Vincent Iannelli, MD
@AboutPediatrics
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I see quacks... and I write about vaccines and pediatrics. #WhyIVax #tweetiatrician #GunsEverywhere #MedTwitter #KidsFirstNotLast #StopAntiVaxPropaganda
Texas, USA
Joined April 2009
A NY Judge has ruled against Anti-Vax parents at Green Meadow Waldorf School in Rockland County who were suing to keep their intentionally unvaccinated kids in school during an outbreak.
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UPDATE - A fake report of a toddler dying after getting a COVID vaccine has been removed from VAERS. It was "completely made up." #VAXOPEDIA
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A child in Plano, Texas was called racist slurs, beaten and made to drink his white classmates’ urine during a recent sleepover. And reports that bullying routinely ignored at the school in the past. #tweetiatrician.
A Plano mother is pushing for a hate crime investigation after she says her 13-year-old son was the victim of racist bullying and abuse from fellow students at his middle school.
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Naomi Wolf permanently banned from Twitter for spreading dangerous myths and propaganda about vaccines.
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@PeterHotez @TexasChildrens @FLOTUS @DrBiden @Surgeon_General Thank you! Vaccinating kids in Texas is critical considering we lead the nation in pediatric COVID deaths. #VaccinesWork
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An unvaccinated 10-year-old who attends a Waldorf school in Germany has diphtheria and is in the ICU on a ventilator. #VaccinesWork
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A woman with Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria has become the latest vaccine injury story. Read about the missed information vaccine influencers aren't telling you.
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@VPrasadMDMPH Is this some kind of game to you? Parents are scared and looking for answers about the best way to keep their kids safe and you have jokes about SIDS and peanut allergies?!? What's wrong with you? #tweetiatrician #MasksSaveLives.
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More evidence that vaccines are not associated with autism. As vaccination rates went up, autism rates went down in this California county! #StopAntiVaxPropaganda
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The #urgencyofnormal toolkit is filled with propaganda to make it seem like COVID is just a flu-like risk to children. #tweetiatrician
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Stephen Karanja: a Kenyan anti-vaccine doctor who was featured in a film by Robert F Kennedy, Jr and David Centner, dies from Covid-19, weeks after saying Covid vaccines were unnecessary @BBCNews.
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We're gonna need a bigger chart. 😷.
New day, new record. Houston-region COVID hospitalizations ⬆️ to 4,359. Gonna have to adjust the scale on this chart. 747 patients (295 w/ COVID) stuck in ERs waiting for a general/ICU bed.
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Do you want more kids with COVID in your schools? Because this is how you get more kids with COVID in your schools. #tweetiatrician
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A unvaccinated folk singer died after catching #Covid intentionally. Her son said that there was no point in trying to discuss the issue with her, but he hoped that by telling his story he could convince others to get vaccinated. #VaccinesWork
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@tedcruz @sesamestreet @elmo I have a question! Why does Texas lead the country in pediatric COVID deaths? #tweetiatrician
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Breaking News. Among just 22 cases, a young unvaccinated child, under age 5, in Ontario has died of measles. #StopAntiVaccinePropaganda and vaccinate your kids!.
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This is the modern anti-vaccine movement. Taking advantage of the sudden death of a child to push their agenda that everything is a vaccine injury.
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Hey San Fernando Valley, while Bob Sears tries to attack the new vaccine bill at his little town hall, just remember that an Orange County infant just died of pertussis, a disease that is typically preventable if pregnant moms get a Tdap vaccine. #VaccinesWork #SB276
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This was fact checked long ago, but anti-vaccine influencers keep pushing the myth that over 80 percent of pregnant women in the Pfizer vaccine trial had a miscarriage. They didn't. #StopAntiVaccinePropaganda
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Who convinced Olivia Guidry, a young ER nurse, that she shouldn't get a #covid19 vaccine because they were too dangerous? That propaganda led her to lose her life to complications of covid, a now vaccine preventable disease.
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Why haven’t these 4 cases of #measles that were treated by Orlando Health not included in Florida state counts?
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Need another reason to vaccinate and protect your kids? COVID-19 Vaccination Significantly Reduces Risk of Severe Inflammatory Syndrome in Kids. #VaccinesWork
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Why aren't we vaccinating more folks on weekends? Is the goal one million doses of #COVID19 vaccines on weekdays only??? #medtwitter
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Remember when RFK Jr said that there were no autistic kids at mental institutions in the 1960s? And he wondered where all the autistic adults 'wearing autism helmets and diapers' were? Not surprisingly, this is something else he has been wrong about.
