Dave Larsen
@dalarsen.bsky.social
Epidemiologist at Syracuse University working on infectious disease surveillance, outbreaks, and response.
I'm finding out today that my conservative friends and family actually thought that Trump would release the Epstein files.
Bless their heart. And please, when people so obviously tell you who they are believe them.
Bless their heart. And please, when people so obviously tell you who they are believe them.
November 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I'm finding out today that my conservative friends and family actually thought that Trump would release the Epstein files.
Bless their heart. And please, when people so obviously tell you who they are believe them.
Bless their heart. And please, when people so obviously tell you who they are believe them.
Polio virus found in the wastewater in Hamburg, Germany. This is wild type - much more likely to cause paralysis than the outbreak in New York State in 2022. (Estimated paralysis for 1 in 200 un-vaccinated infections.)
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
www.reuters.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Polio virus found in the wastewater in Hamburg, Germany. This is wild type - much more likely to cause paralysis than the outbreak in New York State in 2022. (Estimated paralysis for 1 in 200 un-vaccinated infections.)
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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Wild-type polio detected in German sewage—this is *actual* polio, not vaccine-derived virus. This will probably be a one-off event, but it shows the real potential for polio reintroduction into under-vaccinated communities.
www.reuters.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Wild-type polio detected in German sewage—this is *actual* polio, not vaccine-derived virus. This will probably be a one-off event, but it shows the real potential for polio reintroduction into under-vaccinated communities.
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“German authorities on Thursday identified the northern city of Hamburg as the location where a sewage sample containing the wild form of the polio virus had been found, saying a task force had been established and more samples would be taken.” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
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November 13, 2025 at 1:29 PM
“German authorities on Thursday identified the northern city of Hamburg as the location where a sewage sample containing the wild form of the polio virus had been found, saying a task force had been established and more samples would be taken.” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
RISE fellowship for emerging infectious diseases, including wastewater-based epidemiology. For graduate students: www.kennedykrieger.org/training/pro...
Dr. James A. Ferguson Emerging Infectious Diseases Research Initiatives for Student Enhancement (RISE) Fellowship Program
The Dr. James A. Ferguson Emerging Infectious Diseases Research Initiatives for Student Enhancement (Ferguson RISE) Fellowship Program supports public health research and professional development in i...
www.kennedykrieger.org
November 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
RISE fellowship for emerging infectious diseases, including wastewater-based epidemiology. For graduate students: www.kennedykrieger.org/training/pro...
Apparently my recommendation for my daughter to call her Battle of the Books group "Shai Hulud - destroyer of libraries" was too nerdy.
November 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Apparently my recommendation for my daughter to call her Battle of the Books group "Shai Hulud - destroyer of libraries" was too nerdy.
Our latest work on a dried attractive bait station device we invented for the control of Aedes aegypti. (I started in public health to fight vector-borne diseases.) #episky 🧪
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Cage and experimental house trials to optimize the design of dried attractive bait stations for the control of Aedes aegypti
Dengue, Zika, and chikungunya, all transmitted by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, present a significant and growing global health challenge. Contact-based insecticide such as pyrethroids, organophosphates, ...
www.medrxiv.org
November 7, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Our latest work on a dried attractive bait station device we invented for the control of Aedes aegypti. (I started in public health to fight vector-borne diseases.) #episky 🧪
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Scientists point to a long list of findings that emerged out of fundamental research, the type of studies the US government is cutting, and went on to change the world. Nature lists a few of their examples. 🧪
7 basic science discoveries that changed the world
Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government.
go.nature.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Scientists point to a long list of findings that emerged out of fundamental research, the type of studies the US government is cutting, and went on to change the world. Nature lists a few of their examples. 🧪
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“How did you receive the foreigner? And did you receive him and welcome him or not?”
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
November 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
“How did you receive the foreigner? And did you receive him and welcome him or not?”
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
I shaved my beard into my standard #Movember mustache. I came out of the bathroom to groans and yells of "No, no!", "Dad, why?!?", and "Seriously Dave?". My seven-year-old son's response made it all worth it. "Dad, you look like Nacho Libre!"
November 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I shaved my beard into my standard #Movember mustache. I came out of the bathroom to groans and yells of "No, no!", "Dad, why?!?", and "Seriously Dave?". My seven-year-old son's response made it all worth it. "Dad, you look like Nacho Libre!"
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Big day at U.S. District Court in D.C. where Sean Dunn, the D.C. Sandwich Guy, is on trial for misdemeanor assault of a federal officer.
Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore is on the stand narrating surveillance video of the sammie toss.
'Now he’s struck me with the sandwich,' Lairmore says.
Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore is on the stand narrating surveillance video of the sammie toss.
'Now he’s struck me with the sandwich,' Lairmore says.
November 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Big day at U.S. District Court in D.C. where Sean Dunn, the D.C. Sandwich Guy, is on trial for misdemeanor assault of a federal officer.
Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore is on the stand narrating surveillance video of the sammie toss.
'Now he’s struck me with the sandwich,' Lairmore says.
Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore is on the stand narrating surveillance video of the sammie toss.
'Now he’s struck me with the sandwich,' Lairmore says.
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Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
November 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
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This is brilliant
November 3, 2025 at 4:44 AM
This is brilliant
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My quote of the day
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
November 1, 2025 at 12:05 PM
My quote of the day
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
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Karoline Leavitt officially announced the "Launch of a large-scale investigation to find the people behind 'No Kings.'"
I've saved her some time.
I've saved her some time.
October 29, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Karoline Leavitt officially announced the "Launch of a large-scale investigation to find the people behind 'No Kings.'"
I've saved her some time.
I've saved her some time.
A simple public health advisory should not be controversial.
New from me: After a whooping cough outbreak killed two infants, Louisiana health officials waited months to officially alert physicians or do public outreach.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Louisiana officials waited months to warn public of whooping cough outbreak
After a whooping cough outbreak killed two infants, Louisiana health officials waited months to officially alert physicians or do public outreach. That's not the typical public health response.
www.npr.org
October 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
A simple public health advisory should not be controversial.
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New from me: After a whooping cough outbreak killed two infants, Louisiana health officials waited months to officially alert physicians or do public outreach.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Louisiana officials waited months to warn public of whooping cough outbreak
After a whooping cough outbreak killed two infants, Louisiana health officials waited months to officially alert physicians or do public outreach. That's not the typical public health response.
www.npr.org
October 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
New from me: After a whooping cough outbreak killed two infants, Louisiana health officials waited months to officially alert physicians or do public outreach.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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Venice Bakery is remembering those that have died in ICE custody this year by adding them to their community altar for Dia de Los Muertos.
By @eltragon.bsky.social
By @eltragon.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Venice Bakery is remembering those that have died in ICE custody this year by adding them to their community altar for Dia de Los Muertos.
By @eltragon.bsky.social
By @eltragon.bsky.social
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Once a week someone is getting lethal mega-diarrhea from Trader Joe's because CDC publicly executed a last-in first-out MPH working the Salmonella carrots case file, and the New York Times is still running headlines asking if maybe this is just what reform looks like www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/h...
Behind the Dismantling of the C.D.C.: Reform or ‘Humiliation’?
www.nytimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Once a week someone is getting lethal mega-diarrhea from Trader Joe's because CDC publicly executed a last-in first-out MPH working the Salmonella carrots case file, and the New York Times is still running headlines asking if maybe this is just what reform looks like www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/h...
Viral nucleotide diversity is a great marker of transmission. Recent work from our group. 🧪 #EpiSky 💩
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Viral genetic variability in wastewater predicts changes in community infection levels
Sequencing viruses found in community wastewater facilitates the study of diversity in circulating viruses at the population level. By analyzing 12,290 wastewater samples collected between January 202...
www.medrxiv.org
October 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Viral nucleotide diversity is a great marker of transmission. Recent work from our group. 🧪 #EpiSky 💩
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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The anti-vaccine grift has been going on for literal centuries. Enjoy some vintage "memes."
October 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The anti-vaccine grift has been going on for literal centuries. Enjoy some vintage "memes."
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So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987
YouTube video by Reagan Library
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October 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
Entered into the record.
"The newly appointed ACIP members appear to have limited or no experience as practitioners or policy makers for vaccine delivery; several are on record spreading vaccination falsehoods and are recognized antivaccination activists."
& that was the point...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
& that was the point...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 24, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Entered into the record.
In 2013 my wife and I moved to Syracuse, NY from New Orleans. We stopped at Niagara Falls and we had always heard the Canadian side has better views. So without thinking we drove across the bridge with our two girls at the time in the car. ICE stopped us there - my wife's greencard had expired.
October 22, 2025 at 3:29 PM
In 2013 my wife and I moved to Syracuse, NY from New Orleans. We stopped at Niagara Falls and we had always heard the Canadian side has better views. So without thinking we drove across the bridge with our two girls at the time in the car. ICE stopped us there - my wife's greencard had expired.