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Dr. K's avatar

Amen. The hypocrisy that they cannot tell you anything about anything EXCEPT that the patient was unvaccinated says it all. HIPAA my A**. These are just bad people doing bad things. I used to put it down to stupid, but I have decided that approach was wrong.

Michelle Enmark, DDS's avatar

Excellent post, as usual, Dr. VP! I predict this huge error (for which I think he was paid handsomely by the DNC for $$$ in the campaign coffers...) is already causing pain, and will bite him in the A$$ big time, as it should! Keep it up with your takedowns of the ridiculousness our legacy media spins on these garbage studies and false info like this. What do you make of the latest COVID booster approved after an 8-10 mice study? Am I mistaken or is this true?

Hansang Bae's avatar

They won't release anything. NOTHING gets in the way of a good narrative. Not facts. Not reality...NOTHING. EVERY time....it's the "cover up" that gets you. Just come clean you idiot (Shapiro)

Jim Ryser's avatar

I have never seen HIPAA laws benefit anyone but opiate addicts (and addicts in general) and politicians. We haven’t had privacy in eons for crying out loud. The only difference is that politicians use these laws to evade and addicts use these laws to obtain.

Jessica Adams's avatar

"These questions do not enter their mind." Oof

Steve Kirsch's avatar

So what is Josh Shapiro suggesting?

That we FORCE vaccinate all children in HIS state with measles on day 0?

Running Burning Man's avatar

Shapiro is only suggesting that anyone who questions vaccines should incarcerated. He by is trying to exercise his TDS by shooting at RFKJr.

Rachel Lucas's avatar

Also, I don’t think babies can be vaccinated against measles until they are 12 to 15 months old.

So there’s that…

ADWH's avatar

Dead is dead, whether “with” or “from.” It is sad, doubly so if preventable.

Running Burning Man's avatar

Whoosh! That's the sound of the point missing your brain by a long shot.

The point is whether the deaths were preventable. You have no freaking idea and in the one case the fear mongers wish to push, we had an infant - a new born - who appears to have died of a ruptured spleen, which is not measles related. And it is not in the least surprising that a Democrat running for office seeks to spread fear to attempt political points ... against Trump.

Shapiro is now a well known liar. Here is another one from his early days as Gov.

During his campaign for office, he promised to sign school voucher legislation if presented to him. Two such bills were put on his desk but he vetoed them. Teachers unions got to him.

Shapiro is untrustworthy and a political liar.

ADWH's avatar

Splenic rupture is super rare in newborns. A measles infection can increase splenic fragility. So, you are incorrect that a ruptured spleen could not be measles related. If, in fact, measles caused the spleen to be enlarged and rupture, then the death was preventable. So, there’s that. The spleen is part of the immune system- that is a fact.

Jan Hollerbach's avatar

But we don’t have all the information. Without all the information then there is just speculation on both sides. Until Shapiro and the public health apparatus are transparent with their data/findings, then this is just so much whizzing in the wind. This is, BTW, one of the reasons people like Dr. Prasad are so important. Let’s get the data/outcomes/findings. What really happened? Are those published studies valid or is the study flawed or the conclusions bogus? Science needs to be objective and transparent or it tells us nothing of value.

Cecille's avatar

On another note I totally agree that many of today’s doctors are activists . My granddaughter had a tough case of Covid at the age of 2 with a subsequent unusual inflammatory reaction (MIS-C like). She was hospitalized at Mass General. On discharge the “experts” wanted to give her the Covid vaccine. Total insanity!

Brad Banko, MD, MS's avatar

Grok: "No published cases link congenital measles to neonatal splenic rupture. Measles is lymphotropic: virus infects splenic B-cell follicles, forming Warthin-Finkeldey giant cells, causing lymphoid depletion then hyperplasia, congestion, and transient mild-moderate splenomegaly that can thin the capsule and raise rupture risk from birth trauma.

This local effect requires active viral infection of newborn spleen tissue (possible via congenital viremia, as virus was in lung). Systemic effects alone are unlikely. Neonatal rupture remains rare and usually trauma- or coagulopathy-related."

Brad Banko, MD, MS's avatar

It is encouraging to know that Shapiro won't follow this advice and will... as usual... double down on his pharma funded narratives. Maybe sunlight will disinfect his lies. I hope so.

Cecille's avatar

Actually not true either. That is the regular timing but if a child over 6 months travels to a measles endemic area the recommendation is to vaccinate and revaccinate at 12 months for more enduring antibodies. Just an FYI