Andrew.W, PhD, MPH

Ask Congress to Ensure Universal Access to COVID Vaccines and Hold RFK Jr. Accountable The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had their Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meeting this past week. This meeting had several presentations and discussions around...

Today’s testimony from the recent and former director of the CDC continues to validate why RFK must be removed. Go here to sign a letter to ask for this removal from office: actionnetwork.org/letters/save...

We need everyone’s voice to ensure vaccines are protected and not ended. Go here to send your official comment to the @CDCgov - it’s the last day today, Sept 13th to do this! idsociety.quorum.us/campaign/139...

We need everyone’s voice to ensure vaccines are protected and not ended. Go here to send your official comment to the @CDCgov - it’s the last day today, Sept 13th to do this! idsociety.quorum.us/campaign/139...

Infectious Diseases Society of America Infectious Diseases Society of America

We need everyone’s voice to ensure vaccines are protected and not ended. Go here to send your official comment to the @CDCgov - it’s the last day today, Sept 13th to do this! idsociety.quorum.us/campaign/139...

Infectious Diseases Society of America Infectious Diseases Society of America

We need everyone’s voice to ensure vaccines are protected and not ended. Go here to send your official comment to the @CDCgov - it’s the last day today, Sept 13th to do this! idsociety.quorum.us/campaign/139...

Infectious Diseases Society of America Infectious Diseases Society of America

We need everyone’s voice to ensure vaccines are protected and not ended. Go here to send your official comment to the @CDCgov - it’s the last day today, Sept 13th to do this! idsociety.quorum.us/campaign/139...

Infectious Diseases Society of America Infectious Diseases Society of America

We need everyone’s voice to ensure vaccines are protected and not ended. Go here to send your official comment to the @CDCgov - it’s the last day today, Sept 13th to do this! idsociety.quorum.us/campaign/139...

Respiratory weekly update: Dials showing that all seasonal pathogens (Influenza A, Influenza B, RSV, HMPV, and EV-D68) except SARS-CoV-2 are in the low category and not in seasonal onset. SARS-CoV-2 is in the high category.

📊 WWSCAN Weekly Data:

Respiratory weekly update: SARS-CoV-2 is in the ‘High’ category. All other respiratory viruses we monitor (RSV, Influenza A, Influenza B, HMPV and EV-D68) are in the ‘Low’ category nationwide. 🛟😷🧪

Slide presentation theme is marigold and teal with a dark blue background and white text. Header: “The Weather Report 7/14/25." Below that, a deep blue rectangle with white text reads "CDC Data" below that is a map of the US titled "COVID wastewater map from CDC data last updated on July 10, 2025." The map shows states coded in shades of red according to intensity of wastewater viral activity level. Deeper tones correlate to higher viral activity and gray indicates 'Insufficient,' or 'No Data.' High levels are in dark tones for Alaska, Hawaii, Florida, and Alabama. California, Colorado, Guam, Louisiana, Nevada, and South Carolina have moderate levels of viral activity. There is no data for North Dakota and the US Virgin Islands. Text below reads, "10 states and Guam are reporting limited coverage." In the lower left corner, a white text reads "peoplescdc.org."

Header: "The Weather" Body text: "For the past few years, we’ve routinely used CDC national wastewater levels to report “The Weather.” Usually, [WastewaterSCAN (WWS)] and CDC national assessments are more or less in alignment. This week, though, readers might have noticed a temporary (major) discrepancy: for at least one day, WWS designated COVID wastewater a category of “High” while CDC was still showing the level as “very low.” Since then, the values have come into more of an agreement: WWS now calls the category “medium” and CDC calling the level “low.”” Bottom frame reads: "The Weather Report 7/14/25, peoplescdc.org" along with the “People’s CDC” logo in teal.

Header: "The Weather" Body text: "We took a deep dive to see what was going on. Unlike CDC’s updates which are every other week, WWS updates more continuously. Sometimes, blips and bumps in the data turn out to be artifacts, and they eventually get corrected or settle out. This seems to have been the case this week: one site in Idaho was temporarily showing very high levels, pulling the average up. Now, this artifactually high output from one site seems to have disappeared. We will continue to keep an eye on both sites for any sign of a summer surge. As mentioned above, remember that even if your state’s overall levels look low, certain areas within it may have higher levels.” Bottom frame reads: "The Weather Report 7/14/25, peoplescdc.org" along with the “People’s CDC” logo in teal.

A line graph with the title, “12 month National COVID Wastewater Trend". A header in deep blue reads "WastewaterSCAN". The Y axis is COVID concentration levels from 0 to over 600. The X axis is months from Fall of 2024 through July 2025. The line graph peaks in 2024 summer months to levels above 600, gradually dropping to Fall of 2024 levels below 200, with an upward trend to 400 levels in winter 2024/2025. There is a slow downward trend again to levels of around 100 in the Spring of 2025. Levels seem to slightly but steadily trend upward to the last data point in July. Text at the bottom reads “People’s CDC. Source: WaterwatersSCAN." Bottom frame reads: "The Weather Report 7/14/25, peoplescdc.org" along with the “People’s CDC” logo in teal.

