#vaccine disinformation

[tomorrowusa]

Republicans are soft on disease control. We all remember the MAGA anti-vaccine hysteria when the COVID-19 vaccines became available.

They are now turning their attention to the polio vaccine which was approved for use in the US on 12 April 1955. The number of polio cases in the US dropped from 57,879 in 1952 to 910 in 1962 and became rare by the early 1970s.

Thanks to anti-vaxxing conspiracy crackpots, polio returned to the US for the first time in three decades in 2022.

New Hampshire Republicans want to weaken vaccination requirements to kowtow to anti-science elements in their state.

New Hampshire could soon beat Florida—known for its anti-vaccine Surgeon General—when it comes to loosening vaccine requirements. A first-in-the-nation bill that’s already passed New Hampshire’s state House, sponsored only by Republican legislators, would end the requirement for parents enrolling kids in childcare to provide documentation of polio and measles vaccination. New Hampshire would be the only state in the US to have such a law, although many states allow religious exemptions to vaccine requirements.  Currently, Republicans control New Hampshire’s state House, Senate and governor’s office—but that isn’t a guarantee that the bill will be signed into law, with GOP Gov. Chris Sununu seemingly flip-flopping when it comes to disease control. Sununu did sign a bill in 2021 allowing people to use public places and services even if they did not receive the Covid-19 vaccine. But the next year, the governor vetoed a bill that would bar schools from implementing mask mandates.  The polio vaccine, first offered in 1955, and the MMR shot, which treats the highly infectious measles, mumps, and rubella viruses, are two very crucial vaccines both in the US and internationally. Since the year 2000 alone, vaccines against measles are estimated to have saved over 55 million lives around the world.  [ ... ] Vaccine hesitancy is rising among parents of young children. A 2023 survey from the Pew Research Center found that around half of parents with kids four or younger thought that not all standard childhood vaccines—a list that also includes hepatitis B, rotavirus, DTaP and chickenpox—may be necessary. Anti-vaccine misinformation plays a role in this phenomenon, which began before the Covid-19 pandemic, but has certainly increased since. In a 2019 UK report, about 50 percent of parents of young kids encountered false information about vaccines on social media. 

Gov. Chris Sununu is a spineless putz. In some ways he's like Lindsey Graham who likes to send smoke signals of independent thinking but always comes crawling home to Daddy Donald.

Sununu campaigned for Nikki Haley and blamed Trump for January 6th. But that hasn't stopped him from endorsing Trump anyway. Instigating a coup d'état does not disqualify somebody from the presidency in Sununu's opinion.

GOP's Chris Sununu tries, fails to defend his Trump endorsement

Sununu may do for polio in New Hampshire what Trump did for COVID in the entire US in 2020.

#new hampshire #polio #polio vaccine #poliomyelitis #anti-vaxxers #vaccine hesitancy #chris sununu #flip-flopper #republicans #contagious diseases #vaccine disinformation #public health #vaccination requirements #pandemics #measles #mmr #covid-19 #donald trump #election 2024 #vote blue no matter who

[elodiedreams]

Is he really this disingenuous? I have trouble comprehending this level of malicious stupidity.

#the everloving fuck #robert f kennedy jr #vaccine disinformation

[atavist]

When Lesley Hu wanted to vaccinate her young son, her conspiracy-obsessed ex-husband went to unimaginable lengths to stop her. Issue no. 137 — “Sins of the Father” — is now live at The Atavist.

When Hu discovered that Pierce wasn’t at school, she wondered if O’Loughlin had agreed to the vaccinations only because he was plotting to steal Pierce away before their son could receive them. To Hu it wasn’t improbable—her ex seemed that far gone. Hu and her boyfriend, Jim Baaden, had recently decided to move in together; Hu was planning to tell Pierce the news that evening at dinner. Now Baaden picked Hu up at Pierce’s school, and together the couple sped to O’Loughlin’s home in San Francisco’s posh Marina District, trying not to dwell on worst-case scenarios. When they arrived outside O’Loughlin’s Mediterranean-style apartment building, they noticed that the blinds in the living room, which was on the ground floor of the unit, were drawn but disheveled. For a moment, Baaden recoiled. O’Loughlin was a gun owner. What if he’d barricaded himself and Pierce in the apartment? Baaden imagined O’Loughlin aiming the barrel between the blinds, ready to shoot. Baaden and Hu approached the building’s intercom and buzzed O’Loughlin’s apartment. No one answered. Hu began banging on the door to the building and screaming. She considered breaking in, but Baaden told her to call 911 instead. Hu could not fathom how someone like O’Loughlin—a man of means and privilege—had come to believe outrageous lies. She knew that various misinformation networks and snake-oil salesmen had facilitated her ex’s paranoia and exploited his psychological fragility. But Hu had always stayed focused on what she considered her most important task: raising and protecting Pierce. There would be time in the future to consider, almost endlessly, what happened to O’Loughlin. For now, in a panic, all Hu could do was wonder: Where had he taken their son?

#atavist #vaccines #california #gun violence #disinformation #true crime #longform #journalism #longreads

[zvaigzdelasas]

It's funny that even though ppl who freak out that "oh my God this AI is intentionally lying to me" are silly - if the answer the AI gives is actually wrong/implicitly takes a political stance....that does genuinely reflect something objective about the actually-existing state of readily-available information for real people to form their opinions around

#assuming whoever makes the ai isnt intentionally trying to bias the training data #what % of conspiracy websites get filtered out? thats a huge factor here! #& that seems to be a factor that also impels its own ethic #ie the buzzword of 'disinformation' #also obv hope everyones adult enough to recognize that this doesnt apply to ppl who do use this to reinvent pomoism #& freak out abt vaccines or whatever

[dougielombax]

I think Andrew Wakefield deserves to lose everything at the very least.

