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Mick Skolnick, MD's avatar

Welcome to our brave new world, overseen by Trump's political appointees, and heralding America's rapid descent into the Dark Ages of science and medicine.

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Diane's avatar

I don’t say it often enough, but THANK YOU

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Molly's avatar

Yes thank you!!!!

Why would someone with Paul’s training start to believe what he said?

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Greg's avatar

Well done! Thank you!

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Nathan Johnson, MD's avatar

"Transmission occurs through multiple routes beyond sexual contact and drug use – including household exposures, childhood injuries, and mother-to-child transmission during birth."

So vaccination is too late for birth transmission, they need HBIG. What are the number of US children infected by household exposures, childhood injuries? Is there a single case report you can cite? It seem like you're exaggerating this risk without data.

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Nathan Johnson, MD's avatar

There's certainly a risk of HPV by incidental contact, but we don't give this at birth. Much of Canada gives Hep B vaccine with the HPV vaccine in grade 7 where it gives improved immune response.

https://www.publichealthontario.ca/-/media/Documents/H/2022/hepatitis-b-vaccines-schedules-faq.pdf?sc_lang=en

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Nathan Johnson, MD's avatar

Is the US one of the few countries that has "precisely calibrated" the best time to birth? Why do you find think it's reasoning is superior to Canada and most of Europe?

https://vaccine-schedule.ecdc.europa.eu/Scheduler/ByDisease?SelectedDiseaseId=6&SelectedCountryIdByDisease=-1

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Siobhan the Nurse's avatar

Thank you so much. As a former vaccine skeptic, seeing the schedule for my newborn to receive the hepatitis B dose is what started me down the slippery slope of vaccine dis/misinformation. I thought I was innocently looking into what would be best for my child, and it took me years to realize that I was prey to a very predatory junk science culture. With RFK Jr at the helm.

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Nathan Johnson, MD's avatar

What's your concern with waiting to give the Hep B vaccine to your child?

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arthurdawg's avatar

Under COVID, should that be 3.5% of unvaccinated cases result in long COVID? It currently says vaccinated.

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