Why Is Measles Making a Comeback?

Подписаться 447 тыс.

Просмотров 10 тыс.

50% 1

Measles is really contagious and can easily spread in pockets of unvaccinated people. In February 2024 a health advisory was issued by the Florida Department of Health in Broward County to warn the public about several confirmed cases of measles at a local elementary school. The Florida Surgeon General made the wrong call on recommendations to parents.
Related HCT episodes:
Measles Can Wipe Out Immunity to Other Diseases: • Measles Infections Can...
Be sure to check out our podcast!
• Podcast
Other Healthcare Triage Links:
1. Support the channel on Patreon: vid.io/xqXr
2. Check out our Facebook page: goo.gl/LnOq5z
3. We still have merchandise available at www.hctmerch.com
4. Aaron's book "The Bad Food Bible: How and Why to Eat Sinfully" is available wherever books are sold, such as Amazon: amzn.to/2hGvhKw
Credits:
Aaron Carroll -- Writer
Tiffany Doherty -- Writer and Script Editor
John Green -- Executive Producer
Stan Muller -- Director, Producer
Mark Olsen - Art Director, Producer

Опубликовано:

7 авг 2024

Ссылка:

Скачать:

Готовим ссылку...

Добавить в:

Мой плейлист

Посмотреть позже

Комментарии : 73

@phoenixshadow6633 4 месяца назад

What drives me nuts about measles is the narcissist's prayer anti-vaccine activists go through in order to explain why measles is coming back. It usually goes as follows: It didn't come back. And if it is, it's not a big deal. And if it is, it's not that bad. And if it is, it's not my fault. And if it is, I didn't mean it. And if it is, you deserve it. This is only the case if they're being honest. They usually don't accept fault. They just make conspiracy theories about how it's an election year the "they" are making a panic to win the election.

@dosadoodle 4 месяца назад

It really is wild the things people are claiming. I've seen a lot of comments (on other videos) claiming the rise in measles is due to illegal immigration, as if we haven't had illegal immigration for decades while they ignore the anti-vaccine movement's recent surge. Like you said, such commenters are straining to construct a particular narrative no matter the evidence.

@PiemanPerkins 4 месяца назад

I got my 1 year old daughter vaccinated against measles literally today. It's hard to see your child in pain, but thanks for reminding me why vaccinations are so important.

@Argacyan 4 месяца назад

The US sometimes simply projects the image of a country that continues to exist despite its own best efforts

@tessat338 4 месяца назад

The other thing to check on is if your level of immunity if you got the measles vaccination between it's introduction in 1963 and the introduction of the MMR vaccine in 1971. As our cohort moved through life, we have had subsequent outbreaks of measles (like when I was in college in the '80s) because that first version didn't maintain its efficacy over time. Since measles was so contagious, if you were in primary school before 1963, you likely already had the measles, survived and still maintain your immunity. My sister and I both had our titration checked and found out that we no longer had sufficient immunity to measles. We did still have immunity to mumps because we had it as small children, and to Rubella or German Measles because our cohort got a separate vaccine for that in the 5th grade or at age 11. We each got a dose of the MMR vaccine and are now current on our immunity. Since my sister now has a small granddaughter whose mother is a anti-vax nut (my nephew is fighting this in the custody battle) we are all very careful to make sure that we are not bringing anything communicable to my great-niece.

@minasoliman 4 месяца назад

Florida general surgeon needs to be fired. He’s a politician, not a physician

@borenessinabottle 4 месяца назад

Brilliant monologue at the end, written very concisely. Well done

@twincast2005 4 месяца назад

When EU me was in Japan for an exchange year, I was befuddled by a large measles breakout that shut down schools and universities in early 2007. Apparently primarily because parents in the '90s had skipped out on the second of the two doses. The next couple of years they did a huge two-step vaccination campaign in schools throughout the country, and AFAIK there hasn't been an issue since. Anti-vaxxers would hyperventilate at that.

@SocialDownclimber 4 месяца назад

We have improved our scientific knowledge so much that it is now our culture that holds us back. We need to do some serious work to figure out how to produce a culture that doesn't have these deadly, insane ideas in it. Advancing knowledge further will only lead to minor gains while large parts of the population are able to freely reject the fundamental basis of this knowledge.

@trevinbeattie4888 4 месяца назад

Florida. That is completely and unfortunately unsurprising.

@1ndustria 3 месяца назад

I always appreciate Dr. Carroll's exasperation because it's definitely a mood.

@cassieoz1702 4 месяца назад

I was involved in the care of someone with SSPE durung my training, and would never have considered NOT immunising my children

@Denise-ux4xd 4 месяца назад

💉☠️

@ilessthan3bees 4 месяца назад

I honestly think science denial and magical thinking might be a Fermi paradox solution.

@Jay-ho9io 4 месяца назад

Hadn't considered that. Wow. The Great Filter turns out to be "Sapience eventually results in Extinction levels stupidity." You might be on to something.

@jimk8520 4 месяца назад

@@Jay-ho9io I blame warning labels. They help to prevent those without common sense from exiting the pool at younger ages thereby allowing these individuals to live long enough to raise the bar.

@takemasterx 4 месяца назад

Same in france right now

@joels7605 4 месяца назад

I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

@shakeyj4523 4 месяца назад

I just wish the planet still had spots to you move to outrun the idiocy for a couple of generations.

@Overonator 4 месяца назад

How does that Surgeon General keep his medical license? He's a quack.

