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!
There’s a related joke here somewhere about Children’s Health Defense- something something “defending children from the horrors of adulthood”. Very cool onesie btw :)
January 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
There’s a related joke here somewhere about Children’s Health Defense- something something “defending children from the horrors of adulthood”. Very cool onesie btw :)
No apologies necessary, it was pretty dark already :|
January 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
No apologies necessary, it was pretty dark already :|
Why do you think they have been dismantling education for decades? Also I’m not even sure if I’m joking or not
January 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Why do you think they have been dismantling education for decades? Also I’m not even sure if I’m joking or not
I’m getting the same feeling as trying to explain why the earth is round to a family member.
a man with white hair and a beard is talking about taking crazy pills .
ALT: a man with white hair and a beard is talking about taking crazy pills .
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January 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I’m getting the same feeling as trying to explain why the earth is round to a family member.
If he wants to end chronic disease my recommendation would be to do something about the policies his president is helping put into place to dismantle social support. But given his focus on food dyes and how life was better in the 50s, maybe he’s not familiar with social determinants of health…
January 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
If he wants to end chronic disease my recommendation would be to do something about the policies his president is helping put into place to dismantle social support. But given his focus on food dyes and how life was better in the 50s, maybe he’s not familiar with social determinants of health…
The perennial problem of "when nothing happens, the intervention worked". You see a ton of people with kids injured by preventable diseases with similar regrets they did NOT vaccinate.
January 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The perennial problem of "when nothing happens, the intervention worked". You see a ton of people with kids injured by preventable diseases with similar regrets they did NOT vaccinate.
When we think about social determinants of health/the socioecological model, primordial prevention is some of the best ROI on resources spent -> this kind of action specifically rests (for me) solidly within that concept. Plus, I enjoy the glimmer of hope in a particularly dark time.
January 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
When we think about social determinants of health/the socioecological model, primordial prevention is some of the best ROI on resources spent -> this kind of action specifically rests (for me) solidly within that concept. Plus, I enjoy the glimmer of hope in a particularly dark time.
Some of the "vaccines as miracles" framing is a bummer, because they've set expectations of performance way, way too high. Are vaccines incredible? 100%. Is the effect they've had on avoidable morbidity and mortality unquestionably a success? 100% But a miracle? No, just rigorous applied science.
January 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Some of the "vaccines as miracles" framing is a bummer, because they've set expectations of performance way, way too high. Are vaccines incredible? 100%. Is the effect they've had on avoidable morbidity and mortality unquestionably a success? 100% But a miracle? No, just rigorous applied science.
Is there a possible future where innovators that aren't already billionaires see the writing on the wall and flee? The brain drain across multiple industries, not just public health, is terrifying to me. I guess it's time to put out good science while I can!
January 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Is there a possible future where innovators that aren't already billionaires see the writing on the wall and flee? The brain drain across multiple industries, not just public health, is terrifying to me. I guess it's time to put out good science while I can!
I feel like we'll see pockets of near-zero vaccination coverage become the norm, and then we'll get what's happening in Minnesota and Kansas happening everywhere. Even if national coverage is seemingly high (spoiler alert: it's not), it's deceptive in its obscuring the true impact of vaccine refusal
January 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I feel like we'll see pockets of near-zero vaccination coverage become the norm, and then we'll get what's happening in Minnesota and Kansas happening everywhere. Even if national coverage is seemingly high (spoiler alert: it's not), it's deceptive in its obscuring the true impact of vaccine refusal
Reposted by Aaron Pride, PhD
+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