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"It’s frustrating. How can I make people understand I have a very genuine concern for their child? And I know they share that concern, but maybe it’s not the same degree of concern, because they don’t understand the illness and how severe it can become."
#healthcare #PublicHealth #measles #vaccines #immunizations #pediatricians #PrimaryCare #prevention #utah
I guess #vaccines do work after all 😳
There are already more US measles cases this year than in all of 2025
The number of measles cases in the U.S. has surpassed the record-breaking tally for all of 2025, with five more months of 2026 still to come.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention logged 2,318 cases of #measles as of Thursday, according to an agency update on Friday.
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Text Shot: The nation had 2,289 cases in 2025, the worst year for measles in more than three decades. Now, 2026 has easily become the U.S.’s worst year for measles since 1991, as major outbreaks in South Carolina, Utah and Arizona have sickened hundreds and smaller clusters of cases sparked in other states.
In November, international health officials will meet to determine if the U.S. and Mexico have lost their measles-free status. The U.S. eliminated local measles spread in 2000 by maintaining high vaccination rates, which have fallen in recent years to below the 95% coverage needed to prevent outbreaks.
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It's got beavers, snow, surf, games, coding, data entry, literary references, masks, vaccines and a race to the airport!
It's total FREE! And I'll even mail anyone a copy on request (see about).
<18k words.
In paperback: https://www.lulu.com/shop/2qx/the-monterey-protocols/paperback/product-84dydww.html
#vermont #elbowsup #maskup #vaccines #smallpox #nonproliferation #books #publichealth #nurses #healthworkers #opsec #security
U.S. Politics, flu death [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
Epidemiologist Elizabeth Jabobs on Bluesky: "Hegseth proudly announced that the flu vaccine would no longer be required for people serving in the military.
A flu outbreak is now happening at Lackland Air Force Base, and flu vaccinations are again required.
The AF has now been forced to admit that a 25-year-old recruit has died of influenza."
#USPolitics #FlueDeath #FluOutbreak #Antivaxx #Vaccines #LacklandTX
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/air-force-confirms-first-death-221419516.html?guccounter=1
If like me you're fortunate not to have anti-vax relatives, Murder Jerky would be a great person to "honor" this way.
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@lauralot90 says "Hey everyone, so you know organizations like UNICEF and whatnot that allow you to buy the kind of gifts where you donate mosquito nets or something in a person's name? Well a lot of those organizations will let you donate vaccines, as it turns out. Like right now, on UNICEF's site, providing 100 polio vaccines to kids in need is 19 USD. And I'm not saying you should buy it and then send a card to an anti-vax relative saying you've provided lifesaving vaccinations in their name, but actually that's exactly what I'm saying."
Making Sense of Science says "Petty? Yes. Am I going to do this? Also yes."
My monthly update on next generation Covid vaccines is online now @PLOS — with a new streamlined structure I hope makes it easier & quicker to read.
News on:
- a major UK grant supporting a UK/US collaboration on a vax from Stanford Uni
- another 4 trials began recruiting in China, Europe, & USA
- another 2 trials are fully recruited in Germany & USA
Plus preclinical reports:
"More than 680 people have gotten sick since the state’s first outbreak began on June 20, 2025.
Unlike measles outbreaks in Texas, South Carolina and Arizona, the spread in Utah has been tough to contain to one region — infecting undervaccinated communities in nearly every county."
https://apnews.com/article/measles-utah-outbreak-mmr-vaccine-a38602421ad658dfff468d9df0175cdc
"The outbreak comes just weeks after the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, ended mandatory flu vaccination for the military, citing the need for bodily autonomy for servicemembers."
🤔 "bodily autonomy" 🤔 — Isn't that what women want — sensibly — and what this regime and SCOTUS supermajority want to deny them? But go ahead, ditch vaccine mandates for soldiers in close quarters. 🙄
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/18/lackland-air-force-base-flu-outbreak
#VaccinesWork #vaccinate #vaccines #PublicHealth #ScienceMatters #science #hegseth #stupidity
At least 222 basic training recruits have contracted the #flu, with some requiring #hospitalization. The #outbreak has been ongoing for roughly 3 weeks.
Recruit Deaths—The #USAF is conducting a comprehensive medical review into the “sudden passing” of 25-yo-trainee Keon McDaniel, who suffered a medical emergency on June 12 & died on June 16.
#AntiVax #ConspiracyTheories #Trump #RFKJr #ItsAboutCovidOnTrumpsWatch #vanity #science #medicine #vaccines #law #military #USpol #VaccinesWork #idiocracy
ICYMI
These dumb 🤬
A major localized #flu #outbreak is currently affecting hundreds of new #MilitaryRecruits at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas. The outbreak began after “Defense” Secretary Pete #Hegseth made flu #vaccines optional in April, causing #vaccination rates to plummet to around 40%.
#AntiVax #ConspiracyTheories #Trump #RFKJr #ItsAboutCovidOnTrumpsWatch #vanity #science #medicine #vaccines #law #military #USpol #VaccinesWork #idiocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/us/flu-outbreak-air-force-base.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
NEW: After ProPublica contacted leading vaccine skeptic Dr. Joseph Mercola for an article on babies dying after parents turned down vitamin K shots, he publicly reversed his long-held stance that the shots weren't needed.
