{"id":9316,"date":"2026-02-28T01:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T06:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/llcspace.site\/?p=9316"},"modified":"2026-02-28T01:08:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T06:08:13","slug":"this-week-in-public-health-51","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/llcspace.site\/?p=9316","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Public Health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can watch <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ElMxG8ioa3c?si=DJ9fxD0blzP_Vzz8\">Dr. Klotman&#8217;s Week 310 video address here<\/a>. My summary and comments follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Vaccines<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Researchers are exploring &#8220;broad spectrum&#8221; vaccines in mice models. The idea is to activate the immune system using some &#8220;alarm bell&#8221; molecules (encased in a liposome) that modulate the immune response.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">The effect of this &#8220;liposomal vaccine&#8221; was to shorten the time that the immune system takes to respond to a new foreign antigen &#8211; virus, bacteria, or allergen. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Recent studies show no link between maternal vaccination for COVID and autism among their children.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Meningococcal meningitis cases have been increasing in the US since 2021, and yet the CDC has removed the recommendation for vaccination for young people. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Rotavirus and RSV vaccines for kids are no longer recommended by the CDC. Expect to see more preventable pediatric deaths from both diseases.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">The CDC no longer recommends Hepatitis B vaccine for infants. Expect to see more cases of vaccine-preventable childhood cirrhosis and hepatoma (liver cancer). <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>My Comment:<\/strong> The mouse model strategy isn&#8217;t so much a vaccine as it is an immune system primer of sorts. Until this work in mice, most immune modulation strategies have focused on down-regulating rather than stimulating immune &#8211; e.g. suppressing autoimmune responses. The other thought is how long it will take RFK and his minions to defund this kind of research. The new CDC childhood vaccination schedule is a travesty of quack science.<\/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=\"\">Spread of the virus continues. If goes on for 12+ months without abating, the US, like Canada, will lose its designation as a Measles-free country.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">So far, we have had 972 cases this year. 94% were unvaccinated; 3% had had only one of the two recommended doses of MMR vaccine. This is the same pattern we saw in 2025. Vaccination works!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">38 cases have required hospitalization.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">South Carolina and Utah are the current Measles hot spots. Florida is #3.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">There are >15 cases in at least five other states, and sporadic cases in another 20.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Political Crap<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">The NIAID (government agency focused on Infectious Diseases) had sent out a directive to scrub government web sites of references to Biodefense and Pandemic Preparedness. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">The message heralds a defunding of projects that would prepare the US for another COVID or similar deadly pandemic. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>My Comment:<\/strong> We saw how well this strategy worked during the first Trump term. It was such a rush; let&#8217;s do it again! Who needs a stockpile of ventilators and personal protective equipment? We can afford a few million preventable deaths. We can always make more people, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>TEPHI curves<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">As respiratory virus season draws to a close, wastewater virus levels are falling for most diseases except RSV and Human metapneumovirus.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">COVID levels remain low.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Influenza cases are falling, but Influenza is still spreading.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can watch Dr. Klotman&#8217;s Week 310 video address here. My summary and comments follow. 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