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Vietnam records surging number of deaths from rabiesAs you can read below, the reasons for the outbreaks are varied, but there certainly seems to be a concerted effort by the establishment to create the conditions for some of them:
Vietnam recorded 22 rabies-related deaths in the first two months of this year, two times higher than the same period last year, the General Department of Preventive Medicine under the Health Ministry said on Thursday.
The Central Highlands region remains a hot spot with five deaths in Dak Lak and Gia Lai provinces.
According to the department, the recent infection cases had a short incubation period of 10-15 days.
Many patients were children under five years old who were bitten by dogs and cats in the head and face areas, causing serious injuries around the central nervous system.
The health ministry has issued a warning about the increased risk of animal-to-human rabies infection because of the poor vaccination rate among dogs and cats.
The rate of vaccination against rabies has only reached almost 50 percent of the total dog and cat population. Some places reported only 10 percent, according to the ministry.
That may be so, but this has likely been the case for a while, so why the increase in infections? There have been more animal attacks? Children are more vulnerable?
Note that back in 2021: 3 children DEAD & 120 hospitalized in just 1 week due to Pfizer jab, Vietnam province suspends batch but 'may use it later on adults'
The ministry has advised people who raise dogs and cats to be fully vaccinated against rabies and re-vaccinated annually as recommended by the veterinary sector.
Those bitten by dogs and cats must visit medical facilities for examination, consultation and injection of rabies vaccine and anti-rabies serum, the ministry said.
" ... as doctors warn many young physicians have never even seen a patient infected with the virus. Hundreds of people are already feared to be infected in California and Arizona after cases were confirmed in people in the states who visited local hospitals," the media outlet said.
Comment: Not bad for a "horse de-wormer"! The more research that goes into ivermectin, the more of a miracle drug it turns out to be, with a broad range of therapeutic benefits beyond Covid. Is it any wonder there was a wide-sweeping smear campaign against it?
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