Measles outbreak kills 1,200 in Madagascar as anti-vaxxers celebrate
 

Thanks anti-vaxxers!

This is what happens when you don't vaccinate, lots of people die. of course this is what anti-vaxxers want they want a lot of people to die and be maimed by preventable diseases :disgust:

Measles outbreak kills 1,200 in Madagascar

AMBALAVAO, Madagascar — Babies wail as a nurse tries to reassure mothers who have come to vaccinate their children. They fear a measles epidemic that has killed more than 1,200 people in this island nation where many are desperately poor.

As Madagascar faces its largest measles outbreak in history and cases soar well beyond 115,000, resistance to vaccinating children is not the driving force.

Measles cases are rising in the United States and other parts of the world, in part the result of misinformation that makes some parents balk at a crucial vaccine. New York City is now trying to halt a measles outbreak by ordering mandatory vaccinations in one Brooklyn neighborhood.

In Madagascar, many parents would like to protect their children but face immense challenges including the lack of resources.

Just 58 percent percent of people on Madagascar's main island have been vaccinated against measles, a major factor in the outbreak's spread. With measles one of the most infectious diseases, immunization rates need to be 90 to 95 percent or higher to prevent outbreaks.

On a recent day the Iarintsena health center's waiting room was full, with mothers sitting on the floor and others waiting outside in the overwhelming heat. Two volunteer nurses and a midwife tried to respond to the demand.

Nifaliana Razaijafisoa had walked 15 kilometers (9 miles) with her 6-month-old baby in her arms.

"He has a fever," she said. "I think it's measles because there are these little pimples that have appeared on his face." The nurse quickly confirmed it. "I'm so scared for him because in the village everyone says it kills babies," Razaijafisoa said.

The measles outbreak has killed mostly children under age 15 since it began in September, according to the World Health Organization.

"The epidemic unfortunately continues to expand in size" though at a slower pace than a month ago, said Dr. Dossou Vincent Sodjinou, a WHO epidemiologist in Madagascar. By mid-March, 117,075 cases had been reported by the health ministry, affecting all regions of the country.

Some cases of resistance to vaccinations exist because of the influence of religion or of traditional health practitioners but they are isolated ones, he said.

This epidemic is complicated by the fact that nearly 50 percent of children in Madagascar are malnourished.

"Malnutrition is the bed of measles," Sodjinou said.

Razaijafisoa's baby weighs just 11 pounds.

"This is the case for almost all children with measles who have come here," said Lantonirina Rasolofoniaina, a volunteer at the health center.

Simply reaching a clinic for help can be a challenge. Many people in Madagascar cannot afford to see a doctor or buy medicine, and health centers often are understaffed or have poorly qualified workers.

As a result, information about health issues can be unreliable. Some parents are not aware that vaccines are free, at least in public health centers.

Four of Erika Hantriniaina's five children have had measles. She had wrongly believed that people could not be vaccinated after nine months of age.


"It's my 6-year-old daughter who had measles first. She had a lot of fever," she said. "I called the doctor but it was Friday. He had already gone to town. I went to see another doctor who told me that my daughter had an allergy. ... This misdiagnosis was almost fatal."

The girl had diarrhea and vomiting and couldn't eat, Hantriniaina said, adding that she narrowly survived.

Measles, a highly infectious disease spread by coughing, sneezing, close contact or infected surfaces, has no specific treatment. The symptoms are treated instead.

"Vitamin A is given to children to increase their immunity. We try to reduce the fever. If there is a cough, we give antibiotics," said Dr. Boniface Maronko, sent by WHO to Madagascar to supervise efforts to contain the outbreak. If the disease is not treated early enough, complications appear including diarrhea, bronchitis, pneumonia and convulsions.

yeah but if they had vaccinate those 1200 children, one would have maybe got autism!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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grrrrrrrrr!

Wehateporn is dancing on the roof of a building in downtown Moscow celebrating.

Measles will only kill someone who is weak or starving, putting them out of their misery. Whereas the vaccine leaves many previously-healthy people with disabilities.

The solution is food, not vaccines.

ok I am going to places where people are starving to tell them to stop being poor and take care of their nutrition :thumbsup

And some say vaccines depopulate :1orglaugh . . .

They go to poor places to give out vaccines and leave many kids disabled, instead focus on AID money on food. Giving out vitamin A supplements during a measles outbreak is useful.

Or just fix the vaccine in the first place, but they won’t as healthy people are not profitable, better to screw them up with a vaccine.

Bill Gates admits it, documents in Wikileaks do too

Russia aren’t helping, despite RT comments sections looking good, Putin is a bit naive when it comes to vaccines

As the destiny keeps manifesting

How many years have you researched this and where did you study medicine?

Right?

You do not know...I do not know...but every doctor I have met agrees...hmmmmmmm....

Vaccines are not perfect but death is worse...

I decided not to study medicine as I didn’t cope well with blood, but I have since been involved anyway, many even pro-vaccine doctors avoid the MMR vaccine. I am related to one of the top UK doctors who warned all relatives to avoid MMR.

If MMR was a safe vaccine, Merck would allow it to go through high-quality studies to prove its safety.

Biggest problem in regards to measles is malnutrition and overall bad hygiëne like open sewers and bathing and taking shits in the same river. In developt countries the measles is really nothing but a pretty harmless infection. That said… getting measles in Madagascar is pretty fucked up! I would not doubt to vaccinate my child if I was living there.


With all respect but ALL our parents had the measles when they were young. All of them lived to give birth to us… In their time when one kid had measles the whole neighborhood came to that measles infected kid to get infected too, to get it over with.
Our parents were like: what ever... Now everyone is like: Armageddon...
yeah right...

oh so you are related to a doctor who does not recommend MMR...I did not know your research in the field was so deep...

I will now find a wife who has a relative who is a quantum physicist...I always wanted to be an expert in quantum physics and screw actual studying, I will hack my way to knowledge and expertise! :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh