Whooping Cough Outbreak...

News Hawk wrote:

Wonder what could have caused this?

http://tinyurl.com/q4ag4vb




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State officials place much of the blame on a vaccine introduced in the 1990s that research has concluded doesn’t last as long as the old one.

State officials place much of the blame on a vaccine introduced in the 1990s that research has concluded doesn’t last as long as the old one.
Another study suggests that while the vaccine may keep people from getting sick, it doesn’t prevent them from spreading whooping cough. The disease is also called pertussis.
It is cyclical, peaking every three to five years as immunity from the vaccine or the disease wanes. California’s last epidemic was in 2010

obervantone wrote:"...He certainly likes photos of people on trains doesn't he..."

News Hawk wrote:

By inviting Democrats Illegals to travel through Mexico, he's placed many in jeopardy, if not transmitting disease across our borders..

News Pigeon wrote:Hmmmm, now tell me that isn't one of your "Saul Alinsky" attempts!!!!

The most dangerous "disease" in this country is people like you who create division & spread irrational hatred, unfortunately, there's no vaccine against your kind!!

News Buzzard wrote:"...True statement...!"

News Hawk
Here's a photo on the side of the railroad tracks in Mexico. The train has derailed.
By inviting Democrats Illegals to travel through Mexico, he's placed many in jeopardy, if not transmitting disease across our borders.

At least five children infected with the respiratory illness known enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) have died in the U.S. in the past month.

The latest confirmed victim was a four-year-old New Jersey boy, Eli Waller. He died at home on September 25. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) confirmed the cause of death Friday night. But health officials say they have no idea how he contracted the virus. A health official says Eli was “asymptomatic and fine” when he went to bed but died overnight. He had no known preexisting immune weakness.

A 10-year girl Rhode Island girl infected with EV-D68, Emily Otrando, died less than 24 hours after being rushed to the hospital with breathing problems. Three other patients with EV-D68 also died in September.

The CDC reports that in the past month and a half, at least 538 people in 43 states and the District of Columbia have become ill with EV-D68. Most of them are children and some developed limb paralysis. Polio, which can cause paralysis and death, is a type of enterovirus. EV-D68 is one of more than a hundred “non-polio” enteroviruses.

The actual number of EV-D68 infections is likely significantly higher...

The CDC hasn't suggested reasons for the current uptick or its origin. Without that answer, some question whether the disease is being spread by the presence of tens of thousands of illegal immigrant children from Central America admitted to the U.S. in the past year.

The origin could be entirely unrelated. However, a study published in Virology Journal, found EV-D68 among some of the 3,375 young, ill people tested in eight Latin American countries, including the Central American nations of El Salvador and Nicaragua, in 2013.
—Former News Reporter Sharyl Attkisson

From News Hawk....at least 538 people in 43 states and the District of Columbia have become ill with EV-D68.

obervantone wrote:Holy Crap

From News Hawk....at least 538 people in 43 states and the District of Columbia have become ill with EV-D68.

538 out of 316,100,000.  We are all going to die!!!!!!

Part of the reason there's been a resurgence in whooping cough is that the newer vaccine, which causes far fewer side effects than the old vaccine, doesn't work for as long as the older vaccine did, the researchers explained. Because of this, it's crucial that children receive vaccines and booster doses on schedule. If there's a delay in vaccination, the risk of whooping cough goes up.
http://health.usnews.com/health-news/news/articles/2013/09/30/whooping-cough-outbreaks-tied-to-parents-shunning-vaccines

obervantone wrote:
Odd that the article does not mention the cause of an increase in the cases of whooping cough is illegal immigrants coming into the United States.  You'd think that would be an easy one if it were true.

News Hawk
It would be easy, but this country is run by millions of lawyers just waiting for litigants—An overwhelming number of them supported Obama with the cash to make them even richer.

obervantone wrote:Silly me, most people I know with high incomes are liberal.

The federal watchdog tasked with keeping tabs on the Internal Revenue Service says the agency needs to do a better job of administering tax credits for low-income people. The reason? Billions of dollars each year are ending up in the wrong hands.

A new report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, reveals that nearly a quarter of the $63 billion worth of Earned Income Tax Credits distributed in 2012 were improper payments.

That’s about $14.5 billion in erroneous payments that were either given to the wrong people or distributed to the right people in the wrong amount.

TIGTA has routinely flagged the EITC as a high-risk area with lax oversight that threatens to put billions of tax dollars in the wrong hands. The report estimates that over the last decade, the IRS has doled out between $124 billion and $148 billion in improper payments.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...

obervantone wrote:Silly me, most people I know with high incomes are liberal.

The federal watchdog tasked with keeping tabs on the Internal Revenue Service says the agency needs to do a better job of administering tax credits for low-income people. The reason? Billions of dollars each year are ending up in the wrong hands.

A new report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, reveals that nearly a quarter of the $63 billion worth of Earned Income Tax Credits distributed in 2012 were improper payments.

That’s about $14.5 billion in erroneous payments that were either given to the wrong people or distributed to the right people in the wrong amount.

TIGTA has routinely flagged the EITC as a high-risk area with lax oversight that threatens to put billions of tax dollars in the wrong hands. The report estimates that over the last decade, the IRS has doled out between $124 billion and $148 billion in improper payments.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...

obervantone wrote:Just in case you missed the memo, The United States is a nation of immigrants...I would venture to guess that would include your family history.  

