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The Dose: This week's public health explained (Oct 11)

Your Local Epidemiologist

38 states are below the herd immunity threshold (95%) for measles. Caitlin Rivers’s new book is out This is a shameless plug for one of my dearest friends, Dr. Caitlin Rivers, an epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins and author of a new book out this week. Go order her book. Idaho has the worst coverage at 79%.

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Trump rounds out health team with CDC, FDA picks

The Hill

In op-eds , he has stressed the importance of herd immunity during the pandemic “But herd immunity is the inevitable result of viral spread and vaccination. She has authored a book titled “Beyond the Stethoscope: Miracles in Medicine.” “I

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Trump's health team: RFK Jr. and 5 doctors tapped to lead 'MAHA'   

The Hill

He wrote in an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal in February 2021 that the government was underestimating the rate of natural immunity from prior COVID-19 infections. He predicted that herd immunity would happen by April, which did not ultimately come to pass.

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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Public Health and the Dairy Cow in the Room

KFF Health News

” A noted expert on health policy issues, Julie is the author of the critically praised reference book “Health Care Politics and Policy A to Z,” now in its third edition. But remember, going back to what’s public health, the power of vaccines is in herd immunity effect.