Björn Meyer
@bmeyer.bsky.social
Virologist ☣ | Trying to understand why viruses tick the way they do - then, now and in future | 🇩🇪🇪🇺🇺🇳
@themeyerlab.bsky.social
@themeyerlab.bsky.social
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What does respiratory virus transmission in schools look like with COVId in the mix? Let's look at data from the USA, 600 students (ages 3-18) and 200 staff. Goldman et al. Respiratory Virus Detection and Acute Respiratory Illness
Rates in Students and Staff in Schools. Pediatrics, 2025.
Rates in Students and Staff in Schools. Pediatrics, 2025.
November 11, 2025 at 11:27 AM
What does respiratory virus transmission in schools look like with COVId in the mix? Let's look at data from the USA, 600 students (ages 3-18) and 200 staff. Goldman et al. Respiratory Virus Detection and Acute Respiratory Illness
Rates in Students and Staff in Schools. Pediatrics, 2025.
Rates in Students and Staff in Schools. Pediatrics, 2025.
Die Stadt Magdeburg findet offensichtlich voraussichtliche Bearbeitungszeiten von Anträgen von 3 Jahren anstatt rund 3 Monaten völlig in Ordnung und eine "Verbesserung".
Verstehe mehr und mehr warum Dinge laufen wie sie laufen mit der anstehenden Wahlen in Sachsen-Anhalt im nächsten Jahr
Verstehe mehr und mehr warum Dinge laufen wie sie laufen mit der anstehenden Wahlen in Sachsen-Anhalt im nächsten Jahr
November 11, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Die Stadt Magdeburg findet offensichtlich voraussichtliche Bearbeitungszeiten von Anträgen von 3 Jahren anstatt rund 3 Monaten völlig in Ordnung und eine "Verbesserung".
Verstehe mehr und mehr warum Dinge laufen wie sie laufen mit der anstehenden Wahlen in Sachsen-Anhalt im nächsten Jahr
Verstehe mehr und mehr warum Dinge laufen wie sie laufen mit der anstehenden Wahlen in Sachsen-Anhalt im nächsten Jahr
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We are looking to recruit a Ph.D. student to start in Q1 2026 for an exciting new project that is part of the newly funded SynthImmune Cluster of Excellence. Are you interested in the intersection of virology and immunology? Please see the attached info and apply at application.synthimmune.de.
November 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
We are looking to recruit a Ph.D. student to start in Q1 2026 for an exciting new project that is part of the newly funded SynthImmune Cluster of Excellence. Are you interested in the intersection of virology and immunology? Please see the attached info and apply at application.synthimmune.de.
aaaannd I missed my entire holiday as the trip had a fix start date/time. well done
Air France experience over the last couple of days -
- overbooked my flight, couldnt board
- lost my bag
- didn't deliver my bag
-couldnt locate my "found bag"
- finally got my bag, New bag > broken
- they took too long to "locate" the already found bag and missed my flight.
- overbooked my flight, couldnt board
- lost my bag
- didn't deliver my bag
-couldnt locate my "found bag"
- finally got my bag, New bag > broken
- they took too long to "locate" the already found bag and missed my flight.
October 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
aaaannd I missed my entire holiday as the trip had a fix start date/time. well done
Air France experience over the last couple of days -
- overbooked my flight, couldnt board
- lost my bag
- didn't deliver my bag
-couldnt locate my "found bag"
- finally got my bag, New bag > broken
- they took too long to "locate" the already found bag and missed my flight.
- overbooked my flight, couldnt board
- lost my bag
- didn't deliver my bag
-couldnt locate my "found bag"
- finally got my bag, New bag > broken
- they took too long to "locate" the already found bag and missed my flight.
October 17, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Air France experience over the last couple of days -
- overbooked my flight, couldnt board
- lost my bag
- didn't deliver my bag
-couldnt locate my "found bag"
- finally got my bag, New bag > broken
- they took too long to "locate" the already found bag and missed my flight.
- overbooked my flight, couldnt board
- lost my bag
- didn't deliver my bag
-couldnt locate my "found bag"
- finally got my bag, New bag > broken
- they took too long to "locate" the already found bag and missed my flight.
Getting up in the middle of the night to work around Deutsche Bahn cancellation ✅️
Getting to the airport early to avoid stress ✅️
Waiting in a long line to go the the check in counter after check in Terminals fail ✅️
Making it through security after computer chaos ✅️
Getting to the airport early to avoid stress ✅️
Waiting in a long line to go the the check in counter after check in Terminals fail ✅️
Making it through security after computer chaos ✅️
October 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Getting up in the middle of the night to work around Deutsche Bahn cancellation ✅️
Getting to the airport early to avoid stress ✅️
Waiting in a long line to go the the check in counter after check in Terminals fail ✅️
Making it through security after computer chaos ✅️
Getting to the airport early to avoid stress ✅️
Waiting in a long line to go the the check in counter after check in Terminals fail ✅️
Making it through security after computer chaos ✅️
Treffe dumme Entscheidungen und lebe mit den Konsequenzen....oder tritt beiseite
www.tagesschau.de/inland/innen...
www.tagesschau.de/inland/innen...
