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John Hess MD @drjohnhhess.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

This is NOT OK. Vitamin A is NOT a legitimate treatment for meales in countries where individuals are NOT Vitamin A deficient (i.e. USA). Vitamin A excess is TOXIC and causes liver damage. For the love of God just get your kids vaccinated. www.tpr.org/public-healt...

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West Texas children treated for vitamin A toxicity as medical disinformation spreads alongside measles outbreak

Medical disinformation connected to the West Texas measles outbreak has created a new problem. Children are being treated for toxic levels of vitamin A.

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John Hess MD @drjohnhhess.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Lying using "data". They use VAERS data where ANY death around the time of vaccination is reported. After investigation the vast majority are NOT from vaccination. Even if all actually were, prior to vaccination there were 400-500 deaths PER YEAR from measles (Blue circle 1950s).

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John Hess MD @drjohnhhess.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Statistically it was only a matter of time before a child would DIE from measles. The death rate is 1-3 per thousand and as this outbreak has grown this was unfortunately expected. A huge F-U to RFK Jr and his sycophants. They own this. apnews.com/article/meas...

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A Texas child who was not vaccinated has died of measles, a first for the US in a decade

A child who was not vaccinated has died from measles in West Texas. It's the first death in an outbreak that began late last month and the first from measles in the U.S. since 2015.

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John Hess MD @drjohnhhess.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Good news - CDC MMWR back. Bad news - No information regarding bird flu, including evidence of cat to human household transmission that was initially posted and then pulled back. I thought the throttling of scientific discourse was forbidden? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...

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C.D.C. Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Spread Between Cats and People

The data, which appeared fleetingly online on Wednesday, confirmed transmission in two households. Scientists called on the agency to release the full report.

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John Hess MD @drjohnhhess.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

It appears ACIP Vaccine recommendations are back up along with STI treatment guidelines. I can’t express enough how the dramatic pushback by medical professionals across the political spectrum was that got this information to go back up. That it had to go to that is beyond words

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John Hess MD @drjohnhhess.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Sure hope little college age Jack or Jill doesn’t get the clap. CDC STI treatment guidelines have gone down along with a host of other healthcare guidelines and recommendations. Here are the two webpages you go back and forth between when trying to access STI treatment guidelines

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John Hess MD @drjohnhhess.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

My first thought when I saw this headline…No sh*t captain obvious. However in all seriousness this is the reason we screen EVERY older adult for dementia. It’s not some government/Medicare conspiracy.

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John Hess MD @drjohnhhess.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

The first 2 episodes of The PITT are the most realistic medical drama I’ve seen in a while. So far a pretty good portrayal of how patients actually present & how doctors figure out what’s wrong with them (including misses). Two thumbs up www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufR_...

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The Pitt | Official Trailer | Max

YouTube video by Max

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John Hess MD @drjohnhhess.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Interesting to see the difference between morbidity & mortality this winter between flu & Covid. In my community of about 1/2 million 2.4 times more hospitalizations from Flu than Covid BUT 2 times more deaths from Covid than flu. Sure looks like per case COVID still more lethal.

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John Hess MD @drjohnhhess.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Are vaccines perfect? Of course not. Are there rare exceptions when an individual shouldn’t get a vaccine? Absolutely. But not even being allowed to mention them is ridiculously stupid. If you think this bad just wait until RFK Jr gets in charge. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

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Louisiana forbids public health workers from promoting COVID, flu and mpox shots

An NPR investigation found Louisiana health officials told staff to stop promoting vaccines for COVID, flu and mpox, holding flu shot events or otherwise encouraging the public to get those vaccines.

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John Hess MD @drjohnhhess.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

These 2 posts together are an excellent illustration of the very strong link between respiratory infections (COVID, flu, etc.) and ALL CAUSE MORTALITY. These infections absolutely push many susceptible individuals over the edge. bsky.app/profile/trut...

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John Hess MD @drjohnhhess.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Pretty nice reminder that correlation DOES NOT equal causation. Please keep this in mind the next time RFK JR (or Joe Rogan or Aaron Rogers, etc.) links one thing that appears to seemingly cause another.

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John Hess MD @drjohnhhess.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Thanksgiving travel should really help accelerate flu season. If you haven’t gotten your flu shot yet, get it SOON!

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John Hess MD @drjohnhhess.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Current USA COVID burden: After a summer in which COVID hospitalizations were 2X worse than 2023 we have a fall that is 2X LESS burdensome that 2023. Per @jpweiland.bsky.social this winter "should" be the lowest yet due to the high summer surge/lack of new variant. 🙏🙏🙏

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John Hess MD @drjohnhhess.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Holy Sh*t. Demon sperm (the cause of all your GYN problems) Lady. Wow just wow. This truly is surreal

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John Hess MD @drjohnhhess.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

All the RFK JR, Dr Oz, mumbo jumbo in the world isn’t going to “make people healthy” but this will

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John Hess MD @drjohnhhess.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Head of Health and Human Services? For the love of God, NO! Please watch this segment in particular 5:50 on. What RFK Jr directly did in Samoa is heartbreaking and lead to the preventable deaths of 83 children! Do not let this man anywhere near public health. www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

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RFK Jr. appears before Congress as his comments spreading misinformation draw scrutiny

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

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John Hess MD @drjohnhhess.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Clear as day, immunity is doing the heavy lifting as far as severity reduction. Thus, those at highest risk are those WITHOUT immunity (Babies). In addition to STRONGLY recommending those who are pregnant be vaccinated, countries where young children aren't vaccinated should reconsider.

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John Hess MD @drjohnhhess.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

This is highly concerning. Initially presented with conjunctivitis and typical URI symptoms (like other recent H5N1 cases in USA) BUT then progressed to ARDS. If no animal contact source is identified they really should do serology on ALL potential contacts.

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John Hess MD @drjohnhhess.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Even Ioannidis admits COVID vaccination saved MILLIONS of lives. It wasn't just those who were going to die anyway as over Fourteen MILLION life years saved! Keep in mind Ioannidis has over and over discounted the morbidity and mortality of COVID, Likely low estimate. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Global estimates of lives and life-years saved by COVID-19 vaccination during 2020-2024

Estimating global lives and life-years saved is important to put into perspective the benefits of COVID-19 vaccination. Prior studies have focused mainly on the pre-Omicron period or only on specific ...

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