THE DECLINE by FACETOUCHER

"Vaccination rates among children and teens have reached 'critical' levels, according to experts, who are warning 𝖉𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍𝖘 𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖛𝖎𝖙𝖆𝖇𝖑𝖊 if Australia does not do more to turn around a steady 𝔡𝔢𝔠𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔢 in immunisation rates.

Figures from the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS) show a widespread 𝔡𝔢𝔠𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔢 in immunisations for a range of illnesses over the past five years.

In some cases, rates are now below the threshold required to ensure herd immunity.

The data includes vaccines for a wide range of diseases, including 𝖜𝖍𝖔𝖔𝖕𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖈𝖔𝖚𝖌𝖍, 𝔡𝔦𝔭𝔥𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔞, 𝖙𝖊𝖙𝖆𝖓𝖚𝖘, 𝔯𝔬𝔱𝔞𝔳𝔦𝔯𝔲𝔰, 𝖕𝖓𝖊𝖚𝖒𝖔𝖈𝖔𝖈𝖈𝖆𝖑, 𝔭𝔬𝔩𝔦𝔬, 𝖍𝖊𝖕𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖙𝖎𝖘 𝕭, four types of 𝔪𝔢𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤𝔬𝔠𝔬𝔠𝔠𝔞𝔩, 𝖒𝖊𝖆𝖘𝖑𝖊𝖘, 𝔪𝔲𝔪𝔭𝔰 and 𝖗𝖚𝖇𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖆, as well as 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔥𝔲𝔪𝔞𝔫 𝔭𝔞𝔭𝔦𝔩𝔩𝔬𝔪𝔞𝔳𝔦𝔯𝔲𝔰 (HPV) vaccine for teens.

The proportion of children up-to-date with their immunisations by the age of 12 months had fallen from 94.8 per cent to 91.6 per cent since 2020. The percentage of those fully vaccinated by age two was down from 92.1 per cent to 89.4 per cent in the same time frame, and those who had received all required immunisations for age five fell from 94.8 per cent to 92.7 per cent.

The numbers have put Australia's vaccination program back to levels not seen since 2014. The drop in vaccinations undid work that saw measles almost eliminated nationally prior to the pandemic."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-16/childhood-vaccination-rates-falling-in-australia-since-covid/105296020

CORONACORE

COVIDWAVE

PLAGUENOISE

improvised noises made at home with vocals and computerdrums and long feedback manipulations in order to somehow mark this monumental epoch in time through the cathartic process of making sound

another project by A DEMON SHEEN, created on Yowenjerre lands.