i feel like it's an open question whether or not the flu vaccine will even be available next season - ThreadSky

jamellebouie.net • 5 days ago

i feel like it's an open question whether or not the flu vaccine will even be available next season

On Friday night, HHS ordered CDC to take down all flu vaccine campaign materials from its website. Materials are starting to come down.
For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now

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rh871.bsky.social•5 days ago

A lot of vulnerable people will die if flu & COVID vaccines aren’t available. There are also pneumonia and RSV vaccines in the pipeline. I suppose those will disappear down the MAHA hole.

runnerlily.bsky.social•5 days ago

I said to spouse yesterday “Should we ask the doctor about boosters…? How long do the measles, mumps, rubella vaccines last?” I am not as afraid for me as for some unvaccinated child I give something to who ends up deaf or dead.

rwb22.bsky.social•5 days ago

They do want boosting, I'd talk to your doctor asap- some people only need a booster for mumps and rubella, but my mom's doctor said some people have waning measles immunity too. Also get a tetanus shot while you're at it, the DPT version that covers diptheria and pertussis.

runnerlily.bsky.social•5 days ago

Thank you! Good on tetanus-do tons of work on our property, so constantly injuring ourselves and got boosters less than 3 years ago.

rwb22.bsky.social•5 days ago

The doctor may have you get a titre to check whether your immunity is waning or not, but it's probably cheaper for the insurance just to get you the shot so it could go either way.

runnerlily.bsky.social•5 days ago

Seriously appreciate it! Will do

grandpadavid.bsky.social•5 days ago

Back in 2004, it wasn't. The US ran out. Living in Seattle then, we took the Victoria Clipper package deal: catamaran to Victoria BC, flu shot, a day in that lovely city, and back home. It was November weather, but we didn't mind.

I doubt Canada will be equally nice to us these days.

chefsfleming.bsky.social•4 days ago

I'm hoping that we remember that the American people are not the enemy, they are the same friends and neighbours we've always loved. Some misguided voting has put us all in a terrible situation.

standup101.bsky.social•4 days ago

I'm gonna guess you'll get a single use plastic bag containing some crystals, a plastic straw to suck up your bleach shot, a prescription for a uv light box and a handful of stones so you can smash your own windows from the inside. Should cure just about anything vaccines caused 🤔

meepdog.bsky.social•4 days ago

Must be part of the DOGE plan to reduce SSI and Medicare expenses. Kill off the vulnerable elderly.

caremay13.bsky.social•4 days ago

It will be for the rich.

beckya.bsky.social•5 days ago

Yes and I’m even more worried about Covid vaccines

dahliatravers.bsky.social•5 days ago

gah! I hope it’s still in the interest of health insurance companies to pay for flu vaccine—cost of flu shot < hospitalization from flu.

crunk1977.bsky.social•5 days ago

With us not part WHO I'm not sure it will be very effective even if it is available.

rswirling.bsky.social•5 days ago

Or whether it would even be effective here. I saw an expert the other day saying that bc the US isn’t sending scientists to the int’l meeting where they talk about which flu strains to target with the vaccine, next year’s will be unlikely to inoculate against the most common strains in the US

harvestwoman.bsky.social•5 days ago

But the good news is flu shots are at least partly cumulative, so if you get one every year over a period of years you will have pretty fair protection against hospitalization.

tazornissen.bsky.social•4 days ago

@mmeadway.bsky.social As we talked about..

mmeadway.bsky.social•4 days ago

Exactly. This is getting ridiculous.

blank.org•5 days ago

I think it’s an absolute lock that we’ve seen the end of flu and Covid vaccine boosters for four years at a minimum, and at that point pharma companies are going to require ironclad assurances before they risk any money bringing them back, so… maybe the rest of our lives?

blank.org•5 days ago

And that’s the best case scenario. Full on apocalyptic options like removing tort protection from vaccine manufacturers is absolutely on the table, at which point they’re all gone, forever.

faith54.bsky.social•5 days ago

Get those vax in any case . . . there is another pandemic coming but maybe do it just to stick it to Trump and RKF

bzytex.bsky.social•5 days ago

No, they'll just cost thousands of dollars and be an out-of-pocket expense. Trump met with all the pharmaceutical company heads. They brought him tribute the day before he started cutting medical. He's tariffing drugs from other countries and allowing the US drug companies to raise prices.

sharonls.bsky.social•5 days ago

When they tell you who they are believe them

nursejungabel.bsky.social•5 days ago

I think the point is to make more of the elderly population that's vulnerable, actually just die.

cabrielle.bsky.social•5 days ago

If that could include RFK Jr., that'd be great.

socal4evr.bsky.social•2 days ago

You know who else is elderly!?

itsbabs.bsky.social•4 days ago

so that’s why we’re all wearing masks in public indoor spaces right

nursejungabel.bsky.social•4 days ago

I'm sorry I don't understand the point of your statement.

itsbabs.bsky.social•4 days ago

the point: it’s a bleak time, we have to take care of each other.

nursejungabel.bsky.social•4 days ago

mark-sci-guy.bsky.social•5 days ago

That's one way to become more fiscally responsible.

stoneperch.bsky.social•5 days ago

I think so too which is crazy because that's his base. I guess now that he's going to rig the election he literally doesn't need them anymore

upstateguy404.bsky.social•5 days ago

Certainly one way to reduce social security and medicare/Medicaid so they can make bigger tax cuts for the rich.

