People who keep whistling past the graveyard (of vaccines) to assure themselves that RFK Jr,. won’t take away their vaccines are deluding themselves. One seven-minute video he posted last week shows that, weaponizing an old one deceptive antivax trope claiming that vaccines didn’t do that much to improve global health. https://lnkd.in/g9JDagHH | 18 comments on LinkedIn

"Kennedy deserves credit for stressing the importance of sanitation and nutrition in reducing infectious diseases and death. In 1900, the average life expectancy in the U.S. was 47 years, and by 1953 — when the polio vaccine was first developed — it was nearly 69 years. Epidemiologists and demographers agree that most of that improvement is from the installation of sewage systems, availability of clean water, clean air, and better nutrition.

However, today, the average life expectancy is nearly 80 years. That additional life expectancy improvement is not from sanitation, which has stayed roughly the same since 1953, nor from nutrition, which deteriorated after the 1980s largely due to the proliferation of ultra-processed foods.

Vaccines — as well as smoking cessation, safer cars, antibiotics, blood pressure pills, and many other medical advances — are responsible for the dramatic improvement in Americans’ life expectancy since 1953. Vaccines have not only reduced mortality but also morbidity, and in many cases, they have even saved money.

Contrary to Kennedy’s charts, sanitation and nutrition did not end deaths from infectious diseases. For instance, in 1950, long after Kennedy’s cited sanitation and nutrition improvements, influenza/pneumonia was the sixth leading cause of death. Today, influenza/pneumonia is not in the top 10 causes of death. Nor is any other vaccine preventable disease. Indeed, influenza/pneumonia deaths per capita have declined threefold since 1950. This dramatic change is due primarily to vaccines and antibiotics.

Vaccines may not have saved quite as many lives as sanitation and nutrition, but they still have saved millions of Americans. Kennedy’s own department has determined that childhood vaccines have prevented or will prevent 1.1 million deaths and 32 million hospitalizations just among Americans born between 1994 and 2023."

The latest drop in childhood immunisation rates has raised concerns among medical authorities that some communities are losing herd immunity to diseases such as measles.

Anti-vaccine activists keep trying to get real scientists to debate them. But when a debate did happen, the anti-vaccine participants did not know what they're talking about.
https://lnkd.in/gRvG5Yqq

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Thrilled to share this Viewpoint article in The Lancet Primary Care, in which we explore the health information journey of patients and reflect on the role of healthcare providers in information space.

Googling symptoms, Doing Your Own Research or chatting with an AI chatbot - health information goes well beyond consultation rooms. In this article, we take a broader look at the influences on both patients and HCPs in relation to information space (we really go into space!) and show how health information from providers often gets outshone by others in information space. It’s hard, if not impossible, as a provider to affect the structures of info space, where eyeballs are valued over accuracy. But there are still things that can be done. Like building trust through continuity of care and integrating questions about a patient’s information space to get a better understanding of ideas, concerns and expectations.

Read the whole piece here, open access: https://lnkd.in/dANB6p7D

Big thank you to our truly multidisciplinary all-star author team Elisabeth Wilhelm Jonas Pick Helena Nordenstedt Viveca Gyberg Tina D Purnat

[VIDÉO] ▶️ Le microbiologiste Didier Raoult relaye deux études censées prouver des liens entre vaccination contre le Covid-19 et cancer. Les auteurs des études eux-mêmes ne s'avancent pas jusqu'à cette conclusion. Des biais méthodologiques indiquent que le lien de cause à effet n'est pas établi. - VÉRIF' - Un lien entre vaccination contre le Covid-19 et certains cancers a-t-il été révélé par 2 études ? (Santé et bien être).

Pharmacist in hospital , community and clinical setup has major role in counselling regarding vaccines there available brands and their dose.
this chart will help you to learn a bit about vaccines.

Health misinformation is prevalent on social media platforms like TikTok. Learn how to spot it, red flags, and accounts to trust.

Making medical decisions for your child is one of the toughest parts of parenting — and vaccines are no exception.

