Tonight I'll toast to the AstraZenica #vacine. It was the first one available, and saved millions of lives. I am glad that my first #COVID19 shot was theirs. 💉
In order to combat #vaccine skepticism, we should understand where it originates.
An medical anthropologist listened to find where the attitudes came from: “The perceptions mothers share are far from isolated or fringe, and they are not unreasonable. Rather, they represent a growing population of Americans who hold the pervasive belief that U.S. health care harms more than it helps.”
“The problem with the personal freedom argument was that there was nothing personal about getting a COVID vaccine. First, people who had been vaccinated shed less infectious virus when they get COVID compared with those who hadn’t been vaccinated. Second, people who had been vaccinated were less likely to transmit the virus to others. #Vaccination#Covid19#VaccinesWork
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The next hyper-mutated SARS-CoV-2 variant on watch is BA.2.87, with a markedly different spike sequence from any prior variant, including BA.2.86. If/when it picks up new mutations like JN.1, it'll help drive another wave https://biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.02.16.580615v1
@erictopol when less than 25% of eligible adults and 15% of children get the #COVID19#Vaccine, that results in more mutations, more #LongCovid and more deaths.
"A historic new study out of Scotland shows the real-world impact of vaccines against the human papillomavirus: The country has detected no cases of cervical cancer in women born between 1988-1996 who were fully vaccinated against HPV between the ages of 12 and 13."
This is unnecessary. #Measles can be prevented and probably could be eradicated by #vaccination. Please get your children and yourself vaccinated, if you are not already #MMR#MMRvaccine
@MartMichaelis Even if most cases are mild, I don't know why so many parents think it's ok for their kids to get sick at all if there is a way to prevent it.
Misinformation and disinformation about #COVID19 vaccines alone have cost the U.S. economy an estimated $50 million to $300 million per day in direct costs from hospitalizations, long-term illness, lives lost and economic losses from missed work.
Don’t pretend you’re magic. Go get that booster shot.
“As Toronto Public Health takes its final step in winding down its #COVID19 emergency response, our fixed-site vaccination clinics will permanently close after December 13.”
Please get your children the measles vaccine. The complications are horrible: pneumonia, meningitis, blindness and seizures (fits). Measles can deplete the immune "memory" leading to vulnerability to other conditions. #VaccinesWork https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-67485037
It’s a pointless effort, but I just spent ten minutes removing high quality full colour business cards filled with anti-reality lies from each car in the Gerrard Square parking lot. I presume the source was this… choice.
@c_9 Wow! Someone went SUPER far down the rabbit hole! Betcha they couldn't have an informed discussion about it and defend their points like we can. They're shills and don't even know it. #vaccineswork#scienceworks