Ardene Vollman
@ccap5e.bsky.social
Public health researcher and evaluator (retired). Editor of Canadian Community as Partner 5th ed., a comprehensive guide to health promotion action. Honorary lifetime member of APHA. Past Chair CPHA.
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Hospitals and doctors are ignoring RFK Jr.’s new vaccine schedule www.statnews.com/2026/01/15/n... via @statnews.com
"...placing their trust instead in guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics, which is similar to previous U.S. policy."
"...placing their trust instead in guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics, which is similar to previous U.S. policy."
Hospitals and doctors are ignoring RFK Jr.’s new vaccine schedule and relying on pediatricians’ guidance instead
Their decisions underscore a growing divide between federal health authorities and major medical groups.
www.statnews.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Hospitals and doctors are ignoring RFK Jr.’s new vaccine schedule www.statnews.com/2026/01/15/n... via @statnews.com
"...placing their trust instead in guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics, which is similar to previous U.S. policy."
"...placing their trust instead in guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics, which is similar to previous U.S. policy."
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Always start with this assumption: RFK Jr is lying.
Germany tells RFK Jr. to mind his own business open.substack.com/pub/garyschw... @garyschw.bsky.social
"German health minister Nina Warken reacted quickly, calling Kennedy’s claims 'unfounded, factually incorrect' & said they must be rejected."
Germany tells RFK Jr. to mind his own business open.substack.com/pub/garyschw... @garyschw.bsky.social
"German health minister Nina Warken reacted quickly, calling Kennedy’s claims 'unfounded, factually incorrect' & said they must be rejected."
Germany tells RFK Jr. to mind his own business
But why did he even start this fight with the German health minister?
open.substack.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Always start with this assumption: RFK Jr is lying.
Germany tells RFK Jr. to mind his own business open.substack.com/pub/garyschw... @garyschw.bsky.social
"German health minister Nina Warken reacted quickly, calling Kennedy’s claims 'unfounded, factually incorrect' & said they must be rejected."
Germany tells RFK Jr. to mind his own business open.substack.com/pub/garyschw... @garyschw.bsky.social
"German health minister Nina Warken reacted quickly, calling Kennedy’s claims 'unfounded, factually incorrect' & said they must be rejected."
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The Trump administration says some approved childhood vaccines need better studies. Scientists disagree www.science.org/content/arti...
Reality: "The vaccines now under attack were licensed using rigorous, globally accepted standards; they work, they are safe, and they have saved countless lives."
Reality: "The vaccines now under attack were licensed using rigorous, globally accepted standards; they work, they are safe, and they have saved countless lives."
The Trump administration says some approved childhood vaccines need better studies. Scientists disagree
Rationale for dropping some vaccine recommendations faces skepticism
www.science.org
January 16, 2026 at 3:53 PM
The Trump administration says some approved childhood vaccines need better studies. Scientists disagree www.science.org/content/arti...
Reality: "The vaccines now under attack were licensed using rigorous, globally accepted standards; they work, they are safe, and they have saved countless lives."
Reality: "The vaccines now under attack were licensed using rigorous, globally accepted standards; they work, they are safe, and they have saved countless lives."
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Alberta’s flu vaccination rates are dangerously low, and our healthcare system is feeling the impact. Getting vaccinated helps protect lives and helps keep the pressure off emergency rooms.
It’s not too late: book your flu shot today.
youtube.com/shorts/_2rD4...
It’s not too late: book your flu shot today.
youtube.com/shorts/_2rD4...
It’s not too late: book your flu shot today.
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
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January 14, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Alberta’s flu vaccination rates are dangerously low, and our healthcare system is feeling the impact. Getting vaccinated helps protect lives and helps keep the pressure off emergency rooms.
It’s not too late: book your flu shot today.
youtube.com/shorts/_2rD4...
It’s not too late: book your flu shot today.
youtube.com/shorts/_2rD4...
