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Nonilex

The #CDC employees who staff the #children’s #vaccine program were *largely* untouched, 3 sources familiar w/the situation said.
🚨However, about 20 others were fired who comprised a unit that helped promote the program in #communities at high risk of #InfectiousDisease, including during the current #measles #outbreak, these sources said. These employees helped bolster the confidence in the safety & effectiveness of #vaccines, they said.

#Trump#Musk#RFKJr
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Garidin

Overheard today: a woman could scarcely stop coughing. An acquaintance asked if she was okay, and she said it just seemed like she was sick all the time these days.

Please, if you're reading this, be aware that Covid damages your immune system and makes you more vulnerable to diseases. Now consider that with measles, one of the most infectious diseases ever, going around. Measles erases immunity - it's like starting over.

Mask up.

#Covid#measles#InfectiousDisease
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Charlie McHenry

Roald Dahl’s Heartbreaking Letter About Losing his Daughter to measles in 1962 - Roald Dahl, the beloved author of my personal favorites Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda and The BFG, lost his eldest daughter, Olivia, to #measles in the early 60s. It wasn’t until 1988, however, that he penned a remarkable letter that doubles as a plea to parents, urging them to have their children vaccinated… #Vaccines #Vaccination #PublicHealth #InfectiousDisease #epidemiology

fs.blog/roald-dahl-letter-daug

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TrueInfections

HPAI A(H5N1) virus was detected in two indoor domestic cats with respiratory and neurologic illness that lived in homes of dairy workers but had no known direct exposure to HPAI A(H5N1)–affected farms. Both dairy workers declined testing; other household members received negative test results for influenza A.

cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/74/wr/mm7

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) ...By CDC
#HPAI#BirdFlu#AvianInfluenza
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