👨⚕️🪩💡 TIP: The best defense is a great offense. Be a boss and get your #mpox vaccine if you haven’t done it yet or haven’t gotten your second shot! The more people who need vaccine who get it, the better our protection from large outbreaks! @CDCgov https://t.co/QvPVj9FmcA
⚠️ Breaking:
Village in Russia 🇷🇺 quarantined due to cases of Anthrax infection.
📌 This is after 2 cases were confirmed in the village. More than 130 people had contact with the sick, all of which are at home under the constant supervision of healthcare workers.
One unvaccinated person attended a spiritual revival Feb 18th at Asbury University which 50-75K people are thought to have attended. One participant mapped the travel of the many participants. The close up below, the world map in the next tweet:
https://t.co/aFtcRQe3mL
Today is the International Day for #EpidemicPreparedness
Women are 70% of the global health workforce but only 25% of senior decision-making.
They are the health systems experts, & excluding them weakens health systems and epidemic response.
Learn more👉 https://t.co/Ow52WDX4mt
That’s right – you can now order your free COVID tests! Every household is eligible for 4 tests, and placing an order is totally free, easy, and fast.
➡️ https://t.co/v5JaXah2lN
This is the right move. It would be even better if this program could be sustainably funded, but regardless, more access to testing right in time for the holidays is a good thing.
https://t.co/iet4KDCXST
Not much more to say but thank you to an extraordinary public servant:
Anthony Fauci: A Message to the Next Generation of Scientists https://t.co/50wsEKDGiw
3 years ago today: A man in Wuhan, China starts feeling ill and later becomes the first confirmed case of COVID-19. More than 6.6 million people have since died.
To end AIDs, we must #Equalize access to rights, services, resources, & the best science & medicine. A powerful message from @Winnie_Byanyima, Executive Director, @UNAIDS.
It's time to unite to end the inequalities that prevent the end of AIDS.
Let's #EqualizeToEndAIDS!!
TODAY at 1:00PM ET: CDC’s event marking the 50th anniversary of the end of the syphilis study at Tuskegee. The event will include important conversations on the crucial mission of addressing health equity. https://t.co/OWcMhLFPQM
The pandemic *is* over if we ignore facts, focus on polling well rather than doing good, and make policy given the implications for well-resourced individuals rather than the collective or those without means. Which does sadly sum things up pretty well right now..