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We have a #diphtheria outbreak in Australia.

According to the Australian Centre for Disease Control (AuCDC - yes, we have one of those now):

Diphtheria is a serious bacterial infection. It most often spreads through respiratory droplets, or direct contact with the wound.

If only there were some way of stopping spread through respiratory droplets.

If only.

#WearaN95mask

Lucas Waldron and Patricia Callahan take a long, sobering look at what may well happen down the road if RFKJr gets his way with vaccines and vaccine makers stop making vaccines readily available for the American market. Their modeling of a possible trajectory looks at polio, measles, rubella, and diphtheria.

#vaccines #vaccination #polio #measles #rubella #diphtheria #Trump #RFKJr #healthcare
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https://projects.propublica.org/childhood-vaccines-deaths-modeling/

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/

All the hard work and progress in public health in the last century is being wiped out by these stupid anti-vaxxers! They haven't seen the havoc and suffering brought on by such highly communicable deadly diseases, for which we have readily available prevention. The harm being done by these brain-dead antisocial elements is criminal.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/surging-measles-cases-fire-alarm-103000471.html

#public #health #vaccines #measles #diphtheria #polio

#Diphtheria - #Africa Region (#WHO, D.O.N., Nov. 21 '25), https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2025/11/diphtheria-africa-region-who-don-nov-21.html

{In recent weeks} In addition, high #CFRs (up to 24%) have been reported across all affected countries.