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Lee from Colorado<p>This is completely speculation, but ...<br>3 of the 5 known cases of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Colorado" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Colorado</span></a> are connected with Chihuahua Mexico. Why are unvaccinated people traveling to Chihuahua? And why is there a big measles outbreak in Chihuahua?</p><p>Turns out Chihuahua is a big missionary destination for Mormons and evangelical Xians. Hmmm ....</p><p><a href="https://coloradosun.com/2025/04/25/colorado-measles-breakthrough-case-vaccination/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">coloradosun.com/2025/04/25/col</span><span class="invisible">orado-measles-breakthrough-case-vaccination/</span></a></p>
KellyAnn Romanych (she/her)<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LosAngelesCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LosAngelesCounty</span></a> Department of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> is investigating one case of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> in a Los Angeles County resident who travelled recently from Texas.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/CALACOUNTY/bulletins/3ddb460" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">content.govdelivery.com/accoun</span><span class="invisible">ts/CALACOUNTY/bulletins/3ddb460</span></a></p>
Steven Saus [he/him]<p>(24 Apr) Millions of Measles Cases Could Hit U.S. Over Next 25 Years If Vaccination Rates Drop </p><p>Even if measles vaccination rates stay the same, there could still be over 850,000 cases according to new research. </p><p><a href="https://s.faithcollapsing.com/e2mcf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">s.faithcollapsing.com/e2mcf</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <br>Archive: ia: <a href="https://s.faithcollapsing.com/l87yz" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">s.faithcollapsing.com/l87yz</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/mmr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mmr</span></a> <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/robert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>robert</span></a>-f.-kennedy-jr. <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/vaccination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccination</span></a> <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/vaccinations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccinations</span></a> <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a></p>
GG<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@AoaI" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AoaI</span></a></span> yes. Measles is one of <em>the</em> most contagious infectious diseases on the planet.</p><p>"And the <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> virus is uniquely diabolical as it can destroy our immune system’s cells, causing “immune amnesia.” It is all entirely preventable with immunization."</p>
Charlie McHenry<p>Measles by itself is not highly lethal, but the danger it poses is serious for three reasons.</p><p>First, it is the most contagious disease known to humankind. The Spanish Flu had an infection rate of 1.5-2. Measles has an infection rate of 12-18.</p><p>Second, Measles can hide in the body for years, cross the blood-brain barrier, and cause death long after you forgot about it.</p><p>Third, the extreme danger of measles is what it does to your immune system. Throughout your life, as your body contracts and fights off diseases, it keeps a record of how to fight those diseases. Measles comes in and burns 20-70% of those records, so that the next time you catch a sniffle it might turn into a life-threatening lung infection. —summation of the linked podcast by u/animorphsgeek <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/Measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Measles</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/MeaslesOutbreak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MeaslesOutbreak</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/Epidemiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Epidemiology</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/RFKjr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKjr</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/epidemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>epidemic</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/Childhood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Childhood</span></a></p><p><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vT06iyulNVNk3qIQ87w2JYnkKT-H5-UdJ26WkVXFIe4Y_OgFFq9QIbe0RBPutEFZIuHbg9vIyuuoBSL/pub" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.google.com/document/d/e/2</span><span class="invisible">PACX-1vT06iyulNVNk3qIQ87w2JYnkKT-H5-UdJ26WkVXFIe4Y_OgFFq9QIbe0RBPutEFZIuHbg9vIyuuoBSL/pub</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p>Add Illinois (Marian/Chicago region) to the list of areas with confirmed measles cases.</p><p><a href="https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/health-officials-release-7-locations-for-potential-exposures-to-measles-case-in-illinois/3730149/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcchicago.com/news/local/heal</span><span class="invisible">th-officials-release-7-locations-for-potential-exposures-to-measles-case-in-illinois/3730149/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/measlesoutbreak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measlesoutbreak</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/illlinois" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>illlinois</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chicago</span></a></p>
