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@vlamers.bsky.social
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Here for public health. Somewhere in Maryland. She/her

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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 · 24/07/2026
I’m eating this up, keep up the great work 🤣
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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Oh dear. www.reuters.com/business/hea...
reuters.com
FDA says Taylor Farms cyclospora finding was a false positive
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Sunday that laboratory experts ​re-checked lettuce sample results from Taylor Farms in an ‌investigation into an outbreak of the cyclospora parasite and c...
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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 · 17/07/2026
It would be better if I did so maybe my brain could finally learn how to spell it right!
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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Hahahahaha I have somehow avoided that one
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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 · 21/06/2026
We went down for FIFA fan fest and it was really surreal to see all the national guard. While at the same time it was really worrying to see them in the full sun in those uniforms.
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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Freaky.
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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
It was hilarious that he didn’t remember he was actually president but only remembered him as the person I always talked about being president 😂
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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Absolutely not 🤣🤣
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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
After I stopped laughing I reminded him Barack Obama was President before he was born. Mind blown.
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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 · 02/05/2026
I wonder how much this was actually part of this as opposed to just taking old text related to Twitter and reusing 😂 they want so bad to frame everything as an attack where bluesky is just over here vibing
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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 · 31/03/2026
This is disgusting. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
nbcnews.com
ICE agents will be stationed outside Marine Corps graduation events in South Carolina
As the U.S. continues to fight the war in Iran, the Marine Corps has boosted protection measures on bases, requiring everyone to present REAL IDs, passports or birth certificates to access any sites.
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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
🤣😂😆
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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
You do need an ID to shovel snow and get paid by the government! Which apparently is a nuance that is lost on these folks.
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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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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
UCSF has welcomed him back already 😒
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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
✌️
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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
If he shared it anywhere I wouldn’t know because I’m still #blockedbyvinay
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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
I agree w/ Andrew w/ the caveat that many/most of those who were incorrect were propped up by various media for reasons I will never understand and had no business speaking on behalf of public health or predicting the future . . . And then the field was held to their mistakes which were never ours
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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Unlike measles vaccination which offers strong protection over time, mumps vaccination significantly wanes . . . We rely on herd immunity to keep this disease in check
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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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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I think that’s a big reason why it’s hitting so hard with us
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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
💔💔
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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 · 21/01/2026
That looks like a Jackson Pollock
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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
This has always been my experience
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Experts Call For N95s Over Surgical Masks As Flu, Covid Viruses Spread www.forbes.com/sites/judyst...
forbes.com
Experts Call For N95s Over Surgical Masks As Flu, Covid Viruses Spread
World Health Network experts urge WHO to make N95, KN95, or FFP2 respirators the standard for protection for healthcare workers, not inferior surgical masks.
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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
😷
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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
A good reminder that when you have hundreds of measles cases fully vaccinated people are also less protected.
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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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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
But police officers should be able to wear masks to protect themselves and their families from the flu and COVID and TSV and measles and everything else they are exposed to.
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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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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
🤢
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
For those who have been led to believe that this year’s flu vaccine doesn’t work, this isn’t the case. ER visits and hospital admissions are reduced by 72–75% in children and adolescents, and by 32–39% in adults. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Early influenza virus characterisation and vaccine effectiveness in England in autumn 2025, a period dominated by influenza A(H3N2) subclade K
Influenza A(H3N2) subclade K (J.2.4.1) has dominated the 2025/26 season start in England. Post-infection ferret antisera raised against northern hemisphere 2025/26 vaccine strains showed reduced reactivity to subclade K viruses in England, aligning ...
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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 · 02/01/2026
What happens now?!?
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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Should I be concerned this didn’t wake me? 😬
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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Respiratory season has come out swinging. Stay safe all! www2.montgomerycountymd.gov/mcgportalapp...
www2.montgomerycountymd.gov
Montgomery County Health Officials Urge Residents to Take Preventive Measures Amid Rise in Respiratory Viruses
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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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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Very very sad that people believed this was even possible
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Vanessa @vlamers.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
I called to make a doctors appointment yesterday and she kept saying you’re scheduled for February 7th over and over. Finally I say, when was that appointment made? “Oops, wrong year” 🤣
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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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