Donna A Gaffney, DNSc, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN
@donnagaffney.bsky.social
APRN | Therapist | Writer. Helping families & healthcare professionals heal from stress, trauma & loss. “Courageous Well-Being for Nurses” Hopkins Press http://bit.ly/48P7mhM (Disc code HTWN). Columbia J School Fellow. More @ https://www.donnagaffney.com/
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SNAP benefits, just days from termination, will especially hurt mothers, babies and children who depend on these government subsidies to eat. @donnagaffney.bsky.social and I wrote about HUNGER 2 months ago in USA Today. If you live in VA, NJ, PA your vote will help #FiretheGOP This is on them!
The new normal facing our children- HUNGER
@donnagaffney.bsky.social and I use Lulu, a fictional character to illustrate the cruelty of the GOP Congress. We’re no longer a society founded on compassion. Click link for op-ed in @usatoday.com 💔😢
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
@donnagaffney.bsky.social and I use Lulu, a fictional character to illustrate the cruelty of the GOP Congress. We’re no longer a society founded on compassion. Click link for op-ed in @usatoday.com 💔😢
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
October 24, 2025 at 2:15 AM
SNAP benefits, just days from termination, will especially hurt mothers, babies and children who depend on these government subsidies to eat. @donnagaffney.bsky.social and I wrote about HUNGER 2 months ago in USA Today. If you live in VA, NJ, PA your vote will help #FiretheGOP This is on them!
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Welcome all new followers! And special thanks to @wkyc.bsky.social for hosting Grandparents for Vaccines Founder and President Arthur Lavin yesterday. Dr. Patrick Crago shares what it was like to be a 5 year old child with polio - before a vaccine was available.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3-H...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3-H...
Grandparents for Vaccines founder explains mission on 3News
YouTube video by WKYC Channel 3
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October 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Welcome all new followers! And special thanks to @wkyc.bsky.social for hosting Grandparents for Vaccines Founder and President Arthur Lavin yesterday. Dr. Patrick Crago shares what it was like to be a 5 year old child with polio - before a vaccine was available.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3-H...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3-H...
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@gparents4vaccines.bsky.social is now officially on BSKY!!
We need followers. :-) Check out this amazing video where Pat Crago describes what he remembers during his hospitalization with polio. Join us: grandparentsforvaccines.com
For media requests email us at [email protected]
We need followers. :-) Check out this amazing video where Pat Crago describes what he remembers during his hospitalization with polio. Join us: grandparentsforvaccines.com
For media requests email us at [email protected]
Welcome all new followers! And special thanks to @wkyc.bsky.social for hosting Grandparents for Vaccines Founder and President Arthur Lavin yesterday. Dr. Patrick Crago shares what it was like to be a 5 year old child with polio - before a vaccine was available.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3-H...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3-H...
Grandparents for Vaccines founder explains mission on 3News
YouTube video by WKYC Channel 3
www.youtube.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
@gparents4vaccines.bsky.social is now officially on BSKY!!
We need followers. :-) Check out this amazing video where Pat Crago describes what he remembers during his hospitalization with polio. Join us: grandparentsforvaccines.com
For media requests email us at [email protected]
We need followers. :-) Check out this amazing video where Pat Crago describes what he remembers during his hospitalization with polio. Join us: grandparentsforvaccines.com
For media requests email us at [email protected]
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Wondering what #GrandparentsforVaccines is all about?
Take a look at nurseteria.bsky.social and donnagaffney.bsky.social op ed published this week in the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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www.cleveland.com/opinion/2025...
Take a look at nurseteria.bsky.social and donnagaffney.bsky.social op ed published this week in the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
meidastouch.com
mollyjongfast.bsky.social
todayshow.com
www.cleveland.com/opinion/2025...
We remember. That’s why grandparents are standing up for vaccines: Donna A. Gaffney and Teri Mills
Now is the time for all grandparents to do something to protect our grandchildren from this growing and preventable threat to their lives. Add your voice to this vital conversation by joining Grandpar...
www.cleveland.com
October 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Wondering what #GrandparentsforVaccines is all about?
Take a look at nurseteria.bsky.social and donnagaffney.bsky.social op ed published this week in the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
meidastouch.com
mollyjongfast.bsky.social
todayshow.com
www.cleveland.com/opinion/2025...
