WenWhjen will the UK maladministration work out that health is a global issue?
Richard Michael Blaberhttps://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/27/polio-virus-detected-in-london-days-before-ministers-cut-global-eradication-funding. "The #polio #virus was detected in #London #sewage for the second time this year, days before #ministers withdrew funding for global polio eradication efforts. Its detection reveals the spending cuts to be 'short-sighted & self-defeating', campaigners said." They are absolutely right.
DragonFlame#Polio is back. Anti-vaxxers made this happen.
Giuseppe Michieli#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
Anna Anthro#Polio virus detected in London days before ministers cut global eradication funding
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Scott EllisGot 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.
Bich Nguyen"We found that long-forgotten plagues have roared back, killing and maiming children in parts of the world where access to vaccines or trust in them faltered. What seemed like subtle changes to a country’s vaccine policies had disastrous consequences years later."
https://www.propublica.org/article/rfk-jr-vaccine-agenda-childhood-plagues
#PublicHealth #vaccines #immunizations #disabilities #measles #meningitis #covid #smallpox #diphtheria #tetanus #rubella #polio #HHS #CDC #ACIP #mistrust #misinformation #gavi #GlobalHealth
How Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Vaccine Agenda Risks a Resurgence of Deadly Childhood Plagues
The health secretary is spreading doubts about vaccine safety and considering changes that could prompt manufacturers to flee the U.S. market. History has shown how plagues from the past can roar back when trust in shots — or access to them — falters.
Jeri DanskyWell, 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.”
mem_somervilleI had no idea that Candy Land was a response to #polio wards.
Fascinating and much overdue obituary of the game designer, Eleanor Abbott.