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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"Davis knew 'nothing, zero, zilch,' she says, about shingles until it happened to her, which made her want to speak out about it." www.today.com/health/aging...
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Viola Davis Reveals She Was Diagnosed With Shingles
The actor shares what it took to learn that illness isn’t a sign of weakness.
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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
We're troubled to see this hepatitis B vaccine study moving forward. The birth dose has safely protected babies for decades, and every newborn deserves that protection. Dr. Paul Offit: "It's a wholly unethical trial, and it shouldn't be allowed." www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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CDC Is Moving Forward With a Previously Shelved Controversial Hepatitis B Vaccine Study
“It’s a wholly unethical trial, and it shouldn’t be allowed,” says Dr. Paul Offit of Guinea-Bissau study
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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Join Voices for Vaccines and @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social on Tuesday at 1 PM EST. We'll be streaming on Instagram and Facebook. Come hang out!
A partnership between Unbiased Science and Voices for Vaccines. Live with Unbiased Voices.
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Patrick McCann @pjmccann3.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Don’t miss it! @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social @kkjetelina.bsky.social @drandrealove.bsky.social @cdelawalla.bsky.social @standupforscience.net @voices4vaccines.bsky.social #VaccineSky #VirusSky #VirologySky #InfectiousDiseaseSky #PublicHealthsky
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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Tune in LIVE on Tuesday, October 6 at 1:00 PM EST as @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social and @voices4vaccines.bsky.social team up! Dr. Jess Steier, Dr. Jessica Reggi, Jen Bordenick and Karen Ernst will break down what's happening in the news . VFV Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/21833...
Flyer announcing partnership and the discussion discussed in Skeet. Picture of Megaphone.
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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"In 1949, before there was a vaccine, my thirteen-year-old brother Freddie died from encephalitis, a direct complication of measles. ...Freddie’s family will not stop letting people know that measles is preventable." hekint.org/2026/09/10/a...
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A measles death in the family - Hektoen International
Ellen DavisChapel Hill, North Carolina, United States In 1949, before there was a vaccine, my thirteen-year-old brother Freddie died from encephalitis, a direct complication of measles. A person with ...
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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I was healthy. Measles still hit like a truck. www.voicesforvaccines.org/i-was-health... via @voices4vaccines.bsky.social
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Measles hit me like a truck.
As an adult, I knew I was missing some vaccines, but I wasn’t sure which ones. Then, I was diagnosed with measles.
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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Caitlin advocates for kids who aren't allowed to get vaccinated, because she herself wasn't.
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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Measles did something terrible to Britt's family in 1957. Will we have to see these outcomes again in 2027? www.voicesforvaccines.org/my-aunt-caug...
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My Aunt Caught Measles in 1957
My grandparents didn’t have the option to vaccinate. But every parent today does. I saw what measles left behind. I saw the lives it altered forever.
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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"Two things have stayed with me from childhood. The first is a memory: I was sick with measles and struggling to breathe... The second is a pair of silver candlesticks. They tell a harder story." www.voicesforvaccines.org/every-shabba...
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I Light Candles for a Girl Who Died of Polio
Whenever I light them on Shabbat, I think about Edith. I think about what it meant to live in a world without the vaccines we now take for granted.
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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
There's a measles betting market???
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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
It's our job to protect all kids. Vaccines help do that. (Dr. Tracy Tyson, dr_tracy_tyson on IG)
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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
How we support pro-vaccine conversations, one family at a time. www.linkedin.com/pulse/famili...
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For Families, From Families: How Voices for Vaccines Supports Pro-Vaccine Conversations, One Family at a Time
In honor of National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM), for this edition of Arclet's In Conversation series, we spoke with Dr. Jessica Reggi, Volunteer & Partnerships Project Manager at Voices for V...
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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
RFK Jr. makes a bad comparison.
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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Here's something they don't want you to know: Vaccines don't cause autism.
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
In light of certain recent news stories, I thought it worth reiterating my stand on the vaccines/autism link: Vaccines do not cause autism Simple #vaccineswork @voices4vaccines.bsky.social
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Vaccinate Your Family @vaxyourfam.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Peek-a-boo is cute. Whooping cough? Hard pass. Pertussis can be especially scary for babies, so ask about DTaP and Tdap vaccines to help protect your crew. @voices4vaccines.bsky.social #AskForVax #VoicesForVaccines #NIAM26 #MakeTheCall
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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
To vaccinate is to protect (and love) thy neighbor.
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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Azylee was a perfectly healthy little girl who lost her life to influenza. It's not a mundane disease.
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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
The 1918 flu pandemic killed millions. When the coffins ran out, people turned to doors. My grandmother had carried the memory of one of those doors since her childhood. But I never knew—until she heard me cough. www.voicesforvaccines.org/my-grandmoth...
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What Happened to Grandma After 1918
When the coffins ran out, they used doors. Grandma carried the memory of one forever.
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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Magdalen was in an Ebola vaccine trial. She firmly believes in the power of science to prevent disease! Thanks to her and all others who join these trials to protect the rest of us.
In 2015 I was a participant in an Ebola vaccine trial (first in human, Phase 1). It was randomized, blinded, placebo (saline) controlled. I found out after six months that I did get the vaccines, not salty water.

The same team are now working to develop an effective vaccine against the Bundibugyo strain. I am so proud to have been a small part of a process that has saved so many lives, and will save so many more.