This is the People’s CDC bi-weekly update for July 14, 2025. The Weather Report from the People’s CDC shares the latest news on the ongoing COVID situation and other public health crises in the United States.

Everyone should have access to covid vaccines. There should be no age restrictions.

The covid cautious and covid community must support actions that will ensure full access to covid vaccines at the upcoming acip cdc meeting.

#RemoveBobby

Please join the chorus of voices, including my own, in support of the talented, hardworking and dedicated scientists and staff at NIH. They serve their country by deploying their training and skills to improve the health and quality of life of all Americans 🙏 🇺🇸

RFK Jr. removes all members of CDC panel advising U.S. on vaccines

Outrageous news coming out!
You're fired, you're fired, everyone is fired. This is what RFK Jr did today to CDC vaccine advisory panel.

Sound alarms, this is a dismantling of science that public health is built on.

#ResignRFKJr #saveCDC #savepublichealth

www.cnbc.com/2025/06/09/r...

Mark your calendars! Please join a rally on Monday, June 9, 2025 at main entrance of CDC Chamblee Campus and or rally on Tuesday, June 10, 2025 at main entrance of CDC Roybal Campus.

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Stand up for science. Stand up for public health. #saveCDC #WeArePatriots

On this memorial day, I am grateful for those who served and currently serve in the armed forces. War is never desirable and peace must be prioritized.

We should have a memorial day for COVID. It is horrific that we as a society have done virtually nothing to remember the millions who have died. Rushing to forget what happened also makes it much more likely that we will continue to repeat our deadly mistakes.

Don’t wait! tell them today!

The FDA is continuing to accept public comments as they consider future recommendations regarding COVID vaccines up until May 23 11:59 pm eastern.

Support universal access to vaccines today!

COVID vaccine protected kids from long COVID Instead of special protection against long COVID, vaccines kept children and adolescents from developing the condition by blocking COVID-19 infections in the first place.

Covid vaccines and #LongCovid. Covid vaccines must remain universal. www.pennmedicine.org/news/news-re...

Text reads, “Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen was among several people removed from Kennedy’s Senate hearing. Cohen said in a post on X, “I told Congress they’re killing poor kids in Gaza by buying bombs, and they’re paying for it by kicking poor kids off Medicaid in the US.” Here are the takeaways: Kennedy defends Medicaid, HHS cuts Kennedy told lawmakers that he would “shift funding from bureaucracy to direct impact,” arguing that a bloated system was harming public health.”

Thank you Ben of Ben and Jerry’s for speaking up today! #RFKMustResign. “Ben was among several people removed from Kennedy’s Senate hearing. “I told Congress they’re killing poor kids in Gaza by buying bombs, and they’re paying for it by kicking poor kids off Medicaid in the US.”

I just sent my letter in supporting covid vaccines! Everyone should have access. Don’t restrict access!

COVID before or during pregnancy may confer 2 to 3 times the risk of miscarriage Although the risk was greater with moderate-to-severe infections, even mild cases were linked to more than double the risk.

CIDRAP: 'COVID before or during pregnancy may confer 2 to 3 times the risk of miscarriage'

"These findings highlight the importance of COVID-19 vaccination and post-COVID management for pregnant people and those planning a pregnancy," the authors wrote

www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cov...

So much of HRSA & SAMHSA have been cut, see below. The remaining parts, along with a few CDC & OASH programs, will be tossed on to the island of misfit toys - the Administration for Healthy America (AHA). I'll see you over there 💚

Scary graphic showing RFK Jr, with the bottom of his head as a skull with worms crawling into it, and captioned, "RFKJr. Public Health Malpractice."

Every day that #RFKJr remains in office, all our lives are in danger. #PublicHealthMalpractice

Join us at defendpublichealth.org

COVID is not over.

This is 2025. There is NO going back to 2019 & the pretending that we can has got to stop.

It’s time to step into reality even though doing so is really hard.

Clean the air, mask up, vaccinate.

Text: Good HVAC systems support public health! On a green background with silhouettes of a city skyline, some clouds, three commercial-grade fan units, a woman in a mask jogging, and a young boy in a mask on a scooter

Clean air for all requires good ventilation and filtration systems in buildings. Learn more about HVAC systems and how they affect public health:
https://publichealthactionnetwork.org/hvac-explained-the-basics-of-heating-ventilation-and-air-conditioning-and-why-it-matters-for-your-air-quality/

A square graphic with a purple frame with text, “Submit Public Comment to the FDA on COVID Vaccine Access by May 14th at 12 pm Eastern.” Further text, “Tell the FDA VRBPAC that COVID vaccines must remain universally available, aligned with future variants, and available twice a year.” Text below, “Submit a public comment via the Federal Register at tinyurl.com/fdavaccinemeeting” and text on lower right, “Scan QR for instructions:” and further right is a QR code to substack instructions, https://tinyurl.com/fdavaccineletter, and a dark pink People’s CDC logo.

The FDA VRBPAC must ensure COVID vaccines remain universally available to everyone, aligned with future variants, and available at least twice a year. Submit public comment to the federal register by May 14 at 12 pm for the committee’s full consideration: peoplescdc.substack.com/p/ask-fdas-v...

Students for Science are out here passing along the message that RFK Jr. is committing #PublicHealthMalpractice