Edward Nirenberg
Views my own. “Satan’s Helper” per antivaxxers. Vaccine advocate. Handwasher and proponent of handwashing. I blog here: …
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Covid-19 expert Akiko Iwasaki fights a different virus: sexism in science
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To know virologist Akiko Iwasaki is to know that she is passionate about combatting sexism, power imbalance, and toxic behavior in academia.
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Edward Nirenberg Everyone- no matter how tangentially related to academia- should read this article start to finish. Thank you for your advocacy and candor in this piece. I hope it inspires more to follow your example. 90d
What reinfections mean for COVID-19
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One of the key questions in predicting the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is how well and how long the immune responses protect the host from reinfection. For some viruses,...
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Edward Nirenberg Spectacular summary by on SARS-CoV-2 reinfections Some key points: - we are missing many reinfection bc testing limitations - Infection need not confer durable immunity - no evidence of altered immunocompetence in cases 1/2 104d
Thread by @ENirenberg: In honor of #DoctorsSpeakUp I think it's time I spread some quality, well-cited, accurate information about vaccines. Prepare for an abuse o…
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Thread by @ENirenberg: In honor of #DoctorsSpeakUp I think it's time I spread some quality, well-cited, accurate information about vaccines. for an abuse of Twitter's thread function. Also #retweet! I have to preface this noting that some...
Read "The Childhood Immunization Schedule and Safety: Stakeholder Concerns, Scientific Evidence, and Future Studies" at NAP.edu
The National Academies Press 326d 1 tweets
Read chapter Front Matter: Vaccines are among the most safe and effective public health interventions to prevent serious disease and death. Because of the...
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Edward Nirenberg The Institute of Medicine (now NASEM) has performed an incredibly thorough analysis of the safety of the vaccination schedule: Here is part of its conclusion: 326d
Measles Complications
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Measles can lead to ear infections, diarrhea, pneumonia & encephalitis.
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Edward Nirenberg Complications of a measles infection include: - ear infections and deafness - blindness - encephalopathy - bacterial pneumonia - premature birth/ low birth weight About 1 in 5 measles patients in the US will be ill enough to need hospitalization 326d
Pinkbook | Measles | Epidemiology of Vaccine Preventable Diseases | CDC
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Measles Chapter of Pinkbook: (Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases)
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Edward Nirenberg The disease itself also cause at least 1 complications in about 30% of patients: Oh and in a population without immunity you can expect each person to transmit it to 12-18 other people on average. 326d
Seriously, How Deadly Is Measles?
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Lots of numbers are thrown around regarding the death rate of measles. Let's do a deep dive into the stats.
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Edward Nirenberg In high-income nations the case-fatality ratio is still 1-3 per 1000: In low-income nations, values as high as 15% have been documented and 1-2% is common: 326d
Measles and Immune Amnesia | ASM.org
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Measles is much more serious than a rash and fever: it also causes immune amnesia and leaves patients especially vulnerable to secondary infection.
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Edward Nirenberg Needless to say, these are all baseless. For instance, let's consider measles. You may have heard that it's just a rash and a fever. Did you know, however, that: - Measles can cause loss of previously held immunological memory 326d
Measles, immune suppression and vaccination: direct and indirect nonspecific vaccine benefits
Journal of Infection 326d 1 tweets
The measles virus is among the most transmissible viruses known to infect humans. Prior to measles vaccination programs, measles infected over 95% of all children and was responsible for over 4 million deaths each year. Measles vaccination...
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Edward Nirenberg The effect on the immune system is so severe in fact, that it is comparable to 5-10 years of an untreated HIV infection- condensed into 2 weeks. Measles used to kill as many as 4 million people every year before the vaccine 326d
ACIP Contraindications Guidelines for Immunization | Recommendations | CDC
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Contraindications and Precautions: General Best Practice Guidelines for Immunization. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
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Edward Nirenberg In general though, vaccines are incredibly safe and true valid reasons to not vaccinate or delay a vaccine are few and far between. A summary can be found here 326d
Vaccine Classes: A Survey (Simplified Version)
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Disclaimer: I wrote another version of this post in the facebook group Vaccine Talk: A Forum for Both Pro- and Anti-Vaxxers. This version…
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Edward Nirenberg This is critical because not everyone can receive vaccines, though this depends on the type of vaccine and the specific patient. I present an overview of vaccine types here 326d
WHO | Vaccination greatly reduces disease, disability, death and inequity worldwide
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Edward Nirenberg It is difficult to understate the effects vaccines have had on health. They have literally saved more lives than anything ever invented with the exception of clean water. 326d
Historical Comparisons of Morbidity and Mortality for Vaccine-Preventable Diseases in the United States
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Context National vaccine recommendations in the United States target an increasing number of vaccine-preventable diseases for reduction, elimination, or eradication.Objective To compare morbidity and mortality before and after widespread...
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Edward Nirenberg It is difficult to understate the effects vaccines have had on health. They have literally saved more lives than anything ever invented with the exception of clean water. 326d
Herd Immunity: How Does It Work?
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I have as of late heard multiple people proudly proclaim that they do not “believe in” herd immunity which is… perplexing.
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Edward Nirenberg I really wish people had a better understanding of herd immunity 372d
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Edward Nirenberg One of the incredible things about vaccines is that they can even go on to protect those who are unvaccinated through herd immunity, which I explain here: In fact the only 2 diseases ever eradicated from existence were done so via vaccines! 326d
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Edward Nirenberg I’m not really one for self-promotion but people seem to really resonate with this thing I wrote and I wrote it because I think it’s important. So... here’s the thing 373d