Measles outbreak - Garner Ted Armstrong Evangelistic Association https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org Let No Man Take Your Crown Wed, 17 Apr 2019 08:29:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-Screen-Shot-2024-05-16-at-1.06.13-PM-32x32.png Measles outbreak - Garner Ted Armstrong Evangelistic Association https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org 32 32 MEASLES OUTBREAK: Global cases QUADRUPLE by 300 percent in 2019 – vaccine warning https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org/measles-outbreak-global-cases-quadruple-by-300-percent-in-2019-vaccine-warning/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=measles-outbreak-global-cases-quadruple-by-300-percent-in-2019-vaccine-warning Tue, 16 Apr 2019 07:49:15 +0000 http://www.garnertedarmstrong.org/?p=26962 SHOCKING figures reveal the number of measles cases around the world has quadrupled in the past year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed. Preliminary data released from the global health agency shows the number of outbreaks has soared by 300 percent in the first three months of 2019 compared to the same period last...

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]]> SHOCKING figures reveal the number of measles cases around the world has quadrupled in the past year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed.

Preliminary data released from the global health agency shows the number of outbreaks has soared by 300 percent in the first three months of 2019 compared to the same period last year. Initial figures show the extent of the health crisis, with 112,163 reported cases of the disease already this year across 170 countries, compared to just 28,124 cases across 163 countries in 2018. In a statement the WHO said: “While this data is provisional and not yet complete, it indicates a clear trend.”

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It added: “‘Many countries are in the midst of sizable measles outbreaks, with all regions of the world experiencing sustained rises in cases.”

Measles can be extremely dangerous if untreated and official figures show it claimed the lives of almost 110,000 people in 2017.

The most concerning aspect of the resurgence of the virus, is it has spread into countries with the highest vaccination rates, including the US.

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The number of cases of measles has grown by 300 percent in 2019 (Image: GETTY)


The WHO said: “Spikes in case numbers have also occurred in countries with high overall vaccination coverage, including the United States of America as well as Israel, Thailand, and Tunisia, as the disease has spread fast among clusters of unvaccinated people.”

Meanwhile Africa has witnessed the most dramatic rise up 700 percent on the previous year.

Across the African continent the number of cases grew from 7,361 in the first quarter of 2018 to 59,943 in the first three months of 2019 .

However the world body stated the numbers may be even be far greater, since only one in 10 cases globally are reported.

In the UK the number of cases has indeed fallen, there has been 572 infections this year, compared to 767 in the same period in 2018, according the figures by Public Health England.

The outbreak of measles can be prevented using the MMR vaccine which was first introduced in 1963.

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The MMR vaccine was introduced in 1963 (Image: GETTY)

In the UK the treatment is given to all children when they are one-years-old and then again when they are three-years-old.

The UN insist the deadly disease is “entirely preventable” with the right vaccines, however it is concerned that global immunization has “stalled” at 85 percent which is “still short of the 95% needed to prevent outbreaks”.

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Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1115130/health-news-measles-disease-symptoms-world-health-organisation

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]]> Mankind almost beat measles, but the virus is storming back in Europe https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org/mankind-almost-beat-measles-but-the-virus-is-storming-back-in-europe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mankind-almost-beat-measles-but-the-virus-is-storming-back-in-europe Tue, 21 Aug 2018 00:54:51 +0000 http://www.garnertedarmstrong.org/?p=6910 That’s all you need. European health officials are on high alert as the number of clinically-confirmed measles cases across the continent passed 23,500 in the first six months of the year. That’s a staggering increase over last year, in which about 6,000 cases were confirmed across across the full 12 months. The real number is likely higher, say...

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European health officials are on high alert as the number of clinically-confirmed measles cases across the continent passed 23,500 in the first six months of the year.

That’s a staggering increase over last year, in which about 6,000 cases were confirmed across across the full 12 months. The real number is likely higher, say health officials, who estimate more than 41,000 cases have already occurred this year.

Most measles infections last about 10 days, and while many people recover from the complications, sickness can cause serious health problems. Infections have led to brain swelling, meningitis, pneumonia, and liver infections. The highly contagious virus has been the underlying cause of 37 deaths in 2018 in Europe, according to public health officials.

So why the high rates? Officials in Europe and America are pointing, in part, to the populations of parents who are actively choosing to not vaccinate their children.

“This partial setback demonstrates that every person who is not immune remains vulnerable no matter where they live, and every country must keep pushing to increase coverage and close immunity gaps, even after achieving interrupted or eliminated status,” said World Health Organization official Nedret Emiroglu in a statement.

The number of cases in America is also on the rise, albeit less staggering so than in Europe. So far in 2018, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 107 infections have been reported. That means the US is poised to surpass last year’s 12-month total of 118 cases.

The increased prevalence of measles is noteworthy because, at least in America, the virus was virtually stomped out after a vaccine became available in the 1960s. Europe hit a record low number of cases in 2016, when the continent reported just over 5,000 infections. But increases in cases have corresponded with the rise of a social movement that spurns the idea of vaccinating children to protect against the virus. Some of the leeriness toward vaccinations has bubbled up from now-discredited research from two decades ago, which incorrectly linked vaccines to autism.

Since 2009, the number of “philosophical-belief” decisions to not vaccinate has risen in 12 of 18 US states that allow opt-outs, according to research published in June in the journal PLOS Medicine. In Texas alone, the number of grade-school aged children who’ve not been vaccinated (pdf) has increased 20-fold since 2003, when the state gave people the ability to choose to opt out of a vaccination.

“Our findings indicate that new foci of anti-vaccine activities are being established in major metropolitan areas, rendering select cities vulnerable for vaccination-preventable diseases,” the PLOS Medicine study states.

Source: https://qz.com/1364973/mankind-almost-beat-measles-but-the-virus-is-storming-back-in-europe/

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