Measles: The First Panic Narrative of 2024?

Guest Post by Kit Knightly

Are twin measles outbreaks on both sides of the Atlantic laying the groundwork for a new vaccine push?

Measles outbreaks hit the headlines in the both the US and UK this week.

The UK is allegedly in the middle of a serious measles outbreak centred on Birmingham. The BBC reports:

Birmingham Children’s Hospital has been inundated with the highest number in decades of youngsters with measles

The West Midlands has reportedly seen as many as 167 measles cases in total, the BBC claiming “low vaccination rate has been attributed to the rise.” (pretty sure they mean “the rise has been attributed to the low vaccination rate” but you never go to the BBC for accuracy.)

167 cases may not seem like a lot, but it towers over Philadelphia’s “outbreak”, where 8 WHOLE ENTIRE PEOPLE have tested positive for measles, according to NBC:

At least eight people have been diagnosed with measles in an outbreak that started last month in the Philadelphia area. The most recent two cases were confirmed on Monday.

Just like the BBC, NBC is quick off the mark when it comes to assigning blame:

“None of the people in Philadelphia who’ve been diagnosed [ever] got a measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine”.

The NB and BBC reports were published just hours apart, about two different “outbreaks” in two different countries, yet both hit the exact same talking points.

To ram the message home, here’s a headline from Sky News:

Measles cases surge in England and Wales fuelled by vaccine hesitancy over MMR jab

…and another one from the Daily Mail:

Measles outbreak in Philly may have spread to Delaware as vaccine hesitancy creates breeding ground for outbreak

…and one from Forbes:

Measles Outbreak In Philadelphia Suggests Growing Problem Of Vaccine Hesitancy

…and the Evening Standard:

London’s vaccination rates are terrible and measles is on the rise — it’s time to act

It’s not hard to see where it’s going, is it?

But the Blame Game isn’t just being played one way. A healthy subset of people are turning fire on illegal immigrants, who have brought measles into the country.

Both the BBC and NBC reports gently add fuel to that fire.

Anything to make sure people don’t ask the important questions, such as “Why should we be scared of a mostly harmless disease?”, “what’s the propaganda angle here?” or even “Is there really a measles outbreak at all?”

The UK’s Health Security Agency (UKHSA) actually sent out letters warning of a measles “resurgence” back in October. The letter predicted as many as 160,000 thousand cases in London alone.

That would be five times as many as recorded across the whole of Europe last year. And that was already a 30-fold increase on the year before.

Headline stories for minuscule “outbreaks”? Massively overstated predictions? The WHO calling for “urgent action”?

Seems the signs are there that the “measles outbreak” story might be destined to hang around for a while yet.

So where’s the story going? What’s the point of the narrative?

Well, there’s always compulsory vaccination. It’s not been officially mooted yet, but there is chatter on social media about it. Chatter it would be rather naïve to think totally organic.

Compulsory measles vaccination is not a new idea, it was briefly pushed in the UK as recently as 2019, when “experts” called for it, but it never went anywhere.

In 2020 Germany passed a new law requiring all children to be fully vaccinated against measles before attending school.

Since then, of course, Covid has changed the conversation on vaccination, normalising words like “compulsory” and “mandate”.

So, it could happen. But there’s also something else.

In October 2023 the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) published a new paper from a team at the medical school of Ohio State University, titled:

A next-generation intranasal trivalent MMS vaccine induces durable and broad protection against SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern

The paper concerns a new trivalent vaccine combining vaccines against measles, mumps AND Covid variants into a single nasal spray.

Will we see a new Covid/Measles joint vaccine rolled out soon? Perhaps due to some emergency?

Watch this space I guess.

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15 Comments
NoShot4Me
NoShot4Me
January 14, 2024 6:36 am

When you let in filth, vermin, and disease unchecked you can expect to get filthy, contaminated, and sick.
Measles are not generally life threatening, nor are mumps or chicken pox. Stop with the sky-is-falling and address the root problem of mass invasion by disease carrying individuals, criminal pharmaceutical practices and corrupt politicians and government agencies.
When the children become the victims, expect the parents to take action against the agressors.

overthecliff
overthecliff
  NoShot4Me
January 14, 2024 9:53 am

They say small pox is extinct but I’ll bet it is still out there somewhere.

The Central Scrutinizer
The Central Scrutinizer
  overthecliff
January 14, 2024 6:06 pm

This is your species: We’ve cataloged and preserved every deadly disease known to us. Who knows when we might need it!

Truth hurts every time. Nothing personal. Frankly, I’m a little ashamed to be part of this group myself.

Arizona Bay
Arizona Bay
January 14, 2024 9:10 am

Most of our parents had measles. Old television programs even included it into the plot at times, including The Brady Bunch. We’ve been quite conditioned to fear anything as the next Black Death Plague.

Contracting measles may even be good for you and Big Pharma can’t have that.

willem
willem
January 14, 2024 9:33 am

Of course, it’s always possible that this is another one of those “spikes” caused by the Covid jab compromising immune systems. In other words, not vaccine hesitancy, but LACK of vaccine hesitancy!

overthecliff
overthecliff
January 14, 2024 9:51 am

There was a time when every kid got measles. Yes there were some deaths due to complications but most people didn’t get concerned. Most of us looked at measles as an excuse to miss school for a few days. Most of us that have had measles are in our 70’s and 80’s now.

Whatever they come up with, don’t take any vaccines.

Mary Christine
Mary Christine
  overthecliff
January 14, 2024 10:46 am

I don’t think the MMR vaccine became common until the 80’s. It wasn’t pushed until the pharma companies had full immunity from being sued in 1986.

My husband is in his late 50’s and he had the measles.

Svarga Loka
Svarga Loka
  Mary Christine
January 14, 2024 12:19 pm

I had the measles in 1974. Just because a vaccine was available, did not mean that pediatricians actually advocated for it or mothers went for it.

Anonymous
Anonymous
January 14, 2024 10:44 am

There are an endless number of disease’s and a vax for every one…I would avoid both.

The Central Scrutinizer
The Central Scrutinizer
  Anonymous
January 14, 2024 6:07 pm

Good advice for any age.

Mary Christine
Mary Christine
January 14, 2024 10:50 am

They make those normal childhood diseases sound scary and to people who were born after the mid 80’s they can believe the hype because the vaccines worked, even though they disabled or killed (SIDS) quite a few kids.

So most people under 50 have never had any of them and they think they will kill them. Although the chicken pox vaccine came around a little later and my Millennial kids both had chicken pox which is miserable but not deadly.

Arizona Bay
Arizona Bay
  Mary Christine
January 14, 2024 11:39 am

Many countries still don’t require vaccination for Chicken Pox. Shingles became common because kids don’t get chicken pox anymore. Being around children or grandchildren with Chicken Pox was a natural booster.

Now Big Pharma can sell a Chicken Pox vaccine and a Shingles vaccine.

Mary Christine
Mary Christine
  Arizona Bay
January 14, 2024 11:56 am

Being around children or grandchildren with Chicken Pox was a natural booster

That’s not the first time I have heard that, Arizona. People who get the Shingles vaccine still get shingles plus the possible side effects that come with it.

Anonymous
Anonymous
January 14, 2024 11:57 am

Whatever you do, Boobus, be sure to remain in a state of credulous fright, and obey unquestioningly.

Anonymous
Anonymous
January 14, 2024 10:52 pm

Measles is a skin detox.