Emmy
@chemeemmy.bsky.social
Fierce mama bear. Book and nature lover. STEM in what feels like a former life.
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Marty Makary's smug expression during today's announcement still makes me want to punch something.
May 27, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Marty Makary's smug expression during today's announcement still makes me want to punch something.
"We also understand that despite the change in recommendations from HHS, the science has not changed."
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ACOG is deeply disappointed by HHS’s move to drop COVID-19 vaccine recommendations in pregnancy. The science is clear: COVID-19 remains dangerous in pregnancy and vaccination protects both patients and newborns. The vaccine is safe and protects families. Read our full statement: buff.ly/OGue7sO
May 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
"We also understand that despite the change in recommendations from HHS, the science has not changed."
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I'm just fuming right now.
They are totally coming for all the vaccines. So much needless suffering and death. ☹️
They are totally coming for all the vaccines. So much needless suffering and death. ☹️
May 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I'm just fuming right now.
They are totally coming for all the vaccines. So much needless suffering and death. ☹️
They are totally coming for all the vaccines. So much needless suffering and death. ☹️
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If you're wondering what to say in your comment, consider pointing out that the FDA assesses drugs for safety and efficacy.
Saying that something is safe for 65 and older and people with preexisting conditions but not healthy adults makes no sense.
And if it's efficacious, then it's efficacious.
Saying that something is safe for 65 and older and people with preexisting conditions but not healthy adults makes no sense.
And if it's efficacious, then it's efficacious.
May 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
If you're wondering what to say in your comment, consider pointing out that the FDA assesses drugs for safety and efficacy.
Saying that something is safe for 65 and older and people with preexisting conditions but not healthy adults makes no sense.
And if it's efficacious, then it's efficacious.
Saying that something is safe for 65 and older and people with preexisting conditions but not healthy adults makes no sense.
And if it's efficacious, then it's efficacious.
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If you think COVID vaccines should continue to be available to all: take 5 min and add your comments at the link below. (Advice for what to say in the linked thread.)
You do NOT have to accept this! Post on the public comments to pressure them to NOT do this! www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
May 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM
If you think COVID vaccines should continue to be available to all: take 5 min and add your comments at the link below. (Advice for what to say in the linked thread.)
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What the hell is wrong with @nejm.org? Do they think this is sound public policy? It's not just letting Prasad and Makary speak because they are now federal officials. It's giving them the cover of publication in one of our nation's oldest medical journals. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
An Evidence-Based Approach to Covid-19 Vaccination | NEJM
This article from the FDA compares broad U.S. recommendations on Covid vaccination with those from other countries and announces the adoption of an evidence-based approach to such recommendations.
www.nejm.org
May 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
What the hell is wrong with @nejm.org? Do they think this is sound public policy? It's not just letting Prasad and Makary speak because they are now federal officials. It's giving them the cover of publication in one of our nation's oldest medical journals. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
This is why our family continues to mask. A 1/20 risk per reinfection is NOT low.
If these parameters were inserted into an engineering design risk matrix, mitigation would be required.
If these parameters were inserted into an engineering design risk matrix, mitigation would be required.
Study suggests COVID-19 reinfections less likely to cause long COVID
The risk of long COVID was two to three times higher after the initial infection (14.8%) than after first (5.8%) or second (5.3%) reinfections.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
The risk of long COVID was two to three times higher after the initial infection (14.8%) than after first (5.8%) or second (5.3%) reinfections.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
May 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
This is why our family continues to mask. A 1/20 risk per reinfection is NOT low.
If these parameters were inserted into an engineering design risk matrix, mitigation would be required.
If these parameters were inserted into an engineering design risk matrix, mitigation would be required.
Well that's the nail in the coffin, then.
The FDA names Dr. Vinay Prasad — a hematologist-oncologist who has been accused of spreading misinformation about Covid vaccines and was an outspoken critic of the agency’s decision to approve Covid shots in children — as its new vaccine chief.
FDA names oncologist Dr. Vinay Prasad, a Covid vaccine critic, as the new vaccine chief
Prasad was an outspoken critic of the FDA’s response to the pandemic, including the former vaccine chief, Dr. Peter Marks.
nbcnews.to
May 7, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Well that's the nail in the coffin, then.
Chaperoned my kid's field trip earlier this week. Another chaperone, visibly worried, asked me if my mask was due to me "experiencing sickness." Pretty rich, considering her child was coughing/sniffling (maskless) all over the place.
May 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Chaperoned my kid's field trip earlier this week. Another chaperone, visibly worried, asked me if my mask was due to me "experiencing sickness." Pretty rich, considering her child was coughing/sniffling (maskless) all over the place.
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Nearly all of remaining staff at CDC's NIOSH received lay off notices today, we're told
This is an org chart shared with us illustrating eliminated divisions to date
Cuts had already upended approvals of new N95 respirators and probes of firefighter injuries
www.cbsnews.com/news/worker-...
This is an org chart shared with us illustrating eliminated divisions to date
Cuts had already upended approvals of new N95 respirators and probes of firefighter injuries
www.cbsnews.com/news/worker-...
May 3, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Nearly all of remaining staff at CDC's NIOSH received lay off notices today, we're told
This is an org chart shared with us illustrating eliminated divisions to date
Cuts had already upended approvals of new N95 respirators and probes of firefighter injuries
www.cbsnews.com/news/worker-...
This is an org chart shared with us illustrating eliminated divisions to date
Cuts had already upended approvals of new N95 respirators and probes of firefighter injuries
www.cbsnews.com/news/worker-...
