It’s not too late to get your flu shot!
Infectious Diseases Vaccines
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
It’s still not too late to get your flu shot protection by Christmas y’all…GO get it! CDC Weekly U.S. Influenza Surveillance Report Link to Original FB Post
Dear Pandemic Live Q&A 11-21-22
Families/Kids Infection and Spread Infectious Diseases Socializing Staying Safe Testing and Contact Tracing Uncertainty and Misinformation Videos
Those Nerdy Girls offer advice on staying well during a “triple threat” holiday season and insights into science denial – why it happens and how to navigate tricky conversations. Hosted by Those Nerdy Girls with: * Sara Gorman, PhD, MPH: Co-Founder of Critica, Author of Denying to the Grave & Contributing Writer at TNG * …
Los signos y síntomas, la prevención, y que hacer si un niño tiene el virus respiratorio sincitial (VRS):
Families/Kids Infectious Diseases Posts en Español
Aparna Kumar, PhD CRNP MPH
Recientemente compartimos una publicación sobre el virus respiratorio sincitial (VRS) Publicación aquí *La gráfica que compartimos hoy fue creada hace unos años por La Nacion (@lanacioncr), una página y periódico de Noticias en Costa Rica. La gráfica no fue creada por Querida Pandemia. Puede haber algunas inconsistencias en esta gráfica, las cuales hemos aclarado previamente. …
Should I get the flu vaccine while I’m pregnant?
Infectious Diseases Reproductive Health Vaccines
Katherine Cartwright, DO, MPH
A: YES! The flu vaccine protects against the higher risk of severe flu disease during pregnancy AND protects the newborn from flu during the first few months of life. TL;DR: Flu season looks especially bad this year. Influenza (“the flu”) vaccination is strongly recommended in pregnancy. Because the virus is seasonal, vaccination is recommended as …
Is this bad RSV and flu season due to an “immunity debt?”
Infectious Diseases
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
A: Yes and No. But the term itself is proving confusing and unhelpful. TL;DR: There is no “immunity debt” for individuals. We don’t need to get infected to protect us from…. getting infected. The fewer pathogen exposures over a lifetime, the better. (Just ask previous generations who suffered through measles, cholera, polio, smallpox, etc). For …
How do I know if we have RSV, the flu, or COVID-19?
Families/Kids Infectious Diseases
Malia Jones, PhD MPH
The short answer is: process of elimination. First, rule out COVID-19 with a home test (with nose+throat swab technique! See link below). If that’s negative, assess your symptoms. If your first symptoms are drippy nose/sneezing, it’s more likely RSV. If your symptoms start out with a sudden high fever and body aches, it’s more likely …
¿Qué es ese “VRS” del que he escuchado hablar?
Infection and Spread Infectious Diseases Posts en Español
Aparna Kumar, PhD CRNP MPH
El VRS (infección por el virus respiratorio sincitial) es uno de las docenas de virus que pueden causar el “resfriado común”. Pero hay que tener cuidado: es muy contagioso y, a diferencia de otras causas de resfriados comunes, el VRS puede volverse peligroso. Los bebés prematuros, los niños pequeños, las personas con enfermedades inmunológicas, pulmonares …
¡AHORA es el momento de vacunarse contra la influenza!
Infectious Diseases Posts en Español
Tita Smyth Escobedo, PM-IT
La temporada de influenza ha comenzado aproximadamente un mes antes este año y los casos aumentan rápidamente tanto en los EE. UU. como en el Reino Unido. Con un retraso de dos semanas entre la inoculación de la vacuna y el desarrollo total de la inmunidad, ¡ESTE es el momento de vacunarse contra la influenza! …
If you haven’t already… GO get your flu shot NOW!
Infectious Diseases Vaccines
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
Flu is hitting early and fiercely this year. Hospitals, especially pediatric hospitals, are filling up with a mix of RSV, COVID, and flu. We have vaccines for 2 of those 3 infections…let’s use them! Source: CDC Weekly U.S. Influenza Surveillance Report Link to Original FB Post
Do flu shots work?
