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Yale School of Public Health

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4️⃣ Availability and accessibility:

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4. Availability and accessibility:
Some countries use the oral polio vaccine instead of the inactivated polio vaccine because the oral kind is easier to administer, cheaper, and stops transmission better. However, the oral vaccine contains actual poliovirus and can revert to paralytic polio if it circulates in the environment. Use of the oral vaccine is currently considered only in places where there is a lot of polio already circulating. Illustration shows oral polio vaccine in front of available button.
Your Local Epidemiologist x Yale School of Public Health

February 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM

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Yale School of Public Health

@yalesph.bsky.social

3️⃣ Safety net:

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3. Safety net: The U.S. has much less wiggle room because of worse health care access, social support, health care capacity, and health. So casting a larger net through universal vaccine recommendations is more critical here than in some other countries. Illustration shows vaccine vial and safety shield covering hole in broken net.
Your Local Epidemiologist x Yale School of Public Health

February 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM

Reposted by Kyle H

Yale School of Public Health

@yalesph.bsky.social

2️⃣ Financial:

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2. Financial: For some countries, it would be too expensive for the government to vaccinate everyone, so they try to find where the money will have the biggest impact. Sometimes, this can have unexpected results. For example, data suggests that when resources are constrained, prioritizing school-aged children for flu vaccination has the greatest benefit in minimizing flu deaths, even though the majority of deaths occur in the elderly (because this would have the biggest effect on transmission).

The U.S. is fortunate that instead of having to ration, it can offer most vaccines to most people.
Illustration shows vaccine on top of pile of coins.
Your Local Epidemiologist x Yale School of Public Health

February 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM

Reposted by Kyle H

Yale School of Public Health

@yalesph.bsky.social

1️⃣ Behavioral:

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1. Behavioral: Universal vaccination recommendations work better than targeted vaccinations. The U.S. used to have targeted hepatitis B vaccine recommendations, but uptake was poor. After a universal recommendation, there was a big decline in disease, and many lives (and livers) were saved. The same happened with the flu vaccine; universal recommendations increased uptake
among high-risk groups. Illustration shows people lining up at medical building.
Your Local Epidemiologist x Yale School of Public Health

February 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM

Kyle H

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"Yutori" the concsious act of slowing down to allow us to savour the world around us. The refusal to rush. No Talking. Just absorbing the world around us with no goal except to see. SPACIOUSNESS, Paugussett Falls, Indian Wells State Park, Shelton CT

January 3, 2025 at 9:04 PM

Kyle H

@ke123h.bsky.social

just the best ending to a wonderful day with a Grandmother Moon ramble led by Susan, a most amazing guide, then storytelling by the fire in the Long House @IAISmuseum, Washington CT.