#vaccines
#vaccines could offer fresh hope against #respiratorysyncytialvirus .If deployed effectively and equitably, this latest generation of vaccines could help to prevent countless deaths and hospitalizations among the young and old.
“At a press conference Thursday, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said #vaccines will start to arrive in B.C. in early #October.
Once they have arrived, Henry said, priority populations will be invited to book vaccine appointments.” https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/@bcinfo/111144726856760222
#TravisKelce Will Have No Problem with the #Gaylors
#TaylorSwift takes #dating an #NFL #star to new heights as she catches a Kelce #brother who is #uptodate on his #vaccines and likes #BudLight.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Music #Sports #Representation #Culture
https://www.advocate.com/voices/travis-kelce-taylor-swift-gaylor
Anti-Vax Pet Parents Put Animals at Risk, Study Shows
The impact of anti-vaccine activists is spreading beyond humans. A recent study found many dog owners are skeptical of vaccinating their pets — even though that leaves animals and humans at risk.
The study, led by a researcher from Boston University's School of Public Health and published in the journal Vaccine, found a siza
https://newsviews.online/2023/09/28/anti-vax-pet-parents-put-animals-at-risk-study-shows/
#Animals #Vaccines
@HelenBranswell Promoting to #Vaccine #Vaccines
The White House cannot ignore the rise of the anti-vaxx movement any longer. My latest for the @thenation . #epidemiology #COVID #vaccines https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/liberal-anti-vax-rfk-jr/
@philbaker1 Promoting to #Vaccines #COVID
AstraZeneca, BMS reluctantly agree to Medicare drug price negotiation program -- Consulting firm McKinsey to pay $230 million in latest US opioid settlements -- mRNA vaccine manufacturing comes to Africa -- See more on our front page news http://bit.ly/w28kSd #astrazeneca #bristolmyerssquibb #drugpricing #inflationreductionact #medicare #mckinsey #legal #opioids #opioidcrisis #africa #vaccines #mrna #pharma #pharmanews #biotech #biopharma #biotechnology #cafepharma
2nd cancellation in a row! One day I'll get my booster. One day!
"Our delayed Moderna COVID vaccine shipment did not arrive today as promised by the distributor. Further, the distributor cannot confirm that it will arrive tomorrow.
As a precautionary measure, we are asking you to reschedule the appointment you have"
Just was checking @tRAJectory 's awesome Tableau graphs and yikes, Pennsylvania...HV.1 is at the top here.
HV.1 is sooooooooo fast.
Also, nationally BA.2.86.1 is here now in multiple States (WA, OH, AZ, NY, MD) already.
I don't like this at all. HV.1 will be a force of nature if it gains FLip.
IMHO, winter is gonna be......something.
#SARS2PA #covid #Covid19 #CovidIsNotOver
#Pennsylvania #PA #Health #Vaccines #Booster!
#Vaccinessavelives #HV1 #HK3 #FLIPvariants #BA2861
The slipshod rollout of new #COVID #vaccines could affect the already-low vaccination rate in Allegheny County's Black community, say advocates and researchers. @publicsource has the story https://www.publicsource.org/covid-vaccine-black-equity-coalition-university-pittsburgh-pitt-study/ #Pittsburgh #AlleghenyCounty
For those who "prefer natural immunity"–
Vaccination is your immune system at work.
A vaccine gives an object for your immune system to train against.
All of the developing of immunity is your immune system’s work.
Using a vaccine you don’t play roulette with a disease.
Vaccines this fall:
- RSV ✅
- COVID ✅
- Flu (upcoming)
Very into preventing unwanted outcomes, when possible.
IMHO: Prevention has never gotten quite enough attention.
Are you interested in behavioural models?
Yes: Have a 👀 at the project. This is a super interesting post-doc position for you! Apply here 👉 https://t.co/hfb3xpsDZM
No: Boost 🙏
(Spoiler: the team is great and new data are flowing in)
#modelling #CSS #behavior #Vaccines #ERC @Unibocconi @DondenaCentre
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The person giving the shots and I were the only ones wearing masks at the CVS vaccination station yesterday.
