⚠️SPIKE IN MEASLES—113 cases of US measles in Q1 of 2024, double the total for all of 2023. 📍95% of the cases were in those without 2 full doses of MMR💉vaccine (83% cases without any confirmed shots). Across 18 states—top 2 states are Illinois & Florida. 58% of all cases got hospitalized🏥—66% of infected kids <5 years old hospitalized. 61% of adults 20+ hospitalized. Please take measles seriously. Don’t listen to RFK Jr.
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2) Moreover, many of the nationwide cases had come from Florida— “Measles cases that turned up in at least three states this year were linked to visits to Florida, federal and state investigators concluded”. FL also doesn’t count non-residents as cases.🤦🏻♂️
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3) I wrote a long WARNING last month about measles surging in the U.S. — we are not addressing the crisis. Florida measles crisis is just a bell weather. And now here we are.
Please take a moment to read— 👇
With @kavitapmd @yaneerbaryam
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@kavitapmd @yaneerbaryam 4) The worldwide spike in measles is not just in the U.S. UK already had a bad measles winter. But now Italy 🇮🇹 is having a crazy spike that is almost DOUBLE the U.S., despite being a much smaller country. And their 2024 Q1 cases is 5x their 2023. Half of cases hospitalized too!
@kavitapmd @yaneerbaryam 5) 88% or Italy’s measles outbreak were unvaccinated. Oy. 🤦🏻♂️
@kavitapmd @yaneerbaryam 6) I tried to warn earlier. This measles outbreak shit show was completely avoidable, had there been better Florida public health response, better CDC action, and also not resting on the laurels of “oh we have good vaccination rates”—it’s not enough alone to stop a wildfire. ⬇️
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