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Coronavirus Update (3/28/20)

by TheVaccineMom
written by TheVaccineMom

Update as of 9 am ET

There have been over 1.7K deaths from COVID-19 in the U.S.

The U.S. House of Representatives approved the coronavirus relief bill. The president will next sign the $2 trillion bill to help aid Americans in this time of need.

The president also invoked the Defense Protection Act. General Motors is now required to produce ventilators for hospitals. Over the next 100 days, the U.S. should be able to acquire over 100K ventilators.

The FDA warns about taking aquarium-related chloroquine phosphate products, in an effort to treat COVID-19. These products are not interchangeable with FDA-approved drugs. These drugs are still being studied for effectiveness in treating COVID-19. Visit Latest COVID-19 Information From the FDA for more information on treatments and testing.

New resource!
 Apple, in partnership with the CDC, the White House Coronavirus Task Force, and FEMA, created and released a new App that helps people stay informed during the COVID-19 pandemic. It also has a disease screening questionnaire feature that will in-turn give you the proper procedure to take should you be sick. Find more information on the Apple Newsroom web page.

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Coronavirus Update (3/24/20)

by TheVaccineMom
written by TheVaccineMom

There’s evidence to suggest that warmer weather could slow down the spread of the virus. Although they’ve found lower transmission in warmer climates, there is no evidence to suggest that the virus won’t spread in warm and humid climates.

The proposed stimulus package that could help American families financially during this hard time was blocked by the senate democrats. The emergency rescue package would provide federal assistance, including stock buybacks and executive pay, unemployment insurance, and worker protections.

Here are a few new things from the CDC: Although different parts of the countries are seeing different levels of the disease, all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico have reported cases of COVID-19, with 27 reporting community spread.

WHO says the U.S. could become the new epicenter for the virus due to the large acceleration of COVID-19 infections.

The summer Olympics in Japan are going to be postponed until 2021

The White House announced a program called “15 Days to Slow the Spread”

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Jenny’s First Sleepover – A hit among parents looking to teach their children about vaccine-preventable diseases

by TheVaccineMom
written by TheVaccineMom

Written by Moshe Rhodes and illustrated by Kristin Coghlan, Jenny’s First Sleepover is a fascinating book for children (age 4 and up) that shows the dangers of vaccine-preventable diseases.

Here’s the author:

As a millennial in the United States, I never really considered that I’d live through a full-fledged pandemic. Outbreaks of plague, smallpox, cholera, and even polio were distant occurrences relegated to the world of history books, third-world countries, and video games. Oregon Trail, anybody? Antibiotics, modern medicine, improved hygiene, and vaccination have proven to be largely victorious over the majority of infectious diseases. Clearly, I am not alone.

Moshe

It is horrifying to watch the millennials and gen Zers crowding the Florida beaches during spring break 2020, fully aware of Covid-19. It is like watching a slow-moving car wreck to witness the ever-increasing rate of anti-vaxxers and vaccine hesitancy among members of my generation.

As a cancer survivor, recent father, and professor of microbial genetics, I wanted to take a stand against the rampant anti-vaccination that is endangering myself and those I hold dear. To that end, I recently wrote a darkly humorous satirical picture book Jenny’s First Sleepover in an effort to combat the anti-vaccination rhetoric in the United States. In Jenny’s First Sleepover myself and illustrator Kristin Coghlan endeavor to portray the real-world consequences of vaccine-preventable diseases in a light-hearted but in your face manner. Think Go the F—k to Sleep or A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo meets vaccination.

My hope was that Jenny’s First Sleepover would serve as a friendly reminder to people of the seriousness of diseases such as measles, tetanus, and diphtheria before we witnessed them first-hand once again. The clamor for a coronavirus vaccine may yet signal the death knell for the antivaccination movement and render Jenny’s First Sleepover obsolete. That would certainly be a silver lining. Sadly, I have my doubts.

You can purchase Jenny’s First Sleepover on Amazon and on Barnes & Noble

Find out more about Jenny’s first sleepover visit www.jennysfirstsleepover.com and xx on Facebook

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What do health care professionals have to say?

What do healthcare professionals have to say? *”Steve,” MD – Jack-of-all-trades*

by TheVaccineMom
written by TheVaccineMom
This is a photo from UNICEF…it’s not the real “Steve.”

Steve is no stranger to vaccinations or advanced degrees. I rarely meet someone with so many letters after his name. 

Steve currently works in the emergency department at a community hospital in the San Francisco Bay Area, but is a jack-of-all-trades, specializing in not only emergency room medicine, but tropical diseases/travel medicine and acupuncture. Before stepping into his roll in the emergency department, he had a clinic for over a decade where he catered to travelers, both pre- and post-travel.

As you may already know, overseas travelers may be recommended or required to get additional vaccinations to what we need here in the US. This precaution may be due to an outbreak of the disease in the travel destination. 

At his clinic, he regularly immunized travelers, as well as gave necessary required boosters. Due to his training at UCLA medical school and his tropical medicine training in the UK, he has a well-formed foundation in vaccine theory and education.   

Steve says patients bring up vaccination concerns all the time.

Most often I hear arguments that immunizations induce autism or autoimmune diseases and that parents who have these views are often quite dogmatic about their beliefs.

Steve
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