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As more patients order lab tests online, doctors don’t know what to do with the results www.statnews.com/2026/01/09/p... via @statnews.com by @ravindranize.bsky.social
Good evidence DTC testing – beyond anecdotes – leads to health benefits? Nah. Harm: > anxiety > over-diagnosis > costs etc etc etc
Good evidence DTC testing – beyond anecdotes – leads to health benefits? Nah. Harm: > anxiety > over-diagnosis > costs etc etc etc
As more patients order lab tests online, doctors don't know what to do with the results
Hoping to catch serious illnesses early, more Americans are ordering lab tests online, but their doctors don't know what to do with the results.
www.statnews.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:20 PM
As more patients order lab tests online, doctors don’t know what to do with the results www.statnews.com/2026/01/09/p... via @statnews.com by @ravindranize.bsky.social
Good evidence DTC testing – beyond anecdotes – leads to health benefits? Nah. Harm: > anxiety > over-diagnosis > costs etc etc etc
Good evidence DTC testing – beyond anecdotes – leads to health benefits? Nah. Harm: > anxiety > over-diagnosis > costs etc etc etc
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The body blows to science, sense, and public health just keep coming.
Dark Age 2.0.
Federal health officials slash recommended childhood vaccinations under Trump’s directive www.statnews.com/2026/01/05/c... via @statnews.com
Dark Age 2.0.
Federal health officials slash recommended childhood vaccinations under Trump’s directive www.statnews.com/2026/01/05/c... via @statnews.com
Federal health officials slash recommended childhood vaccinations under Trump’s directive
The number of recommended childhood shots drops from 17 to 11.
www.statnews.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:16 PM
The body blows to science, sense, and public health just keep coming.
Dark Age 2.0.
Federal health officials slash recommended childhood vaccinations under Trump’s directive www.statnews.com/2026/01/05/c... via @statnews.com
Dark Age 2.0.
Federal health officials slash recommended childhood vaccinations under Trump’s directive www.statnews.com/2026/01/05/c... via @statnews.com
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🚨Doubtmongering horror show.
"The abrupt change to the entire U.S. childhood vaccine schedule is alarming, unnecessary and will endanger the health of children..."
Kennedy Scales Back the Number of Vaccines Recommended for Children www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/h...
"The abrupt change to the entire U.S. childhood vaccine schedule is alarming, unnecessary and will endanger the health of children..."
Kennedy Scales Back the Number of Vaccines Recommended for Children www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/h...
Kennedy Scales Back the Number of Vaccines Recommended for Children
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:31 PM
🚨Doubtmongering horror show.
"The abrupt change to the entire U.S. childhood vaccine schedule is alarming, unnecessary and will endanger the health of children..."
Kennedy Scales Back the Number of Vaccines Recommended for Children www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/h...
"The abrupt change to the entire U.S. childhood vaccine schedule is alarming, unnecessary and will endanger the health of children..."
Kennedy Scales Back the Number of Vaccines Recommended for Children www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/h...
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My dad, 85 years old, suffering from the effects of a 2 year struggle with cancer, and chief of surgery at the Chinook Regional Hospital for decades, was moved from an already overcrowded space to an “overcapacity room” while he recovers from a stomach bleed and pneumonia. This is the room. 🧵🧵🧵
December 31, 2025 at 7:51 PM
My dad, 85 years old, suffering from the effects of a 2 year struggle with cancer, and chief of surgery at the Chinook Regional Hospital for decades, was moved from an already overcrowded space to an “overcapacity room” while he recovers from a stomach bleed and pneumonia. This is the room. 🧵🧵🧵
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Seek reliable information from trusted sources. Immunize Canada is a Vaccine Safety Net member and has been verified by the World Health Organization. www.who.int/teams/regulatio... #VaccinesWork #VaccinesSaveLives #GetImmunized #VSNVerified
Vaccine Safety Net
www.who.int
December 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Seek reliable information from trusted sources. Immunize Canada is a Vaccine Safety Net member and has been verified by the World Health Organization. www.who.int/teams/regulatio... #VaccinesWork #VaccinesSaveLives #GetImmunized #VSNVerified
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The Grinch Who Stole Your Shots…. RFK Jr. spent 2025 laying the groundwork to destabilize the US vaccine system. The Trump govt has embraced anti-vax ideology and has begun dismantling the childhood vaccine schedule. We need to be prepared for 2026. Read more: drericding.substack.com/p/the-grinch...
