@curiouscat@fosstodon.org2025-08-07 15:16:40
@curiouscat@fosstodon.org2025-08-07 15:16:40
@outer@mas.to2025-09-06 19:24:51
I got my COVID and my Flu shots for free, today. No problem for an old guy in Colorado.
#Vaccine #AntiKennedy #AntiOrangeFace
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca2025-07-07 18:19:55
Alberta Premier is going to sicken and kill children in the name of ignorance and “owning the libs” for Trump and RFK
"the number of cumulative measles cases had as of Friday passed 1,179 in Alberta. The last time Alberta came close to that number was 1986. That’s when the province reported 843 cases. In sheer number of cases, Alberta virtually matches the entire United States, where vaccine skepticism is now official government policy. ”.
#Measles #Vaccines #ABPoli
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/07/07/Danielle-Smith-Queen-Measles/
@markrsmith@smithtodon.org2025-09-03 02:43:30
@unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyz2025-07-20 08:20:10
Content warning: useful article on measles transmission
From Helen Branswell back in 2019:
"Let’s take a look at the tricks measles has up its sleeve: ...
"The so-called infectious dose for measles is small. And people who are infected emit a lot of viruses as they cough or even exhale. ...
"After someone breathes or coughs out the viruses, they can remain in the air for significant periods of time. In fact, it’s estimated that a susceptible child who entered a room — say a doctor’s waiting room — two hours after an infected child was there can become infected. ...
"... people who contract the virus are contagious for about eight days. Most importantly from a transmission point of view, half of that time is before they have developed the rash that typically lets people know: This child has measles. ...
"The introduction of measles vaccine drove down the number of cases to the point that now some doctors don’t recognize measles when confronted with it. ...
"The good news is the measles vaccine is one of the best around. Two doses of vaccine in childhood protect about 97 percent of the children who receive it."
#measles #virus #vaccine
@markrsmith@smithtodon.org2025-09-06 20:23:57
@grumpybozo@toad.social2025-08-28 16:47:24
@jswright61@ruby.social2025-09-10 21:20:50
💉💉(Covid-19, Flu)
Harder than it should have been.
It wasn’t that hard - virtual request for script from my Doc. Pharmacy asked if I was high risk and I said yes. $0 for the script. $0 for the jabs.
It’s pretty crazy that I need a prescription for the COVID vaccine, but not the flu vaccine.
#ushealthcare
@ubuntourist@mastodon.social2025-09-18 13:56:03
