The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive “medical intervention.” Leslie Manookian, the activist behind the law, hopes to make it a “societal norm” for the rest of the country.
bhaugen
boosted
A reminder that the #Covid #pandemic isn't over. Thousands are still infected & hospitalized every year. Deaths aren't the only possibility - millions are facing long-term disability from " #LongCovid", including #children. #Vaccines, #cleanair filtration, #respirator masks, & more help keep us safe.
#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #Vote #Election #DemocraticParty #RepublicanParty #DonaldTrump #Trump #JoeBiden #Biden #Democracy #USA #Musk #Fascism #Fascist
A reminder that the #Covid #pandemic isn't over. Thousands are still infected & hospitalized every year. Deaths aren't the only possibility - millions are facing long-term disability from " #LongCovid", including #children. #Vaccines, #cleanair filtration, #respirator masks, & more help keep us safe.
#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #Vote #Election #DemocraticParty #RepublicanParty #DonaldTrump #Trump #JoeBiden #Biden #Democracy #USA #Musk #Fascism #Fascist
Cory Doctorow
boosted
#RFKJr fires top #NIH scientist weeks after she files #whistleblower complaint
Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo’s complaint reportedly involved the Trump admin’s #hostility toward #vaccines
The US * #health* secretary, RFKJr, has fired a top scientist at the National Institutes of #Health (NIH) just 3 weeks after she had filed a whistleblower complaint against the Trump admin relating to its hostility towards vaccines, according to a report.
#science #medicine #OrchestratedShutdown
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/03/rfk-jr-jeanne-marrazzo-nih-fired
#RFKJr fires top #NIH scientist weeks after she files #whistleblower complaint
Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo’s complaint reportedly involved the Trump admin’s #hostility toward #vaccines
The US * #health* secretary, RFKJr, has fired a top scientist at the National Institutes of #Health (NIH) just 3 weeks after she had filed a whistleblower complaint against the Trump admin relating to its hostility towards vaccines, according to a report.
#science #medicine #OrchestratedShutdown
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/03/rfk-jr-jeanne-marrazzo-nih-fired
ghouls for commensality 🧿
and 1 other
boosted
A big month for progress on mucosal Covid vaccines!
- A 35th mucosal vax in clinical trial
- Encouraging preclinical results for intranasal self-amplifying mRNA vax from Spain
- News on progress with the Covid infection studies laying the groundwork for testing mucosal vax in human challenge studies
Plus more clinical results for self-amplifying mRNA vax & fascinating pandemic preparedness news from Singapore
Nextgen Covid vax update @PLOS https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/09/30/the-35th-mucosal-covid-vaccine-in-clinical-trial-an-intranasal-self-amplifying-mrna-vax-and-more-nextgen-vaccine-update-33/
A big month for progress on mucosal Covid vaccines!
- A 35th mucosal vax in clinical trial
- Encouraging preclinical results for intranasal self-amplifying mRNA vax from Spain
- News on progress with the Covid infection studies laying the groundwork for testing mucosal vax in human challenge studies
Plus more clinical results for self-amplifying mRNA vax & fascinating pandemic preparedness news from Singapore
Nextgen Covid vax update @PLOS https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/09/30/the-35th-mucosal-covid-vaccine-in-clinical-trial-an-intranasal-self-amplifying-mrna-vax-and-more-nextgen-vaccine-update-33/
bhaugen
boosted
"Writing in the Lancet medical journal in July, Heidi Larson, a professor of anthropology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, identified the US as the origin of so much of the 'pandemic of misinformation' and 'fringe narratives' that caused controversy during the Covid pandemic and appear to have gained even more traction since."
~ Denis Campbell
#Trump #RFKJr #Republicans #vaccines #disinformation #science #medicine #Covid #pandemic
/4
bhaugen
boosted
"For example, from 2019to 2021 the US acted as 'a major exporter of Covid-19 vaccine misinformation, with American accounts disproportionately represented as central hubs in global misinformation networks', she said. That influenced behaviour in countries as far away as Nigeria, Ghana and Bulgaria, contributing to reduced uptake of Covid and childhood vaccines."
