It is wild seeing the collapse of public health in real time. I spent a decade as an army medic, working in vaccines clinics, among other things. I tend to be a bit of a prepper, so I have a stash of old medical books just in case the grid went down. Did not think I would need them because everyone lost their fucking minds.
I’m glad I kept most of my books from med school, especially botanical medicine. Thankfully my life is such that it’s easy for me to stay home to lower my risk of disease exposure, especially since I live in Indiana where people lost their minds a long time ago.
I too am a Hoosier. I too have a mostly home based life, and wear a mask out when I go to public places, especially lately. A lot of folks I know have been sick multiple times with the various bugs floating around. I'm lucky in that I'm in good health, but imma try to keep it that way, especially for my family.
It’s extremely disturbing that a man with exactly zero medical background or understanding of vaccine science could take away access to pediatric Covid vaccines with the stroke of a pen. Uptake is abysmal, in part because of the disinformation shared by people like him, but there are still those who value the protection they add to our lives and shouldn’t be penalized simply because our kids aren’t of a certain age. Is there anything we can do? I live in a red state and wrote my senators with my concerns about RFK and got a response that was very much “too bad, so sad.” My state is already below the threshold for herd immunity when it comes to things like % of children vaccinated for measles. I am afraid things are going to get very ugly.
So what will this destruction mean for vaccines that need to be updated? Will there be new versions of COVID and flu for next fall? I really hope so but who is monitoring the predominant strains if not the CDC? I have not seen anyone talking about this anywhere yet.
Thank you very much for your honest and in depth reporting about our access to vaccines. We regular people need this so much, so we can protect ourselves as much as possible as we live through the systemic collapse of our institutions.
I contacted my excellent state department of health who assured me that they will continue to support vaccines and follow “national evidence based guidelines “— but if pediatric COVID vaccines are struck down and manufacturers are subject to liability, and insurance companies possibly won’t pay— it’s dire. Thank you for this and I share your concerns.
It is wild seeing the collapse of public health in real time. I spent a decade as an army medic, working in vaccines clinics, among other things. I tend to be a bit of a prepper, so I have a stash of old medical books just in case the grid went down. Did not think I would need them because everyone lost their fucking minds.
I’m glad I kept most of my books from med school, especially botanical medicine. Thankfully my life is such that it’s easy for me to stay home to lower my risk of disease exposure, especially since I live in Indiana where people lost their minds a long time ago.
I too am a Hoosier. I too have a mostly home based life, and wear a mask out when I go to public places, especially lately. A lot of folks I know have been sick multiple times with the various bugs floating around. I'm lucky in that I'm in good health, but imma try to keep it that way, especially for my family.
Best wishes avoiding all the bugs! We’ve been lucky so far this season 🤞🏽
It’s extremely disturbing that a man with exactly zero medical background or understanding of vaccine science could take away access to pediatric Covid vaccines with the stroke of a pen. Uptake is abysmal, in part because of the disinformation shared by people like him, but there are still those who value the protection they add to our lives and shouldn’t be penalized simply because our kids aren’t of a certain age. Is there anything we can do? I live in a red state and wrote my senators with my concerns about RFK and got a response that was very much “too bad, so sad.” My state is already below the threshold for herd immunity when it comes to things like % of children vaccinated for measles. I am afraid things are going to get very ugly.
So what will this destruction mean for vaccines that need to be updated? Will there be new versions of COVID and flu for next fall? I really hope so but who is monitoring the predominant strains if not the CDC? I have not seen anyone talking about this anywhere yet.
Thank you very much for your honest and in depth reporting about our access to vaccines. We regular people need this so much, so we can protect ourselves as much as possible as we live through the systemic collapse of our institutions.
I contacted my excellent state department of health who assured me that they will continue to support vaccines and follow “national evidence based guidelines “— but if pediatric COVID vaccines are struck down and manufacturers are subject to liability, and insurance companies possibly won’t pay— it’s dire. Thank you for this and I share your concerns.