thememo.bsky.social•5 days ago

This is what I think too. It's just another part of dismantling the country. Though somewhere, there will be vaccines for them. Like RFK's kids, they're vaccinated while he talks parents out of vaccines for their kids, watch them get sick and/or die, then he takes his messaging somewhere else.

ashleighparsons.bsky.social•5 days ago

Jesus, he's a worm-brained locust.

upstateguy404.bsky.social•5 days ago

And with CDC hamstring by firing their EIS officers and restricting publishing of MMWR we won't know until it's too late.

thememo.bsky.social•5 days ago

I know, we're sitting ducks worse off than we were when Covid hit the US. At least we had access to info. This is where the Dems need to do something, like rehire them under some new policy, or something like this new task force they have implemented. Hire enough to keep us informed.

emily68.bsky.social•5 days ago

Plus, when RFK Jr says his kids are vaccinated, does he mean they've received all the vaccines they're supposed to have and on the schedule they're supposed to receive them? I wouldn't bet on it.

jcnova.bsky.social•5 days ago

His goal is to re-examine the science behind the content of vaccines and their schedule. There isn’t scientific consensus on the amount of vaccines administered to children being as health as purported

thememo.bsky.social•4 days ago

I got a bridge to sell YOU.

rkossik.bsky.social•5 days ago

Sadly, that is not remotely true.

cushmanlynx.bsky.social•1 day ago

BS.... Decades observation show vaccines dramatically improve health and reduce premature deaths and disease related disabilities such as blindness in children (measles). Last week a study shows common flue shots reduce Alzheimers.

nellenk.bsky.social•4 days ago

We have west Texas as a control group.

rosaluxlux.bsky.social•4 days ago

Nah, it typically costs as much to treat someone in the last few weeks of their life as several years of healthy old age. They will have to refuse to pay for treatment if they want to save money, and they could just do that without the extra disease.

tooskoolforcool.bsky.social•4 days ago

Since they can't terminate elderly from SS they'll just terminate them through sickness. He's cutting SS from both sides.

brianbarclay.bsky.social•5 days ago

Sensible people will get vaccinated while MAGAs, in blind faith to Trump, will not. It’s grotesque, but perhaps that’s the best scenario. Let Darwinism do its work.

theclintpodcast.bsky.social•5 days ago

Let’s all assume it won’t
And plan to get it in Canada
Or wherever.
Someone will have it.

alpinestart570.bsky.social•5 days ago

Start the body count now. The Solomon islands is only a microcosm of what will happen in this country.

muddywater1.bsky.social•5 days ago

I'm getting a flu vaccine and a Covid booster on Feb 18.

cygnetgoddess.bsky.social•4 days ago

And we can thank TYRANT TRUMP and his HHS SEC RFK, Jr.

bolsadegas.bsky.social•5 days ago

It will certainly be available here in civilized Australia. Come on down anytime and get your jab.

jessicataaffe.bsky.social•5 days ago

What’s a significant question is how will the Northern Hemisphere vaccines strains be decided? Will the US contribute info to WHO? Will the US have their own selection? How will this affect the manufacturing process?

roadtrippingcat.bsky.social•4 days ago

Add the culling of millions of birds due to bird flu and given that we also need eggs to produce any vaccines, this adds another layer to the picture of how scarce their (both eggs and vaccines) availability will be

spiralarchitect6.bsky.social•4 days ago

With its mere 33% efficacy rate? What will we do?🤣

swimman79.bsky.social•5 days ago

I’ll let you know when I know.

Still not even entirely sure how strain selection for the US will work given it’s a collab btw the WHO & CDC based off southern hemi data the WHO collects.

houseocelot.bsky.social•5 days ago

Get your vaccines while ya can! Especially if you’re on Medicaid or Medicare…

emar389.bsky.social•5 days ago

I’m on there now and can see pages

nneshewat.bsky.social•5 days ago

Well for ourselves we know what to go but for the poor and ignorant people in this country they will suffer abs they will never realize what caused it!

free-to-be-me.bsky.social•4 days ago

Most voted for shitler

lookeyhere.bsky.social•5 days ago

Kill. Kill. Die. Die
Trumpmaga Democide.
We already have matricide. Women dying under FORCED PREGNANCIES!

bryteline.bsky.social•5 days ago

The flu vaccine will be available next season, but maybe not for everyone or everywhere.

majorblueprint.bsky.social•5 days ago

It will be available, but at what cost. Pharma will make $$$.

gmg8.bsky.social•4 days ago

I have had to postpone vaxes due to pre and post operative concerns but ran and got every one I could- four - on Saturday. Just don’t know what the future holds. What a world we suddenly live in where science and common sense are being discounted.

realhotgirlsith.bsky.social•5 days ago

Vaccines will go. The crazies are scared of "shedding". The other crazies want people to die.

raywoodson5.bsky.social•5 days ago

They’re trying to kill us. And U.S.

vivbernstein.bsky.social•5 days ago

I think they’re good with us getting sick (and some dying maybe). How else to explain it?

whataimeewrites.bsky.social•5 days ago

JFC

denise3993.bsky.social•4 days ago

Who want info from THIS administration anyway? They’ll just recommend injecting yourself with bleach to cure everything.

prairiesam.bsky.social•5 days ago

Of course not! Along with so many other protections that won't be there. Constitution & life as everyone knows it is being destroyed from within. Very little can be done about it.

checkedout2.bsky.social•5 days ago

Easiest way to kill off the older population, which they have no need for.

duskysky.bsky.social•4 days ago

Or any vaccine.

voicilavictoire.bsky.social•5 days ago

trumplstilskin is a big pharma guy and he'll let us buy it at exorbitant prices

alandval.bsky.social•5 days ago

I'm certain they'll be pushing SOMETHING.....

free-to-be-me.bsky.social•4 days ago

On Fox “News”

aoibhblair.bsky.social•5 days ago

https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/flu-influenza.html

grove.cx•5 days ago

wonder if the rest of the world will produce it, and if so, will Canada let us get it.

hughman3.bsky.social•5 days ago

On the bright side

more eggs means lower prices for eggs for those of us healthy enough (alive) to eat them

hughman3.bsky.social•5 days ago

Now that I say that.....

