"This conversation reinforced for me that patient, respectful engagement with good faith questions (yes, even skeptical ones) is essential. We won't reach everyone, but we might reach someone. And in public health, reaching someone can make all the difference."

I debated writing this. It can feel tempting, upon encountering yet another instance of this administration’s racism, to let it be. How many ways can you say the same thing over and over again? And yet we have to write it down, if for nothing else, so those who come after us know we were against it.

Terribly sorry that the chaps are lonely again, have they tried volunteering? Only, there’s an awful lot needs done.

Parents often turn to social media for health information—including about vaccines—but it’s also a hotspot for misinformation.

In AAP News I share ways pediatricians can help families spot and resist vaccine myths before they spread.

📰 Read more: publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...

#Vaccines

"ICE Must Stop"
Seen in Bangor, Maine

That's it. Not "the CDC is important". But rather -- the CDC is fucking OURS. We own it. We built it. We turned it into a powerhouse. You don't get to take it or blow it up because it gets in your way of making a buck. It's ours.

In honor of International Poetry Day, here's a poem from my mother. She has a broken phone case that makes her hit the return key by mistake and now her texts are all free verse poetry:

The #measles vaccine has saved an estimated 5 lives every second since 2000.

👉Prevent measles by getting vaccinated with two doses of the measles vaccine.

If you have been exposed to #measles you can get post-exposure vaccination. Ideally within 72 hours of the exposure. This can help reduce the severity of illness and could even prevent you from developing symptoms at all.
Given exposures in gyms and at airports consider this a free tip.

Hello! I work in clinical microbiology, I paint in my living room, and I garden in my backyard. I'm a New Englander to the core - maple sugaring every spring and occasionally using "wicked" as an adverb.

Big fan of science, nature, learning, and being useful.