Kristjana Ásbjörnsdóttir
@kristjana.bsky.social
Epidemiologist, feminist, lottery immigrant 🇮🇸🇺🇸, nerd. She/her.
Associate Prof at University of Iceland via University of Washington.
Goddamnit, you've got to be kind.
Associate Prof at University of Iceland via University of Washington.
Goddamnit, you've got to be kind.
Vivian is, but I can't imagine she's allowed on X.
November 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Vivian is, but I can't imagine she's allowed on X.
Reposted by Kristjana Ásbjörnsdóttir
Vaccine-preventable diseases, however, DO cause child deaths. Today, in high-income countries with excellent health care. Measles doesn’t have a cure or specific treatment. When complications arise, only supportive care is available; most kids recover, some don’t. Some do and die later.
Measles in the Brain Can Kill Years after Infection, Child’s Death Shows
A child in Los Angeles County has died from a rare but always fatal brain disorder that develops years after a measles infection. Experts underscore the need for vaccination to protect the most vulner...
www.scientificamerican.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Vaccine-preventable diseases, however, DO cause child deaths. Today, in high-income countries with excellent health care. Measles doesn’t have a cure or specific treatment. When complications arise, only supportive care is available; most kids recover, some don’t. Some do and die later.
Absolutely. The descriptions of vaccine-preventable illnesses as “mild in most cases” that the antivax movement leans on, while true, ignore the spectrum of possible outcomes and the devastation they can cause.
November 20, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Absolutely. The descriptions of vaccine-preventable illnesses as “mild in most cases” that the antivax movement leans on, while true, ignore the spectrum of possible outcomes and the devastation they can cause.
Public health authorities owe it to the public to provide clear, evidence-based guidelines to counteract the misinformation. This move by CDC is shameful and dangerous.
November 20, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Public health authorities owe it to the public to provide clear, evidence-based guidelines to counteract the misinformation. This move by CDC is shameful and dangerous.
Vaccine-preventable diseases also cause disability: hearing loss, intellectual disability, organ damage.
I’m sympathetic to parents who struggle with vaccine decision-making, given the emotions involved & relentless flood of misinformation. Public health authorities, however, have no such excuse.
I’m sympathetic to parents who struggle with vaccine decision-making, given the emotions involved & relentless flood of misinformation. Public health authorities, however, have no such excuse.
November 20, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Vaccine-preventable diseases also cause disability: hearing loss, intellectual disability, organ damage.
I’m sympathetic to parents who struggle with vaccine decision-making, given the emotions involved & relentless flood of misinformation. Public health authorities, however, have no such excuse.
I’m sympathetic to parents who struggle with vaccine decision-making, given the emotions involved & relentless flood of misinformation. Public health authorities, however, have no such excuse.
Vaccine-preventable diseases, however, DO cause child deaths. Today, in high-income countries with excellent health care. Measles doesn’t have a cure or specific treatment. When complications arise, only supportive care is available; most kids recover, some don’t. Some do and die later.
Measles in the Brain Can Kill Years after Infection, Child’s Death Shows
A child in Los Angeles County has died from a rare but always fatal brain disorder that develops years after a measles infection. Experts underscore the need for vaccination to protect the most vulner...
www.scientificamerican.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Vaccine-preventable diseases, however, DO cause child deaths. Today, in high-income countries with excellent health care. Measles doesn’t have a cure or specific treatment. When complications arise, only supportive care is available; most kids recover, some don’t. Some do and die later.
“Studies supporting the link” haven’t been ignored, they simply are not the most robust and well-conducted studies out there. The totality of the evidence is clear: vaccines do not cause autism.
November 20, 2025 at 8:47 AM
“Studies supporting the link” haven’t been ignored, they simply are not the most robust and well-conducted studies out there. The totality of the evidence is clear: vaccines do not cause autism.
To be clear: vaccines DO NOT cause autism. The first (and fraudulent) study to advance the hypothesis in 1998 was followed by dozens of good-faith attempts to test it, including two massive cohort studies including every child born in Denmark over two multi-year periods.
November 20, 2025 at 8:41 AM
To be clear: vaccines DO NOT cause autism. The first (and fraudulent) study to advance the hypothesis in 1998 was followed by dozens of good-faith attempts to test it, including two massive cohort studies including every child born in Denmark over two multi-year periods.
Didn’t her reactions remind him and the audience that she was a literal child and make us all wildly grossed out and uncomfortable? Was that really just my read because I saw it as a teenage girl?
November 18, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Didn’t her reactions remind him and the audience that she was a literal child and make us all wildly grossed out and uncomfortable? Was that really just my read because I saw it as a teenage girl?
Maybe the Jennifers aren’t interested in discussing the show on you-dominated forums, Tyler.
October 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Maybe the Jennifers aren’t interested in discussing the show on you-dominated forums, Tyler.
Wow, you weren’t kidding. Exploring humanity and motivation of terrorists good, doing the same for trans people bad. Counter culture, but only the kind this one (1) viewer likes.
October 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Wow, you weren’t kidding. Exploring humanity and motivation of terrorists good, doing the same for trans people bad. Counter culture, but only the kind this one (1) viewer likes.
On the plus side, at least you don’t suffer from mustache soreness, which was what I thought you needed advice on.
October 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
On the plus side, at least you don’t suffer from mustache soreness, which was what I thought you needed advice on.
