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Measles is Resurgent Thanks to Lockdowns

by Toby Young
27 December 2022 4:20 PM

Next year, the thing to keep an eye on in global health is measles, thanks to the interruption of routine immunisation programmes as a result of the lockdown policies. The Telegraph has more.

There have been recent outbreaks in countries as diverse as Ethiopia, India, Tajikistan and Poland. Last year, 22 countries experienced large outbreaks, with an estimated nine million cases and 128,000 deaths worldwide. Countless children will have suffered terrible neurological damage as a result, which will permanently blight their lives. Measles is, of course, entirely preventable. But vaccination coverage has steadily declined across the world since the beginning of the Covid pandemic because of disruptions to healthcare, leaving us in our present situation.

It is not the only childhood vaccine that millions have missed, but because of the speed at which measles spreads it will be the first we notice next year. In the areas hit, healthcare will have been found wanting and other preventable disease outbreaks will likely follow. “The paradox of the pandemic is that while vaccines against Covid were developed in record time and deployed in the largest vaccination campaign in history, routine immunisation programmes were badly disrupted, and millions of children missed out on life-saving vaccinations,” WHO director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said.

It would be a big mistake to think that these are just problems facing developing countries. The UK lost its measles-free status in 2018 after vaccine rates slipped and cases surged. And the latest data suggest vaccine coverage for the second dose slipped further during the pandemic, to just 85.5% at five years, with 43 cases recorded in the year to September 2022. Only Tajikistan and Turkey recorded more in the WHO European Region.

In November, the organisation warned that there is now an imminent threat of measles spreading to different regions around the world as Covid has led to a steady decline in vaccination coverage and weakened surveillance of the disease. ‘Plummeting measles vaccination rates should set off every alarm,’ Elizabeth Cousens, president and CEO of the United Nations Foundation, has said. ‘There is no time to waste. We must work urgently to ensure life-saving vaccines reach every last child.’

Ephrem Tekle Lemango, Unicef chief of immunisation, added: “For three years, we have been sounding the alarm about the declining rates of vaccination and the increasing risk to children’s health globally… The time for decisive action is now.’ Countries that fully vaccinate 95% or more of their population create herd immunity against measles and quickly become measles-free. But the world is well under that threshold at the moment, as is the UK. It’s a marker of how much damage Covid has done to our health services – and how much we have to do in 2023 to make up for lost ground.

Stop Press: According to the Lancet, summarising a CDC report, one factor in the spread of measles is growing vaccine hesitancy. This global phenomenon predates the pandemic, but a lack of transparency about the safety and efficacy of the Covid vaccines, as well as the suppression of voices expressing concerns (see the most recent Twitter Files), may have increased vaccine hesitancy. The BMJ published an article earlier this year exploring whether a lack of trust about the Covid vaccines could be contributing to declining MMR uptake in England.

Tags: Global HealthLockdownsMeaslesVaccine Hesitancy

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FerdIII
FerdIII
1 year ago

Built a fortune from the pharma and biotech industries….So this chump made millions poisoning and killing people. How noble, how intelligent, how diligent, how hardworking, how ‘American dreaming’….Why would anyone vote for another fascist-enabling corporate stooge? Wasn’t Drumpf the quackcine salesmen enough? Or that idiot Biden the military salesman with his endless wars?

Farage is clueless about many things including the Rona Fascism and the $cientism of our world which seeks the destruction of just about everything. Maybe instead of ejaculating praise he can analyse the world for what it is.

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stewart
stewart
1 year ago
Reply to  FerdIII

I share your suspicion of anyone capable of emerging out of the whole rotten system.

However if this guy is a fascist enabling corporate stooge he’s brazenly lying to everyone because he openly calls for a greatly reduced state, eliminating corporate welfare, fiscal prudence. These are the opposite of a fascist agenda.

He could of course be lying through the teeth. How could we know either way other than by voting him in and seeing what he does?

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transmissionofflame
transmissionofflame
1 year ago
Reply to  stewart

I tend to agree. My preference would be for DeSantis as he has a proven track record in Florida. Trump would be better than Biden but his execution was poor last time and he was unsound on covid.

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George L
George L
1 year ago
Reply to  stewart

Voting solves nothing.. if it did they’d ban it..

