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Expatriate Hoosier trying to keep up on social media, 21st century medicine, college basketball etc. Tweets are my own.

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Kevin Ault
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@JFRDirector
Jewish Foundation for the Righteous
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#OTD Tomorrow April 29, 1945 The U.S. army liberated the Dachau concentration camp. 📷: American soldiers of the U.S. 7th Army force boys believed to be Hitler youth to examine boxcars, previously en route to Dachau, containing bodies of prisoners starved to death by the SS
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@cadymerow Please delete your tweet. This stillbirth was not caused by the vaccine, here is the couple's explanation.
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look in on @FacesOfCOVID today for first responders from September 11, 2001 who have died of #COVID ー19.
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FacesOfCOVID
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RICHARD SEABERRY, 63, a New York City EMT, died of COVID-19 on March 26th. He spent his career as a devoted first responder, including responding to Ground Zero on 9/11. He is survived by his wife and two daughters.
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Pertussis vaccination during pregnancy has been recommended for the last ten years. There are excellent data on the safety and efficacy of these vaccines during pregnancy. TL;DR version - vaccination protects newborns. (1/6)
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my contribution for #Caturday - @springsteen with a cat - “Kitty’s Back” photograph (and caption) by Frank Stefanko. And @ctrl_ault_del I expect a retweet.
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"The study found 98% of pregnant women admitted to critical care were unvaccinated. Researchers reported more than 450 perinatal deaths, when a baby dies in the womb or during the newborn period, all associated with unvaccinated pregnant women."
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figure 2 from the publication, a picture is worth a thousand words.
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from #ASRM2021 - Three studies show no association of #COVID19 vaccines with infertility. Quoting one of the authors these findings “refute the rumors that COVID-19 vaccinations are ‘toxic’ to the ovaries"
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@MollyJongFast this quote is in the next tweet in the thread by @chadloder
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"These findings suggest that #COVID19 vaccination not only provides robust protection for mothers during pregnancy -- it also provides higher concentrations of antibodies to babies than COVID-19 infection"
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Kevin Ault
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Today is #HPVAwarenessDay , and despite continued good news about the HPV vaccine, misinformation persists. This tweet has almost 1 million impressions. (1/9)
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@DrJenGunter it has likely been awhile since you have seen my premie, who weighted in at 1710 g when born. One of my favorite pictures of her, ringing the bell at the Wren Building on her last day of college classes. And yes thank you science.
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An excellent overview in @JNCI_Now of the published literature concerning cancer prevention with the #HPV vaccine. Here's the main figure... a picture is worth a thousand words again.
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1 year
It's #WorldAIDSDay2022 and this is from World AIDS Day in 1987.
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@DrJenGunter saved for these occasions.
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@DrJenGunter saved for these occasions.
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Published today in @JAMANetworkOpen , a Scandinavian study about Covid-19 vaccination in pregnancy, specifically looking at newborn outcomes. Lower neonatal mortality and morbidity, including intracranial hemorrhage and encephalopathy.
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@BadVaccineTakes ......these are getting worse......
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@corinne_perkins @brian_photog saw this on @DrJenGunter timeline once and saved it for these occasions.
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I recently watched an episode of the @MegynKellyShow with @KrugAlli concerning the HPV vaccine. There are number of factual errors in the discussion, mainly concerning the national history of CIN and autoimmune diseases.
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@KrugAlli "Unvaccinated women age 26 years and younger should receive the HPV vaccine series regardless of sexual activity, prior exposure to HPV, or sexual orientation." .
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@IOWNME3 @acweyand here you go... a side by side comparison of vaccination vs. disease.
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD
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2/n with the @nytimes @billmarshnyt I explain what happens to an unvaccinated child who contracts measles in graphics
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later tonight @tcm , 1939's "Gone with the Wind." Kansan Hattie McDaniel became the first African-American to win an Oscar for her role in that movie. @kansashistory @NextOnTCM @ClassicMP @TCM_Party
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Dr. Male ( @vikilovesfacs ) and I were tagged in this thread earlier today, so it's a good excuse to go over the abundant data we have on maternal immunization. 1/8
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2023 was a great year for the #HPV vaccine, despite detractors and continued misinformation. And January is #CervicalCancerAwarenessMonth , so let's review this last year. (1/7)
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1 year
@ShikhaJainMD I usually ask about their board certifications and state licenses.
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4 months
I had already posted this study about #COVID19 and pregnancy but it is worth another mention - "the drop in the excess risk of preterm birth in areas where vaccination rates were high suggests that vaccination was largely responsible" via @NIH today.
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I have tweeted about this multiple times, and here is another study that shows #Covid_19 vaccines do not affect ovarian function. Quoting from the article - "The COVID-19 vaccine does not affect fertility, I don’t know how many more [studies] we need.”
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“Remember, Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.” - @StephenKing #IGotTheShot
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There have been many high quality publications about influenza and pregnancy since the 2009 pandemic, I saw this inaccurate information posted today on Twitter. There are data to answer these questions 1/10
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Maternal immunization isn't associated with autism. We have plenty of data to answer these questions (1/7)
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@DrJenGunter I put this into the replies, I had saved from a "Cervical Cancer Awareness Month" post a few years ago.
