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Can we vaccinate against anti-vaxxers?
March 8, 2019 Katie Barker 0
The campaign by anti-vaxxers poses a tremendous risk to public health, and the health of children. Here's how we can fight it.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has ranked vaccine hesitancy – the reluctance or refusal to vaccinate despite the availability of vaccines – as one of the 'ten threats to global health in 2019'. In the year that the wild poliovirus may finally be eradicated in Afghanistan and Pakistan, thanks to vaccination, diseases that vaccination made vanishingly rare in the US, UK and other developed countries are making a comeback.
Rates of polio over time in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nigeria, and non-endemic countries. Credit Research Gate
Vaccine hesitancy is not new, of course. The first vaccine, developed against smallpox by country doctor Edward Jenner in 1796, faced massive resistance, not least from the medical community itself. The idea of being deliberately infected with a mild animal disease (cowpox) to create immunity to the much more serious smallpox was too much for many and anti-vaccine societies sprang up. It was not until the British government made it compulsory in 1852 and strictly enforced this in 1872 that smallpox began to be controlled in the UK. The US and France were much quicker to embrace vaccination and Jenner was honoured by both countries for his work.
What makes vaccine hesitancy such a problem in 2019 is that we are so far removed from understanding the problems that euphemistically titled 'common childhood illnesses' bring with them. Many of those making the decision not to vaccinate their children will have grown up in a time of high vaccine uptake and therefore may never have seen some of the complications that can be caused by measles or rubella. Ironically, the past success of vaccination campaigns is part of the reasons for the current reluctance to vaccinate. Many of us have, thankfully, never seen a child left blind or brain damaged by measles, or a baby born with birth defects after the mother contracted rubella in pregnancy. Unfortunately, this makes a growing minority of parents complacent.
"Ironically, the past success of vaccination campaigns is part of the reasons for the current reluctance to vaccinate. Many of us have, thankfully, never seen a child left blind or brain damaged by measles, or a baby born with birth defects after the mother contracted rubella in pregnancy."
When parents refuse to vaccinate their child, they are making a decision not only to put their own child at risk, but also those children and adults who cannot be vaccinated due to health problems, or who have lowered immunity, perhaps due to other medical interventions such as chemotherapy. Ultimately, deciding not to vaccinate can result in death. The WHO estimates that vaccination currently prevents between 2-3 million deaths a year and another 1.5 million could be avoided if global coverage and take-up of vaccines improved. What is actually happening, however, is that vaccination uptake in countries like the US and UK is falling. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the US report that more than 100,000 children have had no vaccinations, whilst many others have only had part of the recommended schedule. In the UK, 91 per cent of children were vaccinated in 2017-18, but this was the fourth year in a row that numbers dropped and in London coverage is just 85 per cent.
Why is this? Clearly the vast majority of parents who are refusing vaccinations for their children are not doing so out of malice or a lack of concern for their children. Many are refusing to vaccinate because they are concerned for their children. They believe that the dangers from vaccines are greater than the dangers from the diseases they vaccinations protect against. The plethora of websites promoting the anti-vaxx message means that parents can stoke their anxiety at the click of a mouse or swipe of a finger. An analysis of 480 anti-vaxx websites shows that they tend to use both scientific and anecdotal evidence to promote misinformation as to the safety of vaccinations. Common claims included that vaccines were dangerous, cause autism and "brain injury".
How can we fight back against this? There is no easy way of counteracting the anti-vaxx message. Much like with climate change denial, the idea that there are two legitimate 'sides' to the argument is prevalent amongst anti-vaxxers and there is a tendency to view any attempts to introduce rationality as some kind of big-pharma conspiracy. However, this doesn't mean that we should not attempt to change minds. Looking at past public health campaigns, there are a number of strategies that could gain some traction in combatting the anti-vaxx lobby.
The Vaccine Confidence Project monitors and refutes rumours and conspiracy theories found on anti-vaxx websites. This academic-run project is something that governments should be seeking to support or replicate. Aggressive promotion on social media may help some parents to see the that the 'science' on anti-vaxx sites is often weak or misrepresented. Confused parents, worried about doing the right thing for their child, may just be convinced by a factual refutation of the more common themes used by anti-vaxxers.
Dr. Heidi Larson, director of the Vaccine Confidence Project. Credit Horizon Magazine.
