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Since measles was deemed eliminated in the US a quarter century ago, public health workers have extinguished sporadic outbreaks in close-knit, under-vaccinated communities. www.wired.com/story/anguis...

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But as vaccination rates drop nationwide, the virus is moving beyond insulated communities, overwhelming public health departments constrained by shoestring budgets. www.wired.com/story/anguis...

Early this year, the outbreak in Utah hit “a point where you no longer have control over it,” said state epidemiologist Leisha Nolen. By March, measles had been detected in every health jurisdiction in the state and in northern Arizona. www.wired.com/story/anguis...

Seems bad.

More than 950 people have tested positive in the two states since the outbreak began in August, but many people with measles haven’t been tested. www.wired.com/story/anguis...

bonacker.bsky.social

@bonacker.bsky.social

And yet, a simple, cheap vaccine would stop this.

morhambot

@morhambot.bsky.social

🍁𝙽𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙹𝚊𝚏𝚏𝚎 (𝚑𝚎/𝚑𝚒𝚖/𝚑𝚒𝚜) 🇨🇦

@opendragon.com

So, basically, RFK Junior is setting up policies that enrich the already-wealthy while causing misery to those who can't afford the treatments, after limiting access to vaccines all in the name of 'making America healthy'.

“This train is going in the wrong direction,” says one Utah pediatrician. This story was published in partnership with @kffhealthnews.org. Read it in full at the link below.

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@ronhay.bsky.social