Tag: Vaccines
Coronavirus and nothing else…
I get it the Coronavirus invading China is important and significant news, it is. China is freaking vast and populated to the nth degree. It is, however, not the only thing going on in the medical world, and I, for one, am sick the fucking tired of reading about it. So, I am not reading …
What we really need instead of a wall…
Just about anything. I want a pony, a flying car, a boat, and a retirement in central America. Oops, sorry I meant in terms of pandemic preparedness and disease surveillance and response. My first piece kicked the dead horse (again) of the need for vaccines. Yes, kid's prevention does hinge on a population with …
Ok, I am not usually an alarmist…
Amid everything today I read this little gem Full funding does not exist for the federal government’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pandemic response programs. The agency has faced severe budget cuts under President Donald Trump, including emergency funds and global health programs “Like so many others, Trump’s approach to protecting us from epidemics …