Bildungsministerin Prien würde bei AfD-Regierung auswandern
Bundesministerin Prien hat sich besorgt über den wachsenden Antisemitismus gezeigt. In einem Podcast sagte sie: Deutschland gelinge es nicht, Juden wirksam zu schützen. Bei einer AfD-Regierung würde s...
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October 10, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Treffe dumme Entscheidungen und lebe mit den Konsequenzen....oder tritt beiseite
www.tagesschau.de/inland/innen...
www.tagesschau.de/inland/innen...
got a hard time to follow -
"Antifa" is more than 100 years old and comes from Weimar Republic
and
"We arrested a girlfriend of one of the founders" (not sure on what ground when "just" a girlfriend)
....that is a pretty old lady then, right?
"Antifa" is more than 100 years old and comes from Weimar Republic
and
"We arrested a girlfriend of one of the founders" (not sure on what ground when "just" a girlfriend)
....that is a pretty old lady then, right?
Noem: “We are hoping…we will get more and more information about the network and how we can route them out and eliminate them from the existence of American society…Antifa is just as sophisticated as MS-13, as TDA, as ISIS, as Hezbollah, as Hamas, as all of them. They are just as dangerous.”
October 9, 2025 at 11:56 AM
got a hard time to follow -
"Antifa" is more than 100 years old and comes from Weimar Republic
and
"We arrested a girlfriend of one of the founders" (not sure on what ground when "just" a girlfriend)
....that is a pretty old lady then, right?
"Antifa" is more than 100 years old and comes from Weimar Republic
and
"We arrested a girlfriend of one of the founders" (not sure on what ground when "just" a girlfriend)
....that is a pretty old lady then, right?
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#ChooseEurope for Science is live!
With €22.5 million under #MSCA, we’re funding organisations to:
🔬 Host postdoctoral researchers in all fields
🔬 Offer stable jobs and great working conditions
🔬 Create long-term career prospects
Europe is where science thrives.
More → link.europa.eu/6JhtHp
With €22.5 million under #MSCA, we’re funding organisations to:
🔬 Host postdoctoral researchers in all fields
🔬 Offer stable jobs and great working conditions
🔬 Create long-term career prospects
Europe is where science thrives.
More → link.europa.eu/6JhtHp
October 2, 2025 at 8:23 AM
#ChooseEurope for Science is live!
With €22.5 million under #MSCA, we’re funding organisations to:
🔬 Host postdoctoral researchers in all fields
🔬 Offer stable jobs and great working conditions
🔬 Create long-term career prospects
Europe is where science thrives.
More → link.europa.eu/6JhtHp
With €22.5 million under #MSCA, we’re funding organisations to:
🔬 Host postdoctoral researchers in all fields
🔬 Offer stable jobs and great working conditions
🔬 Create long-term career prospects
Europe is where science thrives.
More → link.europa.eu/6JhtHp
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A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.
September 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.
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Did you know that since 1999 an independent group of global experts called the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) has been providing WHO evidence-based recommendations on #vaccines?
September 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Did you know that since 1999 an independent group of global experts called the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) has been providing WHO evidence-based recommendations on #vaccines?
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WHO statement on autism-related issues
The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes that there is currently no conclusive scientific evidence confirming a possible link between #autism and use of acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol) during pregnancy
Full statement bit.ly/47YsgwI
The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes that there is currently no conclusive scientific evidence confirming a possible link between #autism and use of acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol) during pregnancy
Full statement bit.ly/47YsgwI
September 24, 2025 at 8:16 AM
WHO statement on autism-related issues
The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes that there is currently no conclusive scientific evidence confirming a possible link between #autism and use of acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol) during pregnancy
Full statement bit.ly/47YsgwI
The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes that there is currently no conclusive scientific evidence confirming a possible link between #autism and use of acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol) during pregnancy
Full statement bit.ly/47YsgwI
Juristischer Laie hier. Aber wenn das Urteil doch rechtskräftig ist, warum dann weiterhin namenlos im Bericht? www.tagesschau.de/inland/regio...
Bundesgerichtshof: Ärztin muss wegen falscher Corona-Atteste in Haft
Eine Hausärztin aus dem sächsischen Moritzburg hatte während der Corona-Pandemie Hunderte falsche Atteste ausgestellt - und dafür Geld kassiert. Der Bundesgerichtshof bestätigte nun ein Urteil gegen s...
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September 24, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Juristischer Laie hier. Aber wenn das Urteil doch rechtskräftig ist, warum dann weiterhin namenlos im Bericht? www.tagesschau.de/inland/regio...
Yet he claims that the women formerly leading the CDC are lying and untrustworthy. Makes sense
RFK Jr: "Some of our friends like to say that we should believe all women. But some of these people have been silencing and demonizing these mothers for three decades."
September 23, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Yet he claims that the women formerly leading the CDC are lying and untrustworthy. Makes sense
Looking forward to seeing all US-based professionals and expert societies to correct these comments
Trump: "It's too much liquid. Too many different things are going into that baby at too big a number. The size of this thing when you look at it. It's like 80 different vaccines and beyond vaccines."
