Virulent: The Vaccine War documentary film
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What is the fallout from #vaccinehesitancy? Watch Virulent free on YouTube or PBS. See pinned post for links.
LICENSE VIRULENT FOR YOUR SCHOOL OR COMMUNITY GROUP. https://www.bullfrogcommunities.com/virulent1
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"Virulent: The Vaccine War" is fighting disinformation by streaming free on @PBS and @YouTube. Learn about the history of vaccine skepticism and denial, and how we allowed measles to return. youtube.com/watch?v=pgj6...
Virulent: The Vaccine War
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3 stages of #VaxWar movie:
• 2019, began filming in response to measles & pertussis outbreaks.
• 2020, hope for a happy ending. So many lives destroyed by the pandemic, surely most will want the vaccine.
• 2025, measles confirmed in 24 states and counting.
• 2019, began filming in response to measles & pertussis outbreaks.
• 2020, hope for a happy ending. So many lives destroyed by the pandemic, surely most will want the vaccine.
• 2025, measles confirmed in 24 states and counting.
What would Jonas Salk say if he could see us now? | Opinion www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/09/18/w...
What would Jonas Salk say if he could see us now? | Opinion
Two documentarians who created films on the polio vaccine and vaccine hesitancy write that our obligations to our fellow citizens outweigh the libertarian arguments put forth by anti-vaccine skepti…
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September 18, 2025 at 10:39 PM
What would Jonas Salk say if he could see us now? | Opinion www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/09/18/w...
Low-hanging #MAHA fruit. Remove the synthetic dyes and the foods containing them are still ultra-processed junk.
Faded Froot Loops and Dull Doritos: Is Big Food Losing the War on Dyes? www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/p...
Faded Froot Loops and Dull Doritos: Is Big Food Losing the War on Dyes? www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/p...
July 29, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Low-hanging #MAHA fruit. Remove the synthetic dyes and the foods containing them are still ultra-processed junk.
Faded Froot Loops and Dull Doritos: Is Big Food Losing the War on Dyes? www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/p...
Faded Froot Loops and Dull Doritos: Is Big Food Losing the War on Dyes? www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/p...
Oh, the irony! www.cnn.com/2025/07/22/h...
#VaxWar movie available for classroom use, high school through post grad, with discussion guide divided into sections suitable for each. @bullfrogfilms.bsky.social
#VaxWar movie available for classroom use, high school through post grad, with discussion guide divided into sections suitable for each. @bullfrogfilms.bsky.social
July 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Oh, the irony! www.cnn.com/2025/07/22/h...
#VaxWar movie available for classroom use, high school through post grad, with discussion guide divided into sections suitable for each. @bullfrogfilms.bsky.social
#VaxWar movie available for classroom use, high school through post grad, with discussion guide divided into sections suitable for each. @bullfrogfilms.bsky.social
There are days, okay, weeks, when we just feel like burying our heads in the sand. Fortunately, there's @pauloffit.bsky.social. His substack is always worth reading. Today's is particularly insightful.
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The CDC just made the same mistake they made 25 years ago.
The CDC just made the same mistake they made 25 years ago.
Mercury Rising
A CDC Advisory Committee just made the same mistake it did 25 years ago. And it’s only the beginning.
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July 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
There are days, okay, weeks, when we just feel like burying our heads in the sand. Fortunately, there's @pauloffit.bsky.social. His substack is always worth reading. Today's is particularly insightful.
An effective antidote to disinformation is nonprofit #PublicGoodProjects #TrustedMessenger program led by tireless communicator & humanitarian Dr. Todd Wolynn. Follow on @LinkedIn & help spread the word. @mursebigford.bsky.social please share w/ #nursepractitioners www.linkedin.com/company/trus...
July 11, 2025 at 9:16 PM
An effective antidote to disinformation is nonprofit #PublicGoodProjects #TrustedMessenger program led by tireless communicator & humanitarian Dr. Todd Wolynn. Follow on @LinkedIn & help spread the word. @mursebigford.bsky.social please share w/ #nursepractitioners www.linkedin.com/company/trus...
#Virulent is available for classroom use w/ a study guide created at @cuny.edu grad school of #publichealth to help get the conversation rolling and a shorter running time. @bullfrogfilms.bsky.social offers low-cost licenses to high schools and community colleges.
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What to Do When Students Face Science Denial at Home | Education World
What can you do if your student's parents are denying science?