Infectious Diseases
Malia Jones, PhD MPH
Yes. Annual flu vaccines prevent hundreds of thousands of cases of flu and save thousands of lives every year. The answer to the question “how well do they work” isn’t black and white because it changes from year to year, and even sometimes within a season. But even in a year when the flu vaccine …
It’s still not too late to get your flu shot protection by Christmas y’all…GO get it! CDC Weekly U.S. Influenza Surveillance Report Link to Original FB Post
Dear Pandemic Live Q&A 11-21-22
Families/Kids Infection and Spread Infectious Diseases Socializing Staying Safe Testing and Contact Tracing Uncertainty and Misinformation Videos
Those Nerdy Girls offer advice on staying well during a “triple threat” holiday season and insights into science denial – why it happens and how to navigate tricky conversations. Hosted by Those Nerdy Girls with: * Sara Gorman, PhD, MPH: Co-Founder of Critica, Author of Denying to the Grave & Contributing Writer at TNG * …
Los signos y síntomas, la prevención, y que hacer si un niño tiene el virus respiratorio sincitial (VRS):
Families/Kids Infectious Diseases Posts en EspañolAparna Kumar, PhD CRNP MPH
Recientemente compartimos una publicación sobre el virus respiratorio sincitial (VRS) Publicación aquí *La gráfica que compartimos hoy fue creada hace unos años por La Nacion (@lanacioncr), una página y periódico de Noticias en Costa Rica. La gráfica no fue creada por Querida Pandemia. Puede haber algunas inconsistencias en esta gráfica, las cuales hemos aclarado previamente. …
Should I get the flu vaccine while I’m pregnant?
Infectious Diseases Reproductive Health Vaccines
Katherine Cartwright, DO, MPH
A: YES! The flu vaccine protects against the higher risk of severe flu disease during pregnancy AND protects the newborn from flu during the first few months of life. TL;DR: Flu season looks especially bad this year. Influenza (“the flu”) vaccination is strongly recommended in pregnancy. Because the virus is seasonal, vaccination is recommended as …
Is this bad RSV and flu season due to an “immunity debt?”
Infectious Diseases
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
A: Yes and No. But the term itself is proving confusing and unhelpful. TL;DR: There is no “immunity debt” for individuals. We don’t need to get infected to protect us from…. getting infected. The fewer pathogen exposures over a lifetime, the better. (Just ask previous generations who suffered through measles, cholera, polio, smallpox, etc). For …
How do I know if we have RSV, the flu, or COVID-19?
Families/Kids Infectious Diseases
Malia Jones, PhD MPH
The short answer is: process of elimination. First, rule out COVID-19 with a home test (with nose+throat swab technique! See link below). If that’s negative, assess your symptoms. If your first symptoms are drippy nose/sneezing, it’s more likely RSV. If your symptoms start out with a sudden high fever and body aches, it’s more likely …
¿Qué es ese “VRS” del que he escuchado hablar?
Infection and Spread Infectious Diseases Posts en Español
Aparna Kumar, PhD CRNP MPH
El VRS (infección por el virus respiratorio sincitial) es uno de las docenas de virus que pueden causar el “resfriado común”. Pero hay que tener cuidado: es muy contagioso y, a diferencia de otras causas de resfriados comunes, el VRS puede volverse peligroso. Los bebés prematuros, los niños pequeños, las personas con enfermedades inmunológicas, pulmonares …
¡AHORA es el momento de vacunarse contra la influenza!
Infectious Diseases Posts en Español
Tita Smyth Escobedo, PM-IT
La temporada de influenza ha comenzado aproximadamente un mes antes este año y los casos aumentan rápidamente tanto en los EE. UU. como en el Reino Unido. Con un retraso de dos semanas entre la inoculación de la vacuna y el desarrollo total de la inmunidad, ¡ESTE es el momento de vacunarse contra la influenza! …
If you haven’t already… GO get your flu shot NOW!
Infectious Diseases Vaccines
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
Flu is hitting early and fiercely this year. Hospitals, especially pediatric hospitals, are filling up with a mix of RSV, COVID, and flu. We have vaccines for 2 of those 3 infections…let’s use them! Source: CDC Weekly U.S. Influenza Surveillance Report Link to Original FB Post
Do flu shots work?
Infectious Diseases
Malia Jones, PhD MPH
Yes. Annual flu vaccines prevent hundreds of thousands of cases of flu and save thousands of lives every year. The answer to the question “how well do they work” isn’t black and white because it changes from year to year, and even sometimes within a season. But even in a year when the flu vaccine …
Recientemente compartimos una publicación sobre el virus respiratorio sincitial (VRS) Publicación aquí *La gráfica que compartimos hoy fue creada hace unos años por La Nacion (@lanacioncr), una página y periódico de Noticias en Costa Rica. La gráfica no fue creada por Querida Pandemia. Puede haber algunas inconsistencias en esta gráfica, las cuales hemos aclarado previamente. …
Should I get the flu vaccine while I’m pregnant?
