@Lexisaurus

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Lex Luthor retweeted
Jen Kates@jenkatesdc31 Oct 2024
"Among children born during 1994–2023, routine childhood vaccinations will have prevented approximately 508 million cases of illness, 32 million hospitalizations, and 1,129,000 deaths, resulting in direct savings of $540 billion and societal savings of $2.7 trillion."
Kaitlan Collins
@kaitlancollins31 Oct 2024
Trump transition co-chair Howard Lutnick — in charge of helping staff the gov if he wins — says he had a 2.5 hour meeting with RFK Jr. who talked about pulling (safe and proven) vaccines from the market. Lutnick says RFK will not be in charge of HHS, despite what RFK said.
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VP Harris's proposal to add an at-home care benefit to Medicare hit home for this Gen Xer. Making it happen won't be easy. But she opened up a long overdue conversation on an issue that affects so many. My latest @opinion (gift link): bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

Harris’ Elder Care Plan Would Help Gen X Through the Sandwich Years

Getting Medicare to cover long-term care would ease the struggles of working people trying to juggle aging parents with kids and jobs.

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How is it not national news when 499 out of every 500 young children are behind on their Covid vaccines? cdc.gov/covidvaxview/weekly-…
Pie graph COVID-19 Vaccinations among Eligible Young Children (ages 6-23 months), U.S., Oct 12, 2024 Up to date: 0.2% Unprotected: 99.8%

ALT Pie graph COVID-19 Vaccinations among Eligible Young Children (ages 6-23 months), U.S., Oct 12, 2024 Up to date: 0.2% Unprotected: 99.8%

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To better reflect the difficulty of getting a covid shot for your young child, they should stop calling it a vaccine uptake rate and start calling it a rate of “parents who succeed at complicated medical scavenger hunts.”
Helen Branswell 🇨🇦
@HelenBranswell23 Oct 2024
Color me surprised: #ACIP just got an update on #Covid vaccine uptake this fall. All age categories are up from last year at this time. Wonder if the late summer surge made people get vaxed sooner? Uptake still isn't great. kids: 3.7% vs 3.1% ≥18 yo: 11.7% vs 6.8% ≥75 yo: 30.6% vs 17.7%
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Lex Luthor retweeted
CDC
@CDCgov24 Oct 2024
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted on 10/23 to recommend that: • All people who are 65 years and older and all people who have moderately or severely weakened immune systems receive a second dose of 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccine 6 months after their first dose of 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccine • All people 6 months of age and older who have moderately or severely weakened immune systems may receive additional (i.e., 3 or more) doses of 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccine under shared clinical decision-making Read full statement: bit.ly/3BTImd5
Banner announcing the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) vote on COVID-19 vaccines, featuring the CDC logo and a teal background with decorative elements. CDC logo bottom left.

ALT Banner announcing the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) vote on COVID-19 vaccines, featuring the CDC logo and a teal background with decorative elements. CDC logo bottom left.

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This is great news. Unlike Remdesivir, Obeldesivir does not have hepatotoxic risks and can be taken orally. infectiousdiseaseadvisor.com…

Obeldesivir for COVID-19 Is Safe, Reduces Time to Symptom Relief in High-Risk Patients

Early antiviral therapy with obeldesivir was safe and well tolerated in patients at high risk for severe COVID-19 and associated with faster symptom alleviation.

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In fact, pregnant women can protect their newborns against all sorts of nasty respiratory viruses by being vaccinated in pregnancy. As well as Covid, there's flu, whooping cough, and - now - RSV! 12/17
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Lex Luthor retweeted
charlos@loscharlos18 Oct 2024
“The American Medical Association’s top journal, JAMA, in August published a key new study and editorial about pediatric #LongCovid. The editorial cites several robust analyses and concludes that.. LC symptoms appear to occur after about 10-20% of pediatric infections.”
Screenshot of an article headline in the outlet Scientific American reading “Long Covid is harming too many kids.. pediatric long Covid is more common than many thought, and we keep letting kids be in infected with new variants” Date: October 18, 2024

ALT Screenshot of an article headline in the outlet Scientific American reading “Long Covid is harming too many kids.. pediatric long Covid is more common than many thought, and we keep letting kids be in infected with new variants” Date: October 18, 2024

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8 years ago today we started a conversation. On May 6/16, Jude died from influenza B after an outbreak at his sister's school. No measure is a guarantee, but each step we take can help prevent the flu, keeping us well and saving lives like Jude's.1/4 #FluShot #ForJudeForEveryone
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And it seems the situation is similar for clinically vulnerable under 5s as the thread below from @TaSchinken explains. @GwynneMP, is there a plan for getting clinically vulnerable children vaccinated? It was a nightmare last year. Please tell me you’ve got it sorted this year.
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What happened to #vax4kids💉? We protect children against viruses that pose lower risks. When did the UK authorities become antivax?
David Lingenfelter, PhD
@dlingenfelter6 Oct 2024
SARS-CoV-2 damages kids' cardiovascular and pulmonary systems. 90% of victims with Long Covid had abnormal cardiopulmonary exercise testing results. These results indicate impaired functional capacity, muscle deconditioning, and cardiogenic inefficiency. journals.lww.com/pidj/fullte…

Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Children With... : Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Background:Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is a noninvasive and nonexpensive diagnostic tool, that provides a comprehensive evaluation of the...

ovid.com
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En poquito más de una semana, nos quedamos sin vacunas pediátricas para el grupo más afectado: bebés, niñas y niños de seis meses a 11 años que podrían evitar la enfermedad grave y la muerte si tan solo... Les vacunaran.
Coronavirus Argentina@CoronavirusArgg6 Oct 2024
Replying to @CoronavirusArgg
🛌 Si comparamos los mas pequeños (<1 año) con los más grandes (+80 años) cada 100.000 habitantes, lo más chicos casi TRIPLICAN las internaciones desde la SE31/24 a SE40/24.
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A reminder that 7 months into this outbreak, samples must be sent to the CDC because their H5N1 test has issues. kffhealthnews.org/news/artic… ...and apparently the agency's antibody assays do too.