December 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The Grinch Who Stole Your Shots…. RFK Jr. spent 2025 laying the groundwork to destabilize the US vaccine system. The Trump govt has embraced anti-vax ideology and has begun dismantling the childhood vaccine schedule. We need to be prepared for 2026. Read more: drericding.substack.com/p/the-grinch...
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It ain't about science. It ain't health. It ain't community.
It is politics, politics, politics.
Vaccine beliefs tied tightly to political identify. 👇
It is politics, politics, politics.
Vaccine beliefs tied tightly to political identify. 👇
December 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
It ain't about science. It ain't health. It ain't community.
It is politics, politics, politics.
Vaccine beliefs tied tightly to political identify. 👇
It is politics, politics, politics.
Vaccine beliefs tied tightly to political identify. 👇
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“They’re going to bring back suffering and death. I don’t say that with any hyperbole, that’s exactly what’s going to happen.” Dr. Sean O’Leary - @ameracadpeds.bsky.social
RFK Jr. Likely to Swap U.S. Childhood Vaccine Schedule for Denmark’s www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/h...
RFK Jr. Likely to Swap U.S. Childhood Vaccine Schedule for Denmark’s www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/h...
R.F.K. Jr. Likely to Swap U.S. Childhood Vaccine Schedule for Denmark’s
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 8:25 PM
“They’re going to bring back suffering and death. I don’t say that with any hyperbole, that’s exactly what’s going to happen.” Dr. Sean O’Leary - @ameracadpeds.bsky.social
RFK Jr. Likely to Swap U.S. Childhood Vaccine Schedule for Denmark’s www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/h...
RFK Jr. Likely to Swap U.S. Childhood Vaccine Schedule for Denmark’s www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/h...
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It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
December 20, 2025 at 12:50 AM
It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
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Flu’s link to cardiovascular disease shows why vaccination is essential www.nature.com/articles/d41... @ashishkjha.bsky.social
"...we now have clear evidence that flu vaccination significantly reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke, and death owing to cardiovascular disease..."
#VaccinesWork
"...we now have clear evidence that flu vaccination significantly reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke, and death owing to cardiovascular disease..."
#VaccinesWork
Flu’s link to cardiovascular disease shows why vaccination is essential
Influenza isn’t just a respiratory disease. Measures to stop its transmission, such as vaccination, could prevent thousands of heart-attack deaths.
www.nature.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Flu’s link to cardiovascular disease shows why vaccination is essential www.nature.com/articles/d41... @ashishkjha.bsky.social
"...we now have clear evidence that flu vaccination significantly reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke, and death owing to cardiovascular disease..."
#VaccinesWork
"...we now have clear evidence that flu vaccination significantly reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke, and death owing to cardiovascular disease..."
#VaccinesWork
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Congratulations to Dr. Vivien Suttorp on being appointed Alberta’s Chief Medical Officer of Health! Her deep expertise in public health, preventive care and community medicine—across both urban and rural settings—will strengthen Alberta’s public health system at a critical time.
December 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Vivien Suttorp on being appointed Alberta’s Chief Medical Officer of Health! Her deep expertise in public health, preventive care and community medicine—across both urban and rural settings—will strengthen Alberta’s public health system at a critical time.
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Getting the #pneumococcal vaccine is important for the health of adults 65+. Talk to your healthcare professional about the vaccine | www.immunize.ca/sites/defau... #VaccinesWork #VaccinesSaveLives #GetImmunized
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www.immunize.ca
December 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Getting the #pneumococcal vaccine is important for the health of adults 65+. Talk to your healthcare professional about the vaccine | www.immunize.ca/sites/defau... #VaccinesWork #VaccinesSaveLives #GetImmunized
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Covid vaccines = improved pregnancy outcomes.👇
"COVID-19 vaccination is associated with a lower risk of severe disease and preterm birth regardless of variant time period."
Study: Vaccination & Pregnancy jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#VaccinesWork
"COVID-19 vaccination is associated with a lower risk of severe disease and preterm birth regardless of variant time period."
