Lewis County official briefs Board on falling kindergarten vaccination rates and trust issues Joe Wiley, Lewis County Public Health Officer, told the Board kindergarten vaccination rates in Lewis County are below statewide averages and have declined since the COVID-19 pandemic; parents cited concerns about vaccine schedules, incentives, and distrust of the system, and Board members discussed the role of trusted providers and outbreak-driven vaccination.

Lewis County's kindergarten vaccination rates have plummeted post-pandemic, raising urgent questions about parental trust in the medical system and the future of public health.

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Help Prove RFK Jr. is Wrong | Defend Public Health When Senator Wyden stated he’d heard from thousands of doctors and scientists concerned by RFK Jr’s policies, Kennedy responded "I'll put my mailbag against your mailbag any day.” Let's prove Kennedy ...

RFK Jr. to the Senate & @wyden.senate.gov: “Scientists and doctors are supporting me all across the country…I’ll put my mailbag against your mailbag any day”

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10/15 August KFF poll: Only half the public expresses confidence in CDC and FDA vaccine safety.

Just 37% trust agencies will act independently.

Kennedy "continues to be the least trusted source" on vaccines - only 37% trust him at least a fair amount.
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Vaccine hesitancy: How social and technological issues converged to spawn mistrust | The-14 Social, cognitive, & digital factors drive vaccine hesitancy, fueling mistrust & misinformation. Understanding these dynamics is key to improving public health.

Vaccine hesitancy: How social and technological issues converged to spawn mistrust
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Covishield Cleared: No Link to Heart Attack Deaths!

The Serum Institute of India, makers of Covishield, has reaffirmed the vaccine’s safety, backed by ICMR and AIIMS studies. 

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RFK fires all 17 members of CDC vax advisory committee
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5/12 FDA's Vinay Prasad cited "distrust of the American public" as justification. "We have launched down this multiyear campaign of booster after booster," he said, dismissing five years of successful vaccination programmes.

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8/11 This resistance emerged from "intensive parenting practices that arose in the '70s," Hughes explains, alongside environmental and alternative health movements that fostered "mistrust of medical doctors and public health officials and modern science as a whole."
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Hansen shares TIDES study data from Canada, whereby strong distrust jumped from 25% in Dec 2022 to 34% by Aug 2024. Trust is slipping—so how do we build it back? #VaccineTrust #ESCMIDGlobal

Amid political shift, Yale experts weigh vaccine skepticism and scientific integrity As vaccine sentiment fluctuates and political scrutiny increases, Yale researchers weigh in on scientific transparency, funding shifts and how best to communicate emerging finding.

Science communication is never neutral — especially now. This piece digs into how researchers are navigating vaccine skepticism, disinformation, and the urgent need to communicate #science with rigor, clarity, and courage.
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