Dorit Reiss
@doritreiss.bsky.social
Professor of law at UC Law San Francisco. Writes about vaccines law and policy. Vaccine Advocate. Mom of two.
Says Rachel Vilensky in panel on children in the courts in #IHLRsymposium by @INHealthLawRev about Child Advocacy and Health Law: large variation in kids' right to attorneys among states.
November 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Says Rachel Vilensky in panel on children in the courts in #IHLRsymposium by @INHealthLawRev about Child Advocacy and Health Law: large variation in kids' right to attorneys among states.
Working on a PowerPoint and reminding readers again, in relation to mandates or other coercive measures (even when they’re politically feasible):
(Sometimes they’re a good idea, sometimes not; consider the full picture).
(Sometimes they’re a good idea, sometimes not; consider the full picture).
November 5, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Working on a PowerPoint and reminding readers again, in relation to mandates or other coercive measures (even when they’re politically feasible):
(Sometimes they’re a good idea, sometimes not; consider the full picture).
(Sometimes they’re a good idea, sometimes not; consider the full picture).
An anti-vaccine author took advantage of this person's ignorance.
When there's a vaccine available, the correct control for a new version is the old vaccine, not a saline placebo. Also, DTaP, for example, is a 3 dose series over 6 months. So the trial is not only 28 days.
When there's a vaccine available, the correct control for a new version is the old vaccine, not a saline placebo. Also, DTaP, for example, is a 3 dose series over 6 months. So the trial is not only 28 days.
November 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
An anti-vaccine author took advantage of this person's ignorance.
When there's a vaccine available, the correct control for a new version is the old vaccine, not a saline placebo. Also, DTaP, for example, is a 3 dose series over 6 months. So the trial is not only 28 days.
When there's a vaccine available, the correct control for a new version is the old vaccine, not a saline placebo. Also, DTaP, for example, is a 3 dose series over 6 months. So the trial is not only 28 days.
On my Facebook I added this paragraph emphasizing the whole thing is junk (and of course, as you point out, treating autism as subhuman is just wrong). I didn’t have space here. But I agree.
October 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
On my Facebook I added this paragraph emphasizing the whole thing is junk (and of course, as you point out, treating autism as subhuman is just wrong). I didn’t have space here. But I agree.
Explains Colleen Thomas, the advocate from @hoosiersvaccinate.bsky.social: what about your diabetic cousin? Someone who has cancer? Remember that vaccination is a form of kindness: you help not just yourself but also others.
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October 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Explains Colleen Thomas, the advocate from @hoosiersvaccinate.bsky.social: what about your diabetic cousin? Someone who has cancer? Remember that vaccination is a form of kindness: you help not just yourself but also others.
Seen on LinkedIn: “Staff at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention across multiple programs being fired tonight, including all current (civilian) Epidemic Intelligence Service, and several people working on the Ebola response.”
October 11, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Seen on LinkedIn: “Staff at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention across multiple programs being fired tonight, including all current (civilian) Epidemic Intelligence Service, and several people working on the Ebola response.”
Reminder: the President may be allowing his secretary to undermine access to vaccines for others and promote anti vaccine misinformation, but he himself is fully vaccinated, including this year’s flu and Covid vaccine.
In this, do as the president does, not as his secretary ‘s ACIP minions say.
In this, do as the president does, not as his secretary ‘s ACIP minions say.
October 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Reminder: the President may be allowing his secretary to undermine access to vaccines for others and promote anti vaccine misinformation, but he himself is fully vaccinated, including this year’s flu and Covid vaccine.
In this, do as the president does, not as his secretary ‘s ACIP minions say.
In this, do as the president does, not as his secretary ‘s ACIP minions say.
What happens when anti-vaccine activists don't read past the title - the CDC schedule was updated; the article acknowledged ACIP members likely did not intend the result (though they voted on it). www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 9, 2025 at 5:14 PM
What happens when anti-vaccine activists don't read past the title - the CDC schedule was updated; the article acknowledged ACIP members likely did not intend the result (though they voted on it). www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
How antivaccine groups mislead people, #4694: the actual report said the CDC performed well, but suggested improvements; the CHD article misrepresented it by saying it fumbled safety, which the report did not say or imply.
NASEM report: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10...
NASEM report: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10...
