Parade of Preventable Diseases

A Costumed Protest Outside CDC
June 24 • 4:00 PM
Roybal Campus Entrance: Emory Point Drive at Clifton Road NE in Atlanta

Join us for a visually unforgettable protest against RFK Jr.’s nonsense ACIP. Come dressed as your favorite preventable disease (not as a person with the disease, but as a creative representation of the disease itself). Think virus-inspired headpieces, bacterial blob outfits, or symptom-themed accessories. Feel free to share this event flyer widely.

Do you already know what you’re wearing or have a great idea? Comment below!

Here is some inspriation:

• Measles: Red shirt with stick-on red pom-poms or felt dots all over

• Pneumococcus: Cluster a few gray balloons around your torso

• Smallpox: Cut small red circles out of felt or construction paper and stick them all over a tan shirt. Bubble wrap as a base layer gives it a lumpy, pox-like look

• Hib: Waving inflatable tube man costume

• Flu: Headband with printouts of flu variants attached to pipecleaners

• COVID-19: Dress up as a giant COVID test strip

• Hepatitis B: Use cardboard to make a giant liver

• DTaP/Tdap: Carry a sign with a big, rusty nail

• Ebola: Black outfit with red yarn or ribbon in a squiggly patern

• Polio: Carry a sign with a picture of an iron lung

• Meningococcus: Glue purple foam balls or felt circles to your t-shirt

• HPV: Crown or headband with multi-colored spikes

• Vaccines in general: Wear a poster board “shield” with stick-on vials, Band-Aids, and draw happy cells, and antibodies on it