Voices for Vaccines
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- Join us for our next free workshop, Resilience for Advocates: Managing Conflict & Burnout. It will take place next Wednesday at noon EST. Sign-up here: taskforce-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
- Finally, a return to gold-standard science.
- Measles should be doing this, but we keep giving it opportunities
- Finally, a return to gold-standard science.
- We are deeply saddened by the passing of Dr. Alan Hinman, a public health hero and steering committee member at Voices for Vaccines. Thank you for all you did to keep the world safe from disease.
- Brooke lost her brother to Hib, a disease you may not have even heard of. This doesn't have to happen to anyone you know, because of vaccines. www.voicesforvaccines.org/a-hib-vaccin...
- Are we really second-guessing this vaccine? www.bbc.com/news/article...
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- Ben Franklin: "In 1736, I lost one of my sons, a fine boy of four years old, by the small-pox, taken in the common way. I long regretted bitterly, and still regret that I had not given it to him by inoculation. This I mention for the sake of parents who omit that operation..."
- Her parents thought vaccines caused autism so she stopped getting them. Then she got meningitis.
- 550 cases in one state. Serious harms from this disease will become increasingly common. apnews.com/article/meas...
- HPV vaccine is working overtime right now to prevent common cancers. They don’t engagement farm or bait reactions, they’re just saving lives.
- Dogs. Safe and healthy because of vaccines.
- Sonia lives in a country that lost its measles elimination status. Yours could too. www.voicesforvaccines.org/how-close-me...
- Sonia almost got measles while pregnant. Her country has now lost its measles elimination status. "I received my MMR booster on September 27, 2010, having no idea my husband would fall terrifyingly ill and be hospitalized with measles only one year later." www.voicesforvaccines.org/how-close-me...
- Her vaccination records were forged. Many kids in that position aren’t happy about it.
- Kids should get a flu shot. That isn't controversial. www.voicesforvaccines.org/well-never-m...
- Kids should get a flu shot. That isn't controversial. www.voicesforvaccines.org/well-never-m...
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- Reducing the number of recommended vaccines increases, rather than decreases, the risk of disease and death among children. www.nfid.org/joint-letter...
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- You should know that RSV is a common and burdensome threat to kid’s health. You should also know we have immunizations for it.
- Hospitalizations from rotavirus in Denmark (doesn't vaccinate for it) and the US (stopped vaccinating for it yesterday).
- Meredith lost her son Henry to meningococcal disease. It may be rare, but still very worth preventing. www.voicesforvaccines.org/i-lost-my-so...
- What actually happens in a vaccine trial? "I was surprised that it was really that thorough."
- In 2000, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) held a two-day meeting at the Simpsonwood Conference Center. Years later, the meeting became a focus of the anti-vaccine movement. www.voicesforvaccines.org/jtf_topics/w...
- Next year, the United States could lose its measles elimination status. Anita lost her sister to the disease. "Dreama passed away in 1988. Not a day goes by when I don’t think I don’t think of her." www.voicesforvaccines.org/what-measles...
- There have been an estimated 34,000 cases of Hepatitis A in the U.S. since 2016. While people rarely have permanent or serious illness, it can make you very sick and exhausted for months. www.voicesforvaccines.org/vaccine-info...
- If everyone in New York City got chickenpox, there would be about 20,000 hospitalizations. Even in healthy children, chickenpox can be severe. www.voicesforvaccines.org/vaccine-info...
- The flu can be serious for anyone, but those most at risk for serious complications include children under 5. It’s been a recommended vaccine for them for many years now. www.voicesforvaccines.org/vaccine-info...
- What if you could lower your child’s risk of cancer at birth? You can! www.voicesforvaccines.org/vaccine-info...
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- North of 58,000 young kids go to the hospital each year because of RSV. Upwards of 60,000 seniors too. That’s why we developed immunizations against it. www.voicesforvaccines.org/vaccine-info...
- Before the Hib vaccine, 1 in 200 kids under 5 developed Hib disease. More than half of Hib infections involve meningitis. www.voicesforvaccines.org/vaccine-info...
- I just know someone out there is going to leave Santa RAW MILK with his cookies!! Santa if you see this PLEASE don’t drink that.
- "I knew that childhood vaccines had been reformulated without thimerosal, so part of me thought, 'Well, the incidence of autism should be coming down soon.' Except it didn't. It kept going up." When the evidence contradicts the theory. www.voicesforvaccines.org/autism-paren...
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- Barbora's parents thought vaccines caused autism. As a result, she got meningitis.
- "I can promise I'll never miss another flu vaccine again." You don't have to learn this lesson the hard way. www.voicesforvaccines.org/well-never-m...
- Jason's family almost lost their dad to cancer. A cancer YOU can now easily prevent.
- Someone is impersonating our director, Karen Ernst. Her only Bluesky handle is @stpkernst.bsky.social. Please block and report impersonators. Ain't our first rodeo with internet trolls.
- We have a collection of twenty new graphics that emphasize the importance of vaccines. Anyone is welcome to share them: www.voicesforvaccines.org/social-media...
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- The return of measles will mean the return of SSPE. If you don't know what that is, read this. www.voicesforvaccines.org/what-measles...
- This is is why we vaccinate against measles.
- VFV has a collection of twenty new graphics emphasizing the importance of vaccination. We'd be happy if you used them: www.voicesforvaccines.org/social-media...
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- Reposted by Voices for VaccinesAaron Siri Says No One Has Identified Errors in His ACIP Presentation. Here Are Several. Mr. Siri is not looking at the total data and misunderstands or misrepresents much of what he does address. open.substack.com/pub/jakescot... via @jakescottmd.bsky.social
- Want to learn how to advocate and meet some like-minded people? Join us on December 16th for a workshop about using personal stories to change minds: bit.ly/3Ymh3Qm
- When you give up on vaccines, you give up on protecting kids like Beckett.
