4/ This is also why the US spends more than any other country per capita on health care, but has worse outcomes than other high-income countries. commonwealthfund.org/publications/i…
6/ Community health workers:
🔹have the trust of the community
🔹build greater trust between the community and the public health system
🔹are an excellent return on investment
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8/ We need to imagine bigger.
My latest reading was focused on how to get there:
Imaginable by @avantgame
Curious by @mrianleslie
The Optimist's Telescope by @binajv
Contagious by @j1berger
Where's My Flying Car by J. Storrs Hall
Wonder by Frank C. Keil
Humankind by @rcbregman
9/ For example, imagine 🤔 this:
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11/ I am fighting hard to stay optimistic
because "only optimists change the world."
- @AlecJRoss, "The Raging 2020s"
But meanwhile, I worry about the upcoming SCOTUS decision on West Virginia v EPA: cnn.com/2022/02/26/pol…
At stake?
Regulatory authority of ALL federal agencies
@USDA has announced an indemnification program for dairy farms to be based on the amount of milk🥛 lost from cows🐄 sick with H5N1.
2/ @USDA will also offer farmers support for biosecurity measures on the farm:
🔹to protect against potential spread between animals 🐄 & humans🧑🌾: PPE &/or outerwear laundering services
🔹to make biosecurity plans
🔹to pasteurize milk🥛 before disposal
3/ @USDA will also offer farmers support for biosecurity measures on the farm (continued):
🔹to offset costs of veterinary care for sick cattle🐄
🔹to offset costs of shipping samples for testing🧪
1/ H5N1 bird flu candidate vaccine viruses have been identified:
(jump to 1:33)
🔹2 are "well-matched" to H5N1 infecting dairy cattle
🔹but how "well-matched" are they really? this conclusion is based on ferret dataastho.org/education/hpai…
2/ 🔹Candidate vaccine viruses are used to make antigen (i.e. the target you want the immune system to see) for vaccines.
🔹Adjuvant has also been stockpiled.
🔹Adjuvants help strengthen the immune response to antigen in vaccines.
3/
🔹100s of thousands of doses of candidate antigen + adjuvant have been manufactured for use in clinical studies.
🔹2 safety/immunogenicity studies are being conducted.
🔹@ASPRgov is working with @US_FDA & industry to figure out a regulatory pathway for the use of these doses.
1/ Stemming the spread of H5N1 bird flu
🔹The federal government is ramping up testing of dairy cows
🔹Cows will now have to be tested before being transferred to another state
🔹H5N1 viral fragments detected in grocery store milk
🔹The risk to humans remains low at this time
2/ Remember PCR tests from COVID?
They can be positive even after you’ve recovered because they’re picking up dead virus.
Some PCR tests on pasteurized milk from grocery stores have come back positive for bird flu... but that could just be dead virus.
3/ Pasteurization has worked for over a hundred years to protect consumers from bacteria and viruses.
There’s no reason to think pasteurization won’t also work to kill the bird flu virus, but scientists are confirming that with testing anyway.