THREAD: Trust is going to be key to controlling the #nCoV2019#coronavirus#coronavirusoutbreak. Lots of lessons to be gleaned from our experience with vaccines and Ebola.
"Gaining trust has become difficult w/ rise of nationalist populism, which often questions science & casts doubt on expert opinions. The public cannot rely on the media to provide unbiased or accurate messages." thelancet.com/journals/lanin…#nCoV2019#coronavirus#coronavirusoutbreak
"Campaigns should recruit well-trusted spokespeople such as leaders in sport/entertainment/religion. Health engagement is often most effective at community level through local leaders/teachers/religious figures." thelancet.com/journals/lanin…#nCoV2019#coronavirus#coronavirusoutbreak
"those who do not trust the government—often for reasons unrelated to vaccines—sometimes extend their distrust of government to distrust of vaccines, as well as towards the people and systems that deliver them" nature.com/articles/s4156…#nCoV2019#coronavirus#coronavirusoutbreak
Who are the bad actors? (1) people with medical credentials stoking overblown/unfounded fears (e.g. Andrew Wakefield), (2) those who see public health debates as a financial opportunity for selling something, ... nature.com/articles/d4158…#nCoV2019#coronavirus#coronavirusoutbreak
2/ Brennan: "...you with the HHS Secretary in this video announcement on Tuesday where Secretary Kennedy said the CDC was removing the COVID vaccine for healthy children & healthy pregnant women from its recommended immunization schedule"
2/ Healthy infants may not die from COVID, but they’re at higher risk for ER visits and hospitalizations… both scary & costly.
3/ Pregnant women ARE at higher risk for severe COVID (& influenza).
Pregnancy is a period of immunosuppression (so that the woman’s immune system doesn’t reject the fetus as a foreign body) & stress on the lungs & heart.
1/ A new study from South Korea suggests the shingles vaccine may do more than just prevent shingles—it might also protect your heart 🫀.
on @CBSMornings with @GayleKing @vladduthiersCBS @nateburleson
2/ Researchers followed over 2 million adults for a decade.
Those who got Zostavax—the older, live shingles vaccine—had a 23% lower risk of heart disease, including heart attacks, strokes & heart failure.
3/ That cardiovascular protection wasn’t short-lived.