Some updated resources on vaccine safety - how they are made, ingredients, side-effects, trust and more. From the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance. ncirs.org.au/vaccine-safety

On Truth Social Friday, Trump doubled down on unproven claims about Tylenol, vaccines and autism.

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It’s sad that we’re now having to warn people to be so discerning about what they will hear from the current US government on vaccines. My comments for DW News after the ACIP meeting last week in their article on the recent Tylenol announcement from Trump www.dw.com/en/us-vaccin...

Hopefully the feelpinions about MMR won't become policy but you never know right now. If it became a separate vaccine recommendation, vaccine supply would be a massive issue. Separate visits would lower coverage and delay protection. MMR is carefully timed. It would be a disaster for child health.

Ironically, am in Papua New Guinea doing a workshop on vaccine communication. This morsel provides a teachable moment on what misinformation/disinformation looks like.

Meanwhile here’s a lovely flipchart ready for a trip to PNG tomorrow.

Vaccine Panel Postpones One Vote and Reverses Another Amid Confusion www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/h...

When your anti-vax Health Secretary stacks the vaccine committee: "Some members seemed confused about the data they were being presented. After their vote on the program that provides free vaccines for children, some members asked what they just voted on." wapo.st/3K9OBNV

Australian expert reaction: US vaccine panel meeting to consider safety of COVID-19 and other vaccines.
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Listening to the end of the ACIP meeting, some members lacked knowledge on how their recommendations affected insurance for children. One motion was only drafted last night and members were confused by its meaning, requesting clarification during the vote. Chaos.

Amazing moment at ACIP....the language of the votes was released so late that voting members of the committee say they're confused about what they're voting for/against.

Thinking about this more, adult vaccination wasn't recorded mandatorily until ~2020. AIR estimates beforehand unreliable and other estimates based on ad-hoc surveys of specific populations such as www1.health.gov.au/internet/mai... You could also try flu tracking.

No but ncirs will have an archive.

It’s #Caturday

Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 reaches Gough Island, where it is associated with mortality in three Tristan skuas. This is worrying because Gough Island is an important breeding site for seabirds, including several species of global conservation concern.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Florida will end vaccine mandates for children. I am not a fan of rigid mandates, but it's also poor policy to suddenly cease them and while undermining vaccines. Katie Attwell, Nancy Baxter and I unpack this story in @theconvo-bot.bsky.social @sydney.edu.au theconversation.com/can-florida-...

gift link to dr. susan monarez’s piece in the wall street journal this morning.

More than 1,000 HHS staff call on RFK Jr. to resign.
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The draft legislation for the Australian CDC to start operating as an independent agency in 2026 is now before the Australian Parliament. More info here:
www.cdc.gov.au/about/about-...
We are interested to hear responses to this.

😂 legends

This is a fast moving story but overall sad to see the carnage at CDC.

Good discussion on the politics of COVID vaccination in the US - what can and cannot be attributed to the pandemic www.nytimes.com/audio/app/20...

The Playbook Used to ‘Prove’ Vaccines Cause Autism www.nytimes.com/interactive/...