Infectious Diseases Reproductive Health VaccinesKatherine Cartwright, DO, MPH
A: YES! The flu vaccine protects against the higher risk of severe flu disease during pregnancy AND protects the newborn from flu during the first few months of life. TL;DR: Flu season looks especially bad this year. Influenza (“the flu”) vaccination is strongly recommended in pregnancy. Because the virus is seasonal, vaccination is recommended as …
Is this bad RSV and flu season due to an “immunity debt?”
Infectious Diseases
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
A: Yes and No. But the term itself is proving confusing and unhelpful. TL;DR: There is no “immunity debt” for individuals. We don’t need to get infected to protect us from…. getting infected. The fewer pathogen exposures over a lifetime, the better. (Just ask previous generations who suffered through measles, cholera, polio, smallpox, etc). For …
How do I know if we have RSV, the flu, or COVID-19?
Families/Kids Infectious Diseases
Malia Jones, PhD MPH
The short answer is: process of elimination. First, rule out COVID-19 with a home test (with nose+throat swab technique! See link below). If that’s negative, assess your symptoms. If your first symptoms are drippy nose/sneezing, it’s more likely RSV. If your symptoms start out with a sudden high fever and body aches, it’s more likely …
¿Qué es ese “VRS” del que he escuchado hablar?
Infection and Spread Infectious Diseases Posts en Español
Aparna Kumar, PhD CRNP MPH
El VRS (infección por el virus respiratorio sincitial) es uno de las docenas de virus que pueden causar el “resfriado común”. Pero hay que tener cuidado: es muy contagioso y, a diferencia de otras causas de resfriados comunes, el VRS puede volverse peligroso. Los bebés prematuros, los niños pequeños, las personas con enfermedades inmunológicas, pulmonares …
¡AHORA es el momento de vacunarse contra la influenza!
Infectious Diseases Posts en Español
Tita Smyth Escobedo, PM-IT
La temporada de influenza ha comenzado aproximadamente un mes antes este año y los casos aumentan rápidamente tanto en los EE. UU. como en el Reino Unido. Con un retraso de dos semanas entre la inoculación de la vacuna y el desarrollo total de la inmunidad, ¡ESTE es el momento de vacunarse contra la influenza! …
If you haven’t already… GO get your flu shot NOW!
Infectious Diseases Vaccines
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
Flu is hitting early and fiercely this year. Hospitals, especially pediatric hospitals, are filling up with a mix of RSV, COVID, and flu. We have vaccines for 2 of those 3 infections…let’s use them! Source: CDC Weekly U.S. Influenza Surveillance Report Link to Original FB Post
Do flu shots work?
Infectious Diseases
Malia Jones, PhD MPH
Yes. Annual flu vaccines prevent hundreds of thousands of cases of flu and save thousands of lives every year. The answer to the question “how well do they work” isn’t black and white because it changes from year to year, and even sometimes within a season. But even in a year when the flu vaccine …
A: YES! The flu vaccine protects against the higher risk of severe flu disease during pregnancy AND protects the newborn from flu during the first few months of life. TL;DR: Flu season looks especially bad this year. Influenza (“the flu”) vaccination is strongly recommended in pregnancy. Because the virus is seasonal, vaccination is recommended as …
Is this bad RSV and flu season due to an “immunity debt?”
Infectious DiseasesJennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
A: Yes and No. But the term itself is proving confusing and unhelpful. TL;DR: There is no “immunity debt” for individuals. We don’t need to get infected to protect us from…. getting infected. The fewer pathogen exposures over a lifetime, the better. (Just ask previous generations who suffered through measles, cholera, polio, smallpox, etc). For …
How do I know if we have RSV, the flu, or COVID-19?
Families/Kids Infectious Diseases
Malia Jones, PhD MPH
The short answer is: process of elimination. First, rule out COVID-19 with a home test (with nose+throat swab technique! See link below). If that’s negative, assess your symptoms. If your first symptoms are drippy nose/sneezing, it’s more likely RSV. If your symptoms start out with a sudden high fever and body aches, it’s more likely …
¿Qué es ese “VRS” del que he escuchado hablar?
Infection and Spread Infectious Diseases Posts en Español
Aparna Kumar, PhD CRNP MPH
El VRS (infección por el virus respiratorio sincitial) es uno de las docenas de virus que pueden causar el “resfriado común”. Pero hay que tener cuidado: es muy contagioso y, a diferencia de otras causas de resfriados comunes, el VRS puede volverse peligroso. Los bebés prematuros, los niños pequeños, las personas con enfermedades inmunológicas, pulmonares …
¡AHORA es el momento de vacunarse contra la influenza!
