Joshua Prudent, MD

@NationwideKids from @NCHPedsRes, @HopkinsMedicine, & @UCBerkeley. #InjuryPrevention, #Vaccines, #MentalHealth, #LGBTQplus rights, #ReproductiveHealth advocate.

[Voices for Vaccines @Voices4Vaccines]

Grandparents, who have the most proximity to once defeated diseases that vaccines prevent, advocate for their prevention.

https://t.co/M1VpPHnljH

[World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific @WHOWPRO]

Your decision makes a difference.

For over 200 years, vaccines have protected generation after generation. Vaccines have been so successful that many of the diseases that families once feared are now rarely seen in many parts of the world.

Families’ decisions to vaccinate their children, together with health workers’ commitment to reaching every child, have contributed to a 40% improvement in infant survival over the past 50 years and protected tens of millions of children from lifelong disabilities.

#VaccinesWork
#WorldImmunizationWeek

[Joshua Prudent, MD @KidDocRocks]

Thank you for the knowledge! Always been curious about the history of VICP, but never dived in to find out the details. This is helpful info for any vaccine advocate. #VaccinesWork

[Jerome Adams @JeromeAdamsMD]

Vaccine skeptics frequently say: “If vaccines are so safe, why not remove the manufacturers’ liability shield?!” So let’s talk facts. In the 1980s, lawsuits over rare DTP vaccine side effects exploded (from ~9 suits/year to 200+). Companies couldn’t get insurance, some quit making vaccines entirely. By 1985 only ONE U.S. maker was left for pertussis shots. Shortages loomed. Congress passed the 1986 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (bipartisan, signed by Reagan) to fix it. 1/3

[988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline @988Lifeline]

Accessible, trustworthy crisis support is a critical part of suicide prevention.

A @harvardmed study, reported by the @nytimes, found U.S. youth suicides dropped 11% after the 988 Lifeline launched in 2022 - about 4,372 fewer lives lost (ages 15–34). https://t.co/8YSLR3kJeC

[nature @Nature]

A Nature analysis shows that the Trump administration has terminated more than 100 advisory committees to science agencies — and reduced the transparency and independence of those that remain

https://t.co/mllasVHBFX

[Jerome Adams @JeromeAdamsMD]

I’m hearing this from every pediatrician I talk to. They’re tired of fighting misinformation, and it’s making many cynical. It’s sad - and shocking- to see how quickly decades (really centuries- George Washington enacted one of the first vaccination campaign) of life and country saving health measures is being dismantled. We most definitely are not making America healthier. 😔

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

After 8 billion doses (yes 8 BILLION, not a typo) Covid vaccines are at this point one of the most tested medical interventions in history and one of the safest ever

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

There is still no US Surgeon General

RFK Jr's pick, Casey Means, never even finished medical training, and is so grossly underqualified for the role that they haven't even held a Senate confirmation vote.

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

I'm not so much pro vaccine as anti horrific deadly infectious disease

[David Juurlink @DavidJuurlink]

Have you heard about young people dying suddenly after COVID-19 vaccination?

Our new study in @PLOSMedicine shows there's absolutely nothing to that. If anything, the opposite is true.

With @husam247 and @DrJeffKwong

https://t.co/lGw9cbNjNB

[ProPublica @propublica]

Vaccines were once so uncontroversial that McDonald’s restaurants put the childhood immunization schedule on their tray liners.

Now, as the U.S. government sows doubt, preventable diseases could come roaring back.
https://t.co/GZan1G93u8

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

"… I realized that an environment where people would feel free to share their thoughts with me and think creatively, regardless of the power hierarchy, was exactly what I wanted in my lab." #ScienceWorkingLife https://t.co/nXKEXTVlHa

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

The unvaxxed and not still alive were unavailable for comment

[Joshua Prudent, MD @KidDocRocks]

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[Jill Filipovic @JillFilipovic]

This is like that parable of the man in a flood. A rowboat comes - "No, God will save me." A motorboat comes - "No, God will save me." A helicopter comes - "No, God will save me." He drowns and asks God why He didn't save him. And God says, "I sent you two boats and helicopter!"

[Jill Filipovic @JillFilipovic]

This is like that parable of the man in a flood. A rowboat comes - "No, God will save me." A motorboat comes - "No, God will save me." A helicopter comes - "No, God will save me." He drowns and asks God why He didn't save him. And God says, "I sent you two boats and helicopter!"

[United Nations @UN]

“If we fail to put our common humanity first, we risk losing everything that makes us strong.”

Amid a world brimming with conflict, impunity, inequality and unpredictability, @antonioguterres stresses:

“We have the power to chart a different course”.

[Joshua Prudent, MD @KidDocRocks]

Lovely, beautiful data!!! 🤩 #getvaccinated #vaccineswork

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

📉25% LOWER ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY! Wowzers—one of the largest long-term safety studies ever undertaken—offers the clearest answer yet: “Among 28 million French adults aged 18–59, those who received an mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine were less likely to die in the subsequent four years than those who remained unvaccinated, corresponding to a 25% lower risk of death from all causes.”—and works even better among young adults—⬇️35% lower risk for ages 18-29!

Links in thread 🧵 below👇

[Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins]

The fast-growing measles outbreak in South Carolina is now the largest in the United States since the disease was declared eliminated in this country more than two decades ago. https://t.co/3O5d5Z87EO

[Paul Offit @DrPaulOffit]

https://t.co/89dt6XPWBx
A frightening look at the views of the new head of the CDC's vaccine advisory committee

[Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @PeterHotez]

Empowering Medical Trainees to Confront the Misinformation Epidemic - Center for Practical Bioethics https://t.co/V8IGaMUKHU