October 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
How antivaccine groups mislead people, #4694: the actual report said the CDC performed well, but suggested improvements; the CHD article misrepresented it by saying it fumbled safety, which the report did not say or imply.
NASEM report: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10...
NASEM report: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10...
Reminder: informed consent is always required for a vaccine. Shared clinical decision making just creates confusion and decreases uptake, without improving informed consent.
And if you use this approach towards childhood vaccines, you will exacerbate the Trump/Kennety outbreaks.
And if you use this approach towards childhood vaccines, you will exacerbate the Trump/Kennety outbreaks.
October 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Reminder: informed consent is always required for a vaccine. Shared clinical decision making just creates confusion and decreases uptake, without improving informed consent.
And if you use this approach towards childhood vaccines, you will exacerbate the Trump/Kennety outbreaks.
And if you use this approach towards childhood vaccines, you will exacerbate the Trump/Kennety outbreaks.
But she was still hungry...
October 4, 2025 at 6:17 PM
But she was still hungry...
Mr. 15-years-old got his vaccines, too.
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October 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Mr. 15-years-old got his vaccines, too.
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President Trump praises the CEO of Pfizer on his job on COVID-19, and praises Pfizer, and says he is going to do deals with all the pharmaceutical companies. x.com/SenseRecepto...
![Donald Trump: "I was honored to have Albert [Bourla here]... He's done a fantastic job with... COVID. He did a fantastic job with a lot of things. He's a leader. And Pfizer is right at the top."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mi7if3czciowfal5dqpipmdq/bafkreigd3l4nekeplwzoeufscfgn4nidz2zq6nbinbpn4jtxtgfm4bke5a@jpeg)
October 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
President Trump praises the CEO of Pfizer on his job on COVID-19, and praises Pfizer, and says he is going to do deals with all the pharmaceutical companies. x.com/SenseRecepto...
Via @drjonl.bsky.social: Update re William Malis disciplinary case:
He is not licensed to practice and cannot present it otherwise; he cannot treat patients; he cannot call himself doctor. (This is a summary of the screenshot, see also: cpsa.ca/news/stateme...)
He is not licensed to practice and cannot present it otherwise; he cannot treat patients; he cannot call himself doctor. (This is a summary of the screenshot, see also: cpsa.ca/news/stateme...)
September 28, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Via @drjonl.bsky.social: Update re William Malis disciplinary case:
He is not licensed to practice and cannot present it otherwise; he cannot treat patients; he cannot call himself doctor. (This is a summary of the screenshot, see also: cpsa.ca/news/stateme...)
He is not licensed to practice and cannot present it otherwise; he cannot treat patients; he cannot call himself doctor. (This is a summary of the screenshot, see also: cpsa.ca/news/stateme...)
L and I got our Covid and influenza vaccines. D is in a band thing, so will get his early next week.
September 26, 2025 at 11:04 PM
L and I got our Covid and influenza vaccines. D is in a band thing, so will get his early next week.
Note: Dr. Makis is trying to imply a vaccine connection.
Whereas he actually died in a biking accident - the description is that he succumbed to his injuries.
cyclingmagazine.ca/mtb/edmonton...
Anti-vaccine activists not only mislead others, they like to misuse unconnected tragedies.
Whereas he actually died in a biking accident - the description is that he succumbed to his injuries.
cyclingmagazine.ca/mtb/edmonton...
Anti-vaccine activists not only mislead others, they like to misuse unconnected tragedies.
September 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Note: Dr. Makis is trying to imply a vaccine connection.
Whereas he actually died in a biking accident - the description is that he succumbed to his injuries.
cyclingmagazine.ca/mtb/edmonton...
Anti-vaccine activists not only mislead others, they like to misuse unconnected tragedies.
Whereas he actually died in a biking accident - the description is that he succumbed to his injuries.
cyclingmagazine.ca/mtb/edmonton...
Anti-vaccine activists not only mislead others, they like to misuse unconnected tragedies.
D. There's no good reason to delay protecting children from dangerous disease. Also, the idea that people can go to the doctor five times rather than one reflects deep, deep privilege. A lot of people just can't. 5/n
September 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
D. There's no good reason to delay protecting children from dangerous disease. Also, the idea that people can go to the doctor five times rather than one reflects deep, deep privilege. A lot of people just can't. 5/n
Some of the errors:
A. Tylenol is one of the few things that can be used to control fever in pregnancy - fever is actually dangerous. Yes, don't use it if you don't need it. But this can discourage use when needed.
