Stick to the Vax

“Globally, there were 20 percent more measles cases in 2023 than in the year before, according to the World Health Organization, for a total of 10.3 million, and more than 107,000 people died. Fifty-seven countries had ‘large or disruptive’ outbreaks, the W.H.O. said, nearly 60 percent more than in 2022.” The outbreaks come in two kinds of places. Those that can’t get enough vaccine no matter how desperately they want it. And those that turn down vaccines even though they are readily available. The latter group really should learn the terrible lessons from the former group’s plight. NYT (Gift Article): Tiny Coffins: Measles Is Killing Thousands of Children in Congo. “President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice for federal health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has fought vaccine mandates and said parents should have the right to choose not to vaccinate their children.”

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