should have final say on vaccination

The two most pro-vaccine states are solid red, and 5 of the 8 most pro-vaccine states overwhelmingly voted for Romney.

There are a few other points worth making. First, the anti-vaccine movement has a strong presence in the West. The Western U.S., particularly states like Alaska, Idaho, and Washington, have a strong libertarian streak. This libertarianism surely plays a significant role in anti-vaccine ideology. Second, as a whole, the conservative and religious Deep South is the most pro-vaccine part of the country.

The bottom line is that the CDC data makes it very difficult to argue that conservatives and liberals share equal blame in the anti-vaccine war. Anti-vaxxers are clearly more associated with the political Left.

http://www.realclearscience.com/journal_club/2014/10/20/are_liberals_or_conservatives_more_anti-vaccine_108905.html

so the most touted poll, and the data... The poll just says parents want the final say,.. not if they are for or against... the data.. well it leans left...




My point was...
If measles was all but eradicated in 2000, and crops up in immigrant/refugee communities, there is a twofold problem... They should have been tested prior to arrival, and vaccinated.. this is required of legal immigrants, why do refugee and illegals get a free pass?

 

[Steve]

Democrats and Republicans Mostly Agree About Vaccines, Research Shows

In 2014, Dan Kahan, the Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law and professor of psychology at Yale Law School, surveyed 2,316 U.S. adults in order to assess public perceptions and attitudes about vaccines. He wanted to know whether the often repeated idea that the public is increasingly fearful of vaccines was true, and whether political parties were really split over vaccines' risks and benefits. He found the answer was largely no.

Kahan's data on vaccine-risk perception shows vaccines are one of the most agreed-upon topics regardless of political leaning.

Overall, the people who distrust vaccines and do not vaccinate their children are largely random individuals. Kahan writes:

There was a modest minority of respondents who held a negative orientation toward vaccines. These respondents, however, could not be characterized as belonging to any recognizable subgroup identified by demographic characteristics, religiosity, science comprehension, or political or cultural outlooks. Indeed, groups bitterly divided over other science issues, including climate change and human evolution, all saw vaccine risks as low and vaccine benefits as high. Even within those groups, in other words, individuals hostile to childhood vaccinations are outliers.

seems the rightwing nut job anti vaccine myth is because of a poll. One that does NOT ask about if you agree with vaccines or not, instead asks who should have the final say.. the parents... or ? at least this research sheds a bit of light on the issue by looking at the core question.

 

[Brad S]

Frankly, I'm surprised anyone disagrees with the premis supporting parental control over vaccinations in child citizens.

Refugees? Not citizens? Mandatory vaccination is obvious.