Jennifer Reich
@jenniferreich.bsky.social
sociologist, parent, writer, book series editor, usually adequately caffeinated
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"The staff supporting ... (ACIP) were let go earlier this month in a sweeping round of layoffs that gutted entire departments of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)." via @melodyschreiber.com @theguardian.com
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Threat to US vaccines as CDC staff supporting key advisory panel laid off
Critics say scientists ‘held hostage’ by RFK Jr as changes mean vaccine development and guidance in peril
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October 29, 2025 at 9:22 PM
"The staff supporting ... (ACIP) were let go earlier this month in a sweeping round of layoffs that gutted entire departments of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)." via @melodyschreiber.com @theguardian.com
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No matter your views on #immigration or your politics, we should all agree that a federal campaign that aims to terrorize children is unacceptable. And to name it after a #Disney movie is horrific @filmandseries.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
No matter your views on #immigration or your politics, we should all agree that a federal campaign that aims to terrorize children is unacceptable. And to name it after a #Disney movie is horrific @filmandseries.bsky.social
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Very astute essay by @jenniferreich.bsky.social explaining vaccine hesitancy as part of a broader individualistic approach to health
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Opinion | What Really Drives Vaccine Hesitancy
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September 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Very astute essay by @jenniferreich.bsky.social explaining vaccine hesitancy as part of a broader individualistic approach to health
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...
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I wanted to remind everyone about the "Save AIDS Research" livestream that will go live on YouTube this Tuesday (9/16) at 11:00am EDT. We have an amazing program of 70+ speakers who will be sharing their latest research. Get all the details at www.saveaidsresearch.org.
24 Hours to Save AIDS Research
www.saveaidsresearch.org
September 15, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I wanted to remind everyone about the "Save AIDS Research" livestream that will go live on YouTube this Tuesday (9/16) at 11:00am EDT. We have an amazing program of 70+ speakers who will be sharing their latest research. Get all the details at www.saveaidsresearch.org.
I am excited to join so many amazing scholars around the world to speak out about the importance of research. Join us.
The federal government’s unparalleled assault on science and research is having a devastating impact on HIV. Join 24 Hours to Save AIDS Research to demand continued federal investments! Register bit.ly/45U1keO and join us on YouTube bit.ly/45Qftts. #saveAIDSresearch #HIV #HIVresearch
September 16, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I am excited to join so many amazing scholars around the world to speak out about the importance of research. Join us.
A no-bid research contract is unheard of and this one is opposed by more than 250 autism scientists.
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CDC's No-Bid Contract on Vaccine-Autism Study Raises Alarm
Award to Rensselaer to investigate link is 'unprecedented,' says expert
www.medpagetoday.com
September 16, 2025 at 2:49 AM
A no-bid research contract is unheard of and this one is opposed by more than 250 autism scientists.
www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/au...
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When I say these nominees are entirely unqualified for #acip, I can offer that the one I know personally told his wife to pray for a spontaneous vasectomy reversal instead of surgery. That’s the level of scientific expertise we are talking about. www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Kennedy picks seven new members for US CDC vaccine panel, document shows
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has chosen seven new members for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's panel of vaccine experts, an internal CDC document showed on Wednesday.
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September 4, 2025 at 3:56 AM
When I say these nominees are entirely unqualified for #acip, I can offer that the one I know personally told his wife to pray for a spontaneous vasectomy reversal instead of surgery. That’s the level of scientific expertise we are talking about. www.reuters.com/business/hea...
We tell high school and college students to remember before they post that the internet is everywhere and forever. Perhaps they should discuss this in med school too? Or in the executive branch?
Actual #censorship by a government official. @joho.bsky.social #1stAmendment
“Top #FDA official demands removal of YouTube videos of himself that criticized #Covid vaccines” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“Top #FDA official demands removal of YouTube videos of himself that criticized #Covid vaccines” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Top FDA official demands removal of YouTube videos of himself that criticized Covid vaccines
Doctor who created now-defunct channel says he wanted to ‘preserve’ what Trump health officials said during Covid
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August 31, 2025 at 4:12 PM
We tell high school and college students to remember before they post that the internet is everywhere and forever. Perhaps they should discuss this in med school too? Or in the executive branch?
Maybe football can be what unites us toward a shared belief that young people dying unnecessarily is bad?
Football used to be deadly before we had vaccines.
Here's the story of 29 players died from tetanus—a bacteria found everywhere—before vaccines.
