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 * measles

Assignment # 3
1-    Proposed change:
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In the epidemiology section, end of fifth paragraph.

“In 2019, the total number of cases worldwide climbed to 869,770.”

-       Rational: The article currently includes numbers regarding the rise of cases worldwide until mid-November 2019, however the article was not updated to include the recent data of 869,770 cases for the whole year 2019. I think it will benefit the article to have the most recent data, particularly since it was a high record in comparison to the previous years. This information comes from an article on the World Health Organization website.

“The number of cases reported for 2020 is currently lower compare to 2019, however the Covid-19 pandemic has affected the vaccination campaigns around the world, including in countries currently experiencing outbreaks, which could affect the number of cases in the future.”

-       Rational: I think given the current situation it will be important to add a note about the decrease in vaccination during the last year since this could have potential impacts on the measles outbreak in the future. This concern is also mention on the WHO website as something that should taking into consideration in the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. Experts are making a point that fighting Covid-19 should not impact the fight against Measle that has been going on for decades.

2-    Area of controversy:

Regarding the first sentence, I do not believe that this is an area of controversy since it is an official number publicized by the World Health Organization which is a reliable source.

However, I do believe that some controversy could arise from the second sentence since it is making a relation between the decrease in vaccination and the rise of measles cases. Someone could argue that vaccination will not decrease the number of cases anyways, despite the high numbers of articles and study proving that the rise of vaccination against measles has decrease the overall cases number substantially

3-    Critique of the source:

WHO has been in place since 1948, they currently have offices in more than 150 countries. Their mission is to promote health all around the world and they are one of the principal organization that provides health information and action in the world. This source is well known, reliable and has been used by many organization and health care providers for many years.

Reference:

I will be changing my reference for an official report published on November 13th 2020 that was not available at the time I did my initial research:


 * 1) Patel, Minal K. (2020). "Progress Toward Regional Measles Elimination — Worldwide, 2000–2019". MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 69. doi:10.15585/mmwr.mm6945a6. ISSN 0149-2195.

Worldwide measles deaths climb 50% from 2016 to 2019 claiming over 207 500 lives in 2019. (2020, November 12). Retrieved from World Health Organization: https://www.who.int/news/item/12-11-2020-worldwide-measles-deaths-climb-50-from-2016-to-2019-claiming-over-207-500-lives-in-2019

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