Trump tells Americans: Go get your measles vaccination

[rooster59]

Trump tells Americans: Go get your measles vaccination

By Susan Heavey and Jeff Mason

 

U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he departs for travel to Indianapolis, Indiana from the White House in Washington, U.S., April 26, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday urged Americans to protect themselves with the measles vaccination as the number of cases of the once-eradicated disease in the United States hit the highest levels since 2000.

 

The growing outbreak in pockets across the country has triggered multiple public health efforts seeking to limit exposure to measles, including quarantines at two California universities.

 

"The vaccinations are so important. This is really going around now," Trump told reporters at the White House. "They have to get their shots."

 

Nearly 700 cases have been confirmed by federal health officials as of this week in a resurgence that has been concentrated in a handful of states -- New York, Washington, Michigan, New Jersey and California -- although 22 states in all are affected.

 

Measles can cause severe complications or death. So far, no U.S. fatalities have been reported.

 

U.S. public health officials have lamented the preventable outbreak and have blamed the nationwide outbreak, which comes alongside a global rise in measles cases, in part on the spread of misinformation about vaccine safety.

 

Some Americans have eschewed the vaccine for a variety of reasons from religious beliefs to doubts about modern medicine as well as lingering impacts from a debunked claim that vaccines cause autism. No link has been found between the measles vaccine and autism spectrum disorders.

 

Complacency is also an issue. With fewer cases of the infectious disease in recent decades, much of the public has not seen its impact firsthand.

 

Measles can cause pneumonia, brain swelling known as encephalitis, and severe ear infections that can lead to deafness, according the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It also can cause premature birth in pregnant women and, in rare cases, harm the central nervous system.

 

Up to 90 percent of those not immunized who have close contact with an infected person are likely to contract measles, the CDC has said.

 

On Thursday, county public health officials announced a quarantine at the University of California, Los Angeles and California State University, Los Angeles.

 

New York City officials have declared a public health emergency after an outbreak in parts of Brooklyn and have taken the unusual step of ordering unvaccinated people in affected neighborhoods to be immunized.

 

Trump, before winning the U.S. presidency, appeared to raise some doubts about vaccines, tweeting in 2014: "I believe in vaccinations but not massive, all at once, shots. Too much for small child to handle. Govt. should stop NOW!"

 

Days before Trump took office in the White House in January 2017, vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told reporters Trump was planning a vaccine safety review panel, a project Trump's then-spokeswoman said was being explored but had not been decided.

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-04-27

[Emdog]

I hope this shuts up the crowd that claims "everything Trump says is stupid or a lie". Even a blind squirrel finds a few nuts.....

[farcanell]

1 minute ago, Emdog said:

I hope this shuts up the crowd that claims "everything Trump says is stupid or a lie". Even a blind squirrel finds a few nuts.....

Given this juicy sloppy bit....

 

5 hours ago, rooster59 said:

 

Trump, before winning the U.S. presidency, appeared to raise some doubts about vaccines, tweeting in 2014: "I believe in vaccinations but not massive, all at once, shots. Too much for small child to handle. Govt. should stop NOW!"

 

Days before Trump took office in the White House in January 2017, vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told reporters Trump was planning a vaccine safety review panel, a project Trump's then-spokeswoman said was being explored but had not been decided.

I’d say.... probably not.

[Thainesss]

1 minute ago, farcanell said:

I’d say.... probably not.

 

A vaccine safety panel is....  ....unreasonable? 

[attrayant]

11 minutes ago, Thainesss said:

 

A vaccine safety panel is....  ....unreasonable? 

 

It's a waste of resources.  Vaccines already undergo clinical research trials to identify efficacy and safety.  If there is anything a "vaccine safety panel" might do that a medical study does not already do, the smart thing would be to roll that step into the existing development & release process.

 

 

 

[Thainesss]

4 minutes ago, attrayant said:

It's a waste of resources.  Vaccines already undergo clinical research trials to identify efficacy and safety.  If there is anything a "vaccine safety panel" might do that a medical study does not already do, the smart thing would be to roll that step into the existing development & release process.

 

Oh ok so we care about wasting resources now. I see thats some seriously selective resource concern you've got there. 

 

Although I do agree with you, and have no issue with vaccines, the idea that a company who wants to sell something to the public (such as medication) is the one that should be listened to in regards to their studies and trials is kind of a hard pill to swallow. 

Coming from the same types of companies that have brought you such things as the recent Opioid Epidemic, among other things. 

 

A little QC isn't at all unreasonable. 

[farcanell]

7 minutes ago, Thainesss said:

 

A vaccine safety panel is....  ....unreasonable? 

Not at all.... and, whilst the jury’s not out yet.... two years later has it been demonstrated to be “stupid or a lie”.... two parts to that statement, wot.

 

16 minutes ago, Emdog said:

I hope this shuts up the crowd that claims "everything Trump says is stupid or a lie". Even a blind squirrel finds a few nuts.....

Mind you.... I was actually thinking about the “stupid” bit of emdogs claim (stupid or a lie) with regards to trumps 2014 tweets about vaccines ..... and the “lie” bit I was directing towards claims that he would set up a vaccine safety panel.