The CDC’s Test for Bird Flu Works, but It Has Issues - KFF Health News

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention promises better tests are being developed, but the episode points to vulnerabilities in the country’s defense against emerging outbreaks.

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"During the week ending August 10, 2024, 5.8% of emergency department visits among children younger than 5 years of age were due to COVID-19. This represents a higher proportion of visits due to COVID-19 than any other age group." 😷 1/2
A higher proportion of young children are visiting emergency departments for COVID-19 As SARS-CoV-2 circulation increased this summer, emergency department visits due to COVID-19 increased in all ages, including among infants and young children. During the week ending August 10, 2024, 5.8% of emergency department visits among children younger than 5 years of age were due to COVID-19. This represents a higher proportion of visits due to COVID-19 than any other age group. While most children experience asymptomatic, mild, or moderate COVID-19 illness, some children can experience severe illness. Severe illness can result in admission to the hospital, and in some cases, the use of mechanical ventilation, a type of breathing machine. Infants younger than 6 months of age and children with one or more underlying medical conditions are at higher risk of severe COVID-19 disease.

ALT A higher proportion of young children are visiting emergency departments for COVID-19 As SARS-CoV-2 circulation increased this summer, emergency department visits due to COVID-19 increased in all ages, including among infants and young children. During the week ending August 10, 2024, 5.8% of emergency department visits among children younger than 5 years of age were due to COVID-19. This represents a higher proportion of visits due to COVID-19 than any other age group. While most children experience asymptomatic, mild, or moderate COVID-19 illness, some children can experience severe illness. Severe illness can result in admission to the hospital, and in some cases, the use of mechanical ventilation, a type of breathing machine. Infants younger than 6 months of age and children with one or more underlying medical conditions are at higher risk of severe COVID-19 disease.

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Furthermore Ascension, a Catholic entity, has asserted its religious right to deny healthcare to women and LGBTQ minorities on issues of gender affirming care and abortion. It’s unclear what impact this merger may have for these groups in terms of decreased access to that care.
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New @CDCgov data shows nationwide rates of kindergarten vaccination rates have inched down for another school year At state level, rates remain worst in Idaho, dropping to below 80% on varicella (chickenpox), MMR (measles), DTP/DTaP/DT (whooping cough) cdc.gov/schoolvaxview/data/i…
A screenshot of a line chart with a fly out box that reads in part "Idaho MMR Census 100 79.6 22,376 United States MMR NA 93 92.7 3,823,472"

ALT A screenshot of a line chart with a fly out box that reads in part "Idaho MMR Census 100 79.6 22,376 United States MMR NA 93 92.7 3,823,472"

Mike Stobbe@MikeStobbe2 Oct 2024
US school-entry vaccination rates fall as exemptions keep rising apnews.com/article/vaccinati…

US school-entry vaccination rates fall as exemptions keep rising

U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates dipped last year and the proportion of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high.

apnews.com
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An update on America's whooping cough wave: Last week, @CDCgov tallied 291 reported pertussis infections, highest weekly in nearly a decade This week, reported pertussis infections have tied last week's record wonder.cdc.gov/nndss/static/…
A screenshot of a combination line and bar chart titled "Pertussis in U.S. residents, 2024 From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System" with a fly out box that reads "38 Current week 291"

ALT A screenshot of a combination line and bar chart titled "Pertussis in U.S. residents, 2024 From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System" with a fly out box that reads "38 Current week 291"

Alexander Tin@Alexander_Tin19 Sep 2024
This year's whooping cough surge is still accelerating, as schools resume @CDCgov tallies 291 cases this week, most in a single week for nearly a decade We're now up to 14,569 so far this year, above ~10K by this time in 2019 data.cdc.gov/NNDSS/NNDSS-Wee… xitter.cf/Alexander_Tin/status/1…
A screenshot of a combination line and bar chart titled "Pertussis in U.S. residents, 2024 From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System"

ALT A screenshot of a combination line and bar chart titled "Pertussis in U.S. residents, 2024 From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System"

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New covid vaccines are available. It's so essential that mothers know how important these are for their infants - and that the shots are accessible. Covid hospitalizations among infants are higher than among any other age group, except for >75yo. cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/73/wr/m…

COVID-19–Associated Hospitalizations and Maternal ...

This report describes COVID-19-associated hospitalization rates among infants <6 months.

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This hits the nail on the head: we can’t deal with the rise in pertussis if we misunderstand how it’s spreading. Most people catching pertussis are vaccinated. We need a more effective vaccine and engineering measures to limit airborne contagion.
Becca Peter@DefectiveBecca24 Sep 2024
Replying to @DefectiveBecca
Shout out to the scientists who have acknowledged this problem and have been working for years to develop better pertussis vaccines. It is not anti-vaccine to be honest about the limitations of the current vaccine.
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