Jessica Pickett
@pickettjessica.bsky.social
Pittsburgh-based health economist in the vaccine industry. Interested in everything; knowledgeable about demand for medical care & politics of service delivery.
My resident dog Ichabod feels that alt text in his soul 😂
October 30, 2025 at 1:05 PM
My resident dog Ichabod feels that alt text in his soul 😂
I didn’t know you fostered too! Give Sugar (and Charlie) a pet for me.
October 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I didn’t know you fostered too! Give Sugar (and Charlie) a pet for me.
She’s fostered in Pittsburgh but the originating shelter is in OH (and transport can potentially be arranged to other nearby states)
October 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
She’s fostered in Pittsburgh but the originating shelter is in OH (and transport can potentially be arranged to other nearby states)
The shooter has since been arrested (according to the mayor of Wilkinsburg on our neighborhood Facebook group)
October 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The shooter has since been arrested (according to the mayor of Wilkinsburg on our neighborhood Facebook group)
Whoa.
Will this directly update the CDC-funded model that Lisa Prosser and David Hutton's team previously presented to ACIP, or do you envision this as an entirely independent effort?
Will this directly update the CDC-funded model that Lisa Prosser and David Hutton's team previously presented to ACIP, or do you envision this as an entirely independent effort?
September 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Whoa.
Will this directly update the CDC-funded model that Lisa Prosser and David Hutton's team previously presented to ACIP, or do you envision this as an entirely independent effort?
Will this directly update the CDC-funded model that Lisa Prosser and David Hutton's team previously presented to ACIP, or do you envision this as an entirely independent effort?
oh no what did i miss
September 30, 2025 at 12:47 AM
oh no what did i miss
it’s so deeply disconcerting to work where I work as a (differently) neurodivergent person with an (unrelated) autoimmune B vitamin deficiency right now 🫠
September 30, 2025 at 12:46 AM
it’s so deeply disconcerting to work where I work as a (differently) neurodivergent person with an (unrelated) autoimmune B vitamin deficiency right now 🫠
…which is extra terrifying, because widespread false positives for an autoimmune etiology open the hell mouth www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
September 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
…which is extra terrifying, because widespread false positives for an autoimmune etiology open the hell mouth www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
To your last point, though: does the leucovorin request set a precedent for FDA to then approve FRAA tests for presumptive diagnosis & treatment despite limited evidence (effectively “rebranding” autism)?
September 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
To your last point, though: does the leucovorin request set a precedent for FDA to then approve FRAA tests for presumptive diagnosis & treatment despite limited evidence (effectively “rebranding” autism)?
I assume by now they’ve also done extensive bloodwork to rule out autoimmune etiologies, right? (E.g. my B12 deficiency from pernicious anemia presented partly as a drastic increase in migraine frequency / severity.)
September 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I assume by now they’ve also done extensive bloodwork to rule out autoimmune etiologies, right? (E.g. my B12 deficiency from pernicious anemia presented partly as a drastic increase in migraine frequency / severity.)
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Japan tried this. They suspended MMR in 1993 and used monovalent vaccines.
Result: coverage plummeted, measles and rubella cases shot up, they had multiple measles outbreaks (one with >100k cases), and they then switched back to MMR.
Result: coverage plummeted, measles and rubella cases shot up, they had multiple measles outbreaks (one with >100k cases), and they then switched back to MMR.
September 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Japan tried this. They suspended MMR in 1993 and used monovalent vaccines.
Result: coverage plummeted, measles and rubella cases shot up, they had multiple measles outbreaks (one with >100k cases), and they then switched back to MMR.
Result: coverage plummeted, measles and rubella cases shot up, they had multiple measles outbreaks (one with >100k cases), and they then switched back to MMR.
Beyond “just” desecrating rigorous regulatory authority to benefit supplement grifters, I am deeply concerned that this sets up an attack on VICP by rebranding autism as central folate deficiency (e.g. by licensing a serum autoantibody test with that indication): www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
September 26, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Beyond “just” desecrating rigorous regulatory authority to benefit supplement grifters, I am deeply concerned that this sets up an attack on VICP by rebranding autism as central folate deficiency (e.g. by licensing a serum autoantibody test with that indication): www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
Have we considered that maybe these clowns are just trying to rationalize their fear of needles?
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Have we considered that maybe these clowns are just trying to rationalize their fear of needles?
UK based, actually, but the US is by far their biggest market. They have no plans to manufacture or market it, but likely fear jeopardizing other products under review.
So imho the more pertinent question is whether / how to salvage their reputation for scientific credibility going forward.
So imho the more pertinent question is whether / how to salvage their reputation for scientific credibility going forward.
September 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM
UK based, actually, but the US is by far their biggest market. They have no plans to manufacture or market it, but likely fear jeopardizing other products under review.
So imho the more pertinent question is whether / how to salvage their reputation for scientific credibility going forward.
So imho the more pertinent question is whether / how to salvage their reputation for scientific credibility going forward.