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@Momto3kiddosA @Michigan_Noah here is one of the studies. The HPV vaccine prevents cancer.
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Kevin Ault
2 years
@arpitdave @janevandis we are on the same side of this issue.... but the attorney with the "knowledge of the law" is telling the local physicians in MO they are committing a felony.
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"you have to decide which of your children get to come and say goodbye to you because we only allow two people at the time of death to come up here, and they get to view you through a window. You can't even go in the room."
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Here's a 2018 meta analysis of the safety of these vaccines. There's no increased risk of autoimmunity after vaccination. There are 109 studies in this meta analysis, with 2.5 million subjects.
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@mcfunny @doctorsensation @Vbalance03 I posted this a few times recently. Preliminary report from Finland showing zero #HPV related cancers in vaccinated women, approximately ten years of follow up so far. So yes HPV related cancers can be prevented by vaccination.
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Long term study with 14 years of follow up of the #HPVVaccine - vaccine effectiveness approaches 100 % with no cases of vulvar, vaginal or cervical cancer. Great news for the prevention of #HPV related diseases.
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@AFLDSorg the HPV vaccine prevents cancer.
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Kevin Ault
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from tomorrow's edition of the New England Journal of Medicine - the #HPVVaccine prevents cervical cancer in a study of over 1 million Swedish women.
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@arpitdave @janevandis the penalty in Missouri is loss of license and felony conviction. Who is going to decide if it is necessary?
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"The bottom line is that maternal vaccination is a really important way to help protect these young infants"
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Kevin Ault
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the father in the picture is Scott Baisley and he is quoted in this story -"Having a son without a mother is one of the most painful things I've ever had to experience." Thanks @npr & @nprscottsimon for your excellent coverage of the #COVID19 pandemic.
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and Mr. Kennedy's claims about the HPV vaccine are debunked here.
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Robert F Kennedy Jr pushes 25 lies about the cancer-preventing #HPV #vaccine — I correct each of them, so I hope he gives me a compliment for helping him out. #VaccinesWork
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I have commented on Dr. Gilliam's ( @DrGRuralMD ) tweet, but I am also going to make my own thread. There have been lots of recent publications on these topics recently, so let's go over those data.
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Leah B. Gilliam, MD
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Don’t take vaccination advice from people who think DTAP is a disease. They don’t know what they’re talking about.
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I was catching up on Twitter yesterday and came across this thread concerning testimony at the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic. There were inaccurate statements made by Dr. Mackary ( @MartyMakary ) concerning pregnancy and #COVID19 . (1/7)
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Walker Bragman moved to Threads and BlueSky
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Makary calls natural immunity “antibodies that Dr. Fauci does not recognize.” Suggests pregnant women don’t need the vaccine.
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Kevin Ault
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@rejectthegreat1 @VikiLovesFACS @NHSuk Your first picture is of Ms. Voll. Here is her husband's Facebook post on your image, used without her permission.
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@DruvBhagavan @jgordonshare @DrLiver @notdred @mikejohansenmd @PeterHotez I will defer to Dr. Hotez, he has been spot on during most of the pandemic.
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Kevin Ault
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Vaccines are not associated with an increased risk of miscarriage, including the influenza vaccine. 2/10
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Kevin Ault
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A large prospective study of #influenza vaccination during #pregnancy is in this month's edition of @greenjrnl - "Influenza vaccination before or during pregnancy was not associated with miscarriage."
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@DrJenGunter and since you are sharing a tweet from @acog , pregnant women should received the influenza vaccine to protect their newborns during flu season.
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"Currently we are investigating eight reports of #pregnant women who have died within the past several weeks, all of whom are unvaccinated" #COVID19
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Kevin Ault
2 years
@DPBogle @janevandis it's almost like Missouri politicians shouldn't be interfering with women's health care decisions.
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Kevin Ault
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One week ago, @JNCI_Now published a well done study by @P_H_S_Official that the #HPV vaccine prevents cancer. Despite this tremendous news, there are plenty of naysayers on social media. (1/7)
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@Nurse_Leonora @janevandis I posted this elsewhere in the thread - in MO the penalty is a felony plus loss of license. Career ending.
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Kevin Ault
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@CircusPubes @janevandis @AudreyThier "as well as subject to suspension or revocation of his or her professional license by his or her professional licensing board."
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@chiefsp11 @_celia_bedelia_ here's the American Cancer Society talking about cervical cancer and how it is prevented by vaccination.
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American Cancer Society
1 year
Today’s release of our 2023 Cancer Facts & Figures Report shows a 33% decline in cancer mortality, a 65% drop in cervical cancer rates & a concerning uptick in prostate cancer associated with advanced disease. Hear more from @AmerCancerCEO . Full report:
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@TheFound5 please delete your tweet. You are harassing a grieving family. This situation has nothing to do with vaccines. Here is statement from the father.