Study: Vaccination & Pregnancy jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#VaccinesWork
Vaccination and Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes Associated With COVID-19 in Pregnancy
This study uses a population-level surveillance program to investigate maternal and perinatal outcomes associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy by vaccination status prior to and during pregn...
jamanetwork.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Covid vaccines = improved pregnancy outcomes.👇
"COVID-19 vaccination is associated with a lower risk of severe disease and preterm birth regardless of variant time period."
Study: Vaccination & Pregnancy jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#VaccinesWork
"COVID-19 vaccination is associated with a lower risk of severe disease and preterm birth regardless of variant time period."
Study: Vaccination & Pregnancy jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#VaccinesWork
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Again, NO evidence to support current COVID vax fearmongering.
ONE recent example:
"...results found NO increased risk of 4 yr all-cause mortality in individuals vaccinated against COVID..."
"...further supporting the safety of the mRNA vaccines..."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
ONE recent example:
"...results found NO increased risk of 4 yr all-cause mortality in individuals vaccinated against COVID..."
"...further supporting the safety of the mRNA vaccines..."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination and 4-Year All-Cause Mortality Among Adults in France
This cohort study uses the data from all adults aged 18 to 59 years living in France on November 1, 2021, to evaluate whether there is an association of receipt of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine with long-t...
jamanetwork.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Again, NO evidence to support current COVID vax fearmongering.
ONE recent example:
"...results found NO increased risk of 4 yr all-cause mortality in individuals vaccinated against COVID..."
"...further supporting the safety of the mRNA vaccines..."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
ONE recent example:
"...results found NO increased risk of 4 yr all-cause mortality in individuals vaccinated against COVID..."
"...further supporting the safety of the mRNA vaccines..."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Brutal but effective public health messaging from New York Public Health.
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
December 13, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Brutal but effective public health messaging from New York Public Health.
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
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Vaccinate before you celebrate! www.immunize.ca/sites/defau... #VaccinesWork #VaccinesSaveLives #GetImmunized #HolidaySeason
www.immunize.ca
December 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Vaccinate before you celebrate! www.immunize.ca/sites/defau... #VaccinesWork #VaccinesSaveLives #GetImmunized #HolidaySeason
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Ugh.
Hundreds quarantined as South Carolina measles outbreak accelerates wapo.st/4aIfp2Q
Yep, driven by the vaccine misinformation on social media & spread by public officials, including Trump & RFK Jr.
#VaccinesWork
Hundreds quarantined as South Carolina measles outbreak accelerates wapo.st/4aIfp2Q
Yep, driven by the vaccine misinformation on social media & spread by public officials, including Trump & RFK Jr.
#VaccinesWork
Hundreds quarantined as South Carolina measles outbreak accelerates
A state epidemiologist said the spike in cases came in the wake of Thanksgiving travel and a lack of vaccinations. At least 16 cases were traced to a church.
wapo.st
December 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Ugh.
Hundreds quarantined as South Carolina measles outbreak accelerates wapo.st/4aIfp2Q
Yep, driven by the vaccine misinformation on social media & spread by public officials, including Trump & RFK Jr.
#VaccinesWork
Hundreds quarantined as South Carolina measles outbreak accelerates wapo.st/4aIfp2Q
Yep, driven by the vaccine misinformation on social media & spread by public officials, including Trump & RFK Jr.
#VaccinesWork
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🚨Yet MORE evidence of benefit...
Covid Vaccines Reduced Children’s Likelihood of E.R. and Urgent Care Visits www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/h...
"The vaccines were found to decrease the risk of needing medical care in the first six months after vaccination by 76%..."
Covid Vaccines Reduced Children’s Likelihood of E.R. and Urgent Care Visits www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/h...
"The vaccines were found to decrease the risk of needing medical care in the first six months after vaccination by 76%..."
Covid Vaccines Reduced Children’s Likelihood of E.R. and Urgent Care Visits, the C.D.C. Reported
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
🚨Yet MORE evidence of benefit...
Covid Vaccines Reduced Children’s Likelihood of E.R. and Urgent Care Visits www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/h...
"The vaccines were found to decrease the risk of needing medical care in the first six months after vaccination by 76%..."
Covid Vaccines Reduced Children’s Likelihood of E.R. and Urgent Care Visits www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/h...
"The vaccines were found to decrease the risk of needing medical care in the first six months after vaccination by 76%..."