The saddest thing about that is that TB is still very treatable (although antibiotic resistance is a growing concern), and there is also a very effective vaccine for it, the deaths are almost all due to inequality, not the bacteria.
Actually the disease is becoming more resistant to drugs which is the really worrying thing so vaccines are not as effective as they once were. There were more than half a million cases of drug resistant TB last year.
True, but most deaths are still preventable though, and access to treatment in poorer countries kills more people than drug resistance.
Not that I'm downplaying drug resistance, its a huge huge concern, but so is health inequality.
I hadn't realized polio was only recently eradicated in the US.. the year before I was born, actually. I read this article of the last iron lung user in the US a few months ago, and it really stuck with me. I always thought of it as something from long ago, not something my grandparents had to worry about for their children.
I think we tend to forget that we have always lived with diseases that in the past killed millions of people every year and many still do. Measles is a highly contagious, serious disease caused by a virus. Before the introduction of measles vaccine in 1963 and widespread vaccination, major epidemics occurred approximately every 2–3 years and measles caused an estimated 2.6 million deaths each year. Treatment for most diseases does depend on where in the world you live and many are preventable. But it does go to show that there is a lot of things out there that can kill you.
“Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
I hadn't realized polio was only recently eradicated in the US.. the year before I was born, actually. I read this article of the last iron lung user in the US a few months ago, and it really stuck with me. I always thought of it as something from long ago, not something my grandparents had to worry about for their children.
I remember that story, absolutely fascinating and I had no idea anybody still used an iron lung.
Measles is a highly contagious, serious disease caused by a virus. Before the introduction of measles vaccine in 1963 and widespread vaccination, major epidemics occurred approximately every 2–3 years and measles caused an estimated 2.6 million deaths each year.
We've definitely got complacent, the anti-vax movement is a symptom of the fact that we've started to take modern medicine and the benefits of it for granted.
There are, which is why it's a worry when otherwise intelligent people advocate not having the full range of vaccines available for their children because they're a government or pharma conspiracy.
A child with measles may survive unharmed. Others may be badly affected but any baby of pre-vaccination age may well die. TB, polio, diptheria, mumps, rubella ditto. Vaccination is a civic responsibility, not just personal.
As for Covid - hygiene and distancing and limiting contacts to a small group are all part of our civic responsibility. The wearing of masks reduces droplet spread but we do have to wear them properly and not fiddle with them and clean them too.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
The skinny legs and funny boots was due to Polio not TB. I also belong to another forum and aparently "David King" (nope, me neither) says there is going to be a second full country lockdown, but Ellie Cannon (GP, who writes for papers,magazines, does TV programmes) says there will be local outbreaks, but not a secondwave. Should we flip a coin.
I quite agree @debs64 that that can't be easy but needs to be attempted. Those of us who are staying at home can surely manage it for the time it takes to do a weekly shop.
We have to find a way to work thru this pandemic and not keep concentrating on the "can't" which, for some uncivic people, seem to be "won't".
The friend who posted the list above has now posted this. Made me smile. Hope you do too.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases told the US President: "This morning, 3 Brazilians were killed by Covid-19."
Trump's face went egg-shell white with shock.
The blood drained from his face and to everyone’s amazement he collapsed on the floor.
Minutes passed and to everyone’s relief President Trump got up shakily and then sat back on his chair His staff was nothing less than stunned at this display of emotion from their President, nervously watching as he sits, head in hands, waiting for him to faint again.
Finally, the President looks up and with a shaky quivering voice asks the Dr. Fauci, "How many people is a brazillion?"
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
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True, but most deaths are still preventable though, and access to treatment in poorer countries kills more people than drug resistance.
Not that I'm downplaying drug resistance, its a huge huge concern, but so is health inequality.
Measles is a highly contagious, serious disease caused by a virus. Before the introduction of measles vaccine in 1963 and widespread vaccination, major epidemics occurred approximately every 2–3 years and measles caused an estimated 2.6 million deaths each year.
Treatment for most diseases does depend on where in the world you live and many are preventable.
But it does go to show that there is a lot of things out there that can kill you.
A child with measles may survive unharmed. Others may be badly affected but any baby of pre-vaccination age may well die. TB, polio, diptheria, mumps, rubella ditto. Vaccination is a civic responsibility, not just personal.
As for Covid - hygiene and distancing and limiting contacts to a small group are all part of our civic responsibility. The wearing of masks reduces droplet spread but we do have to wear them properly and not fiddle with them and clean them too.
We have to find a way to work thru this pandemic and not keep concentrating on the "can't" which, for some uncivic people, seem to be "won't".
The friend who posted the list above has now posted this. Made me smile. Hope you do too.