Really sad and unnecessary deaths because of idiot parents and disinformation from anti-vaxers.

Alberta and Saskatchewan have a small but loud faction of antivax ideology. RFK and his quacks run a lot of cottage industries for quack cures which they spread misinformation on vaccines. Even some MLA s quietly cultivate the antivax voting base.

Three weeks after a leading scientist at the National Institutes of Health filed a whistle-blower complaint against the Trump administration, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy fired her. @nytimes.com

Apparently Alberta alone has had more reported cases than the US this year.... all over the province. Sadly this death was not unexpected...statistically speaking... so a true tragedy. .. .. (Perhaps we in the US have been fortunate Canadians are not traveling much this year)

The HPV vaccine is doing what had been promised. 17 years after it became available, HPV infections decreased significantly in vaccinated people and unvaccinated people because of herd immunity. buff.ly/WvjQ1BS h/t @boghuma.bsky.social #medsky #pedsky 🛟🧪

Kind words from: @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @julianwalker.bsky.social @jonathanjarry.bsky.social @doritreiss.bsky.social

This is what happens when you don’t vaccinate kids against measles. Whether it’s religious anti-vaxxerism in Israel or the secular kind in the U.S., the awful results are the same.

MAGA hero Jay Bhattacharya says that “political priorities may override the scoring system provided by outside experts appointed to hundreds of review panels” This is absolutely disgusting & utterly scandalous. If your study doesn’t fit with Trump & Bhattacharya’s right wing ideology, it’s toast 👀

Miller has Fascist Hissy #3 today after another court ruling. This one from a judge appointed by radical left marxist Donald J Trump.

Broadview police chief accuses ICE agents of making false 911 calls www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

“An ICE agent claimed someone was trying to force their way into a door, but it was just a CBS News Chicago photographer filming the exterior of the building.”

Jesus Christ. DHS has held this guy in the hospital handcuffed to a bed and under constant guard for over a MONTH without ANY warrant or even ANY steps taken towards putting him into the removal system!

"Today, MeningitisAwareness.org announced the launch of an educational video series for healthcare providers to support timely meningococcal vaccination of at-risk teens." ktla.com/business/pre...

RFK Jr.’s new regime puts vaccine coverage for low-income children in jeopardy @nhelp.bsky.social healthlaw.org/rfk-jr-s-new...

This is the world that RFK Jr and other extreme anti-vaccine activists & conspiracy theorists are working towards 😢

Premature baby dies of measles in Alberta after pregnant mother contracts disease www.nsnews.com/politics/pre... via @northshorenews.bsky.social

Want to add that MMR isn’t given until 12 months of age. All infants are at risk. This is why vaccination is so important.

🦠 All of them “were healthy with no underlying conditions” 😔

Ya, and AV typically brush this off as a severe complication that wouldn't happen in a non 3rd world country. It absolutely does happen in nations with modern healthcare and can easily get worse when the vaccination rates drop more. ANY kid suffering these complications is 1 too many.

But she was still hungry...

TY... at this point, I'm afraid any vaccine effect could be mitigated by the actions of the current ACIP. If their next step is to decline to update vaccine formulas to match mutations, or to further restrict access by arcane "rules"... infection rates will climb....

There is already strong evidence that COVID infection is associated with increased dementia, so it wouldn't be surprising if preventing infection is associated with a decrease. www.nature.com/articles/s44... pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... news.uthscsa.edu/long-covid-a...

RFK Jr. fires NIH vaccine whistleblower Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-... via @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy

I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that pathogenic viruses are bad for humans & we should avoid them. Vaccination helps. Masking in public indoor spaces, improved air filtration in indoor spaces, and handwashing will also help. We could change the trajectory of human aging with these steps.

Six young children died, one facing amputation of limbs, all unvaccinated, all from measles. Protect your children. belaaz.com/news/11-mont...

We’ll Never Miss a Flu Shot Again: How influenza harmed two of this family's children, leaving one with permanent disabilities. www.voicesforvaccines.org/well-never-m... via @voices4vaccines.bsky.social

Says Renee Gentry: the National Vaccine Injury Program needs updating. This is an issue that can and should get bi-partisan support. news.bloomberglaw.com/product-liab... via @bloomberglaw.com

Canada is rolling out it’s updated Covid vaccine mid October. Free.

Horrifying. #Autism #RussiaInspiredApproachtoEugenics

US COVID activity falling The rate of test positivity and percentage of emergency department visits diagnosed as COVID-19 significantly declined in September.

Reports identify weakness in global pipeline for new antibiotics, diagnostics The WHO says the pipeline for new antibiotics faces a "dual crisis" of scarcity and lack of innovation and that low-resource settings need simpler and faster diagnostic tests. www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...

Mr. 15-years-old got his vaccines, too. pbs.twimg.com/media/G2Wrkd...

Jumping Without a Net: there are good reasons babies are vaccinated against Hepatitis B, and removing it is inviting more children getting chronic hepatitis B, explains @pauloffit.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/pauloffi...

"The lag by the CDC is very unusual. Typically, the CDC acts within days — sometimes hours... The delay has created "a lot of confusion..." www.npr.org/sections/sho... via @npr.org @robsteinnews.bsky.social

Trump's call to split up the MMR childhood vaccine revives long-settled debate www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-s... via @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy @celinegounder.com

Can Americans Trust RFK Jr.'s Health Advice? Not really. A Breakdown on Vaccines, Autism, Food Dyes, and More reason.com/2025/09/30/c... via @reason.com @ronaldbailey.bsky.social

The Trump administration’s Soviet approach to autism policy: skewing the data to fit a political agenda isn't helpful. www.statnews.com/2025/09/30/r... via @statnews.com, Ari Ne'eman

I accidentally let my Tdap vaccine lapse last year. I’m a classroom teacher, and I wound up contracting whooping cough. Don’t let this happen to you! I coughed for six months, had pleurisy, and needed a microphone in order to speak to my class.

"Juxtaposed with Leo's lawsuit, & the unending horrors perpetrated by Trump's goons in Alabama & elsewhere, Kavanaugh's concurrence in Vasquez Perdomo becomes more preposterous w/each passing day." Excellent piece by @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social. ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/brett...

Last year, CNN ran a “fact check” of Kamala HQ that claimed we were lying for saying Trump’s plan is Project 2025. Now Trump is outright admitting it’s his plan. Legacy media failed the country.

"Leo [Leonardo Garcias Venegas, a 26-year-old natural-born American citizen] is trying to sue on behalf of people who are experiencing exactly what Justice Brett Kavanaugh recently claimed people don’t experience." ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/brett...

The baby was too young. To protect tiny infants, adults need to have a booster every ten years.

Pete Hegseth has challenged America’s generals to look more like him. Does that mean his Pentagon make-up room is now open for all?

Pete Hegseth has challenged JD Vance to shave his beard. Vance has challenged Hegseth to grow one. Will American masculinity ever be the same?

I assumed he was talking about woke kids cancelling ppl but saying that Trump is worse than MBS on free speech it’s almost as dumb

Complaining about cancel culture in Riyadh is one of the best examples I've seen of how "free speech culture" rots the brain.

Mississippi Baby Dies of Whooping Cough, the State’s First Pertussis Death in 13 Years www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...

ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white. Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace. That’s not making America great again.