Bruce Mirken17h ago
From the Department of Unintended Consequences: How #antivaxxers are making #BigPharma richer: https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap-op-ed-when-you-get-what-you-wish-how-anti-vax-advocacy-making-big-pharma-bigger
CIDRAP Op-Ed: When you get what you wish for: How anti-vax advocacy is making Big Pharma bigger

CIDRAP
Show threadNonilex4d ago

“It’s kind of like if you were a firefighter trying to put out a house fire, & somebody is standing on the hose trying to have a philosophical debate with you about whether water is good or not,” he said.

#RFKJr #Trump #idiocracy #PublicDisservice #PublicHealth #InfectiousDisease #AntiVaxxers #disinformation #ConspiracyTheories #science #medicine #disease

Show threadNonilex4d ago

The #virus has jumped between under-vaccinated groups of people across the state. Dr. Leisha Nolen, the #Utah state epidemiologist, said that #measles cases had emerged in 22 of the state’s 29 counties. Most of the counties that have been spared have very small populations, she added.

#RFKJr #Trump #idiocracy #PublicDisservice #PublicHealth #InfectiousDisease #AntiVaxxers #disinformation #ConspiracyTheories #science #medicine #disease

Show threadNonilex4d ago

…For more than a year, large #measles #outbreaks have popped up all over the #US, in places including #Texas & #SouthCarolina. But unlike those outbreaks & many of others over the last 2 decades—which have often had ties to insular religious communities, like Mennonite, Amish & ultra-Orthodox Jewish groups—the virus appears to be spreading through the broader population in #Utah.

#RFKJr #Trump #idiocracy #PublicHealth #InfectiousDisease #AntiVaxxers #disinformation #ConspiracyTheories #medicine

Nonilex4d ago

#Utah Becomes the New Center of #US #Measles Cases

Nearly 600 people have been sickened across the state, which has seen an increase in recent #vaccine exemptions among #children.

#RFKJr #Trump #idiocracy #PublicDisservice #PublicHealth #InfectiousDisease #AntiVaxxers #ConspiracyTheories #science #medicine #research #disease #ethics #HHS #NIH #CDC #FDA #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/well/measles-cases-utah.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Utah Becomes the New Center of U.S. Measles Cases

Nearly 600 people have been sickened across the state, which has seen an increase in vaccine exemptions among children in recent years.

The New York Times
Glyn Moody5d ago
Measles takes a plane to Idaho, which has worst vaccination rate in US - https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/04/airport-measles-case-reported-in-idaho-state-with-lowest-vaccination-rate/ what could possibly go wrong? #antivaxxers
Measles takes a plane to Idaho, which has worst vaccination rate in US

In the 2024-2025 school year, only 78.5% of kindergartners had measles vaccination.

Ars Technica
Techdirt6d ago

The CDC Doesn’t Want You To See A CDC Report On How Effective COVID Vaccines Are

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/14/the-cdc-doesnt-want-you-to-see-a-cdc-report-on-how-effective-covid-vaccines-are/

The CDC Doesn’t Want You To See A CDC Report On How Effective COVID Vaccines Are

One of the most remarkable staffing decisions of the second Trump administration has been to allow the anti-vaxxers to run America’s health agencies. While RFK Jr. and his cadre of lieutenant…

Techdirt
Ron Chusid6d ago
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
More Americans doubt vaccine safety than trust it, POLITICO Poll finds

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s views are commonplace across the land.

Politico
Ceridwen 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Apr 10

#Canada #TheFifthEstate The #ostrich con: Arguments to save birds from cull in #BC were based on falsehoods, evidence shows

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ostrich-farm-arguments-cull-9.7157710

#CBCNews #OstrichFarm #UniversalOstrichFarm #OstrichGrift #GriftRacing #Canadian #RuralDisadvantage #PharmaWoo #LiesLiesLies #UrbanAgriculture #AntiVax #AntiVaxxers #RightWing #grifters #canada

The ostrich con: Arguments to save birds from cull in B.C. were based on falsehoods, evidence shows | CBC News

The 10-month standoff on a B.C. ostrich farm last year was the most expensive poultry cull in Canada’s history. A fifth estate investigation reveals the campaign to save the ostriches was based on falsehoods.

CBC
Glyn MoodyApr 8
#Flu vaccine linked to lower #Alzheimer's risk - https://boingboing.net/2026/04/07/flu-vaccine-linked-to-lower-alzheimers-risk.html take that #antivaxxers
Flu vaccine linked to lower Alzheimer's risk

Turns out the humble flu jab might be doing more for your brain than the supplements being hawked on podcasts

Boing Boing