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This New York pediatrician has been publicly urging parents not to vaccinate their children in the midst of a measles outbreak. Why is he still allowed to practice medicine? #SoMeDocs #medtwitter
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What do you call a pediatrician who prefers that at risk children and adults die instead of taking measures to protect them? #tweetiatrician #medtwitter #SoMeDocs
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As the FDA evaluates pediatric COVID vaccines, everyone should know that the latest report from the CDC lists at least 763 pediatric COVID-19 deaths. #tweetiatrician
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Did you know that when Star Wars first came out in theaters, in 1977, there were 57,345 cases of measles and 15 measles deaths in the United States? That's why they launched a poster campaign to get folks vaccinated and protected. #VaccinesWork
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If you are concerned about 10-15 measles cases in Florida, wait until you see what is going on in the rest of the world! There have been 8 deaths in Romania in the past year, including 4 children too young to be vaccinated. #VaccinesWork
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The Nuremberg Code is still being used by the anti-vaccination lobby in an attempt to argue against the legality of vaccination. Of course, they're wrong about this too.
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@GwynethPaltrow @goop @DrGundry Stick to goop. We peel tomatoes before making sauce and after roasting peppers because they taste better. #VinnyIsItalian
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An intentionally unvaccinated child has developed tetanus after a fall and is in the ICU. #VaccinesWork
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This is the modern anti-vaccine movement. Advising parents to lie about serious vaccine reactions to get fake medical exemptions.
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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has a new vaccine book out. How far do you think we get until we uncover the first five lies in his Vax-Unvax Let the Science Speak book?
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Wow! .Vaccinated Vs Unvaccinated.In women offered HPV vaccination at age 12 and/or 13 years, rates of cervical cancer were a respective 83.9% and 94.3% lower than in those never offered HPV vaccination! . #VaccinesWork.
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Pediatricians must stand up against anti-vax folks who mislead, misinform, and scare parents away from vaccinating and protecting their kids. #tweetiatrician #SoMeDocs #medtwitter
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The latest report from the CDC lists at least 1,038 pediatric COVID-19 deaths and 52 MISC deaths. #tweetiatrician
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Andy Wakefield thinks that more than half of adults in the world are anti-vaxxers. It's just one more thing he is wrong about. #StopAntiVaxPropaganda
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The New Normal - Blame Everything On COVID Vaccines! Why are we seeing more and more anti-vaccine influencers on social media posting about people, like Grayson Murray, when they die?
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A look behind the curtain to see how vaccine misinformation is created: Discover how false narratives are formed and shared, and who is STILL responsible. #VaccinesWork
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Japan did not declare a state of emergency and nanobots were not found in 96 million citizens. Surprised? #StopAntiVaxPropaganda
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These doctors and nurses gave up Christmas at home to fight measles in Samoa
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Florida woman who coughed on cancer patient in a store, leading to a #covid19 scare, gets 30 days in jail
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Another chart to show how well vaccines work - this time for pertussis. #VaccinesWork #StopAntiVaxPropaganda
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Shame that public safety workers have to put their lives at risk because of Alex Jones, anti-vaccine folks, and all of these other conspiracy theorists in Texas. #COVidiots.
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This is the modern anti-vaccine movement. Encouraging parents to bring a loaded gun to their pediatrician's office when they talk about vaccines.
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Corona vaccines and "turbo cancer"? Data from Germany show no increase in new cancer cases; the aggressiveness of cancer and the probability of dying from cancer has not increased either. #StopAntiVaxPropaganda
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This is the New Civil Rights Movement??? The right to be anti-vaccine and leave your kids unvaccinated and unprotected while they also go to school and put others at risk if they get sick? #VaccinesWork @GavinNewsom #SignTheBill #SB276
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You're not dreaming #California . A patient visited #Disneyland while contagious with #measles - again. #VaccinesWork #StopTheOutbreaks.
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“Now, it’s more important than ever to recognize Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for what he is: A public health menace who should be banned from Twitter.”.
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When someone tells you that there aren't any doctors on social media fighting medical misinformation, ask them if they are following these folks. #SoMeDocs #MedTwitter #MedEd #tweetiatrician
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That systematic review of autopsy findings in deaths after COVID-19 vaccination is basically a review of autopsy studies that found NO RELATION between the cause of death and COVID vaccines. #StopAntiVaxPropaganda
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Despite what some may think, #COVID19 vaccines for children should get Emergency Use Authorization as soon as possible. #VAXOPEDIA #tweetiatrician #VaccinesWork
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A man in Illinois who refused post exposure prophylaxis after having contact with a rabid bat died with rabies.
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Can someone tell Jessica Biel that the new vaccine bill in California only affects fake medical exemptions that some doctors are writing? #SB276
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If I was the type that believed in conspiracy theories, I might think @amazon was pushing anti-vaccine books about #covid19 to keep the pandemic going. How much money have they made during the pandemic? #VaccinesWork.
