Vicki Allen Crabb
@vickicrabb.bsky.social
Epidemiologist with a focus on strokes and health services research. I’m not suffering fools today <insert current date>
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The Hepatitis B vaccine was expected to prevent 9.5 million infections, 2.4 million chronic cases, and save 600,000 lives in the US by 2050.
The federal vaccine committee has blood on their hands.
The federal vaccine committee has blood on their hands.
December 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The Hepatitis B vaccine was expected to prevent 9.5 million infections, 2.4 million chronic cases, and save 600,000 lives in the US by 2050.
The federal vaccine committee has blood on their hands.
The federal vaccine committee has blood on their hands.
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You can find our full answers to 12 childhood vaccination questions (that you may have been afraid to ask) at m.yale.edu/cyy8.
Answers written by: @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social @enirenberg.bsky.social
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Answers written by: @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social @enirenberg.bsky.social
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Childhood Vaccinations Fact Sheet | Yale School of Public Health
Explore essential information about childhood vaccinations through a comprehensive fact sheet, offering public health insights on safety, effectiveness, and the impact of childhood vaccinations. Learn...
m.yale.edu
February 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
You can find our full answers to 12 childhood vaccination questions (that you may have been afraid to ask) at m.yale.edu/cyy8.
Answers written by: @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social @enirenberg.bsky.social
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Answers written by: @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social @enirenberg.bsky.social
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Why do babies need the hepatitis B vaccine if they aren’t high-risk?
Short answer: Because hepatitis B is a tricky virus.
Longer answer: Continue reading ⬇️
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Short answer: Because hepatitis B is a tricky virus.
Longer answer: Continue reading ⬇️
🧵1/9 @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social @enirenberg.bsky.social
February 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Why do babies need the hepatitis B vaccine if they aren’t high-risk?
Short answer: Because hepatitis B is a tricky virus.
Longer answer: Continue reading ⬇️
🧵1/9 @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social @enirenberg.bsky.social
Short answer: Because hepatitis B is a tricky virus.
Longer answer: Continue reading ⬇️
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Sec. Kennedy must appear before the HELP Committee to explain why his vaccine advisory committee, in strong disagreement with the medical & scientific community, voted to end a decades-long recommendation that newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine.
This vaccine saves lives.
This vaccine saves lives.
Breaking News: A federal vaccine committee voted to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B, a highly infectious virus that leads to chronic liver disease in most infected children.
An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
A federal panel voted on Friday to recommend halting the at-birth shots for all infants, in a step toward Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s goal of upending the nation’s vaccine policy.
nyti.ms
December 5, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Sec. Kennedy must appear before the HELP Committee to explain why his vaccine advisory committee, in strong disagreement with the medical & scientific community, voted to end a decades-long recommendation that newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine.
This vaccine saves lives.
This vaccine saves lives.
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Removing the hepatitis B vaccine birth dose recommendation because cases are low is like canceling your car insurance because you haven’t crashed today.
December 8, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Removing the hepatitis B vaccine birth dose recommendation because cases are low is like canceling your car insurance because you haven’t crashed today.
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“ACIP has recommended a universal birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine since 1991, after realizing a risk-based strategy wasn’t working. Annual hepatitis B infections among infants and children have dropped 99% from 16,000 to less than 20.”
December 7, 2025 at 7:20 AM
“ACIP has recommended a universal birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine since 1991, after realizing a risk-based strategy wasn’t working. Annual hepatitis B infections among infants and children have dropped 99% from 16,000 to less than 20.”
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Why RFK Jr. Is Dangerous to Public Health
He’s made millions from referring clients to trial lawyers who have sued vaccine makers & he advocates mass tort litigation that would ruin the vaccine industry—@WSJ Editorial Board.
www.wsj.com/opinion/rfk-...
#politics #BlueSky #MedSky #nurseSKy #EMSKy
He’s made millions from referring clients to trial lawyers who have sued vaccine makers & he advocates mass tort litigation that would ruin the vaccine industry—@WSJ Editorial Board.
www.wsj.com/opinion/rfk-...