There is no immunity to tetanus except through vaccines. Even tetanus survivors -saved by antitoxin, antibiotics & critical care - don’t gain protection
Here's the story of 29 players died from tetanus—a bacteria found everywhere—before vaccines.
There is no immunity to tetanus except through vaccines. Even tetanus survivors -saved by antitoxin, antibiotics & critical care - don’t gain protection
The forgotten story of … Di Jones and the footballers who died of tetanus
The infection was a serious threat to British players in the years before a vaccination was introduced, claiming several lives, including that of the Manchester City full-back in 1902
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August 31, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Maybe football can be what unites us toward a shared belief that young people dying unnecessarily is bad?
Six amazing books in the @nyupress.bsky.social series, Health, Society, and Inequality are out! And more are coming soon. So proud to be a part of this work. @ralmeling.bsky.social @katemasonsociology.bsky.social @andreabeckerphd.bsky.social
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August 14, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Six amazing books in the @nyupress.bsky.social series, Health, Society, and Inequality are out! And more are coming soon. So proud to be a part of this work. @ralmeling.bsky.social @katemasonsociology.bsky.social @andreabeckerphd.bsky.social
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I am excited to share that vol 51 of the Annual Review of Sociology is now open access. It includes my article on the politics of healthcare and so many great reviews.
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The Cultural, Definitional, and Institutional Politics of Healthcare | Annual Reviews
This review article examines how politics shape healthcare. In addition to formal law and policy, the politics of healthcare include the larger cultural frameworks that politicize health and illness, ...
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August 1, 2025 at 4:41 AM
I am excited to share that vol 51 of the Annual Review of Sociology is now open access. It includes my article on the politics of healthcare and so many great reviews.
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
So maybe hating pedophiles and the hiding of them is the thing that unites the country? A low bar but I’ll take it.
July 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
So maybe hating pedophiles and the hiding of them is the thing that unites the country? A low bar but I’ll take it.
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Where is all that "health freedom" these guys promised? Cause all I've seen is decreasing choices for my family and myself when it comes to vaccination.
FDA staff were overruled again by Vinay Prasad, who limited Moderna’s Covid vaccine to high-risk children under 12, arguing that healthy kids wouldn’t see sufficient clinical benefit.
Prasad again overrode FDA vaccine reviewers, this time on Moderna’s Covid shot for young kids
CBER chief Prasad overrides reviewers, approves Moderna's Covid shot only for at-risk kids 6mo-11yrs, marking his third override of review team recommendations.
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July 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Where is all that "health freedom" these guys promised? Cause all I've seen is decreasing choices for my family and myself when it comes to vaccination.
Remember how we were promised transparency? New idea. Let's Make America Qualified and Ethical Again. (I admit, the acronym needs work.) www.statnews.com/2025/07/09/k...
HHS backtracks on pledge to disclose new vaccine advisers’ conflicts of interest
RFK Jr. has pledged radical transparency, but his vaccine advisers' financial disclosures aren't public.
www.statnews.com
July 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Remember how we were promised transparency? New idea. Let's Make America Qualified and Ethical Again. (I admit, the acronym needs work.) www.statnews.com/2025/07/09/k...
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Thanks to a federal judge appointed by Trump, medical debt can now go back on your credit report. We great yet?
July 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Thanks to a federal judge appointed by Trump, medical debt can now go back on your credit report. We great yet?
When the cruelty is the point.
For my mental health, I try not to look at too much news, but sometimes it's inescapable
The cruelty & lack of humanity shown by RFK Jr & his MAHA minions, Drs Bhattacharya, Makary, Oz, & Prasad, is striking & sickening
They're *gleefully* dismantling the welfare state
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The cruelty & lack of humanity shown by RFK Jr & his MAHA minions, Drs Bhattacharya, Makary, Oz, & Prasad, is striking & sickening
They're *gleefully* dismantling the welfare state
www.wxyz.com/politics/imm...
HHS moves to restrict undocumented immigrants' health care, Head Start access
A new HHS directive reverses decades-old interpretation of a 1996 law, restricting undocumented immigrants' health care services.
www.wxyz.com
July 16, 2025 at 6:42 PM
When the cruelty is the point.
I really thought not selling federal lands off might be the thing that united us. I mean, right after not letting children die.
June 29, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I really thought not selling federal lands off might be the thing that united us. I mean, right after not letting children die.
