Professor, University of California, Riverside School of Public Policy. Public health scientist & sociologist keen on population health & community issues. Sometimes in the news, often for troubling and frustrating topics. Opinions my own. 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 .. more
Professor, University of California, Riverside School of Public Policy. Public health scientist & sociologist keen on population health & community issues. Sometimes in the news, often for troubling and frustrating topics. Opinions my own. 🇺🇸 🇨🇦
Framed like an explainer you'd expect NYT to cover & consult real experts on vs. op-ed by an economist w/ a subscription site to hawk.
Andrew Gelman offers a critique.
Threepence None the Richer
Cousin Tupelo.
Beloved Pet Volt.
Tom Petty and the Amicable Separations
The Ongoing Therapy
Siouxsie and The Loud Talkers
The Mothers of a Recycled Idea
The Sisters of Begrudging Forgiveness
Dinosaur the Third
Judas Deacon
Dark Gray Sabbath
This non-Latino, for one, will be happy to be getting another source of folate in my diet, served up with buche, al pastor, cabeza, lengua, etc., etc.
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Cousin Tupelo.
Beloved Pet Volt.
Fleetwood iPad
Threepence None the Richer
Already req'd in other flour, yet:
RFK Jr.: "CA is waging war against her children--targeting the poor & communities of color."
MAHA influencers falsely claim it's a “toxin”
-no causal links; findings strongly support safety profile of vaccines during childhood & pregnancy
-no assoc. of aluminum adjuvants w/ autism🛟
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This one is exceptionally grim—IMHO, the USPSTF is world-leading
As Dr Caroll says, if you ever got a free mammogram, colonoscopy, or HIV test, you can thank the USPSTF
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/w...
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This one is exceptionally grim—IMHO, the USPSTF is world-leading
As Dr Caroll says, if you ever got a free mammogram, colonoscopy, or HIV test, you can thank the USPSTF
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/w...
When asked why he needed to possess the territory, he said: “Because that’s what I feel is psychologically needed for success"
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
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But our aim w/ this was to test hypotheses from 2 sociological theories:
1. Fundamental cause theory, which usually considers how good info--not misinfo--fuels disparities
2. Neoliberal cultural frames of parenting (used to study vax hesitancy)
Findings were most consistent w/hyp's based on #1.
Wakefield et al. retraction had no effect on these trends.
1. A prominent Danish nat'l radio show episode featuring a mother of a child w/ autism blaming MMR (seen as a start to a concerted Danish antivaccine movement)
2. The publication of Wakefield et al.'s infamous, now-retracted case series.
3. The retraction of that article.
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Using Danish health registry data, we examine trends in child receipt of their 1st MMR shot by parent educ. over a period that coincides w/ 3 key antivaccine events. 1/
🛟😷sociology policy
www.nytimes.com/2021/06/08/o...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.wcvb.com/article/mass...
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Micro clots & bleeding into the skin cause skin & tissue death. It’s more common in kids & associated with 20-70% mortality.
Those who survive often lose limbs.
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Reposted by Richard M. Carpiano
