UD: Thank you for informing me. I will seriously consider vaccinating my children.
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I am so happy we had the conversation!!! And I hope he really does vaccinate his kids.

UD: I thought it was a thing of the past. I didn’t know there was measles in the US. I homeschool my children. Should I be worried?
Me: Goes on explaining the current measles outbreak and explain why it’s important to vaccinate kids.
UD: I am not anti-vax. But I did not know it was going on…

Could I be added? Thanks!

🙋‍♂️ can you add me please?

I’m an infectious disease modeler at a cool public health gov agency, but this is a strictly personal account. I study IDD in human and wildlife populations focusing on prevention and control strategies. Have worked on mpox, bovine TB, and other environmental pathogens.

Thanks for the link. I will take a closer look this weekend. I’m sure it will be helpful to me since I am also working on a DRC model, but mainly focusing on vaccination.

Thanks for sharing this. It looks really interesting.

Can I tag myself for it? Thanks!

Thank you!

Is there a link for the news in English? Thanks!

Not sure if DRC has prairie dogs (12th paragraph).

37/250 is Wildlife vaccination strategies for eliminating bovine tuberculosis in white-tailed deer populations

Perfect use of modeling. Assuming, of course, that BCG is blocking infection and not just symptoms - if the latter, very different results.

Thank you!
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