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TheGreenAcres
TheGreenAcres
1 year ago
Reply to  FerdIII

Whilst certainly a yellow flag, not all pharma and biotech is evil.

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Grahamb
Grahamb
1 year ago

What an odd choice that would be. Not sure why DeSantis is not doing better in this process. Perhaps he is too much of a risk to this who like to influence what happens

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George L
George L
1 year ago
Reply to  Grahamb

DeSantis is no risk.. he’s owned by Israel lock stock and barrel. Watch what they do, not what they say. Politicians are liars.. professional liars.

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Grahamb
Grahamb
1 year ago
Reply to  George L

Personally, I have been watching DeSantis and he has been doing ok from my perspective. The media support, however he is “owned” has definitely changed so perhaps some of the other people “owners” do see him as a risk.

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George L
George L
1 year ago
Reply to  Grahamb

They’re all owned Graham.. politicians are just puppets.. told what to do..

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Marcus Aurelius knew
Marcus Aurelius knew
1 year ago
Reply to  George L

Indeed. Guilded slaves.

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Dinger64
Dinger64
1 year ago
Reply to  George L

If they’re all professional liars, how do you suggest we pick a leader then?
It’s OK to bad mouth everyone but please suggest an alternative!

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George L
George L
1 year ago
Reply to  Dinger64

Do you need a politician as a leader.. I certainly don’t. Never have, never will.. perfectly able to lead myself thanks.

As for bad mouthing.. you appear to have learnt nothing over the past three years about the political class, both in UK and abroad, but don’t fret.. you won’t have to worry soon.. your precious politicians are leading you towards the Great Reset, and New World Order, then you’ll be enslaved to a World Governing Technocracy.. should be fun.. 😉

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
1 year ago
Reply to  George L

FWIW George I am in complete agreement.

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George L
George L
1 year ago
Reply to  huxleypiggles

Tah Hux.. on reflection I think I was a bit hard on Dinger.. I got spiked.. haha 😉

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George L
George L
1 year ago
Reply to  George L

Blimey.. all the 11s.. I must be popular.. I’m keeping that one.. 😉

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George L
George L
1 year ago

Not wanting to be negative Toby.. but American presidents are chosen.. yes.. Trump too.. he was no maverick.. a little research into his son-in-law Jared Kushner will put you on the right track. There will be no saviour from the wings.. especially one from an established political party like the GOP.

Politicians that get to power are bought and paid for, those that aren’t languish on the sidelines.

Just like UK.. voting for a politician is not going to get America or any other country out of the mess we are in. The only way that will happen is from the grass routes, the bottom up. The populace have to realise what has happened to them, what has happened to their countries, and whose been responsible. The ‘gilet jaune’s’ in France were an example of ordinary people rising, and look how brutally they were put down. The put down was brutal because TPTB knew that there is real danger to them when the common people are united.

Sadly.. Gramsci’s long march through the institutions has taken place over decades, and been largely successful. Groups like Common Purpose have infiltrated every institution. Our culture’s have fundamentally changed. Those leaving our universities are carrying a cultural Marxist banner. A slick wealthy politician of any persuasion is not going to change that in five minutes.

As the late great comedian George Carlin says.. we have owners.. we are owned. Watch the video.. The American Dream.. its an education..

https://youtu.be/acLW1vFO-2Q

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10navigator
10navigator
1 year ago
Reply to  George L

Carlin’s monologue points out it could all be fixed with a truthful media.—-Fat chance!

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George L
George L
1 year ago
Reply to  10navigator

Well at least with a truthful media people would know what the f*ck was going on and be able to make decisions based on that knowledge.

The media is the most powerful tool in powers control.. because it does the controlling for them..

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
1 year ago
Reply to  George L

Our salvation is not going to arrive via the ballot box.

I need to ‘tm’ this phrase.😀

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stewart
stewart
1 year ago
Reply to  George L

The idea of the grassroots revolution is, I think, a myth.

I can’t think of any revolution that wasn’t led by a group of elites, generally a different one to those already in power.

The only grassroots revolution i recognise is mass non-compliance which doesn’t look very revolutionary as it generally entails not doing rather than doing something.

