Thank you for this well written and informative article, Dr. Becky Dawson. Rich & I moved to Crawford Co. in 2007 from Maine where every county had a public health department. I was shocked when I first learned that no Crawford County Public Health Dept existed. I feel strongly that such departments could do much to stop the spread of vaccine/autism rumors which, as you stated, abound everywhere in the USA.
When I worked in global health I was focused on translating an industrial state of the art nitrogen dioxide gas medical instrument sterilization into a hand-carry, no water, no-heat, power-independent solution supporting safer surgery in low resource healthcare settings. But while doing that I was a first hand witness to the importance and efficacy of global vaccination programs, malaria disease vector control, sanitation and clean water projects, HIV prevention and treatment efforts, cancer detection and treatment, maternal and neonatal health innovations, and whole-of-globe infectious disease containment efforts for scary bugs like Marburg and Ebola.
Having shared these credentials, believe me, 70 year old lawyer and steroid abuser RFK Jr. is a dangerous, money-grubbing HACK and snake oil salesman AND SO IS EVERYONE HE WANTS TO BRING ALONG WITH HIM.
Protect public health and CALL YOUR CONGRESSCRITTERS AND TELL THEM “NO RFK, HE’S NOT OK”.
Thank you for this well written and informative article, Dr. Becky Dawson. Rich & I moved to Crawford Co. in 2007 from Maine where every county had a public health department. I was shocked when I first learned that no Crawford County Public Health Dept existed. I feel strongly that such departments could do much to stop the spread of vaccine/autism rumors which, as you stated, abound everywhere in the USA.
Could agree more! And (proud moment for me) got to share my research and advocate for local public health on WHYY (Philadelphia NPR) yesterday. Listen/read here https://whyy.org/articles/pennsylvania-counties-health-departments-research/.
When I worked in global health I was focused on translating an industrial state of the art nitrogen dioxide gas medical instrument sterilization into a hand-carry, no water, no-heat, power-independent solution supporting safer surgery in low resource healthcare settings. But while doing that I was a first hand witness to the importance and efficacy of global vaccination programs, malaria disease vector control, sanitation and clean water projects, HIV prevention and treatment efforts, cancer detection and treatment, maternal and neonatal health innovations, and whole-of-globe infectious disease containment efforts for scary bugs like Marburg and Ebola.
Having shared these credentials, believe me, 70 year old lawyer and steroid abuser RFK Jr. is a dangerous, money-grubbing HACK and snake oil salesman AND SO IS EVERYONE HE WANTS TO BRING ALONG WITH HIM.
Protect public health and CALL YOUR CONGRESSCRITTERS AND TELL THEM “NO RFK, HE’S NOT OK”.