#Vaccine Policies
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FDA Employees May Quit Over RFK Jr Leadership
Reports indicate that some employees at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are contemplating resignation in response to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.âs anticipated role in President-elect Donald Trumpâs administration. Kennedy, known for his critical views on vaccines and the pharmaceutical industry, has expressed intentions to overhaul the FDA, including the potential elimination of entireâŠ
#FDA employees#FDA resignations#federal agencies#mass exodus#pharmaceutical industry#policy shifts#public health#RFK Jr#science-based decisions#Trump administration#vaccine policies
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European Lawmakers Delay Decision on Olivér Vårhelyi's Nomination as EU Commissioner for Health
European Lawmakers Postpone Decision on OlivĂ©r VĂĄrhelyiâs EU Commissioner Nomination Following a three-hour hearing, European lawmakers decided on Wednesday night to postpone their decision regarding OlivĂ©r VĂĄrhelyiâs nomination as the EU Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare. The lawmakers expressed concerns over his reluctance to recognize womenâs health as a competence of the EuropeanâŠ
#animal welfare#Critical Medicines Act#EU Commissioner#EU regulations#European Parliament#Health and Animal Welfare#Olivér Vårhelyi#reproductive rights#vaccine policies#Viktor Orban#women&039;s health
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Response to RFK Jr Endorsing Trump
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#donald trump#rfk jr#conspiracy theories#vaccine#5g technology#flouride#kamala harris#tim walz#harris walz 2024 campaigning#policy#2024 presidential election#legislation#united states#hq#politics#democracy#democratic party
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important part of my relationship is that my girlfriend isn't subscribed to money stuff, so when we walk to work together i can just describe really good money stuff bits to them
#Real Big Computer Has Never Been Tried.#then in return they explain facts they learned from the odd lots episodes i found too boring to listen to#you can really understand our fundamentally different natures this way#my girlfriend likes things in proportion to how useful and helpful they are which is why they do vaccine design research#and read about cobalt exports and climate energy policy as their personal economics information hobby#i mostly like things in proportion to how conceptually satisfying and fun they are to think about#which is why im studying an application-free cell bio question that is essentially 'Wouldnt It Be Cool If This Worked'#and the finance-related things i read about r hilarious crypto exploits and the fact that everything is securities fraud.#now of course my girlfriend also possesses gr8 aesthetic sensibilities and i guess i managed to have useful practical outputs#when i was a union contract writer that one time#but these are our respective instinctual tendencies.#box opener#girlfriend tag
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#xoxod#ur girl woke up with covid đ#ive never had it before!!!#but i have kinda fallen behind on my vaccines đ
#was planning to get one when i got my flu shot this fall#SIGH!!#i dont even GO anywhere!!!!#idk what my jobs covid policy is anymore i guess i gotta find out#but i imagine i'll be out of work for at least a few days so thats kinda fun?#if only i didn't feel like SHIT
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G20: Brazil aims to create coalition for regional vaccine production
Health ministers from the G20 countries are meeting this week in Rio de Janeiro. The assembly should see the nations reach a consensus on the production of vaccines and medicines. The groupâs summit will be held on November 18 and 19, also in Rio, under the presidency of Brazil.
At a press conference Tuesday (Oct. 29), Brazilian Minister NĂsia Trindade said the greatest contribution the G20 can make to global health will be to support the creation of a coalition for the local and regional production of vaccines and medicines in countries and regions that have difficulty accessing them.
âThis will be unprecedented. We have been working to reduce inequality between countries and to increase access. This is the main measure we hope will be approved. We cannot continue with the dependency seen during the COVID-19 pandemic, when many countries took a long time to administer the first dose of the vaccine,â she went on to say.
The minister further said Brazil will also defend the expansion of digital health strategies, measures to mitigate the effects of climate change, and the creation of an instrument to deal with new pandemics.
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#brazil#brazilian politics#politics#healthcare#foreign policy#vaccination#nisia trindade#image description in alt#mod nise da silveira
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Actually, while I'm thinking about Orre and the logistics of the extinction event, what if the reason that there are no wild Pokemon is because of a rabies outbreak?
