I'm stuck in a hospital bed and one of the catering staff stops for a chat and divulges they're an antivaxxer.

No thank you. I'm already disabled enough.

Get vaccinated. Wear a mask.

#wearamask #maskup #CovidIsNotOver #vaccinate #disabled

Stupid people who ignore or deny science, facts and reality cost us all —

"Military services again requiring recruits to get flu shots as Air Force outbreak grows" https://abcnews.com/Health/military-services-requiring-recruits-flu-shots-air-force/story?id=134126794
h/t @mekkaokereke
https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/116804837552731113
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Military services again requiring recruits to get flu shots as Air Force outbreak grows

A flu outbreak at a basic training facility for the Air Force in San Antonio, Texas, is growing to at least 222 cases and four hospitalizations.

ABC News
@KimSJ (Spoiler alert :)
(Cases currently very low. But ICUs still report deaths and severe cases, overwhelming majority of them unvaccinated. On average 24% of infected persons !even if not getting sick! develop long covid. Also we can't get rid of the virus in the body completely and it is cumulative. The immune system needs to deal lifelong with each of the variants collected. Just sayin' ^.^ #maskup #vaccinate )

"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

Nearly 160 sick with flu at US air force base after Hegseth ends mandatory vaccines

Reports say Texas recruits ill from outbreak, which comes weeks after defense secretary made flu vaccine optional

The Guardian
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06... Rebecca wanted to vaccinate her child, but she was too young. Now, with some preventable diseases on the rise again in Britain, Australia #Auspol #news #Health #Vaccinate

As vaccination rates fall in A...
As vaccination rates fall in Australia, a British mother has a warning

Measles killed Rebecca Archer's daughter Renae slowly and silently over a decade. She has a message for the growing number of parents hesitant to have their children vaccinated.    

TWiV 1326: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

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TWiV 1326: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

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TWiV 1322: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin - Hantavirus special

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If there was a simple way to avoid getting cancer — to really reduce the risk — would you follow instructions?

Great reporting from @lizszabo.bsky.social on the safety and effectiveness of the HPV (human papilloma virus) vaccine, as well as the pain and suffering (physical and mental) caused by HPV.

#GetVaccinated #VaccinesWork #vaccinate #vaccines #HPV
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