The mighty @deerbrian writes about #SamoaMeasles “Likewise, those such as Tamasese who discounted the deaths as the result of poverty and poor nutrition. Samoa isn’t rich, but it is not a Third World nation. It’s classified as ‘lower-middle income.’” 1/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/measles-in-samoa/ …
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Leave it to the granddaddy of the modern antivax movement, His Fraudulentness himself,
@DrWakefield, to come up with the most ridiculous antivax BS, claiming that MMR is a selective pressure making measles deadlier and could lead to “mass extinction.” 5/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2019/12/04/measles-outbreak-samoa/ …Show this thread -
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@deerbrian’s reporting: “‘We’re not really seeing evidence of acute malnutrition,’ says the British paediatrician Dr Owens, who arrived from the UK on the same flight as me.” 6/Show this thread -
More: “‘As I understand it, there is very little evidence of clinical vitamin A deficiency. And I’ve not met a patient yet with a defined immune deficiency.’” 7/
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Yes, antivaxxers are full of
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Also Prime Minister Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi is not blameless, with a lackadaisical attitude to vaccination beforehand the outbreak. 8a/8
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Why does she still have a license?
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Good question.
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