Zach Binney
@binneyz.bsky.social
Sports injury epidemiologist, esp. NFL; long-suffering Dolphins fan, but I repeat myself
Funny story: my first post-college job was a healthcare consultant analyzing radiation oncology, esp proton therapy.
Multiple academic med centers were our clients, and we wrote reports for most saying it was realistically a bad investment. Some listened. Anyway. Lol
news.emory.edu/stories/2026...
Multiple academic med centers were our clients, and we wrote reports for most saying it was realistically a bad investment. Some listened. Anyway. Lol
news.emory.edu/stories/2026...
Emory designated as ‘Stalking Horse Bidder’ to buy Emory Proton Therapy Center assets from owner, following bankruptcy filings | Emory University | Atlanta GA
Emory University has been designated the “Stalking Horse Bidder” by a federal bankruptcy court to purchase the assets of Emory Proton Therapy Center — following recent legal filings by the center’s ow...
news.emory.edu
February 16, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Funny story: my first post-college job was a healthcare consultant analyzing radiation oncology, esp proton therapy.
Multiple academic med centers were our clients, and we wrote reports for most saying it was realistically a bad investment. Some listened. Anyway. Lol
news.emory.edu/stories/2026...
Multiple academic med centers were our clients, and we wrote reports for most saying it was realistically a bad investment. Some listened. Anyway. Lol
news.emory.edu/stories/2026...
Taught my prob theory students "how rednecks count" (1, 2, Dale, 4, 5, 6, 7, Junior, 9, 10...) and now some of my students are using "Dale" as a stand-in on assignments for 3 and I have only myself to blame.
February 16, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Taught my prob theory students "how rednecks count" (1, 2, Dale, 4, 5, 6, 7, Junior, 9, 10...) and now some of my students are using "Dale" as a stand-in on assignments for 3 and I have only myself to blame.
I know it was a genuinely dangerous segment, but still, whenever my preschooler harmlessly eats shit somewhere I yell "He got...JACKED UP!" at him.
February 15, 2026 at 6:12 PM
I know it was a genuinely dangerous segment, but still, whenever my preschooler harmlessly eats shit somewhere I yell "He got...JACKED UP!" at him.
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Marty Makary. Say his name. Coward. Collaborator. He is working to destroy the market for vaccines at the behest of RFK Jr.
Such a cowardly little man
February 15, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Marty Makary. Say his name. Coward. Collaborator. He is working to destroy the market for vaccines at the behest of RFK Jr.
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What a perfect example of how these people are not just incompetent, they’re lazy.
February 14, 2026 at 12:35 AM
What a perfect example of how these people are not just incompetent, they’re lazy.
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: “I was literally begging the agent who was holding me back to let me do CPR,” she told The Intercept.
The Woman Alex Pretti Was Killed Trying to Defend Is an EMT. Federal Agents Stopped Her From Giving First Aid.
One of the women Alex Pretti was killed trying to defend is an EMT. Federal agents stopped her from giving him first aid.
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February 13, 2026 at 3:25 PM
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: “I was literally begging the agent who was holding me back to let me do CPR,” she told The Intercept.
This what RFK, Tracy Beth Hoeg, Robert Malone, Retsef Levi, Vinay Prasad, and all the rest of them want. This is what they WANT.
This is a vivid, horribly relevant read. “She does not sleep well. And as you lift up her pajama top to check her rash one morning, you see that her breathing is labored, shadows pooling between her ribs when she sucks in air. You suffer an icy moment of realization: This is a medical crisis.”
This Is How a Child Dies of Measles
When your family becomes a data point in an outbreak
www.theatlantic.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:21 PM
This what RFK, Tracy Beth Hoeg, Robert Malone, Retsef Levi, Vinay Prasad, and all the rest of them want. This is what they WANT.
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For my latest @opinion.bloomberg.com, wrote about FDA's disastrous decision--or, really, it seems Vinay Prasad's singular choice--to turn away Moderna's flu vaccine application without a review. The problem is much bigger than this one vaccine. (🎁 link):
Moderna’s Flu Shot Ordeal Hurts Innovation — and Public Health
The Food and Drug Administration’s recent decision to turn away Moderna’s application for a new flu shot for older Americans is a troubling development in health officials’ piecemeal dismantling of th...
www.bloomberg.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:57 PM
For my latest @opinion.bloomberg.com, wrote about FDA's disastrous decision--or, really, it seems Vinay Prasad's singular choice--to turn away Moderna's flu vaccine application without a review. The problem is much bigger than this one vaccine. (🎁 link):
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Name names. Marty Makary, Vinay Prasad, Jay Bhattacharya, Tracy Beth Hoeg, Martin Kulldorff, Russell Vought, RFK Jr., Donald Trump. All of them contributed to this by their relentless attacks on vaccines and biomedical R&D.
