Getting Vaccinated

Mar 24 2025 The New York Times
Updated Mar 28 2025 The Guardian, and Mar 29 2025 The BBC

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Mar 24
Why I Got the Measles Vaccine at Age 63

I know I am preaching to the choir, anti-vaxxers most likely will not read this blog.

But if you happen to know someone who is unsure about vaccinations, show them this article, it just might tip them over to the vaccination side of the debate.

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Update Mar 28 The Guardian

Nearly 500 confirmed cases of measles across 19 US states, says CDC

The federal government reported on Friday that there have been 483 confirmed cases of measles across 20 US jurisdictions so far this year, with the largest outbreak in Texas, and 70 people across the nation needing to be hospitalized.

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Update Mar 29 The BBC

Top US vaccine official forced to resign, reports say

A top vaccine official at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was forced out of his job, US media reports.

Peter Marks offered his letter of resignation to Health and Human Services (HHS) officials on Friday, after being given a choice between resigning or being fired.

"It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies," Mr Marks wrote in a resignation letter, obtained by multiple US media outlets, referring to the agency's new leader Robert F Kennedy Jr.