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On monkeypox vaccination July 21, 2022
thoughts on Confronting 21st-century monkeypox #vaccination #monkeypox https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.add9651#.YtnrskASdV4.t...
On Monkeypox and vaccines -May 24, 2022
Informational Points in no particular order U.S. health officials are releasing some Jynneos vaccine doses for monkeypox This vaccine was...
On new vaccines: May 7 2022
Vaxxinity vaccine to treat Alzheimer’s wins FDA fast-track designation They are working on vaccines for Alzheimer’s, Parkinsons’s and...
On Covid-19 vaccination: March 8, 2022
On vaccination after Covid-19 infection. #covid19 #vaccination https://www.jwatch.org/na54665/2022/02/25/how-useful-vaccination-after-cov...
On improving vaccination rates with payments: March 8, 2022
Paying people for getting vaccinated? A favorable solution for both vaccine-hesitant persons and the public from Bioethics #bioethics...
On a custody case involving vaccination-- February 16, 2022
A 2 year-old Italian child needs heart surgery. The family wanted only blood transfusions from people not vaccinated for Coronavirus. An...
On the trials of the new Omicron based vaccine-January 26, 2022
It is unclear when a vaccine adjusted for Omicron will be available. #covid19 #vaccination https://www.statnews.com/2022/01/25/pfizer-bio...
Thoughts on providing care to the unvaccinated: January 24, 2022
Thoughts on providing care to the unvaccinated "Public outrage over the unvaccinated is driving a crisis in bioethics " #bioethics...
On vaccinations, false covid information, obligations to get vaccines, and lying on travel documents
On vaccination of adolescents Adolescents, Parents, and Covid-19 Vaccination — Who Should Decide? | NEJM #biothics #covid19 #vaccination...
Vaccination hesitancy/refusal: August 25, 2021
objections to vaccination are not a new phenomenon. Mr Franklin is writing on smallpox. #vaccination https://founders.archives.gov/docum...
Bioethics: August 24, 2021: On vaccine passports
"Vaccine passports as a constitutional right" If you have certain vaccines should you be exempted from certain public health...
Bioethics: 8/10/21 On mandatory covid vaccination
"Should covid vaccination be mandatory for health and care staff?" #bioethics #covid19 #vaccination https://www.bmj.com/content/374/bmj.n...
On Covid-19 Vaccination-2 links : #Covid19 #vaccination: July 2, 2021
Myocarditis Following Immunization With mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines in Members of the US Military #covid19 #vaccination https://ja.ma/2TyOjpI...
Bioethics: on the CureVac mRNA vaccine: 6/24/21
What went wrong with CureVac's mRNA vaccine? #bioethics #vaccination #covid19 https://science.sciencemag.org/content/372/6549/1381
Bioethics: links on pharmaceuticals: June 16, 2021
Bioethics: pharmaceutical safety The F.D.A. tells Johnson & Johnson that about 60 million doses made at troubled plant cannot be used....
Bioethics: vaccination and Covid-19 Several links from early June : June 16, 2021
"Opinion | Biden’s failing miserably at addressing concerns from the vaccine hesitant" Do you agree? #bioethics #vaccination #covid19...
Bioethics: on balancing our need for medical workers to be vaccinated & their need for autonomy 5/24
"Spoonful of honey or a gallon of vinegar? A conditional COVID-19 vaccination policy for front-line healthcare workers" #bioethics...
Bioethics: Covid19 vaccines: 5/21/21
A group is studying how covid vaccines work when the patient receives different vaccines for the 2 doses. It appears that combining the...
On the bioethics of vaccinating US children vs sending vaccine to India: May 19,2021
Thoughts: We need to both help other struggling societies access needed items (vaccines, oxygen, health care) and also vaccinate our...