Take a look at nurseteria.bsky.social and donnagaffney.bsky.social op ed published this week in the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
meidastouch.com
mollyjongfast.bsky.social
todayshow.com
www.cleveland.com/opinion/2025...
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Hey y’all! NEXT THURSDAY, in lieu of our usual SFS general meeting, we will be having an info session for ANY STUDENT interested in science advocacy! High school, undergraduate, and graduate students welcome. ANY SCHOOL, ANY STATE, ANY MAJOR!
October 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Hey y’all! NEXT THURSDAY, in lieu of our usual SFS general meeting, we will be having an info session for ANY STUDENT interested in science advocacy! High school, undergraduate, and graduate students welcome. ANY SCHOOL, ANY STATE, ANY MAJOR!
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HEIST: THE LOUVRE'S STOLEN CROWN
A look at the brazen daylight theft and what it reveals about security, power and French national pride. Watch CNN
@cnn.com YOU MISSED THE STORY MAJORITY OF AMERICANS CARE ABOUT. FOTUS destroyed the East Wing and we are pissed!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_Q4...
A look at the brazen daylight theft and what it reveals about security, power and French national pride. Watch CNN
@cnn.com YOU MISSED THE STORY MAJORITY OF AMERICANS CARE ABOUT. FOTUS destroyed the East Wing and we are pissed!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_Q4...
Videos, satellite images capture demolished White House East Wing
YouTube video by CBS News
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October 27, 2025 at 12:13 AM
HEIST: THE LOUVRE'S STOLEN CROWN
A look at the brazen daylight theft and what it reveals about security, power and French national pride. Watch CNN
@cnn.com YOU MISSED THE STORY MAJORITY OF AMERICANS CARE ABOUT. FOTUS destroyed the East Wing and we are pissed!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_Q4...
A look at the brazen daylight theft and what it reveals about security, power and French national pride. Watch CNN
@cnn.com YOU MISSED THE STORY MAJORITY OF AMERICANS CARE ABOUT. FOTUS destroyed the East Wing and we are pissed!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_Q4...
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Not the title @donnagaffney.bsky.social and I sent in to the editor but grateful to #AshevilleCitizen-Times for picking up this op ed!
From Public Service to Public Peril: A Betrayal of the Kennedy Legacy was what we submitted.
RFK Jr is NO JFK!
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
From Public Service to Public Peril: A Betrayal of the Kennedy Legacy was what we submitted.
RFK Jr is NO JFK!
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Opinion: RFK Jr. spreads false vaccine claims, exposing children to diseases like polio
President John F. Kennedy was a champion of life-saving immunizations. His nephew RFK Jr. destroys that legacy by spreading lies about vaccines.
www.yahoo.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Not the title @donnagaffney.bsky.social and I sent in to the editor but grateful to #AshevilleCitizen-Times for picking up this op ed!
From Public Service to Public Peril: A Betrayal of the Kennedy Legacy was what we submitted.
RFK Jr is NO JFK!
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
From Public Service to Public Peril: A Betrayal of the Kennedy Legacy was what we submitted.
RFK Jr is NO JFK!
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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"The group brings together hundreds of grandparents nationwide who lived through diseases such as polio, tuberculosis and measles — illnesses once thought eliminated in the United States..."
www.kgw.com/article/news...
www.kgw.com/article/news...
Grandparents for Vaccines launches to share stories of life before immunizations
New volunteer group aims to educate parents about vaccine importance by sharing personal experiences with preventable diseases.
www.kgw.com
September 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
"The group brings together hundreds of grandparents nationwide who lived through diseases such as polio, tuberculosis and measles — illnesses once thought eliminated in the United States..."
www.kgw.com/article/news...
www.kgw.com/article/news...
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relentlessschoolnurse.com/2025/08/31/t...
