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  Viral Transmissions this week discusses polio, Langya virus, and new CDC guidance.

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  One of the most powerful things I’ve heard from a pediatrician is this: “My last resort is to beg a parent not to put me in a position to watch their child die of an illness we could’ve prevented with a vaccine.” The doctor isn’t making the recommendation for fun.

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  Act, Shadowfax! Show us the very meaning of performance!

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  RFK jr testified to a court that he was too mentally incompetent to hold a job and then later took the nation’s chief healthcare administration job. I’m confused about how it was difficult to predict that his promises might not be reliable.

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  Should be able to pair the bordering states and get some excellent outcomes studies on the policy in just a few years’ time then, right? The laboratories of democracy are now laboratories to determine whether it’s good or bad to prevent childhood illnesses. (Btw it’s good)