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Anti-vaxxers and Covid data
In a misleading video that recently went viral on Facebook, a man narrates as he scrolls through possible Covid-19 vaccine side effects reported in the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, or VAERS, a U.S. government-run clearinghouse for potential issues with vaccines.
“See that? All of them are dead people! Dead people!” he exclaims. “Why does nobody talk about them dying from the vaccine? Much less Covid itself.”
The video has been viewed on Facebook more than 21,000 times since late March. In the final episode of “Doubt,” a Prognosis podcast that explores vaccine hesitancy, we look at how VAERS has become a favored tool of anti-vaccine groups, and how to combat their misinformation.
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email article We re going to be in a Pinkalicious phase for the next few months. Chris Martin, MD, MSc, of West Virginia University School of Public Health, quoting surprisingly apt advice from the popular children s book series and applying it to potentially choosing one s COVID vaccine. It is sloppy and lazy to lump cladribine and alemtuzumab together. Gavin Giovannoni, MBBCh, PhD, of Queen Mary University of London in England, discussing the issue of some multiple sclerosis drugs possibly attenuating antibody responses to COVID vaccination. I felt immense pain when he died because I knew how close I was [to suicide] when I was at his stage of education. Christopher Veal, a fourth-year medical student at the University of Vermont in Burlington, reflecting on the suicide of a fellow student and his own brush with suicidal ideation.
Needle Exchange
A bill was recently introduced in the West Virginia State Legislature that would outlaw some of the state s most effective needle exchange programs. SB 334 was introduced by Senators Eric Tarr and Amy Grady; both are Republicans for District 4, which includes Mason, Jackson, Roane and Putnam counties. SB 334 would create a stricter license application process for harm reduction programs.
Talking about HIV and other needle-borne illnesses can be scary maybe that’s why so many of us don’t talk about it. But what if the stigmas are causing these health crises to worsen?
HIV can spread throughout communities quickly, especially in places where there are high rates of people who use drugs. Last month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned that Charleston, West Virginia, has the nation’s most alarming outbreak of HIV. Public health officials have been warning for years that Appalachia is vulnerable to outbreaks of the disease.