That seriously could be the "strategy" on this public health move

rsteve388.bsky.social•5 days ago

The very real fear of not having a flu vaccine next year is absolutely horrifying.

carldownunder.bsky.social•5 days ago

I'm betting that it will be available but only for those who can afford to pay top dollar.

bitcoindavey.bsky.social•5 days ago

Both bloodletting and leaches are now covered by Medicare.

catawampusaskance.bsky.social•4 days ago

We can't all visit Canada or Mexico for vaccinations, but I sure do hope that's an option.

accessdenied.org•4 days ago

i’m sure that’ll be made illegal like the states making it illegal to travel for abortions.

angietheoptimus.bsky.social•5 days ago

It seems clear that a strong impulse running through this administration is the desire for an apocalypse. Those zombie shows were incentivizing to these buffoons.

eurydice-krg.bsky.social•5 days ago

I worry about this as well, but the yearly vaccine is an international effort and state public health departments are still tracking the strains that are prevalent. I still have hope the work is being done that goes into preparing the yearly vaccine…as long as it’s not made illegal.

jeffquinn16.bsky.social•5 days ago

That disease you like is coming back in style

kahunadakine.bsky.social•5 days ago

The MCU is gonna replace Iron Man with Iron Lung.

green-red-chile.bsky.social•4 days ago

I'm beginning to think he wants us dead. He's going to lose more of his followers though. They all think vaccines are bad.
Most of us who think he's an idiot believe in science, and the vaccines. Well that's one way to clean up the gene pool. Thanks Donnie dumbbell.

aderadana.bsky.social•5 days ago

Folks who believe in vaccines will continue. Those that need information to decide, well. Those that do not, are happy to be in the dark ages. As to if they will be available, sure. Big Pharma would never loose money. Cost, well...

faefromthefield.bsky.social•5 days ago

Why are republicans trying to kill Americans?

evensong.bsky.social•5 days ago

Do you think we will be able to go to Canada for vaccinations?

ccmdoc.bsky.social•4 days ago

That’s what happens when you vote against your own interested. Blinded by some undying loyalty to the #Felon47

socaloma.bsky.social•5 days ago

I never thought that getting my flu shot would be a radical act. And yet, here we are.

pecosjane.bsky.social•5 days ago

The entire Trump Administration is a wrecking crew. They are intentionally wrecking a functioning government so its functions can be privatized, providing more profits for the Oligarchs.

gilmoure.bsky.social•5 days ago

Or for Russia to gain prominence.

mrsrobotbirdie.bsky.social•4 days ago

Are we going to have to go to Canada in hopes they even have Novavax?

afaf-freedom.bsky.social•5 days ago

this DESPITE a judge ordering them to restore all pages they had taken down.

coffeemonstress.bsky.social•5 days ago

This would kill an awful lot of peoples’ grandparents.

ofarrelltalent.bsky.social•4 days ago

They’re rebooting 1000 ways to die in ‘murica, aren’t they?

jlh55.bsky.social•5 days ago

Corps who make the flu vax aren't going to quit so easily. A lot of $$ in it. Many doctors will provide it - I hope. But if it isn't, we should encourage wearing masks again to protect the most vulnerable.

nancyhicks.bsky.social•5 days ago

One more terrifying thing to add to the rest of the terrifying list.
I’m in my mid-70’s. I’ve been getting an annual flu shot for at least 20 years. I added a regular COVID shot.
We are all disposable to this group of billionaires. I’m not sure how they expect to stay rich if they kill us all off.

bluestockinglit.bsky.social•5 days ago

Oh damn. I didn’t think of that. I was only thinking I would bone up on which ones needed updating and ask for them. Yikes 😬

jennybigcat.bsky.social•5 days ago

You 💯 should. I did and left my doctor’s office on Friday with sore arms. We even did my tetanus shot early.

bluestockinglit.bsky.social•5 days ago

My problem is my healthcare is through the VA, so I’m likely going to have to wait till March of next year to get seen again because DODGY is steadily firing people already

jennybigcat.bsky.social•5 days ago

I’m sorry.

sjroadw.bsky.social•5 days ago

this. despite all the weirdo conspiracy people’s appeals to “big pharma evil $$$!!!”, vaccines aren’t actually very profitable compared to other drugs & a lot of companies have stopped producing them over the years. without government promotion & mandates the incentive to make them gets even lower.

dcnajmwilliams.bsky.social•5 days ago

You will be able get it while visiting your neighbour, the free, democratic, and socially responsible independent nation of Canada, and if you were a resident, get it at no charge.

frostymessera.bsky.social•5 days ago

Insurance companies must also see that flu vaccines also save them money

iamcraftish.bsky.social•5 days ago

You would hope but pretty sure they would just let people die.

anotherleelee.bsky.social•5 days ago

Many rack up huge medical bills before they die.

croweleycf.bsky.social•5 days ago

It is such a pain in the ass to get in Europe.