#pokemon colosseum#a desert is very good for preserving dead bodies and a way for rabies to spread is through eating the brain of a dead rabid animal#so any pokemon that wandered into the desert and tried to survive off a corpse would get it and then die#it probably also spread to people too which is why orre's population is so low#also only people in phenac city would be able to afford vaccines#and anyone who gets bit by a pokemon or a person is immediately brought into the desert to die#while i make jokes about a baby wes biting or espeon or umbreon biting they probably won't#the first time a galar Pokemon bites leon and he shrugs it off wes freaks the fuck out#i think the âbit people go to die in the desertâ policy only applies to bites that show blood#so little nips for food is probably fine#anyways wes is very insistent about everyone he knows getting vaccinated#he's seen enough team snagem members and Pokemon dragged out into the desert to let anything happen to his friends
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A sad fact of humanity is that a lot of people won't do something, even if they know it's right, unless they have to.
Take organ donations- an overwhelming majority of those polled, at least here in Canada, support them. But only a distinct minority actually register to be donors.
This is also why the idea bandied about, when they started lifting Covid restrictions, that people would just be responsible for themselves now, was so obviously unworkable. Because most people are not going to prioritize getting vaccinated or wearing a mask or staying home when sick if they don't have to, and most businesses aren't either. Even if they theoretically think its a good idea (I speak from experience- there are precautions I know I probably should do that I've put off and neglected).
Not all of this is shear laziness. Some of it is hypocrisy- I think this is a good idea, but want other people to bear the burden (see NIMBYs). But also... people are often really busy, overworked, overstressed, with limited resources, and, if it's not something they're passionate about or something they have to do to avoid death, imprisonment, or destitution, most people will, often, ignore it. So requiring people to do more isn't necessarily helping if you don't put supports in place to make it possible for them to do something.
BUT, the fact remains that if you really want to get people to do something, even something popular, the best way to do that is probably to mandate it. Or, if you want to take peoples' freedom of choice into account, and minimize backlash from the "Don't Tread On Me" dipshits, make it opt out rather than opt in, like some places are currently doing with organ donations. That way, the people who really don't want to still have a choice, but the people who aren't strongly opposed in theory, but just won't be arsed to do it if they don't have to, will go along.
Basically, making something opt in means only those passionate about it do it.
Making it opt out means that the passionate people and the undecideds/indifferent do it.
I would also argue that it follows from this that if a government ever proposes a solution to a long-term major problem, but makes it rely on voluntary participation, the effort is like performative and not expected or intended to actually succeed.
#Policy#Health Care#Covid#Vaccines#Masking#Organ Donation#Bodily Autonomy#Freedom Of Choice#NIMBYs#Opt In#Opt Out
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As long as I'm complaining about things on the Complaining About Life website, I'd like to give a little shout out to my workplace, where our only covid precaution consists of the office manager spraying Lysol in the air every morning. I haven't seen any sign that our ventilation system even works and every time someone gets covid it sweeps through the department because people come to work sick* and no one wears a mask. So now I have to experience eye irritation from the Lysol but at least my mask (I am literally the only one) spares me somewhat from breathing it in.
*all our work can be done remotely, we wfh 3 days a week, are not "essential workers," and have strong protections for using our sick leave. People just...don't.
#stuff you probably don't want to know but I'm telling you anyway#i still haven't had it yet. vaccines and masks work#lysol isn't official policy she just does it and i am too chicken to ask her to stop
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COVID rapidly spreads in China as government eases strict quarantine rules, December 27, 2022
China is grappling with the rapid spread of COVID-19 after the government began rolling back its zero-COVID restrictions earlier this month. Now, cases are spiraling across towns and cities, hospitals are overburdened, medical staff are outnumbered and crematoriums are running out of space. Judy Woodruff reports.
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There is no nuance left in politics or public health policy when there is either an absolute and strict inflexibility of zero COVID or wholesale dismantling of safeguards before the healthcare or support systems are prepared for the waves that have been forcibly suppressed. The political insistence on using their own less effective, non-mRNA vaccines based on the original strains rather than Delta or Omicron, coupled with a low vaccination rate of the vulnerable and elderly is not helping easing the transition at all.
The way theyâve been counting mortality from COVID diverged from nearly every other country since early 2020. A death had to be directly attributable to SARS-CoV-2 eliminating cases of many preexisting or undiagnosed conditions, chronic illnesses, and other high risk factors that may have been exacerbated by the virus which became listed as the direct cause or if they simply tested negative in the few days before dying. The policy as of this week will further limit the count only to deaths caused by pneumonia or respiratory failure after contracting COVID, in addition to dropping much of the remaining inbound quarantines and regular case counts becoming even more inconsistent with lived reality.