How asinine is that?
#Masks #News #Pandemic #PandemicIsNotOver #Politics #US #USA #USNews #USPolitics #Vaccine #Vaccines #WearAMask #America #AmericanDeaths #Americans #Booster #Corona #CoronaVirus #Covid #COVID19 #CovidIsAirborn #CovidIsNotOver #Death #Deaths #LongCovid #Mask
This picture was censored from #Instagram until I reposted it without the pandemic relevant hashtags.
#America #AmericanDeaths #Americans #Booster #Corona #CoronaVirus #Covid #COVID19 #CovidIsAirborn #CovidIsNotOver #Death #Deaths #Friday #LongCovid #Mask #Masks #Monday #News #Pandemic #PandemicIsNotOver #Politics #Saturday #Sunday #US #USA #USNews #USPolitics #Vaccine #Vaccines #WearAMask
Getting vaxed is an act of care for everyone around us, and should not be restricted to certain groups. Vaxing a fraction of the population makes no sense from a #PublicHealth perspective - only an electoral one.
Reminder: there is no shortage of #covid #vaccines here. The govt just does not want to spend the £10pp it costs to vax all of us.
tl;dr: Go get that vax! 💉
@novid #CovidisAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #CovidCautious #CovidVaccine #PublicHealth #Vaccine #Vaccinated #VaccinesSaveLives
Vaccination during pregnancy safe, effective and recommended, CMAJ says
Yes it is.
#Vaccination #Vaccines #COVID19 #medicine #Canada #Saskatchewan
NYT reporter explains how federal missteps opened door to COVID misinformation
#Vaccines #Science #PublicHealth #Masks #CovidPandemic #Covid #ApoorvaMandavilli #AirborneVirus #NationalnworldAffairs
Good Timezone Fedi!
9/25/2023
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Lots of resources now available in the US for virus management/tesing.
Vaccinate
Go to vaccines.gov to look for places you can go to get an XBB shot.: https://www.vaccines.gov/
Make sure to call the pharmacy/office/etc. to confirm details of what you'll receive, lots of places only do virtual assistant scheduling.
#SARS2PA #covid #Covid19 #CovidIsNotOver
#Pennsylvania #PA #Health #Vaccines #Booster!
#Vaccinessavelives #HV1 #HK3 #FLIPvariants
#vaccines
Yay, I'm now freshly vaccinated against influenza and Covid 19...
I was going to ask for both in one arm, but there's a sensible reason why they do one in each. That way, if there's a reaction, they know which it was.
New #CovidTidbits from @drjudystone is available, and as always a timely read. So much information on #vaccines, #viruses and #politics.
https://www.drjudystone.com/coronavirus-tidbits-264-sept-24-2023/
If You’re Pregnant, These Vaccines Could Save You and Your Baby’s Life.
A really good article from @tarahaelle
“But the option of a pregnancy vaccine for RSV may be more convenient if one is already getting vaccinated against flu, COVID and pertussis during prenatal visits. And the new vaccine further solidifies the growing acceptance of using immunization during pregnancy”
#pregnancy #vaccination #vaccines #RSV #Flu #COVID19
It's #MastodonMonday! Mom staff is still coping with the last of her #COVID cough symptoms. We're very thankful for the #Vaccines that have kept her safe from this virus, without which she undoubtedly would have been hospitalized & might not have survived. #MaskUp & get your #Updated #Vaccine #DaisyDoo #SheltieGirl #DogsOfMastodon
More than half of US dog owners are skeptical of #canine vaccinations
proving once again that people view dogs as an extension of their bodies & their warped world view
#rabies #parvovirus #distemper #antiscience #Vaccines https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/09/22/dog-owners-vaccine-hesitancy/
The covid booster rollout in the US has been terrible, and it's making me think it's on purpose. I hope no one gets too discouraged. It's reminding me of the ways they discourage people to vote.
