#Vaccines Work

[reasonsforhope]

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"Every year, over 350,000 women die from cervical cancer and another 660,000 are diagnosed. [Note: Plus trans men and other trans people with a cervix.] As a consequence, children are orphaned, families impoverished and communities diminished by the loss of mothers, wives, daughters and sisters. 

And yet, unlike most other cancers, almost all these cases and deaths can be averted. We have powerful vaccines that can prevent infection with the human papillomavirus (HPV) that causes cervical cancer; we have diagnostics to detect it early; and we have treatments for those it strikes. With these tools, cervical cancer can not only be stopped; it could become the first cancer to be eliminated. Some high-income countries are already close to elimination, meaning fewer than four cases per 100,000 women.

But in many low- and middle-income countries, these tools are still not available, which is why 94% of cervical cancer deaths occur in those countries. 

In 2018, WHO launched a global call to action to eliminate cervical cancer, which was followed in 2020 by the adoption by all 194 WHO Member States of a Global Strategy to Accelerate the Elimination of Cervical Cancer as a Public Health Problem. The strategy calls for countries to achieve three targets by 2030: 90% of girls fully immunised against HPV; 70% of women receiving timely screening; and 90% of those found with precancer or cancer accessing treatment.

These targets are not just aspirational, they are achievable, even in low- and middle-income countries.  Bhutan has already reached the targets, the first to do so in the South-East Asia region. 

Since introducing the HPV vaccine in 2011, Rwanda has reached vaccine coverage of 90%, and today announced its national goal to reach the 90-70-90 targets three years ahead of schedule, by 2027. Already, in two districts – Gicumbi and Karongi – Rwanda is meeting those goals. Nigeria, which introduced the HPV vaccine in October last year [2023], has already vaccinated 12.3 million girls.  

We have the tools and the opportunity to eliminate cervical cancer. 

Since WHO issued the global call to action in 2018, more than 60 countries have introduced the HPV vaccine into their immunisation programmes, bringing the total to 144 countries that are routinely protecting girls from cervical cancer in later life. With scientific advances, we can now prevent cervical cancer with just a single dose, which 60 countries are now doing.  

The largest provider of HPV vaccines to low- and middle-income countries is Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, which plans to vaccinate 120 million children between now and 2030. But this plan requires that investments in health are sustained. We are also counting on manufacturers to confirm and honour their commitments to provide HPV vaccines to low- and middle-income countries in the coming years, to avoid the supply constraints that held back progress in the past.

But we cannot rely on vaccines alone. The impact of the rapid scale-up in vaccinating girls now will not be seen for decades, when they reach the adult years when cervical cancer typically appears. To save lives now, we must match the increase  in vaccination with increases in screening and treatment. 

Decades ago, as more women gained access to pap smears in developed countries, the mortality associated with cervical cancer dropped rapidly. Today, even better tests are available. Over 60 countries now include high-performance HPV tests as part of their screening programs. Women can even collect their own samples for HPV testing, removing more barriers to life-saving services. In Australia – which is on track to become one of the first countries in the world to achieve elimination – more than a quarter of all screening tests are now done this way...

Several countries are also investigating the use of artificial intelligence to enhance the accuracy of screening in resource-limited settings. When women are found with precancerous lesions, many are now treated with portable battery-powered devices, which can be operated in remote locations."

-via The Telegraph, November 18, 2024. Article written by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO).

[mudwerks]

Get your vaccines. They work.

[saywhat-politics]

Ever wonder why you’ve never had measles, mumps, rubella, tetanus, diphtheria, smallpox, or polio?

Because vaccines work.

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

[porterdavis]

[pandemic-info]

Highlights

SARS-CoV-2 spike protein persists in the skull-meninges-brain axis in COVID-19 patients

Spike protein is sufficient to induce brain pathological and behavioral changes in mice

Spike protein enhances brain vulnerability and exacerbates neurological damage in mice

mRNA vaccines reduce, but do not eliminate, the spike burden

[pale-blue-home]

🦟🇸🇷🌴Suriname became certified as the first malaria-free country in the Amazon region! Certified by the WHO, the historic achievement is the result of nearly 70 years of efforts by governments, health workers, and local communities. From countrywide pesticide campaigns to universal diagnosis and treatment access regardless of legal status, Suriname’s success is proof that malaria elimination is possible for other Amazonian countries.

[teachingrounds]

As of March 20, 2025...

...there are 378 known case of #measles, 64 hospitalizations, and 2 deaths form this #vaccinepreventabledisease. These are the latest numbers in the #measlesoutbreak from the CDC.

[sarksarkos]

Supergirl '60: Vaccines work. This isn't a joke title. They work. Get vaccinated.

This is Action Comics #262, showing Supergirl absolutely stunting on her cousin. How did she get this way? Vaccination. You love to see it. Welcome to the gutters!

So I hear you asking, "Didn't we already talk about Supergirl?" Wrongo-bongo, we were talking about Supergirl specifically in the context of Superboy. Now we're seeing Supergirl as her own protagonist. Totally different things. All Supergirl all the Supertime.

One thing I like about these Supergirl stories is that she's not presented as inherently weaker because she's a girl, and she's not presented as Superman but a girl. She's impulsive and inexperienced and chafing against her restrictions in society, and that can lead her into situations, but she's every bit as capable of saving the day as Superman. She also has her own interests, including Kryptonian science, something that Superman doesn't seem to focus on.