It appears the PRC was prepared to stay in suspended animation within an onionskin of self-isolation layers indefinitely, maintaining the appearance of control and adherence to policy that was left to different local officials to execute. Downgrading the classification removes the local, emergency-style powers to lockdown and quarantine which were used capriciously. Residential buildings, offices and commercial areas such as malls, and even theme parks could be suddenly cordoned without warning, causing panic due to the stringency of testing and knock-on effects if a positive case was found rather than fear of having contacted or contracted the virus. Becoming listed as a close contact or a complete strangerâs positive result could mean further quarantining and repeated testing, as well any change in oneâs COVID passport status severely restricting mobility for work or education, travel, or even basic necessities. The protests spread because âdynamic zeroâ was anything but dynamic, refusing to change or amend course in preparation for a transition to an endemic or post-epidemic state. People were simply fed up and the building momentum was becoming a potential danger to a regime that had just renewed its own political mandates.
These things arenât happening in isolation, China is also changing tact on its travel restrictions domestically and internationally. The Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau have been trying to reopen ports and travel with the Mainland for years now for travel and economic reasons. Both were forced into accepting one-way policies where it was difficult for their citizens to enter China or even between one another, while rules were softened for travelers and politicians entering from and returning to the Mainland for short trips with the reason that the pandemic was less well-contained than within the Mainland.
As news of the highly visible current outbreak within China is continuing to emerge, the Hong Kong SAR is now proudly announcing agreements have been made with the Mainland to drop their travel restrictions posthaste. Itâs being reported that many are travelling specifically for mRNA vaccines which are approved in Macau and Hong Kong.
#China#covid 19#coronavirus#pandemic#public health#politics#Chinese Communist Party#Xi Jinping#pbs newshour#seriously#fundamentally ridiculous#bureaucracy#zero covid policy#vaccination#epidemiology#reuters#financial times#news#current events#health care
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The Potential Impact of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Public Health Policy
For many years, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has utilized his renowned family legacy, extensive celebrity connections, and his organization, Childrenâs Health Defense, to disseminate misinformation regarding vaccines, casting doubt on their safety and effectiveness. As he stands on the brink of potentially being appointed as the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the implications of hisâŠ
#CDC#Children&039;s Health Defense#infectious diseases#public health#public health policy#Robert F. Kennedy Jr.#Secretary of Health and Human Services#vaccination rates#vaccine misinformation#vaccine safety
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Hey, soâ leave random Jewish people alone. They have nothing to do with the Israeli Occupying Force or the Israeli Government.
The only reason youâre demanding their opinions on whatâs happening in Palestine is anti-semitism. These interactions are built on the assumption that if youâre Jewish, then youâre a Zionist, and that is false. The random Jewish people youâre harassing arenât experts on foreign policy in the war on terror and why it has failed. Going up to random Jewish people and demanding to know if they condemn Israelâs treatment of Palestinians would be like walking up to a random Muslim person and demanding to know if they condemn Iranâs treatment of pro-democracy protesters. They have nothing to do with the actions of a foreign government.
Stop assuming that Jewish = Israeli or Jewish = Zionist.
#And then yâall are getting mad#when some of them have bad takes on a subject they arenât experts in and arenât informed about#itâs like asking an Englishman about American immigration policy b/c heâs a man and there are men in the US#or asking a chiropractor about a vaccineâs side-effects b/c theyâre alsoâtechnicallyâ in the healthcare industry#or asking a US American about the history of Panama between 1900-1960 b/c they also live in the Americas#youâre not going to get the answer you want#AND YOU KNOW THAT#thatâs why youâre asking#itâs bait. that you then use to justify harassing them#stop asking. you arenât asking in good faith#youâre asking just to see if you can catch someone lacking#youâre asking under anti-Semitic pretenses