An example is the experience of a friend in southern New Hampshire. She and her husband tried to book appointments at CVS. They couldn't find any CVS pharmacies with any covid vaccine stocks at all in their town or surrounding towns, and had to travel a few towns over. And then they could only find Pfizer, no place had Moderna. Yesterday (Saturday Sept. 23rd) was the first appointment they could get, they had hoped for earlier in the week.
When they arrived, only her husband was in the system as having an appointment. He has Aetna insurance and she doesn't, and Aetna owns CVS, so maybe their system worked better for their own members. They took her too anyway. She said someone at the counter was needing to do manual work to get people's insurance coverage for the shots into their system, which brings the potential for typo's and resulting claim denials.
CVS is apparently booking multiple appointments for the same time slot. She said there were 4 people booked for her husband's appointed time, and the pharmacists told her that was corporate policy! She said the pharmacists were run ragged, no time for breaks, trying to get shots done for 4 people every 15 minutes, and of course not everyone arrives on time so there was a long queue and wait. This on top of the wait due to the manual insurance entry. The pharmacy was crowded with waiting people, most not masked.
I don't want to catch covid while waiting in queue to get my booster! Low stocks and overbooked appointments sounds like maybe they didn't expect so many people to want one, but other aspects of the rollout should have been expected.
Personally, I am waiting on Novavax approval. My reasoning is the specific protection it provides for FLip variants, which the mRNA vaccines do not. But we are in a wave now, so it might not make sense for everyone to wait. I have no kids and work from home, so I have less daily risk of exposure. Maybe in a week or two, these hiccups with appointments and insurance will clear up as well.
Researchers hope to limit spread & transmission of #Covid with the use of nasal #vaccines that might offer local protection. 2 vaxs in China & India have regulatory approval
Thus study in hamsters “demonstrates successful immunogenicity & protection against resp viral infection by an intranasally administered mRNA vax.”https://tinyurl.com/adedjwua
It looks like it could be another week or more before the FDA decides on approval of Novavax.
#COVID #vaccines #Novavax https://tinalexander.github.io/notes/2023/09#fda-official-on-updated-covid-vaccines
Got the #moderna booster yesterday and feeling aches and chills today almost like the first round of #covidvaccine Nothing dangerous, just annoying on a nice Saturday at home
(Family event at the end of the month so opted to be an early adopter)
Will be curious to see how it ends up comparing to #pfizer and #novavax
#Science #AntiScience #Vaccines #ConspiracyTheories #Disinformation: "People in the health sector don’t know what to do; scientific societies discuss it in bland, defeatist language and talk about meeting with social-media companies. But no one seems to be willing to say, as I do, that this is political. As scientists, we are trained to have neutrality, we’re not supposed to talk about Republicans and Democrats or liberals and conservatives. But what do we do when the attacks are partisan?
We’re not seeing vigorous pushback or response, and neutrality favours the tormentor or the aggressor. We’re not hearing from the leadership of scientific societies, from university presidents, to defend science. I think they don’t want to offend donors coming from that political side, or state legislatures or the federal government. But they need to speak out in a forthright way. That’s what you do when you have a vampire: if you don’t have a silver bullet or a stake, you shine a light on it."
Breaking: Our for-profit patchwork healthcare non-system is incapable of doing anything at all without it being a total clusterfuck.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2023/09/22/covid-vaccine-insurance-coverage-denials/
W T A F!!
Just got this text from #CVS about this evening's vaccine appointments for me and my son.
We've been waiting SIX MONTHS for these #vaccines to come out!! I scheduled as SOON as they hit shelves!!
It's lucky you can't hear me through the computer because I am swearing up a storm in the car.
"Unforeseen circumstances"!!
