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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Maryland releases statewide 2026-2027 vaccine schedules and recommendations for all Marylanders in advance of the respiratory virus season. Recommendations align with the latest evidence and guidance by leading medical associations. Learn more: health.maryland.gov/newsroom/Pag...

health.maryland.gov

Pages - Maryland releases 2026-2027 vaccine guidelines for children and adults

An official website of the State of Maryland.

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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Thank you to Grammerly for your endless support 🙏🏼

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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I made it through the preface and that was about all I could handle for today 😂 I couldn’t read this when it came out in 2024 and I’m not sure I can read it now either!

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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Reminder for those living in the garbage air right now that air conditions were like this in most cities before air quality regs. And that pollution and particulates don’t give a crap about borders.

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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Tell me you work in public health without telling me. I’ll start. I have lost track of the amount of times I have yelled/texted/voice messaged back to someone this month, “no it’s a parasite!” 😆

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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

The Puerto Rico song has been on repeat in our house and today I asked my 7 year old if he remembers who Barack Obama is. His reply - in the most exasperated voice - “YES mom, he is the one you always say you want to be the President”

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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Definitely do not attend. The total numbers only show support, they will not reflect “dialogue” - the only response to this should be crickets.

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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

There used to be a lot of things Made in America 🇺🇸

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Measles is a bellwether. Because it’s the most contagious vaccine-preventable disease, when vaccination rates drop, it’s the first to start spreading. Now we’ve got mumps rolling up. Expect more. This is just the beginning of RFK Jr.’s successful infectious disease reintroduction plan.

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Maryland health officials warn providers about an upsurge in mumps cases

Maryland health officials are warning about an uptick in cases of mumps.

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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Things that were not on my 2026 bingo card: learning about mumps 🫠

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 20/01/2026

Deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning spike in winter. Make sure you, your friends, and your family have working carbon monoxide alarms.

A carbon monoxide alarm with red exes spray painted on as eyes and a frowning mouth. The text reads: Are you living with a dead alarm? In a recent CPSC study, only half of surveyed households knew the age of their smoke and carbon monoxide alarms. Check the expiration dates on your smoke and carbon monoxide alarms.

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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I don’t agree with this. Police are in high risk jobs for COVID and flu and other infections. The number one cause of death for police several years running wss COVID. They should be able to wear medical masks at all times with no exceptions.

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

In love this story so much "The impact has been resounding. In the five pilot hospitals, the hepatitis B birth dose is now administered within an average of three hours after birth, including on weekends, which previously were not vaccination days." www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...

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Pilot programme massively boosts hepatitis B “birth dose” vaccination in Nigeria’s Delta state

The hepatitis B “birth dose” protects newborns from chronic, liver-killing infection, but the jab’s 24-hour window of opportunity leaves little room for logistical inefficiency. A new project in Delta...

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Amanda Gorman wrote this poem for Renee Good and that’s it for me tonight.

Post from Amanda Gorman’s Instagram that says

amandascgorman
Minneapolis, Minnesota
For Renee Nicole Good
Killed by ICE. on January 7, 2026
by Amanda Gorman
They say she is no more, That there her absence roars, Blood-blown like a rose.
Iced wheels flinched & froze.
Now, bare riot of candles, Dark fury of flowers, Pure howling of hymns.
If for us she arose,
Somewhere, in the pitched deep of our grief, Crouches our power,
The howl where we begin,
Straining upon the edge of the crooked crater Of the worst of what we've been.
Change is only possible, & all the greater, When the labour
& bitter anger of our neighbors
Is moved by the love
* better angels of our nature.

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Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

"It's definitely not too late to get the flu vaccine if you haven't done it already as flu cases skyrocket and hospitalizations due to the flu rapidly increases." time.com/7342833/flu-...

time.com

Flu Cases Are Skyrocketing in the U.S.

The new K variant driving the spike is spreading quickly.

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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

It’s nice of Nick Shirley to be going around testing the emergency response and active assailant plans of daycare centers, especially with how much gun violence we have in this country. I’m glad to see so many responding with correct lockdown protocols!

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Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

"If you're using public transportation, if you're in the room with a lot of other people, if you're in a healthcare setting, it's really smart to wear a mask especially higher-quality masks. I was taking the subway yesterday, and I was wearing an N95 mask." www.npr.org/sections/sho...

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Flu cases are surging and rates will likely get worse, new CDC data shows

Flu season is off to a rough start this year, according to new CDC data. The virus is spreading faster than in previous years and the surge is likely to get worse. Here's what you need to know.