Vaccines work!
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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
"In the United States, there are now efforts to weaken vaccination recommendations. I just can’t believe it." How Trieu got Hep B and why he's a major advocate for prevention. www.voicesforvaccines.org/im-a-doctor-...
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I’m a Doctor. Hepatitis B Almost Killed Me Anyway.
If we make people feel the vaccine is not important, we will go back to a public health crisis.
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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Flu vaccines work! Though shall not trivialize them.
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
oh my god
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Natalie Brender @nataliebrender.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
@weratedogs.com Harvey is a very, very good dog.
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
another great resource
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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
VFV has a new series of graphics utilizing handwritten notes. Like all of our graphics, they're free to use and customize, and are available on our site: www.voicesforvaccines.org/social-media...
Emmalee Madeline Snehal Parker -- Emmy

A real firecracker. A ton of ruach (spirit)
Home from India July 2005. Two and a half
years old. 17 lbs. Always moving. Never still.
Until January 2, 2011. Five months since
SSPE* diagnosis. Measles encephalitis.
Didn’t have a timely MMR in India. Got
measles there. Measles kills, VACCINATE!
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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Disney's 'Dog with a Blog' ended in 2015. Voices for Vaccines' dog with a blog starts TODAY! www.voicesforvaccines.org/heres-what-i...
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Here’s What I Know About Vaccines. Trust Me. I’m a Goldendoodle.
My name’s Harvey! Here’s the story of how one of my friends wasn’t vaccinated and got kennel cough.
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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The Measles Collaborative How did we get here
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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Submitted by Alana's dad, Zach. Get your flu shot when it's time.
My beautiful daughter Alana died at the young age of 5 1/2 years old due to complications from the flu. Her loss completely shredded the fabric of my life and my family forever. I never knew people died from the flu. Sadly this could have been prevent from something as simple as a vaccine.
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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
"After the mandate was lifted, flu vaccination rates dropped to 40%"
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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Real men eat cactus, and get themselves tested for hepatitis B.
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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
"Tetanus cases are on the rise, a recent JAMA viewpoint noted: Thirty-eight U.S. cases were reported in 2025, the most in a single year since 2006." www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...
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Here’s why you should be more worried about tetanus
The disease can cause muscle spasms strong enough to fracture bones. It’s fully preventable, but vaccination rates are slipping.
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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
"I was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia when I was only one year old. My cancer treatment left me immunosuppressed for basically my entire life... One of the most common causes of organ rejection is infection: viral, bacterial, or fungal." www.voicesforvaccines.org/im-beating-t...
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I’m beating the odds after cancer. Vaccines help me do it.
I’ve overcome so much medically. But I can’t beat measles and other diseases on my own.
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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Several other cancers will go down too. You're gonna get tired of winning.
A graph showing the rates of cervical cancer in young women by HPV vaccination status. The rate for women vaccinated on time is nearly 0.
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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
The news about HPV vaccines just keeps getting better. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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HPV vaccine means young women now have 'close to zero' risk of cervical cancer death
A new study finds that hundreds of lives have been saved since school-age girls were offered the HPV jab in 2008.
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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I don't know news media cycle, I kinda like this Fauci guy.
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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
"Five years ago, if you’d told me I’d have to worry about getting measles every time I left my house, I wouldn’t have believed you. I took it for granted that I could rely on herd immunity without a second thought." www.voicesforvaccines.org/i-cant-be-va...
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I Can’t Be Vaccinated. That’s Why I Need You to Be.
Every time I get sick, my immune system treats it as something it’s never seen before—a complete unknown.
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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
There is no evidence COVID started because of a lab leak.
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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Ages 20-24.
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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
If you want to test the dead internet theory, just make a post from a sizeable pro-vaccine Facebook page 😃 Genuine robot invasion.
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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Story submission by Kelly. "I later developed asthma, and have had issues with lung function since. Please choose prevention and vaccinate your children...to make sure our kids get to be healthy kids." www.voicesforvaccines.org/i-was-four-w...
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Measles Collapsed My Lung. I Was 4.
Measles vaccine became widely available two years later, when I was in first grade.
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Onisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
This has a chilling title. theconversation.com/the-hpv-vacc...
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The HPV vaccine works – but only if we keep trusting it
No vaccinated young woman in England has died of cervical cancer in years. Japan’s vaccine scare shows how easily that progress can unravel.
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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Vaccines keep making progress despite their critics.
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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
"That’s according to a new study that pulled data from more than 1 million patients in a US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health system." from @bethmariem.bsky.social arstechnica.com/health/2026/...
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Heart protection from COVID shots remains amid updates, study finds
Despite continued benefits, anti-vaccine rhetoric has driven down vaccination.
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Princess Buttercup ☠ @sckitupbttrcp.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The year before the introduction of the hib vaccine (1994) in Aotearoa we had an incidence of 36.4 cases per 100,000 population, by 1999 it had fallen to 1.7 cases per 100,000 population. Vaccines work e te whānau. It's a beautiful thing.
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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The Hib vaccine basically eliminated Hib. Before then, it was the leading cause of bacterial meningitis in young kids, and led to tragedies like this one. Remarkable public health win. www.voicesforvaccines.org/a-hib-vaccin...
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A Hib Vaccine Would’ve Saved My Brother
I sat on the floor next to Bobby. As I sat there watching him, I felt terrified.
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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
"Doctors are the most trusted source of information on these topics – and OB-GYNs occupy a special place." AAP, AAFP, and now ACOG are good resources for timely vaccine schedules.
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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Love your neighbor as yourself, including by protecting them from disease. Three faith leaders speak on the importance of vaccination. www.voicesforvaccines.org/love-vaccina...
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Love Vaccinates: Faith & Community
Love your neighbor as yourself, including by protecting them from disease. Three faith leaders speak on the importance of vaccination.
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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Judy lived through a frightening polio outbreak, which had parents 'sieging' their health department for treatments. She is very pro-vaccine. www.voicesforvaccines.org/i-see-covid-...
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I See COVID Through the Summer of 1953
The pandemic took me back to when polio stalked every neighborhood in America.
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