News Hawk

obervantone wrote:
Just in case you missed the memo, The United States is a nation of immigrants...I would venture to guess that would include your family history

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A foreigner can become an American by enlisting in our military, learning our language, memorizing the Constitution, and finally taking an oath to support this country.
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Praise be to Obama.



We'll soon become a nation of Illegal immigrants: their children, their uncles and grandparents, wives, along with the "Chain-Immigration" that my family never heard of.

In the span of four months, at least 94 children in 33 U.S. states have developed a devastating form of paralysis with symptoms similar to polio. Some require a ventilator to breathe. And some of the greatest government health minds in the country say they have no idea what’s causing it.

At the same time, during the past four months, at least 12 children have died after falling ill with a respiratory virus called Enterovirus D-68 (EV-D68). Again, federal health officials are at a loss to explain the origin of the epidemic.

Are the mysterious outbreaks linked?

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has given the perplexing paralysis cases a new name: acute flaccid myelitis (AFM). And although it has been the subject of a series of national alerts, it’s not been widely covered in the national news media.

Both the AFM paralysis and the EV-D68 respiratory virus infections occur primarily in children. CDC seemed to try to dispel the idea of a link between the two illnesses when asked about it last month stating,

“Laboratory testing of [cerebral spinal fluid] specimens from these [paralyzed] children have all been negative for EV-D68 or any other specific agent.”—CDC

What the CDC failed to mention was that its own published literature, intended for medical professionals, openly discusses a likely link.

In a November 7 alert to practitioners, the CDC noted, “the unusual clustering of acute limb weakness occurred against a background of a nationwide outbreak of severe respiratory illness among children due to enterovirus-D68 (EV-D68). Several of the patients in California and nearly half of the 11 cases identified in Colorado had tested positive for EV-D68 from nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs at the time of admission for their neurologic illness. This raised a possible association between these neurologic illnesses and the ongoing outbreak of respiratory disease due to EV-D68.”

Terms to know:

Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM): a mysterious polio-like neurological disorder that has caused unexplained paralysis in at least 94 U.S. children in 33 states since August 2. When it develops, it usually follows a respiratory infection.

Enterovirus D-68 (EV-D68): a mysterious respiratory infection that reached epidemic proportions in the U.S. in recent months. Since mid-August, it has been linked to the deaths of 12 children and 1,149 serious illnesses in 49 states. It sometimes precedes AFM.

Specialists in California where many of the paralyzed children were diagnosed suspected EV-D68 almost immediately. Two of the first five paralyzed patients were said to have tested positive for EV-D68.

Furthermore, Dr. Teri Schreiner of Children’s Hospital in Colorado recently referred to EV-D68 as “the suspected pathogen” in paralysis cases. And Dr. Benjamin Greenberg of University of Texas Southwestern said the theory of a link was “substantiated by significant evidence”—something CDC seemed reluctant to publicly acknowledge.

If the two are linked, it’s unclear why some children infected with EV-D68 respiratory virus go on to develop crippling paralysis. Since mid-August, the CDC has reported 1,149 serious cases of EV-D68 in 48 states. The actual count is likely higher since CDC doesn’t require states to report EV-D68 illnesses.

There are also more total AFM paralysis cases than the number CDC provided for this article. California alone reported an additional 23 cases through June of 2014, prior to the CDC count of 94 that began in August. That would mean a minimum of 117 AFM paralysis cases.

Link to Illegal Immigrant Children? Unknown.

CDC is unable to answer the widely-asked question as to whether the EV-D68 epidemic is connected to the tens of thousands of illegal immigrant children allowed to enter the U.S. from Central and South America in the last couple of years. EV-D68 is known to have circulated in El Salvador and Nicaragua.

But CDC appears to indicate a link is unlikely. When asked about it, CDC appeared to steer focus away by stating that EV-D68 strains prevalent in the U.S. are genetically related to “strains detected in previous years in the United States, Europe, and Asia”–not south of the U.S. border.

Yet, when asked again whether a possible link to Central and South America has been ruled out, CDC replied:

“It’s not possible to answer your question because we do not have data about enteroviruses in South and Central America to make a comparison.—CDC

Another important question is whether the cause of the AFM paralysis is contagious. When asked, CDC did not answer the question. However, outside experts indicate it is a virus spread in the same way as the flu.

In an October question and answer session, Dr. Schreiner was asked how AFM paralysis can be prevented. She answered, “simple measures like washing your hands, coughing into your sleeve, and staying away from sick persons will help to prevent the spread of the virus.”

Good News

If there’s good news to be found among the mysteries, it’s that CDC believes the EV-D68 virus Peaked in September.

“CDC continues to receive and test specimens for EV-D68 from states…Over the past few weeks, there have been very few specimens testing positive for EV-D68,” said a spokesman.

Likewise, the trend of AFM paralysis cases seems to have slowed.

“Over the past few weeks, the number of new confirmed AFM reports has decreased significantly as reflected in our website updates,” says the CDC.
http://sharylattkisson.com/two-mystery-illnesses-linked-to-12-child-deaths-94-paralysis-cases-since-august