{"id":12394,"date":"2026-10-27T01:24:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T06:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/?p=12394"},"modified":"2026-10-27T01:27:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T06:27:02","slug":"20261027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/2026\/10\/27\/20261027\/","title":{"rendered":"Yesterday\u2019s News 2026-10-27"},"content":{"rendered":"

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James Eagle<\/small>:
\nHIV treatment saves nearly two million<\/a><\/h2>\n

This is probably one of the most significant medical advances in recent times. The development of antiretroviral therapy has changed the lives of HIV patients to such an extent that many of them can now live normal lives and live into old age.<\/p>\n

In the past, having HIV was almost considered a death sentence when the pandemic first spread. …<\/p>\n

Having said that, people are still dying from HIV and AIDS because they lack access to antiretroviral therapy. …
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Paul Offit<\/small>:
\nRFK Jr.\u2019s \u201cControl Group\u201d<\/a><\/h2>\n

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\nTo RFK Jr., the Amish had proved his point\u2014no vaccines equaled no autism. …<\/p>\n

In 2010, about ten years before RFK Jr. had visited Lancaster County, a study of about 1,900 Amish children in Ohio and Indiana found a rate of autism of at least 1 in 271 children, contradicting RFK Jr.\u2019s claim. Although RFK Jr. was wrong about the incidence of autism among the Amish, he was right about two things:<\/p>\n

First, RFK Jr. was right that public health officials \u201cwould soon be coming for them.\u201d But not for the reason he had imagined. In 2026, five years after RFK Jr. had visited Lancaster County, a large measles epidemic engulfed Amish and Mennonite communities in Pennsylvania\u2019s Lancaster, Jefferson, and Mifflin counties. Health officials recorded at least 1,300 cases, 250 hospitalizations, and 6 deaths. The epidemic launched an \u201call-hands-on-deck\u201d strategy to vaccinate as many children in these communities as possible, fulfilling RFK Jr.\u2019s prophecy that \u201cthey are coming for you.\u201d<\/p>\n

RFK Jr. was also right that the Amish had become \u201cthe control group that the CDC didn\u2019t want you to know about.\u201d Four years after that visit to Lancaster County, RFK Jr. was sworn in as Secretary of Health and Human Services. And, as he had predicted, the Amish had become \u201cthe control group that the CDC didn\u2019t want you to know about.\u201d Or at least the control group that RFK Jr. didn\u2019t want us to know about. With RFK Jr. in charge, the CDC failed to accurately record the number of Amish and Mennonite people on its website who had died from measles. RFK Jr. didn\u2019t want us to know how effective his 20-year campaign against vaccines had been.
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