@docjeffd
Retired Health Officer & Chief, Communicable Disease Epidemiology & Immunization Section for Public Health–Seattle & King County, WA. EIS ‘92 Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Division of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, U of Washington.
“…heightened cumulative lifespan stress & elevated inflammation were associated with shorter survival among Black participants, suggesting these pathways may represent plausible mechanisms mediating racial disparities in mortality among Black & White US individuals.”
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Rejecting Decades of Science, Vaccine Panel Chair Says Polio and Other Shots Should Be Optional
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Here’s a more appropriate way for the U.S. to strive to be more like Denmark.
“Denmark remains on course to meet its 2030 target of slashing its territorial greenhouse gas emissions by 70% from 1990 levels…”
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Trump Administration Plans to Break Up Premier Weather and Climate Research Center
“The center, founded in 1960, is responsible for many of the biggest scientific advances in humanity’s understanding of weather and climate.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...
“The first time a constituent of mine dies because of measles, I’m going to lose my mind, because we should never have a person in America die of measles in 2025 because they wouldn’t take a damn vaccine.” SC State Senator Josh Kimbrell (R).
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/u...
“Rising health care spending is killing the American dream.
$27,000 a Year for Health Insurance. How Can We Afford That? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/o...
“Almost every statement made by this committee was misinformation, disinformation, or outright lies…They are cherry-picking data, pulling up fringe papers, misunderstanding good papers. They are not the right people to be making decisions.”
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“The privilege that American scientists have taken for granted—one that is now being trampled—is the ability to go about their work free of political interference.”
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“The West Coast Health Alliance (WCHA) strongly supports that hepatitis B vaccination continue to be routinely offered to all newborns…”
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“The…meeting of ACIP-the committee that once guided evidence-based US vaccine policy before being upended under RFK Jr.—just wrapped. &…it was something else. Disgraceful. Unprepared. Dysfunctional. Incompetent. Terrifying. Embarrassing. Opaque.”
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“The days of trusting A.C.I.P. and C.D.C. for vaccine recommendations are gone…”
An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
“We wanted to see if there was any new evidence…that justified delaying the birth dose for newborns. What we found is that there’s not any new evidence to suggest that delaying the birth dose would be safer or more efficacious in the US population.”
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“Further, based on our body of work on this topic and the overwhelming scientific consensus, we support the statement that vaccines do not cause autism.”
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Why the AMA’s actions are raising alarms canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/22/w... by @codeblackamerica.bsky.social, @nicktsergas.ca
“Our organizations, representing autistic individuals, their families, medical professionals & public health workers, are alarmed that the CDC is promoting the outdated, disproven idea that vaccines cause autism.”
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“The new preventive strategies reduce hospitalizations by roughly 70% to 85%, representing one of the largest single advances in respiratory virus prevention in decades.”
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“ Studies show that heat, air pollution, disease spread and food insecurity linked to climate change are worsening and costing millions of lives around the world each year.”
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“Washington State Department of Health is working with local, state, Oregon Health Authority and federal public health partners to investigate Shiga Toxin-Producing E. coli (STEC) infections linked to consumption of aged, raw milk cheese.”
www.foodsafetynews.com/2025/10/e-co...
“Most of the bills…were supported by at least one of four national groups connected to Kennedy: MAHA Action, Stand for Health Freedom, the National Vaccine Information Center and the Weston A. Price Foundation. The groups also opposed dozens of science-driven bills.”
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“The Measles Exposure Location Tracker shows public places where a person with contagious measles recently was.”
Excellent!
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“The prevalence of reported conflicts of interest in the CDC's ACIP and the FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee has declined from the early 2000s to historically low levels through 2024, attributed to policy changes and increased scrutiny.”
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“Heat probably plays the most crucial role in generating these micro- and nanoplastics…”
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“You’ll be able to get an updated coronavirus shot in every state without a prescription…You should be able walk into your pharmacy just like you have every other season…Most Americans are expected to keep free access to Coronavirus vaccines.”
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
“I cannot think of a single benefit of splitting up these vaccines. It was a terrific scientific triumph to be able to put them all together.” [said William Schaffner, an epidemiologist and professor of public policy at Vanderbilt University.]
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“AAFP’s recommendations are closely aligned with other medical societies to ensure continuity for both patients and physicians…We review the same evidence and share the same goal: supporting physicians in protecting patients through safe, effective vaccination.”
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“…Dr. Marrazzo and Dr. Neuzil “came forward to inform the public about the serious dangers to public health that the country and the world face.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/h...
I think more exciting if you’re an Astros fan.
Washington State Department of Health issues a standing order authorizing health care providers (including pharmacists) to administer the most updated versions of COVID-19 vaccines to all persons aged 6 months and older, including pregnant individuals.
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