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New CDC Guidance Could Revive a Rare but Deadly Disease (www.medpagetoday.com)
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[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 21 points 5 days ago

"Meningococcal disease is a terrible, terrible disease," explained Walter Orenstein, MD, of Emory University in Atlanta and former director of the U.S. Immunization Program. He recalled seeing pediatric cases during his infectious diseases training in the 1970s "that were just awful and unfortunately led to a number of children dying and the potential for brain damage in those surviving."

The acute, severe disease is driven by the Neisseria meningitidis bacterium. Infection can lead to bacterial meningitis, sepsis, and pneumonia. About half of people with the disease present with meningitis, which can include sudden onset of fever, headache, a stiff neck, nausea, and altered mental state.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 19 points 5 days ago (1 children)

From the same people that put DAIRY, RED MEAT and BEEF TALLOW at the top of the food pyramid. Oh, and emphasizes protein even more than the stupid marketing and gym-bro culture already pushes it, LOL.

Real geniuses at work here, people.

If they aren't just incredibly broken and brain-damaged people, then it's pretty clear this administration want lots of Americans to be sick and die.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They should be at the top though, right? Or is it an inverted triangle now?

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

RFK's group has an inverted triangle. Most people are going to read left to right, top to bottom. In the very upper left, the very first thing: a slab of steak. Next to that cheese, just to the right, milk.

On their stupid website, they say this:

We are ending the war on protein. Every meal must prioritize high-quality, nutrient-dense protein from both animal and plant sources...

Um, WTAF. There is definitely not a "war on protein" going on anywhere at any time in this country. Also, the idea that protein must come from both animal sources and plant sources is, well, stupid. Especially as we already can see things like the blue zones and The China Study. But I guess Big Brother is going to tell us to ignore the evidence of our own eyes...

This decrepit old dumbass with no qualification, no education, and no experience is now telling Americans that vaccines are bad and they should eat more animal proteins.

I just can't even. I suppose it will be a real windfall for those in the health industry if even more people are getting sick, not to mention entrenched agribusiness interests keen on keeping/increasing the status quo...

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

That’s awful. I’m sadder and sadder every day that this sadistic chucklefuck is tarnishing his father’s name.

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Wonder if I can ask my government to stop allowing US citizens in my country because they may be bringing in diseases we already eradicated.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Ask your government to enforce vaccine mandates, and a mandatory quarantine period for anyone that travels there without proper vaccine documentation, as a requirement for entry. That won't target the US specifically, but targets the people from here that you don't want.

[–] SlippiHUD@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

In 20 years, the cemetery is going to be full of headstones for children just like those old cemeteries from the 1800s and people will likely just think in mid 1900s we buried our kids somewhere else and not that kids didn't die needlessly for 70 years, and we for some reason brought it back.

[–] leriotdelac@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 days ago

Time to ask my GP for a vaccine... I live in Europe, but tourists from USA come here fairly often.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Thought the headline was backwards for a second.

[–] diabetic_porcupine@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I thought the image was of strange pairs of hairy red testicles

[–] GuyFawkesV@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Will it at least only hit those morons, or once again is their stupidity coming for the rest of us?

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

Sadly, conservatives turn humanity into a bucket of crabs - but where they are the ones pulling normal people back down with them.

Conservatives make everything worse for everyone. If only they just made things bad for themselves. I'd love it if only conservatives had to live with their shitty ideology and their shitty choices.

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Contagious diseases are not in the habit of asking who you voted for before they infect you.

[–] GuyFawkesV@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

True, but some things can make it more likely. Vaccination (or lack thereof), geography, climate, lifestyle habits, etc. Hoping at least some factors lean more MAGAt than not.