A throughline of the comics that we're going to be looking at this time is Supergirl trying to create a cure or a treatment for Kryptonite. In Action Comics #261, Supergirl finds a small chunk of Kryptonite and begins experimenting on it in the chemical laboratory in her Orphanage. ...gonna move past the question of how come that's a thing that exists. She experiments on the Kryptonite but is seemingly incapable of removing its harmful properties.

After just tossing the radioactive rock into the woods, Supergirl as Linda Lee interacts with the Feline Distribution System and acquires a new cat. The cat has a white streak down both sides of his body, so Linda calls him "Streaky." However, Streaky is still orange, and so he decides it would be a fun idea to eat a radioactive space rock. Luckily, this rock gives him superpowers instead of cancer, and he becomes Streaky, the Super-Cat!

Supergirl has accidentally created "X-Kryptonite," a form of Kryptonite that's capable of temporarily empowering humans and animals with kryptonian superpowers. This is an incredible discovery, and not something that Lex Luthor ever managed. I know that Streaky is a recurring figure, and X-Kryptonite shows up a few times in the Silver Age, but I'm not sure if Supergirl ever figures out what she did here. Either way, I feel like she deserves recognition for her discovery.

In Action Comics #262, Supergirl gets the idea to inoculate herself against Kryptonite. She openly calls out the polio vaccine, a thing that, at the time, was actually somewhat unpopular because of an improperly prepared batch that caused 260 children to contract polio. So, you know, history does repeat. At the time, an oral treatment was being tested in the Soviet Union, which would later become the standard. Having Supergirl support the polio vaccine was probably a controversial move at the time, and I feel like this would be lost on modern audiences, and it's absolutely great to see somebody wearing the S to take an unpopular stand for the greater good. This has nothing to do with the comic, but like, I live in America, our government is trying to make it harder and harder to get vaccines, if I can just take a moment to talk about how important they are, and how we've been here before and we got back, I am going to take it. All of this is going in the final draft. No editors, we die like men. Having been vaccinated against editors.

Anyway. There's some rigamarole with Superman's alien zoo, which seems like filler but I have to include it because it will be important later. Superman tells Supergirl that he's tried to inoculate himself before and it hasn't worked, but Supergirl counters with the idea that she's younger, her body isn't used to kryptonite radiation, so it might work better on her. She flies off to find one of the 17 million lumps of kryptonite on Earth at any given time.

Supergirl rolls the kryptonite into a handy cave, and starts setting up a makeshift dosing setup. She starts trying to approach the Kryptonite, and marks off when she starts feeing the effects of the radiation. Each day she comes back and she manages to get a little closer. This is genuinely a pretty good setup. She's able to safely control her exposure to the kryptonite and measure her progress objectively. I think this and the previous issue are making a clear case of Supergirl as having a clever scientific mindset. Unfortunately, she made one of the classic blunders and forgot to include a control group.

When Superman is trapped by another massive lump of kryptonite just lying around, Supergirl rushes out to rescue him. Unfortunately, when she gets near her cousin, she too succumbs to the kryptonite and collapses. Working together, Superman and Supergirl melt a convenient deposit of gold onto the green K, and somehow their heat vision transmutes the gold into lead. You know what, by comic book standards, this is almost good science.

When they get back to Supergirl's experiment cave, Superman reveals that the lump of kryptonite she was using for her tests was being eaten from within by one of Superman's goofy alien zoo animals. Her tests were faulty from the get-go! I mean, it's a type of radiation, you can't even inoculate against that... So... wait, is this saying that vaccines don't work? Is that... oh god did I fall into the trap? Oh fuck me, comics are bad again. I'm not good at my job! End the blog, end the blog!

Until next time!

[onlytiktoks]

A child has died from measles, and our HHS RFK JR is out here promoting fucking vitamins...

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5178797-texas-measles-outbreak-kennedy-vaccines/

[rosewind2007]

Twenty seven years ago tomorrow something awful happened:

It probably wasn't immediately apparent

But this publication caused so much suffering; so many people to become aligned with a malignant cause...

The death of a child recently from measles is a result of this fraudulent paper—Wakefield again has blood on his hands

This Friday, tomorrow the 28th February, I shall again wear black

[jasondamien93]

Self-diagnosis is valid! 😡

[ladythatsmyskull]

Vaccinate your kids, idiots!

I hate that this pinned post of mine on my goofy social media account has become evergreen, TWICE.

[allthecanadianpolitics]

The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority is hosting clinics throughout April and May with an updated quadrivalent vaccine for infants and children. The vaccine protects against four different strains of meningococcal bacteria. Previously, the vaccine for year-old children only protected against a single type of bacteria, according to the WRHA. The health authority recommends infants 12 months old and children born between Jan. 1, 2020, and Feb. 28, 2023, get the injection.

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Tagging: @newsfromstolenland

[porterdavis]

Vaccines work

[sweetfirebird]

There was a chant during LBJ's presidency that was like, "Hey, hey, LBJ, how many kids did you kill today?"

And I think we need to adapt that to RFK, Jr. It's pretty easy. And he DOES seem to like getting children killed, so.