Measles and polio may come 'roaring back' as global vaccination programmes shut down

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The coronavirus outbreak could lead to a resurgence of childhood diseases such as measles and polio, as the pandemic has shut down routine vaccination schedules and disrupted supply chains, experts have warned.

While the unprecedented interventions introduced to stem the Covid-19 pandemic should prevent other disease outbreaks in the short term there is a real concern about a potential explosion of infectious, preventable illnesses when life returns to “normal”.

Across the globe, planned efforts to vaccinate children against childhood diseases, including measles and polio, have already been suspended.

Dr Robin Nandy, global chief of immunisation at Unicef, told the Telegraph that the UN agency has paused all routine and emergency vaccinations because of concerns that they could further the spread of the coronavirus.

https://news.yahoo.com/measles-polio-may-come-roaring-193041296.html

[Newest Reality]

1. Ah,

Okay, I demand to know who opened Pandora's Box?

Is it a pockyclypse yet?

[Aristus]

2. That ought to make the anti-vaxxers happy.

"Good! Now my child can die from a horrible disease that used to be preventable! That is far more preferable to (not) getting autism from vaccines!"

[ProudMNDemocrat]

3. When a kid, I got Measles, Mumps, Chickenpox....

And I survived. I bear my Smallpox vaccination scar. I lucked out getting Polio.

I did get the 2 step vaccine for Shingles in 2018, and Flu last Fall. So far so good. I will be getting another one this year as well. Being that I am on an Immune inhibitor, I have to have vaccines that are synthetic, no live viruses.