10/11 Doctor's plea: "Everyone needs to ensure they and their children are immunized to protect both themselves and others."
Vaccinated mothers pass antibodies to babies, offering protection in first months of life.
Community immunity protects the most vulnerable.
#HerdImmunity #VaccineImportance
Global Measles Resurgence: Cases Spike Across North America and Asia
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#MeaslesOutbreak #VaccineImportance #GlobalHealth #PublicHealthCrisis #Immunization
7/9 The risks extend beyond SSPE. For children with healthy immune systems, complications like pneumonia occur in 1 in 10 cases, while brain inflammation happens in 1 in 1,000 cases—with immunocompromised children facing even greater dangers.
#VaccineImportance
3/10 The consequences are already turning deadly. In Texas, two unvaccinated children with no underlying conditions have died from measles.
Canadian doctors are expressing grave concern that similar deaths will soon occur north of the border.
#PreventableDeaths #VaccineImportance
1/7 🦠 MEASLES VIRUS RETURNS🦠
Measles has emerged in northern Alberta's Little Red River Cree Nation, with three confirmed cases in John D'Or Prairie.
This highly contagious disease, once nearly eliminated in Canada through vaccination, can spread rapidly.
#Measles #VaccineImportance
6/7 Measles was declared eliminated from the US in 2000, but vaccine hesitancy has allowed its return. The disease is extremely contagious, killing 1-3 people per 1,000 infected and causing brain swelling in 1 in 1,000 cases.
#DiseaseControl #VaccineImportance
8/8 The news comes the same day Texas reported an unvaccinated child died from measles—the first US death from the virus in a decade.
Read more:
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
#MeaslesOutbreak #VaccineImportance #PublicHealthCrisis
3/6 🚫💔 And now, someone's dead. A fucking preventable death 🤯. All because of #VaccineHesitancy and #Ignorance 🙄. We need to #GetVaccinated and #ProtectOurCommunities from these #PreventableDiseases 🌟. #MeaslesDeath #VaccineImportance
