Aaron Pride, PhD
@fluisfun.bsky.social
medical affairs director, passionate about vaccination, social justice, public trust, and scientific literacy. Putting the “fun” in influenza vaccines!
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One of the greatest things about vaccines is that they prevent meningitis, which can be life-altering even if you survive.
"If you get the disease, you may not live. And even if you do, it’s a long road ahead." www.voicesforvaccines.org/meningitis-e...
"If you get the disease, you may not live. And even if you do, it’s a long road ahead." www.voicesforvaccines.org/meningitis-e...
How Meningitis Affected My Brain – and My Life
I survived meningitis, seemingly unaffected. It took years to understand the true impact.
www.voicesforvaccines.org
January 31, 2025 at 5:59 PM
One of the greatest things about vaccines is that they prevent meningitis, which can be life-altering even if you survive.
"If you get the disease, you may not live. And even if you do, it’s a long road ahead." www.voicesforvaccines.org/meningitis-e...
"If you get the disease, you may not live. And even if you do, it’s a long road ahead." www.voicesforvaccines.org/meningitis-e...
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From a journalist friend: Just spreading the word. The CDC is purging data, so people should archive their favorite CDC datasets today, namely ones around race/ethnic diversity, LGBTQ, and reproductive health. Also health data involving climate. The youth risk behavior survey has already gone down.
January 31, 2025 at 3:43 PM
From a journalist friend: Just spreading the word. The CDC is purging data, so people should archive their favorite CDC datasets today, namely ones around race/ethnic diversity, LGBTQ, and reproductive health. Also health data involving climate. The youth risk behavior survey has already gone down.
PSA: Influenza vaccination is a great way to avoid the worst outcomes of an influenza infection.
US flu activity climbs, with more deaths in kids
Sixteen more flu deaths were reported in children, with virus activity at high or very high flu levels across much of the nation.
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Sixteen more flu deaths were reported in children, with virus activity at high or very high flu levels across much of the nation.
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January 31, 2025 at 8:03 PM
PSA: Influenza vaccination is a great way to avoid the worst outcomes of an influenza infection.
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Several databases at the #CDC have gone offline today. We know of some — Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, AtlasPlus. There are undoubtedly more.
If you are a researcher & use these databases, please share with @statnews.com how this will affect your work.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/25/t...
If you are a researcher & use these databases, please share with @statnews.com how this will affect your work.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/25/t...
Are you affected by the Trump administration’s pause on health communications, science meetings, and reviews?
Have you been affected by the Trump administration’s pause on communications, science meetings, and reviews? @statnews would like to hear from you.
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January 31, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Several databases at the #CDC have gone offline today. We know of some — Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, AtlasPlus. There are undoubtedly more.
If you are a researcher & use these databases, please share with @statnews.com how this will affect your work.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/25/t...
If you are a researcher & use these databases, please share with @statnews.com how this will affect your work.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/25/t...
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Interim estimates of vaccine effectiveness against influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 and A(H3N2) during a delayed influenza season, Canada, 2024/25
" Adjusted VE is 53% (95% CI: 36–65) against A(H1N1)pdm09"
#IDSky
@eurosurveillance.org
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" Adjusted VE is 53% (95% CI: 36–65) against A(H1N1)pdm09"
#IDSky
@eurosurveillance.org
www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2...
Interim estimates of vaccine effectiveness against influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 and A(H3N2) during a delayed influenza season, Canada, 2024/25
The Canadian Sentinel Practitioner Surveillance Network (SPSN) reports interim 2024/25 vaccine effectiveness (VE) against acute respiratory illness due to laboratory-confirmed influenza during a delay...
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January 31, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Interim estimates of vaccine effectiveness against influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 and A(H3N2) during a delayed influenza season, Canada, 2024/25
" Adjusted VE is 53% (95% CI: 36–65) against A(H1N1)pdm09"
#IDSky
@eurosurveillance.org
www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2...
" Adjusted VE is 53% (95% CI: 36–65) against A(H1N1)pdm09"
#IDSky
@eurosurveillance.org
www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2...
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Charlie had no risk factors for influenza, so he never got the vaccine. Until one unlucky year, the virus changed his life.
"If you can prevent it with a fifteen-minute wait and minor pain in your arm for a day, that is absolutely worth the trade-off." www.voicesforvaccines.org/influenza-pu...
"If you can prevent it with a fifteen-minute wait and minor pain in your arm for a day, that is absolutely worth the trade-off." www.voicesforvaccines.org/influenza-pu...
