CDC data confirms US is 2 months away from losing measles elimination status
Elimination status is lost if the virus spreads continuously for 12 months.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/11/cdc-data-confirms-us-is-2-months-away-from-losing-measles-elimination-status/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
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@arstechnica Obvious to GOP ,stop testing...
@arstechnica
A preventable tragedy, losing control over measles… one of the most highly infectious diseases, with long term consequences some of which can be severe (deafness, male infertility, for instance).
This is how measles looks in a country that still has a functioning public health vaccine system (& we can still do better): https://www.aihw.gov.au/getmedia/a4adb0e5-6f93-49b4-80ba-ba38989c35fa/aihw-phe-236_measles_2025.pdf
https://time.com/5845116/coronavirus-bailout-rich-richer/
The billionaires behind Project 2025 will be so proud that they manufactured yet another Profitable Pandemic Bailout for personal & partisan gain.
https://bylinetimes.com/2020/10/09/climate-science-denial-network-behind-great-barrington-declaration/
https://newrepublic.com/article/165413/mask-mandates-kids-back-to-normal
https://bylinetimes.com/2020/10/13/koch-funded-pr-agency-aided-great-barrington-declaration-sponsor/
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/trump-jay-bhattacharya
https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2021/12/22/how-the-koch-network-hijacked-the-war-on-covid/
Bradley, Koch, Coors, Scaife Mellon, Seid, Uihlein
How many will die this time?
https://jacobin.com/2021/12/right-wing-think-tanks-herd-immunity-death
@arstechnica Damn it. It didn't have to be like this.