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Idc who this upsets, but I actually hated the whole forced mask wearing era with a burning passion. As someone with epilepsy which is aggravated by heat, it was absolute hell to have to wear that shit because (and fuck what yâall abled-bodies wanna say) it DOES impact my breathing and make me overheat. And I actually cannot just âgo get a medical exemptionâ because a) they donât give that shit out like free candy, I had to go pay $500 to a neurologist to get that lil note, and b) I could staple that med cert to my fucking forehead and still get people losing their minds every time I went anywhere without a mask. Everyone like âoh disabled people are so terrified of COVID-19 so you should think of them before ragging on masks like thisâ as though everyone ainât already spent the last three decades of my life not giving a singular shit about my disability, but now suddenly want to act like they care about disabled people? Why tf should I care about giving anyone the spicy cough when no one has ever given a fuck how many seizures their actions cause me? Yâall want me to put my own health at risk by wearing this mask, so you donât get a lil sore throat, when yâall will remain deliberately oblivious to epilepsy and other heat-related illnesses, right up until someone dies, and then youâll still have a giggle about that too? Way more people be dying every day from heat-related illnesses than from COVID-19, so whereâs my mandatory air-conditioning and icepack stations at every street corner? Fuck hand sanitizer stations, provide me a free cold drink. Additionally, mask wearing was the ONLY thing people got this fucking turnt about too. Itâs not like any of yâall were social distancing (something which would have actually helped me with my disability lmao). No one was getting booted out of stores for standing on my damn heels every time I had to get in a queue. Anyway, after the first twenty times I got asked to leave a store for not wearing a mask (despite having that magical medical certificate) I made up my own mask by getting four of those âvalvesâ, absolutely gutting the inside of them to allow unrestricted airflow, and then stitching them into a linen mask. Still uncomfortable, fo sure, but a lot better than having to deal with hot air on my face and under my sunglasses while already struggling not to pass out in the middle of the Australian summer.Â
#and like#the amount of fake news about this topic too#everyone still think that the only people who had a problem with mask wearing or COVID-19 policies or whatever#are all crazy anti-vax pro-Trump nazi conspiracy theorists#when actually most people speaking up and protesting were people like me#people with disabilities whose lives were (ironically) being put on the line by these COVID policies#or doctors who were asking very reasonable questions about the safety of these vaccinations#(and especially irt the safety of women who we later found out are actually at a much higher risk of vaccine injury)#(but lol we still don't care about that bc fuck womens health amirite)#or lawyers who were concerned about the legal framework these COVID-19 policies were being implemented under#concerns that have now come to fruition#since many of these laws that were brought in 'just for COVID-19' are still in effect and still being renewed and applied to other areas#like for example#cracking down on protestors with the threat of decades in jail#especially if those protestors inconvenience a coal mine#but you wouldn't hear about any of these qualified people and their qualified concerns in the news#bc that doesn't make headlines like 'nazis form a hippy commune and plan to eat your babies' did#honestly this whole past couple years just made me hate society even more lmao#epilepsy#disability#ableism
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what if i went to a furry convention in 2 weeks. i probably won't but what if i did
#ray speaks#it would take 2 hours to get there by public transit :(#and i'd have to talk to my parents about going kjdgfhkghfd#annnnd there would be Crowds and it'd be stressful & also idk if i wanna risk getting c*vid for this.#the con has good masking and vaccination policies but the risk is still there. and also Public Transit#siiiigh#lots of reasons Not to go but mannnn i'm still tempted#pre-registration is closed so at least i cant impulse buy a pass Now. but they're reopening registration next week...
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SĂŁo Paulo Funds âCocaine Vaccine,â Setting Sights on Human Trials
In early June, SĂŁo Paulo Mayor Ricardo Nunes signed an agreement with the researchers behind Calixcoca, a âcocaine vaccineâ in development since 2015. A team at the Federal University of Minas Gerais had previously used public funding to demonstrate the vaccineâs safety and efficacy in rats. Now, with over $800,000 USD from SĂŁo Paulo, itâs expected to advance to human trials.
Calixcoca is not intended to reverse cocaine overamps. Like other so-called vaccines for illicit drugs, it proposes to block euphoric or other psychoactive effects. If approved for humans, it would target cocaine in the bloodstream with antibodies that bind to it and prevent its absorption. In addition to crack cocaine, researchers have suggested an applicability for other illicit drugs. There is not yet a timeline for the proposed human trials.
There has been much fanfare about Calixcoca being a finalist for the Euro Innovation in Health award. But officials donât appear be similarly interested in any harm reduction-minded questions about how the vaccine would work in the real world. How long it would be intended to last; how it might be affected by the consumption of other substances alongside cocaine; how the scale of harms it proposes to protect against measures up to the harms it has the potential to cause.
One particular area of concern is that being âimmunizedâ to cocaineâs effects might push some people to use larger and larger quantities in order to feel those effectsâand as a result increase their risk of criminalization, which may already have been very high, and their risk of fatal overamps, which was likely very low.
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#brazil#politics#brazilian politics#drug policy#vaccination#mod nise da silveira#image description in alt
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