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RE: https://mstdn.social/@mcnado/116055555256743746

Cannot imagine what it is like to do this, day after day, & still keep going, to do what you can, as a medical professional… : “ I watched people die of vaccine preventable disease in ‘21-22. I hospitalized flu patients this fall who didn’t vaccinate. I’ve listened to people cling to false hope that avoiding seed oils will cure their cancer. ”
To say ‘Thank you’ is so inadequate, but it’s all I can do from the other side of the world (I am in Australia). So sorry. Thank you. 🙏🏻

#USPol #publicHealth #immunisationWorks #Medicos #prevention #vaccinePreventableDisease

Show threadRichard RatheAug 28, 2024

@Vox @future-perfect-Vox

This article may contain useful information but it has a misleading headline and does not give the whole picture...

"This ancient disease still kills 1 million people every year. - A new generation of drugs promised salvation from hepatitis B and C. What went wrong?"

First 👉 why the word "ancient"? It is irrelevant.🙄 Many human diseases have been around a long time.

Second 👉 #hepatitisB and #hepatitisC are NOT the same disease at all. One is a double-stranded #DNA virus and the other is a single-stranded #RNA virus. Conflating them just confuses the reader.

Third 👉 hepatitis B is a #VaccinePreventableDisease. The best way to deal with it is to VACCINATE people, not treat people that did not need to get it in the first place.

https://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis-b/vaccination/index.html

This information is not new. There is no vaccine for hepatitis C, so #PublicHealth measures and #drug #treatment are the only options.

#Hepatitis #Vaccine #VaccinesWork #CDC

Hepatitis B Vaccine

Learn about hepatitis B vaccination, safety, who should receive it, and where to get vaccinated.

Hepatitis B
Kristen Stuppy, MD, FAAP 🦄Dec 6, 2022

I just got a message from the Kansas health department that several cases of suspected #mumps is in our state and how to test and report if we suspect mumps.

This is where we are.

#VaccinesMatter #VaccinePreventableDisease
@tootiatricians