Infectious Diseases Posts en Español
Tita Smyth Escobedo, PM-IT
La temporada de influenza ha comenzado aproximadamente un mes antes este año y los casos aumentan rápidamente tanto en los EE. UU. como en el Reino Unido. Con un retraso de dos semanas entre la inoculación de la vacuna y el desarrollo total de la inmunidad, ¡ESTE es el momento de vacunarse contra la influenza! …
If you haven’t already… GO get your flu shot NOW!
Infectious Diseases Vaccines
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
Flu is hitting early and fiercely this year. Hospitals, especially pediatric hospitals, are filling up with a mix of RSV, COVID, and flu. We have vaccines for 2 of those 3 infections…let’s use them! Source: CDC Weekly U.S. Influenza Surveillance Report Link to Original FB Post
Do flu shots work?
Infectious Diseases
Malia Jones, PhD MPH
Yes. Annual flu vaccines prevent hundreds of thousands of cases of flu and save thousands of lives every year. The answer to the question “how well do they work” isn’t black and white because it changes from year to year, and even sometimes within a season. But even in a year when the flu vaccine …
A: Yes and No. But the term itself is proving confusing and unhelpful. TL;DR: There is no “immunity debt” for individuals. We don’t need to get infected to protect us from…. getting infected. The fewer pathogen exposures over a lifetime, the better. (Just ask previous generations who suffered through measles, cholera, polio, smallpox, etc). For …
How do I know if we have RSV, the flu, or COVID-19?
Families/Kids Infectious DiseasesMalia Jones, PhD MPH
The short answer is: process of elimination. First, rule out COVID-19 with a home test (with nose+throat swab technique! See link below). If that’s negative, assess your symptoms. If your first symptoms are drippy nose/sneezing, it’s more likely RSV. If your symptoms start out with a sudden high fever and body aches, it’s more likely …
¿Qué es ese “VRS” del que he escuchado hablar?
Infection and Spread Infectious Diseases Posts en Español
Aparna Kumar, PhD CRNP MPH
El VRS (infección por el virus respiratorio sincitial) es uno de las docenas de virus que pueden causar el “resfriado común”. Pero hay que tener cuidado: es muy contagioso y, a diferencia de otras causas de resfriados comunes, el VRS puede volverse peligroso. Los bebés prematuros, los niños pequeños, las personas con enfermedades inmunológicas, pulmonares …
¡AHORA es el momento de vacunarse contra la influenza!
Infectious Diseases Posts en Español
Tita Smyth Escobedo, PM-IT
La temporada de influenza ha comenzado aproximadamente un mes antes este año y los casos aumentan rápidamente tanto en los EE. UU. como en el Reino Unido. Con un retraso de dos semanas entre la inoculación de la vacuna y el desarrollo total de la inmunidad, ¡ESTE es el momento de vacunarse contra la influenza! …
If you haven’t already… GO get your flu shot NOW!
Infectious Diseases Vaccines
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
Flu is hitting early and fiercely this year. Hospitals, especially pediatric hospitals, are filling up with a mix of RSV, COVID, and flu. We have vaccines for 2 of those 3 infections…let’s use them! Source: CDC Weekly U.S. Influenza Surveillance Report Link to Original FB Post
Do flu shots work?
Infectious Diseases
Malia Jones, PhD MPH
Yes. Annual flu vaccines prevent hundreds of thousands of cases of flu and save thousands of lives every year. The answer to the question “how well do they work” isn’t black and white because it changes from year to year, and even sometimes within a season. But even in a year when the flu vaccine …
The short answer is: process of elimination. First, rule out COVID-19 with a home test (with nose+throat swab technique! See link below). If that’s negative, assess your symptoms. If your first symptoms are drippy nose/sneezing, it’s more likely RSV. If your symptoms start out with a sudden high fever and body aches, it’s more likely …
¿Qué es ese “VRS” del que he escuchado hablar?
Infection and Spread Infectious Diseases Posts en EspañolAparna Kumar, PhD CRNP MPH
El VRS (infección por el virus respiratorio sincitial) es uno de las docenas de virus que pueden causar el “resfriado común”. Pero hay que tener cuidado: es muy contagioso y, a diferencia de otras causas de resfriados comunes, el VRS puede volverse peligroso. Los bebés prematuros, los niños pequeños, las personas con enfermedades inmunológicas, pulmonares …
¡AHORA es el momento de vacunarse contra la influenza!
