@doritreiss.bsky.social
Professor of law at UC Law San Francisco. Writes about vaccines law and policy. Vaccine Advocate. Mom of two.
@skepticalraptor.bsky.socialReposted by @doritreiss.bsky.socialFrom @doritreiss.bsky.social - The article discusses vaccine liability and the importance of compensation for individuals harmed by vaccines. It explains the U.S. no-fault compensation system, which ensures quick support for claimants. www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalrap...
@doritreiss.bsky.socialVaccine liability protections — answering questions, including "what are no-fault systems," do manufacturers have zero liability, and is it harder to be compensated in vaccine court. www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalrap... via @skepticalraptor.bsky.social
@betsy-cazden.bsky.socialReposted by @doritreiss.bsky.socialI assume most Covid cases go unreported these days. For most of us (if vaccinated), you get mildly sick, maybe run an OTC self-test, dose up with tylenol and cough drops, stay home for a few days, and done. Maybe a phone call to a doctor to ask about Paxlovid, maybe not.
@doritreiss.bsky.socialCOVID cases in Florida in 2026 close to 80,000 as death count nears 500 www.palmbeachdailynews.com/story/news/s... via @shinysheet.bsky.social
@doritreiss.bsky.socialFive midterm races to watch that could be crucial for vaccine policy: Florida and Iowa's governor races, Texas, Michigan and South Carolina's Senate races. www.statnews.com/2026/09/10/2... via @statnews.com @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social
@doritreiss.bsky.socialThe Vaccine Safety Systems You Never Hear About: @aboutpediatrics.bsky.social tells you about the many ways vaccines are monitored. open.substack.com/pub/stopanti...
@doritreiss.bsky.socialThis is a very good overview of an important decision. The 9th Circuit found that the PREP act preempts claims of an employee that had to test and mask because he had a religious exemption from a vaccine mandate and was claiming damages from it.
www.druganddevicelawblog.com/2026/10/nint...
@doritreiss.bsky.socialJust a reminder that in many democracies, high courts have a lot more judges that usually sit in partial panels.
@elienyc.bsky.socialReposted by @doritreiss.bsky.socialI disagree, categorically, that adding additional justices, even in a "tit-for-tat" way, is a "race to the bottom." I think having a great many *more* judges is actually good for democracy, representation, ethics, and limiting the importance and power of any individual judge. Furthermore...
@stevevladeck.bsky.socialReposted by @doritreiss.bsky.socialCalls for expanding #SCOTUS are entirely (and increasingly) understandable.
But as today's "One First" explains, there are at least four difficult questions that those who support expansion should have to answer—especially as compared to other possible reforms:
@juddlegum.bsky.socialReposted by @doritreiss.bsky.socialBREAKING: A complaint has been filed with the California Bar against White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia, citing Popular Information’s reporting, for “the Unauthorized Practice of Law and for Holding Herself Out as Entitled to Practice Law.”
@doritreiss.bsky.socialRFK Jr. is definitely coming for your vaccines (part 12): The new NIH vaccine injury clinic is likely a sham designed to manufacture evidence of fake vaccines risks and offer a sop to MAHA. sciencebasedmedicine.org/rfk-jr-is-de... via @sciencebasedmed.bsky.social @gorskon.bsky.social
@doritreiss.bsky.socialKennedy's FDA is looking to put on the market unlicensed peptides without asking for clinical trials - in spite of claims of harms from them. via @amymaxmen.bsky.social @kff.org
kffhealthnews.org/public-healt...
@doritreiss.bsky.social"...a halted clinical trial of the hepatitis B vaccine in Guinea-Bissau moved forward ...for the most quotidian of reasons: $1.6 million in grant money needed by the Danish researchers ...was expiring in [CDC] budget..." @katherineeban.bsky.social
@doritreiss.bsky.social"The Hepatitis B Foundation and The African Hepatitis B Advocacy Coalition denounce the unethical HepB birth dose study in Guinea-Bissau"
www.hepb.org/news-and-eve...
@doritreiss.bsky.socialAbout to teach my intro to infectious diseases in public health law where I talk about history (decline in deaths from infectious diseases, bumps, why), rise of public health law, types of pathogens, and medical tools to fight them - vaccines, antibiotics, sanitation, vector control. Wish me luck.
@atrupar.comReposted by @doritreiss.bsky.socialRFK Jr announces a new initiative to kick people off their healthcare coverage but insists it's no big deal because "they don't even know they were enrolled in anything. They never make a claim."
@oneautisticsenior.bsky.socialReposted by @doritreiss.bsky.social@benecal.bsky.social @doritreiss.bsky.social @wendyorent.bsky.social @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social
@gavinyamey.bsky.social
Using fear of having an autistic child to keep vaccine rates low.
The attack on autistic kids has to to end.
@brandyzadrozny.bsky.socialReposted by @doritreiss.bsky.socialSome of MAHA have moved on from the MMR to … Covid vaccines. Reminds me of when the antivaccine crowd just dropped the thimerosal claims after we stopped using the preservative but autism still existed.
@doritreiss.bsky.social"Guinea-Bissau has not approved the controversial hepatitis B study in newborns that would be funded by the US government and private partners, the African country’s minister of health said on Tuesday."
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o... via @theguardian.com @melodyschreiber.com