Here is Dr. Klotman’s Week 253 video address. The highlights are:

Measels

  • There have been two cases of measles in Houston. They occurred in the same household. The individuals had travelled out of country. This is how outbreaks occur.
  • Preventing measles outbreaks requires that 95% of the population get vaccinated.
  • Preventing COVID outbreaks requires that 90% of the population get vaccinated.
  • Preventing Polio requires 80%+ of the population get vaccinated.
  • Dr. Klotman goes over the CDC’s recommendations regarding MMR vaccination.
  • Measles is a world-wide problem. Vaccine hesitancy is a world-wide problem too

Norovirus

  • There have been 495 US norovirus outbreaks this past year.
  • Hand sanitizer isn’t particularly effective against norovirus; soap & water is better.
  • If you get norovirus, you can infect others for up to two weeks after being symptom free.

H5N1 Bird Flu

  • H5N1 flu was identified in dairy cattle in Texas in February, 2024.
  • It has now been identified in hundreds of dairy herds in more than a dozen states.
  • Bird flu spreads readily between cattle. It also spreads to dairy workers who typically develop only conjunctivitis.

COVID

  • XEC is still the dominant COVID strain. There hasn’t been another new strain recently.
  • Burning Mouth Syndrome (BMS) can be a manifestation of Long COVID, but it has many other causes.
  • Burning Eye Syndrome (BES) is another manifestation of acute COVID infection.

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