In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Name names. Marty Makary, Vinay Prasad, Jay Bhattacharya, Tracy Beth Hoeg, Martin Kulldorff, Russell Vought, RFK Jr., Donald Trump. All of them contributed to this by their relentless attacks on vaccines and biomedical R&D.
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Harvard. Stanford. Johns Hopkins.
Name names. Marty Makary, Vinay Prasad, Jay Bhattacharya, Tracy Beth Hoeg, Martin Kulldorff, Russell Vought, RFK Jr., Donald Trump. All of them contributed to this by their relentless attacks on vaccines and biomedical R&D.
In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Harvard. Stanford. Johns Hopkins.
This is Moderna's reward for saving millions of lives during the pandemic. But what are you gonna do? Some people were mean to Vinay Prasad on Twitter, and they HAVE to be punished. I think we can all understand that.
February 13, 2026 at 1:41 AM
This is Moderna's reward for saving millions of lives during the pandemic. But what are you gonna do? Some people were mean to Vinay Prasad on Twitter, and they HAVE to be punished. I think we can all understand that.
So many kids are going to die for the stupidest possible reason, and I just...I can't wrap my head around it. And all the willing participants (Vinay Prasad and Jay Bhattacharya chief among them), who do not believe this stuff but kill anyway for power.
FDA's decision not to accept Moderna's flu vaccine filing has sent shock waves through pharma. "When there’s uncertainty about the path to approval & the reliability of the process, that really has pretty serious consequences,” one player told @jasonmast.bsky.social. www.statnews.com/2026/02/12/f...
FDA’s rejection of Moderna threatens to stifle broader vaccine industry
Experts say the FDA "moved the goalposts" on Moderna, creating "a destructive precedent that will undermine the future of vaccine development" in the U.S.
www.statnews.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:11 PM
So many kids are going to die for the stupidest possible reason, and I just...I can't wrap my head around it. And all the willing participants (Vinay Prasad and Jay Bhattacharya chief among them), who do not believe this stuff but kill anyway for power.
He's not not scared of germs because he snorted cocaine off a toilet seat.
He's not scared of germs because *he has written in a book that he does not believe in germ theory.*
He's not scared of germs because *he has written in a book that he does not believe in germ theory.*
Kennedy “began to talk about how he formed a “pirate” group of people who continued to meet during the pandemic… I said ‘I don’t care what happens, I’m going to a meeting everyday,’” Kennedy said. “I’m not scared of a germ, I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seat.” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
Trump’s Health secretary admits he used to snort cocaine off toilet seats
The admission came during the Health Secretary's appearance on comedian Theo Von's podcast.
www.mlive.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:00 PM
He's not not scared of germs because he snorted cocaine off a toilet seat.
He's not scared of germs because *he has written in a book that he does not believe in germ theory.*
He's not scared of germs because *he has written in a book that he does not believe in germ theory.*
Lol called it
Not that it's not serious, but I'll bet this is rescinded by the end of the day. A mouth-breathing negative VORPer who decided to do this for the lulz without thinking through obvious consequences.
February 11, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Lol called it
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One of the biggest contributors to scientific scepticism among laypeople, IME, is these idiotic nutritional epi studies that come out with conflicting results every year and are uncritically picked up by credulous journos looking for clickbait. Get in the 🗑️.
#episky #statsky
#episky #statsky
You know that coffee & dementia study that's going around?
It's hogwash.
For starters, it's not pre-registered (that I could find), which means it may have been the product of a fishing expedition looking for dementia associations.
But even if it's not ...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/h...
It's hogwash.
For starters, it's not pre-registered (that I could find), which means it may have been the product of a fishing expedition looking for dementia associations.
But even if it's not ...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/h...
2 to 3 Cups of Coffee a Day May Reduce Dementia Risk. But Not if It’s Decaf.