Stupid "getting sick is good for your immune system" superstition.

laurenbvt56.bsky.social•4 days ago

All the better to "reduce the surplus population."

bluedotredwithrage.bsky.social•5 days ago

If that’s the case, I’m prepared to make a trip to Mexico or Canada.
Fuck these fascist fools.

sausalitocheese.bsky.social•5 days ago

Does the flu vaccine still require a billion eggs to produce like it once did? Because in all seriousness that could be an issue.

tonibug4.bsky.social•4 days ago

I believe their goal is to wipe out every one of a certain age.

smallstories.bsky.social•5 days ago

buying my flu vaccine in an alley from a man draped in shadows

ejb1231.bsky.social•4 days ago

We're going to be in the middle of WWIII next year, the flu shot availability will be the least of your worries. Just sayin'

keylime-mean.bsky.social•5 days ago

I️ keep thinking about how we’re going to have to drive across the border to have basic healthcare 🫠

stoneperch.bsky.social•5 days ago

Thank God I live in San Diego

loril65.bsky.social•5 days ago

Mask wearing times ahead.

cos-librul.bsky.social•5 days ago

Nah, that will no doubt be illegal. Perhaps we will also stop teaching the germ theory of disease and start blaming evil "humors".

annawithtwons.bsky.social•5 days ago

I just got over the flu. It was a doozy but I bet it would have been worse if I had t gotten the vaccine. Yeah, I may have gotten a different strain but the flue vaccine saves lives and cuts down on hospitalization

seb55.bsky.social•5 days ago

I don't want to get the flu - always get the vaccine ☹️

bbudd10-97.bsky.social•4 days ago

My last science training was 12th grade, look it up. And now I’m in charge of all science and medicine in America. Holy fucking shit.

natjacques.bsky.social•5 days ago

Yup, the quicker the old and medically fragile kick the bucket, the better for their bottom dollar. Because America is a company now, not a country.

forevernever.bsky.social•5 days ago

There won't be a flu vaccine *and* there won't be any CDC reports on the flu's spread.

tumescentnumpty.bsky.social•5 days ago

We'll get to play the fun game of is it flu or measles? Better hope you can get in to your doctor after you local hospital was forced to "un-DEI" their staff or see their federal funding withheld.

redback.bsky.social•5 days ago

'slow down the testing'

lostcoastsandy.bsky.social•5 days ago

There will be a flu vaccine, but insurers will no longer be required to cover it so people will go without.

glj333.bsky.social•5 days ago

That’s exactly what I just thinking/worrying about.

the-chieftan.bsky.social•5 days ago

Seems its now going to be a black-market/underground item to obtain. Just to survive the return of multiple diseases when the soon to come, NIE & BPE, "Natural Immunity Exposure" and "Block Party Exposure" mandates are enforced.,

sfjoe707.bsky.social•4 days ago

Just went to CDC website and it was still up. Actually on first page.

christinedaaesnape.bsky.social•4 days ago

I hope maggats all get the flu and go away without infecting us sane people.

cheers464646.bsky.social•5 days ago

Big pharma is not going to stop selling vaccines. 🤞🤞🤞

codemistress.bsky.social•5 days ago

You all do know that we are having the worst flu in 15 years per the AMA...they are trying to kill us.

https://www.wjbf.com/news/flu-activity-now-highest-in-15-years-see-which-states-have-it-worst/amp/

charlenescott.bsky.social•5 days ago

That’s what I think, too. They want seniors, the disabled and medically fragile people to pass. That’s why I will go to Canada to get vaccinated every year if I have to. Then, I will watch the MAGA around me succumb to preventable infections. The idiots will likely never catch on to it’s intentional

electnobody.bsky.social•5 days ago

If there were no government, you could whip up a batch yourself.

babalori.bsky.social•5 days ago

Did MAGAts vote for their loved ones dying if the flu?

kpatrick13.bsky.social•5 days ago

Vaccine tourism about to be big business

oddballwoofwoof.bsky.social•5 days ago

And almost certainly one that the likes of Kennedy will (secretly) be financially involved in. The Grift never ends.

anitamann.bsky.social•5 days ago

Probably not.

forced2bnice2u.bsky.social•5 days ago

Given all of the firings and shakeups, there’s no way I would have any vaccine while this gruesome administration is in power! 🤮🤮🤮

againsthatred.bsky.social•5 days ago

This is too horrible for words.

asadiablo.me•5 days ago

As long as pharmaceutical companies can profit from them, don't expect them to just go away.

ak0.bsky.social•4 days ago

The fact that I'm having to think "I hope big pharma keeps vaccines available" is dang horrible. There are many bad things about that animal desecrating Kennedy freak, and "rooting for Big pharma lobbyists" is one I wasn't expecting.

nakiajpnw.bsky.social•4 days ago

Health insurance companies might accidentally do us a solid there. They know how much it costs to treat these diseases in the hospital. Keeping vaccines widely available is in their best interests.

carpederpum.bsky.social•4 days ago

At least call them what they are, "the US healthcare mafia" or "the US healthcare extortion racket".

duckduckf.bsky.social•4 days ago

I really don’t get why pharmaceutical companies are so silent. Do they just figure they can bribe their way to what they need later?

carpederpum.bsky.social•4 days ago

They probably figure they can do whatever they want since there will be no regulatory bodies left with any teeth. That's sort of the whole point of the witless sh¡tgibbon's presidency.

jmwarren.bsky.social•5 days ago

Good
Fewer Republicans in 2026

ryanthomjohn.bsky.social•5 days ago

New fear unlocked 😞

buchman.bsky.social•5 days ago

I don't really see a scenario where it is available

salmonwatcher.bsky.social•5 days ago

Trump and RFK are trying to kill Americans. How patriotic is this?

thelordgod.bsky.social•5 days ago

It will in blue states.

