{"id":182318,"date":"2019-01-18T06:55:43","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T06:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=182318"},"modified":"2019-01-21T06:47:34","modified_gmt":"2019-01-21T06:47:34","slug":"who-says-anti-vaccine-movement-is-a-threat-to-global-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=182318","title":{"rendered":"WHO says Anti-Vaccine Movement is a Threat to Global Health"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anti-vaxxers are among the top ‘threats to global health’ in 2019, WHO declares<\/h2>\n

–> Vaccine hesitancy’ joined nine other health problems on the list released on Monday\u00a0<\/strong><\/h5>\n
–> The WHO said a reluctance or resistance to be vaccinated has helped create a resurgence of diseases not seen in year, citing measles in particular\u00a0<\/strong><\/h5>\n
–> A CDC report revealed unvaccinated children up to 35 months old in the US increased four-fold between 2001 and 2015<\/strong><\/h5>\n

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\u00a0Mary Kekatos — Daily Mail Jan 17, 2019<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Anti-vaxxers have been named one of the top threats to global health in 2019 by the World Health Organization (WHO).<\/span><\/p>\n

The anti-vaccine movement joined air pollution and climate change<\/strong><\/a>, HIV, and a worldwide influenza pandemic on the list released on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n

‘Vaccine hesitancy’, as the WHO calls it, ‘threatens to reverse progress made in tackling vaccine-preventable diseases.’<\/span><\/p>\n

The organization added in its statement: ‘Vaccination is one of the most cost-effective ways of avoiding disease – it currently prevents [two to three] million deaths a year, and a further 1.5 million could be avoided if global coverage of vaccinations improved.’<\/span><\/p>\n

A report released last year from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that the number of unvaccinated children up to 35 months old increased four-fold between 2001 and 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n

There are several reasons why people are reluctant or refused to be immunized despite readily available vaccines.<\/span><\/p>\n

A vaccine advisory group to the WHO listed some of the reasons as complacency, difficulty accessing vaccines and lack of confidence.<\/span><\/p>\n

There are 18 US states that allow non-medical vaccine exemptions due to ‘conscientious objector’ or ‘philosophical\/personal beliefs’.<\/span><\/p>\n

A survey<\/strong><\/a> from May 2018 found that support for vaccinations among Americans has fallen 10 percent in the last 10 years.<\/span><\/p>\n

About 70 percent said common vaccines, such as for polio and measles, are ‘very important’, found the poll from Research America and the American Society for Microbiology.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is down from 80 percent who gave the same answer in November 2008.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the CDC, more than 90 percent of children under age three have been vaccinated for polio, MMR (measles, mumps, rubella), Hepatitis B and chicken pox.<\/span><\/p>\n

And more than 80 percent have received Haemophilus influenzae, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and pneumococcal infection vaccines.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, mounting distrust has led some parents to not immunize their children, in turn leading to outbreaks of diseases not seen in years, such as measles, whooping cough and mumps.<\/span><\/p>\n

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