“Why Grandparents Must Lead on Vaccines,” a recently published Op Ed by @donnagaffney.bsky.social &
@nurseteria.bsky.social , aka #OpEdNurses, & proud grandparents share the urgent message of seniors having a powerful voice in vaccine promotion
“Why Grandparents Must Lead on Vaccines,” a recently published Op Ed by @donnagaffney.bsky.social &
@nurseteria.bsky.social , aka #OpEdNurses, & proud grandparents share the urgent message of seniors having a powerful voice in vaccine promotion
The Relentless School Nurse: Grandparents – A Powerful Force for Vaccines
“Why Grandparents Must Lead on Vaccines,” a recently published Op Ed by Donna Gaffney and Teri Mills—known as The Op Ed Nurses and both proud grandparents—is part of a wider movement: nurses across…
relentlessschoolnurse.com
August 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
relentlessschoolnurse.com/2025/08/31/t...
“Why Grandparents Must Lead on Vaccines,” a recently published Op Ed by @donnagaffney.bsky.social &
@nurseteria.bsky.social , aka #OpEdNurses, & proud grandparents share the urgent message of seniors having a powerful voice in vaccine promotion
“Why Grandparents Must Lead on Vaccines,” a recently published Op Ed by @donnagaffney.bsky.social &
@nurseteria.bsky.social , aka #OpEdNurses, & proud grandparents share the urgent message of seniors having a powerful voice in vaccine promotion
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Another great op-ed from @nurseteria.bsky.social and @donnagaffney.bsky.social on grandparents fiercely protecting their families through #vaccination
www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/us-v...
#GrandparentsForVaccines.
www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/us-v...
#GrandparentsForVaccines.
www.charlotteobserver.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Another great op-ed from @nurseteria.bsky.social and @donnagaffney.bsky.social on grandparents fiercely protecting their families through #vaccination
www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/us-v...
#GrandparentsForVaccines.
www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/us-v...
#GrandparentsForVaccines.
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Why Grandparents Must Lead on Vaccines progressive.org/op-eds/why-g...
Valuable perspective from @nurseteria.bsky.social and @donnagaffney.bsky.social
#Vaccines save lives #GrandparentsForVaccines
Valuable perspective from @nurseteria.bsky.social and @donnagaffney.bsky.social
#Vaccines save lives #GrandparentsForVaccines
Why Grandparents Must Lead on Vaccines
Many of today’s parents, having never witnessed the devastating effects of polio or whooping cough, are being lulled into a dangerous complacency. But we grandparents remember—and our grandkids are co...
progressive.org
September 7, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Why Grandparents Must Lead on Vaccines progressive.org/op-eds/why-g...
Valuable perspective from @nurseteria.bsky.social and @donnagaffney.bsky.social
#Vaccines save lives #GrandparentsForVaccines
Valuable perspective from @nurseteria.bsky.social and @donnagaffney.bsky.social
#Vaccines save lives #GrandparentsForVaccines
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Grandparents must lead on vaccines. We remember the dangers of vaccine preventable diseases. Our message- it is crucial that every child be vaccinated following the AAP childhood immunization schedule.
@donnagaffney.bsky.social and my op-ed is here:
www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/us-v...
@donnagaffney.bsky.social and my op-ed is here:
www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/us-v...
August 30, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Grandparents must lead on vaccines. We remember the dangers of vaccine preventable diseases. Our message- it is crucial that every child be vaccinated following the AAP childhood immunization schedule.
@donnagaffney.bsky.social and my op-ed is here:
www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/us-v...
@donnagaffney.bsky.social and my op-ed is here:
www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/us-v...
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@defendpublichealth.bsky.social
@donnagaffney.bsky.social
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@apha.org
@nursesforamerica.bsky.social
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@donnagaffney.bsky.social
@BruceMirken.mas.to.ap.brid.gy
@apha.org
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@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social
Our friend @nurseteria.bsky.social has written this incredible op-ed about #rfk removing #fluoride and the negative consequences it will ensure. Please check it out: progressive.org/op-eds/rfk-j...
RFK Jr. Is Dangerously Wrong on Fluoride
Removing fluoride from public water is not only anti-science—it's bad for public health and puts vulnerable communities at risk.
progressive.org
June 8, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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Reposted by Donna A Gaffney, DNSc, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN
“Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday night accused President Trump of intentionally fanning the flames of the Los Angeles protests and ‘pulling a military dragnet across’ the city endangering peaceful protesters and targeting hardworking immigrant families.” www.latimes.com/california/s...