I mean look at the bright side. MAGA health policies might eliminate most of them long before any physical violence ever breaks out.

agent139.bsky.social•5 days ago

The development of yearly flu vaccines doesn't happen at the state level.

thelordgod.bsky.social•5 days ago

No but states like California will likely purchase them from Canada just like washington state did mifepristone if they have to because they're not morons.

altja.bsky.social•4 days ago

Yup. Kill off as many Americans as possible.

johnbrownwasright.bsky.social•5 days ago

It won't be

drwhofan1.bsky.social•5 days ago

We're gonna be getting our flu shots on the black market.

laughlin310.bsky.social•5 days ago

Thank goodness the corporate owned major media outlets are picking up these stories.

decker2000.bsky.social•4 days ago

Are they actually trying to kill us all?

drmaligator.medsky.social•5 days ago

That because you’re right. The CDC meets with WHO to determine which flu strains to include on each year’s vaccine. With our withdrawal from WHO is is unclear how we will decide which strains to cover for.

eastcoast123.bsky.social•5 days ago

You will not be getting a flu shot, worm brain doesn’t believe!

usageofantoinette.bsky.social•5 days ago

As a newbie Senior with multiple health issues this saddens and sickens me to the n-th degree!

eastcoast123.bsky.social•4 days ago

I believe his job is to thin the herd . Seniors cost the government money. People with comorbidities and disabilities cost the government money. This is getting in the way of the rich getting richer. It’s simple math if you are a psychopath.

usageofantoinette.bsky.social•4 days ago

Eastcoaster here too, but in the US. THANK YOU for your input! It makes sense now& reflecting back on Medicare summaries of bills paid to Drs&Medical providers, e.g., tests, MRIs, CTs, etc. Diagnosed with CLL Dec '17 @ age 58 w/ anemia later; made lifestyle changes in diet, brought WBC👇to dx stage.

usageofantoinette.bsky.social•4 days ago

Had another bout of anemia again a few months ago requiring IV iron infusions. Without Medicare and my SSDI, I got on my 1st attempt w/out an attorney. I seriously don't know how I'd get by without my benefits I paid into the fund through working!

minghow1.bsky.social•5 days ago

he believes only for himself and his family.

bethannm.bsky.social•5 days ago

An elderly woman I volunteered with died of the flu two years ago. She was in the hospital for two weeks and they couldn’t save her. She was fit, exercised, and ate well. The flu is not something to play around with if you are elderly.

root-boy.bsky.social•5 days ago

That's one way to get rid of the societal burden of care I guess. Are you sure it's RFK and not DOGE behind this?

minghow1.bsky.social•5 days ago

both

speechfashfoodie.bsky.social•5 days ago

Yep! Say goodbye to the covid vaccine as well! Just completely stupid times we are living in!!

againsthatred.bsky.social•5 days ago

😰

stoneperch.bsky.social•5 days ago

I'm going in next week to get every vaccine and booster I can before we can't get them anymore.

speechfashfoodie.bsky.social•4 days ago

Same here!!!

psytisticdiptarded.bsky.social•5 days ago

Blue states might have it by then but them redstates are yk, gonna fall down like a swarm of mosquitoes getting hit with gas.

mariavictoria.bsky.social•5 days ago

Sadly I fear you are right. Same with Covid, and all vaccines really.

pamnopie.bsky.social•4 days ago

People can make their own decisions when it comes to vaccines, but banning access to the information people need to make their decision is just idiotic.

bfgilme.bsky.social•4 days ago

People can't make decisions about public health. That is like saying people can make their own decisions about washing their hands before serving you food after wiping their ass.

actualry.bsky.social•4 days ago

I believe the word you’re looking for is “murderous”

jshumbacher.bsky.social•4 days ago

Pure evil.

peyre.bsky.social•5 days ago

Well...it's pretty damn clear that this administration wants an epidemic, and I'm convinced it's deliberate. DJT aims to do as much damage to the country as possible, as revenge for us rejecting him in 2020. And the American people are on board with it - they asked for this in November.

muzicchik.bsky.social•5 days ago

It's even more sinister than that, I'm afraid.
What are the 4 horsemen? Plague, war, famine, death. Who is in charge of proj 2025? Who wants to take over Gaza? They're literally trying to bring on the end times, because they're a bunch of religious psychos. Trump is just their puppet.

stoneperch.bsky.social•5 days ago

I don't think it's revenge. He's doing it because he's greedy and he was paid. He's doing it because Putin told him too. Which makes it so much worse.

genwacc.bsky.social•5 days ago

Exactly. This is the Trump revenge tour. He wants as many of us dead as possible. If the Magats die too, it is still worth it to him.

daphe.bsky.social•5 days ago

Is the point of these measures to kill off as many elderly people as possible ?
That’s one way to reduce social security payments

mogen001.bsky.social•4 days ago

Why? Why? Why?

mogen001.bsky.social•4 days ago

What's the effin point of this action?

megintheshire.bsky.social•5 days ago

WTAH! This is public health emergency! I have a congenital lung disease. I’m first in line for every vaccine because I’m trying to survive.

