Measles outbreak: Ukraine accounts for 65 percent of newly reported cases in Europe in 2018

[WhiteTara]

https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/measles-outbreak-ukraine-accounts-for-65-percent-of-newly-reported-cases-in-europe-in-2018.html

The World Health Organization reported on Feb 7 that Ukraine had 53,218 new instances of measles infection in 2018, a dramatic increase, including 33,000 among children under 16 years of age.

The Ministry of Health of Ukraine states that in 2016 there were only 102 people diagnosed with measles, while in 2017 the number rose to 4,782 new patients.

In 2018, 82,000 Europeans were diagnosed with measles, the number highest in a decade, with Ukraine accounting for 65 percent of the total, the agency writes. The runner-up, Serbia, accounted for only 5,000 new instances the report says.

The agency recorded 72 lethal cases in Europe, among them 16 were recorded in Ukraine; 83 percent of those infected were not properly vaccinated, according to WHO. Lack of vaccinations is the main reason behind the outbreak of measles, health experts say.

Ukraine remains a country with the lowest vaccination rates in Europe. In 2018, only 67 percent of 1-year olds took poliomyelitis vaccination, 51 percent took required hepatitis shots and only 90 percent received full measles immunized, leaving around 50,000 children each year without a proper vaccination.

Hey, Anti Vaxxers! Check out these numbers! This is what an epidemic looks like.

[BannonsLiver]

1. Holy shit an easel outbreak

[WhiteTara]

2. How funny! I saw my post and had to rush

to correct that. I just knew you would think art is responsible for the ills of society and we need to vaccinate against the dadgum easles!

That was a very funny "typo" Thanks for laughing with me!

[BannonsLiver]

3. Thanks for laughing

It’s a serious issue but I read that and thought art was breaking out everywhere. Which is a good thing. Anyway, forgive my silliness.

[WhiteTara]

6. When I saw the front page of general discussion

I completely cracked up because I could just see art easels breaking out all over and after I fixed the headline, there was your post, which cracked me up even more.

Thanks for sending out all those easels, but they can be returned for bright red bumps that itch like the devil.

[edhopper]

4. I knew it was a typo

but thought they had a plague of weasels. Then I remembered, that's the White House.

More seriously, are they anti-vaxers or having trouble getting enough vaccine?

[WhiteTara]

5. I think they are anti vaxxers

and are giving the minister of health (a woman) who is trying to make vaccines mandatory and is getting a lot of flake and push back from the (old men) politicians.

But that was one of my best headlines ever! Weasels, easels, but I was struck how this could become a major world wide epidemic. There is a big problem in Washington state because parents won't vaccinate their children.