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please read #YourLocalEpidemiologist post Community and Crisis #DrKatelynJetelina January 26th https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/community-and-crisis

As of December 14, the U.S. has had 391 mass shootings—more than the number of days in the year—for the seventh consecutive year.

Disgraceful.

#YourLocalEpidemiologist #DrKatelynJetelina
https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/mass-shootings-outnumber-annual-days

Yesterday I got last year's Pfizer COVID-19 jab 💉 in anticipation of the new boosters. 💪

Unless you are 65+, it might be a good idea to get another booster before they're replaced by the updated ones & no longer accessible to those of us under 65 and with no qualifying risk factors.

https://www.dmagazine.com/micropost/when-should-you-get-your-flu-shot-or-covid-booster/

#COVID #Booster #DMagazine #YourLocalEpidemiologist #Health #Dallas #Texas #CDC

“David Geier is NOT a vaccine skeptic. Stop calling him that.
Letting him head an “investigation” into vaccines and autism will legitimize his decades of lies and illegal medical treatments that harmed children.”

https://open.substack.com/pub/immunologic/p/david-geier-is-not-a-vaccine-skeptic

#Autism #Vaccines #HealthCare #Disinformation #DavidGeier #RFKJr #AntiVaxx #DHHS #YourLocalEpidemiologist #AndreaLove

#Autism diagnoses have increased globally over the last 60 years. Most of this rise is due to changes in how we define and diagnose it, but even standardized tracking suggests an increase.

What we _do_ know is that #vaccines have nothing to do with it. And every dollar spent chasing that disproven link is a dollar not spent on #research that could help parents and children.

#YourLocalEpidemiologist
https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/vaccines-dont-cause-autism-so-what

@HelenBranswell This has been so thoroughly THOROUGHLY debunked for YEARS now, it drives me crazy that people are still spreading this harmful disinformation. For anyone without a NYT subscription, Your Local Epidemiologist (YLE) recently wrote an informative post about it too.

https://open.substack.com/pub/yourlocalepidemiologist/p/vaccines-dont-cause-autism-so-what

#YourLocalEpidemiologist #Autism #CDC #MMR #RFKJr

#PreBunking prepares people to identify unwanted persuasion attempts regardless of the claim or topic. The idea is to build #Resilience by explaining the tactics and fallacies used so that people are equipped regardless of the topic.

#YourLocalEpidemiologist #KatelynJetelina #Misinformation
https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/9-ways-to-spot-falsehoods

Does everyone *really* need routine vaccinations?

Think of population immunity like a water dam built to prevent flooding. Once it's built, we won't have flooding anymore. But if the next generation comes along and says, "Hey, there's not flooding anymore—do we really need this dam?" and decides to get rid of it, the flooding would return quickly.

#YourLocalEpidemiologist #YLE #KatelynJetelina #Vaccination #Vaccines
https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/does-everyone-really-need-routine

Anyone interested in a fact- and science-based view on the current state of the #pandemic should count #KatelynJetelina #yourlocalepidemiologist as one of their important disease trackers and 'explainer' experts. Her latest post says that based on the data so far, 10-15% of Americans are likely to get #Covid19 this summer.
THAT'S BASICALLY THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF CANADA. https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/riding-the-covid-19-waves-2023-style