#hep a

[sulkyskywalker]

It is so hard to try and talk to anti vaxxers or delayed vaxxers.

Because I would usually point to the CDC as a standard, but uh, under RFK The Lesser, they are making dumbass choices and so it's like "Fluorine in water is fine! The one of the most successful public health initiatives per the CDC!! " but also "Yes, you should get vaccinated for *meningococcal* bacteria, the fucking FLU, and gods damned COVID" ""For example, Denmark, which does not vaccinate against rotavirus, registers around 1,200 infant and toddler rotavirus hospitalizations a year. [Which is around the US pre-vax rate]

"They're OK with having 1,200 or 1,300 hospitalized kids...We weren't. They should be trying to emulate us, not the other way around."

-Paul Offit, the director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and a co-inventor of a licensed rotavirus vaccine. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-childhood-vaccines-heres-what-they-prevent/

Vaccines resulted in: Hep A: 90% drop in prevalence

Hep B: 99% drop in kids+teens

Rotavirus: Hardly seen now, as opposed to 70,000 hospitalizations and 50 deaths per year

Meningococcal: Previously 600-1000 cases per yr, but kills 10%+ of those, and leave 20% of survivors with permanent disabilities. Vaccine has a 85-100% effectiveness. If you are going to college/uni, GET THIS VAXX.

Flu and COVID: Has killed 100s of kids in recent years, 289 kids died from the flu last season.

RSV: Hospitalizations CUT IN HALF, due to vaxx. Respiratory syncytial virus, most common cause of hospitalization of US infants. Pre-vax: 20,000+ cases, 100s of deaths

Vaccines are one of the most important medical advancements. Like, germ theory and vaccines up there at the top. The reason why people today ask "why do I need a polio vaccine?" is because the damn thing WORKED. It used to be common. Everyone knew someone with it, maybe not died, maybe not in an iron lung, but a kid with a leg brace (like Forrest Gump). The vaccine worked SO WELL that we have nearly ERADICATED the disease. As of 2023, only Pakistan and Afghanistan have wild polio virus. 30 cases in 2022. THAT'S IT. THIRTY. Down from 350,000 in 1988

sorry this is a mess, i didn't plan to make this post but had to after reading the cbs article

[mission-to-dietitian]

The illnesses of most concern from eating raw or undercooked oysters or clams are Vibrio infection (Vibrio vulnificis and Virbio parahaemolyticus for ServSafe exam), norovirus infection, and hepatitis A.

[easywaytolearnmedicine]

Viral hepatitis (A, B, C, D, E) - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, pathology

[er-cryptid]

Hepatitis A

[iheartguts]

Need a bunch of teeny tiny livers? We’ve now got leetle liver erasers in stock!

[rag-u]

I’m reading about Hepatitis A right now because there’s been an outbreak in Utah and like, i feel like its extremely misleading for these sites to say men who have sex with men are more likely to be exposed to it. It spreads through feces, so anyone who has anal sex with an infected person can get it. like do these old farts writing about it not know that straight people have anal

[thedeloresproject]

Hepatitis A outbreak among homeless a byproduct of California’s housing crunch

Exorbitant housing costs are driving a public health crisis, as those living on the streets are susceptible to what is typically a developing-world disease.

The shelters have a waiting list of 200 people every night. The length tends to discourage people from even trying, keeping hundreds of homeless people from getting close to help