1,143,192 Americans Dead From COVID 19
2023-September-22 Friday
1,410 Americans Dead Last Week
U.S. - 4.19% of the global population
Calculated 2023 Aug 07
U.S. - 16.38% of global pandemic deaths
#America #AmericanDeaths #Americans #Booster #Corona #CoronaVirus #Covid #COVID19 #CovidIsAirborn #CovidIsNotOver #Death #Deaths #Friday #LongCovid #Mask #Masks #Monday #News #Pandemic #PandemicIsNotOver #Politics #Saturday #Sunday #US #USA #USNews #USPolitics #Vaccine #Vaccines #WearAMask
Updated Fall 2023 Vaccine Chart by Katelyn Jetelina from Your Local Epidemiologist newsletter fame. https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/updated-2023-fall-vaccine-chart
EEOC Sues Over Refusal of Religious Accommodation to Christian from Vaccine Mandate http://religionclause.blogspot.com/2023/09/eeoc-sues-over-refusal-of-religious.html
This seems like an odd use of the EEOC's limited resources.
The Supreme Court's decision in Groff v. DeJoy, which made it easier to seek religious accommodations at work under Title VII, invited lawsuits like this one.
I just didn't expect the EEOC to join in.
#Vaccines #COVID #CONspiracyTheories
🚨The #AntiVax movement is on the rise across the globe. #Biden is at a loss over what to do about it in the #US🚨
Officials have felt handcuffed for the past 2 years by a #GOP lawsuit over Biden’s attempt to clamp down on anti-vaxxers.
They allege The Dems violated the 1st Amendment in encouraging Social Media companies to crack down on Anti-Vax posts.
This is where free speech meets disinformation, as millions died unnecessarily.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/20/biden-anti-vax-movement-00116516
Maybe I *don't* have to get rid of all my CSN music, as I first feared? Stills supporting RFK Jr would be a deal-breaker, but I'm not sure about whether him supporting Clapton (whose music I've already deleted) at an RFK Jr fundraiser is a dealbreaker, too. Need to ponder this one.
.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/stephen-stills-backs-away-from-rfk-jr-after-fundraiser
I am now immortal and have impeccable 5G. I think that’s how it works?
#Heath #CovidIsNotOver #Covid #Covid19 #Flu #Flushot #vaccine #vaccines #vaccinated
"All principled scientists understand that we remain in the beginning stages of the pandemic and that under existing policies COVID-19 will remain a dangerous pathogen for the foreseeable future.
"... a high likelihood that at a certain point a variant will evolve that causes existing vaccines to be unable to protect against severe disease and death, essentially putting mankind back at square one or even worse."
When scheduling vaccines, BE AWARE - if you schedule a GROUP, it may tell you there are no appts. when if you did it individually, there are lots (even at the same time on the same day - so their system is wonky).
This happened with both Walgreens and CVS. We tried to get four people in at once, site says "no openings" for weeks. Went to 2 people: same thing. Went to 1 person: scheduled everyone for same day within 90 minutes of each other!
'It’s fair to wonder why. We are all high-income countries. We all have the same #vaccines. We are all looking at the same data. How could public health officials come to different conclusions across countries?'
💯@dr_kkjetelina @GYamey
#CovidIsNotOver
🙏https://open.substack.com/pub/yourlocalepidemiologist/p/be-careful-comparing-the-us-to-other?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
"Anti-vaxxers: give us liberty or give us death. And thanks to the rabid right, it’s entirely possible to attain both. …
Anti-vaxxers are literally dying for their beliefs—and for the disinformation that’s being thrust upon them."
~ Bill Lueders
#vaccines #antivax #antivaxxers #Covid
https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/anti-vaxxers-give-us-liberty-or-give
Hey look at this
* The #EdgarAllanPoe Library | The Nevermore https://nevermore.rip
* Updated COVID-19 #Vaccines Available for Adults at No Cost https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/programs/bridge/index.html (h/t Kottke)
* Trust Us: Inside the #JerseyOffshore Investigation https://open.spotify.com/episode/4gx1BFPDvjFL21wl8iFUnO?si=f4c94df299a3413b
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New COVID-19 vaccine arriving in Michigan. Here’s what to know.
