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Why did Americans expect a perfect COVID vaccine?

Your Local Epidemiologist

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Looking back, it wasn’t just misinformation that confused people—well-intended public health messages and even miscommunication over the meaning of words set expectations far too high. Better than we dared to hope Then, in late 2020, expectations were blown out of the water. And we didn’t have herd immunity.

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Herd Immunity Health Literacy Health Communication

HHS picks, the House subcommittee report, and pandemic revisionism

Your Local Epidemiologist

DECEMBER 4, 2024

In winter 2020, we were losing ~3,500 people per day. In October 2020, the GBD advocated for a distinct approach: isolate the vulnerable while allowing infections to spread among lower-risk members of the population. And it worked. Take the Great Barrington Declaration.

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Why did Americans expect a perfect COVID vaccine?

HHS picks, the House subcommittee report, and pandemic revisionism

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