Social media companies can also play a role in reducing the reach of anti-vaxx information. Pinterest has recently led the way by actually preventing searches for words concerning vaccination. Type vaccine or similar into Pinterest's search box and no results are found. Pinterest's own analytics suggest that 40 per cent of parents and 52 per cent of parents-to-be use their site, so reducing access to anti-vaxx material can only be a good thing for vaccination rates. According to Pinterest, this is a temporary fix whilst they develop a long-term approach to the issue of misinformation. YouTube has demonetised anti-vaxx videos by not allowing them to show ads and is now trying to promote more authoritative content when people search for vaccinations. These responses to rising concern about anti-vaxx material are only in their infancy and will need to be evaluated for their impact in the long-term.
Any public health campaign needs to be able to clearly refute the arguments that the anti-vaxx movement rely on. They have barely changed and are generally easily refutable. Any effective pro-vaccine campaign has to tackle these arguments head on, repeatedly. It needs to show why the arguments are untrue. It's not enough to just show scorn for these arguments, a pro-vaccine campaign needs to address them each in turn with clear evidence. We know that vaccines contain chemicals, but not all chemicals are toxic, similarly your immune system is more than able to cope with a vaccine, after all it is designed to deal with countless assaults from pathogens.
A pro-vaccine public health campaign needs to target the correct audience. Most parents who hesitate about vaccination are not conspiracy theorists. They are just concerned for their child. Most are looking for reliable information. The success of anti-vaxxers is that they are able to fill the void. Parents have lots of contact with health professionals in the early days of their child's life. These health professionals need to be fully trained to speak to parents about vaccination and to dispel common myths as well as listening, and responding empathetically, to parental concerns. Berating parents is unlikely to result in much movement. Acknowledging concerns and showing parents the evidence to support the safety of vaccination is much more likely to sway parents. It might also be possible to use other parents who have vaccinated their children here. Anti-vaxx sites often rely on parental anecdotes. These could be harnessed by a pro-vaccination campaign as well. Parents may well react more positively to the stories of other parents who have had to make the same decisions.
There is always the option to make vaccinations mandatory. Whilst this would inevitably increase uptake, it is an uncomfortable position to support. California responded to a measles outbreak in 2014 by toughening up its laws on mandatory vaccination and removing many of the opt-outs. All states in the US require children attending public schools to be vaccinated, but most allow exemptions for religious or personal belief. This personal belief can be the belief that vaccinations are harmful. California now only allows exemptions for medical reasons, bringing it into line with states like Mississippi which has a vaccination rate of 99.7 per cent with the MMR vaccine. Michigan has gone for a more nuanced approach, requiring those who wish to opt-out of vaccination to discuss their choice with the local health department. This may work. If health professionals are well informed and willing to listen to parental concerns, many reasons for refusing vaccination could be overcome at this stage.
Obviously, none of this will challenge the conspiracy theorists who peddle the anti-vaxx nonsense in the first place. Whatever their motives they are too entrenched. However, the majority of those who are hesitant to take up vaccinations offered are doing so because they are convinced that they are doing the very best for their children. With a concerted effort from governments, public health officials, and health professionals, some of the most dangerous anti-vaccine propaganda can be countered. Even social media organisations seem to be accepting a share of the responsibility to tackle this threat to global health. Let's pressure our governments to step up and support academics like those who run the Vaccine Confidence Project in combating the dangerous misinformation peddled by anti-vaxxers who do not have our children's best interests at heart.
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Jackson and Hinds County community members, elected officials, pastors and advocacy groups hope to stop legislation that would expand the boundaries of the Capitol Police and create a court system within the force's district.
Opponents of House Bill 1020 say it is an unprecedented attempt to strip power away from the city of Jackson, which has one of the largest Black populations in Mississippi. They say the bill is racist and it implies that Black leadership is incapable of governance.
"We get to put all the action in someone else's hands and pay the taxes to the king," Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba said during a Tuesday press conference on the Capitol steps.
The bill, proposed by Rep. Trey Lamar, R-Senatobia, has passed through the Ways and Means Committee and is up for consideration by the full House.
Speakers at the news conference said they are against the existence and expansion of the Capitol Police, which was involved in several shootings last year that led to injuries or deaths, including the death of 25-year-old Jaylen Lewis, who died after a traffic stop by a Capitol Police officer.
The current boundaries of the Capitol Complex Improvement District where the Capitol Police operates include downtown, Jackson State University, the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Fondren and Belhaven. HB 1020 would push the district north.
The district started out as a way to provide funding for infrastructure in the Capitol area. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Legislature used federal relief funds to create a patrol fleet for the Capitol Police and have four appointed judges help address case backlogs within the Hinds County Circuit Court, said Attorney Paloma Wu from the Mississippi Center for Justice.
