Virulent: The Vaccine War documentary film
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What is the fallout from #vaccinehesitancy? Watch Virulent free on #YouTube or #PBS. See pinned post for links. School & community group version via Bullfrog.
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"Virulent: The Vaccine War" is fighting disinformation by streaming free on @PBS and @YouTube. Learn about the history of vaccine skepticism and denial, and how we allowed measles to return. https://t.co/59tdSvNTWA
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Examines the history and consequences of vaccine hesitancy and denial.
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No longer bothering much with Musk's botfarm, but this @DrPaulOffit substack worth sharing.
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Unlike #RFKJr who refuses to fully cut ties w/ personal injury attorneys who sue #pharma for profit while pretending to care about your health, @DrPanMD doesn't profit from his pro-public health stance (we checked before interviewing him.) Give what you can even if it's $5-10-20.
I took on RFK Jr. and the anti-vaccine movement, and we won. Now extremists in Washington are attacking science and shutting down the government again. I’ve fought this battle before. I’ll fight it again for truth, science, and families. Donate >>
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What would Jonas Salk say if he could see us now? | Opinion
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What would Jonas Salk say if he could see us now? | Opinion
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Two documentarians who created films on the polio vaccine and vaccine hesitancy write that our obligations to our fellow citizens outweigh the libertarian arguments put forth by anti-vaccine skepti…
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RFKJr. doesn't know what he doesn't know including that he is rarely the smartest one in the room. Another great piece by @DrPaulOffit. Grateful to Paul and @PeterHotez for their relentlessness despite a never-ending tsunami of lies.
https://t.co/6oVBrVHkO0 RFK Jr.'s unique brand of "scienze"
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#RFKJr grabbing headlines over synthetic dyes is low-hanging #MAHA fruit. Remove them & the foods containing them are still ultra-processed junk. Faded Froot Loops and Dull Doritos: Is Big Food Losing the War on Dyes? https://t.co/brWf5AEvWE
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To paraphrase one of our experts, Dr. John Williams, chair of #pediatrics at @UWMadison, the big money's in drugs like #Viagra or those for chronic conditions. Any physician administering vaccines for profit was likely at the bottom of his/her math class.
Pediatricians do not profit off vaccines. In fact, most pediatricians either break even or even lose money when they offer vaccines. Misleading parents about doctors' motivations puts children's health at risk and sows distrust in lifesaving vaccinations. https://t.co/BmRlh6wx1G
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There are days, okay, weeks, when we just feel like burying our heads in the sand. Fortunately, there's @DrPaulOffit. His substack is always worth reading, but today's is particularly insightful.
https://t.co/ZjUx8GRzUw The CDC just made the same mistake they made 25 years ago.
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An effective antidote to disinformation is the nonprofit @PublicGoodProj #TrustedMessenger program led by tireless communicator & humanitarian Dr. Todd Wolynn. Follow them on @LinkedIn and help spread the word. https://t.co/NaOrIeqxfM
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#Virulent is now available for classroom use with a study guide created at @CUNYSPH to help get the conversation rolling and a shorter running time. @bullfrogfilms offers low-cost licenses to high schools and community colleges. https://t.co/Z5YZSdQHjB
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For those catching up, @DavidArmstrongX's #ProPublica piece about #Revlimid is stunning reporting. In the mid-50s, some of #JonasSalk's peers accused him of basing his polio vaccine, which he never patented, on earlier research. Now building on earlier work nets companies &
Cancer drug Revlimid is one of the bestselling pharmaceutical products of all time, with total sales of over $100 billion. It’s also extraordinarily expensive, costing nearly $1,000 for each pill, even though that pill costs just 25 cents to make. https://t.co/Rv8LpKx61d
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If anyone claims vaccines haven’t been properly studied, show them this: We’ve now logged 500 randomized, controlled vaccine trials into our dataset with ~7.2M participants. The vast majority of trials reported safety outcomes. Many more trials to come. https://t.co/wX1wX3zA3B
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Established autism researchers who have been doing the work for 30 years point out that Kennedy is ignoring the work done, repeating debunked claims, and undermining actual research into autism, explain @JohnDonvan and @caren_zucker in @TheAtlantic
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The health secretary’s approach to the condition gives the impression that two decades of research simply never happened.
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Calculating the Damage of Vaccine Skepticism | my interview with Rivka Galchen in @NewYorker re: @gavi and the tragic globalization of antivaccine activism
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It’s clear that we’re on the precipice of a surge in preventable diseases. But how bad will it get?
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https://t.co/pXzyn3sMUd A recent resignation at the CDC came with a frightening warning.
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