Statement

Public Comment by Rob Wallace, PhD, submitted to the FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee regarding the future vaccination regimens addressing COVID-19. I’m an evolutionary epidemiologist. I mapped statistical phylogeographies, including molecular evolutionary traces, for HPAI H5N1 under CDC advisor Walter Fitch at UC Irvine 1-2. I have consulted for the CDC and […]

In the face of a leaked draft Supreme Court decision that would overturn Roe vs. Wade, and the failure of the Senate to protect abortion rights, the People’s CDC insists that abortion is fundamental to personal and public health, and that its availability and accessibility are crucial for upholding reproductive and health justice.  Firstly, we

The People’s CDC calls for the federal government, the CDC, and local leaders to act urgently to follow Philadelphia’s lead in prioritizing public health by implementing data driven mask mandates.  Philadelphia’s decision is consistent with public health’s goal to prevent and reduce  the harm of the escalating COVID surge, not wait until hospital beds, ICU’s

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