She said this set the stage for HB 1020. The bill proposes creating a court system for the district with judges appointed by the Mississippi Supreme Court chief justice and prosecutors appointed by the state attorney general. The chief of the Capitol Police District would also be appointed by the Department of Public Safety commissioner.
"It impacts you whether you live within the red line or the blue line," Wu said about how the district court system would cover not just people living in the district, but around Hinds County.
Wu said the power of over 200,000 Hinds County residents would be placed in the hands of one person – Supreme Court Chief Justice Michael Randolph. He did not respond to a request for comment Tuesday.
Opponents also said the bill will empower a slate of all white and unelected officials for Hinds County.
The entire Hinds County Democratic delegation and Mississippi Senate Democratic Caucus are against the bill, according to statements from the groups.
The county's circuit, chancery, county and justice court judges released a statement Monday evening calling the bill unconstitutional and one that would disenfranchise the county's voters and remove power from elected judges.
"House Bill 1020 removes authority of the Circuit, Chancery, County and Justice Court judges from hearing and presiding over cases within the proposed Capital Improvement District and takes the constitutional power of elected judges and gives it to Judges appointed by the Supreme Court,." according to the statement.
On Tuesday on the steps of the Hinds county Courthouse, the judges flanked Senior Circuit Judge Winston Kidd. He said the residents of every judicial district elect their judges, but HB 1020 would make Hinds County the exception.
Kidd said if the Legislature wants to add more judges, it should add ones that are elected.
HB 1020 also proposes sending 18.75% of sales tax that would otherwise go to Jackson to a Capitol Complex Improvement District project fund.
At the Capitol news conference, several speakers said what could happen with the legislation is similar to what happened in the 1800's when lawmakers sought to disenfranchise Black residents.
Rep. Edward Blackmon Jr., D-Canton, evoked the names of Fannie Lou Hamer and Medgar Evers as people who fought for the right of Black people to vote.
"We are united in our effort and our voice to stop this atrocity because if you don't do it now, you'll be marching tomorrow," he said. "You'll be marching for what we've won, what our forefathers and grandmothers and granddaddies fought for for so many years and gave up their blood and tears. You'll be letting down their effort."
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Hinds County electronic system knocked offline, blocking jail, courts and DA communication
An investigation is underway into a potential compromise of a shared electronic system among the Hinds County Sheriff's Department, courts and prosecutors that may have prevented individuals from making bail and returning to their families and jobs.
Sheriff Tyree Jones said two systems connected to the court and the district attorney's office went down between Jan. 1 and Wednesday evening. Problems were discovered after a power outage when information technology staff noticed the server and system didn't reboot like they usually do, he said.
"This is something that was totally unpreventable," Jones said. "There were no signs that this was going to happen. It caught us all by surprise."
On Friday, Jones said he wasn't able to share much due to the ongoing investigation. He did not confirm whether the investigation was being conducted by the sheriff's office. When asked whether hacking may have been involved, he said a cause is still being determined.
Jones said there was never a point when public safety was at risk or people were erroneously released from the jail. He said the system mostly impacted communication between offices and processes that were slowed down.
The sheriff's office is back on track and catching up from last week, he said.
Charity Bruce, deputy director of consumer protection and public benefits at the Mississippi Center for Justice, said she spoke with a community member who said they tried to pay bail for a family member at the Hinds County jail but couldn't because the system was down. They also weren't able to add money to the detainee's account, she said.
When Bruce called the sheriff's office and the jail, she asked if there was a way for people to post bond without the electronic system.
Jones doesn't dispute that detainees weren't able to make bail and leave the jail while the system was down, but he knows that booking and the ability to electronically share case information, including whether a judge approved bail, were affected.
Generally, when a bail bondsman comes to pay bond for a detainee, jail staff is responsible for confirming the person was granted bond and there is paperwork documenting that, he said.
With the recent system failure, jail staff had to find another way to get that information, such as by calling the courthouse and having someone there locate a detainee's case file, Jones said.
Harya Tarekegn, director of advocacy and policy at the Mississippi Center for Justice, said the situation raises due process concerns.
Bail is an amount of money set by a judge that a person must pay to get out of jail until their next court appearance. The goal of bail is to make sure defendants show up in court.
Whether bail is awarded and how much depends on several factors, including the alleged crime, whether a person is dangerous, community safety and their risk of fleeing.
Generally, the longer someone is in jail, the worse their outcome is, Tarekegn said. Being in jail often means a person misses work and income, and they aren't able to see family, she said.
As a result of the Hinds County system going down, she said the Mississippi Center for Justice doesn't know how many people missed the holidays with family or lost employment because they weren't able to pay bail and be released.