Infectious Diseases Posts en Español
Tita Smyth Escobedo, PM-IT
La temporada de influenza ha comenzado aproximadamente un mes antes este año y los casos aumentan rápidamente tanto en los EE. UU. como en el Reino Unido. Con un retraso de dos semanas entre la inoculación de la vacuna y el desarrollo total de la inmunidad, ¡ESTE es el momento de vacunarse contra la influenza! …
If you haven’t already… GO get your flu shot NOW!
Infectious Diseases Vaccines
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
Flu is hitting early and fiercely this year. Hospitals, especially pediatric hospitals, are filling up with a mix of RSV, COVID, and flu. We have vaccines for 2 of those 3 infections…let’s use them! Source: CDC Weekly U.S. Influenza Surveillance Report Link to Original FB Post
Do flu shots work?
Infectious Diseases
Malia Jones, PhD MPH
Yes. Annual flu vaccines prevent hundreds of thousands of cases of flu and save thousands of lives every year. The answer to the question “how well do they work” isn’t black and white because it changes from year to year, and even sometimes within a season. But even in a year when the flu vaccine …
El VRS (infección por el virus respiratorio sincitial) es uno de las docenas de virus que pueden causar el “resfriado común”. Pero hay que tener cuidado: es muy contagioso y, a diferencia de otras causas de resfriados comunes, el VRS puede volverse peligroso. Los bebés prematuros, los niños pequeños, las personas con enfermedades inmunológicas, pulmonares …
¡AHORA es el momento de vacunarse contra la influenza!
Infectious Diseases Posts en EspañolTita Smyth Escobedo, PM-IT
La temporada de influenza ha comenzado aproximadamente un mes antes este año y los casos aumentan rápidamente tanto en los EE. UU. como en el Reino Unido. Con un retraso de dos semanas entre la inoculación de la vacuna y el desarrollo total de la inmunidad, ¡ESTE es el momento de vacunarse contra la influenza! …
If you haven’t already… GO get your flu shot NOW!
Infectious Diseases Vaccines
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
Flu is hitting early and fiercely this year. Hospitals, especially pediatric hospitals, are filling up with a mix of RSV, COVID, and flu. We have vaccines for 2 of those 3 infections…let’s use them! Source: CDC Weekly U.S. Influenza Surveillance Report Link to Original FB Post
Do flu shots work?
Infectious Diseases
Malia Jones, PhD MPH
Yes. Annual flu vaccines prevent hundreds of thousands of cases of flu and save thousands of lives every year. The answer to the question “how well do they work” isn’t black and white because it changes from year to year, and even sometimes within a season. But even in a year when the flu vaccine …
La temporada de influenza ha comenzado aproximadamente un mes antes este año y los casos aumentan rápidamente tanto en los EE. UU. como en el Reino Unido. Con un retraso de dos semanas entre la inoculación de la vacuna y el desarrollo total de la inmunidad, ¡ESTE es el momento de vacunarse contra la influenza! …
If you haven’t already… GO get your flu shot NOW!
Infectious Diseases VaccinesJennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
Flu is hitting early and fiercely this year. Hospitals, especially pediatric hospitals, are filling up with a mix of RSV, COVID, and flu. We have vaccines for 2 of those 3 infections…let’s use them! Source: CDC Weekly U.S. Influenza Surveillance Report Link to Original FB Post
Do flu shots work?
Infectious Diseases
Malia Jones, PhD MPH
Yes. Annual flu vaccines prevent hundreds of thousands of cases of flu and save thousands of lives every year. The answer to the question “how well do they work” isn’t black and white because it changes from year to year, and even sometimes within a season. But even in a year when the flu vaccine …
Flu is hitting early and fiercely this year. Hospitals, especially pediatric hospitals, are filling up with a mix of RSV, COVID, and flu. We have vaccines for 2 of those 3 infections…let’s use them! Source: CDC Weekly U.S. Influenza Surveillance Report Link to Original FB Post
Do flu shots work?
Infectious DiseasesMalia Jones, PhD MPH
Yes. Annual flu vaccines prevent hundreds of thousands of cases of flu and save thousands of lives every year. The answer to the question “how well do they work” isn’t black and white because it changes from year to year, and even sometimes within a season. But even in a year when the flu vaccine …
Yes. Annual flu vaccines prevent hundreds of thousands of cases of flu and save thousands of lives every year. The answer to the question “how well do they work” isn’t black and white because it changes from year to year, and even sometimes within a season. But even in a year when the flu vaccine …