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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

It seems like the US is losing our status as far as measles elimination. Is there any kind of analysis of what that means?

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Thomas [DARK MODE], DO @tom.medsky.social · 09/12/2025

The CDER division of the FDA under Tracy Beth Høeg wants to take a look at the newer RSV vaccines (monoclonal antibodies) putting their FDA approval at risk. If she would review the CDC's MMWR from 3 weeks ago she would see the benefits that these products provide. www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...

excerpt from MMWR 11/20/25

Summary
What is already known about this topic?
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a leading cause of infant
hospitalization and intensive care unit (ICU) admission in the
United States. Effectiveness of nirsevimab, a long-acting
monoclonal antibody, has been established against RSVassociated lower respiratory tract infection and hospitalization
among infants; nirsevimab is currently recommended by CDC to
prevent severe RSV-related disease. Data are more limited
regarding its effectiveness against RSV infection resulting in ICU
admission and respiratory failure.
What is added by this report?
In this multicenter case-control investigation, nirsevimab was
80% effective at preventing RSV-associated ICU admission and
83% effective at preventing acute respiratory failure among
infants admitted to an ICU with respiratory symptoms during
their first RSV season.
What are the implications for public health practice?
These data support recommendations to use nirsevimab as a
prevention strategy to protect infants from severe outcomes
from RSV infection.

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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

I’m not sure why I still doubt my ability to read people. I was an 11 year old side eyeing Puff Daddy like that man is up to NO good.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Got the flu last year on Thanksgiving and it really sucked. Obviously vaccine is no guarantee you won’t get it, but it’s basically free with no downside and is, imho, a no-brainer. www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...

scientificamerican.com

A New Flu Variant May Make Cold Season Brutal This Year

U.S. flu rates remain low, but experts are keeping an eye on a new strain that’s been linked to unexpectedly early and severe seasons in several other countries

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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

There was a horrible pertussis outbreak a state over from us a few months before I had my son. I reminded my OB until they got the boosters in stock and had everyone who wanted to be around my son get a booster also. Whooping cough is still serious and deadly for babies 💔

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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Have you worked more than 20 days since June? Congrats, call your representative and suggest they do so as well.

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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

People . . . Think . . . That’s what it means? What? Didn’t all the post Super Bowl think pieces clear this up for the room?

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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Both US citizens. What is to stop them from doing anything at all if they kidnap US citizens and drive off with children instead of following protocol?

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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

These situations are rampant across Maryland right now.

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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

All the Nextdoor posts on my feed are people asking how they can help people with food or donations for their loss of SNAP benefits or people posting they are recently laid off or furloughed and asking for work or odd jobs like power washing and house cleaning 💔

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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

This sounds like the Borg.

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The American Academy of Pediatrics @ameracadpeds.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Currently, millions of children are unable to access COVID-19 vaccines through the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program, a program that provides free vaccines to families that are unable to afford them. Read the full story in AAP News. publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...

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Pediatricians express frustrations over delay in COVID vaccines for children in federal program

Millions of children are unable to access COVID-19 vaccines through the Vaccines for Children program because federal health officials have not finalized recommendations on who should get vaccinated.

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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

We knew this, but it’s important to study and document on a mass scale.

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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Hatch Act exists so neither political party can do this.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

I think these new “recommendations”/non recommendations open up some fascinating questions about individual choice. Does this mean patients can get vaccinated once a month? Once a week? If it’s just individual choice, can they get two? Are there limits to this choice?

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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

For new ACIP members who appear to not understand what their job is, I offer you the video we made in 2022: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWf4...

youtube.com

Understanding the ACIP and How Vaccine Recommendations are Made in the US

YouTube video by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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Shematologist, MD @shematologist.medsky.social · 19/09/2025

In case you’re wondering, it’s barely fall & our children’s hospital is already almost always full with kids boarding in the ER. And the pediatric workforce is stretched thin. Our system does not have the capacity to care for the influx of vaccine preventable diseases that is coming.

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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

We appreciate you all, but our state government teams had to sit through ACIP, get no credit or bio line, and have to handle the fallout.

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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Unclear why anyone would want to be responsible for a policy change that leads to dead babies.

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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Never fear my fellow ecologists, my 6 year old has sent his Mega Latías out to eat all the lantern flies. Problem solved.

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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Disappointed in the lack of news coverage about this Ebola outbreak - that appears to have a new animal crossover component.

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