#politics #BlueSky #MedSky #nurseSKy #EMSKy
Opinion | Why RFK Jr. Is Dangerous to Public Health
He’s made millions from referring clients to trial lawyers, and he advocates mass tort litigation that would ruin the vaccine industry.
www.wsj.com
January 27, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Time to put this post on blast to the entire Twitterverse.
The real face of RFK - narrated by science communicator @thereal_truther .
When you enable this man, you enable him bringing more dishonesty to the United States Government (typically dishonesty is not an American value).
The real face of RFK - narrated by science communicator @thereal_truther .
When you enable this man, you enable him bringing more dishonesty to the United States Government (typically dishonesty is not an American value).
x.com
x.com
January 27, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Time to put this post on blast to the entire Twitterverse.
The real face of RFK - narrated by science communicator @thereal_truther .
When you enable this man, you enable him bringing more dishonesty to the United States Government (typically dishonesty is not an American value).
The real face of RFK - narrated by science communicator @thereal_truther .
When you enable this man, you enable him bringing more dishonesty to the United States Government (typically dishonesty is not an American value).
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Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory. www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory. www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
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My parents were able to put food on the table because of foodstamps. The fact that 42 million people are about to lose SNAP benefits breaks my heart.
SNAP benefits are about to lapse for 42 million people, because nothing says “save the children” like starving them.
October 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
My parents were able to put food on the table because of foodstamps. The fact that 42 million people are about to lose SNAP benefits breaks my heart.
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NEW PAPER!!! "Causal Machine Learning Methods and Use of Cross‐Fitting in Settings With High‐Dimensional Confounding"
led by Susie Ellul, with Stijn Vansteelandt & John Carlin
Published in Stats in Med
Check it out 👇
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#EpiSky #CausalSky
led by Susie Ellul, with Stijn Vansteelandt & John Carlin
Published in Stats in Med
Check it out 👇
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#EpiSky #CausalSky
Causal Machine Learning Methods and Use of Cross‐Fitting in Settings With High‐Dimensional Confounding
Observational epidemiological studies commonly seek to estimate the causal effect of an exposure on an outcome. Adjustment for potential confounding bias in modern studies is challenging due to the p...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:35 AM
NEW PAPER!!! "Causal Machine Learning Methods and Use of Cross‐Fitting in Settings With High‐Dimensional Confounding"
led by Susie Ellul, with Stijn Vansteelandt & John Carlin
Published in Stats in Med
Check it out 👇
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#EpiSky #CausalSky
led by Susie Ellul, with Stijn Vansteelandt & John Carlin
Published in Stats in Med
Check it out 👇
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#EpiSky #CausalSky
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NEW PAPER! (in press in EPIDEMIOLOGY)
Have you wondered:
- How to specify a target trial: as an ideal trial or something else?
- What biases do target trial emulations and actual RCTs share?
- How does it all relate to potential outcomes?
Read here! 👉 arxiv.org/abs/2405.10026
#EpiSky #CausalSky
Have you wondered:
- How to specify a target trial: as an ideal trial or something else?
- What biases do target trial emulations and actual RCTs share?
- How does it all relate to potential outcomes?
Read here! 👉 arxiv.org/abs/2405.10026
#EpiSky #CausalSky
The ideal trial: defining causal estimands that balance relevance and feasibility in target trial emulations and actual randomized trials
Causal inference is the goal of randomized trials and many observational studies. The first step in a formal causal inference framework is to define the causal estimand, and in both types of study thi...
arxiv.org
September 9, 2025 at 11:23 PM
NEW PAPER! (in press in EPIDEMIOLOGY)
Have you wondered:
- How to specify a target trial: as an ideal trial or something else?
- What biases do target trial emulations and actual RCTs share?
- How does it all relate to potential outcomes?
Read here! 👉 arxiv.org/abs/2405.10026
#EpiSky #CausalSky
Have you wondered:
- How to specify a target trial: as an ideal trial or something else?
- What biases do target trial emulations and actual RCTs share?
- How does it all relate to potential outcomes?
