Ignore Your Instinct and Trust the Experts

(who bow to institutions and regurgitate the script)

This “Vaccine Pitch Meeting” kinda nails it…

Moonbase Commander @MoonbaseCommand

"Vaccine Pitch Meeting" Part 1

Many of us have been watching the plots of 1984 and Fahrenheit 451 play out for the past two years and we’re trying to rewrite the endings…

We all know what this country was founded on…

Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 @TulsiGabbard

If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter. — George Washington

But the messaging is everywhere…

Vaccinate Your Family @Vaxyourfam

“These Are the Pro-vaccine Messages People Want to Hear” - via @washingtonpost - bit.ly/3vj0vbF -- #COVID19 #covidvaccine #vaxnews #vaccines #vaccineswork #covid19vaccines #COVID19vaccine #vaccination

bit.lyThese are the pro-vaccine messages people want to hearNo single strategy works for everyone, but a combination of several types of messages and messengers is persuading on-the-fence folks to get vaccinated.

Support Jeffco Kids @SupportJeffKids

How to Talk to Parents About COVID-19 Vaccines: 3 Tips From Scientists

bityl.coHow to Talk to Parents About COVID-19 Vaccines: 3 Tips From ScientistsThe National Academies of Science has new guidance for schools on encouraging parents to get their children vaccinated.

(I attempt to weave some additional perspective into a local health department presentation here.)

Weaving Perspective into Propaganda

And the silencing is intense…

Punishing Dissident Physicians

The Censorship of Medicine

It helps to be aware that the same people and organizations who tell you to “talk to your doctor” and also telling your doctor what to say.

Below are some of the scripts.

If your doctor can’t speak outside these lines, think twice.

• https://wecandothis.hhs.gov/resource/how-to-talk-to-parents-guardians-about-vaccinating-children

• https://wecandothis.hhs.gov/resource/how-talk-about-covid-19-vaccines-parents-and-teens

• https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/hcp/pediatrician/quick-guide.html

• https://www.immunize.org/talking-about-vaccines/responding-to-parents.asp

• https://www.edweek.org/leadership/how-to-talk-to-parents-about-covid-19-vaccines-3-tips-from-scientists/2021/10

• https://magazine.jhsph.edu/2022/quick-guide-talking-vaccine-hesitant-parents

• https://www.healthline.com/health-news/how-pediatricians-are-talking-with-nervous-parents-about-the-covid-19-vaccine#Talk-about-kids-risk-when-it-comes-to-COVID-19

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