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50 children killed by measles in Samoa as outbreak worsens
ABC ^ | 12/1/2019 | NICK PERRY

Posted on 12/03/2019 1:38:29 PM PST by Gamecock

Samoa’s government said Monday that another five children had died within the past day from a measles outbreak, bringing the death toll from the epidemic to more than 50 as authorities race to vaccinate the entire population.

Samoa declared a national emergency last month and mandated that all 200,000 people living on the South Pacific island nation get vaccinated. The government has closed all schools and banned children from public gatherings.

In all, 53 people have died in the outbreak since late October, including one adult and two older teenagers. Most of those who have died have been babies and young infants, including 23 children aged less than 1 and 25 children aged between 1 and 4.

The government said more than 1,100 people have been admitted to hospitals since the outbreak began and about 180 people remain hospitalized. Among those hospitalized are 19 children who are in critical condition.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: disease; infectious; measles
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To: Gamecock
Fifty percent (50%) of all humans who have ever lived died of diseases transmitted by mosquitos.

We have the technical ability to eliminate all 110 trillion mosquitos presently living on earth. Should we?

From the article where I read this info, they also say that the primary food of hummingbirds is mosquitos. (Many other living thing relies on mosquitos to live too)

What to do?

41 posted on 12/04/2019 9:57:38 AM PST by blam
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To: SkyDancer

I could give a rat about your profile. Make a comment like that in my presence and you’d wake up wondering what happened. But forums are a safe place for the likes of you to act like an ass.

My comments stand, boy-ee.


42 posted on 12/04/2019 6:09:09 PM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: logi_cal869

Believe me, you really wouldn’t want to.


43 posted on 12/04/2019 6:13:38 PM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: SkyDancer

Use lots of lotion, boy-ee.


44 posted on 12/04/2019 6:43:33 PM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: Gamecock

But according to our fringe Freeper wackos, measles is not a dangerous disease.


45 posted on 12/04/2019 6:49:00 PM PST by Labyrinthos
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To: logi_cal869
Server-Too-Long
46 posted on 12/04/2019 6:54:42 PM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: SkyDancer

Lllzzz


47 posted on 12/04/2019 7:04:23 PM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: dangus

“...and people still need to continue to get vaccinated... which, yes, does carry minor downside risks.”

Tell that to those who suffer those risks - so folks with the compromised systems have a better chance - kind of like flipping a coin to see whose rights count for more.


48 posted on 12/11/2019 3:24:18 AM PST by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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