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This is why Michigan recommends MMR starting at 6 mo old in areas with community transmission of measles
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What does the new ACIP charter mean for us? It is not, as RFK Jr.’s flying monkey claims, “routine statutory requirements and do not signal any broader policy shift.”
It’s designed to pack the committee that makes U.S. vaccine recommendations with anti-vaccine advocates and organizations.
It’s designed to pack the committee that makes U.S. vaccine recommendations with anti-vaccine advocates and organizations.
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I do not know if an updated COVID19 vaccine will be available for Fall in the United States.
All because little men got their feelings hurt because their ideas are fucking dumb and thousands of scientists told them that.
firstwordpharma.com/story/7157141
All because little men got their feelings hurt because their ideas are fucking dumb and thousands of scientists told them that.
firstwordpharma.com/story/7157141
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RFK Jr. is taking away our access to new cancer screening and other preventative strategies in plain sight and he is getting away with it.
The U.S. Preventative Services Task Force is not allowed to meet so they can’t issue disease prevention recommendations that must be covered under the ACA.
The U.S. Preventative Services Task Force is not allowed to meet so they can’t issue disease prevention recommendations that must be covered under the ACA.
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Lenacapavir's development was built on public funding & the trust of communities many in the very countries now being locked out of access. That debt doesn't disappear because generics are "coming in 2027."
Especially when Gilead controls who those generics can even reach.
Especially when Gilead controls who those generics can even reach.
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"There are a number of studies that show one of the benefits of COVID vaccination during pregnancy is the passage of antibodies to the newborn, and then that protects the newborn against COVID"
Thanks @npr.org + @tarahaelle.bsky.social.
#MedSky + #ObGynSky.
www.npr.org/2026/03/25/nx-s1-5759732/covid-vaccination-pregnancy-safety-efficacy?utm_campaign=npr&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_term=nprnews&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwY2xjawQwvAhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEec9vQMDadPvewO3PSolWwexGqKrvH8rZ3iJNC0EBPok2LbIWDJkTJjrLXM84_aem_0G1k_ZPGqu_hnXHEbFwZIA
Thanks @npr.org + @tarahaelle.bsky.social.
#MedSky + #ObGynSky.
www.npr.org/2026/03/25/nx-s1-5759732/covid-vaccination-pregnancy-safety-efficacy?utm_campaign=npr&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_term=nprnews&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwY2xjawQwvAhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEec9vQMDadPvewO3PSolWwexGqKrvH8rZ3iJNC0EBPok2LbIWDJkTJjrLXM84_aem_0G1k_ZPGqu_hnXHEbFwZIA
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Something else that we don't talk enough about is the "what can you do about it."
In addition to getting vaccinated yourself (and vaccinating your kids if you have kids) you can push for policies that require kids attending public school be vaccinated. /3
In addition to getting vaccinated yourself (and vaccinating your kids if you have kids) you can push for policies that require kids attending public school be vaccinated. /3
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Newly uncovered memos show the basis for RFK Jr's decision to end the Covid vaccine recommendation for pregnant people and children. They're light on evidence and heavy on ideology, sources told me in my latest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/16/covid-vaccine-recommendation-kids-pregnant-people-data
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/16/covid-vaccine-recommendation-kids-pregnant-people-data
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“hypocrisy isn’t the main issue here. Rather, it’s the loss of reliable federal support for vaccines, and how that loss is already dissuading companies from developing new shots that could someday protect hundreds of millions of people from dangerous, even lethal infections.”
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"We never expected to worry that diseases we thought were gone might come roaring into their lives — yet here we are." Grandparents speak up - they know what the diseases are like and why vaccines are important.
www.sun-sentinel.com/2026/02/10/grandparents-must-forcefully-defend-vaccines-opinion/?share=r22ti0limpmdsw2eacau
www.sun-sentinel.com/2026/02/10/grandparents-must-forcefully-defend-vaccines-opinion/?share=r22ti0limpmdsw2eacau
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Read this: When #HHS rewrote the childhood vaccination schedule, it pushed several "recommended for all vaccines" to the "shared clinical decision making" category. SCDM has been conflated with informed consent by proponents of the change but it isn't that.
jakescottmd.substack.com/p/when-the-default-is-inaction
jakescottmd.substack.com/p/when-the-default-is-inaction
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This is a big deal! CIDRAP’s Vaccine Integrity Project is providing an alternative to reports from CDC and ACIP, which experts say are no longer following established science.
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Today, SSI’s max benefit is just under $1,000/month for an individual—below the poverty line.
