I’m worried about people using this as a reason to “not worry about vaccine access” when “life hacks” and “one neat trick” for vaccine access is not an individualism solution to anything. The current regime’s revoking recommendations and proposing “studies” is a deliberate attempt to death spiral vaccines, and the less people get them the less effective the formula will be, the less updates, the less effective, the less it’s invested in, and then the less they’re available. Death spiral. It was never about personal choice that was always just right-wing propaganda. So I’m really worried about vaccine advocates adopting that phrase in some effort to meet the anti-vaxxers halfway to hell, when we’ve seen that these right-wingers never compromise, they always keep going.
I’m shocked at how many people just keep telling each other not to worry. My post on tumblr warning people how many things are considered risk conditions for and with covid went nearly viral with people re-posting it using it to claim don’t worry about access to vaccines here’s all these reasons you can claim. And that misses the point. Again, it’s a death spiral. No new formulas, less uptake, eventually no vaccines at all. I’ve also heard stories about pharmacies turning people down on self-attestation or having their own lists of approved underlying conditions and some things excluded. One guy’s out there assuring people that the anti-vaxxers will like and allow Novavax because it’s not MRNA when we already know it’s ALL vaccines they hate, it’s not just covid vaccines and it’s not just MRNA, and they’ve already restricted the Novavax completely from children, even high risk children.
Just stop that and start writing your representatives in government saying you want vaccines.
My letter to reps:
I want vaccines. I want research on effective vaccines funded, I want covid vaccines, I want vaccines covered by all insurance, and I want free vaccination available to the uninsured. I want you to make sure I’m able to get vaccinated and that we have effective vaccination campaigns.
Please feel free to copy or repurpose for your own letters to reps.
Dr. Kaitlin Sundling has a sample letter for talking points on vaccines…
Ask Congress to Reinstate Universal COVID Vaccine Access for All Ages Write your members of congress now to stop dangerous restrictions on COVID vaccines and support vaccine access for all ages; Mark your calendar for CDC public comment open 6/9 through 6/20 Kaitlin Sundling Jun 04, 2025 All of us must have regular access to updated COVID vaccines, which must be made available widely and must be covered by health insurance. Public health officials, including Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Martin Makary, Jay Bhattacharya, and Vinay Prasad, have severely restricted access to COVID vaccines. They have taken this action without the appropriate expert advisory committee input and without opportunities for public comment.