"All of the implications of not being home are exacerbated by this," Tarekegn said about detention.
Jones said the past week and a half showed that the sheriff's office and courts can do some things manually.
Any needed preventative measures would be made by IT, he said. Even though the situation was unexpected, Jones said the sheriff's office will be prepared if the system were to go offline again.
"This has been a learning experience," Jones said.
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Appeals court halts federal oversight of Hinds County jail
Days before a federal receiver was set to take control of the Hinds County Detention Facility, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stay halting that work.
On Dec. 28, a three-member panel of the 5th Circuit Court granted a stay for the order appointing a receiver and the new injunction, which stays a court order put in place by U.S. District Court Judge Carlton Reeves in April to set standards for Hinds County to fix the jail in Raymond.
In November, Reeves appointed former Baltimore jail warden and criminal justice adjunct professor Wendell France Sr. as jail receiver. France started work then and was set to take full operational control of the jail Jan. 1, but did not due to the 5th Circuit Court order.
A three-person monitoring team that has been documenting conditions and progress at the jail was also ordered to stop work, according to a Dec. 29 order by Reeves. The monitoring team issued its last report Dec. 12, highlighting ongoing issues such as the lack of direct supervision of jail housing units and facility maintenance.
The 5th Circuit Court's decision comes less than a year after attorneys from the county and U.S. Department of Justice were in Reeves' courtroom to argue for and against federal receivership.
Hinds County Board of Supervisors President Credell Calhoun said Tuesday he is pleased with the stay. The current board has spent millions to try to bring the jail into compliance, he said, and the county is building a new jail in Jackson that addresses issues with the current jail.
"Everything went back to before the (receivership) order," he said. "I was disappointed they didn't wait and continue to let us do what we were doing. We're doing everything we know and can afford."
The county has maintained opposition to federal control of the jail through court documents and during the three weeks of hearings before Reeves.
The injunction and receiver orders will be paused while the district court addresses motions for reconsideration and a motion for clarification filed by the government over Section K, a section not included in the new injunction order that said juveniles charged as adults in Hinds County must be held at the Henley-Young Juvenile Justice Center rather than the jail for adults.
Questions about where to hold juveniles charged as adults came into question after a separate consent decree overseeing the Henley-Young Juvenile Justice Center was terminated Oct. 13.
Jan. 31 is the deadline for the district court to finish additional proceedings and modifications to the injunction for the jail relating to how juvenile offenders charged as adults are housed.
Calhoun said a full appeal could take time, and within 18 to 24 months, the county expects to finish the first phase of 200 jail beds and amenities. Future phases would bring the jail to 750 beds, he said.
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US Marshals join local law enforcement to fight crime in Jackson
Published on January 5, 2023 January 5, 2023 81 views
Jackson and Hinds County law enforcement agencies are partnering with the U.S. Marshals Service to address violent crime in the city.
Marshals Service Director Ronald Davis visited Jackson on Thursday and, during a forum, asked the mayor, local law enforcement and community members what kind of resources and support they need.
"We will partner with our local partners and be very strategic," he said. "I think a lot of this, for me. is that I never took it that we're here to solve problems, but better understand the challenges you're facing because you're facing it, and I think many communities across the country are facing the same."
Jackson reached a record-high 153 homicides in 2021, and had 130 homicides in 2022.
Davis, a former police chief and head of the federal Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, wants to take a holistic approach to addressing crime that is driven by community input and built on trust.
He said he doesn't want to bring in Marshals Service deputies as a new police force that patrols the streets and acts like it knows the community's needs.
Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba said multiple parts of the criminal justice system are overworked, which is seen in policing and investigations and a backlog in the state crime lab to process evidence for cases.
Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens (right) addresses a question as Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba (left) and Jackson Police Chief James Davis, during a Violent Crime Prevention Summit held at the Two Mississippi Museums, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023, in Jackson.
Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens said he would like to see more collaboration to help with prosecution and investigations.
"We're having far too many individuals we have in custody in our jail that we're not able to move their cases fast enough," he said.
Forum participants said they want to see root causes of crime such as socioeconomic challenges, trauma and mental health addressed and for incarceration not to be the answer.
Lumumba said the city will launch an office focused on violence prevention and mental health.
Community members also want to be part of violence interruption. Terun Moore of Strong Arms of Jackson asked for financial support to continue the work of going into the community and working with people impacted by violence, including young people.
Police, judges and city officials in attendance highlighted juvenile violent crime as an issue.
In 2021, Jackson police arrested a group of young men for several violent crimes around the city. One of them, a then-17-year-old Joseph Brown was linked up to several homicides, including the death of a pregnant woman.
