1/ Such an important piece by @edyong209: theatlantic.com/health/archive…
Our health system is broken.
Health system isn't synonymous with healthcare.
The healthcare industry isn't designed to fight pandemics.
2/ We don't value public health in this country. washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/0…
We don't value PUBLIC in this country.
We don't think we're all in it together.
3/ Health is SOCIAL, not individual.
Biomedical interventions don't fix social problems.
4/ Health is bigger than me or you.
Until we understand that and frame our policies accordingly, we will remain vulnerable to pandemics and other public health crises.
5/ The future of public health:
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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.