Primarily for enabling a generations worth of scientific disinformation, pseudoscience and neurotypical ableism.

Thanks to his stupid MMR vaccine bullshit! Empowering stupid ill-informed creatures what are now giving their kids fucking Bronze Age diseases because they supposedly did their own research!

And for such bullshit stigmatising and dehumanising autistic folks like me all over the world!

Like he should be hit with several MASSIVE lawsuits UP THE ASS!!!

For all of that shit!

Several times over!

Can somebody please get to that! Perhaps even several people?

Seriously.

#dougie rambles #personal stuff #vent post #autism #actually autistic #autistic #autistic things #neurotypical ableism #grifters #ableism #bigotry #anti vaxxers #fuck antivaxers #fuck Andrew Wakefield #disinformation #pseudoscience #vaccines don’t cause autism! #andrew wakefield #fucking morons #being autistic #lawsuits

[imalump]

What does this even mean? Vax shedding ?!

#fact check #covid vaccine #disinformation #Covid

[gwydionmisha]

I’m putting this here because he wrote the lie into a SCOTUS opinion.

#Clarence Thomas #COVID Vaccines #SCOTUS #Disinformation #News

[didanawisgi]

#Covid-19 #Covid-19 vaccine #wuhan institute of virology #biological wmd #disinformation #misinformation

[innonurse]

Alkhair Capital, based in Dubai, has launched a $100 million fund for investments in health technology

- By InnoNurse Staff -

Alkhair Capital, an asset management and investment banking firm, has formed a $100 million fund to invest in healthcare technology ventures in order to expand its investment portfolio.

Read more at The National UAE

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Other recent news and insights

Healthtech company situated in London Jude receives €3.9 million to better the lives of patients with bladder problems (EU-Startups)

Afrihealth, a health technology startup, has launched Nigeria's "fastest ambulance booking service" (Techpoint Africa)

According to experts, ChatGPT is refuting vaccine safety falsehoods on social media Taylor & Francis/Medical Xpress)

Study: A first-in-class targeted microRNA treatment reduces the growth of cancer tumors (Purdue University)

Health insurance: Egypt’s healthtech Sehatech secures $850,000 (Fintech Global)

#Alkhair Capital #vc #startups #medtech #health tech #biotech #digital health #uk #afrihealth #ambulance #chatgpt #generative ai #chatbots #disinformation #misinformation #vaccines #rna #microrna #cancer #oncology #insurtech #health insurance #egypt #africa #nigeria #uae

[watercress-words]

7 resources for responsible sharing on social media

7 resources for responsible sharing on social media-THINK before you post or share

In another post I shared 9 strategies for responsible social media posting and sharing. Here are the online resources that I used and some others for you to check out. Take A Seat — Chuck Sigars Mr. Sigars blog post isn’t so much about how but about why it’s important to post responsibly. I include it here because the situation he describes was part of what prompted me to address this problem.…

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#COVID-19 #digital literacy #disinformation #Facebook #fake news #microchips #social media #vaccines

[tomorrowusa]

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is still spreading vaccination disinformation.

Unvaccinated Republicans who get their medical advice from Fox News and other far right media are still dying of COVID-19. Ron DeSantis has presidential ambitions but he doesn’t find it ironic that his disinformation is killing off people who would vote for him.

I have had 4 COVID vaccinations: the two standard ones in spring of 2021 (both Pfizer) and the boosters in January and November of 2022 (both Moderna). I’m pleased to report that I’m still alive and show no symptoms of myocarditis. And I look forward to voting in the 2024 elections when a lot of people who are now listening to Ron DeSantis will be dead and therefore ineligible to vote. 

If you are a Democrat, make sure your vaccinations are up to date so you can join me in defeating DeSantis, Trump, or any other GOP danger to democracy in 2024. The bivalent booster is available and protects against several strains of COVID. Get your booster before traveling for the holidays.

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#ron desantis #vaccine disinformation #covid-19 #dead republicans #vaccinations #election 2024

[elodiedreams]

My Conversation with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Twenty years ago, I had a one-hour conversation with RFK Jr. In his current campaign for president, he has referred to that conversation during public appearances. It’s time to set the record straight

PAUL OFFIT

JUN 26

#rfk jr #is a lying maniac #misinformation #disinformation #the everloving fuck #paul offit #science #vaccines #sensationalism #that's what happens when you have stars in your eyes and allow them to blind you to someone's ulterior motives

[chawsl]

#counter disinformation unit #secret unit #monitor covid lockdown critics #mass vaccination of children #covid #covid pandemic #lockdown

[afhimelfarb]

Fault Lines

I was honoured to chair the Canadian Council Of Academies panel on misinformation published this week. Our report, Fault Lines, is available here. https://cca-reports.ca/reports/the-socioeconomic-impacts-of-health-and-science-misinformation/

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#climate denial #disinformation #media #misinformation #public health #science communication #vaccine hesitancy

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Behind PRC Vaccine Import Reluctance: Bioweapon Anxiety?

Behind PRC Vaccine Import Reluctance: Bioweapon Anxiety?

One of the most striking aspects of the global vaccine response to COVID (once on stops to wonder at it) is how compartmented it is. The US-Europe response that has successfully produced several mRNA vaccines that are effective at reducing infections but also and more importantly, if infected greatly reducing the severity of the disease compared with most people who are unvaccinated. Those…

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#biotechnology #bioweapon #China #Chinese #Communist Party #disinformation #epidemic #gene weapon #genetic information #genetics #military #national security #PRC #Putin #vaccine #共产党 #中国

[pocketglobalhealth]

On Health Disinformation

#disinformation #misinformation #vaccine hesitancy #glboal health #public health