This clearly shows their blatant disregard for public health and the health of their people. Florida is moving backwards and the people in these communities will face the high price.
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This clearly shows their blatant disregard for public health and the health of their people. Florida is moving backwards and the people in these communities will face the high price.
Instead, they are banning vaccines, spreading misinformation about vaccines, initiating policies that make it harder for families to choose to get vaccinated and cutting healthcare and public health funding significantly.
This could be things such as massive education campaigns, offering vaccines free of cost to everyone, in-school vaccinations for all children, incentivizing families to be up to date on their vaccinations and more.
If Florida decided that having the highest level of intervention was too much for vaccine mandates, then a proper functioning public health unit would instead have already implemented and rolled out other interventions on that ladder.
4- Sick children means sick staff, and ultimately less learning and an unstable learning environment. 5- Allows for a more equitable and proportional approach.
2- Less intrusive interventions tend to not work as effectively and are often insufficient to allow us to achieve herd immunity. 3- Vaccination is a very effective prevention tool and generally benefits outweigh risks.
School vaccine mandates generally sit at the highest level, typically close to "restricting choice" and for good reasons: 1- The risk of harm to others is high if children are unvaccinated. This includes infecting vulnerable children & their families And the staff and administration at the school.
The Nuffield ladder of interventions helps determine ethical justifications and proportionality of interventions, which have to be weighed against the severity of the issue at stake, what the public health goals are and individual liberty and intrusiveness of the policy at hand.
Public health frameworks fundamentally require that the level of intervention be proportional to the risks being addressed. Let's talk about what public health really means in terms of policy and intervention.
A while ago I talked about the Nuffield Ladder of Interventions, a core principle in public health, but in the context of mask mandates. Today I want to talk about it in the context of vaccine mandates, particularly with the news coming from Florida.
My biggest issue with Florida removing vaccine mandates for all vaccines in schools is that they have not instead chosen another tactic or intervention to replace these. Which means they have effectively decided that public health is not a mandate they consider worthy of undertaking.
Wow, I wonder if it’s because many are waiting for new stock of the updated version? What did they say was the reason?
I am ultimately not surprised that weasel Prasad went through such great lengths to scrub Howard (truth hurts I guess), but SHAME on YouTube for bending to this HHS administration. History won’t be kind to those who lost sight of what’s right.
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Yes, as far as I know, the new updated ones have not yet been rolled out anywhere. You likely received the older version?
It’s all in there. For ex: this is CVS from Amy Thibault, a spokeswoman for CVS:
I’m not sure if you’ve been keeping up, but there have been a lot of changes this year.
What complicates this more is that the lists are not the same for Walgreens vs CVS. And some waiting for ACIP meeting, which may be postponed based on Cassidy’s request. It’s all a completely shitshow.
Sorry I should have included the link!
New NYT article detailing new requirements for the COVID-19 vaccine across US. This is all very preliminary information, but I suggest if you live in these states that may require a prescription, you acquire a script from your family doctor asap.
Dr Demetre Daskalakis’ resignation letter from his role as the Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the CDC has stayed with me and kept me up last night. What a haunting letter.
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I already did and have a whole post about it! I’ll link below.
Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:
Great news! My post was about Canada!
Also keeping in mind that we are a small country with limited stock, & provinces have been purchasing fewer doses because of the lower demand. I have expanded on that below in these two slides. Point #4 in particular is relevant.
I feel so much for Americans, with the US restrict access to COVID-19 vaccines (whatever happened to choice?!!). Many have asked about obtaining doses in Canada, but because we have a predominantly public pay system for the COVID-19 vaccines, it will be challenging.
We need a lot more Dr. Jessica Steiers to pull a body of evidence together like this @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social 👏 theunbiasedscipod.substack.com/p/how-a-gove... www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Yes correct. We only got back US$28 million of the US$588 million we paid in advance for the doses.
I feel it is highly unlikely for us to have any Nuvaxovid for the upcoming 2025-2026 vaccination campaign. However, with Sanofi acquiring the rights, it makes me very hopeful for vaccine supply and distribution for fall of 2026.
Thanks to a tip, I emailed their Canadian office & was told they are working to accelerate transition. However, no Nuvaxovid for 2025 fall – 2026 spring season. When asked if there is a possibility to get from US counterparts for Canadian supply this year, they have “no info on such an acquisition”.
Okay, Nuvaxovid Update for Canada. This is the final of the Canadian vaccine updates for this fall, and unfortunately this is not a good one (at least for this year). As far as I can see, no application was put through Health Canada for approval this year either.
I emailed them and got a similar response. I also inquired whether there were any plans to acquire stock from their US counterparts for this fall 2025 campaign and they said they had no information on that. So seems unlikely.
White House statement certainly feels calibrated to deny this as clearly as possible without angering MAHA.
l've butted heads with Aseem Malhotra on Twitter before. Honestly, while I have no idea what this administration is going to do and they are 100% not following evidence or science, I would also take this article with many many many grains of salt because of the individual who leaked this info.