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The CDC has scrapped a plan to offer schools in Texas help with curbing measles, we're told
NIOSH's experts had been in the state, wrapping up work helping fix errors in ventilation/filtration at hospitals treating measles, when they got layoff notices
www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-scr...
NIOSH's experts had been in the state, wrapping up work helping fix errors in ventilation/filtration at hospitals treating measles, when they got layoff notices
www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-scr...
CDC scraps plan to help Texas schools curb measles over layoffs, employee says
Some employees working on the CDC's measles response were warned they could face layoffs.
www.cbsnews.com
April 18, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The CDC has scrapped a plan to offer schools in Texas help with curbing measles, we're told
NIOSH's experts had been in the state, wrapping up work helping fix errors in ventilation/filtration at hospitals treating measles, when they got layoff notices
www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-scr...
NIOSH's experts had been in the state, wrapping up work helping fix errors in ventilation/filtration at hospitals treating measles, when they got layoff notices
www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-scr...
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Another wake-up call: "we have months—not a year—before our democracy is rendered so damaged that it can’t be repaired." MONTHS.
www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-...
www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-...
We Are Sleepwalking Into Autocracy
Senator Chris Murphy, of Connecticut, describes how free and fair elections might end in America as soon as 2026.
www.newyorker.com
April 3, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Another wake-up call: "we have months—not a year—before our democracy is rendered so damaged that it can’t be repaired." MONTHS.
www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-...
www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-...
The chances of getting updated pediatric Covid-19 vaccines this fall continues to dwindle...
Speaking with FDA staff yesterday, Dr Sara Brenner announced that Tracy Beth Hoeg had been hired as a "special assistant" to Marty Makary
"extensive experience working in vaccine science and epidemiology"
tinalexander.github.io/notes/2025/0...
"extensive experience working in vaccine science and epidemiology"
tinalexander.github.io/notes/2025/0...
April 3, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The chances of getting updated pediatric Covid-19 vaccines this fall continues to dwindle...
More of this from the Dems, please.
April 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
More of this from the Dems, please.
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Breaking: RFK Jr. has forced out PETER MARKS, the nation’s top vaccine regulator.
In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientist
Marks, an architect of Operation Warp Speed, warned that a recent measles outbreak shows how confidence in science and public health is being “undermined.”
www.washingtonpost.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Breaking: RFK Jr. has forced out PETER MARKS, the nation’s top vaccine regulator.
In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
The future feels so bleak.
February 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The future feels so bleak.
I've had it up to here with healthcare workers who insist that "masks don't work." GTFO of healthcare if you can't accept that masks an infection control tool. Do they think the construction industry, military, etc. are all just a bunch of morons who wear respirators for kicks?
December 13, 2024 at 3:42 PM
I've had it up to here with healthcare workers who insist that "masks don't work." GTFO of healthcare if you can't accept that masks an infection control tool. Do they think the construction industry, military, etc. are all just a bunch of morons who wear respirators for kicks?
Some jerk just took a picture of me at a red light. Because I'm wearing a mask, alone, in my car.
1) I'm driving between stores, asshole.
2) It's winter. N95 >> scarf.
1) I'm driving between stores, asshole.
2) It's winter. N95 >> scarf.
December 6, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Some jerk just took a picture of me at a red light. Because I'm wearing a mask, alone, in my car.
1) I'm driving between stores, asshole.
2) It's winter. N95 >> scarf.
1) I'm driving between stores, asshole.
2) It's winter. N95 >> scarf.
"They’re also hiring a nurse to answer early morning phone calls from families wondering if their students are too sick to attend classes."
If kids aren't feeling well, let them stay home, FFS.
www.mprnews.org/story/2024/1...
If kids aren't feeling well, let them stay home, FFS.
www.mprnews.org/story/2024/1...
As Minnesota school absences climb, lawmakers focus on possible policy fixes
Legislators spent months quizzing students, advocates and school leaders on Minnesota’s high rates of absenteeism. They’re eyeing systemic changes to get students back into classrooms.
www.mprnews.org
December 6, 2024 at 1:15 PM
"They’re also hiring a nurse to answer early morning phone calls from families wondering if their students are too sick to attend classes."
If kids aren't feeling well, let them stay home, FFS.
www.mprnews.org/story/2024/1...
If kids aren't feeling well, let them stay home, FFS.
www.mprnews.org/story/2024/1...
Kindergartener got invited to her first birthday party today. It makes my heart so happy that she's being included.
November 19, 2024 at 3:05 AM
Kindergartener got invited to her first birthday party today. It makes my heart so happy that she's being included.
I just looked up my PI from grad school on here and was pleasantly unsurprised to see that he's still masking. Feels good when your role models don't let you down.
November 19, 2024 at 2:59 AM
I just looked up my PI from grad school on here and was pleasantly unsurprised to see that he's still masking. Feels good when your role models don't let you down.
Language is important - especially for journalists. Just like the term "vaccine skeptic" does not adequately convey the dangerous antivax nonsense spouted by RFK, "reckless" doesn't go far enough.
November 15, 2024 at 10:25 PM
Language is important - especially for journalists. Just like the term "vaccine skeptic" does not adequately convey the dangerous antivax nonsense spouted by RFK, "reckless" doesn't go far enough.
RFK will set public health back decades. Hoping that enough Republican senators have a spine to derail his confirmation (but I doubt it).
November 14, 2024 at 10:20 PM
RFK will set public health back decades. Hoping that enough Republican senators have a spine to derail his confirmation (but I doubt it).
So what are the odds routine childhood immunizations will still be 100% covered by employer insurance when the ACA is repealed?
November 13, 2024 at 3:54 PM
So what are the odds routine childhood immunizations will still be 100% covered by employer insurance when the ACA is repealed?