37 interviews reveal gaps in ID physician-public health ties; 4️⃣ key fixes: better data, standard reports, early updates, ID training in command/media. Strong ties vital for future pandemics.
Maybe we will be among the victims.
It is our destiny apparently.
You are so right and I’m right there with you. The echos of the Covid emergency within healthcare leadership are also an underestimated and under discussed outcome that will affect many people.
The season has officially begun apparently 😩
I hate post-flu staph pneumonia. It’s awful.
#Medsky🧪 #IDsky #immunosky #pedsky #publichealth In this national cohort study of 28 mil individuals, the results found no increased risk of 4-year all-cause mortality in individuals aged 18 to 59 years vaccinated against #COVID ,
“Thank you all for all of your kind words. When I first started to speak at the meeting today, I had no idea what the reaction was going to be. I am no hero. I am just one of the many public health scientists at CDC who happens to have been entrusted with a leadership role and the platform to be able to put words to what we were all thinking. The real credit (and the cookies) should go to the teams in the Division of Viral Hepatitis, Immunization Safety Office (DHQP), Immunization Services Division, and NCIRD OD who did the real work that led up to today. If you want to do something to recognize the hard work that went into making it possible for me to stand up this week and advocate for our children, do something for those groups, or better yet, do something for the unsung heroes you work with every day. They deserve the acclamation as much or more than I do.”
We are leaving you tonight we words from Adam Langer aka our fav CDC hero who went toe to toe with ACIP today. 💪
If ACIP chooses to ignore evidence, when it comes to vaccines, parents and clinicians must ignore ACIP and look to those who continue to offer data-based guidance, especially our medical societies.
ACIP is comparing the US childhood vaccine schedule with those of other countries. Why is the US schedule different? We explain.
ACIP is discussing the US childhood vaccine schedule. Why does it have so many shots? We explain.
Again with the incidence vs prevalence confusion and misdirection. I don’t think clarity on these definitions is too much too much to ask. #acip
When I see this image, I see medical progress. Each of those needles represents a safe and effective way to prevent serious infections. Those needles save lives, decrease need for hospitalization, reduce sick days and keep kids and families healthier. I love those needles. #acip
Retsef Levi at seems to be against all recommendations and expects parents to be pediatricians. Why don’t they just abolish all recommendations and say “you do you”? What’s the point of #acip without advice?
On vote 1: Yes- 8, No-3 - vote passes. The universal birth dose of Hep B will no longer be recommended by ACIP to children whose mothers are negative for HepBsAg.
#acip member griffin just said hbv vaccine birth dose is a “safety net” and she has a problem with using babies as a “safety net”. What an amazing misunderstanding! The safety net is FOR the babies. 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
Dr. Goldman of ACP: "I agree with you on the Principles of scientific inquiry and rigor that you opened the meeting with. I would just like to see this committee actually use it in practice." #acip
1/ Tomorrow, #ACIP —the committee guiding U.S. vaccine policy—will review the entire childhood vaccine schedule. This is the same committee RFK Jr. overhauled, including long-time vaccine skeptics and COVID-19 contrarians. With that in mind, we think it’s important that you know the facts👇
Yep. I think this covers it.
“It” being the #acip meeting
www.defendpublichealth.org/press-releas...
#acip members are having trouble with the difference between incidence and prevalence 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
But the clinicians here can advocate for doing the right thing. We can work together and educate one another and then speak with authority to our patients. We can change hearts and minds. We just have to keep chipping away and not give up.
I get the distinct impression that some of the #acip members would be against treating drinking water to remove coliforms.
#ACIP meeting 🤦🏼♀️ 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
I would love to read it!
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Can we prove that chicken nuggets don't cause autism?
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Study from Sweden, country that doesn't vaccinate for COVID19 its whole population:
"In this work, we demonstrate an increased risk of cardiovascular disease after Covid-19, also among mild cases, findings relevant from both a public health and healthcare perspective."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Mass General Brigham studied 18,124 births and found that children exposed to maternal COVID-19 in the womb had a 29% higher risk of neurodevelopmental diagnoses by age 3, especially if exposure happened in the third trimester or in male children.
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