Adopting another country’s immunisation schedule and calling it “shared decision-making” sounds reasonable. What could go wrong? I’ve written a piece unpacking the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule changes. Comes with audio and assets. Join my substack 😀 drhelenph.substack.com/p/shared-dec...

My latest blog, breaking down RFK Jr.’s tin foil hat claims about aluminium in vaccines and autism. Epidemiologists see adjusted hazard ratios. RFK Jr. sees messages from the aluminium mothership🪱🚀 diplomaticimmunity.blog/no-rfk-jr-th...

1/ Aluminium in Vaccines — What 1.2 Million Kids Just Told Us A huge Danish study by @andershviid.bsky.social and team just looked at aluminium in childhood vaccines and 50+ chronic diseases. What did they find? Not harm. Not even a whisper of it. Here’s what you need to know ⬇️

1/2 LOGIC LEAKS: In the swirling chaos of vaccine misinformation, this argument keeps bubbling up: “But injected aluminium is different!” Yes — it is. So is drinking vs. drowning. Route matters. But that doesn’t make aluminium adjuvants dangerous.

There is no bottom to the depths that tyranny will dive. #supportscience #academicfreedom

😡i made a meme

Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is a rare neurological disorder where the body’s immune system attacks the nerves, affecting about 1 to 4 people per 100,000 each year. It is rare! You need a lot of people to be able to do a study like this one!👇

Well said.

The last few years have been pretty hard & I’ve largely become a bit of a hermit. But I’ve briefly emerged to talk about the thing that’s reignited my spark - menstrual cups! Thanks to NZ Women’s Weekly and Elizabeth Easther for coaxing me out of my shell. www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/si...

The WHO Pandemic Agreement is not a global coup. It’s a blueprint for doing pandemics less badly next time. Yes, I support it. It strengthens cooperation, not control.

New: Walmart heiress Christy Walton is backing a vaccine watchdog effort at @cidrap.bsky.social as measles surges and political pressure mounts on US health agencies. “This is a firebreak against political arson,” @helenp-h.bsky.social told me. Gift link to Bloomberg story ⬇ tinyurl.com/4nwbjefr

The roads are certainly leading to Rome on the matter of shingles vaccine and reduced dementia risk. Cool aye ! 😎

Another victim of political whim and the delegitimization of science. 🤬Breaks my heart. 💔 www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3606...

🧠 Can vaccines protect your brain? Latest blog. The evidence is growing - shingles, flu & COVID vaccines lower risk of dementia & stroke. Better vaxxed than sorry. Hope they expanded funding Viral villains vs vaccine heroes 👉 diplomaticimmunity.blog/dementia-and... #Vaccines #BrainHealth #Shingrix

An excellent long read about how conspiracist attacked one of the worlds leading scientific journals. Both extraordinary and also horribly unsurprising. www.computerweekly.com/news/3665534...

Nice explainer on why letting H5N1 rip (yes, it was proposed by RFK Jr.) is a terrible, ignorant, and flat-out dangerous idea for many reasons... Kudos to @drjenndowd.bsky.social 🛟📉🧪 policy

Holy shit. This is *the* gold-standard measurement of atmospheric CO2 -- the one in all the charts.

One of the safest and most effective vaccines ever developed, and also one struggling against tsunami of disinformation.

💉 As many warned (me too), RFK Jr’s words at his confirmation hearings were just to get him where he wanted to be. He was never not going to be anti-vax. Note these are terminations – cutting work currently underway short. (The article is pay-walled; more below.) 🧵⬇️ 1/n

1/3 My latest offering - a summary of the last 50-years of MMR safety data: The MMR vaccine has been tested. Repeatedly. For decades (in case there was actually any doubt!). Yet, zombie myths just won’t die. 🧟‍♂️ 1/3

And of course there’s more bsky.app/profile/drja...

