bout three weeks ago, our paper modeling the reemergence of vaccine-eliminated diseases in the US was published. We used microsimulation to evaluate different scenarios of vaccine decline (and increase) in the US for four vaccine-eliminated pathogens: measles, rubella, diphtheria, and polio. The simulation incorporates state-age-specific mortality, state-specific birth rates, state-age-specific vaccination rates, and known disease parameters. Needless to say, it was a timely paper, and we hope it will be useful as the administration considers changes to the childhood vaccination schedule and vaccine approvals/procedures. Obviously, I think the paper itself is worth reading but there were a lot of higher level …