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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Antivaxxers try to downplay the role of low vaccine uptake and antivaccine disinformation campaigns for the measles outbreak and high death toll by blaming poverty, but Samoa is not, for example, the Congo. 2/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2019/12/04/measles-outbreak-samoa/ …
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@RobertKennedyJr used that line, claiming that in the poor and malnourished the measles strain in the virus caused the#SamoaMeasles outbreak. It’s bullshit. 3/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2019/12/05/samoa-measles-outbreak-malielegaoi/ …2 replies 6 retweets 30 likesShow this thread -
So did
@BusyDrT and her flunky at her antivax blog. Still nonsense. 4/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2019/12/10/sherri-tenpenny-and-james-grundig-desperately-denying-that-measles-kills/ …2 replies 5 retweets 25 likesShow this thread -
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/ …3 replies 3 retweets 29 likesShow 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.” 6/1 reply 4 retweets 25 likesShow 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
. However, it’s dangerous crap that can kill. 8/83 replies 5 retweets 48 likesShow this thread
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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