Newsom, in California address, says Trump purposely 'fanned the flames' of L.A. protests
Gov. Gavin Newsom blamed President Trump for intentionally inflaming tensions at protests in L.A. and targeting hardworking immigrant families in federal raids.
www.latimes.com
June 11, 2025 at 2:11 AM
“Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday night accused President Trump of intentionally fanning the flames of the Los Angeles protests and ‘pulling a military dragnet across’ the city endangering peaceful protesters and targeting hardworking immigrant families.” www.latimes.com/california/s...
Reposted by Donna A Gaffney, DNSc, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN
LIVE: Prayer vigiI in Los Angeles calling for peace and solidarity
Prayer vigil held in downtown Los Angeles, calling for peace and solidarity with immigrants.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpwK...
Prayer vigil held in downtown Los Angeles, calling for peace and solidarity with immigrants.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpwK...
LIVE: Prayer vigiI in Los Angeles calling for peace and solidarity | REUTERS
YouTube video by Reuters
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June 11, 2025 at 2:15 AM
LIVE: Prayer vigiI in Los Angeles calling for peace and solidarity
Prayer vigil held in downtown Los Angeles, calling for peace and solidarity with immigrants.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpwK...
Prayer vigil held in downtown Los Angeles, calling for peace and solidarity with immigrants.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpwK...
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CA Gov. Gavin Newsom urges peaceful protests: "I want you to know that you are the antidote to that fear and that anxiety. What Donald Trump wants most is your fealty, your silence, to be complicit in this moment. Do not give in to him."
June 11, 2025 at 2:14 AM
CA Gov. Gavin Newsom urges peaceful protests: "I want you to know that you are the antidote to that fear and that anxiety. What Donald Trump wants most is your fealty, your silence, to be complicit in this moment. Do not give in to him."
Reposted by Donna A Gaffney, DNSc, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN
I can forgive many things, but I cannot forgive being so terrible that you give Gavin Newsom a chance to appear courageous.
In a speech, Gov. Gavin Newsom called President Trump’s move to send the military to Los Angeles a “brazen abuse of power” that put the U.S. on the verge of authoritarianism. "The rule of law has increasingly been given way to the rule of Don,” he said.
Newsom Says Trump Is Destroying U.S. Democracy in Speech on L.A. Protests
Gov. Gavin Newsom, in an address called “Democracy at a Crossroads,” called on Americans to stand up to President Trump.
trib.al
June 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I can forgive many things, but I cannot forgive being so terrible that you give Gavin Newsom a chance to appear courageous.
I drove 3 hours through LA today, on the 10, 110, 101, 60, thru DTLA, past Pasadena. What did I see, traffic slowdowns from two stalled cars. That’s it—If Trump wanted to see our city on fire he should have come in January. Thanks @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social for these photos @nurseteria.bsky.social
After several wild nights in downtown L.A., faith leaders held a rally in Grand Park calling for strong non-violent resistance to what they called “reprehensible” actions in the city by ICE and the Trump Administration. They are now holding a peaceful march toward the Metro Detention Center.
June 11, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I drove 3 hours through LA today, on the 10, 110, 101, 60, thru DTLA, past Pasadena. What did I see, traffic slowdowns from two stalled cars. That’s it—If Trump wanted to see our city on fire he should have come in January. Thanks @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social for these photos @nurseteria.bsky.social
Reposted by Donna A Gaffney, DNSc, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN
RFK Jr is enemy #1 when it comes to our children's health. Wrong on vaccines. Wrong on fluoride. Wrong on how to MAHA.
@donnagaffney.bsky.social
@pauloffit.bsky.social
@defendpublichealth.bsky.social
@physiciandemocracy.medsky.social
@nursesforamerica.bsky.social
progressive.org/op-eds/rfk-j...
@donnagaffney.bsky.social
@pauloffit.bsky.social
@defendpublichealth.bsky.social
@physiciandemocracy.medsky.social
@nursesforamerica.bsky.social
progressive.org/op-eds/rfk-j...
RFK Jr. Is Dangerously Wrong on Fluoride
Removing fluoride from public water is not only anti-science—it's bad for public health and puts vulnerable communities at risk.
progressive.org
June 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
RFK Jr is enemy #1 when it comes to our children's health. Wrong on vaccines. Wrong on fluoride. Wrong on how to MAHA.