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:46 AM
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it'll drive me mad forever how *even within the dark timeline we're stuck in* this easily could have not happened
Trump could have just not given rfk anything he doesn't care about fulfilling his promises
Bill Cassidy could have voted no in committee
but instead here we are
Trump could have just not given rfk anything he doesn't care about fulfilling his promises
Bill Cassidy could have voted no in committee
but instead here we are
The FDA has refused to accept an application from Moderna to review its first mRNA seasonal flu vaccine, the company said, in another setback for the technology that’s been a target of some Trump administration health officials. https://cnn.it/4kt8iyn
February 11, 2026 at 2:02 AM
it'll drive me mad forever how *even within the dark timeline we're stuck in* this easily could have not happened
Trump could have just not given rfk anything he doesn't care about fulfilling his promises
Bill Cassidy could have voted no in committee
but instead here we are
Trump could have just not given rfk anything he doesn't care about fulfilling his promises
Bill Cassidy could have voted no in committee
but instead here we are
I've had this one cued up for years to post in case I got awarded tenure.
Well, here you go:
Well, here you go:
an older man in a red cardigan says i got a lot of problems
ALT: an older man in a red cardigan says i got a lot of problems
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February 9, 2026 at 8:14 PM
I've had this one cued up for years to post in case I got awarded tenure.
Well, here you go:
Well, here you go:
If Ring can find your dog, it can find you.
February 9, 2026 at 11:04 AM
If Ring can find your dog, it can find you.
I am very worried about antisemitism on elite college campuses.
Disgusting. Jews are taught repeatedly to welcome the stranger. In a time of rising antisemitic violence, the Trump administration wants us to sweep that aside to get security grants. www.timesofisrael.com/us-jewish-le...
US Jewish leaders express alarm over new political conditions for synagogue security grants
Houses of worship that don't cooperate with ICE or that offer DEI programming are worried new terms will make them ineligible for funding that helps cover essential safety measures
www.timesofisrael.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:13 PM
I am very worried about antisemitism on elite college campuses.
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I've written about the overarching post story, causes, underlying pattern. But the failure of Lewis or Bezos to even show up, literally or figuratively, on a day of devastating cuts epitomizes the profound lack of character and accountability that is so common place today within the American elite.
February 8, 2026 at 6:15 AM
I've written about the overarching post story, causes, underlying pattern. But the failure of Lewis or Bezos to even show up, literally or figuratively, on a day of devastating cuts epitomizes the profound lack of character and accountability that is so common place today within the American elite.
Unironically do think it would be good if more liberals became cops.
Reviewing video from Fulton County elections raid.
Taken aback by the dismissive & sneering attitude from FBI agents toward the cop politely asking to see the warrant.
Looked him up: He's an immigrant w/ a doctorate in philosophy. His thesis? "Force by police officers toward African Americans."
Taken aback by the dismissive & sneering attitude from FBI agents toward the cop politely asking to see the warrant.
Looked him up: He's an immigrant w/ a doctorate in philosophy. His thesis? "Force by police officers toward African Americans."
February 6, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Unironically do think it would be good if more liberals became cops.
This shit is so wild to me, man. Not only have I never written about a student's looks in a rec letter, it's never even OCCURRED to me. These guys are stewing and pickling in the most disturbing social soup.
This is the Yale professor's explanation for why he described the physical attractiveness of a student in an email to Epstein. He explicitly says he regrets nothing about their association.
Again, I'm so happy Yale hired David Brooks to restore trust.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
Again, I'm so happy Yale hired David Brooks to restore trust.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
February 6, 2026 at 12:07 AM
This shit is so wild to me, man. Not only have I never written about a student's looks in a rec letter, it's never even OCCURRED to me. These guys are stewing and pickling in the most disturbing social soup.
Probability theory is super important, example 1,001.
Mobile Fortify, the facial recognition tool ICE claims offers definitive proof of legal status, isn’t even designed for what it’s being used for, and was rolled out after a Project 2025 guy dismantled DHS’s centralized privacy assessments
ICE and CBP’s Face-Recognition App Can’t Actually Verify Who People Are
ICE has used Mobile Fortify to identify immigrants and citizens alike over 100,000 times, by one estimate. It wasn't built to work like that—and only got approved after DHS abandoned its own privacy r...
www.wired.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Probability theory is super important, example 1,001.