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"We live in capitalism, its power seems inescapable - but then, so did the divine right of kings" Ursula K LeGuin "The Nazis changed but they never went away" Chumba "He sees the bright and hollow sky" my people "Cuddle us" my kitties
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2) Pneumococcal vaccines. Pneumococci are bacteria which are *one* of the causes of clinical diagnosis called "pneumonia". Pneumococcal vax protect us against *this* cause of pneumonia, but not others (including viruses). Prevnar-20 pneumococcal vax is a one done vax: good for life. CDC info here:

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3) Pertussis [Whooping cough] vax. If you got usual childhood vax [I did!] you likely got "DPT". "P" stands for "Pertussis": whooping cough. aka "100 day cough". Pertussis vax can lose efficacy. Who knew? I didn't: and got it from a patient. My vax wore off. 0/10 do *not* recommend whooping cough.

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Lurk Murdy
@kirkmurphy.bsky.social
"We live in capitalism, its power seems inescapable - but then, so did the divine right of kings" Ursula K LeGuin "The Nazis changed but they never went away" Chumba "He sees the bright and hollow sky" my people "Cuddle us" my kitties
1k followers2.7k following4.7k posts