Posts Tagged: vaccines
A Mother’s Lessons on Vaccine Advocacy Not Hesitancy
Today’s epidemic of COVID vaccine hesitancy and resistance among mothers would be something totally baffling to my own mid-century mother. “Hesitant about what?” I imagine her asking incredulously? “Saving their child’s life? Resistant to saving neighbors? Who ever heard of
A Mother’s Lessons on Vaccine Advocacy Not Hesitancy
Today’s epidemic of COVID vaccine hesitancy and resistance among mothers would be something totally baffling to my own mid-century mother. “Hesitant about what?” I imagine her asking incredulously? “Saving their child’s life? Resistant to saving neighbors? Who ever heard of
And Just Like That…It’s COVID 2020
And just like that…it’s 2020. Not only are we still talking about Donald Trump and Roger Stone’s smarmy face is still assaulting us on the news, but like a bad re-run of a horror show we have seen before, or
And Just Like That…It’s COVID 2020
And just like that…it’s 2020. Not only are we still talking about Donald Trump and Roger Stone’s smarmy face is still assaulting us on the news, but like a bad re-run of a horror show we have seen before, or
Big Birds, Big Bees, and Big Vaccines
Thanks to an oversize cartoon bee, everyone was buzzing about a new vaccine in the early 1960s. The Sabine type II oral polio vaccine helped a lot of children in 1962 in part due to the diligence of a happy
Big Birds, Big Bees, and Big Vaccines
Thanks to an oversize cartoon bee, everyone was buzzing about a new vaccine in the early 1960s. The Sabine type II oral polio vaccine helped a lot of children in 1962 in part due to the diligence of a happy
Get The Damn Vaccine Already!
Free donuts didn’t do it. A complimentary cup of coffee didn’t seem to convince the clueless. Even the lure of a red, white, and blue beer “This Buds For You if You Get a Vaccine” wasn’t enough to entice
Get The Damn Vaccine Already!
Free donuts didn’t do it. A complimentary cup of coffee didn’t seem to convince the clueless. Even the lure of a red, white, and blue beer “This Buds For You if You Get a Vaccine” wasn’t enough to entice
Lessons From Polio in the Age of COVID
The coronavirus is still on the march. Somehow amidst all the protests filled with wall to wall people, that concern has receded in folks consciousness. We are still far from a vaccine, the only thing that will be a game
Lessons From Polio in the Age of COVID
The coronavirus is still on the march. Somehow amidst all the protests filled with wall to wall people, that concern has receded in folks consciousness. We are still far from a vaccine, the only thing that will be a game
Castro and My Cold War Childhood
Though a half a century apart, November now marks the death of two Cold War icons. Just four days after the anniversary of the assassination of President John Kennedy, his nemesis Cuba’s Communist leader Fidel Castro has died at age
Castro and My Cold War Childhood
Though a half a century apart, November now marks the death of two Cold War icons. Just four days after the anniversary of the assassination of President John Kennedy, his nemesis Cuba’s Communist leader Fidel Castro has died at age
The Measles Crisis of October
I remember a time, not so long ago, when measles were just a memory. Now the political debate over measles and vaccines has exploded creating a stand-off between those supporting vaccines and the anti vaxxers. The last time politics and
The Measles Crisis of October
I remember a time, not so long ago, when measles were just a memory. Now the political debate over measles and vaccines has exploded creating a stand-off between those supporting vaccines and the anti vaxxers. The last time politics and
The Validity of Vaccines
Voluntary vaccinations …really? The reality of vaccines is clear. They are safe. They are lifesaving. Those who are venomously opposed to vaccines are clearly relying on Mickey Mouse science. How else to explain the current outbreak of measles – that
The Validity of Vaccines
Voluntary vaccinations …really? The reality of vaccines is clear. They are safe. They are lifesaving. Those who are venomously opposed to vaccines are clearly relying on Mickey Mouse science. How else to explain the current outbreak of measles – that
Envisioning The American Dream 