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European Region reports highest number of measles cases in more than 25 years – UNICEF, WHO/Europe

www.who.int European Region reports highest number of measles cases in more than 25 years – UNICEF, WHO/Europe

European Region reports highest number of measles cases in more than 25 years – UNICEF, WHO/Europe 127 350 measles cases reported in the European Region for 2024 – double the number reported for 2023 and the highest number seen in the Region since 1997 Geneva/Copenhagen, 13 March 2025 According to a...

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Damned anti-vaccine activists.
- This is what pisses me off. Most of these sicknesses could be easily avoided, yet the lack of education from many clueless people is a pain to me as someone who works in public health.
  
  The ONE study that they ever site as vaccines being correlated to autism only had 12 patients. The whole thing was garbage science.
  
  And the guy is used as an example of what NOT to do in research.
  
  This is what pisses me off. Most of these sicknesses could be easily avoided, yet the lack of education from many clueless people
  The most clueless ones are arrogant and entirely avoid researching factual evidence of a conspiracy (with evidence conspiracy, not a bullshit "trust me bro" conspiracy) that was published by well-known reputable universities: George Washington University, Johns Hopkins University authenticated the factual evidence.
  I guess since smartphones and Twitter were the venue for the evidence, social media users just can't see past their meme addiction to simple-think and reaction-thinking and seriously discuss the fact-based conspiracy evidence. I've been trying to grasp why in 2020 onward this wasn't a constant topic of discussion! Wuhan China is world famous, why isn't this public notice about Russia discussed (constantly!)?
  August 24, 2018 - Measles Russia
  https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45294192
  
  Yes, there's a lot of evidence that the problem is not only with Russia, and not only with measles vaccines, e.g.:
  Russia, China sow disinformation to undermine trust in Western vaccines: EU -- (2021)
  Russian and Chinese media are systematically seeking to sow mistrust in Western COVID-19 vaccines in their latest disinformation campaigns aimed at dividing the West, a European report said on Wednesday [...]
  "Both Russia and China are using state-controlled media, networks of proxy media outlets and social media, including official diplomatic social media accounts, to achieve these goals," the report said, citing 100 Russian examples this year [2021 ...]
  "Both Chinese official channels and pro-Kremlin media have amplified content on alleged side-effects of the Western vaccines, misrepresenting and sensationalising international media reports and associating deaths to the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine in Norway, Spain and elsewhere," the report said [...]
  Reports like that one appear to have been increasing in recent years.
  Addition for a really good study I read years ago and found again now:
  Influence-enza: How Russia, China, and Iran Have Shaped and Manipulated Coronavirus Vaccine Narratives -- (2021)
- Damned anti-vaccine activists.
  I don't blame them. In a society that worships the Apple iPhone and iPad and things that only fit in the length of a single screen, meme-speak and 3-word reaction commenting, it's inevitable that entertainment mocking would eclipse science understanding. Carl Sagan said this in his 1995 book shortly before his death.... that "10-second sound-bites" (meme-speak, Twitter-length junk) would drown society in the future if not changed. His 1995 warning has proven true since 2012.
  Damned anti-vaccine activists.
  I mean, who exactly educated these activists and everyday Apple iPhone users about information warfare? The most sophisticated devised by humanity? People were eaten-alive by Moscow information predators.
  Look at the timing of this story, one year before the Wuhan Pandemic was front page, but nobody can seem to escape meme-think to discuss serious evidence. The activists didn't stand a chance, they were scalped by Putin's meme army since 2013.
   
  Russian trolls blamed for spreading anti-vaccination propaganda
  By Lia Eustachewich New York Post
  Published February 17, 2019 2:01pm EST
  https://www.foxnews.com/tech/russian-trolls-blamed-for-spreading-anti-vaccination-propaganda

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August 24, 2018 - Measles Russia