Jason L. Schwartz
@jasonlschwartz.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Health Policy and the History of Medicine, Yale School of Public Health. Vaccine policy, health policy-making, pharmaceuticals, FDA/CDC, etc. http://jschwartz.yale.edu
More clever example of what I was going for here www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
Do Childhood Vaccines Cause Tornadoes?
It hasn’t been ruled out.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:48 AM
More clever example of what I was going for here www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
If more (or all) CDC/ACIP recs go in this direction, it’ll make vaccination efforts harder and more confusing. But given the other tools available to HHS—actively recommending against vaccines, publishing safety warnings, rescinding FDA approvals, etc,—it could be worse? (It probably will be worse…)
November 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
If more (or all) CDC/ACIP recs go in this direction, it’ll make vaccination efforts harder and more confusing. But given the other tools available to HHS—actively recommending against vaccines, publishing safety warnings, rescinding FDA approvals, etc,—it could be worse? (It probably will be worse…)
The new approach adopted for COVID vaccine guidance this summer signaled we were likely heading in this direction, as I wrote in NEJM a few months back www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
November 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The new approach adopted for COVID vaccine guidance this summer signaled we were likely heading in this direction, as I wrote in NEJM a few months back www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Yeah had the same reaction. I guess “resigned,” “disgusted”, “irate” count as varied?
November 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Yeah had the same reaction. I guess “resigned,” “disgusted”, “irate” count as varied?
Do Tic Tacs cause dementia? Does whole wheat bread cause incontinence? Who’s to say? Have we ruled out the possibility?
a man with glasses is surrounded by a glowing circle and the website pmitf.com is displayed below him
ALT: a man with glasses is surrounded by a glowing circle and the website pmitf.com is displayed below him
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November 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Do Tic Tacs cause dementia? Does whole wheat bread cause incontinence? Who’s to say? Have we ruled out the possibility?
It’s why I think far more attention needs to be devoted to equipping physicians and other providers with the knowledge, resources, and skills to support these interactions with families. (Even if it means less time generating snazzier Instagram/TikTok/YouTube/podcast content in vogue these days.)
November 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
It’s why I think far more attention needs to be devoted to equipping physicians and other providers with the knowledge, resources, and skills to support these interactions with families. (Even if it means less time generating snazzier Instagram/TikTok/YouTube/podcast content in vogue these days.)
The first few paragraphs could have been written today (rather than late 2011). Plus ca change…
![The current climate surrounding childhood vaccination in the United States is one of confusion and vitriol. Despite the well-documented achievements of vaccines and extensive efforts by the public health community to ensure their safety, vocal critics of vaccination proffer a growing list of theories that link vaccines to an array of medical conditions, most prominently autism. Others question the necessity of newer vaccines, seeing their arrivals not as triumphs of medical research but as overreaches by a profit-obsessed pharmaceutical industry and an accommodating, financially conflicted medical establishment.
In response to these charges, physicians, scientists, and government public health officials are routinely on the defensive, refuting allegations of unconfirmed risks, justifying the value of recommended vaccines, and striving to preserve public trust in vaccination overall. While national data suggest that a strong foundation of support for vaccination remains, regional clusters of unvaccinated children and increases in nonmedical exemptions from state school-entry vaccination requirements are causes for alarm among advocates of vaccines. Even more worrisome is research suggesting that the safety of vaccines is a growing concern among many parents [1].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6yrawuxfs37aimthprkcueva/bafkreidz3rxjjceyf3jsgwozwqn523vsmhjbxjezrbxmjjvbejmkkqvd7i@jpeg)
November 14, 2025 at 2:51 AM
The first few paragraphs could have been written today (rather than late 2011). Plus ca change…
Thanks! Here’s the video. (Felt more dramatic inside) www.reddit.com/r/squawk7700...
From the squawk7700 community on Reddit: A Delta (DL1661) 737-900ER rejected takeoff (RTO) at Minneapolis St. Paul Airport (MSP) after engine fire caught on livestream.
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October 26, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Thanks! Here’s the video. (Felt more dramatic inside) www.reddit.com/r/squawk7700...