#Trump #RFKJr #Republicans #vaccines #disinformation #science #medicine #Covid #pandemic
/5
Alex Akselrod
and 1 other
boosted
Today’s autism announcement was just as bad as we feared
Trump blamed Tylenol & vaccines for autism
He encouraged women to just “tough out” their pain
He praised people who don’t “need” meds or vaccines
These are eugenicist talking points & they’re devastating to the disability community.
My latest looks at the threat to our lives, as well as how we can support one another.
We must not give up hope, but we need our non disabled allies to fight with us.
Refuse to see us as expendable and help us demand better:
https://www.disabledginger.com/p/trumps-big-autism-announcement-and
#uspol #autism #eugenics #disability #fascism #maha #rfkjr #tylenol
#vaccines #ableism
"For example, from 2019to 2021 the US acted as 'a major exporter of Covid-19 vaccine misinformation, with American accounts disproportionately represented as central hubs in global misinformation networks', she said. That influenced behaviour in countries as far away as Nigeria, Ghana and Bulgaria, contributing to reduced uptake of Covid and childhood vaccines."
#Trump #RFKJr #Republicans #vaccines #disinformation #science #medicine #Covid #pandemic
/5
"As a result, organisations such as the WHO and Gavi, the vaccines alliance, in their day-to-day work promoting vaccines 'are increasingly confronted by vaccine hesitancy grounded in exported disinformation, much of it directly traceable to American political discourse and media,' Larson said."
#Trump #RFKJr #Republicans #vaccines #disinformation #science #medicine #Covid #pandemic
/6
"For example, from 2019to 2021 the US acted as 'a major exporter of Covid-19 vaccine misinformation, with American accounts disproportionately represented as central hubs in global misinformation networks', she said. That influenced behaviour in countries as far away as Nigeria, Ghana and Bulgaria, contributing to reduced uptake of Covid and childhood vaccines."
#Trump #RFKJr #Republicans #vaccines #disinformation #science #medicine #Covid #pandemic
/5
"Writing in the Lancet medical journal in July, Heidi Larson, a professor of anthropology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, identified the US as the origin of so much of the 'pandemic of misinformation' and 'fringe narratives' that caused controversy during the Covid pandemic and appear to have gained even more traction since."
~ Denis Campbell
#Trump #RFKJr #Republicans #vaccines #disinformation #science #medicine #Covid #pandemic
/4
der.hans
boosted
if you look back at the data, 250 years ago, 40% of kids never made it to adulthood. Today, it’s 4%. The majority of that decrease is due to vaccines. Vaccines have saved more lives than any other type of medical intervention, including antibiotics, including everything. Vaccines have saved an enormous number of lives.
—Drew Weissman, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and co-recipient of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for his discoveries that enabled the creation of mRNA-based Covid-19 vaccines.
Argument against #antivaxxers.
Alex Akselrod
boosted
#Hawaii sends a loud "f**k you" to #RFKJr on #COVID #vaccines. https://bigislandnow.com/2025/09/23/gov-josh-green-issues-proclamation-protecting-covid-19-vaccine-access/
U.S. President Donald Trump's autism announcement harks back to his first term, when he gave unscientific advice about how to treat COVID. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/23/world/politics/trump-autism-covid-flashbacks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #covid19 #vaccines #medicine #autism #us #donaldtrump #tylenol #robertfkennedyjr
Today’s autism announcement was just as bad as we feared
Trump blamed Tylenol & vaccines for autism
He encouraged women to just “tough out” their pain
He praised people who don’t “need” meds or vaccines
These are eugenicist talking points & they’re devastating to the disability community.
My latest looks at the threat to our lives, as well as how we can support one another.
We must not give up hope, but we need our non disabled allies to fight with us.
Refuse to see us as expendable and help us demand better:
https://www.disabledginger.com/p/trumps-big-autism-announcement-and
#uspol #autism #eugenics #disability #fascism #maha #rfkjr #tylenol
#vaccines #ableism