@donnagaffney.bsky.social
@pauloffit.bsky.social
@defendpublichealth.bsky.social
@physiciandemocracy.medsky.social
@nursesforamerica.bsky.social
progressive.org/op-eds/rfk-j...
@donnagaffney.bsky.social
@pauloffit.bsky.social
@defendpublichealth.bsky.social
@physiciandemocracy.medsky.social
@nursesforamerica.bsky.social
progressive.org/op-eds/rfk-j...
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Call to Action: Saturday, May 17th
National Day of Protest to Declare:
"The Trump Fascist Regime Must Go Now!"
Find protests or register a protest you are planning at RefuseFascism.org #3E #endImpunity #EndOligarchy #EndAutogenocide #RefuseFascism
National Day of Protest to Declare:
"The Trump Fascist Regime Must Go Now!"
Find protests or register a protest you are planning at RefuseFascism.org #3E #endImpunity #EndOligarchy #EndAutogenocide #RefuseFascism
May 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Call to Action: Saturday, May 17th
National Day of Protest to Declare:
"The Trump Fascist Regime Must Go Now!"
Find protests or register a protest you are planning at RefuseFascism.org #3E #endImpunity #EndOligarchy #EndAutogenocide #RefuseFascism
National Day of Protest to Declare:
"The Trump Fascist Regime Must Go Now!"
Find protests or register a protest you are planning at RefuseFascism.org #3E #endImpunity #EndOligarchy #EndAutogenocide #RefuseFascism
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relentlessschoolnurse.com/2025/05/03/t...
@nurseteria.bsky.social @donnagaffney.bsky.social are back!
While measles outbreaks are widely reported in the media, another preventable disease is quietly making a dangerous comeback: pertussis, or whooping cough.
@nurseteria.bsky.social @donnagaffney.bsky.social are back!
While measles outbreaks are widely reported in the media, another preventable disease is quietly making a dangerous comeback: pertussis, or whooping cough.
The Relentless School Nurse: Whooping Cough’s Comeback – The Alarming Cost of Falling Vaccination Rates
While measles outbreaks are widely reported in the media, another preventable disease is quietly making a dangerous comeback: pertussis, or whooping cough. This year alone, the U.S. has seen more t…
relentlessschoolnurse.com
May 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
relentlessschoolnurse.com/2025/05/03/t...
@nurseteria.bsky.social @donnagaffney.bsky.social are back!
While measles outbreaks are widely reported in the media, another preventable disease is quietly making a dangerous comeback: pertussis, or whooping cough.
@nurseteria.bsky.social @donnagaffney.bsky.social are back!
While measles outbreaks are widely reported in the media, another preventable disease is quietly making a dangerous comeback: pertussis, or whooping cough.
Reposted by Donna A Gaffney, DNSc, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN
Why would a man who believes vaccines are evil and the cause illness, launch a campaign to cause evil and illness?
America's leadership is led by ruthless fascists, and some are delusional.
Biden could have led the charge to expel & jail the traitor leaders, like Trump. But he didn't want too.
America's leadership is led by ruthless fascists, and some are delusional.
Biden could have led the charge to expel & jail the traitor leaders, like Trump. But he didn't want too.
May 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Why would a man who believes vaccines are evil and the cause illness, launch a campaign to cause evil and illness?
America's leadership is led by ruthless fascists, and some are delusional.
Biden could have led the charge to expel & jail the traitor leaders, like Trump. But he didn't want too.
America's leadership is led by ruthless fascists, and some are delusional.
Biden could have led the charge to expel & jail the traitor leaders, like Trump. But he didn't want too.
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I had whooping cough last year and it took a full 5 months to get over of the cough. 0 out of 5 Stars. Not recommended.
(I thought it had been eradicate and didn't realize I should have gotten a booster).
(I thought it had been eradicate and didn't realize I should have gotten a booster).
May 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I had whooping cough last year and it took a full 5 months to get over of the cough. 0 out of 5 Stars. Not recommended.
(I thought it had been eradicate and didn't realize I should have gotten a booster).
(I thought it had been eradicate and didn't realize I should have gotten a booster).
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Kinda crazy there’s a vaccine for this as well. You would think people would stop listening to an anti vaccination person who has been vaccinated
May 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Kinda crazy there’s a vaccine for this as well. You would think people would stop listening to an anti vaccination person who has been vaccinated