With a “national incident” over measles in the UK, what’s the situation in Europe?

Europe is experiencing an “alarming rise” in measles cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Tuesday, with a more than 30-fold rise across the region in 2023.

More than 30,000 measles cases were reported by 40 of the WHO European region’s 53 member states between January and October last year, compared to 941 cases in 2022.

The increase in the number of cases is compounded by the hospitalisation of 21,000 people and five measles-related deaths.

  • @Whelks_chance
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    911 months ago

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0h815h8

    The BBC More or Less podcast looked into it. The problem existed pre COVID and is likely more related to cuts in healthcare funding than anyone being anti vaccines.

    It’s more about access and support.

      • @Whelks_chance
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        611 months ago

        I’m more likely to blame various governments for failing to properly fund the NHS so that outreach programs can support young mothers pre/post giving birth, and providing the information about how and when to vaccinate their kids.

        Otherwise they’re implicitly being told to “so their own research”.

        • @[email protected]
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          111 months ago

          Isn’t cuts to the NHS what the British people voted for with Thatcher and Blair? Idk, not an expert on British politics

      • @chalupapocalypse
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        211 months ago

        I thought Jenny McCarthy was the one who kicked off this bullshit

    • @Misconduct
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      111 months ago

      If I can get this right now, for FREE in the US, then wtf is going on over there guys?!

      • @Whelks_chance
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        111 months ago

        I don’t have personal experience, but it sounds like it is free, but the service is overstretched.