Karen from @voices4vaccines.bsky.social reminds us that our real opponents in this fight are germs, not other people, and our allies are communities that don’t want to be sick.

Says Karen from @voices4vaccines.bsky.social: Incredible thing happened: Maine taught lobsters to vaccinate. Antivaccine activists: this is a joke.

If our plan to stop Hep B is to test every mother before vaccinating baby, kids will fall through the gaps. That's millions of moms to screen each year. By testing AND vaccinating, we prevent the most cases in newborns.

General pediatrician here; thanks so much for your efforts.

Tomorrow, this lawyer is presenting about the #vaccine schedule to #ACIP. www.voicesforvaccines.org?s=Siri&lang=en

lots of misinformation in the comments now. For example the "only a few days" myth is debunked here by @aboutpediatrics.bsky.social vaxopedia.org/2019/10/02/a...

Lies! The Hep B vaccine was studied for more than 7 days! #ACIP

I'm going to sound like a broken record by the way I keep mentioning how 95% of Somalis in the Twin Cities metro area are US citizens, but very few mainstream outlets are pointing this out. This should be very basic stuff for any news organization.

This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream

hepatitis B vaccination is not associated with an increased risk of multiple sclerosis.... an HHS funded study. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12707063/

Dear #ACIP: maybe find an expert who knows how to read the entire study. Maybe someone who isn’t a climate researcher?

On chronic disease only data from 2005 on. large decline in infants almost to nothing after universal dose. To try and downplay it she alleges "steep decline before universal birth dose".

Alleges decline due to safe sex programs, blood screening and drug use program - but that won't affect the cases in children, which is the focus here. This is really bad. #ACIP

Climate researcher guessing it had to be anything but the vaccine at #ACIP.

#ACIP so far: Most of the drop in Hep B transmission which still leaves some newborns at risk for liver cancer is fine because only 80% of parents wanted the vaccine for their newborn.

This is unconvincing on their own evidence, and note they do not at all address the risks of hepatitis B and the benefits of vaccination. "Some parent groups would like greater flexibility and ability to decide what's best for their child" - they can refuse now. #ACIP.

Vaccinating newborns against hepatitis B saves lives. Why might a CDC panel stop recommending it? The universal HBV birth dose has prevented more than 90,000 childhood deaths since 1991, but a federal vaccine advisory group may vote to end the practice. www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...

Poor guy’s been tuckered out. All that starting work at noon will get to ya

Other members are anti-vaxxers and Covid contrarians that came up with RFK Jr. The group has less power now bc experts, scientists and doctors don't take them seriously, but it can still do harm ... mostly for America's poorest children. The public meeting starts tomorrow. www.ms.now/news/rfk-jr-...

Maybe—let me just throw this out there as a possibility—they SHOULD be uncomfortable and ashamed of having so much.

RIP CDC 1946-2025

I received an email today from a woman who believes that the MMR vaccine caused her daughter’s multiple sclerosis. Given my own personal experience with MS, I have looked into this. There is no association between MMR vaccine and MS; in fact, the study below suggests that MMR may be protective.

My 14-year-old self would never have guessed that, in 50 years' time, all the world's music would be available at the click of a button, you'd navigate the globe by carrying a tiny computer around in your pocket, and the US President would post a video of himself shitting over American citizens.

In just eight months, President Trump has secured a jillion dollars of new investment and reduced crime by infinity percent. Eat that, libs.

Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down. The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

Patents from the presenter. patents.justia.com/inventor/bru...

I’m getting tired of studies that aren’t in the public domain being put on the public record. This is not normal.

Why is an incomplete, unpublished study of 50 people being presented at ACIP?

ACIP is supposed to craft and vote on final language. This is amateurish.

Cool bit of information, cases of disease decrease in older populations over time because babies become older people.

Withholding treatments known to be effective against disease has some ethical problems.

HHS says that 1000 moms transmit hep B to their babies at birth per year! More info on the birth dose here: www.voicesforvaccines.org/jtf_topics/d...

It’s actually painful to listen to this ACIP meeting.

This is awful. These people should not be on ACIP.

The form of mercury that was used in a small proportion of flu vaccines was safe. Because not all mercury-containing compounds are the same.

Rubella was an absolutely devastating disease. Then we crushed it with vaccines.

Febrile seizures sound scary, but they aren't usually dangerous, and aren't indicative of a seizure disorder. www.chop.edu/vaccine-educ...

Diseases that we vaccinate against can increase your risk of seizures. www.voicesforvaccines.org/jtf_topics/d...

Dr. Jake Scott asks why ACIP is asking about the MMRV when there's NO new data to report. "We've known about the seizure risk since 2005 and have been transparently discussing it with parents for nearly 20 years. Highlighting it again seems designed to amplify fear rather than improve safety."

Congratulations to Xp Lee on his victory tonight. I know that he’ll carry on the legacy of our dear friend Melissa Hortman and fight for all of his constituents at the MN State House. Read my full statement below.

"As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald."

Everyone should be free from the fear of violence.

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Seems like the RFK hearing went about as well as everything else related to RFK.

Fuck this guy

PULTE: Public officials shouldn't be exempt from scrutiny SORKIN: Speaking of that, Ken Paxton has at least 3 examples of alleged mortgage fraud. Are you looking at that? PULTE: Unless it's been made public, I'm not going to comment on any specific situation S: Why wouldn't you make it public?