Vax Talk

It's National Immunization Awareness Month, week 1. We are focused on vaccines during pregnancies, the two-for-one that protects both mom and baby.

To talk about this important topic, we invited What to Expect's Heidi Murkoff to share her expertise and give us all advice about how to reach women during pregnancy and encourage immunization,

Echo chambers, Dunning-Kruger, misinformation, and conspiracy theories. These bad parts of social media are what pro-vaccine advocates battle daily and are the subject of this episode. Nathan and Karen talk to Dr. Jen Golbeck, director of the Social Intelligence Lab at the University of Maryland, College Park. (Plus, hear our new intro!)

Find our NIAM t-shirts at cafepress.com/voicesforvaccines

Karen traveled to Atlanta for the National Immunization Conference and met many amazing people, a few of whom are featured in this episode. Nathan talks about the great pro-vaccine advocates we know, and they both discuss why we all advocate and what we can do to create more vaccine confidence.

This episode is sponsored by the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: vaccine.chop.edu/parents

Links mentioned...

Dear Pro-Vaxxers response: vaxopedia.org/2018/05/17/dear-anti-vaxxers/

Vaccine Confidence Survey: www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/public-support-vaccines-drops-bit-n876156

Nathan and Karen talk to Every Child By Two's Amy Pisani about how the immunization challenges have changed over the decades and what challenges we face in our work together combatting vaccine-preventable diseases.

Links from the episode:

Every Child By Two/Vaccinate Your Family, http://vaccinateyourfamily.org/

Hotez/Caplan article, https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/anti-vaccine-misinformation-denies-childrens-rights/

New Jersey hearing video, https://www.facebook.com/NowThisNews/videos/2002221983142615/

So much of vaccine advocacy is aimed at mothers, but where are the dads in all of this? To find out, Nathan and Karen talked to Dean Masello, writer, comedian, and SAHD. Find him at wokedad.com.

This episode was made possible by a generous donation from Immunization Action Coalition: immunize.org.

Karen and Nathan host Dr. Chad Hayes and Natalie Newell from the Parenthetical Science podcast for a rousing discussion about how parenting is harder than it needs to be and how people fall into the neverending woo rabbit hole.

Links from the episode:

Social media/HPV article: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1WeU26gdZRcH6E

Nathan's Needlephobia video: https://www.facebook.com/PedsGeekMD/videos/1460845477371119/

Parenthetical Science podcast: https://www.parentheticalscience.com/

Nathan and Karen talk to Dr. Paul Offit--head of infectious diseases at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and all around good guy. Dr. Offit took the time to answer questions our listeners submitted online, covering topics from influenza to pertussis to advocacy.

It's Cervical Cancer Awareness Month! In this episode, Nathan and Karen talk to Tamika Felder about her battle with HPV-caused cervical cancer and her organization, Cervivor.

Links from this episode:

http://cervivor.org/

Someone You Love: https://www.hpvepidemic.com/

Mother Jones article: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/01/there-is-a-whole-cottage-industry-of-doctors-helping-parents-skip-their-kids-vaccines/

Leon's story: https://www.facebook.com/ltlyman/posts/10104570897037495?pnref=story

A look at the HPV vaccine: http://www.chop.edu/centers-programs/vaccine-education-center/vaccine-details/human-papillomavirus

In November, Nathan and Karen traveled to Bethesda, MD to record a live episode at NFID's Vaccinology Course. They discussed vaccine messaging with the good people there, and now, as a holiday treat, are sharing it with you.

Watch for more great VAX TALK episodes in 2018, and support our mission at www.voicesforvaccines.org/support.

This episode was made possible through the sponsorship of NFID. Learn more at nfid.org.

It’s also National Influenza Vaccination Week, which means it isn’t too late to get your flu shot. We invited Dr. Bill Schaffner (Vanderbilt) to discuss the difference between influenza and colds/tummy illnesses, this year’s flu season, the effectiveness of flu vaccines, and why your children are the most likely vectors of the flu. We also invited Serese Marotta (Families Fighting Flu) to discuss her family’s experience with H1N1 in 2009.

Episode links:

Donate: www.voicesforvaccines.org/donate

Families Fighting Flu: www.familiesfightingflu.org

Nathan's CDC webinar: https://youtu.be/HaOmFfJJac8

How deadly is measles?: http://www.unitypoint.org/blankchildrens/pedsgeekmd-article.aspx?id=babec96f-cf1e-4af1-b421-adfcb36ca561&Seriously%252c+How+Deadly+Is+Measles%253f+