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Julie Leask is an Australian social scientist and professor in the School of Public Health and Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute… more

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by Julie Leask — Reposted by Erik Brynjolfsson

Reposted by Julie Leask, Claire L. Adida

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#MythBustingMonday
“Vaccines contain dangerous and toxic ingredients.”
This one never dies, so let’s tackle it properly. Yes, vaccines contain multiple components but context, chemistry, and dose matter. Vaccine ingredients have been studied for decades, across trials and billions of doses. A 🧵
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by Julie Leask

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So, the President is worthy of preventive health screenings and immunizations, but the people are not??
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Some updated resources on vaccine safety - how they are made, ingredients, side-effects, trust and more. From the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance. ncirs.org.au/vaccine-safety
Vaccine safety | NCIRS
Vaccine safety resources for healthcare providers and the public
ncirs.org.au
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Reposted by Julie Leask

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On Truth Social Friday, Trump doubled down on unproven claims about Tylenol, vaccines and autism.

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Trump pushes unproven medical advice around Tylenol and vaccines
The president posted to social media Friday echoing advice from earlier in the week that is contrary to most medical guidance.
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by Julie Leask

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It’s sad that we’re now having to warn people to be so discerning about what they will hear from the current US government on vaccines. My comments for DW News after the ACIP meeting last week in their article on the recent Tylenol announcement from Trump www.dw.com/en/us-vaccin...
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by Julie Leask

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Hopefully the feelpinions about MMR won't become policy but you never know right now. If it became a separate vaccine recommendation, vaccine supply would be a massive issue. Separate visits would lower coverage and delay protection. MMR is carefully timed. It would be a disaster for child health.
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by Julie Leask

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Ironically, am in Papua New Guinea doing a workshop on vaccine communication. This morsel provides a teachable moment on what misinformation/disinformation looks like.
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Meanwhile here’s a lovely flipchart ready for a trip to PNG tomorrow.

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Vaccine Panel Postpones One Vote and Reverses Another Amid Confusion www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/h...
Vaccine Panel Postpones One Vote and Reverses Another Amid Confusion
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by Julie Leask

Reposted by Julie Leask, Brendan Nyhan, Greg Linden

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When your anti-vax Health Secretary stacks the vaccine committee: "Some members seemed confused about the data they were being presented. After their vote on the program that provides free vaccines for children, some members asked what they just voted on." wapo.st/3K9OBNV
CDC advisers make their first childhood vaccine edit
They voted 8-3 to recommend delaying the use of a measles, mumps, rubella and chicken pox vaccine that about 15 percent of children receive.
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by Julie Leask

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Australian expert reaction: US vaccine panel meeting to consider safety of COVID-19 and other vaccines.
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EXPERT REACTION: US vaccine panel meeting to consider safety of COVID-
EXPERT REACTION: US vaccine panel meeting to consider safety of COVID-19 and other vaccines On Thursday and Friday in the US, the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)&
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by Julie Leask

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Listening to the end of the ACIP meeting, some members lacked knowledge on how their recommendations affected insurance for children. One motion was only drafted last night and members were confused by its meaning, requesting clarification during the vote. Chaos.

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Amazing moment at ACIP....the language of the votes was released so late that voting members of the committee say they're confused about what they're voting for/against.
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by Julie Leask

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Thinking about this more, adult vaccination wasn't recorded mandatorily until ~2020. AIR estimates beforehand unreliable and other estimates based on ad-hoc surveys of specific populations such as www1.health.gov.au/internet/mai... You could also try flu tracking.
Vaccine coverage | NCIRS
NCIRS plays a preeminent role in the analysis and reporting of data from the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) and the use of these data for research, surveillance and program evaluation.
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by Julie Leask

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No but ncirs will have an archive.
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It’s #Caturday
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Reposted by Julie Leask, Richard D. Gregory

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Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 reaches Gough Island, where it is associated with mortality in three Tristan skuas. This is worrying because Gough Island is an important breeding site for seabirds, including several species of global conservation concern.
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Tristan skua (Stercorarius antarcticus hamiltoni). Photo by Noah Strycker.
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by Julie Leask

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Florida will end vaccine mandates for children. I am not a fan of rigid mandates, but it's also poor policy to suddenly cease them and while undermining vaccines. Katie Attwell, Nancy Baxter and I unpack this story in @theconvo-bot.bsky.social @sydney.edu.au theconversation.com/can-florida-...
Can Florida really end vaccine mandates? What would this mean for the US and countries like Australia?
Florida plans to scrap all vaccine mandates for school students, with the state’s governor describing them as ‘slavery’. Here’s what this could mean.
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Reposted by Julie Leask, Joshua S. Weitz, Lisa Diedrich

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gift link to dr. susan monarez’s piece in the wall street journal this morning.
Opinion | Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the CDC and Me
I was fired after 29 days because I held the line and insisted on rigorous scientific review.
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by Julie Leask

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More than 1,000 HHS staff call on RFK Jr. to resign.
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by Melissa Sweet — Reposted by Julie Leask

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The draft legislation for the Australian CDC to start operating as an independent agency in 2026 is now before the Australian Parliament. More info here:
www.cdc.gov.au/about/about-...
We are interested to hear responses to this.
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