As of December 14, the U.S. has had 391 mass shootings—more than the number of days in the year—for the seventh consecutive year.

Disgraceful.

#YourLocalEpidemiologist #DrKatelynJetelina
https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/mass-shootings-outnumber-annual-days

For those who used to follow Dr #KatelynJetelina aka #YourLocalEpidemiologist: More recently, a California version of the newsletter has been added. The CA dose written by Dr Matt Willis, former #MarinCounty Public Health Officer #SFBA. #Covid19

https://yourlocalepidemiologistca.substack.com/s/the-ca-dose

Yesterday I got last year's Pfizer COVID-19 jab 💉 in anticipation of the new boosters. 💪

Unless you are 65+, it might be a good idea to get another booster before they're replaced by the updated ones & no longer accessible to those of us under 65 and with no qualifying risk factors.

https://www.dmagazine.com/micropost/when-should-you-get-your-flu-shot-or-covid-booster/

#COVID #Booster #DMagazine #YourLocalEpidemiologist #Health #Dallas #Texas #CDC

#YLE #YourLocalEpidemiologist

What’s happening in U.S. vaccine policy?

The ACIP meeting was mostly business as usual—with a few notable exceptions.

https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/whats-happening-in-us-vaccine-policy

#us #usa #international #eu
#covid #covid19 #flu #RSV
#vaccine #universal #riskbased

New article by Katelyn Jetelina "Your Local Epidemiologist" 7-4-2025

"Third measles death
This is not normal. For three reasons.

Another child has died of measles. An 8-year-old girl. Unvaccinated. No underlying health conditions.

This is unbelievably tragic—and entirely preventable. It’s also not normal in three important ways."

https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/third-measles-death

#PublicHealth #YourLocalEpidemiologist #Measles #MeaslesUsA #Pandemics #Vaccination #Texas

#YourLocalEpidemiologist #YLE #KatelynJetelina

Why we keep going

Today thousands of health workers at the CDC and FDA lost their jobs—effective immediately.

#HIV #Asthma #airQuality #EnvironmentalHazard
#GunViolence #Communications #workersafety
#ReproductiveHealth #BirthDefects #DisabilityHealth
#TB_Prevention #BloodDisorder
#DrugUse #MentalHealth
#LeadPoisoning #WaterSafety
#TobaccoControl

https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/why-we-keep-going
#HealthCare #us #usa #sectarian #kleptofascist #billionaire #looter

“David Geier is NOT a vaccine skeptic. Stop calling him that.
Letting him head an “investigation” into vaccines and autism will legitimize his decades of lies and illegal medical treatments that harmed children.”

https://open.substack.com/pub/immunologic/p/david-geier-is-not-a-vaccine-skeptic

#Autism #Vaccines #HealthCare #Disinformation #DavidGeier #RFKJr #AntiVaxx #DHHS #YourLocalEpidemiologist #AndreaLove

#Autism diagnoses have increased globally over the last 60 years. Most of this rise is due to changes in how we define and diagnose it, but even standardized tracking suggests an increase.

What we _do_ know is that #vaccines have nothing to do with it. And every dollar spent chasing that disproven link is a dollar not spent on #research that could help parents and children.

#YourLocalEpidemiologist
https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/vaccines-dont-cause-autism-so-what