Charlie McHenry<p>The USA is going to hell in a handbag as now Measles may be making a comeback in the U.S., Stanford Medicine-led research finds - Thanks, <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/RFKjr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKjr</span></a> you moron. <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/RepublicansDidThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicansDidThis</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/RepublicansOwnThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicansOwnThis</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/TrumpAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpAdministration</span></a> <a href="https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2025/04/measles-vaccination.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">med.stanford.edu/news/all-news</span><span class="invisible">/2025/04/measles-vaccination.html</span></a></p>
MikeDunnAuthor<p>My Body, My Choice?</p><p>Well, yes, of course, but consider this: without a 5% increase in measles vaccine uptake, measles could once again become endemic in the U.S., while a 10% decline in vaccination rates could result in over 11 million measles cases and over 150,000 deaths per year.</p><p>And this is not just among the knuckleheads who choose not to vaccinate themselves and their children. Low vaccination rates eliminate the herd immunity that protects vulnerable people with impaired immunity like seniors, people with immunological illnesses, people with cancer, and all infants under the age of 12 months, as well as the 3% of healthy vaccinated individuals that the vaccine fails to protect. </p><p><a href="https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/precipice-disaster-measles-may-be-endemic-25-years-if-vaccine-uptake-stays-low-model" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cidrap.umn.edu/measles/precipi</span><span class="invisible">ce-disaster-measles-may-be-endemic-25-years-if-vaccine-uptake-stays-low-model</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/vaccination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccination</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/antivax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antivax</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/rfkjr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rfkjr</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publichealth</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ableism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ableism</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>If history is left to write after this dismal era ends, historians are going to have a field day asking what propelled such stupidity in so many of us in this era, such selfishness and lust for cruelty — all coupled with astonishing self-righteousness.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a><br>/2</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>What a commentary on the stupidity — and venality — of a critical mass of people at this point in history, that, collectively, they/we have chosen to return ALL of us to a situation in which measles will be endemic.</p><p>When the disease had been conquered by a vaccine and the willingness of a critical mass to recognize the importance of vaccinating ourselves and our children and in that way, protecting not just ourselves but the common good….</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a><br>/1</p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-say-measles-likely-to-become-endemic-in-us-polio-diphtheria-rubella/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/scientists-say</span><span class="invisible">-measles-likely-to-become-endemic-in-us-polio-diphtheria-rubella/</span></a></p>
Catherine Schmidt<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/alt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alt</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Rfk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rfk</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autism</span></a> <br> <br>Heather Cox Richardson Massive Violation of Privacy 4/24/202</p>
Politics Canada<p>Unvaccinated Ontario children are ending up in hospital with measles. The number of Ontario residents who have been hospitalized with measles now sits at 76, including seven who needed intensive care. Of those who required hospital care, 72 were unimmunized, including 57 children. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vaccineswork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccineswork</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hospitals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hospitals</span></a> <a href="https://www.publichealthontario.ca/-/media/Documents/M/24/measles-ontario-epi-summary.pdf?rev=323859266e21469b8b97a294d6c6f98e&amp;sc_lang=en" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">publichealthontario.ca/-/media</span><span class="invisible">/Documents/M/24/measles-ontario-epi-summary.pdf?rev=323859266e21469b8b97a294d6c6f98e&amp;sc_lang=en</span></a></p>
Maggie Maybe<p>I probably shouldn’t have read this this morning. The <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> are so much worse than I thought.</p><p>My doctor assures me that my childhood vaccines will protect me even though I have <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/MECFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MECFS</span></a> and my immune system freaks out if it gets triggered.</p><p>I wear a respirator everywhere that other people breathe so hopefully that will help too.</p><p>Measles: How Worried Should We Be? - Public Transcript (Science Vs podcast) <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vT06iyulNVNk3qIQ87w2JYnkKT-H5-UdJ26WkVXFIe4Y_OgFFq9QIbe0RBPutEFZIuHbg9vIyuuoBSL/pub" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.google.com/document/d/e/2</span><span class="invisible">PACX-1vT06iyulNVNk3qIQ87w2JYnkKT-H5-UdJ26WkVXFIe4Y_OgFFq9QIbe0RBPutEFZIuHbg9vIyuuoBSL/pub</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/ScienceVsPodcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceVsPodcast</span></a></p>
