Oh lovely. So it turns out we in the UK are just as dumb as the Americans on this one.
It makes me so happy as an American to know we are not alone.
Jesus wept, I used to love the Indy when I bought the print rag.
The online presence is like if Ryanair did news.
Manchester doing well as usual. Only what I'd expect of the greatest city in the world. Obviously the 8 who are infected are from Liverpool, not Manchester.
Are people in the affected area more conservative than others, or just more stupid?
Not more Conservative for sure, more labour voters. Large population from Indian and Pakistan is the only really stat that seperates west Midlands from anywhere else. They also have much high rates of infant mortality anyway in those populations so it could be due to that.
Ahh, an unmistakable cone of ignorance.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Immediate action is needed across the country to ensure children are vaccinated against potentially deadly measles amid a surge of the infection, the UK’s top health body warned.
Professor Dame Jenny Harries, chief executive of the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), urged parents to check if their children have had the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) jab as hundreds of cases were confirmed in the West Midlands.
Prof Harries warned low vaccine uptake in the region now presented a “very real risk” of the virus spreading to other towns and cities.
“Colleagues across the West Midlands have worked tirelessly to try to control the outbreak, but with vaccine uptake in some communities so low, there is now a very real risk of seeing the virus spread in other towns and cities,” she said.
In the 1990s and 2000s there was a fall in children receiving the jab due to false claims the vaccine was linked to autism, and the UK lost its measles-free status three years after virus transmission was eliminated.
Professor Sir Andrew Pollard, Chair of the UK health department’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, previously told The Independent: “The main reason for this new outbreak is the increase in unvaccinated children in the last few years.
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I thought that photo was a 30yo lesbian woman with acne.
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