Not surprising but awful none the less 😬😢

🚀 Cool New Study: Impact of Vaccination Site on Immune Response—In 🐁 Vaccines kickstart immune responses in nearby lymph nodes,. A new study in The Jnl of Immunology tested COVID-19 vaccine doses in mice, comparing same-arm (ipsilateral) vs. different-arm (contralateral) vaccination. 1/4

While we are enroute to 1933 there will be a visit to 1998 😬🙄

An unethical and absurd move ignoring the reality that these communities face higher risks and earlier onset of bowel cancer. It's not just immoral, it's reckless and deadly. What next? Move infant vaccination to mid-life to make it fair for older people? FFS! e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...

Can’t believe we are having these conversations like it’s the ‘90s FFS! This should not be happening.

📢 New Study - A Natural Exp in Vaccine-Only Protection Against Omicron💉 NZs unique COVID-19 response created a natural experiment: Omicron hit a population with almost no prior SARS-CoV-2 infection—offering a test of vaccine-only immunity.🤩 @janinepaynter.bsky.social Why does this matter now?👇

This is brilliant! Why indeed do we have to put up with so much bungling and nonsense from this less than 10 percenter

Appalling. Absolutely appalling. So many people will die.

Think about it.

Good capture by Dr @legallyfeminist.bsky.social Agree with everything noted by her. | Online violence and misogyny are still on the rise – NZ needs a tougher response theconversation.com/online-viole...

Vaccine confidence is at a dangerous crossroads. The same COVID-19 vaccines that saved millions of lives are now caught in a sea of misinformation, distrust, and complacency. Belief in vaccines’ safety and effectiveness has dropped sharply worldwide, with young people particularly affected.😔👇

And so the dumb f*ery continues. Buckle up. 2025 gonna be blast for public health 😬🤯🫣 www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

I don’t normally stray here into politics, but this is global health and child mortality: somewhat terrified this will negatively impact not just public health in the USA, but could normalise this view further afield

My restrained rant about disinformation and gentle call to action. theconversation.com/deliberate-d...

Sobering account of the measles epidemic and a timely reminder of the bad actors. Investigative Journalism at its best. 👍 www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...

Cool 😎

Do you know how dark Twitter has to be for *STEPHEN KING* to say it’s too dark

We r so fkd if this plays out 😬😱😢 rfk has proved his anti-science agenda for years.

Please share - the New Zealand government wants to change/undo the Te Tiriti o Waitangi, which preserves the rights of Maori. our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/ka...

Our latest blog on the zombie practice of abuse of VAERS data. 😔😮‍💨🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ I have been in this for nearly 30 years and if I had a dollar…. 😂

Had so much fun with this post. The trolls reckoned they would put my rebuttal to some of their ideas into AI as well as their own narrative and see what came back. Ok, It had to be done, so here you can see verbatim what CHATGPT4 thought of each.😀 substack.com/@drhelenph/n...

After the trolls🧌went on one of their benders over on that other platform I posted this blog rather than answer them. Has examples of their propaganda playbook. "The Anti-Vax Playbook: How Conspiracies Twist Science and Demand Secrets. They didn't like it so much.😆 open.substack.com/pub/drhelenp...

Since I am new here I thought I would report last week's blogs on the @gvdn.bsky.social website, that finished off my miserable X life. Below are a series of 3 that address the myths of "DNA contamination of mRNA vaccines" 😱 and "Turbo Cancer"😱😱 #turbocancer #mRNA #misinformation

I see a wry grin from those in New Zealand who’ve had to countenance this same autocratic template’s normalisation since October 2023 - with disastrous consequences for country’s social cohesion, & liberal democratic firmament, even raising spectre of intergenerational harms.

What Musk did to trust & safety frameworks, staff, & guardrails at Twitter plus theatrics like ripping out servers made that platform a hellscape that amplifies neo-nazis, & white supremacists. Mapping this attitude to federal govt absolutely chilling prospect. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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