Virtual VDC
November 2, 2022
- Focus:
- Public Health
- Attendance:
- 483
Getting Caught Up Before We Get Caught Out:
Recovering from the Pandemic's Impact on Routine Vaccinations
Sarah Meyer, MD MPH
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Clubhouse Location:
- A Zoom screen near you
- Agenda: (all times Eastern time zone)
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6:25pm — Grab a beer, soda, or a glass of wine from the fridge and get online
6:30pm — Meeting called to order in the usual way (ear muffs optional)
6:40pm — This is the part where some really excellent science is presented
7:30pm — Q & A
7:45pm — Adjourn, already dreaming of next month's program
Dear Vaccineers,
November 2 is a big day in history! Here is an annotated sample of events provided by Britannica:
- 11/2/1755: Marie Antoinette born. In celebration, her parents issue a proclamation to the populous: "Let them eat cake!," thereby accidentally setting an unfortunate precedent.
- 11/2/1889: European settlers in the Dakota Territory, who had earlier come to blows over the issue of whether the capital should be in Bismarck or Pierre, split the Territory into two pieces (North and South), which join the union as the 39th and 40th states on the same day. Absolutely no one pays attention when the indigenous Sioux people suggest that BOTH capitals be immediately re-located to 100 miles west of San Francisco, California.*
- 11/2/1936: Quite thoroughly ahead of their time, the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) launches history's first television channel, with a broadcasting radius of 25 miles, while there are still only about 2,000 television sets in the entire world. There is no credible basis to the rumors that Sir John Reith started BBC One in order to have a shot at playing Dr. Who.
- 11/2/1947: Howard Hughes takes his custom-built airplane, the Spruce Goose, out for its first, and only ever, flight. The eight-engine, all wood, 'flying boat' is 6 times larger than any other aircraft of this time and is intended to carry 750 passengers. The historic half-mile flight lasted 30 seconds and reached an elevation of 25 feet. At which point the ghosts of Orville and Wilbur Wright are clearly heard to chortle: "Neener, Neener, Neener!"
- 11/2/1957: Texans report sightings of unidentified flying objects with bright lights. Jim Lee, head of the Interplanetary Space Patrol, immediately predicts that UFOs "will soon come in large numbers for all to see and the skeptics will have no choice but to agree." Well, OK then.
- 11/2/1976: Jimmy Carter (Democrat) elected 39th president of the United States. His successful defense against an aquatic attack rabbit plays no discernable role in his election.
- 11/2/1988: In an unexpectedly successful experiment, computer science student Robert Morris designs and releases the first computer worm. It immediately brings some 6,000 computers (one-tenth of the entire Internet at that time) to a halt. Mr. Morris' class grade on the assignment is lost to history, but he was subsequently deified as the patron saint of spam bots.
- 11/2/2022: The Vaccine Dinner Club meets for the 209th time. Everyone in attendance learns something new about our efforts to recover from the pandemics impact on routine vaccinations.
Do YOU want to be a part of history and learn something new? See you for (virtual) dinner at the Club on November 2nd.
-Kimbi
Your friendly neighborhood Vaccine Dinner Club Goddess
*for those of you not familiar with the geography of the United States, 100 miles west of San Francisco, CA sits quite thoroughly in the midst of the Pacific Ocean.