vegan-4animals.bsky.social•5 days ago

“Death panels”

p-no-nwa.bsky.social•5 days ago

This will have an impact well beyond the USA

sjstill.bsky.social•5 days ago

Well, Kennedy did say he’d do away with ALL vaccines, so my guess is no it won’t be available. None of them will be. May have to venture to Canada for those pesky little things…

rfischoff.bsky.social•5 days ago

FWIW, my sense of it is that ALL vaccines will be outlawed in the US by the end of this year. Those who can afford to will take vaccine holidays in other countries.

deltadawn37.bsky.social•4 days ago

I hate that this is what matters, but the manufacturers make so much money off of the flu vaccine, surely big pharma will intervene to protect their profits. I hope.

silvernepeta.bsky.social•5 days ago

As with many of Trmp‘s policies, I don’t understand how culling the herd, which is comprised of his own voters, will help him.

peanut24.bsky.social•5 days ago

Or any vaccine . . .

lahiker.bsky.social•4 days ago

But maybe there will be discounts on raw milk! Free invitations to chickenpox and measles parties! Special deals on iron lungs and coffins!

dromaa75.bsky.social•5 days ago

As a senior citizen with asthma, I find this extremely frightening.

frodolove.bsky.social•5 days ago

😈🔥😈🔥😈🔥😈🔥

codemonkey23.bsky.social•4 days ago

Flu vaccines will be produced, I'm sure & they'll be available, I suspect, if you can pay.

free-to-be-me.bsky.social•4 days ago

nope

liamfmr.bsky.social•5 days ago

The Republicans are taking y'all back, way back. Better fire up those iron lungs. Costly though, now that imported steel is subject to tariff taxation that will allow for tax breaks for Muskrat and bros.....

burshu.bsky.social•5 days ago

I’m afraid not so open

radicallefthanded.bsky.social•4 days ago

VERY sad as well as very scary

sydneyismyalias.bsky.social•5 days ago

The odds just went up that I’ll be crossing the northern border for my flu shot in the fall.

calidrid.bsky.social•4 days ago

This is so backwards! I feel for school
administrators when the sh*t hits the fan.

alexanotherone.bsky.social•5 days ago

Noooo! I just got in the habit of getting my flu shot every season!

corrinajl.bsky.social•5 days ago

Or if we'll get updated covid vaccines.

twistedduck.bsky.social•4 days ago

Premeditated murder.

carlalalala12.bsky.social•5 days ago

Not My President's Day Protest
Feb 17, 2025
Tomorrow
12pm
@ your State Capitol/city hall/ town hall

samantha625.bsky.social•5 days ago

I want my vaccine !

triplozero.bsky.social•5 days ago

Trump plans on saving some social security and Medicare money.

brettamorrison.bsky.social•5 days ago

I got pneumonia two years ago. Spent four miserable days in the hospital. Absolutely got the pneumonia vaccine after that. I thought it was for 60+. Flu vaccine every year.

Check on the shingles vaccine. You can get it younger than your doctor likely knows. Also check CVS for free vaccines.

haydenmilne.bsky.social•4 days ago

I feel like they are trying to kill is off.

ishouldbegrading.bsky.social•4 days ago

Wear masks. It’s all we might have soon.

lindaaoswald1.bsky.social•4 days ago

In January I started wearing masks again in stores. Have also been vaccinated for both covid and flu.

caremay13.bsky.social•4 days ago

I'm right there with you. I have asthma and the masks make it difficult for me to breathe, but I would like to continue doing so...

skeveryday.bsky.social•5 days ago

Gonna keep saying it over and over - he does not care if people die.

cabrielle.bsky.social•5 days ago

The brain worm operating RFK thinks that vaccines are bad, and while he probably won't be able to pass a law prohibiting vaccinations, he will probably get a law passed to make them optional for school age kids and government employees.

cabrielle.bsky.social•5 days ago

There will no doubt be some hinky stuff too that will make vaccines more scarcely available or more expensive. Because nothing says HEALTH like making sure we are all sick as dogs.

oldy25.bsky.social•5 days ago

All of them, actually.

knected.bsky.social•4 days ago

For those that think CDC took down Flu vaccine resources they are still up. We need to fact check items before they are posted. Trolls will come here and attempt to include misinformation: https://www.cdc.gov/flu-resources/php/toolkit/index.html

mar-mer.bsky.social•5 days ago

Their goal is to kill off the elderly and compromised.

scrugnus.bsky.social•5 days ago

They’re going to freak when they find out what demographic a large % of red voters belong to

allisonreynolds.bsky.social•5 days ago

Trump did say they never have to vote again.

untilwemeetagain.bsky.social•5 days ago

They're also just really, really ignorant about science and medicine. I mean, RFK Jr talked up using heroin for ADHD but says anti-depressants are dangerous.

mar-mer.bsky.social•5 days ago

Omg yes

buttsneeze.bsky.social•5 days ago

Easiest way to save on Medicare/Medicaid dollars 🤬

kh-instability.bsky.social•5 days ago

It saved my ass this week. I got the flu. But, it felt like a mild cold; if even that.

kyleon.bsky.social•5 days ago

My wife had it last week and “wild to mild” is accurate as she had a mild case. This year’s shot worked perfectly for me though!

