1/ #Measles is back. #Trust the pediatricians. 🧵 Measles was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000 thanks to the MMR vaccine. It's back b/c too many children remain unvaccinated. #AmericanAcademyOfPediatrics continues to be one of the most important voices for child health. Interesting story... - ThreadSky

samirshahmd.bsky.social • 10 days ago

1/ #Measles is back. #Trust the pediatricians.

🧵 Measles was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000 thanks to the MMR vaccine. It's back b/c too many children remain unvaccinated. #AmericanAcademyOfPediatrics continues to be one of the most important voices for child health. Interesting story...

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golfmaniac.bsky.social•10 days ago

Let’s give rfk jr measles and the placebo.

xeraser.bsky.social•9 days ago

Looking for new treatments for a disease that was conquered 25 years ago is like trying to prove you are anything but a namesake of your father

h0pe4dfuture.bsky.social•9 days ago

Another pitiful, self-centered individual focused on being able to say he's "right", even though he's deadly wrong. Many will die for his ego.

sqgs.bsky.social•10 days ago

His assignment from DJT is to murder as many Americans and children as fast as he can. The worm in his brain told him how to do it 🤦🏻‍♀️

ludmillaart.bsky.social•10 days ago

And now I cannot watch Curb Your Enthusiasm because every time I see his wife I want to vomit. 🤮

kaybell27.bsky.social•9 days ago

Progress is an anathema to RFK Jr and republicans, particularly medical science, all the historical proof that scientific developments are successful is rejected for crackpot theories. As key developments like vaccines are refused the
consequences are greater suffering for Americans.

joez58.bsky.social•9 days ago

Hey Jr, don’t reinvent the fucking wheel moron.

skipb.bsky.social•9 days ago

Trump said bleach cures everything

samirshahmd.bsky.social•10 days ago

2/ In 1921, Congress passed the Sheppard-Towner Act, the first federal law to support maternal & child health. It funded home nursing visits, prenatal education, & infant care clinics—measures that helped cut infant mortality.

samirshahmd.bsky.social•10 days ago

3/ During this time, pediatricians comprised a section within the AMA. While most pediatrician members of the AMA supported Sheppard-Towner, the AMA did not.

samirshahmd.bsky.social•10 days ago

4/ At a 1922 AMA meeting, the pediatric section voted in favor of the law. That same day, AMA leadership denounced it as socialist and banned sections from taking such policy stances again. (I'm describing the history. This should NOT be interpreted as a shot against the AMA)

samirshahmd.bsky.social•10 days ago

5/ Pediatricians had already played key roles in White House conferences on children (1909, 1919), and later pushed bold national recommendations like the 1930 Children’s Charter. But they lacked a national voice to carry those ideas forward.

samirshahmd.bsky.social•10 days ago

6/ The tensions emanating from that clash highlighted the need for an independent voice for children & contributed to the founding of the #AmericanAcademyOfPediatrics.

samirshahmd.bsky.social•10 days ago

7/ On July 19, 1929, 35 pediatricians gathered for dinner in Portland, Oregon. Motivated by infant mortality, poor access to care, and a desire to implement real public health improvements, they committed to forming a new organization: the AAP.

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