Current top selling books @amazon on the topic of VACCINATIONS: .The Truth about COVID-19 (Dr. Joseph Mercola).The Vaccine Friendly Plan (Dr. Paul Thomas).Corona False Alarm.The Vaccine Book (Dr. Robert Sears).The Real Anthony Fauci (RFK Jr).
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@TuckerCarlson You know he helped developed a COVID vaccine, right? A low-cost vaccine that he did not patent and will help people around the world finally get vaccinated and protected?
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As RFK Jr claims he can fix the chronic disease crisis, don't forget everything he gets wrong about vaccines and autism.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Address to the Nation
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@replouiegohmert Can you explain why Texas leads the nation in pediatric COVID deaths??? #tweetiatrician
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An important update from ACIP, everyone can now get other vaccines when they get their #COVID19 vaccine. While initially co-administration was discouraged out of an abundance of caution, experts no long think that is necessary. #VaccinesWork #tweetiatrician
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Yet another chart that shows vaccines work. This one is for rubella and congenital rubella syndrome! #VaccinesWork
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@PeterHotez @amazon At the very least, @amazon should put these "books" in alt-med and anti-vaccine categories with disclaimers that they do not not follow standard of care. #VaccinesWork.
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@drsimonegold "Vaccination reduces the risk of delta variant infection and accelerates viral clearance." - did you miss the part where if you are vaccinated and don't get sick, you won't transit the virus to others? #VaccinesWork.
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Sure, let’s misappropriate an iconic image from the Jim Crow era and think it applies to parents who choose to intentionally skip or delay their vaccines. #SB276 #VaccinesWork
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Dr. Shiva vs Dr. Fauci??? Is anyone surprised that the guy who thinks he invented email is an HIV denier and has a plan to save us from #covid19 with very high doses of vitamins? #tweetiatrician #medtwitter
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This year's measles case count is up to 142, boosted by three siblings in Minnesota, children who caught measles on a trip to Europe. A good reminder to get vaccinated before traveling! #VaccinesWork
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The Peter McCullough Go Natural Childhood Immunization Schedule is just a return to the pre-vaccine era, with lot of cases and deaths from pertussis, measles, diphtheria, Hib, tetanus, and other now vaccine preventable diseases. #VaccinesWork
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An Israeli flight attendant who got caught up in the measles outbreaks developed encephalitis and has been in a coma for over a week
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With the new #measles case in San Francisco, we are up to 234 cases in 11 states. Every year since 1996, except 2014 (667 cases) and 2018 (372 cases), had fewer cases in their entire years. It's the beginning of March! #StopTheOutbreaks
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.@MylanNews #EpiPen coupons and other programs don't address fact that insurance programs will have pass on high #drugprices to all of us.
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A very clear picture for why Samoa is seeing so many measles cases and complications. A local farmer is treating kids, getting advice from an anti-vax ophthalmologist from Oklahoma. What could go wrong?!? Oh yeah, we are seeing what can go wrong. #VaccinesWork
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@PeterHotez Hard to believe that Pinsky and McCullough are real medical doctors… @drdrew @P_McCulloughMD #StopAntiVaxPropaganda.
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@catturd2 Yes, it's a great reason to get vaccinated and protected! Thanks for warning folks!!! "A study published last week found adults who had a Covid infection were nearly twice as likely to have a heart attack or stroke in the three years afterwards." #VaccinesWork.
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Did the World's Leading Vaccinologists Claim Vaccine Safety is Not Well Studied?
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This is the modern anti-vaccine movement. Pediatricians were targeted and harassed as they lobbied legislators to ban vaping and other flavored-tobacco products and the need to rid schools' drinking water of lead. #SoMeDocs #tweetiatrician.
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Great reminder from Alex Berenson that there is now a universal recommendation for adults to get their hepatitis B vaccines - even if they don't have risk factors. #VaccinesWork
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I support Ally Morales, the UT drum major who says she won’t lead ‘The Eyes of Texas’ when football returns #TexasExes are watching. .
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If you’re not immune and you’re exposed to measles, you could end up on a Do Not Board list. #VaccinesWork #StopTheOutbreaks
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This is getting laundered through anti-vax sites - an article about VAERS reports of infant deaths following RSV vaccines that the CDC said weren't even real. I guess they hope ppl won't actually read the article. #StopAntiVaccinePropaganda
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"I am going to make sure that you are told the truth about every product and that includes all of the benefits and all of the side effects that they know about. " - When has RFK Jr ever talked about the benefits of vaccines? Good listen to reinforce just how anti-vax he is. .
Today I’m going to set the record straight by explaining my exact posture, point-by-point, on what is probably the most controversial issue of my campaign—a medical safety issue that impacts every one of us. If you take a few minutes to listen, I think you might be surprised to
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