According to a senior scientist at the Disease Control and Prevention Center, measles cases are most likely in the United States that public health officials scrambled to find resources to address a balloon outbreak in the South -West.
According to NBC News Tally, 747 cases have been registered in the United States so far this year. Two unnatural children in Texas and one unwanted adult in New Mexico have died. The adult conducted a positive test for measles, but the official cause of death is still under investigation.
The CDC’s measles reaction was the head scientist Dr. David Sugarman said at a meeting of the CDC’s Vaccine Advisory Committee on Tuesday that more than 90% of cases are “related to southwest outbreaks, which are operated by transmission in almost, less communities.” Other matters have been imported from other countries on a large scale, he said.
Suganman said on Tuesday, “We believe that there are a large amount of cases that have not been reported and have not been reduced.” “Working very closely with our colleagues in Texas, talking to families, they can mention cases that have been cured and have never received tests, other families who may have cases and never ask for treatment.”
Suganman said that the CDC has deployed 15 people in Texas to help managing outbreaks and is sending seven more this week. This continues to provide measles vaccines to health departments at his request, he said, and it is helping to standardize and expand waste water monitoring.
However, the CDC performed $ 11.4 billion in Covid funding last month, some of which helped the state health departments respond to the outbreak of the disease. Suganman said the disadvantage of Kovid Grant Money has created “funding boundaries” in Texas, where state officials are redirecting employees to work on measles response or transferring them from other areas to help support support efforts in the outbreak area.
“We are scrapping to find the resources and personnel required to provide assistance to Texas and other courts,” Suganman said.
According to the State Health Services Department of the state, till Tuesday, 561 cases were confirmed in the outbreak of West Texas. Each measles may cost $ 30,000 to $ 50,000 to find out the case, which “adds very quickly,” Suganman said.
Before this year, there was no measles in the United States in a decade, and not a child had died since 2003. Many public health experts have given Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Criticizes the approach to Kennedy Junior’s outbreak. While Kennedy has called people to get measles vaccine, he has implicated vaccination as a personal choice and emphasized unproven remedies such as steroids or antibiotics. He has repeatedly claimed that immunity to the vaccine from measles quickly provides lifetime protection, despite strong evidence, despite strong evidence.
At a media event in Indiana on Tuesday, Kennedy said the CDC “did a great job in controlling measles outbreaks,” pointing to the number of high cases in Europe. However, the figure he quoted – 127,000 cases – overall in 53 countries. Pediatricians say that there is an apple-to-saint compared with the current outbreak in the United States.
Kennedy also suggested on Tuesday that “healthy children should not die of measles” if doctors know how to treat it. In fact, no specific treatment for measles is approved, and unnatural children are unsafe for serious complications, such as pneumonia and brain inflammation. According to the CDC, 1 to 3 out of each 1,000 measles children die of breath and neurological complications.
The CDC’s Vaccine Advisory Committee met for the first time on Tuesday, when Kennedy took over on 13 February. The meeting was originally scheduled at the end of February, but the Department of Health and Human Services postponed it. A senior HHS spokesperson said that the delay was to allow time for public comments.
Kennedy has earlier accused the members of the committee of confrontation of interest, citing relations with the pharmaceutical industry. Most scientists say that it is appropriate for members to accept the funding of the industry for vaccine research, until it is disclosed.
Helen Keep Talbot, who headed the committee on Tuesday, said the group had to discuss the number of measles cases.
“I think it is completely destructive that we are updating this today,” he said. “There is no reason that we have healthy children who are dying of measles in the US when this vaccine is amazing. It is highly effective and has a very long -lasting immunity.”
