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Dorit Reiss

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Professor of law at UC Law San Francisco. Writes about vaccines law and policy. Vaccine Advocate. Mom of two.

  1. I cannot emphasize enough that the playbook being used against mRNA vaccines (and vaccines in general) is IDENTICAL to the playbook used to restrict voting rights after the 2020 election: actively sow public distrust, then cite the distrust you sowed as an independent reason for your desired policy

    As a vaccine for broad public use, mRNA technology has failed to earn the public’s trust.

    Opinion | Jay Bhattacharya: Why the NIH is pivoting away from mRNA vaccines

    As a vaccine for broad public use, mRNA technology has failed to earn the public’s trust.

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  2. I know this won’t reach folks who don’t already know it but just in case:

    If you are a parent and your kid is going to college, there’s no time when you reaching out to their professors, choosing their classes, or doing their assignments is helping them.

    Go get a hobby.

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  3. Even the house republicans covid report rightly said (despite promoting lab leak conspiracy theories) that Operation Warp Speed "helped save millions of lives" and was "a model to build upon in the future"

    RFK Jr is doing the opposite of using Operation Warp Speed as a model to build on.

    United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability

    FINAL REPORT: COVID Select Concludes 2-Year Investigation, Issues 500+ Page Final Report on Lessons Learned and the Path Forward - United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability

    United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability

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