Many thanks @wolfblitzer for hosting me on @CNNSitRoom I became a bit emotional speaking on what I call the “historic decimation” of Hispanic communities from #COVID19, and then a POTUS rally without masks for the Hipanic community in Arizona tonight? It was too much
Also the POTUS phrase in the #WoodwardTapes “nothing more could be done” when in reality nothing was done, there was no federal response. Virus allowed to devastate NYC after entry from Europe (not China), then resurgence across the South, and now forced school openings.
The result? 200,000 American deaths. We did not have to get to this horrible place
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They’re wrong. Vaccines don’t cause autism. They just don’t. As the book about my daughter details: 1. Extensive published scientific evidence showing no link 2. Lack of plausibility based on the autism genes in early fetal brain development 3. Brain assembloid studies
Watch out for antivaccine activists. They don't care about you. They don't care about your family. They have another agenda.
There are a few known environmental exposures linked to autism. They occur through their interactions with autism genes in early pregnancy. I've detailed them for Bobby and wrote about them in my book. He chooses to ignore them. That was 8 years ago, presumably we have more...
1/n The reality: since Mr. Kennedy became HHS Secretary he/staff have waged a war of antivaccine disinformation against the American people on a frequent/regular basis. He did this as U.S. experienced its worse measles epidemic in years, showing zero concern for our health/safety
2/n Here I will list what I consider are some of his worst public statements and acts, it may take me a day or so to get through it all, I hope it’s a useful reference.
3/n first regarding the MMR vaccine vs measles in our pandemic now in 4 states in the Southern Great Plains
1/n My articles and interviews on the overlap between antiscience and antisemitism, accelerating during the pandemic but going back to the 14th century
Many thanks @BBCWorld for hosting me today to discuss new FDA guidelines for annual COVID immunizations and boosters, including a shift away from universal immunization recommendations to those >65 or a list of underlying health conditions as detailed in @NEJM
My concern is that the new recs are based only on acute sequelae including case fatality rates and hospitalizations, but ignore the chronic consequences such as long COVID or thromboembolic complications that can occur even in well adults and teens
While the companies can do new clinical trials for health adults or kids I’m guessing this might not be of interest due to the size of the trials required and the ginormous costs
My latest in PLOS Biology: it’s not as dark as you might think, there are still lots of opportunities, but they require strategy, long-term planning, openness to the realities that things will be different. Here are some ideas