He was removed from his positions as chair of the scientific advisory committee for the UK charity The Public Health Collaboration in 2023 and his British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (BAPIO) co-chair appointment was also revoked.
He left his position as an NHS doctor in 2019, citing differences. Yes, he went down the rabbit hole of spreading misinfo even prior to the start of the pandemic. The General Medical Council of UK will reconsider investigating his role in spreading COVID-19 vaccine related public health misinfo.
Cardiologist Aseem Malhotra is obsolete in the U.K. now, so is trying desperately to find a way to stay relevant in the US by leaking false info to tabloids. What an utter disgrace.
Thank you for this info! I will email Sanofi and request confirmation for this fall too.
Esp with your background knowledge and expertise!
On Novavax, this is what I know so far. In 2021 we signed a deal to produce domestic vaccines. The deal to purchase Novavax doses was contingent on them being produced domestically, with a deadline of end of year 2024. That didn’t happen, so the deal was cancelled. I don’t know what happens next.
The last I had heard on Novavax is that the facility did not get approval by the deadline of end of year 2024 and so we cancelled our deal to purchase Novavax vaccines (which was contingent on them being produced locally).
Thank goodness for @doritreiss.bsky.social - she is a national treasure. RFK Jr can continue to spin nonsense and utter falsities, but in fact, none of his threats have any merit. www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/v...
Health Canada approved Novavax last year too. The province’s just didn’t purchase any. Need to make noise at the provincial level to get them to purchase this in addition to the mRNA vaccines.
I want the record to show that PM Trudeau was instrumental in getting domestic manufacturing of vaccines in Canada. You know who shut down scientific research & drug manufacturing in Canada? Harper. When we talk about building Canada & being self-reliant, conservatives are all talk & no action.
I mentioned to a couple of people that I had a surprise waiting to be shared when Moderna got approval for its updated COVID-19 vaccine. It’s approved, and the big news??? Completely produced domestically!!!!! 🥳🤩 Approved as usual for all aged 6mo+!
In 2022 I had texted my close girl friends about this thread where hundreds had posted the most vile comments about me for saying the below. The Venn diagram of these people would perfectly overlap being racist & misogynistic in addition to completely wrong about science. I almost quit scicomm.
I was surprised when Malone voted in favour of the RSV antibody therapy, but his new opinion piece is truly unhinged. I have a feeling will result in a reversal of the approval & cause a lot of hesitancy amongst parents. It is a rambling, piece of garbage that is so far from a critical analysis.
I really don't know what people were expecting. So many thought RFK Jr would do a good job, even within medicine (incl people like Ashish Jha). And they're now surprised...why????
This is regarding the restrictions that will likely be placed in the US for the Covid-19 vaccines.
Sorry I should clarified this is for the US. AAP has recommended the covid-19 vaccine for all children, thankfully!
It's technically in the insurance companies' best interests to cover the vaccine because sick people cost them more in the long run, but as we know, they seem to only care about annual bottom lines and not long horizon economic analysis.
whether just verbal confirmation of risk factor is sufficient, whether pharmacists and physicians will be willing to give off-label to otherwise healthy people (if it is restricted via product indications) and how the unscrupulous insurance companies will handle reimbursements.
I have a feeling that all the medical associations will still continue to strongly recommend the COVID-19 vaccine (as they already have so far). Then we wait & see how each state adopts the recos, whether the risk factor list will continue to be as inclusive or if they will tighten it…
It’s hot off the press from earlier this evening!
Health Canada has authorized the LP.8.1 variant adapted Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for individuals aged 6 months and older. The updated COMIRNATY® vaccine targets the Omicron LP.8.1 variant, one of the most recently circulating SARS-CoV-2 lineages. It will be made available this Fall across Canada.
Govt intervened way too early in the Air Canada strike, and it's caused chaos. If the strike had been allowed to play out for days, pressure increases on both employer and union to bargain. Instead, AC ran to govt to put their thumb on the scale, and now the natural balance is skewed
He is such a disgrace.
Unless pseudoscientific wellness grifters ARE* sued… Typo in first post!
Perhaps they will now consider adding clear warning labels (more than just ‘not for human consumption’) on the dangers of consuming raw milk to prevent further lawsuits and liability. Let people know you’re peddling toxic garbage and not hopium. This is basic consent.
Unless pseudoscientific wellness grifters are not sued when their products cause active harm, they will not take accountability for their actions. I’m glad the mum in Florida is suing the company who sold her raw milk.
I don’t think anyone federally can do anything here. This is a provincial decision.
There is only a single purpose for these changes: to intentionally add barriers to access vaccines, in particular COVID-19 vaccine. Alberta friends, please tell everyone to pre-order the vaccines. Then call MPPs, health minister, public health officers & demand proper coverage of these vaccines.
They do have rare $2 USD bills though!
SCIENCE IS NOT FOR SALE. Through history we have seen scientists fight for the truth and for what’s right. He would know, if he respected science.