As a Hinds County Youth Court judge, Carlyn Hicks hears cases for offenses juveniles commit, but not cases such as homicide when they are charged as adults.
She wondered what kind of impact addressing underlying trauma and earlier intervention can have in the life of a child like Brown and prevent youth from going on to commit violent crimes and go into the adult criminal justice system.
Through Youth Court, Hicks has implemented diversion programs and support for children and families, but she wants to see gaps in support sustained.
"We have to have some sustainability across our systems," she said "Otherwise I'm putting Band-Aids on fire hydrants."
Hinds County Youth Court Judge Carlyn Hicks Says Court Has Made Progress in Two Years
Published on November 25, 2022 November 25, 2022 89 views
JACKSON, Miss.—Hinds County Youth Court Judge Carlyn Hicks' first juvenile-delinquency case in July 2020 involved a 12-year-old girl who came into her courtroom in shackles that summer. "She sat at the witness table in front of the bench alone," Hicks recalled as she addressed a captive audience at an event held on Nov. 17, 2022, at the Henley-Young-Patton Juvenile Justice Center.
"She looked up at me with fear in her eyes and uncertainty. Her attorney was present, but his table was several feet away from her to my right," Hicks said during her "2022 State of the Child in Hinds County" report.
"Her charge was disturbing the family peace; the fact was that she poured grease on the kitchen floor, and she missed the bus," the judge continued. "This child had the police called on her for this. They arrested her. They put her in the back of the police car. She was booked to the detention center for disturbing the family peace."
The youth court judge, who ran unopposed
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3 Things Moving in Middle School Taught Me About Being Unbreakable
How to Deal With Moving
POPSUGAR / paid for by / Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
April 25, 2016 by Anonymous
paid for by Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Starting over can be scary, but if you're true to who you are, a fresh start can be a wonderful thing. We partnered with Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt for this post.
I grew up in a one-traffic-light town in rural New Hampshire. Almost everyone in my family was born there, came back there to raise their families, or had never left at all. My childhood consisted of building tree and rock forts in the Summer, ice skating on frozen ponds in the Winter, and apple picking in the Fall. It was idyllic.
When I was almost 9 years old, my parents told my sister and I that we were moving to San Francisco.
The concept of the move was thrilling for me, but the reality wasn't as simple. The thing everybody learns at some point in their life is that reinvention is the most essential tool to survival. What made me unbreakable during this tough time was preserving my identity in an world so foreign to my previous experience.
Looking back, now 20 years since the move, the following three lessons stick out in my mind:
1. Putting Yourself Out There Is Essential
Being the new girl in a small middle school, luckily for me, turned out to be awesome. In fourth grade, everyone is nice to one another and I was welcomed with open arms. It seemed like everyone wanted to have the new girl be their friend. I learned to lean into the attention. It encouraged me to be outgoing, outspoken, and gregarious. Being so welcomed and accepted immediately, when I expected just the opposite, groomed me to be confident when entering new environments as a young adult.
2. Remember to Stay True to Yourself Above All Else
When I first moved to California, I looked different than the rest of the kids. Every day I wore denim overall shorts, a white t-shirt underneath, a checkered flannel wrapped around my waist, Birkenstock sandals, and a backwards hat. I thought I was Alex Mack. This was how I dressed and I wasn't about to change it — it never even dawned on me. That is, until one day someone teased me about the hat. Afterwards, I went months without wearing hats to school and saved them for the weekend. I remember my mom being concerned and asking me repeatedly, "Cait, you've always been a hat person, why aren't you wearing them anymore?" to which I assured her I was just over them. They weren't cool, Mom, geez. The truth is, I wanted to fit in physically as much as socially. Now, I love getting dressed and honestly couldn't care less about what people think. Plus, things I was inherently drawn to as a child are coming back — Birkenstocks, anyone?
3. Remember Where You Came From
In New Hampshire, most people I knew had yards that merged into extensive forests. When the weather was warm, we would go to the local lake or pond or head to the community pool. In California, the backyards had their own private pools and the kids had gazebos they used as clubhouses. Everyone I met in California seemed a little bit more experienced. They all seemed to know some secret, to understand a truth about the world I hadn't yet learned. I felt naive, like an outsider. Now, 20 years older, what used to feel like something to be embarrassed about is something I am most proud of. The things that made me different are what made me and my childhood so unique. I wouldn't change my years in New Hampshire for anything nor would I take back the move to California. Life is a series of subtle and sometimes sudden changes. Being able to adapt to a new reality is important, but it is more important to value where you came from.
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