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It's a little hard to believe that people who famously don't use computers were infected by an "misinformation", a rather loathsome neologism. There was famousl
by ch4s3 1y ago
It's a little hard to believe that people who famously don't use computers were infected by an "misinformation", a rather loathsome neologism. There was famously a really serious outbreak in the NYC Orthodox community from 1989 to about 1991. Unvaccinated communities are a sort of immunological tinder box, and you never know when a stray spark might land.
This is the result of a failure of public health to reach out to these religious communities in effective ways for decades.
- daveguy 1y agoI think the point was, it's not limited to those isolated groups anymore.
- ch4s3 1y agoIt mostly is limited to people in those groups or people in contact with them. [1] The big hot spot in Alberta is the Mennonite community. [1] https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-mexican-mennonite-measles-vaccine-hesitancy-outreach-1.7601715#:~:text=Vaccine%20coverage%20gaps%20Southern%20Alberta%20has%20945,cent%20in%20the%20City%20of%20Medicine%20Hat. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-mexican-menno...
- Retric 1y agoThat stray spark’s survival is heavily influenced by the herd immunity of the rest of the population. Put another way if the overall population sees an average of 0.5 or 0.95 infections per case there’s zero chance of a huge outbreak. But odds of a case making it to a vulnerable population is wildly higher in the second case.
- joecool1029 1y ago> There was famously a really serious outbreak in the NYC Orthodox community from 1989 to about 1991. They never really stopped, it's been every few years since then: https://forward.com/news/417390/measles-is-hitting-ultra-orthodox-communities-why-arent-they-vaccinating/ https://forward.com/news/417390/measles-is-hitting-ultra-ort... The Amish are/were undervaccinated but it wasn't due to religious objections. It just seems uncommon in communities to see a dr, unless it's needed: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/ohio-amish-reconsider-vaccines-amid-largest-measles-outbreak-u-s-history https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/ohio-amish-reconsider-va... It's also hard to get an official count (I've seen estimates below 20% vs almost 90% for non-amish communities in same state, but then you read stuff like this which suggests even the old older is above 80% https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article-abstract/128/1/79/30323/Underimmunization-in-Ohio-s-Amish-Parental-Fears?redirectedFrom=fulltext https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article-abstract/128... ) since these communities are grandfathered into their own healthcare systems and often exempt from the normal federal welfare systems: https://www.ssa.gov/faqs/en/questions/KA-02411.html https://www.ssa.gov/faqs/en/questions/KA-02411.html I'm not sure about Mennonites. One of their communities writes about it and seems to suggest only 1 of the 40 or so communities is hardliners against vaccination. But I also note this is written in a really neutral way (could be to placate government, dunno): https://www.mennoniteusa.org/measles/ https://www.mennoniteusa.org/measles/
- sanktanglia 1y agoThey don't use computers but they turned up for trump so they are definitely falling for misinformation somewhere
- buellerbueller 1y agoIt's not the amish whose vaccination status changed. It's the maha fools who fell for vaccine misinformation whose vax status did.
- ch4s3 1y agoBut it's the Mennonites who were the source and primary locus of the outbreak, not some MAHA dummies.