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hlthe2b

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2. Dr. Bill Shafner (Vanderbilt): I absolutely share your devastation and intense concern
Mon Aug 4, 2025, 01:59 PM
Aug 2025

I think the only thing to do is for AMA, American Academy of Pediatrics, IDSA, American Public Health Association, American College of Obstetrics & Gynecology, the former CDC epidemiology alumni of the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS), and academic & yes, commercial vaccinologists, virologists, and epidemiologists (and probably a few others not yet included) need to establish their own consensus guidelines and take it to the insurers (to dare them not to cover these recommended vaccines).

The same for the national Prevention guidelines for cancer and other screenings--U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)

I am devastated by what RFK Jr and Trump are doing to CDC, NIH, FDA, USDA and others, but we are simply going to have to take some of this away--for now.

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