“Vaccination is the most complicated medical treatment offered to all children today. The Silver Booklet provides the most comprehensive and research-based analysis of the CDC-recommended vaccine schedule so parents can be sure they are making the best decision for their family.”

—Bob Sears, M.D., Pediatrician, Author of The Vaccine Book

📘 The Silver Booklet was created to give parents clear, data-driven information on childhood diseases, treatments, and vaccines. It’s a resource designed to help families cut through confusion and make informed choices.

👉 Now available on Amazon. https://lnkd.in/gmSYRHNU

#InformedParents

More than three-quarters of U.S. counties and jurisdictions are experiencing declines in childhood vaccination rates, a trend that began in 2019, according to a September 2025 NBC News–Stanford University investigation. The report also found a “large swath” of the U.S. no longer has the “basic, ground-level immunity” needed to stop the spread of measles.

Dr. David Higgins, an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado CU Anschutz Medical Center and a pediatrician who researches vaccines, discusses the dangers of not vaccinating your children.

Par Julien Giry, Conseiller en charge des questions de désinformation au CSA Le Digital Services Act (DSA) entré pleinement en application en février 2024 impose une série de mesures aux plateformes, et notamment aux très grandes plateformes et très grands moteurs de recherche en ligne pour lutter contre les contenus prohibés et préjudiciables, notamment pour…

Reminder: the President may be allowing his secretary to undermine access to vaccines for others and promote anti vaccine misinformation, but he himself is fully vaccinated, including this year’s flu and Covid vaccine.

I think in this case you should do as the president does, not as his secretary and his chosen ACIP minions say.

Thank you for your attention to this matter!!

Entre émotion et désinformation, découvrez comment la viralité numérique redéfinit l’autorité médicale et la confiance dans le savoir scientifique.

Trump capped off a wandering rant about vaccines, autism, and "toughing it out" without Tylenol with a stunning assessment of his "non-doctor" medical cred.

Le numéro Grands Dossiers (n°87) de Diplomatie – “Géopolitique de la désinformation” n’étant (malheureusement) plus disponible à la vente, je partage ici la version complète de l’article que nous y avions publié avec Antoine Marie consacré aux causes structurelles de la désinformation et aux leviers de résilience collective.

Nous y exposons une thèse simple : on ne combat pas durablement la désinformation sans s’attaquer à ses racines sociales, économiques et institutionnelles. Lutter contre les fausses nouvelles ne suffit pas ; il faut aussi réparer les environnements de défiance, d’isolement et de précarité qui les rendent crédibles et attractives.

👉 L’article complet est accessible ci-dessous.

Département d'Études Cognitives, ENS-PSL, Alicia Piveteau, Focus Influence.

We can't rely on the CDC for evidence-based information about vaccines anymore. It's sad and frustrating, but that's where we are. So here are a ton of other resources where you can go instead. https://lnkd.in/g4N5X2tg

Inside the slow-burning crisis reshaping modern health care.

Ci joint une vidéo créée pour la fête de la science 2025 pour s'initier à la vaccination One Health

🌍💉 La vaccination à l’échelle One Health : un enjeu majeur du XXIᵉ siècle
La santé humaine, animale et environnementale sont intimement liées. Pourtant, l’approche One Health, de plus en plus reconnue pour faire face aux maladies émergentes, reste encore trop peu appliquée à la vaccination.
➡️ Vacciner les animaux, c’est protéger aussi les humains :
Éradiquer la peste bovine a renforcé la sécurité alimentaire mondiale.
La vaccination des renards a permis d’éliminer la rage en Europe.
La lutte contre la grippe aviaire illustre les défis et le potentiel des stratégies coordonnées.
Au-delà des zoonoses, la vaccination contribue aussi à :
✔️ Réduire l’antibiorésistance
✔️ Préserver les écosystèmes
✔️ Inspirer l’innovation en santé humaine
🔑 Pour réussir : coopération entre secteurs, innovation vaccinale et prise en compte des équilibres écologiques.
👉 La vaccination One Health n’est pas un idéal, c’est une nécessité pour répondre aux défis sanitaires complexes de notre siècle.

DIM One Health

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