🇯🇵🦠📃 — 📰 NHK: Doctors urge caution after measles outbreak in Japan
➡️ Measles outbreaks are on the rise worldwide. Multiple cases have been confirmed in Japan since February, and doctors are warning people to be on guard against possible infections.
➡️ Earlier this week, Japan had confirmed eight cases among people who were onboard a February 24 flight from UAE to Kansai Airport in Osaka, and one case involving a man who was at the airport when the flight arrived.
➡️ Doctors say the virus is highly infectious and can cause serious — and even fatal — symptoms.
➡️ Dr. Nakano Takashi, a professor at Kawasaki Medical School, is an infectious disease expert. He says, "It may not be an exaggeration to say that measles is the most contagious of infectious diseases. It has been afflicting people since the start of humanity."
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🛢📈 — Reuters reports that oil is approaching $100 per barrel following the latest exchange of attacks between Americans and Iranians on oil tankers.
▶️The price of Brent crude has risen to $97.07 per barrel, while American WTI crude has risen to $92.28. In the past week, Brent has risen by 7.8%, while WTI has risen by nearly 10%.
▶️On Saturday, U.S. forces attacked three Iranian oil tankers, one of which was stationed near the island of Kharg, a key center for Iranian oil exports. In response, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced attacks on three oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and three more U.S. ships.
▶️In this context, traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has sharply declined. Over the past 10 days, an average of only 10 cargo ships have transited the strait per day – the lowest level since May.
The WHO now states on its website:
Vaccination against COVID-19 can trigger multiple sclerosis through cross-reactive CD4+-T cells that recognize the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 and myelin peptides.
In other words: Your own immune system destroys the nerve pathways and then attacks your brain and spinal cord.