WHO | Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus – Ukraine

In Ukraine, 2 cases of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 1 (cVDPV1) have been confirmed, with dates of onset of paralysis on 30 June and 7 July 2015. Both are from the Zakarpatskaya oblast, in south-western Ukraine, bordering Romania, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland. One child was 4 years old and the other 10 months old at the time of onset of paralysis...

anarchic_teapot's insight:
This is not a reason to refuse vaccine. It's a terrfying reminder why why the entire family needs to be up to date on its vaccines. If polio doesn't scare you, you've never lived in a country where it was rife.

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Australian mother plans to set up anti-vaccination day care centre - Mashable

An Australian mother has announced she is starting her own childcare centre for parents who refuse to have their children vaccinated.

anarchic_teapot's insight:
Not so much a day care centre as the ideal breeding ground for many potentially deadly diseases. The Australian anti-vax lobby is insane, even by "n ormal" antivax standards.

Of course, she may change her tune when she realises how much it costs, especially since she won't be eligible for subsidies or tax credits. If the whole shebang is legal, of course.

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What's behind the 'anti-vax' movement? - BBC News

Four experts share their thoughts on the anti-vaccination movement.

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After SB 277, medical exemptions to vaccine mandates for sale, courtesy of Dr. Bob Sears

Dr. Bob Sears (left) smiling happily in a blurry picture posted to Age of Autism with disgraced gastroenterologist and scientific fraud Andrew Wakefield (center) and antivaccine activist Lisa Ackerman (right). This photo was taken at the Autism One quackfest in 2010. But, no, he's not antivaccine at all. He just attends antivaccine quackfests and happily poses for selfies with antivaccine activists and the most famous antivaccine fraud of all...

My topic yesterday was When doctors betray their profession. In my post, I talked about some very unethical doctors representing tobacco companies in lawsuits against them seeking compensation for death and injury due to smoking, as well as to doctors and scientists peddling pseudoscience and quackery representing claimants in the Autism Omnibus action several years ago, in essence supporting the scientifically unsupported idea that vaccines cause autism...

anarchic_teapot's insight:
This is called malpratice and would, in any civilised country, get Sears and his like struck off.

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World's first malaria vaccination approved

European regulators give Mosquirix the green light to be used on babies at risk of the mosquito-borne disease in Africa.

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Aggressive vaccination effort reduces transmission of measles among North American Amish communities

An aggressive vaccination effort in response to the 2014 measles outbreak among North American Amish communities in Ohio significantly reduced the transmission of measles and the expected number of cases, according to a new study, even though...

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Vaccination is effective. QED.

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Gardasil HPV Vaccine Safety Assessed In Most Comprehensive Study To Date

The largest review of the available evidence on the quadrivalent, or four-strain, HPV vaccine Gardasil, has found no evidence of any serious short-term or long-term safety issues. Bringing together the findings from clinical trials, post-licensure studies and data presented at scientific meetings but not yet published, the researchers focused particularly [...]

anarchic_teapot's insight:
Notr that the anti-vax loons will pay any attention.

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Myths of the Flu Vaccine

In this episode, we cover the myths of the flu vaccine. Myth 1: The flu shot can give you the flu. Myth 2: The flu is just a bad version of the cold. Myth 3: I am ...

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Dad whose son died urges meningococcal vaccinations - The Columbian

EUGENE, Ore.— While half of University of Oregon undergraduates skipped the recommended vaccination against the deadly type B meningococcal disease, one Oregon father drove his son to Canada to get t...

anarchic_teapot's insight:
That the vaccine hasn't even been available in the USA is staggering.

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Scientists Have Found A Way To Kill HIV in vitro

A newly created "can opener" molecule is capable of opening HIV and allowing the body's own immune system to kill the infection.

anarchic_teapot's insight:
Usual caveats apply. The molecule has yet to be tested in a living being.

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Dr. Eisenstein: An Anti Vaccination Warrior

Chicago based Dr. Mayer Eisenstein passed away on December 22, 2014. Infowars pays tribute to the man who didn't bend to the will of the goliath ...

anarchic_teapot's insight:

Now here's interesting. If there's one thing anti vaxxers hate being called, it's "anti vaccination". They will angrily deny this and maintain, usually in ALL CAPS, that the are "PRO SAFE VAX". Which to them means 100% risk free (not even an ouchie or slight fever post-jab) and 100% effective.

In other words: in order to try and put a positive spin on their campaign, they demand the impossible.

So here's a video cobbled together and just up on Youtube, produced by notorious conspiraloony site Infowars in praise of a complete dick who hated vaccines. And they cheerfully admit it.

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Baby contracts measles, father hits out at anti-vaccination parents

A FATHER whose five-month-old daughter has been diagnosed with measles has written a scathing letter aimed squarely at anti-vaccination advocates....

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Gardasil: a new TGA safety update

First-year results of the TGA school-based HPV vaccine surveillance program suggest no safety concerns in either boys or girls after immunisation with the HPV vaccine, Gardasil.

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Shingles Vaccine May Cut Odds of Long-Term Pain - WebMD

Findings support immunization of older adults

 TBD, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Even when shingles vaccination does not prevent the disease, it reduces the risk of long-term pain that can occur as a complication of the condition, according to a new study.

Although the U.S. Advisory Council on Immunization Practices recommends shingles vaccination for people 60 and older, vaccination rates remain low, the researchers say...

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Widespread Vaccination Fights Serious Stomach Infection in Kids: CDC

TUESDAY, June 9, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- The widespread use of a vaccine against a germ that causes gastrointestinal infections in infants and young children has been a resounding success in the United States, a new study suggests.

A team led by Dr. Eyal Leshem of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports a big drop in the number of young children hospitalized with gastroenteritis since routine immunization against rotavirus was launched in 2006.

“Rotavirus is the most common cause of severe acute gastroenteritis — vomiting and severe diarrhea — among children across the world,” said one expert, Dr. Roya Samuels, a pediatrician at Cohen Children’s Hospital of New York in New Hyde Park...

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Survey to shine light on vaccination fears

A NEW national survey aims to expose the fears that drive parents to reject or delay vaccinating their children.

THE survey, the first of its kind in almost 20 years, could lead to more effective education campaigns to improve vaccination rates.

University of Queensland researcher Cassandra Dittman says little is known about attitudes held by the current generation of Australian parents. She suspects many parents are probably best described as vaccine hesitant.

anarchic_teapot's insight:

Australia is of course the primary infestation zone for that especially virulent band of anti-health activists led by Meryl Dorey.

However, the disinformation disseminated by the Usual Suspects on Internet (and boy, do they know how to game the search engine results) must have a lot to do with it.

What we don't know is: why do apparently reasonable and educated people listen to these often transparently mendacious quacks, profiteers and quasi-religious fanatics?

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