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“Immunization policy decisions must be guided by science. The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) is gravely concerned with the flawed process that occurred during the recent Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meeting on June 25-26, 2025.”
www.nfid.org/statement-on...
www.nfid.org/statement-on...
Statement on June 2025 Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Meeting
NFID strongly supports the use of evidence-based guidance reviewed by qualified experts, within CDC and externally, to inform public health policy, and will work to protect the health of people across...
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June 28, 2025 at 12:15 AM
“Immunization policy decisions must be guided by science. The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) is gravely concerned with the flawed process that occurred during the recent Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meeting on June 25-26, 2025.”
www.nfid.org/statement-on...
www.nfid.org/statement-on...
I have been studying vaccine policy and politics for 20 years. This moment is so much worse than I ever imagined. And I am pretty imaginative.
Some people think this is an exaggeration but I will say that if I were HHS Secretary and my goal were to kill as many children as possible, it would be difficult to distinguish the actions I would take from those that Kennedy has taken.
Mass murderer.
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June 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I have been studying vaccine policy and politics for 20 years. This moment is so much worse than I ever imagined. And I am pretty imaginative.
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No one on Kennedy's vaccine advisory committee is an expert in immunology and BOY does it show
June 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
No one on Kennedy's vaccine advisory committee is an expert in immunology and BOY does it show
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Destroying healthcare systems and lives brick by brick.
The Trump administration projects as many as 1.8 million people, including many DACA recipients, could lose coverage.
The Trump administration projects as many as 1.8 million people, including many DACA recipients, could lose coverage.
RFK Jr. is making it more difficult to enroll in Obamacare
The Trump administration projects as many as 1.8 million people, including many DACA recipients, could lose coverage.
www.politico.com
June 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Destroying healthcare systems and lives brick by brick.
The Trump administration projects as many as 1.8 million people, including many DACA recipients, could lose coverage.
The Trump administration projects as many as 1.8 million people, including many DACA recipients, could lose coverage.
This is clearly not how to increase trust. Imagine any other industry where people with no training or qualification get to tell experts how to do their job or tell families how to protect themselves and their children. Informed consent requires informed decisions.
RFK Jr. says his new vaccine panel has a GW University professor. The school says he doesn't work there
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RFK Jr. says his new vaccine panel has a GW University professor. The school says he doesn't work there
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said one of his picks for a crucial vaccine advisory panel is a professor at George Washington University. But News4 found the doctor hasn’t w...
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June 15, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This is clearly not how to increase trust. Imagine any other industry where people with no training or qualification get to tell experts how to do their job or tell families how to protect themselves and their children. Informed consent requires informed decisions.
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If you’re thinking, “wait a second, they have completely politicized this process and done so with zero transparency—how is that supposed to increase trust in vaccines?” You are correct. This is absurd. We are through the looking glass. This would be farcical if lives weren’t at stake.
“Kennedy's picks circumvented the usual CDC process for selecting members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, known as ACIP. In previous administrations, career agency officials — not political leaders — vetted potential experts before forwarding them to the department”
RFK Jr. taps allies and COVID vaccine critics among picks for CDC advisory panel. Here's who's on the list.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired the previous roster of the CDC's vaccine advisers on Monday.
www.cbsnews.com
June 12, 2025 at 2:09 AM
If you’re thinking, “wait a second, they have completely politicized this process and done so with zero transparency—how is that supposed to increase trust in vaccines?” You are correct. This is absurd. We are through the looking glass. This would be farcical if lives weren’t at stake.
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The process for ACIP membership usually takes years of vetting, particularly for conflicts of interest. Have these people undergone the same level of scrutiny? I'm pretty sure Malone has made money from saying falsely that mRNA vaccines are unsafe.
8 new ACIP members. Malone, Kulldorff, several others I'm not as familiar with. Meissner I believe also went contrarian during COVID?
Secretary Kennedy on X: "On Monday, I took a major step towards restoring public trust in vaccines by reconstituting the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP). I retired the 17 current members of the committee. I’m now repopulating ACIP with the eight new members who will attend ACIP’s" / X
On Monday, I took a major step towards restoring public trust in vaccines by reconstituting the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP). I retired the 17 current members of the committee. I’m now repopulating ACIP with the eight new members who will attend ACIP’s
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June 11, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The process for ACIP membership usually takes years of vetting, particularly for conflicts of interest. Have these people undergone the same level of scrutiny? I'm pretty sure Malone has made money from saying falsely that mRNA vaccines are unsafe.