Guess what? That’s not how science works. He tried firing all the experts. He tried illegally cutting funding. He tried intimidating medical organizations. He tried bullying medical journals.
I’ll tell you why. It’s because he has already said previously that he was considering reviewing vaccines that contain aluminum, which he stated were linked to autoimmune diseases and allergies. Is he looking for studies that fit his false narrative?
Isn’t this exactly what he has said he intended to conduct in the US for vaccines? So why, then, is he bullying and intimidating the journal (Annals of Internal Medicine) to retract the study on absolutely no basis??
This was a very thorough and robust study, perhaps one of the strongest types of studies that could be conducted in such a large scale, where even small increases of adverse events could be discerned. Shouldn’t this be exactly what RFK Jr would want to see and do?
This study measured incidents of 50 chronic disorders, including autoimmune (dermatologic, endocrinologic, hematologic, gastrointestinal, rheumatic), atopic or allergic (asthma, atopic dermatitis, rhinoconjunctivitis, and allergy), and neurodevelopmental (autism spectrum disorder and ADHD).
Recently, a large Danish study, involving over 1.2 million children and spanning 21 years of research found that cumulative aluminum ingredients in vaccines DO NOT increase health risks for children.
The thing about conspiracy theorist science denialists is that even when you show them irrefutable proof, they won’t accept it.
You know how people called women hysterical for predicting the right wing would take down Roe v. Wade (which they've done) and then attack access to birth control (which they're doing)? Hear me when I say that women's very right to vote is next. www.npr.org/2025/08/09/n...
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Let’s fucking name ‘em: Robert Kennedy Jr. Jay Bhattacharya Martin Kulldorff Marty Makary Robert Malone Tracy Beth Høeg Vinay Prasad Peter McCullough Mary Holland Paul Marik Pierre Kory Jeffrey Tucker Kevin Bardosh Retsef Levi And many others.
Bahahahahahahahahahahahahhahaha *deep breath* Bahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahshahahahahahahahahahaha
Such a great reminder 🩷
Pistachio related salmonella outbreak in Canada - 52 cases confirmed so far. Recalls have been issued for products from brands Habibi, Al Mokhtar Food Centre and Dubai.
Yeah def agree on slowing cancer therapies. I looked quickly and only saw respiratory virus ones. It’s all bad news anyways, but I’ll take slightly lesser bad news with all the insanity going on right now 😭
Weren’t the cancelled contracts only for Covid, influenza and avian flu?
So far unaffected but funding for many has been slashed or halted across the board.
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HHS is terminating 22 mRNA vaccine development investments, predominantly related to COVID-19, influenza & avian flu for reasons that are entirely invalid. Calling mRNA vaccine platform ineffective & unsafe is blatantly false. But you’d need to know a thing or two about science to understand this.
My kiddo had RSV at 10 weeks of age. I wish this was available 8 years ago.
Yes sadly BC only covering for high and moderate risk babies.
Link to study: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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The best part? Benefits were seen both in at-risk and preterm babies as well as healthy term babies. This finding underscores the importance of universal coverage.
A preprint from Quebec following their universal coverage program for Beyfortus (RSV antibody) for infants found that it was *nearly 90% effective* in preventing RSV-related ER visits, hospitalizations and ICU admissions.
He doesn’t want to “reduce chronic illnesses,” he wants to reduce people with chronic illnesses
still thinking about the Montana knife maker who said you don't have to worry about tariffs if you buy american. and then three months later, he realized he imports swedish steel and german equipment. and even MiUSA equipment costs $100k more now because of tariffs
This is not practicing evidence-based medicine, it is instead going to actively harm pregnant and post-partum parents and their babies.
As with everything, it needs to be a risk vs benefit discussion. Makary at the FDA instead is focusing solely on the risks of SSRIs (which aren't even clear, & if they do exist, are very low), without taking into consideration the benefits of these meds & the risks of untreated mental illness.
Many studies have shown clearly that pregnant people with depression who receive proper treatment have better outcomes for both themselves and their babies versus those with untreated depression.
2- But most importantly, untreated or not properly managed depression and anxiety carry huge risks, both especially to the pregnant person but also for the newborn.
But even then, the absolute risk was very low & the number needed to treat to harm, a term we call NNTH was high. NNTH indicates how many need to be exposed to a risk factor for one person to experience a harmful outcome. This tells us the overall safety of SSRIs & SNRIs in pregnancy is very high.
But there are two important takeaways: 1- The studies that show a slight association with birth defects or neurodevelopmental concerns have many flaws, so it is difficult to determine if their results are even valid.
Majority of the studies show absolutely no increase in any kind of teratogenicity_or birth defects or neurodevelopmental concerns with the use of SSRIs and SNRIs in pregnancy. However a small handful have shown a very slight increase in heart defects or other birth defects and ADHD or Autism.
And so with that, there are of course always going to be concerns about the validity of the data and results since studies may not be rigorous or well-designed and there is always the potential to be susceptible to confounders or other variables that impact outcomes. So what does the data show?