2/n
A. Tylenol is one of the few things that can be used to control fever in pregnancy - fever is actually dangerous. Yes, don't use it if you don't need it. But this can discourage use when needed.
2/n
September 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Some of the errors:
A. Tylenol is one of the few things that can be used to control fever in pregnancy - fever is actually dangerous. Yes, don't use it if you don't need it. But this can discourage use when needed.
2/n
A. Tylenol is one of the few things that can be used to control fever in pregnancy - fever is actually dangerous. Yes, don't use it if you don't need it. But this can discourage use when needed.
2/n
Reminder: the President's comments in this are not only wrong; they're going to exacerbate the already large and harmful Kennedy-Trump measles outbreak, which at this point killed three people in the U.S., two of them young children.
1/n
1/n
![Post says: "Pregnant women, don't use Tylenol unless absolutely necessary, don't give Tylenol to your young child for virtually any reason, break up the MMR shot into three totally separate shorts (not mixed!), take chicken p shot separately, take hepatitas [sic] B shot at 12 years old, or older, and importantly, take vaccine in 5 separate medical visits! President DJT. "Capitalization omitted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mi7if3czciowfal5dqpipmdq/bafkreiaxi35zvgvpnqtyiab3t6dmjru7d3y5hmejkq42b7zvulqbn24yhy@jpeg)
September 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Reminder: the President's comments in this are not only wrong; they're going to exacerbate the already large and harmful Kennedy-Trump measles outbreak, which at this point killed three people in the U.S., two of them young children.
1/n
1/n
As part of teaching statutory interpretation, I look forward to explaining to my students how a pony can be a small bird, drawing on Regina v. Ojibway. euro.ecom.cmu.edu/program/law/...
September 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
As part of teaching statutory interpretation, I look forward to explaining to my students how a pony can be a small bird, drawing on Regina v. Ojibway. euro.ecom.cmu.edu/program/law/...
Note: As the talented Alex Gaffney points out, this medication was put back on the market without the manufacturer's request, because someone told the Secretary, apparently, it can help people with autism.
Kennedy is not against big pharma. Just anti-vaccine. Source: x.com/AlecGaffney/...
Kennedy is not against big pharma. Just anti-vaccine. Source: x.com/AlecGaffney/...
September 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Note: As the talented Alex Gaffney points out, this medication was put back on the market without the manufacturer's request, because someone told the Secretary, apparently, it can help people with autism.
Kennedy is not against big pharma. Just anti-vaccine. Source: x.com/AlecGaffney/...
Kennedy is not against big pharma. Just anti-vaccine. Source: x.com/AlecGaffney/...
Reminder: personally attacking a journalist for criticizing the government is not normal agency conduct.
It's a pretty clear attempt to intimidate the journalist, and from those that complained about government censorship, like
Secretary Kennedy did, the hypocrisy is jarring.
It's a pretty clear attempt to intimidate the journalist, and from those that complained about government censorship, like
Secretary Kennedy did, the hypocrisy is jarring.
September 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Reminder: personally attacking a journalist for criticizing the government is not normal agency conduct.
It's a pretty clear attempt to intimidate the journalist, and from those that complained about government censorship, like
Secretary Kennedy did, the hypocrisy is jarring.
It's a pretty clear attempt to intimidate the journalist, and from those that complained about government censorship, like
Secretary Kennedy did, the hypocrisy is jarring.
The COVID-19 workgroup finally put their recommendations - the ones that ACIP will vote on - up.
The operative part - what's in ACIP's power - is that anyone can only get the vaccine under shared clinical decision making, and they essentially recommend against it for most people under 65. 1/2
The operative part - what's in ACIP's power - is that anyone can only get the vaccine under shared clinical decision making, and they essentially recommend against it for most people under 65. 1/2
September 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The COVID-19 workgroup finally put their recommendations - the ones that ACIP will vote on - up.
The operative part - what's in ACIP's power - is that anyone can only get the vaccine under shared clinical decision making, and they essentially recommend against it for most people under 65. 1/2
The operative part - what's in ACIP's power - is that anyone can only get the vaccine under shared clinical decision making, and they essentially recommend against it for most people under 65. 1/2