Today is Grandparents Day, and a new group, Grandparents for vaccines, has launched. Many grandparents have seen what vaccines can do, & suffered the infections that can now be prevented. They don't want us to go back to the age when measles & polio were rampant.

NIH: The quiet engine of science is being dismantled
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The #Pediatric #InfectiousDisease Society has released a statement on the mass removal of all ACIP members.

"Removing vaccine experts from developing thoughtful policy will harm all Americans, particularly our children."

"The Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society is deeply troubled by the disregard for proven science and the push to limit access and development of vaccines. This will lead to the unnecessary harm of many children. We strongly urge the reinstatement of the dismissed ACIP members."

Since the CDC guidelines for COVID vaccines are now just misinformation here is what the NHS (UK) says about COVID in pregnancy and the recommendation for vaccination.
www.nhs.uk/pregnancy/ke...

Happy Hand Hygiene Day! Thanks to everyone diligently washing their hands to prevent infections in the hospital! #infectionprevention #handhygiene #idsky

A website of research grants terminated because they do not align with current federal priorities- includes physician & specialists training, Alzheimer's, basic science to understand how infections occur, cancer screening, assessing vaccines and much more. airtable.com/appjhyo9NTvJ...

HIVMA Board Member, Dr. Allison Agwu, MD, SCM, FIDSA speaking at the #StandUpForScience rally in Washington, D.C:
"Science is a beautiful art built on a canvas of data. The best science comes from diverse ideas, from diverse people with diverse perspectives."

Caroline Kennedy's letter to the Senate on her cousin RFKJr. is devastating. It is an absolute condemnation of his fitness for office, his lack of character as a human being and must have been deeply painful to write. Any Senator who reads this and votes for this man should be run out of office.

This is literally forbidding public health workers to do the work of increasing public health and it is one of many troubling signs of where the US is heading...

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BrighTSTAR is on Bluesky! We study and implement diagnostic stewardship for pediatric patients and want to share what we learn with you! @brightstarlhc.bsky.social @aaronmilstone.bsky.social

Excited to see the educational banter continue on bluesky! Several of my favorites are here! @sheaepi.bsky.social @ichejournal.bsky.social @ashejournal.bsky.social @pidsociety.bsky.social #infectionprevention #infectiousdiseases #pediatrics