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Massachusetts Families for Vaccines

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Massachusetts Families for Vaccines @ma-vaccines.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
🗳️89% of Massachusetts voters support K-12 vaccine school entry requirements. 📜Massachusetts is trying to pass a strong childhood vaccine law, and we need your help to get it across the finish line. 🔗Visit www.mafamiliesforvaccines.org/actioncenter to send your message today!
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Massachusetts Families for Vaccines @ma-vaccines.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Exciting news! We’re launching a new resource for advocates, lawmakers, partners, and members of the media: the Vaccine Policy Atlas. This tool shows how state laws are tied to recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). Swipe to learn more!
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American Families for Vaccines @familiesforvaccines.org · 04/12/2025
This is why ensuring families have access to the HepB birth dose is essential and spreading falsehoods to scare families away from this vaccine is so dangerous.
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American Families for Vaccines @familiesforvaccines.org · 21/11/2025
CDC’s misinformation about vaccines, autism, and science cannot go unchallenged. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is accepting comments ahead of their next meeting—this is our chance to set the record straight. Submit your comment today: familiesforvaccines.org/acipdec25
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American Families for Vaccines Federal Action Center — American Families for Vaccines
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Massachusetts Families for Vaccines @ma-vaccines.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
American Families for Vaccines's statement on CDC website misinformation: www.familiesforvaccines.org/statements/a...
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Statement: New CDC Webpage Falsely Claims Connection Between Childhood Vaccines & Autism — American Families for Vaccines
American Families for Vaccines (AFV) is alarmed and outraged to find that yesterday the U.S. Centers for Disease Control published an “updated” webpage titled “ Autism and Vaccines ,” filled with ba...
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Massachusetts Families for Vaccines @ma-vaccines.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
A brave mother shares her story about the death of her two month old, in a plea to raise #immunization rates in MA. Dozens of schools in #WesternMA are at risk of disease outbreaks. #mapoli it's time to pass #H2554 #S1557. www.wwlp.com/news/local-n...
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Ed Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Measles was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000. RFK Jr. must resign.
Screenshot of headline reading: Measles spreading beyond the center of the Utah-Arizona outbreak

Cases are now popping up in more touristy areas of Utah, according to a health official.
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American Families for Vaccines @familiesforvaccines.org · 17/10/2025
“What was a natural disaster with COVID-19 has been replaced by the human-made disaster of the dismantling of public health.” - @drdemetre.bsky.social at the National Conference of Immunization Coalitions and Partnerships hosted by @vaccinatein.bsky.social
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American Families for Vaccines @familiesforvaccines.org · 10/10/2025
“Children who use VFC have been deprived the updated vaccine for weeks while we have been waiting for a signature,” Dr. Demetre Daskalakis.
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Massachusetts Families for Vaccines @ma-vaccines.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
We were very sorry to learn of Senator Edward Kennedy's passing this week. Senator Kennedy had a long and distinguished career in public service and was a champion for public health. He will be deeply missed. www.wgbh.org/news/politic...
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State Sen. Edward Kennedy of Lowell dies at 74
The Senate president’s notice did not mention a cause or date of death.
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
the best way to defend vaccine access is to join together! so many great orgs here. thank you @lafamilies4vax.bsky.social for compiling. please share folks! on and off bluesky :)
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Louisiana Families for Vaccines @lafamilies4vax.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Did you know that we are part of a growing Families for Vaccines grassroots network of vaccine advocates around the country? Check out our starter pack! We’ll add to it as more of our chapters join us here on Bluesky, so stay tuned!
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American Families for Vaccines @familiesforvaccines.org · 11/09/2025
Add your name to the petition from @voices4vaccines.bsky.social asking ACIP to protect vaccine access
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Protect Our Families' Access to Vaccines: A Petition to ACIP
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American Families for Vaccines @familiesforvaccines.org · 11/09/2025
Tell ACIP to Make Science-based Decisions and Protect Vaccine Access
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American Families for Vaccines Federal Action Center — American Families for Vaccines
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Massachusetts Families for Vaccines @ma-vaccines.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Hear a Massachusetts mom's powerful story about why she - along with 70% of Massachusetts voters - support stronger school vaccine requirements: www.wcvb.com/article/mass...
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Mass. mom shares how her son's death turned her into a vaccine advocate
Amid a nationwide vaccination debate, two bills would change the law in Massachusetts.
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The American Academy of Pediatrics @ameracadpeds.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
American Academy of Pediatrics has released our annual update to our immunization recommendations to best help children and adolescents build immunity and stay healthy. Read our full policy statement to learn about AAP's updated immunization schedule. www.aap.org/en/news-room...
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The American Academy of Pediatrics @ameracadpeds.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
The American Academy of Pediatrics joined fellow medical leaders in a new op-ed in @statnews.com with a clear, urgent message: Vaccines work—and they save lives. www.statnews.com/2025/06/26/v...
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We will not stay silent on vaccines, say leaders of five major U.S. medical associations
“We cannot and will not gamble with our patients’ health or the health of our communities,” write the presidents of the AAFP, AAP, ACP, ACOG, and IDSA.
