Got a #polio booster shot today, with 1 day notice. I assumed I'd be "that weird guy" asking for a booster, but the nurse told me he's been doing multiple patients PER DAY.
Yay that #sandiego has a stream of sensible people getting vaccinated, boo that it's even a thing that has to be done.
We should be able to legally hunt antivax proponents.
"We found that long-forgotten plagues have roared back, killing and maiming children in parts of the world where access to vaccines or trust in them faltered. What seemed like subtle changes to a country’s vaccine policies had disastrous consequences years later."
https://www.propublica.org/article/rfk-jr-vaccine-agenda-childhood-plagues
#PublicHealth #vaccines #immunizations #disabilities #measles #meningitis #covid #smallpox #diphtheria #tetanus #rubella #polio #HHS #CDC #ACIP #mistrust #misinformation #gavi #GlobalHealth
The health secretary is spreading doubts about vaccine safety and considering changes that could prompt manufacturers to flee the U.S. market. History has shown how plagues from the past can roar back when trust in shots — or access to them — falters.
Well, this is sweet. The NYT is writing obits for “remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times.”
And the one from a few days ago is about Eleanor Abbott, who created Candy Land “to distract children who were suffering in the hospital during a polio outbreak.”
I remember Candy Land from many many years ago. And wow: “Today, more than 60 percent of households with children under 5 own the game.”
I had no idea that Candy Land was a response to #polio wards.
Fascinating and much overdue obituary of the game designer, Eleanor Abbott.
#FYI #USA #MicrobeTV #ThisWeekInVirology #DanielGriffin #VincentRacaniello #MASA #MakeAmericaSaneAgain #infectiousdiseases #vaccinate #vaccines #polio #measles #covid19 #covid #sarscov2 #LongCovid #influenza #flu #RSV
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Dr. Griffin's bowtie of today: Helicobacter pylori (wash your hands goddamit! -.-)
MAHA Institute: Nix The Entire Childhood Vaccine Schedule
#Polio fears resurgence as #US #vaccine adviser questions need for #childhood shots
Preventable #infectious #diseases surging & US vaccines adviser says all vaccine may be reconsidered. Experts bracing for more polio cases. Survivors say #health system not ready for polio
We don’t have #healthcare infrastructure deal with a polio outbreak said Grace Rossow, an operating-room coordinator, who has long-term health issues due to polio as an #infant
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/23/polio-vaccines-us
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