Medicine and public health have added three decades to the human lifespan. Vaccination alone produced 40% of the reduction in child deaths.
And now a disturbed and unqualified man driven by crackpot theories is destroying the foundations of this work, including CDC.
When I found out how many shots our daughter was going to receive in the months after she was born, I thought to myself, “Wow, that’s a lot of diseases we won’t worry about” and then we got the vaccines
@BryanAlexander Anecdotally, I also think there’s a much greater hesitancy to travel to some states/regions. As a woman, I’m hesitant to travel to a state where I might not be able to access lifesaving medical care ICE. I imagine LGBTQ+ folks are extra cautious about where they travel also.
I have a paltry following and mostly shitpost but it’s important to be clear.
#AbortionIsHealthcare
Attacking abortion rights is attacking women.
We should expand a women’s right to her body, not restrict it.
Greg Abbott has armed guards who don’t let people get close, daily testing for anyone he comes into contact with, a whole team disinfecting the Governors mansion and a medical staff on standby
And he STILL got that shit
I’m sure those unmasked Texas schoolkids will be fine, tho
At a recent press conference Gov. Baker was asked about mask mandates in schools and said “locals know best,” a famously Massachusetts approach to policy that has led to housing and school segregation.
I was 14 y/o w/ a tibial stress fracture, left alone w/ no cervical spine exam after this fall. I competed in the Olympic floor final minutes later. @Simone_Biles 🤍 decision demonstrates that we have a say in our own health—“a say” I NEVER felt I had as an Olympian.