September 23, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Looking forward to seeing all US-based professionals and expert societies to correct these comments
Oh America. What have you become
UPDATE: President Trump and his deputies tied autism to acetaminophen use during pregnancy, presented a cancer drug as a possible treatment, and said the FDA would change labeling to reflect both claims. There is little strong scientific evidence for either.
Trump blames Tylenol for autism. Science doesn't back him up
President Trump and his deputies tied autism to acetaminophen use during pregnancy, presented a cancer drug as a possible treatment, and said the FDA would change labeling to reflect both claims. There is little strong scientific evidence for either.
n.pr
September 23, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Oh America. What have you become
What 4B does to one's opinion. A miracle, really
BREAKING: Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show will return to ABC's airwaves on Tuesday, the Walt Disney Company says.
Jimmy Kimmel's show returning on Tuesday, ABC announces
The network pulled the show after the Federal Communications Commission chair threatened to revoke ABC affiliate licenses after the host's comments about Charlie Kirk's death.
nbcnews.to
September 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
What 4B does to one's opinion. A miracle, really
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1206 genomes reveal origin and movement of Aedes aegypti driving increased dengue risk | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/....
A seminal paper of great interest to all. Great work and congratulations to the team!
A seminal paper of great interest to all. Great work and congratulations to the team!
1206 genomes reveal origin and movement of Aedes aegypti driving increased dengue risk
The emergence and global expansion of Aedes aegypti puts more than half of all humans at risk of arbovirus infection, but the origin of this mosquito and the impact of contemporary gene flow on arbovi...
www.science.org
September 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM
1206 genomes reveal origin and movement of Aedes aegypti driving increased dengue risk | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/....
A seminal paper of great interest to all. Great work and congratulations to the team!
A seminal paper of great interest to all. Great work and congratulations to the team!
The "debate me" bros have entered crucial government bodies
#Breaking: Federal vaccine adviser says former CDC officials can’t be trusted unless they agree to ‘public debate’ www.statnews.com/2025/09/18/c...
Federal vaccine adviser says former CDC officials can’t be trusted unless they agree to ‘public debate’
The chair of a key vaccine committee that advises the CDC will strike a confrontational tone at meeting of the panel, according to a copy of his prepared remarks.
www.statnews.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The "debate me" bros have entered crucial government bodies
Say "anti-vaxxers" when you mean anti-vaxxers. There is no fact-based scepticism about them or this
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Vaccine ‘skeptics’ among new advisers joining CDC committee
Some have little to no documented experience with vaccines while others have undermined their safety
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Say "anti-vaxxers" when you mean anti-vaxxers. There is no fact-based scepticism about them or this
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
8% mehr. Um wie viel steigen Vorstandsgehälter?
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Deutschlandticket soll ab Januar 63 Euro kosten
Der Preis des Deutschlandtickets im Nahverkehr soll im kommenden Jahr von derzeit 58 Euro auf 63 Euro im Monat steigen. Das haben die Verkehrsminister der Länder auf ihrer Konferenz in München beschlo...
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September 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
8% mehr. Um wie viel steigen Vorstandsgehälter?
www.tagesschau.de/eilmeldung/e...
www.tagesschau.de/eilmeldung/e...
Maybe they should have sworn in JFK Jr. after all
September 18, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Maybe they should have sworn in JFK Jr. after all
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NEWS: By vaccinating babies at birth, the U.S. nearly eradicated hepatitis-B in children.
Kennedy's vaccine advisory panel is expected this week to recommend delaying the shot, opening a window for kids to be infected.
Exclusive by @jackie-fortier.bsky.social
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Kennedy's vaccine advisory panel is expected this week to recommend delaying the shot, opening a window for kids to be infected.
Exclusive by @jackie-fortier.bsky.social
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RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Panel Expected To Recommend Delaying Hepatitis B Shot for Children - KFF Health News
A federal vaccine panel, recently reshaped by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is expected to vote on delaying the hepatitis B shot for newborns. Pediatricians warn that coul...
kffhealthnews.org
September 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
NEWS: By vaccinating babies at birth, the U.S. nearly eradicated hepatitis-B in children.
Kennedy's vaccine advisory panel is expected this week to recommend delaying the shot, opening a window for kids to be infected.
Exclusive by @jackie-fortier.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Kennedy's vaccine advisory panel is expected this week to recommend delaying the shot, opening a window for kids to be infected.
Exclusive by @jackie-fortier.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
lief 2012 schon top
CDU-Politiker Streeck fordert mehr Selbstbeteiligung beim Arzt
CDU-Politiker Streeck fordert mehr Selbstbeteiligung beim Arzt
Menschen in Deutschland gehen zu häufig zum Arzt, kritisiert der CDU-Politiker Hendrik Streeck. So will er jetzt die Kosten des Staates im Gesundheitswesen senken.
www.t-online.de
September 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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climate change - it's a thing. and it affects more than just the climate and weather
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Mosquito-borne viruses surge in a warming Europe
Chikungunya cases break records in France; West Nile virus appears near Rome
www.science.org
September 15, 2025 at 9:39 AM
climate change - it's a thing. and it affects more than just the climate and weather
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...