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Kerry Kennedy @kerrykennedy.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
(1/2) The US withdrawal from funding the international vaccine agency, Gavi, will directly lead to tens of thousands, perhaps millions, of innocent deaths. Killing children is not protecting them. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h...
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Kennedy Withdraws U.S. Funding Pledge to International Vaccine Agency
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Too many vaccines in the first year?Your child is 44% more likely to survive to one year if they are vaccinated than if they are unvaccinated.
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The American Academy of Pediatrics @ameracadpeds.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Hepatitis B can be passed from parent to baby at birth - and when that happens, the consequences can be deadly. It is unscientific and dangerous to intentionally ignore the success of U.S. vaccination programs or argue that the U.S. should not vaccinate babies for hepatitis B at birth.
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The American Academy of Pediatrics @ameracadpeds.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Today's ACIP meeting is usually a time where experts come together to inform the future of vaccines. That is not what today will be. That is not what we can stand behind. The AAP will continue to recommend its own childhood vaccine schedule -- just as we have since the 1930s
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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Are COVID vaccines criminal? The answer may not surprise you. www.voicesforvaccines.org/jtf_topics/a...
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Are COVID vaccines criminal?
Studies show vaccinated individuals have lower health risks and transmission rates, and vaccines remain proven safe and effective against severe illness and death.
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The American Academy of Pediatrics @ameracadpeds.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
1/ THREAD: ACIP, Then and Now What has changed with the panel that guides vaccine recommendations in the U.S.
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Massachusetts Families for Vaccines @ma-vaccines.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Great article in The Boston Globe about the effort to remove the religious exemption! www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/22/m...
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Mass. considers scrapping religious exemptions for vaccinations - The Boston Globe
Advocates came to Beacon Hill recently to speak for and against two bills that would require more children to be vaccinated.
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American Families for Vaccines @familiesforvaccines.org · 18/06/2025
📞 Call your elected officials. Demand oversight and accountability. Demand RFK Jr. resign or be fired. 📣 Speak out on social media. Raise awareness in your community. 👉 Get involved locally by joining or supporting vaccine advocacy organizations like SAFE. 🔗safecommunitiescoalition.org/actnow
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American Families for Vaccines @familiesforvaccines.org · 18/06/2025
RFK Jr. calls for trust while gutting the process that makes it possible—transparent, science-based decision-making. It’s time for every parent, provider, and public health advocate to speak up. 🔗safecommunitiescoalition.org/actnow
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American Families for Vaccines @familiesforvaccines.org · 11/06/2025
👉 Take action now to defend access to vaccines: safecommunitiescoalition.org/actnow RFK Jr. fired all members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Sowing confusion and creating distrust in vaccines and public health. Vaccine policy should be based on evidence, not extremism.
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Scott Hamilton Kennedy @scotthamkennedy.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Breaking News: RFK Jr. fired every vaccine expert at the CDC! Use the link in @safecommco.bsky.social ’s bio to contact your senators. He has got to go away! #ScienceStorytelling #ShotInTheArm #DefendScience #RFKJr www.safecommunitiescoalition.org/actnow?emci=...
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Matt Motta @mattmotta.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
I talked w/@nbcnews.com about why Kennedy's actions break promises he made under oath. We cannot lose sight of how unprecedented his actions are. It's normal for new admins to replace political appointees. Firing an entire committee of *career civil servants* is something else entirely.
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Matt Motta @mattmotta.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Amazing work, everyone! So proud to stand for science with you.
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Massachusetts Families for Vaccines @ma-vaccines.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Huge thank you to @mattmotta.bsky.social and @repandyvargas.bsky.social and all the other advocates who showed up today to support strong vaccine policy to protect our state!
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mtfamilies4vax.bsky.social @mtfamilies4vax.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Thank you, @repandyvargas.bsky.social for your efforts to keep kids safe from preventable diseases! We appreciate you!
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Massachusetts Families for Vaccines @ma-vaccines.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
In today’s @bostonherald.bsky.social “Boost public health-end #vaccine religious exemptions” www.bostonherald.com/2025/06/06/m... #mapoli #S.1557/#H.2554
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Moriarty: Boost public health — end religious vax exemptions
Massachusetts has had one of the highest vaccine rates in the country. However, there is a growing threat to the public’s community immunity — the misuse of “religious exemptions” in sc…
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Massachusetts Families for Vaccines @ma-vaccines.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
📣 Calling all pro-vaccine advocates in Massachusetts: The state still allows non-medical vaccine exemptions, a loophole that weakens immunization policy and invites outbreaks.
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Massachusetts Families for Vaccines @ma-vaccines.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Great editorial in the Boston Globe today! www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/07/o...
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RFK Jr.’s effort to undermine COVID boosters is unethical - The Boston Globe
Requiring placebo testing would make it impossible to release annual shots.
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Massachusetts Families for Vaccines @ma-vaccines.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
RFK Jr. is the wrong choice to lead HHS. Reach out to your senators today to let them know! www.safecommunitiescoalition.org/rfkaction
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RFK Action Center — SAFE Communities Coalition
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