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I've pointed out to Ms. Krug several times that the standard of care is treatment of precancerous disease. To do otherwise is an ethical lapse, and we've known that for decades.
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Kevin Ault
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@zoonotic1 @KrugAlli I attended the ACOG national meeting recently and the keynote speaker mentioned the "Unfortunate Experiment."
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@AFLDSorg the HPV vaccine prevents women from dying of cancer.
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Kevin Ault
2 years
The #HPVvaccine prevents women from dying from cancer, new USA data.
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Kevin Ault
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@pan_accindex @DrBerk @TTUHSC @hashamsarwar @scientistabe and one of the benefits of vaccination is a reduced rate of stillbirth.
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The Green Journal
1 year
What do we know about safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy? #COVID19 #vaccines #free
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" #HPV causes 46,000 cancers a year in the USA alone. The HPV vaccine prevents becoming infected by HPV, which means you are protected from these cancers."
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We have multiple studies on these topics, and the most sobering data are concerning maternal mortality. We are looking at a 30 to 40 % increase in maternal mortality in the USA due to COVID. (3/7)
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@lizditz @EloiseFaichney channeling my inner Betty White for this....
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there's a number of studies about protection of newborns, pertussis vaccination during pregnancy prevent hospitalizations and ICU admissions. In this study from Columbia, there was a 100 % decrease in mortality. (2/6)
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@3rdsparksister @FormerAntivax except when it doesn't. 40 % of children are being hospitalized in recent outbreaks. Does that seem trivial?
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD
3 months
But in unvaccinated kids adults measles is a bad actor with 20% hospitalization, 10% otitis which could lead to deafness, 5% measles pneumonia with significant mortality. In contrast as you see from my @nytimes article the side effects of MMR vaccine to protect vs measles, rare
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@pan_accindex @DrBerk @TTUHSC @hashamsarwar @scientistabe just to be clear here, multiple publications show that the mechanism behind stillbirth and other pregnancy complications is SARS-CoV-2 infection of the placenta. Those data are reviewed here.
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AJOG
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SARS-CoV-2 placentitis, stillbirth, and maternal COVID-19 vaccination: clinical–pathologic correlations: Proposed mechanisms of development of placental infection and SARS-CoV-2 placentitis
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@chiefsp11 @_celia_bedelia_ plenty of cancer patients / activists also encouraging vaccination on this platform.
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Marcia Cross
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Thank you so very much @DrPeggyDrexler @CNN . My intention is to educate the public about cancers caused by the HPV virus which is “so common that nearly all men and women will get at least one type of HPV at some point in their lives,” (Center for Disease Control).
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@VikiLovesFACS @BronzeTalos @BreezerGalway there's someone on @twitter who thinks Dr. Hotez is a CIA agent played by Jack Black.
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD
1 year
More from Mr. Perkins, a self-professed "free thinker" claiming now I'm both CIA and a fictitious person, actually played by Jack Black. My view: Glad to get the upgrade, and hope this kind of free thinking keeps America strong...
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@SeattleiteLeo @KateIyn4 this is why "The Karate Kid" is still relevant today. Mr. Miyagi says "no such thing as bad student, only bad teacher."
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The #HPV vaccine reduced the risk of recurrent cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade by 57% as compared with surgery alone.
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@BadMedicalTakes you need a whole separate account called "Bad Gynecology Takes by Men."
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Kevin Ault
11 months
. @megynkelly brought up deaths after HPV vaccination. We have data to answer that question as well.
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Kevin Ault
1 year
@chedca @GYamey I may have posted this elsewhere in the thread, but the VAERS data has been analyzed. There were 2 deaths in 28 million doses of this vaccine, neither was likely related to the HPV vaccine.
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@gdjstocks @MamaDoctorJones @Maestermagoo ivermectin isn't proven safe in pregnancy - "Animal studies have revealed evidence of teratogenicity, but at doses that were also maternotoxic to the pregnant female. The manufacturer considers ivermectin contraindicated during pregnancy."
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@chiefsp11 @_celia_bedelia_ you seemed concerned that cancer is being discussed on Twitter. The American Cancer Society and many other groups uses social media to promote a vaccine that prevents cancer. Here's ASCO.
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ASCO
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#HPV screening and vaccination guidelines were associated w decrease in #cervicalcancer incidence over last 17 years, but the incidence of other HPV-related cancers continues to increase #ASCO21 #ancsm #gyncsm #crcsm @ASCOPres
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@KFFCats captured live on video
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"Getting #Tdap during #pregnancy offers infants the best protection before they are old enough to receive their whooping cough vaccines"
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@SteveDishMonkey @DrJenGunter you asked "Does the vaccine stop infection and transmission?" and the data say it does.... if you want to see more studies here's data from 60 countries.
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Kevin Ault
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@dr_zenitram @kelly_emanuel @NJSenDems there is a 'real world' meta analysis recently published in The Lancet. Per these authors - "Our results show compelling evidence of the substantial impact of HPV vaccination programmes"
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