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July 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM
#Virulent is available for classroom use w/ a study guide created at @cuny.edu grad school of #publichealth to help get the conversation rolling and a shorter running time. @bullfrogfilms.bsky.social offers low-cost licenses to high schools and community colleges.
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Measles just reached a 33 year high in the U.S. both predicted and predictable. Here are my 4 recommendations for things we can do now (but choose not to, unfortunately) @plosglobalpublichealth.org
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It won’t end with COVID: Countering the next phase of American antivaccine activism 2025–29
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July 7, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Measles just reached a 33 year high in the U.S. both predicted and predictable. Here are my 4 recommendations for things we can do now (but choose not to, unfortunately) @plosglobalpublichealth.org
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journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
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A recent resignation at the CDC came with a frightening warning.
A recent resignation at the CDC came with a frightening warning.
This CDC Resignation Should Scare You
Fiona Havers resigned because she feared that RFK Jr. would suppress or manipulate CDC data. “A lot of Americans are going to die from vaccine-preventable diseases,” she warned.
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July 8, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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A recent resignation at the CDC came with a frightening warning.
A recent resignation at the CDC came with a frightening warning.
Took @thetimesofindia.bsky.social to ask the obvious question perhaps because it's only been 2 yrs since #polio was declared eradicated there. If you've been there, you've seen someone like this man. Always heartbreaking, unbearably so when it's a child.
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June 11, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Took @thetimesofindia.bsky.social to ask the obvious question perhaps because it's only been 2 yrs since #polio was declared eradicated there. If you've been there, you've seen someone like this man. Always heartbreaking, unbearably so when it's a child.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/h...
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On Memorial Day weekend, we shouldn't just think of veterans who died in service but also the people who died as slaves in service to the US military before the Civil War. While their are a few instances of slaves serving in combat roles, they were mostly in forced labor roles. 1/2
May 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
On Memorial Day weekend, we shouldn't just think of veterans who died in service but also the people who died as slaves in service to the US military before the Civil War. While their are a few instances of slaves serving in combat roles, they were mostly in forced labor roles. 1/2
Thanks to the best damn group #SecularStudents for taking the lead! Book a #Virulentmovie screening for your organization via @bullfrogfilms.bsky.social . Discussion guide by @cunysph.bsky.social students will get the conversation going! @skepticalscience.bsky.social @skepticallyspeak.com
May 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thanks to the best damn group #SecularStudents for taking the lead! Book a #Virulentmovie screening for your organization via @bullfrogfilms.bsky.social . Discussion guide by @cunysph.bsky.social students will get the conversation going! @skepticalscience.bsky.social @skepticallyspeak.com
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RFK Jr. swims with grandchildren in contaminated creek
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted photos swimming in a Rock Creek Park, which is contaminated with raw sewage. Dr. Peter Hotez joins Chris Hayes to discuss public health disinformation being spread by the ...
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May 14, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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This book was published in 2023 🥲.
I’d call @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social a prophet but that would discredit the simple fact that he’s an expert that knows what he’s talking about.
I’d call @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social a prophet but that would discredit the simple fact that he’s an expert that knows what he’s talking about.
May 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This book was published in 2023 🥲.
I’d call @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social a prophet but that would discredit the simple fact that he’s an expert that knows what he’s talking about.
I’d call @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social a prophet but that would discredit the simple fact that he’s an expert that knows what he’s talking about.
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That sounds like what Andrew Wakefield said when he faked the data for his retracted Lancet study, which was funded by attorneys wanting to sue vaccine manufacturers. @briandeer.com
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May 9, 2025 at 4:39 AM
That sounds like what Andrew Wakefield said when he faked the data for his retracted Lancet study, which was funded by attorneys wanting to sue vaccine manufacturers. @briandeer.com
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Whooping cough is on the rise again. Why is this happening and what can you do about it?
Pleased to share this brief explainer for a lay audience written by @syramadad.bsky.social and me.
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Pleased to share this brief explainer for a lay audience written by @syramadad.bsky.social and me.
www.nyas.org/ideas-insigh...
What to Know about the Surging Whooping Cough in the U.S.
Pertussis is a vaccine-preventable illness that was once nearly eliminated thanks to public health efforts.
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May 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Whooping cough is on the rise again. Why is this happening and what can you do about it?
Pleased to share this brief explainer for a lay audience written by @syramadad.bsky.social and me.
www.nyas.org/ideas-insigh...