 

regardless.... my earlier response was in relation to a direct statement... “I hope this shuts up the crowd.... “

 

my estimation of... “probably not”, still stands

[Guest Jerry787]

this fellow is clearly funded by the big pharma, as already he deleted the obama-care , now he push to make them sales more vaccines MMR, so get ready to see high rise of autism and gastrointestinal  cases


 

[Redline]

How do we know this is Trump speaking?  It’s plausible to that Hillary has taken over the government, and is slowly forcing her will on the world. 

[attrayant]

2 hours ago, Thainesss said:

A little QC isn't at all unreasonable. 

 

 

We already have that.  It's called regulation.  Anyone who is already skeptical of regulators isn't going to be satisfied by additional layers of regulation, whether you call then QC or a vaccine safety panel.

 

[Sophon]

 

[Thainesss]

32 minutes ago, attrayant said:

We already have that.  It's called regulation.  Anyone who is already skeptical of regulators isn't going to be satisfied by additional layers of regulation, whether you call then QC or a vaccine safety panel.

 

Im simply making the argument that regulation in the pharmaceutical arena has failed us quite a few times, and with intent. 

 

[justin case]

3 hours ago, Emdog said:

I hope this shuts up the crowd that claims "everything Trump says is stupid or a lie". Even a blind squirrel finds a few nuts.....

follow big deltree & JFK's son who proves vaccines cause AUTISM

in children who have problems detoxing all the crap in them...

 

if you got measels ONCE in your life, you have lower chances to get some forms of cancer

 

most of the measels outbreak are with vaccinated children ... if it is so safe & working, they should not fear anything... but heard immunity for vaccines is simple a big fat LIE

 

manufacturers cannot be sued since 1986 and now it will be FORCED (nurenberg trials, people forgot the nazi's  or what ?)    in the land of the free, you are FORCED to get vaccinated by a product that does not have to prove it is safe, never was, never will be

 

big pharma cannot be sued if you child is damaged for life

 

measels is not deadly... high dose vitamin A and you over it in a week

 

 

[metisdead]

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[Lucius verus]

I didn't know that the US is a third world country.

Maybe Trump is right.Maybe they should build a wall  to stop millions of undocumented families from entering the country.

Trump doesnt care about  ignorant Americans. He has broken everything since he was a little boy.

He will break America  because that's all he knows .

 

 

 

 

[rvaviator]

follow big deltree & JFK's son who proves vaccines cause AUTISM
in children who have problems detoxing all the crap in them...
 
if you got measels ONCE in your life, you have lower chances to get some forms of cancer
 
most of the measels outbreak are with vaccinated children ... if it is so safe & working, they should not fear anything... but heard immunity for vaccines is simple a big fat LIE
 
manufacturers cannot be sued since 1986 and now it will be FORCED (nurenberg trials, people forgot the nazi's  or what ?)    in the land of the free, you are FORCED to get vaccinated by a product that does not have to prove it is safe, never was, never will be
 
big pharma cannot be sued if you child is damaged for life
 
measels is not deadly... high dose vitamin A and you over it in a week
 
 

If I have a leaking tap I call a plumber - as I expect that he knows what he is talking about - I am curious to know what your credentials are with respect to medical matters ?



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[emptypockets]

19 minutes ago, justin case said:

follow big deltree & JFK's son who proves vaccines cause AUTISM

in children who have problems detoxing all the crap in them...

 

if you got measels ONCE in your life, you have lower chances to get some forms of cancer

 

most of the measels outbreak are with vaccinated children ... if it is so safe & working, they should not fear anything... but heard immunity for vaccines is simple a big fat LIE

 

manufacturers cannot be sued since 1986 and now it will be FORCED (nurenberg trials, people forgot the nazi's  or what ?)    in the land of the free, you are FORCED to get vaccinated by a product that does not have to prove it is safe, never was, never will be

 

big pharma cannot be sued if you child is damaged for life

 

measels is not deadly... high dose vitamin A and you over it in a week

 

 

Tel that to my friend who was pregnant as a single mum in the 1960's

and her daughter who is deaf dumb and blind.

[emptypockets]

23 minutes ago, justin case said:

follow big deltree & JFK's son who proves vaccines cause AUTISM

in children who have problems detoxing all the crap in them...

 

if you got measels ONCE in your life, you have lower chances to get some forms of cancer

 

most of the measels outbreak are with vaccinated children ... if it is so safe & working, they should not fear anything... but heard immunity for vaccines is simple a big fat LIE

 

manufacturers cannot be sued since 1986 and now it will be FORCED (nurenberg trials, people forgot the nazi's  or what ?)    in the land of the free, you are FORCED to get vaccinated by a product that does not have to prove it is safe, never was, never will be

 

big pharma cannot be sued if you child is damaged for life

 

measels is not deadly... high dose vitamin A and you over it in a week

 

 

Louis Pasteur wasn't big pharma as you put it.

He was a scientist who cured smallpox in a young lad by giving him chicken pox 'vaccine'

You clowns can go on about the nonsense you read about nut jobs you read other internet.

the World Wide Web has so much information readily available

sadly it takes an intelligent person to sort the wheat from the chaff.

 

[PremiumLane]

4 hours ago, Jerry787 said:

so get ready to see high rise of autism

what like all those massive increases of autism caused by vaccines in the past, oh wait, that never happened

[Jingthing]

I hope this shuts up the crowd that claims "everything Trump says is stupid or a lie". Even a blind squirrel finds a few nuts.....

I don't think anyone has said everything. Most things yes.

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[Scott]

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