Flu Put Me in A Nursing Home… at 38
I never got my flu shot, until one winter the virus put me in a 10 day coma. This is my cautionary tale.
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January 23, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Charlie had no risk factors for influenza, so he never got the vaccine. Until one unlucky year, the virus changed his life.
"If you can prevent it with a fifteen-minute wait and minor pain in your arm for a day, that is absolutely worth the trade-off." www.voicesforvaccines.org/influenza-pu...
"If you can prevent it with a fifteen-minute wait and minor pain in your arm for a day, that is absolutely worth the trade-off." www.voicesforvaccines.org/influenza-pu...
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Scope of the communications hold on federal health agencies expands
The pause encompasses government-related scientific meetings, travel, and the National Institutes of Health grant review process.
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The pause encompasses government-related scientific meetings, travel, and the National Institutes of Health grant review process.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
January 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Scope of the communications hold on federal health agencies expands
The pause encompasses government-related scientific meetings, travel, and the National Institutes of Health grant review process.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
The pause encompasses government-related scientific meetings, travel, and the National Institutes of Health grant review process.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
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+1 - According to STAT, a Feb. 20-21 meeting of the National Vaccine Advisory Committee was also canceled.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/22/t... via @statnews.com
www.statnews.com/2025/01/22/t... via @statnews.com
Trump administration’s abrupt cancellation of scientific meetings prompts confusion, concern
A flurry of scientific gatherings and panels across federal science agencies were canceled on Wednesday, at a time of heightened sensitivity about how the
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January 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
+1 - According to STAT, a Feb. 20-21 meeting of the National Vaccine Advisory Committee was also canceled.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/22/t... via @statnews.com
www.statnews.com/2025/01/22/t... via @statnews.com
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Today was as busy a day in public health news as I can remember since the peak of Covid.
Here's a rundown on what happened, all in one place.
(In the Brief19 tradition)...
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Here's a rundown on what happened, all in one place.
(In the Brief19 tradition)...
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Public health under attack from within.
Day 3 of the new Trump Administration was an "own goal" against our shared interests.
open.substack.com
January 23, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Today was as busy a day in public health news as I can remember since the peak of Covid.
Here's a rundown on what happened, all in one place.
(In the Brief19 tradition)...
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Here's a rundown on what happened, all in one place.
(In the Brief19 tradition)...
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
For those of you who vaccinate, in the event (god forbid) that the ACIP collapses, who will you look to for recommendations or guidance? A given medical society, a trusted expert, or…? What happens in a post-MMWR landscape? Personally I hope that this “pause for review” is only temporary.
January 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
For those of you who vaccinate, in the event (god forbid) that the ACIP collapses, who will you look to for recommendations or guidance? A given medical society, a trusted expert, or…? What happens in a post-MMWR landscape? Personally I hope that this “pause for review” is only temporary.
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Who should we trust about vaccines?
Who should we trust about vaccines?
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January 23, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Who should we trust about vaccines?
Who should we trust about vaccines?
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Large global study finds strong trust in science, lessons for improved communication
With moderately high trust in scientists, respondents wanted a higher priority on public health, energy challenges, and poverty.
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With moderately high trust in scientists, respondents wanted a higher priority on public health, energy challenges, and poverty.
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January 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Large global study finds strong trust in science, lessons for improved communication
With moderately high trust in scientists, respondents wanted a higher priority on public health, energy challenges, and poverty.
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With moderately high trust in scientists, respondents wanted a higher priority on public health, energy challenges, and poverty.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
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#CWD prions confirmed in raw, cooked elk meat, water used for boiling, but risk to people unclear
Grilling boosted detection of prions, which the authors say may be because heat helps release prions trapped in tissue.
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Photo: Oregon DOA / Flickr cc
Grilling boosted detection of prions, which the authors say may be because heat helps release prions trapped in tissue.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Photo: Oregon DOA / Flickr cc
January 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
#CWD prions confirmed in raw, cooked elk meat, water used for boiling, but risk to people unclear
Grilling boosted detection of prions, which the authors say may be because heat helps release prions trapped in tissue.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Photo: Oregon DOA / Flickr cc
Grilling boosted detection of prions, which the authors say may be because heat helps release prions trapped in tissue.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Photo: Oregon DOA / Flickr cc
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Trump officials pause health agencies’ communications, citing review - including publications such as MMWR , data updates and health data releases. wapo.st/4aqfN44
Trump officials pause health agencies’ communications, citing review
The agencies are charged with making decisions that touch the lives of every American and are the source of crucial information to health-care providers.
wapo.st
January 22, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Trump officials pause health agencies’ communications, citing review - including publications such as MMWR , data updates and health data releases. wapo.st/4aqfN44
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US flu activity still high, with 11 new deaths in kids
Outpatient visits for flu are trending down, but the CDC said this not likely because the flu season has peaked.