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George L
George L
1 year ago
Reply to  stewart

Yes.. Richard I’m afraid you’re right about revolutions and the leadership of them.

If you’d been with me during the rise of the Gilet Jaune’s though I’m sure you’d have thought one was taking place, especially if you were manning the many roundabout encampments or facing off against totally unwarranted tear gas volleys.

No.. what that was, was a groundswell demonstration against Macron and his cronies. People sick to death of being pushed around. It scared them rigid and that’s why it was brutally put down..

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Marcus Aurelius knew
Marcus Aurelius knew
1 year ago

“… [Ramaswamy] built a fortune via the pharmaceutical and biotech industries…”

What could possibly go wrong?

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George L
George L
1 year ago
Reply to  Marcus Aurelius knew

Working on a new covid jab maybe.. 😉

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NeilParkin
NeilParkin
1 year ago

Its a bit disappointing to see him written off by my fellow posters because he is involved in pharma. I’ve seen very little of the guy to be able to tell you who’s pocket he is in, but on the principle that there is no ‘independent’ candidate, I will wait and see. Scepticism doesn’t mean you have to be negative about everything.

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George L
George L
1 year ago
Reply to  NeilParkin

My post didn’t mention pharma Neil.. he’s a politician.. if you expect a politician to solve problems, and make life better for the ordinary man on the street, I’m afraid you’ll have a very-very long wait.. oh.. and that includes DeSantis..

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transmissionofflame
transmissionofflame
1 year ago
Reply to  George L

I certainly don’t expect any politician to “solve” any problem. The best we can hope for is that there are some who create fewer problems by leaving law abiding citizens alone.

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George L
George L
1 year ago
Reply to  transmissionofflame

Yeah.. I’d rather have cancer than the plague.. 😉

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NeilParkin
NeilParkin
1 year ago
Reply to  George L

Sorry George, but I didn’t think I was replying to you. I have no expectations of politicians at all. They are all bought and paid for, but some are worse than others…

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George L
George L
1 year ago
Reply to  NeilParkin

Believe it not I agree Neil.. thank God for Andrew Bridgen..

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AethelredTheReadier
AethelredTheReadier
1 year ago
Reply to  NeilParkin

I understand where you’re coming from, Neil, but given our experiences over the past three years, is it any wonder that people aren’t getting overly excited by what seems an already moulded product of the system – Harvard, finance, pharma and biotech? We should all know by now that Presidents and their VPs are frontmen for the real power. Anyone getting into the prime position of US politics won’t be because of a popular uprising.

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NeilParkin
NeilParkin
1 year ago
Reply to  AethelredTheReadier

Thats true, But the current Democrats are beyond appauling, I suspect as Labour would be if they win the next GE. I was very disappointed that Trump, for all his faults, didn’t win in 2020. I’d like to see him win in 24, with a running mate who can win the next two after that. I still think that a rejuvenated Republic party is the medicine the USA needs right now, and the western world with it..

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
1 year ago
Reply to  NeilParkin

Trump did win in 2020 and accepting the lie that he did not simply reinforces that lie.

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Dinger64
Dinger64
1 year ago

Don’t dump desantis just yet!…watch this space

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Sepulchrave
Sepulchrave
1 year ago

I have read interviews and listened to Vivek Ramaswamy speaking and I think that he talks sense, if I had a vote he would get mine, and in my opinion he doesn’t need Trump.

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George L
George L
1 year ago
Reply to  Sepulchrave

He’s a politician, of course he talks sense.. it wins votes. What happens when they get into power though is nearly always the exact opposite, the many promises made seem to vanish as if by magic..

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timdowl
timdowl
1 year ago

Might he fare better if he changed his name to Victor Ramsden?

Just asking…

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True Spirit of America Party
True Spirit of America Party
1 year ago

He also wants to raise the voting age to 25, so he will alienate a pretty big chunk of the population. Probably that’s because he knows that such voter suppression is the only way his party could win without blatantly cheating nowadays. Even if it would require a constitutional amendment to do it. That said, 18-24 year olds are known for the subpar voter turnout. So it really is “use it or lose it”.

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evilhippo
evilhippo
1 year ago

I really have lost all faith in Farage’s judgement.

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