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Jessica Malaty Rivera, MS @jessicamalaty.bsky.social · 18d

Really? I’ve not seen others confirm this and it’s exactly why I’ve been so concerned. I hope it’s true!

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IDSA @idsainfo.bsky.social · 19d

Secretary Kennedy presents a clear and present danger to the American people and their families. This week, even more of our colleagues in the fields of medicine, public health and patient advocacy join us in calling for his resignation.

Our full statement: https://bit.ly/42zItEV

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Jessica Malaty Rivera, MS @jessicamalaty.bsky.social · 19d

We vaccinate to *reduce harm.* Vaccines are not immunity passports with absolute guarantees of no infection. What drives me crazy is that these people know that. By repeating these claims, they validate and endorse vaccine refusal.

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Jessica Malaty Rivera, MS @jessicamalaty.bsky.social · 19d

Has everyone forgotten the endpoints of the original COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials? They were designed to prevent hospitalizations & deaths. Transmission reduction was observed, but total transmission prevention was never promised.
This is a bad-faith argument against vaccine effectiveness.

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Jessica Malaty Rivera, MS @jessicamalaty.bsky.social · 19d

We're back to 2020 explanations of basic biochemistry about how mRNA cannot change your DNA. 🫠

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Jessica Malaty Rivera, MS @jessicamalaty.bsky.social · 19d

Meissner pushing the dying "with COVID" vs "from COVID" and arguing with an actual epidemiologist about disease burden and cumulative rates is shameful.

He just said it's "not that high" with regard to pediatric severe outcomes.

Unbelievable ignorance about population health & basic statistics.

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Jessica Malaty Rivera, MS @jessicamalaty.bsky.social · 19d

Thank you!

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 19d

It bugs me when people say that RFK Jr. and the members of ACIP aren’t “serious people”.

They are DEADLY serious about taking vaccines away from the people of the United States, and they have the power to do so.

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Jessica Malaty Rivera, MS @jessicamalaty.bsky.social · 20d

The CDC already recommends MMR over MMRV for kids under 4. This is sham science and a giant waste of everyone's time.

Jessica Malaty Rivera, MS @jessicamalaty.bsky.social · 20d

The CDC *already* recommends MMR over MMRV for kids under 4. This is a giant waste of everyone's time.

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Jessica Malaty Rivera, MS @jessicamalaty.bsky.social · 20d

WHERE is the "gold standard data" to show the immunological advantage of one month post birth, MAHA?

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Jessica Malaty Rivera, MS @jessicamalaty.bsky.social · 20d

Testing pregnant people for Hep B has been standard of care since the 1980s! This is a sham.

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Jessica Malaty Rivera, MS @jessicamalaty.bsky.social · 20d

EtR (evidence to Recommendations) is gone. We're now forming vaccine policy based on vibes and public opinion.
Mallone admits they are making a decision not based on a safety signal...but on trust? There is no reason to defer the Hep B birth dose except to advance the anti-vaccine agenda.

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Jessica Malaty Rivera, MS @jessicamalaty.bsky.social · 20d

Comparing against saline in cases where a vaccine that has already proven to be safe and effective would be unethical. We cannot withhold interventions and risk causing preventable harm. This legalistic interpretation of placebo-controlled trials is wrong and unscientific.

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Jessica Malaty Rivera, MS @jessicamalaty.bsky.social · 20d

I *hate* the use of the phrase "true [saline] placebo." It is usually in combination with claims that comparing against saline is the only real/ethical way to measure safety & efficacy. It isn't. That phrase has captivated an entire population of parents who genuinely want to make informed choices

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Jessica Malaty Rivera, MS @jessicamalaty.bsky.social · 20d

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 20d

Martin Kulldorff, whom RFK Jr. chose to lead ACIP in order to push through his anti-vaccine agenda, has demanded a debate with former CDC scientists.

Kulldorff begins his demand with a lie: “The fact is that we are honest vaccine scientists…”

Most of them are not “vaccine scientists” at all.

Head of RFK Jr.’s handpicked CDC vaccine advisory panel challenges former agency directors to debate | CNN

The recently installed chair of the committee that advises the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccines opened a key meeting on Thursday by inviting several of the agency’s former dir...

www.cnn.com

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Jessica Malaty Rivera, MS @jessicamalaty.bsky.social · 20d

The opposite is true. @ameracadpeds.bsky.social will become even more valuable while this hijacked ACIP becomes irrelevant.

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Jessica Malaty Rivera, MS @jessicamalaty.bsky.social · 20d

Did Kulldorff really claim he was the most pro-vaccine scientist in the country? This revisionist history rant is absolutely deranged.

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Saskia Popescu @saskiapopescu.bsky.social · Sep 8

Learning from my favorite expert on infodemiology & public health @jessicamalaty.bsky.social at the #19VaccineCongress - discussing risk and creating healthier information ecosystems

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Jessica Malaty Rivera, MS @jessicamalaty.bsky.social · Sep 4

There it is...the first hint of his autism findings due later this month. He is once again connecting the MMR vaccine with the onset of autism in children. #FireRFK

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Jessica Malaty Rivera, MS @jessicamalaty.bsky.social · Sep 4

Cortez Masto is absolutely right! He DID unilaterally make the decision to restrict access to COVID-19 vaccines. It was not evidence-based, and his move to fire the CDC Director last week was the last step he needed to ensure his plan was not derailed. #FireRFK

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Jessica Malaty Rivera, MS @jessicamalaty.bsky.social · Sep 4

Absolutely brain-breaking to hear RFK Jr. claim he doesn't know how many lives were saved by COVID-19 vaccines because of wait for it...."data chaos." #FireRFK

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 4

BENNET: Are you aware that one of the people you put on the panel -- Dr Robert Malone -- claimed that the commonly used mRNA vaccine causes 'a form of AIDS'? Yes or no

RFK Jr: Dr Malone is one of the invento--

BENNET: Yes or no!

RFK Jr: Dr Malone is one of the inventors of the mRNA vaccine

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · Sep 4

After RFK Jr. says he doesn’t know how many people died from Covid and doesn’t know how many lives were saved from the Covid vaccine because the CDC data was too bad, Sen. Mark Warner: “How can you be that ignorant?”

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