How about some promising Covid-vaccine-related news? It's all early on, but it's still nice to see — and maybe buried amidst all the other news.

Nasal COVID-19 vaccine based on WashU technology to enter U.S. clinical trials
https://medicine.washu.edu/news/nasal-covid-19-vaccine-based-on-washu-technology-to-enter-u-s-clinical-trials/

Newly Discovered Antibody Protects Against All COVID-19 Variants
https://news.utexas.edu/2024/09/03/newly-discovered-antibody-protects-against-all-covid-19-variants/

(Of course, who knows what will happen with any vaccine work and/or availability given this administration.)

In 1 decade, Texas went from having high vaccination rates to low rates

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/experts-vaccines-texas-measles

#Covid #Vaccines Have Paved the Way for #Cancer Vaccines - https://www.wired.com/story/wired-health-lennard-lee-cancer-vaccines/ "The mRNA technology behind coronavirus vaccines is now being used to create bespoke vaccines for cancer patients." but will #muricans be allowed to use them...? #vax

I don't think Americans are going to eat their way to good health with beef tallow french fries. I could be wrong.

"He asked three local churches if he could set up a mobile testing site on their property. They all refused...His team did create a drive-up testing site at a county events building next to the city park, and not far from the Masonic lodge. But he said that it gets very few visitors—about two or three a day. As a result, no one really knows the outbreak’s total size."

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/03/texas-measles-outbreak-death-family/681985/

I DON'T KNOW WHY PEOPLE THINK WE NEED VACCINES

Wearing asafoedita in a bag around the neck keeps measles at bay. It's a sure preventative.

If you think you need extra protection, sip some water from a holy well while walking widdershins around it and reciting the Lord's prayer backwards.

#Trump #RFKJr #vaccines #vaccination #healthcare #measles #science #medicine #disinformation #nonsense
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Photo of child with day-four measles rash is by CDC/NIP/Barbara Rice, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measles#/media/File:RougeoleDP.jpg

"WH pulls nomination of Dave Weldon as CDC director hours before hearing."

Encouraging, Trump's pick for the CDC was even too anti-vax for him.

He's promoted anti-vaccine theories for decades -held fast to the belief that vaccines caused autism, even though science has since debunked that theory. In 2007, he introduced a bill to ban thimerosal from vaccines based on a perceived link to autism *removed from all childhood vaccines in the US in 2001.

#CDC #Vaccines #USPol https://www.statnews.com/2025/03/13/trump-administration-withdraws-dave-weldon-cdc-nomination/

A recent study shows promise for a personalized mRNA vaccine to prevent pancreatic cancer recurrence, offering hope for patients and highlighting the potential of tailored cancer treatments. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/03/13/world/cancer-vaccine-shows-hope/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #cancer #pancreaticcancer #mrna #vaccines #health #medicine

If people who knowingly spread misinformation that directly led to people's deaths could be charged with 2nd-degree murder (and I don't see why they can't!) - I wonder how much that would help stop a lot of this crap.

https://infosec.exchange/@erosalie/114153976042521293
#CDC #vaccines #VaccinesWork #PublicHealth #antivax #antiscience #USpol #USpolitics #ElectionsHaveConsequences #ElectionConsequences

this is fine https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-03-11/measles-case-confirmed-los-angeles-county-lax-exposure

Making America Sicker and More Ignorant Again

The NIH just cut research grants on dozens of studies, many already in progress, on vaccine hesitancy and strategies to increase vaccine uptake.

Meanwhile, RFKJr's CDC is resurrecting the long disproven link began vaccines and autism and calling for new studies on this already scientifically resolved non issue.

And at the same time, RFKJr is telling people to take snake oil, I mean codfish oil, and antibiotics, to combat measles, though neither of which has any efficacy for that disease.

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/anti-science/nih-cuts-research-grants-vaccine-hesitancy-mrna-vaccine-studies-next-target

Okay, finally talked with someone who could give me a price on the #measles titer. $163 out-of-pocket, and since I have a $500 insurance deductible, that's how much it's going to cost me. $326 for the two of us. Damn.

So, yeah, we're just going to get the #vaccines.

I hate #healthcare in the #US.

#RFKJr is claiming that the best protection against #measles is the breast milk of a woman whose blood is untainted by #vaccines.

No, really.

https://x.com/atrupar/status/1899636733693554878

“The goal is to cast vaccines into the shadows. That has deadly consequences.”

Legislators are bent on dismantling our vaccine safety net even as this deadly disease sees a frightening resurgence in our state. https://www.texasobserver.org/measles-outbreak-anti-vax-legislation/

#RJKJr opposes mass vaccination & culling as a strategy for controlling the #H5N1. He advocates for measures to protect flocks from infection by wild birds, isolating infected fowl, & allowing the highly pathogenic virus to spread.

The bird flu outbreak has ravaged poultry farms, leading to an egg shortage & higher prices.

His apptsignals "culling" humans.

The #TrumpMusk regime is against #PublicHealth #PublicSafety #Science #NationalSecurity #Vaccines #NIH...
#USPol
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/health-secretary-rfk-jr-calls-031543811.html