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Growing up in an anti-vaccine household can give you some very interesting outlooks in life. Dr. Elisabeth Marnik was one of those children whose mother didn’t believe in vaccines. However, Liz went to school and received her Ph.D in Biochem genetics and Immunology which changed her viewpoint on vaccines and why they are important. Liz shares with the world her knowledge and her opinions on Instagram and expresses that vaccines are healthy to take.
Dr. Elisabeth Marnik is an Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Biochemistry at a small university in Maine. In her spare time she communicates science to the general public on Instagram at @sciencewhizliz. When not teaching or thinking about science she spends much of her time with her husband and two children exploring nature while hiking or running!
In today’s episode we will be discussing everything from the new Bivalent Covid Booster to the pediatric Covid Vaccine for children under five, as well as Monkeypox.
In this episode we discuss:
- What it was like living in an anti-vaxxer household.
- The current data for infection and deaths related to COVID.
- What the booster shot is and if we should take it.
- Vaccinating our kids under five and how safe it can be.
- Monkeypox and how it spread within adults due to close contact
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Questions Asked In The Episode:
- What is the booster shot and who is currently available to get it?
- When people get boosters, do they stick with their original vaccine, I.E. Moderna vaccine or a Pfizer booster?
- Do you recommend the booster for 50 plus or everyone?
- I got pericarditis for my first two, is a booster still recommended?
- Where can we find real life data about the under five so far?
- How long after a family member in our home had covid can we get the booster?
- A 21 month old just got the first dose of Pfizer and then got covid in between. When should we do the next dose?
- What is required for me to get, while pregnant, so that the antibodies are passed to the fetus?
- Are there effects from vaccinations on reproductive health?