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Outpatient visits for flu are trending down, but the CDC said this not likely because the flu season has peaked.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/i...
January 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
US flu activity still high, with 11 new deaths in kids
Outpatient visits for flu are trending down, but the CDC said this not likely because the flu season has peaked.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/i...
Outpatient visits for flu are trending down, but the CDC said this not likely because the flu season has peaked.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/i...
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“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday urged labs nationwide to determine within 24 hours of admission whether people hospitalized with the flu have seasonal influenza or are infected with the bird flu that's behind an escalating outbreak in dairy cows and poultry”
CDC urges faster testing to find human bird flu cases
The agency says labs should accelerate testing on patients hospitalized with the flu within 24 hours of their admission.
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January 17, 2025 at 12:11 AM
“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday urged labs nationwide to determine within 24 hours of admission whether people hospitalized with the flu have seasonal influenza or are infected with the bird flu that's behind an escalating outbreak in dairy cows and poultry”
This kind of spread honestly terrifies me worse than most transmissible diseases--maybe with the exception of avian flu. I know it remains unlikely that we see this as widespread concern for humanity in terms of active transmission, but it is a viscerally uncomfortable proposition.
Elk becomes first #CWD-positive case of its species on a Wyoming feeding ground
The animal was found dead on the Scab Creek Feedground in Elk Hunt Area 98 at the end of December.
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The animal was found dead on the Scab Creek Feedground in Elk Hunt Area 98 at the end of December.
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January 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This kind of spread honestly terrifies me worse than most transmissible diseases--maybe with the exception of avian flu. I know it remains unlikely that we see this as widespread concern for humanity in terms of active transmission, but it is a viscerally uncomfortable proposition.
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In Omeo, South Sudan, a single solar-powered vaccine fridge is revolutionising immunisation. Vaccines are now available locally with no more delays, saving time and lives. Here’s the full story:
How one solar-powered fridge brought relief to rural South Sudan
The global vaccine cold chain is a branching network with myriad endpoints. In South Sudan, reporter Winnie Cirino profiled one of them.
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January 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
In Omeo, South Sudan, a single solar-powered vaccine fridge is revolutionising immunisation. Vaccines are now available locally with no more delays, saving time and lives. Here’s the full story:
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Where measles is allowed to spread, a very small number of children will develop a disease called SSPE. It is slow, heartbreaking, and almost always fatal.
One mom writes about what it's like to go through that. www.voicesforvaccines.org/how-i-lost-m...
One mom writes about what it's like to go through that. www.voicesforvaccines.org/how-i-lost-m...
How I Lost My Daughter to Measles
Measles has a terrible side effect most people don’t know about.
www.voicesforvaccines.org
January 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Where measles is allowed to spread, a very small number of children will develop a disease called SSPE. It is slow, heartbreaking, and almost always fatal.
One mom writes about what it's like to go through that. www.voicesforvaccines.org/how-i-lost-m...
One mom writes about what it's like to go through that. www.voicesforvaccines.org/how-i-lost-m...
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US respiratory disease markers remain high for flu, COVID, RSV
Hospitalization rates are on an upward trend for all three viruses, with the highest levels for flu.
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Hospitalization rates are on an upward trend for all three viruses, with the highest levels for flu.
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January 13, 2025 at 9:12 PM
US respiratory disease markers remain high for flu, COVID, RSV
Hospitalization rates are on an upward trend for all three viruses, with the highest levels for flu.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Hospitalization rates are on an upward trend for all three viruses, with the highest levels for flu.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Very interesting commentary on consequences of imprinting, and more evidence we need to protect those adults 50-64 who have higher prevalence of comorbid conditions from flu-related complications.
Influenza vaccine effectiveness against medically attended outpatient illness, United States, 2023?24 season
✅ Just Accepted
✅ Just Accepted
Influenza vaccine effectiveness against medically attended outpatient illness, United States, 2023–24 season
The 2023–24 U.S. influenza season was characterized by a predominance of A(H1N1)pdm09 virus circulation with co-circulation of A(H3N2) and B/Victoria viruses. We estimated vaccine effectiveness (VE) in the United States against mild-to-moderate medically attended influenza illness in the 2023–24 season.
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January 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Very interesting commentary on consequences of imprinting, and more evidence we need to protect those adults 50-64 who have higher prevalence of comorbid conditions from flu-related complications.