People are idiots.

lowinchen.bsky.social•5 days ago

Mild still kicked my butt. Beats the heck out of the alternative.

kyleon.bsky.social•5 days ago

💯 people minimize the flu because we use the word flu when we mean “bad cold” or “stomach bug”. Real influenza f*cking sucks.

maisiepubblechook.bsky.social•5 days ago

I got real influenza just once, when I was in my 40s, and I was as sick as I would ever want to be. Got an autumn shot every year after that. Now I'm in my 70s & I really don't want to risk dying from something that can be prevented.

kyleon.bsky.social•5 days ago

Yeah I never got the flu shot until I actually got the flu at like 33 and felt like absolute death.

sumarumi.bsky.social•5 days ago

This generation has forgotten that it’s a killer.

cdkrenzer.bsky.social•5 days ago

I’m grateful that I work in an incredibly micro level job where we try to empower residents with as much information about flu, flu cases, and vaccines. I’m also heartbroken that America no longer does the same.

leftpeggers.bsky.social•5 days ago

I had flu in January. I’m a fit and healthy man and it absolutely floored me for 2 weeks and I didn’t have strength to walk up a medium hill for a month. I had Covid in early Dec and the flu was way worse. Flu is no joke.

kindalike.bsky.social•5 days ago

Getting the flu can be life threatening for vulnerable populations: the elderly, immunocompromised, the disabled. I am literally shaking right now. These MOFO’s are trying to kill us. Like for real.

moral911.bsky.social•5 days ago

Yes, and I think killing off the most vulnerable is the point. It’s all about money. Eliminate the “takers” who are too old, sick, etc. to contribute. Allowing disease and viruses to eliminate the weak does the job for them. The callousness and cruelty is incomprehensible.

checasino.bsky.social•5 days ago

Takes care of cutting SS medicare and medicaid. I feel sure this is NOT the result of incompetence but actually part of the plan.

moral911.bsky.social•5 days ago

They’ve got a HUGE cut to Medicaid in their budget, this along with destroying health agencies is a nightmare waiting to happen, for us anyway. I agree they know what they’re doing. Just like Russia and North Korea, they don’t take care of their people. Never would have thought, not here. 🙁

rmcg33.bsky.social•5 days ago

Been thinking about this for a while now. 😞

whistfulthinker.bsky.social•4 days ago

I’m more concerned about TB and H1N5 mutating to a new human to human strain in the coming years with no already established centralized disease fighting organization efforts.

jason1506.bsky.social•5 days ago

Sad, so evil and sick

invictusghost.bsky.social•5 days ago

It's a War on every level. It's overwhelming force. So many ways to die, lose your job, your housing, your medical care, crash the economy, ruin the earth, start a War. It's insanity. Madness.

maury04.bsky.social•5 days ago

Nationwide protests at all state capitol’s tomorrow. Stand together and Rise Up!!

3salmon.bsky.social•5 days ago

'Get adversary to conduct own germ warfare'

floatippity.bsky.social•5 days ago

Nooooooo!!!!

evebaby24.bsky.social•5 days ago

WTAF?!? Although I can’t say I’m surprised. If they don’t want flu shots, they don’t have to take them!!!

ducklady.bsky.social•5 days ago

Unfortunately for various reasons some people can't get a flu shot. And there are others that have very comprised systems and are at greater risk because people are selfish.

evebaby24.bsky.social•5 days ago

We are not a people who take Public Health seriously any longer because people cannot see beyond themselves and those they care about (selfish).

Example:
COVID - masks did not keep me from getting it, but it kept me from giving it to you.

ducklady.bsky.social•5 days ago

Likewise for the vaccine. You may still get Covid but the severity will likely be lessened.

jaycee1980.bsky.social•4 days ago

He is insane and needs to be stopped. By Any Means Neccesary.

on-tannhausergate.bsky.social•5 days ago

So so many people will die from that

revjoey.bsky.social•5 days ago

Immunization trips to Canada seem to be in our future.

revjoey.bsky.social•5 days ago

The boat to Canada is 1 block from my home. I can see the dock from my apartment. Weekly trips for medical, pharmacy, immunizations.

matthewtriponey.bsky.social•5 days ago

I've been taking it as a given that there will be no new COVID or flu vaccines. Hopefully our international neighbors will let us visit for those. Though even that will only help those of us with the means to get there.

minghow1.bsky.social•5 days ago

You will have to drive or sail.

pat2000np.bsky.social•5 days ago

Calling Thom Tillis, RFK Jr is messing with vaccines when he said he would not …. We are in the worst flu season in 15 years last I heard …. People still die from the flu!!!!

octavia2020.bsky.social•5 days ago

Seriously, dude, are you trying to make me cry?

1951boomer.bsky.social•4 days ago

Erasing health guidance just doesn't make sense. Hey senator Myrkiwski, does that seem like RFK is making us healthier?

silverfromtwitter.bsky.social•5 days ago

wonder what susan collins has to say about this???

caerolle.bsky.social•5 days ago

And now RFK, Jr is going after psychoactive meds. If I cannot get those then I am dead. Period. I do wonder if most vaccines are going to be taken from us, too. The MAGAts want to take us back at least 80 years socially, and really, with many of their budget cuts, stop our technical growth, too.

shoutingboy.bsky.social•5 days ago

well I guess I’m in driving distance of Canada, so

halfbackjack.bsky.social•5 days ago

Yes, we still do flu & Covid vaccines here.

notthattherese.bsky.social•5 days ago

Vaccine tourism, coming right up.

halfbackjack.bsky.social•5 days ago

Come for the vaccines, stay for the weather (we're getting about 40 cm (16 in) today).

notthattherese.bsky.social•5 days ago

Hey, I’ll come to Canada any time! Grew up near the border and am always happy to be there.

