{"id":9002,"date":"2025-12-20T19:58:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T00:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/llcspace.site\/?p=9002"},"modified":"2025-12-20T19:58:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T00:58:57","slug":"this-week-in-public-health-43","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/llcspace.site\/?p=9002","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Public Health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EVa99vK7XS8?si=vV2vsiitLuVLEBHX\">Dr. Klotman&#8217;s Week 300 video address<\/a>. I didn&#8217;t summarize his Week 299 address because it didn&#8217;t address public health at all. It was an interview with one of school&#8217;s outreach luminaries. It&#8217;s on YouTube for those who may be interested. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My summary of this week&#8217;s address appears below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Measles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Worldwide, from 2000 to 2024, Measles deaths have decreased 88% saving some 58 million lives, according to the WHO<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">This past year, 59 countries have reported large outbreaks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">The epicenter of the most recent US outbreak is in South Carolina<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Public Health is about &#8220;treating communities&#8221; rather than individuals<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">In South Carolina, it appears that the approach to public health, (measles prevention, in this instance,) is, &#8220;You should vaccinate your kids, but it&#8217;s up to you.&#8221; That&#8217;s clearly an ineffective public health message <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Most of the 129 confirmed Measles cases in this outbreak are located in Spartanburg; another 290 people have been exposed to those cases and are in quarantine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">In the US, we&#8217;ve had 1912 Measles cases in 2025; 11% have resulted in hospitalization, and three people have died<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Respiratory Virus Season<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Most respiratory viruses are on the upswing &#8211; Influenza A, RSV, and Adenovirus<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">SARS CoV-2 activity is still relatively quiet<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Most the Influenza cases are A H3N2, a few are A H1N1, and fewer still are Influenza B<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">The H3N2 is subclade K which has some seven mutations that distinguish it from last year&#8217;s H3N2 that was used in the current vaccine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Despite the mismatch, this year&#8217;s Flu shot is ~75% effective in preventing hospitalization in kids and ~40% effective in preventing hospitalization in adults<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">The CDC estimates that there have already been ~2M cases of Flu, ~20K hospitalizations and ~650 deaths this year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>H5N1 Bird Flu<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Commercial flocks in Indiana and four other states have experienced large outbreaks of bird flu affecting mostly duck meat production<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">H5N1 can infect a broad number of mammal species &#8211; most recently bats<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Infection in wild and domestic mammals heightens the concern that the virus may mutate in a manner that facilitates human infection and transmission<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Safety of m-RNA vaccines<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Non-scientists like RFK, Jr and his hand-picked faux ACIP and the FDA have cancelled hundreds of millions of research grants supporting the development of m-RNA vaccines for diverse uses including cancer treatment. RFK &amp; his ACIP insist that m-RNA technology is not &#8220;safe&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">A French study of 22.7 million people ages 18-59 who were vaccinated with COVID     m-RNA vaccine and 5.9 million unvaccinated were followed for 4-years. The study showed that those vaccinated had a 74% reduction in death due to COVID and no increase in <em>all-cause mortality<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Another study in children revealed that those under 4yo vaccinated with COVID m-RNA vaccine had a 76% decrease in ER and urgent care visits in the 6-months following vaccination. Older children up to age 17 had 56% fewer ER and UC visits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Neonatal Hepatitis B vaccine<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Pediatricians have advocated that all newborns be vaccinated against Hepatitis for at least a couple of decades<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">RFK, Jr&#8217;s handpicked ACIP has recently advised against it based on a number of erroneous notions including the claim that most countries don&#8217;t do that (the truth is that most advanced countries have universal health care and provide Hep-B testing for all mothers and vaccination for all newborns<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">In the 1990s, the US had ~1600 cases of neonatal Hepatitis B &#8211; a disease that causes cirrhosis and liver cancer. Since vaccination among newborns was begun, there have been fewer than 20 cases\/year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s Dr. Klotman&#8217;s Week 300 video address. I didn&#8217;t summarize his Week 299 address because it didn&#8217;t address public health at all. 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