Read here! 👉 arxiv.org/abs/2405.10026
#EpiSky #CausalSky
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February 1, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Reposted by Vicki Allen Crabb
1:1 ratio this morning of follower loss on Threads and follower gains on Bluesky, so, welcome, former Threaders, this place isn't perfect but at least it doesn't have a craven billionaire owner enthusiastically tonguing the lint out of a felon's bellybutton
January 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
1:1 ratio this morning of follower loss on Threads and follower gains on Bluesky, so, welcome, former Threaders, this place isn't perfect but at least it doesn't have a craven billionaire owner enthusiastically tonguing the lint out of a felon's bellybutton
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@wendyorent.bsky.social @alymeek.bsky.social @boysek.bsky.social @rosewind.bsky.social @vickicrabb.bsky.social
We were talking about this at our last Zoom.
We were talking about this at our last Zoom.
We have a new vaccine manufacturing facility in Quebec intended originally to make Novavax that is going unused.
Canada should be pivoting to vaccine manufacturing to ensure a stable supply of these critical protections for us and all our North American friends.
Canada should be pivoting to vaccine manufacturing to ensure a stable supply of these critical protections for us and all our North American friends.
December 26, 2024 at 8:03 PM
@wendyorent.bsky.social @alymeek.bsky.social @boysek.bsky.social @rosewind.bsky.social @vickicrabb.bsky.social
We were talking about this at our last Zoom.
We were talking about this at our last Zoom.
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Excited for this upcoming book publication by the great @charlespiller.bsky.social, about fraud in Alzheimer's research.
I was fortunate to read the preprint, and it is SOOOO good!
There will be several events in Washington DC and San Francisco, where Charles will introduce his book.
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I was fortunate to read the preprint, and it is SOOOO good!
There will be several events in Washington DC and San Francisco, where Charles will introduce his book.
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First review of my book, DOCTORED: FRAUD, ARROGANCE, AND TRAGEDY IN THE QUEST TO CURE ALZHEIMER’S, to be published Feb 4, out from Publisher’s Weekly: “hard-hitting exposé…troubling look at the corruption of Big Science.” Available for prerelease orders www.publishersweekly.com/9781668031247
Doctored: Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer’s by Charles Piller
Alzheimer’s research is a cesspool of faked results and moneygrubbing, according to this hard-hitting exposé. Science magazine j...
www.publishersweekly.com
January 11, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Excited for this upcoming book publication by the great @charlespiller.bsky.social, about fraud in Alzheimer's research.
I was fortunate to read the preprint, and it is SOOOO good!
There will be several events in Washington DC and San Francisco, where Charles will introduce his book.
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I was fortunate to read the preprint, and it is SOOOO good!
There will be several events in Washington DC and San Francisco, where Charles will introduce his book.
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RFK, Jr. has spent the last 20 years speaking out against vaccines.
But he claims he's not anti-vax.
Is he right?
Watch THE TRUTH ABOUT RFK JR.
But he claims he's not anti-vax.
Is he right?
Watch THE TRUTH ABOUT RFK JR.
THE TRUTH ABOUT RFK JR.
YouTube video by The Real Truther
youtu.be
December 7, 2024 at 4:30 AM
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If you want an idea of what RFK Jr & Jay Bhattacharya will do to the NIH, the chapter of Project 2025 on the NIH gives you a decent idea
They will "END WOKE AT NIH"!
NO MORE GENDER EQUITY ON SCIENCE PANELS!
BRING BACK MANELS!
Yes, this is from the actual document (tinyurl.com/2tertwfe)
They will "END WOKE AT NIH"!
NO MORE GENDER EQUITY ON SCIENCE PANELS!
BRING BACK MANELS!
Yes, this is from the actual document (tinyurl.com/2tertwfe)
December 2, 2024 at 9:00 PM
If you want an idea of what RFK Jr & Jay Bhattacharya will do to the NIH, the chapter of Project 2025 on the NIH gives you a decent idea
They will "END WOKE AT NIH"!
NO MORE GENDER EQUITY ON SCIENCE PANELS!
BRING BACK MANELS!
Yes, this is from the actual document (tinyurl.com/2tertwfe)
They will "END WOKE AT NIH"!
