In the UK and almost all other countries, the new jibjab is recommended for But the CDC recommends it for sCieNce! But which science? CDC or UKHS?
In the UK the Covid shot is recommended for everyone 6 months and older --- just like the U.S. However only those 65 and older can book now in the U.K. because they have priority and there are limited doses as the rollout of the booster starts. But you already knew this -- and you know you are shoveling misinformation deliberately.
Now they want us to take three vaccines each Fall? How about boosters in Spring? To increase sales, the CDC is attempting to increase healthcare provider's marketing skills. There was a study that showed any vaccine, not just the Covid vaccine, increased immune response to Covid. This may be related to the activation of one's immune system after a shot conferring some protection for a while after. My concern to all these shots are worries over long term reduced immune response due to excessive activation or diminishing effectiveness immune response because of numerous virus genetic markers. Buy hey, who am I to get in the way of Pharmaceutical company's meal tickets or their political beneficiaries, especially with 2024 around the corner? 4-STEP PLAN — It’s time for fall shots—and CDC is ready for anti-vaccine nonsense It's time for RSV, flu, and COVID shots, and the CDC has a 4-step strategy to urge vaccination. BETH MOLE - 9/19/2023, 6:04 PM With fall approaching, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is gearing up efforts to promote three respiratory virus vaccines this year—annual flu shots, new RSV vaccines, and updated COVID-19 shots—and the agency's plans include confronting vaccine skepticism and hesitancy head-on. In a presentation to clinicians on Tuesday, the CDC laid out its general recommendations for the use of those vaccines and ended with its four-step strategy to persuade patients swayed by anti-vaccine talking points to come back over to the side of science and public health. The strategy, developed by the CDC in partnership with experts at the American Psychological Association, isn't new, but it has become increasingly needed as anti-vaccine misinformation and disinformation gained further ground during the pandemic. Even now, conservative politicians and officials continue to spread misinformation and skepticism about COVID-19 vaccines, leading to a sharp partisan divide in vaccination uptake and intentions. Still, multiple studies have demonstrated that health care providers and their staff are the most trusted sources for health care information, including vaccines, Nurse Educator JoEllen Wolicki noted in today's presentation. This gives them one of the best chances to sway patients' thinking—and the CDC's strategy aims to help them do so effectively. The baseline requirement for this to work is to have health care providers strongly endorse vaccination, which—sadly—isn't always the case. Some, in fact, have spread ridiculous falsehoods, such as that vaccines can cause people to become magnetic. But, assuming a clinician hasn't bought into anti-vaccine nonsense themselves, there's an opportunity there. Motivational interviewing First, according to the CDC, a clinician should start from a presumptive position—strongly recommend vaccination and then presume the patient is already on board. If they're not, that's when the four-steps begin. Step 1: Embrace empathy and collaboration. Clinicians should be sensitive to all cultural, family-based, and circumstantial reasons someone might be hesitant to get vaccinated. Most importantly, this step is for listening. Do not argue or debate; that does not work, Wolicki warned. Step 2: Ask permission to share information. This is the step where the clinician tries to get the green light to try to do some persuading. If the patient says they're not open to getting more information or having a discussion, clinicians should try to get the patient to open up about why that's the case. If the final answer remains a firm 'no,' then the clinician should respect that and back off, but try to keep a foot in the door by saying something like, "Maybe we could talk about the vaccine at your next visit?” Motivational interviewing. If the clinician gets the go-ahead to talk more about vaccines, then they should take a motivational interviewing approach, which aims to use a patient's goals, values, and motivations to negotiate a way to achieve them. A good way to start the conversation is with a scaled question, such as "On a scale of one to 10, how likely are you to get a COVID-19 vaccine?" Then, the clinician can explore both sides of whatever the number is. For this, the CDC warns against yes/no questions and instead recommends asking open-ended questions, such as "Why did you choose this number?" and "What would it take to get to a higher number?" The goal is to get them to talk out their thinking because this can change how they process their choices and "can develop forward momentum," the CDC says. The agency notes that most vaccine-hesitant people have practice talking about their concerns, but they don't have practice talking through the benefits of vaccination, so it's useful to try to reverse their thinking there. In the course of the discussion, the CDC recommends clinicians affirm positive behaviors, like if the patient says they have gotten a flu shot in the past—"That's great!"—and reflect on what they're saying—"It sounds like you have questions." Last, the CDC recommends summarizing the patient's perspective back to the patient. Step 4: Respond to questions. If the patient raised questions in step 3 about vaccine safety, risk, or their individual health, the clinician should answer them and reframe vaccine data for the patient's individual risk, e.g., “Based on your health, you are at an increased risk of getting very sick, and in the group the vaccine will most benefit." If a clinician isn't sure about an answer, they should talk through how to find good sources of information. It's unclear how effective this strategy will be overall in the coming respiratory virus season. But the CDC notes that clinicians "play a vital role" in ensuring people get recommended vaccinations, particularly older adults most at risk from influenza, COVID-19, and RSV. In a recent poll, 57 percent of US adults said they intended to get the updated COVID-19 vaccine, a large increase from the actual uptake of the last booster. CDC Director Mandy Cohen is currently on a national "trust tour" amid the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, working to rebuild the reputation of the country's health agency and fight back against misinformation, including skepticism of vaccines. https://arstechnica.com/health/2023...s-and-cdc-is-ready-for-anti-vaccine-nonsense/
CDC Information Source for Excess Deaths in the U.S. associated with Covid-19. I will note the medically proven vaccine deaths in the U.S. are under 20 -- all of them associated with J&J. Excess Deaths Associated with COVID-19 Provisional Death Counts for COVID-19 https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/excess_deaths.htm
"The study demonstrates the benefits of vaccination and boosting, even in settings where many people are still getting infected, in reducing transmission. And it shows the cumulative effects from boosting and the additional protection that vaccination gives to those who were previously infected. The likelihood of transmission fell by 11% for each additional dose." COVID-19 Vaccines, Prior Infection Reduce Transmission of Omicron https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2022/12/4...s-prior-infection-reduce-transmission-omicron
Maddy Cusack dead: Baroness Campbell leads tributes after Sheffield United midfielder dies aged 27 UK Telegraph. Vid of her pimping the vaccine before her shot: https://t.me/covidvaccineadversereactions/18144
It’s really sad that anti-vax nutcases attempt to claim that every athlete and celebrity died due to the Covid vaccine. Usually it turns out that the death had no possible relationship to vaccination and the abuse regarding the death from anti-vax idiots only serves to further inflict pain on the grieving family and friends. In this particular case the cause of death has not been revealed but the initial information makes it appear to be suicide.