“The data is clear: vitamin K saves lives,” he wrote.
https://www.propublica.org/article/vitamin-k-shot-joseph-mercola-reversal-babies?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Health #PublicHealth #Children #Medicine #Vaccines #Parenting
The consequences of the antivaxxer #measles plague is playing out. Pregnant parents are passing it on to the defenseless children.
"Leading OB-GYN society breaks from CDC on recommended vaccines for pregnant women, including COVID-19"
"All pregnant people should get the COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza, and Tdap vaccines..."
This is the first time the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has released an immunization schedule independent of the US CDC.
#HealthCare #USA #Pregnancy #CIDRAP #Vaccines #RSV #COVID #TDAP
Harvard reports that use of an adjuvant increases duration of action and activity of mRNA vaccines against Omicron in mice studies.
#COVID #vaccines https://hms.harvard.edu/news/new-immune-system-enhancer-extends-covid-19-vaccine-protection-animal-models
"U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is pursuing federal government access to most Americans’ medical records, in a quest to research a link between vaccines and autism — a connection the medical establishment studied for decades and flatly rejects."
#PublicHealth #HHS #autism #MentalHealth #vaccines #immunizations #misinformation #EMR #EHR #infosec #datasec
uspol,healthcare [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
RFK Jr. Seeks To Peek at Americans’ Medical Records for Clues on Autism and Vaccines
To collect and scrutinize millions of Americans’ health data, U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. aims to work with state organizations that help health ...
#autism #childrens-health #disabilities #hhs #mental-health #midwest-bureau #misinformation #public-health #southern-bureau #trump-administration #vaccines
https://kffhealthnews.org/mental-health/sharing-patients-medical-records-access-rfk-jr-project-link-autism-vaccine-injuries/
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Trump Megadonor, T Mellon,🚨gave $5.5M Estate to RFK Jr’s anti vaccine Grp -transferred the adjacent CT props, covering ~300 acres, at no cost to Children’s #Health Def last year.
The donation *not prev been reported, shows🚨how tightly intertwined Mellon has become w RFK FJr & their shared work against #vaccines.
Mellon burst into the world of pol fund-raising in the Trump era.🚨During the 2024 cycle, he gave $150M to Trump’s super PAC & $25M to #RJKJr's super PAC.
#USPol
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/business/economy/mellon-kennedy-childrens-health-defense.html?smid=tw-share
"A #cancer vaccine,⚡using the same core #mRNA technology as the #COVID vaccine, has shown an almost 50% reduction in the risk of #melanoma recurrence or death when combined with immunotherapy...
Global cancer care is approaching a new breaking pt.
I was honored to be a part of the latest The Lancet Oncol Comm that projects a nearly 100M worker shortfall by 2050, wth the greatest burden falling on LMICs..."
-Dr C Young
#Health #Vaccines #HHS #RFKJr #Kakistocracy #USPol
https://www.npr.org/2026/06/01/nx-s1-5827041/cancer-vaccine-mrna-melanoma
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Post by Dr C Young on the cancer vaccine using the same core mRNA tech as the Covid vaccine:
uspol,health,healthcare [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
New Trump vaccine order based on “no credible scientific evidence,“ doctors say
Even Danish researchers think it’s bizarre.
Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/lalb2
#anti-vaccine #cdc #denmark #executive-order #health #robert-f-kennedy-jr #trump #vaccines
https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/06/doctors-blast-trump-for-doubling-down-on-vaccine-policy-modeled-after-denmark/
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A big month for next generation Covid vaccine trials!
— Details of an exciting trial in Tanzania of an intranasal vax for low-resource communities—results may come soon;
— Results from a trial of a pancoronavirus vax, with a 2nd trial for another underway in Europe;
—A pancoronavirus vax trial in Australia expands to Sydney;
— Overview of the Covid human challenge studies, as one reaches a milestone
This & more in my latest vax update @PLOS
the study about #Shingrix protecting fron the brain decay of #Alzheimer's #dementia was done at Oxford University and, interesting enough, the benefit was more conclusive in women:
New shingles vaccine could reduce risk of dementia | Oxford University - https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2024-07-25-new-shingles-vaccine-could-reduce-risk-dementia
link to the paper:
The recombinant shingles vaccine is associated with lower risk of dementia | Nature Medicine - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-03201-5
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IN OTHER NEWS
got the first of my #shingles #vaccines and:
1. did not know innoculation is broken into two parts. in another 2 months i will get the second round.
2. even though i prepared for the “flu-like symptoms” side-effects, i haven't had the flu in so long i forgot how bad it feels.
but i don't care. the evidence is too stacked in favor of the vaccine being a major deterrent in the development of #Alzheimer's #dementia.
so if y’all did know you need a 2nd shot, go get it.
