A worst-case scenario in a country without #vaccines

The Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines Vanish
Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for #polio, #measles, #rubella or #diphtheria were no longer available.
When immunization rates drop plagues from the past can come roaring back, as measles has in American communities where parents decided not to vaccinate their children.
https://projects.propublica.org/childhood-vaccines-deaths-modeling/

Whjen will the UK maladministration work out that health is a global issue?

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/27/polio-virus-detected-in-london-days-before-ministers-cut-global-eradication-funding

#Polio #UkPol #Health #Aid #EnlightenedSelfInterest

#Polio is back. Anti-vaxxers made this happen.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/27/polio-virus-detected-in-london-days-before-ministers-cut-global-eradication-funding?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

#Polio virus detected in London days before ministers cut global eradication funding

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/27/polio-virus-detected-in-london-days-before-ministers-cut-global-eradication-funding

Got a #polio booster shot today, with 1 day notice. I assumed I'd be "that weird guy" asking for a booster, but the nurse told me he's been doing multiple patients PER DAY.

Yay that #sandiego has a stream of sensible people getting vaccinated, boo that it's even a thing that has to be done.

We should be able to legally hunt antivax proponents.

Well, this is sweet. The NYT is writing obits for “remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times.”

And the one from a few days ago is about Eleanor Abbott, who created Candy Land “to distract children who were suffering in the hospital during a polio outbreak.”

I remember Candy Land from many many years ago. And wow: “Today, more than 60 percent of households with children under 5 own the game.”

Gift Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/obituaries/eleanor-abbott-overlooked.html?unlocked_article_code=1.TlA.7N1q.__RbNCpZIFVv&smid=url-share

#RIP #suicide #polio

I had no idea that Candy Land was a response to #polio wards.

Fascinating and much overdue obituary of the game designer, Eleanor Abbott.

#GiftArticle

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/obituaries/eleanor-abbott-overlooked.html?unlocked_article_code=1.TlA.7N1q.__RbNCpZIFVv&smid=url-share