Vaccines save lives and reduce healthcare costs. Those are facts. It is dangerous that RFK Jr., a political figure with no medical or public health training, is the choice to take the nation’s most powerful and important public health job. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/o... - ThreadSky

mtosterholm.bsky.social • 106 days ago

Vaccines save lives and reduce healthcare costs. Those are facts. It is dangerous that RFK Jr., a political figure with no medical or public health training, is the choice to take the nation’s most powerful and important public health job.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/opinion/rfk-jr-vaccines-public-health.html

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abstewardess.bsky.social•106 days ago

…while facing a realistic danger of another pandemic in the next 4 yrs…

islandofreil.bsky.social•106 days ago

Much sooner than that (H5N1)

johntobinmd.bsky.social•106 days ago

2 to 4 years. A vaccine will probably be ready but few will get it, thanks to all this. I for one will be in line.

islandofreil.bsky.social•106 days ago

Oh, I'll definitely get it too...but I don't actually want to see millions of people die yet again.

johntobinmd.bsky.social•106 days ago

Me either! But, I fear the damage is already half done. Just ask around to see how many are up to date with their covid vaccine. How many have had their flu shot… I’m sad.😢

islandofreil.bsky.social•106 days ago

I know. I have a once-close relative who fell down the anti-vax rabbit hole. :/

amantedeverdad.bsky.social•106 days ago

Or four months?

https://bsky.app/profile/amantedeverdad.bsky.social/post/3lbdz4rfqus2b

tnutz.bsky.social•106 days ago

Thank you for your continued advocacy!

goblinbox.com•106 days ago

Mediocre White Men, using their privilege to be total fucking idiots for at least thousands of years™!

msarchiteuthis.bsky.social•104 days ago

I've been yelling about this since the nomination. For all the crazy 💩 RFK Jr says, the media keeps leaving out the part where he has zero medical, pub health, tox or scientific training. Thx for mentioning it here.

lanzen.bsky.social•106 days ago

There cannot be any other objective behind this than "sacrificing" lives, increasing healthcare costs (and profits), child mortality, suffering and poverty. Why, I am not sure, but might it have something to do with how poor people are easier to exploit? Am watching with horror from across the pond.

jlev451.bsky.social•106 days ago

Hello Dr. Osterholm: I have been listening to your podcast and have found it to be a valuable source of information. As you state often, the shots we have now are good, not great. A mucosal vaccine has been looking very promising-and according to what I have read, could provide much more /1

jlev451.bsky.social•106 days ago

robust protection. We need this to continue-and much more needs to be done about the very real scourge of Long Covid. Thankful for what you do.../2

marycateismary.bsky.social•106 days ago

Please join w/doctors & research scientists around the country & push back on not only his confirmation, but also on contrarian medical practices. Do those life-saving D&Cs when fetus is non-viable. Provide mifepristone &/or Plan B. They can’t jail all doctors in US.

archdukeofgloom.bsky.social•106 days ago

I'm sure if you count do an analysis of vaccinated verses un-vaccinated workforce, the former have fewer sick days. However since we base current health care on scientific results, the later does not exist.

stayinalive2.bsky.social•106 days ago

natrlredhd.bsky.social•106 days ago

I agree 💯% with you

jessikahu.bsky.social•105 days ago

Feel sorry for America. One way appreciate their tolerance and democracy, however, there is a big cost for next 4 years!!! Unbelievable

nilikm.bsky.social•106 days ago

Indeed.

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