It was a slow month for next generation Covid vaccine results reporting, but a big month for clinical trial news:
- A new clinical trial for intranasal and inhaled versions of a vax is on the starting blocks in the US;
- Another intranasal vax trial has expanded to another 2 cities in the US; and
- A trial for a "variant-proof" vax going into phase 2a trial in Germany.
Plus some preclinical reports & more in my latest monthly update @PLOS
Here is what #RFKJr and his minions don't want you to know about the effectiveness of #vaccines for #COVID. https://insidemedicine.substack.com/p/exclusive-heres-the-covid-19-vaccine #ImpeachRFKJr
What is it about vaccines and US politicians?
“The War Department is once again restoring freedom to our Joint Force. We are discarding the mandatory flu vaccine requirement, effective immediately,” Hegseth wrote in the post.
(...) an infection does occur.
South Carolina’s public health department has reported that the vast majority of cases in the current outbreak are in unvaccinated people (883 cases, compared to 19 people who were partially vaccinated and 26 people who were fully vaccinated.
Read more: https://whn.global/newsletter/south-carolina-measles-outbreak/
#Measles #MeaslesOutbreak #PublicHealth #InfectionPrevention #Vaccines #Vaccination
Trump nominates someone with real qualifications and not an anti-vaxxer to head CDC. Hopefully this leads to an end to the politicalization of the CDC previously seen under both Trump and Biden.
#vaccines
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/health/erica-schwartz-cdc-director-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.bVA.m3Ud.qNAoA4Jq6S5r&smid=tw-share
RE: https://halo.nu/@theguardian_world_news/116415622880172449
Reminders of my #Utah #GenX childhood, randomly hearing about those weirdos who don't vaccinate their children wanted religious exemptions.
Don't worry. This'll never be a problem because we have herd immunity.
#utpol #vaccines
Many of the families Dr. Jones has seen in the hospital for #measles are not staunchly opposed to #vaccines; they have often have delayed shots because of their concerns about the side effects. The #MMR vaccine is considered very #safe & about 97% effective in preventing #infection.
“There’s so much #misinformation out there,” he said. “They get way more information about the side effects of vaccines than they ever get about what can happen if you catch one of these #diseases.”
Vaccine skepticism increasing. Obviously RFK Jr & other right wing anti-vaxxers have been a disaster. Biden's dishonesty re Covid has also contributed to the problem.
#COVID #vaccines #antivaxxers
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/14/poll-rfk-maha-vaccine-safety-americans-00869088
The acting director of the CDC has delayed publication of a report showing the covid-19 vaccine cut the likelihood of ER visits & hospitalizations for healthy adults last winter by about half. Both Trump & Biden have politicalized the CDC blocking accurate scientific data.
#COVID #vaccines
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/04/09/covid-vaccine-report-delayed/
New feature on next generation Covid vax: Which vaccines are advancing the most?
I highlight 3 in mid- to late-stage trials, with manufacturing partners/plans—including a "universal" Covid vax & a mucosal one—and another 6 vaccines.
Plus more clinical trial results & 10 new preclinical reports.
Now @PLOS
https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2026/04/02/accelerating-development-for-some-nextgen-covid-vaxes-update-no-39/
The Vaccines in America Town Hall meeting is today at 12 PM EDT!
Register now: https://necsi-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/LqamRmnjTdSPfNgax2foMw
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"An explosion of reported measles cases in Texas’ federal detention facilities broke through to the public last month, infecting at least four El Paso residents who worked in one of the centers and potentially exposing the highly contagious disease to the wider population, according to emails obtained by The Texas Tribune through record requests."
#PublicHealth #measles #outbreak #vaccines #immunizations #immigration #ICE #DHS #detention
Rather than get mired in the thought-terminating arguments around political parties or political factions, though, I think we'd do well to reflect on what sorts of other ways of thinking feed into this one: the measured life; standardized testing; the internet of things (sensors); tracking apps of various kinds; electronic health records; data science as a profession and Big Data generally; predictive modeling; generative AI and other optimization-oriented or productivity-promising technology. All of these function to render life as an object of knowledge in one way or another. All of them trace their origins through eugenics and the patterns of thought that led to it, and all of them threaten to enable and enhance further eugenic thinking. This is not to say these things are always all bad; this is meant to be a reflection on what exactly they're for.
Why read the number of steps your FitBit told you you took today, unless there were some sense in which you want your future self to be better than your present self? It's not an accident that this is called "physical fitness", "fitness" being the Darwinian concept describing which organisms should survive. Why subject children to standardized testing unless there were some belief it made them better students? To what end tends to be left out. Why adopt a technology meant to improve productivity, unless you're of the belief that improvement (optimization) were even possible?
Generally speaking, if one is able to bring oneself to believe that a human being is made better by a data-informed technical intervention, isn't one playing the same game as these anti-autism anti-vaxxers, just with different terminology? If your answer to this provocation is that your data is better than theirs or that you're more aligned with reality than they are--some variation of "the science is on our side"--you've ceded the territory: this is more of the same optimization logic that brought us to this point to begin with. I think we have no choice but to do better than this.
That's my reflection anyway.
#USPol #autism #vaccination #vaccines #antivax #eugenics #BigData #AI #PredictiveModeling #DataScience #science