maybe if the discussion of problems hadn't been censored, the docs seeing these cases could have reported these clusters, and since the batch numbers are included in the medical records when you give these shots, the problem could have been found much earlier.
But because discussions of side effects on the social media were censored, (meaning docs couldn't discuss it among themselves and figure out what the problem was) it was the extremist anti vaxxers who yelled enough to get normal people to notice the problem, resulting in the loss of trust in the medical establishment and an increased belief in conspiracy theories.
Sigh.
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in other news, the WHO is backing giving a malaria vaccine to infants in Africa where FMalaria is common and causes a lot of deaths. Alas, it isn't a good vaccine but newer vaccines are on the way (using older vaccine techology) that might give 80 percent protection.
I have a long blog post about it (which needs editing so is hard to read) or just go and read this older BBC article....but essentially it says hey 30 percent decrease in death from malaria in babies is better than nothing, but please continue to use mosquito nets and drain puddles too.
There are several malarias around; The type reported in the USA causing hyperventillation are the less serious types that can hide inside and flare up on and off. Probably brought in by unscreened illegal migrants of course. The real killer however is Falciparum malaria, which is resistant to a lot of anti malaria drugs, and the only good thing about that form is that it doesn't hide in the liver: Once you are cured, you are cured without relapse problems
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