NO MORE GENDER EQUITY ON SCIENCE PANELS!
BRING BACK MANELS!
Yes, this is from the actual document (tinyurl.com/2tertwfe)
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We’re on the cusp of the world’s most extreme & notorious anti-vaccine activist leading the nation’s health—and childhood vaccinations will no longer be guaranteed 👇
Hey #pedsky #medsky #idsky a group of us wrote this piece. How amazing it would be if y'all wrote op eds in your local papers opposing RFK and the other nominees who would be so terrible for the health of our patients too. Lmk if you want help. 👊
www.civilbeat.org/2024/12/rout...
www.civilbeat.org/2024/12/rout...
Routine Access To Childhood Vaccinations No Longer Guaranteed
www.civilbeat.org
December 3, 2024 at 12:43 AM
We’re on the cusp of the world’s most extreme & notorious anti-vaccine activist leading the nation’s health—and childhood vaccinations will no longer be guaranteed 👇
Reposted by Vicki Allen Crabb
Suggested questions from @gorskon.bsky.social for Donald Trump’s health nominees during confirmation hearings | #sciencebasedmedicine | sciencebasedmedicine.org/suggested-qu...
Suggested questions for Donald Trump’s health nominees during confirmation hearings | Science-Based Medicine
Soon, Trump's health nominees will face Senate confirmation hearings. That's why I'm suggesting some questions for Senators to ask all of Trump's health picks.
sciencebasedmedicine.org
December 2, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Suggested questions from @gorskon.bsky.social for Donald Trump’s health nominees during confirmation hearings | #sciencebasedmedicine | sciencebasedmedicine.org/suggested-qu...
Reposted by Vicki Allen Crabb
Reposted by Vicki Allen Crabb
0/ 🚨 The science of stroke prevention just got clearer.
A 10-year study reveals how 8️⃣ key health factors work together to protect your brain 🧠
But what are Life's Essential 8? How can you minimize your risk of stroke? 🤔
Check out this #strokeawareness Bskytorial…🧵
A 10-year study reveals how 8️⃣ key health factors work together to protect your brain 🧠
But what are Life's Essential 8? How can you minimize your risk of stroke? 🤔
Check out this #strokeawareness Bskytorial…🧵
November 9, 2024 at 4:43 PM
0/ 🚨 The science of stroke prevention just got clearer.
A 10-year study reveals how 8️⃣ key health factors work together to protect your brain 🧠
But what are Life's Essential 8? How can you minimize your risk of stroke? 🤔
Check out this #strokeawareness Bskytorial…🧵
A 10-year study reveals how 8️⃣ key health factors work together to protect your brain 🧠
But what are Life's Essential 8? How can you minimize your risk of stroke? 🤔
Check out this #strokeawareness Bskytorial…🧵
Reposted by Vicki Allen Crabb
Excited to share my episode of “The Neuro Experience” where I join Louisa Nicola to discuss strokes and how to prevent them:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
#346: How To Reduce The Risk Of Getting A Stroke | Dr. Braydon Dymm
Podcast Episode · The Neuro Experience · 06/11/2024 · 43m
podcasts.apple.com
November 26, 2024 at 8:57 PM
Excited to share my episode of “The Neuro Experience” where I join Louisa Nicola to discuss strokes and how to prevent them:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Reposted by Vicki Allen Crabb
🍞 🧠 While >90% of ischemic strokes fall into traditional TOAST categories, the “Other” category hides critical diagnoses we can't afford to miss.
Let's explore the fascinating world of unusual ischemic stroke etiologies 🦓 every neurologist should know!👇
Let's explore the fascinating world of unusual ischemic stroke etiologies 🦓 every neurologist should know!👇
November 24, 2024 at 6:13 PM
🍞 🧠 While >90% of ischemic strokes fall into traditional TOAST categories, the “Other” category hides critical diagnoses we can't afford to miss.
Let's explore the fascinating world of unusual ischemic stroke etiologies 🦓 every neurologist should know!👇
Let's explore the fascinating world of unusual ischemic stroke etiologies 🦓 every neurologist should know!👇