Asset limits are stuck at $2,000 ($3,000 for couples). Income rules haven’t been meaningfully updated in decades. The system keeps people financially fragile by design.
Asset limits are stuck at $2,000 ($3,000 for couples). Income rules haven’t been meaningfully updated in decades. The system keeps people financially fragile by design.
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Stanley Plotkin had a major hand in the development of a number of vaccines in use today; he designed the rubella vaccine. He remembers the world before widespread use of vaccines & knows what's coming as vaccine policy is rewritten & vaccine confidence is eroded. www.statnews.com/2026/03/02/stanley-plotkin-profile-godfather-of-vaccines-worried/
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The Michigan Legislature actually passed 2 bills protecting more earnings and homes from creditor garnishment under Dem leadership last year, but the current Speaker Hall has so far defied the state constitution and the courts to keep the bills off the governor’s desk. youtu.be/Tf4f4KoPHcs?si=YhVAFY9kbzBJYtWV
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15 states sue Trump administration over childhood vaccines
The lawsuit asks the courts to nullify the Trump administration’s decision to reduce the childhood vaccine schedule
www.cidrap.umn.edu/15-states-sue-trump-administration-over-childhood-vaccines
The lawsuit asks the courts to nullify the Trump administration’s decision to reduce the childhood vaccine schedule
www.cidrap.umn.edu/15-states-sue-trump-administration-over-childhood-vaccines
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ACOG joins the AAP and has withdrawn from RFK Jr.'s CDC ACIP citing concerns about recent changes that undermine the committee’s scientific integrity and evidence-based approach to vaccine policy. When are the other liaison organizations going to withdraw? www.acog.org/news/news-releases/2026/02/acog-withdraws-from-cdc-advisory-committee-on-immunization-practices
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If leaders don’t care about kids’ health, maybe they’ll care about money. The report “estimates that weakening school-entry vaccine safeguards could reduce Florida’s gross domestic product by $9 billion, eliminate 64,644 jobs, and cut state & local tax revenues by nearly $1 billion over ten years.”
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Before the vaccine, 10% of measles infections resulted in deafness. Measles currently causes 100K children/yr to become blind. Even those who recover completely can later develop the fatal encephalitis. Every infection disrupts the immune system and can cause loss of all immunity to other infections
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Vaccines are critical to protecting pregnant women and their infants. ACOG’s newly updated guidance urges ob-gyns to review patients’ immunization status, recommend needed vaccines, and address barriers such as misinformation. Read the full press release for more: bit.ly/4ro56GZ
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The FDA will now review the product in adults 50 to 64 through a regular pathway, and adults over 65 via accelerated approval with a requirement to run a post-marketing study. The agency will aim to review the vaccine by Aug. 5.
www.statnews.com/2026/02/18/fda-moderna-reverse-course-flu-vaccine/
www.statnews.com/2026/02/18/fda-moderna-reverse-course-flu-vaccine/
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“Immune amnesia”… aka measles is way worse than you thought.
#Episky #medsky #publichealth
open.substack.com/pub/jenndowd/p/dont-you-forget-about-measles-the?
#Episky #medsky #publichealth
open.substack.com/pub/jenndowd/p/dont-you-forget-about-measles-the?
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Every time the government deregulates a public health feature - such as today's news about clean air rules - just remember that this is meant to add to your plate, as an individual. It's no longer the government's problem, it's yours. This is a risk transfer. It it reduces your ability to resist.
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Today as always, @citizencohn.bsky.social is a must read. Here he is on the massive danger to public health of the latest anti-vax actions by Trump’s and RFK’s FDA.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/this-is-what-destroying-the-vaccine-market-looks-like-moderna-flu-prasad-fda?selection=65950d78-d9fc-464a-a538-173d23f51aaa&r=etla&utm_medium=ios
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/this-is-what-destroying-the-vaccine-market-looks-like-moderna-flu-prasad-fda?selection=65950d78-d9fc-464a-a538-173d23f51aaa&r=etla&utm_medium=ios
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This is the key point - it's not about Moderna's flu vaccine, it's about sending a signal to the rest of the industry that vaccine development isn't viable in the US. It's all part of the larger anti-vaccine agenda.
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The American Medical Association is launching an effort to evaluate vaccine safety and effectiveness independently of U.S. government health agencies
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“They are refusing to review a new vaccine with a more flexible technology, while creating a real risk we will not have traditional vaccines for next year," @doritreiss.bsky.social said.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/10/fda-moderna-flu-vaccine
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/10/fda-moderna-flu-vaccine
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