Plus info about flu and RSV (Respiratory syncytial virus) vaccines.
I'm getting ready to head to Walgreens for my updated 2023 COVID-19 Pfizer BioNtech (COMIRNATY) booster shot. My husband got his earlier today and says his arm doesn't hurt. I'm scheduling our annual flu shots for October. Encouraging everyone to schedule your boosters! 👍🥰 #CovidIsNotOver #COVIDbooster #covidvaccine #booster #vaccines #vaccinesSaveLives
#Covid showed up in our home again (my wife tested positive Thursday, still positive, symptomatic starting Friday).
New boosters are available, CVS is definitely scheduling them (I’ve got an appt. in Davis Sq tomorrow).
☑️ Test regularly
😷 mask up indoors in public
💉 get your shot!
the same people who concern troll me over my heavy use of bug spray are the same people who caused why I need to use it so heavily
anti-vaxxers got human Lyme vaccines pulled from the market because they "felt" a part of it was making them ill despite no evidence of it in double blind studies
it was such a nightmare in publicity for the vaccine manufacturers that we have been trying to make a vaccine for twenty years without that ingredient that we couldn't find any evidence of doing what they claimed it was doing and in fact proved that this mechanism was NOT a possible cause - nor was anything related to the vaccine
twenty years of preventable lyme disease cases
twenty years
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2023/07/the-case-of-the-missing-lyme-vaccine/
Demand for new iPhones was apparently high and caused some chaos when the store opened for orders early this morning. Not unexpected.
What was unexpected was the chaos at my pharmacy.. On my visit, the staff was slammed. The reason? Pharmacies have just opened up to schedule for the latest COVID vaccine.
My pharmacist told me that the online systems were not prepared for the high demand and thus they were getting tons of calls at all local stores.
Yeah, I've been saying that vaccine appointments would be a great opportunity to give out good respirator-style masks, one each, to take away - so that each person had at least one on hand in case someone in their household got infected.
Not seen anyone in power actually take up that idea yet, though!
1,141,782 Americans Dead From COVID 19
2023-September-15 Friday
1,504 Americans Dead Last Week
U.S. - 4.19% of the global population
Calculated 2023 Aug 07
U.S. - 16.38% of global pandemic deaths
#US #USA #America #Americans #COVID19 #Covid #Corona #CoronaVirus #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborn #Pandemic #PandemicIsNotOver #Mask #Masks #WearAMask #Death #Deaths #AmericanDeaths #Vaccine #Vaccines #montag #Friday #Saturday #Sunday #Monday #LongCovid #news #USNews #politics #USPolitics
The CDC is urging all Americans to get a dose of the new COVID-19 booster vaccine before the fall and winter virus season.
CBS News has curated a collection of stories about the guidance and the latest news on the disease: https://flip.it/2EnWz4
The US CDC is averse
To risk in these times so perverse
Their experts will meet
To consider vaccines' feet
And ponder the best recommendations to serve
#cdc #vaccines #covid19 #recommendations #limerick #poetry
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/12/health/cdc-covid-19-vaccines/index.html
👏🏻💉😷
CDC advisers recommend updated #Covid-19 #vaccines for all Americans 6 months of age and older.
The committee heard in its meeting Tuesday that the new vaccines will be available in pharmacies within 48 hours of her signoff.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/12/health/cdc-covid-19-vaccines/index.html
#PublicHealth picks of the day:
➡️ @nisreen - #Epidemiologist & Prof of Public #Health at Univ of Southampton
➡️ @hildabast - Scientist & writer, #metascience updates on latest #Covid19 #vaccines
➡️ @chrischirp - Prof at Univ College London, uses maths tools to support delivery of health services
➡️ @EdMHill - Researcher in mathematical #epidemiology & modelling of infectious disease
➡️ @RMCarpiano - Prof of Public Policy at Univ. of Calif Riverside, public health scientist & sociologist
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“Health Canada has approved Moderna's updated COVID-19 vaccine for all Canadians who are six months of age and older.”