SherBeareth<p>It will be something if the loon RFKJR undoes all the historic Kennedy Good. 🤦🏻‍♀️</p><p>Per Reuters </p><p>Total U.S. measles cases through April 17 represent about a 180% increase over the 285 cases reported in all of 2024 - the second highest annual U.S. case count in 25 years, the CDC said on Thursday in its weekly report.<br>The cases in the ongoing outbreak in Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma have occurred among close-knit communities with low vaccination rates, according to the report.<br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/lunacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lunacy</span></a></p>
ABY BUT IN ALLCAPS<p>I've just seen measles referred to as "freedom freckles"</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/RFKjr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKjr</span></a></p>
Greengordon<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@42aross" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>42aross</span></a></span> </p><p>How bad could it get in the US? (And prob Canada)</p><p>"Given measles’ mortality rate of 0.2 percent, if the entire unvaccinated U.S. population (23.5 million people) were exposed to measles, nearly 50,000 people could die...millions could end up in the hospital, and some with potentially lifelong complications"</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a></p>
pull my strings<p>rockin' that <a href="https://gunbark.dev/tags/mmr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MMR</span></a> <a href="https://gunbark.dev/tags/vaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccine</span></a> booster life today because</p><ol><li>it's been a long time</li><li><a href="https://gunbark.dev/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> is scary af</li><li>my country is unfortunately my country and I don't see that vibe changing anytime soon</li></ol><p>yay vaccines, vaccines are the best</p>
beSpacific<p>The United States faces millions of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> cases over the next 25 years if <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/vaccination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccination</span></a> rates for the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> drop 10 percent, according to new <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> published Thursday. No change in the current vaccination rate would result in hundreds of thousands of measles cases over the same period, according to a mathematical model produced by a team of Stanford University researchers. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publichealth</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/death" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>death</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/hospitals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hospitals</span></a> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/04/24/measles-cases-deaths-vaccine-rates-rfk-jr/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzQ1NDY3MjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzQ2ODQ5NTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NDU0NjcyMDAsImp0aSI6IjNiMGQxM2I3LThlNTEtNGQwOC05OGJlLTY0ZjFhOGRkYmFiNyIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9oZWFsdGgvMjAyNS8wNC8yNC9tZWFzbGVzLWNhc2VzLWRlYXRocy12YWNjaW5lLXJhdGVzLXJmay1qci8ifQ.TmeZN-Qpx2MfHkViKpRgl67-ILdyaROlsH9hxUoDYjg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/health/2025</span><span class="invisible">/04/24/measles-cases-deaths-vaccine-rates-rfk-jr/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzQ1NDY3MjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzQ2ODQ5NTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NDU0NjcyMDAsImp0aSI6IjNiMGQxM2I3LThlNTEtNGQwOC05OGJlLTY0ZjFhOGRkYmFiNyIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9oZWFsdGgvMjAyNS8wNC8yNC9tZWFzbGVzLWNhc2VzLWRlYXRocy12YWNjaW5lLXJhdGVzLXJmay1qci8ifQ.TmeZN-Qpx2MfHkViKpRgl67-ILdyaROlsH9hxUoDYjg</span></a></p>
Senator Paula Simons🇨🇦<p>A tremendously important column from Alberta’s former Chief Medical Officer of health - whose contract was “ended” last week. A clear, no nonsense call for measles vaccination, exactly the kind of straightforward factual public health information Albertans need and deserve from a chief medical officer. It shouldn’t require courage to publish something like this. But here we are. <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/abhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abhealth</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ableg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ableg</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/abpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/AHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AHS</span></a> <a href="https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/mark-joffe-why-albertans-should-care-measles" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu</span><span class="invisible">mnists/mark-joffe-why-albertans-should-care-measles</span></a></p>
dragonfrog<p>Now this is interesting - about a week after he was dismissed oh wait I mean "his contract expired" as <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Alberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alberta</span></a> 's chief medical officer of health, the person whose role is to communicate health information for Albertans, Dr Joffe published an excellent editorial about <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> in the Edmonton Journal.</p><p>Now that he's not the CMOH, he's free to actually do the job of a CMOH. The official CMOH, notably, is not a co-signer of the editorial.</p><p><a href="https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/columnists/mark-joffe-why-albertans-should-care-measles/wcm/c97a45c7-6c8e-4138-a665-d5a00c22c651" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">edmontonjournal.com/opinion/co</span><span class="invisible">lumnists/mark-joffe-why-albertans-should-care-measles/wcm/c97a45c7-6c8e-4138-a665-d5a00c22c651</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/abpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abpoli</span></a></p>
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