Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD
@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social
Epidemiologist. Professor Emerita. Workplace Wrecker. Blue in Arizona, forged in the Burgh. When you’re going through hell, keep going. (Churchill) 1elizabethtjacobs1@gmail.com @defendpublichealth.bsky.social https://www.defendpublichealth.org
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RFK Jr. rolled out that old chestnut again about how healthy Americans were in the 60’s, so here’s a fact check. In 1965: -42% of American adults smoked; it’s 11% now. -The infant morality rate was 24.7/1000; it’s 5.6/1000 now. -Overall life expectancy was 70 years; it's about 77 years now.
Busted out my favorite T-shirt to get my COVID19 and flu vaccines. Usually I have a big smile on my face, but this time, I can’t just be happy about it. I’m also angry for all the people struggling to get their vaccines, and for the reason it’s happening. So here’s my message for RFK Jr.
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About 6 months ago, Marty Makary, Vinay Prasad and Tracy Beth Hoeg falsely claimed that they had data showing that COVID19 vaccines killed 10 children. The public has never seen those data, and we never will, b/c they have all been booted, as they richly deserve for lying to the people of the US.
COVID19 vaccine misinformation firehose and woman who almost singlehandedly reduced the number of US childhood vaccine recommendations because she used to live in Denmark is leaving the FDA. Nobody with a brain is sad that Tracy Beth Hoeg is leaving. She was absolutely awful in her position.
The attack on science continues. Three more leaders in infectious disease research at NIAID have been told they either have to move to another agency or resign their positions. This comes right as The Regime continues to file bullshit charges against other scientists who worked with Dr. Fauci.
This is the horror cherry on top of the egregious fraud, waste, and abuse sundae. DOGE fired the people who send NIH money to research labs—which is a complicated process—so now even more labs are going to go under. All while Jay Bhattacharya goes on a podcast and says no NIH funding was cut.