@garyroberts6668 Месяц назад

IKR…Almost every doctor in the country wouldn’t agree with that logic.

@andersledell8643 4 месяца назад

Hey Dr Carrol, thanks for reporting on these serious issues that are often overlooked. Have you ever considered doing a video on the consequences of measles that we worry about, like the encephalitis or meningitis that can result in the chronic and acute phases, respectively?

@magical_catgirl 4 месяца назад

I got the MMR vaccine through a school program in the 90s (nurses from the local health department came to the school for a day or two and everyone in a given year group was vaccinated a class at a time). Would you recommend getting a booster before traveling to certain areas since the last MMR dose was ~30 years ago?

@troublesafoot7836 3 месяца назад

PLEASE do a video on the Cass Report!

@harshbarj 4 месяца назад

So, we can blame this on Florida man. XD

@scootergirl3662 3 месяца назад

I’m so disappointed to see that my home state doesn’t have good vaccination rates. Usually they are much more reasonable about this stuff. Where I live currently, which is in Ohio I would expect them more to be anti-VAX (which they are) we do currently have a measles outbreak so that’s fun

@DannyboyO1 4 месяца назад

That level of infectiousness hanging in the air is also the case with covid. Seems like we should be doing more to filter/sterilize any shared air, and to protect the population from anti-vaxxers.

@FlexxibleFree 4 месяца назад

Filter and sterilize, yes, not air though, people Edit: this is a bad joke, I'm dumb and sorry.

@WhichDoctor1 4 месяца назад

@@FlexxibleFree i dont know if you intended for that comment to come across eugenicsy, but it does to me

@FlexxibleFree 4 месяца назад

@@WhichDoctor1 only if it would mean you got the joke. I always forget this is the internet.

@WarrenGarabrandt 4 месяца назад

I'm pretty sure I was vaccinated, but I've heard that vaccinations aren't always 100% effective. Is it possible/safe to get re-vaccinated later in life, just in case?

@iheartdvish 4 месяца назад

You can talk to your doc and depending on your situation they can do a blood test to see your lingering level of antibodies. Sometimes they recommend redoing a vaccine (for example, some women thinking of getting pregnant may benefit from this type of blood test and response for antibodies for rubella)

@tessat338 4 месяца назад

Yes. I asked my doctor to do this when I was scheduled for a blood draw anyway for a normal medical test. My older sister also had her doctor do this. It turned out that we were no longer current on our measles immunization because we got the vaccine after 1963 but before 1971 when the MMR vaccine came out. Your immunity may not be up to snuff if you were vaccinated after 1971 but somehow didn't get the second dose in the schedule. My sister and I each got the MMR vaccine at our doctors' orders as soon as the test results came back. It is people my age who thought that they were fully vaccinated as kids who are now carrying the infection around the world without knowing it. To us it just seems like a bad cold because we still have SOME immunity, just not enough not to transmit measles to other people, especially children. The other thing that we soon-to-be-retirees need to get up to date on is pertussis or whooping cough. For us it is a bad week. For an infant or a very young child, it could be deadly. If adults are getting their scheduled tetanus vaccinations, then the pertussis is included in the Diphtheria/Pertussis/Tetanus vaccine. Remember kids, there is no such thing as herd immunity against the tetanus soil bacteria.

@charliespinoza1966 4 месяца назад

Definitely talk to your doctor. I get a booster every ten years at my doctor’s office recommendation but I think it’s a dtap

@Skogand1988 4 месяца назад

It’s sad that these things are rearing their ugly heads but I think a lot of it is because of broken down trust with systems and the government that should be managing them. Medical care is a nightmare to deal with and I bet there’s misinformation in the suggested videos tab for you right now.

@spencerjoplin2885 4 месяца назад

I’m glad I live in a state that limits exemptions to school vaccines only on advice of a physician, not for any squirrley moral reason.

@paineoftheworld 4 месяца назад

There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” ~ Isaac Asimov The corollary to this position is that "my mistake is just as good as your choice."

@jjcarvin4755 Месяц назад

No more real vaccines duh I am overdue for a lot of them eventually this one

@shindousan 4 месяца назад

In summary: far right dumb paranoia.

@victorialynnstruble 3 месяца назад

Vaccination should be federally mandated

@SALVATl0N 4 месяца назад

Can you do a future video about total apathy for people that don't get vaccinated? I have to say that as a vaccinated person, I couldn't care less about people that get measles after they're not vaccinated. Even worse, a part of me enjoys it. Am I a monster? Possibly. I know as a vaccinated person I could still get a severe case of measles, or any other disease. But it's almost worth it to see people that aren't vaccinated get sick. Just being honest. A future video on my particular view of these things would be appreciated

@aJoats 4 месяца назад

Just for clarity here, you do realize in many cases its the children of stupid people who are suffering?

@shakeyj4523 4 месяца назад

@@aJoats How is that the OPs fault?

@aJoats 4 месяца назад

@shakeyj4523 I didn't say anything about fault. Schadenfreude is all well and good I suppose, but one would hope to draw a distinction between a victim and an adult reaping the consequences of their decisions.

@ChristopherCurtis 4 месяца назад

@@aJoats We all suffer from the same.

@dangallagher6176 4 месяца назад

@@shakeyj4523 It doesn't make sense to enjoy the suffering of the innocent children based on the poor decisions of their parents. Or if you do, maybe to stay consistent you should also think white people should make reparations for slavery