CDC Investigating Mysterious Brain Infection Cases

Pediatric brain abscesses tripled in Nevada - CDC blames lifting of mask mandates and immunity debt

The CDC is blaming an outbreak of severe pediatric brain infections on mask mandates being lifted and made-up theories like immunity debt. They don’t even ask the obvious.

What’s being Investigated

The CDC is currently conducting an investigation into a group of uncommon and severe brain abscesses among children in the United States.

Brain abscesses are not typically reportable conditions, so doctors are not required to report them to public health departments. This means that we do not have accurate data on the number of cases that are occurring.

However, Nevada saw a threefold increase in brain abscesses in children in 2022, with 18 cases reported, up from an average of 4-5 cases per year.

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According to the sole pediatric neurosurgeon in Nevada, the unusually huge increase in pediatric intracranial abscesses started in March of 2022. The cases were strikingly similar in their presentation.

A public health advisory by the Southern Nevada Health District reports initially, children would experience common childhood complaints like earaches or sinus infections, accompanied by headaches and fever. However, within a week, it became evident that a more serious condition was developing.

The most reported pre-hospitalization symptoms included cold symptoms such as rhinorrhea and nasal congestion, headache and fever. They make sure to mention ‘cessation of masking’ practices as a common exposure in 38% of cases.

What Are Intracranial Abscesses

Brain abscesses are pockets of infection that form in the brain. They can cause a variety of neurological symptoms, such as seizures, vision problems, and changes in speech, coordination, or balance. The initial symptoms of a brain abscess are often recurring headaches and fever.

Treatment for a brain abscess typically involves surgery to drain the abscess and antibiotics to kill the infection. Children may need to stay in the hospital for several weeks or even months to recover from surgery and treatment.

Summary

Don’t expect the CDC to figure out what’s going on.

Dr. Jessica Penney, the CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service officer assigned to the investigation, can’t find anything to link the cases. Dr. Penny has looked at travel, a history of COVID-19 infection, underlying health, and any common activities or exposures. She is baffled.

One of Dr. Penny’s ideas is that removing mask mandates contributed to the increase in cases. It’s absolutely absurd. Forgetting about all of the evidence that masks do not effectively control the spread of COVID-19, cases were already above ‘normal’ at the time the mandates were lifted.

More likely it’s the dirty unchanged masks being worn all the time by children.

Also, why is Dr. Penny or the CDC afraid of including the children’s vaccination status? Is it because every child that had an intracranial abscess was vaccinated? I’d bet if they were unvaccinated they would let us know.

As has been said many times before the vaccine must be considered until proven otherwise.

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Liza Burke was a college student who had a glioblastoma brain tumor. A bad headache on March 10, admission to Mayo Clinic on March 14, diagnosis on March 28.