Pleased to share this brief explainer for a lay audience written by @syramadad.bsky.social and me.
www.nyas.org/ideas-insigh...
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The American Academy of Pediatrics is a reliable source of accurate information on child health including vaccination. #PedSky
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All About the Recommended Immunization Schedules
The American Academy of Pediatrics, in collaboration with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, released the latest immunization schedule for children and adolescents, outlining all the...
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May 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The American Academy of Pediatrics is a reliable source of accurate information on child health including vaccination. #PedSky
www.healthychildren.org/English/safe...
www.healthychildren.org/English/safe...
Did not know about this London memorial painted by volunteers. @ottoenglish.bsky.social thanks for sharing.
May 6, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Did not know about this London memorial painted by volunteers. @ottoenglish.bsky.social thanks for sharing.
True. Fortunately @harvardmed.bsky.social @mayoclinic.org @clevelandclinic.bsky.social @johnshopkinsepi.bsky.social websites have trustworthy info that cite real research. Note: not a substitute for seeing your doctor if you think something may be wrong with you!
HHS under RFK Jr being staffed with anti-vax ideologues. The federal government can no longer be trusted as a reliable source of scientific information. #science #Ivax2protect #MedSky
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Exclusive: Kennedy aide and vaccine critic questions recent expert recommendations
An aide to U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is seeking more information about three vaccines recommended by a panel of outside experts last month, according to documents reviewed by Reuters and two sources familiar with the situation.
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May 6, 2025 at 10:46 PM
True. Fortunately @harvardmed.bsky.social @mayoclinic.org @clevelandclinic.bsky.social @johnshopkinsepi.bsky.social websites have trustworthy info that cite real research. Note: not a substitute for seeing your doctor if you think something may be wrong with you!
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Kennedy is supposed to testify before the HELP committee May 14.
Last time he was scheduled to testify it did not happen - he did not do it. Let's see if he does this time.
From @pauloffit.bsky.social: An Open Letter to Senator William Cassidy (R, La) open.substack.com/pub/pauloffi...
Last time he was scheduled to testify it did not happen - he did not do it. Let's see if he does this time.
From @pauloffit.bsky.social: An Open Letter to Senator William Cassidy (R, La) open.substack.com/pub/pauloffi...
An Open Letter to Senator William Cassidy (R, La)
RFK Jr. is scheduled to testify in front of Senator Cassidy’s HELP Committee on May 14. Here is the letter I sent to him on May 1, 2025.
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May 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Kennedy is supposed to testify before the HELP committee May 14.
Last time he was scheduled to testify it did not happen - he did not do it. Let's see if he does this time.
From @pauloffit.bsky.social: An Open Letter to Senator William Cassidy (R, La) open.substack.com/pub/pauloffi...
Last time he was scheduled to testify it did not happen - he did not do it. Let's see if he does this time.
From @pauloffit.bsky.social: An Open Letter to Senator William Cassidy (R, La) open.substack.com/pub/pauloffi...
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RFK Jr and Statistics:
May 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
RFK Jr and Statistics:
Now is an especially good time to support @center4inquiry.bsky.social for its long history of promoting science & critical thinking, almost a radical act in the current environment. @skepticalinquirer.bsky.social
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Virulent - The Vaccine War | Laura Davis & Tjardus Greidanus
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May 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Now is an especially good time to support @center4inquiry.bsky.social for its long history of promoting science & critical thinking, almost a radical act in the current environment. @skepticalinquirer.bsky.social
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Trumpty-Dumpty is defunding PBS. What he calls "bias" some of us call "facts Trumpty-Dumpty doesn't like."
May 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Trumpty-Dumpty is defunding PBS. What he calls "bias" some of us call "facts Trumpty-Dumpty doesn't like."
A deserved honor for many reasons including best book title, 'Is #GwynethPaltrow wrong about everything?' (Spoiler: Yes, other than comments about acting.)
Beyond honoured to be a named an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada! 🙏🙏🙏
Announcing the Royal College’s 2025 award recipients and Honorary Fellow www.royalcollege.ca/en/newsroom/... cc @ualberta.bsky.social
Announcing the Royal College’s 2025 award recipients and Honorary Fellow www.royalcollege.ca/en/newsroom/... cc @ualberta.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
A deserved honor for many reasons including best book title, 'Is #GwynethPaltrow wrong about everything?' (Spoiler: Yes, other than comments about acting.)