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/moderna-approved-1.6963996
#covid #covid19 #canada #cdnpoli #vaccines #vaccine #vaccination
To share with friends who moved from #Twitter to #Threads:
"#Meta acknowledged…to The Washington Post that Threads is intentionally blocking the search terms ["covid" and "long covid"] and said that other terms are being blocked, but the company declined to provide a list of them. A search by The Post discovered that the words…“coronavirus,” “vaccines” and “vaccination” are also among blocked words."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/09/11/threads-covid-coronavirus-searches-blocked/
Seuraamalla 325000 hongkongilaista tutkijat osoittivat:
- #koronarokotus ei lisännyt #diabetes'riskiä
- #koronainfektio sen sijaan lisäsi
https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1004274
WashingtonPost: "Threads blocks searches related to covid and vaccines amid uptick" #pandemic #covid19 #vaccines #threads #FB #zuckerberg https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/09/11/threads-covid-coronavirus-searches-blocked/
FDA approves new #COVID #vaccines
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration took action approving and authorizing for emergency use updated COVID-19 vaccines formulated to more closely target currently circulating variants and to provide better protection against serious consequences of COVID-19, including hospitalization and death.
Come and get it! If you can afford it 🤬
The #COVID #XBB #variant family #booster approved in the #US for everyone older than 5 and will start being available by the end of this week. Price will be an obscene $100 per dose.
#Health "#insurance" *should* cover the cost, in-network, but we know how insurance finds ways to not ensure our health.
Good news is "It is likely that the XBB.1.5 #monovalent #vaccines will raise #antibodies against all the circulating variants"
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fda-clears-new-covid-boosters-5-things-know-rcna102577
This is a good summary of where we are with the new #COVID #BoosterVaccine...
>> Anyone at High Risk should get it if they can! <<
(The age criteria for "high risk" is 75+ BTW.)
This is based on the important (but limited) criteria of preventing severe disease, #hospitalization, & #death.
The reasons for others to get the new vax are softer due to lack good research data. But there is some evidence that #vaccination in general may help *prevent* infection and #LongCovid. Non-trivial that!!
It is also important to point out that #vaccines are a tertiary intervention after common sense measures like staying home when you are sick, #testing & #isolation, and wearing a good quality #mask around strangers.
I will gladly get the new vaccine if/when it is offered!
The younger and healthier you are the less you need it, but don't forget the basics!
https://www.science.org/content/article/should-i-get-covid-19-booster
Novavax vs mRNA vaccine
This thread explains how #Novavax is different from the #Moderna and #Pfizer #mRNA #vaccines and describes some of the benefits such as broadened #variant recognition, more durable #immunity, and fewer side effects. 🧵 1/
The one page easier to share version of this thread can be found at: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1700854098755563660.html
George Takei’s substack The Big Picture, is documenting how #Republicans are attacking #Biden for things tht happened while #Trump was president. “Joe Biden & party shuttered schools, forced masks, & put #vaccines in their arms, all to hold our children bk w/ long-lasting impacts on their educational future. The #Democrats put power over our kids.” Only problem is all of those things happened in 2020 by Trump. The RNC has gone so far as to use pictures & video from 2020 to attack Biden.
#SamCast for 9/9/23
1. #Morocco Hundreds killed in earthquake
https://apnews.com/article/7f4a503009dede0dec0208c08d6b100b
2. #Trump Longshot legal bid to disqualify him
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66690276
3. #G20 adds Africa Union
https://apnews.com/article/f0054ecaea54f53d4ceb0c64a4457620
4. #Vaccines for covid and other diseases coming this fall
Vaccine mandates reduce spread of Covid on college campuses.
#COVID #vaccines https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-covid-vaccine-mandates-significantly-infection.html