🤡Matt’s parents do not know how their son could have contracted #Covid19. Ms Reyes tested Matt & herself before returning to #Singapore on Jan 4 from a holiday in Philippines. They were both negative.
Matt tested positive for Covid-19 while hospitalised. He had never been infected before, though both his parents have had Covid-19.
Florida surgeon general defies science amid measles outbreak
As a Florida elementary school tries to contain a growing #measles outbreak, the state’s top health official is giving advice that runs counter to science and may leave #unvaccinated children at risk of contracting one of the most contagious pathogens on Earth, clinicians and public health experts said.
Florida surgeon general Joseph A. #Ladapo failed to urge parents to vaccinate their children or keep unvaccinated students home from school as a precaution in a letter to parents at the Fort Lauderdale-area school this week following six confirmed measles cases.
Instead of following what he acknowledged was the “normal” recommendation that parents keep unvaccinated children home for up to 21 days — the incubation period for measles — Ladapo said the state health department “is deferring to parents or guardians to make decisions about school attendance.”
The controversial move by Ladapo follows a pattern of bucking public health norms, particularly when it comes to vaccines. Last month, he called for halting the use of #mRNA#coronavirus vaccines, in a move decried by the public health community.
“Notably, #COVIDvaccination in the mothers conferred significant protection to their baby, the researchers found. Infants whose mother received at least one dose of an #mRNAvaccine were 67 percent less likely to experience serious breathing problems than those whose mother was #unvaccinated.”
“Of the 377 case-patients, 82 (22%) were born to mothers who had received a #COVID19vaccine dose during #pregnancy, compared with 94 (28%) born to mothers of control patients. Fifty babies in the study required life support, and mothers of 42 of those 50 were #unvaccinated.”
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2803749 “in a VA population in fall-winter 2022-2023, being #hospitalized for #COVID19 vs seasonal #influenza was associated with an increased risk of #death. ..death rates among people hospitalized for COVID-19 were 17% to 21% in 2020 vs 6% in this study, while death rates for those hospitalized for influenza were 3.8% in 2020 vs 3.7% in this study