But I will leave the snow to you today. 😂

halfbackjack.bsky.social•5 days ago

Just saw a cardinal digging in the bird feeder, so I waded out to give the poor guy a break & some accessible seed. I was in it up to my knees, and we're not in the snow belt.

vaxtheworld.bsky.social•5 days ago

At least this info is still on the CDC website. It seems like they don't like the infographics. Often the infographics would have illustrations of people of color. That's my theory why they took those pages down. Disgusting.

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/vaccines/index.html

keehra.bsky.social•5 days ago

But . . . but the one about the flu had FISH!
(I don't get it either)

memphis11.bsky.social•5 days ago

Are vaccines still accepted as people taking away a negative moving target outside of immediate control?

e-jet.bsky.social•5 days ago

They really want us all dead.

socal4evr.bsky.social•2 days ago

With any luck FOTUS will get a deadly case of the flu very soon. Vaccine efficacy is low this cycle. Fingers crossed 🤞

sueinsf.bsky.social•5 days ago

Maybe Canada & Mexico can create side business of vaccinating American tourists who don't want vaccine preventable diseases.

textualdeviance.bsky.social•5 days ago

That's assuming we're allowed to leave.

sumarumi.bsky.social•5 days ago

Or allowed into Canada.

textualdeviance.bsky.social•5 days ago

I think I need to take my kids to see Buchart Gardens this spring before it's too late. We also should go visit some national parks before they get sold off for resources.

sumarumi.bsky.social•5 days ago

It’s just heartbreakingly sad for normal Americans to see their country destroyed like this 😢

virnalisiv.bsky.social•5 days ago

We outnumber them significantly. It's only a matter of time before everything really starts to fall apart…, and unfortunately…that’s when we will see everyone protesting in the streets. #WeThePeople

scotgirl72.bsky.social•5 days ago

I’ll skip down to Tijuana then for mine.

zooropean.bsky.social•5 days ago

That's a good idea.

capradar.bsky.social•5 days ago

How does deliberately keeping the populace ignorant, help make America great again?

ed-tekhead.bsky.social•5 days ago

Unfortunately, a real possibility... 😠

anaelisalisee.bsky.social•5 days ago

//\

captainvoyager.bsky.social•4 days ago

I sure hope the flu vax and covid vax are available next year. Both have saved me this year.

walsonbot.bsky.social•5 days ago

Having never paid out of pocket for it (Publix gives me $10 to get it!), I don’t have even a faint idea of the economics of it from the perspective of Pharma. Is it subsidized by the gov’t? Would it be profitable without the subsidy?

ipmac.bsky.social•5 days ago

They won’t rest until they’ve murdered millions.

4jahall.bsky.social•4 days ago

Frightening

wiredog.bsky.social•5 days ago

Too many corporations depend on their workers not being out for a week for that to happen. My employer has free flu clinics at all its facilities every year and hypes the heck out of them. We don’t even have to take time off to get the shot.

jimsox5.bsky.social•4 days ago

That might be optimistic.

tennisyogi.bsky.social•4 days ago

Don't you worry, the flu will certainly be available, and breathing could become obsolete, especially for the Dirt Nap Set!

ontheblackhandside.bsky.social•4 days ago

I have asthma. Felon is trying to kill me.

northstar6151.bsky.social•4 days ago

Call your Congress Representative Over, and Over and Over to Demand that They Stop Harmong Youband the American People or Be Revalled this Year ! CALL !

northstar6151.bsky.social•4 days ago

Make that Recalled!

ontheblackhandside.bsky.social•4 days ago

The flu can be DEADLY to the young, the elderly, immuno-compromised! These decisions are VERY DANGEROUS.

davidpham5.bsky.social•5 days ago

It’s a troupe but movies set up a society collapsing event by the camera zooming on a news report and the anchors in *that* tone describe the flu cases spiking but without alarm.

knownway25.bsky.social•5 days ago

I don't get why they are doing 💩 like this...are they trying to turn us into a third-world country?

subhoney.bsky.social•4 days ago

The thief comes to steal, kill & destroy

babycatcherone.bsky.social•4 days ago

Insanity

hollyoutnabout.bsky.social•5 days ago

If it is, will it be safe

dianademarest.bsky.social•5 days ago

I'm so glad I got the latest Covid, an updated 65+ flu and Tdap shots before Dr. Frankenstein got in to destroy HHS.

tbas7000.bsky.social•5 days ago

My 20 yo was asked during an appointment for a specific issue if she would also like to get her TDap or Dtap (I never remember which it is) and I texted her back YES!!! because Biden was still in the White House at that time.

dianademarest.bsky.social•5 days ago

My pharmacist recommended the Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis) so I got it. I'm seeing my primary next week. I'm asking her if I need a booster for polio and measles. With this POS coming in, I'm not taking any chances.

tbas7000.bsky.social•5 days ago

That's very smart of you. I'm on the borderline for measles booster (I was also in 2012, when we had a measles outbreak here, but I opted to skip the booster then...mistake!) I probably should get that booster NOW.

djhall8011.bsky.social•4 days ago

Well, the guy responsible for the deaths of 1 million Americans on his watch during covid has not only been given another swipe at the apple but also unbridled power to escape accountability — again! A bunch more citizens dying from any health crisis would be “convenient,” I surmise.

usmansmith.bsky.social•5 days ago

Flu & COVID vaccination done here in Gozo.
I am over 70 so such things matter to me.
Respiratory infections kill.
To be resistant to them means they only make me unwell for a day instead, at worst.
Why the USA cannot value every life the same way our tiny tiny island does raises big big questions.

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