Voices for Vaccines

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Credible vaccine information for families, from families ♥️ #voicesforvaccines #whyivax

In 2015 I was a participant in an Ebola vaccine trial (first in human, Phase 1). It was randomized, blinded, placebo (saline) controlled. I found out after six months that I did get the vaccines, not salty water. The same team are now working to develop an effective vaccine against the Bundibugyo strain. I am so proud to have been a small part of a process that has saved so many lives, and will save so many more. Vaccines work!
A black and white photo of a little girl grinning from an iron lung.
Emmalee Madeline Snehal Parker -- Emmy A real firecracker. A ton of ruach (spirit) Home from India July 2005. Two and a half years old. 17 lbs. Always moving. Never still. Until January 2, 2011. Five months since SSPE* diagnosis. Measles encephalitis. Didn’t have a timely MMR in India. Got measles there. Measles kills, VACCINATE!
My beautiful daughter Alana died at the young age of 5 1/2 years old due to complications from the flu. Her loss completely shredded the fabric of my life and my family forever. I never knew people died from the flu. Sadly this could have been prevent from something as simple as a vaccine.
A graph showing the rates of cervical cancer in young women by HPV vaccination status. The rate for women vaccinated on time is nearly 0.
Vax Advocates: Media & Messaging, Becoming a Local Spokesperson. Tune in Wednesday June 24th at 8 PM EST
A cut-out headshot of a young woman from the 50s over a background family photo.
A baby green cheek conure resting on my hand.
A scene from the movie Rataouille
Two green and yellow budgies on a play stand
Four cows on a snowy field look at the camera.
Mr. Measles followed you.
Vaccine invented. Disease plummets. (Repeat)
#AskForVax #9by9 9 Vaccines will protect your baby in the first 9 months of life.
9 months making you 9 months loving you Protecting You With 9 Vaccines
Vaccines save people, and their best friends from disease.
National Association of Community Health Workers, Quarterly Member Townhall. Demystifying Vaccines: Building Confidence for CHW Conversations. Voices for Vaccines. Special guest: Karen Ernst, Program Director, Voices for Vaccines
"Herd Immunity Keeps Me Safe. I was diagnosed with an incurable blood cancer called multiple myeloma. Between the disease and the treatment, I will spend the rest of my life with a compromised immune system. New treatments are continuously being developed, and I’m optimistic I’ll be around for a very long time. I do all the usual things that science has shown help limit the spread of disease, but I’m counting on my community to get all of their vaccines.
I Was One of the Last Americans to Get Polio. I was born July 3rd, 1951 in Greenwood, South Carolina and had polio when I was 16 months old in 1952. In 1955 the polio vaccine came out. I remember reading an article about someone who was paralyzed by it in 1958 and that was like wow! Because anybody who saw how crippling and devastating this disease was got the vaccine.
A graph comparing the number of measles cases over the year in multiple years. 2026 has the most cases this early in the year of any year on the chart.
Bracelet beads are cool again. Measles is not. Get vaccinated.
A graph showing that the incidence of Hib infection fell dramatically after vaccines began to be licensed for it.
mRNA vaccines have saved millions of lives. That's a fact you can't drown out.
In the middle of all of this negativity, there is hope. My baby boy is part of a pneumococcus vaccine study. It was offered to kids born in August or September in Finland. During the second appointment we had to re-sign all the consent forms becsuse the number of participants had changed. So many families were interested in enrolling their babies in the study that they eventually raised the number of participants. ❤️
I wasn't able to prevent HPV for myself, but I can help my daughter prevent it with the HPV vaccine.
Everyone that ever lived used mRNA. Your body knows how to handle it.
You've got mail. mRNA is a friendly message for your immune system.
Vax Advocates: Come learn how to tell stories with us! Wednesday Feb 25. 4:00 PM EST
A graph showing weekly measles cases in the US for each week from January 2025 to today.
Bring it back: fliphones Keep it gone: chickenpox Chickenpox is never in style. Vaccinate.
Vax Advocates: Building Up Resilience
A graph showing that autism cases in California began to rise steeply after Steve Kirsch invented the optical mouse.
Alan Hinman, Karen Ernst, and staff from Voices for Vaccines and the broader Task Force for Global Health.
Almost every child will get RSV by age two. Most kids it hospitalizes were previously healthy.