Don Vinh
@donvinh.bsky.social
Infectious disease MD. Medical Microbiologist
Clinician-Scientist (Inborn Errors of Immunity)
Clinical section head: ID-Heme/Onc/Transplant
Inaugural Fellow of CIS
Fellow of IDSA
Member, Henry Kunkel Society
Science & sarcasm..not necessarily in that order
Clinician-Scientist (Inborn Errors of Immunity)
Clinical section head: ID-Heme/Onc/Transplant
Inaugural Fellow of CIS
Fellow of IDSA
Member, Henry Kunkel Society
Science & sarcasm..not necessarily in that order
I would suggest that Microsoft re-name their app, from "Teams", to "Surprise: Need to install new updated app at the time of the meeting". Not as catchy, but more honest
November 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I would suggest that Microsoft re-name their app, from "Teams", to "Surprise: Need to install new updated app at the time of the meeting". Not as catchy, but more honest
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Emerging Risk of Campylobacter spp. Infection Associated with Anti-BCMA and Anti-GPRC5D Bispecific Antibodies
✅ Just Accepted
🔗 https://bit.ly/3LsCGeP
✅ Just Accepted
🔗 https://bit.ly/3LsCGeP
November 9, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Emerging Risk of Campylobacter spp. Infection Associated with Anti-BCMA and Anti-GPRC5D Bispecific Antibodies
✅ Just Accepted
🔗 https://bit.ly/3LsCGeP
✅ Just Accepted
🔗 https://bit.ly/3LsCGeP
@thegodpodcast.com
God, with all due respect, you had Trump, Nutlick, RFK Jr, and Oz, and you ⚡️ that guy???
Please aim better!
God, with all due respect, you had Trump, Nutlick, RFK Jr, and Oz, and you ⚡️ that guy???
Please aim better!
November 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
@thegodpodcast.com
God, with all due respect, you had Trump, Nutlick, RFK Jr, and Oz, and you ⚡️ that guy???
Please aim better!
God, with all due respect, you had Trump, Nutlick, RFK Jr, and Oz, and you ⚡️ that guy???
Please aim better!
Adjusted vaccine effectiveness (VE) of 92% (95% CI: 64%-98%) against RSV-related ER visits and hospitalisations
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Estimated Vaccine Effectiveness for Respiratory Syncytial Virus–Related Acute Respiratory Illness in Older Adults: Findings From the First Postlicensure Season
The RSVpreF vaccine was 92% effective against respiratory syncytial virus–related acute respiratory illness emergency department visits/hospitalizations am
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November 6, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Adjusted vaccine effectiveness (VE) of 92% (95% CI: 64%-98%) against RSV-related ER visits and hospitalisations
😳
academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...
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academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...
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The day after Dr. Emmanuelle Britton raised concerns about Quebec's Bill 106, changing the way doctors are paid, she was let go from her ministry position.
Wakefield doctor says she was fired from ministry role for speaking out
The day after Dr. Emmanuelle Britton raised concerns about Quebec's Bill 106, changing the way doctors are paid, she was let go from her ministry position.
bit.ly
November 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The day after Dr. Emmanuelle Britton raised concerns about Quebec's Bill 106, changing the way doctors are paid, she was let go from her ministry position.
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Obama: "They never miss a chance to scapegoat minorities and blame DEI for every problem under the sun. You got a flat tire? Must be DEI. Your wife kicked you out? DEI. Who knew?"
November 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Obama: "They never miss a chance to scapegoat minorities and blame DEI for every problem under the sun. You got a flat tire? Must be DEI. Your wife kicked you out? DEI. Who knew?"
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The seven enigmas of #SARSCoV2: From the past to the future. New review from Evangelos Andreakos, Helen Su, Jean-Laurent Casanova (@casanovalab.bsky.social) and colleagues: rupress.org/jhi/article/...
#InbornErrorsOfImmunity #InfectiousDiseases #PopulationGenetics
#InbornErrorsOfImmunity #InfectiousDiseases #PopulationGenetics
October 31, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The seven enigmas of #SARSCoV2: From the past to the future. New review from Evangelos Andreakos, Helen Su, Jean-Laurent Casanova (@casanovalab.bsky.social) and colleagues: rupress.org/jhi/article/...
#InbornErrorsOfImmunity #InfectiousDiseases #PopulationGenetics
#InbornErrorsOfImmunity #InfectiousDiseases #PopulationGenetics
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Mass General Brigham studied 18,124 births and found that children exposed to maternal COVID-19 in the womb had a 29% higher risk of neurodevelopmental diagnoses by age 3, especially if exposure happened in the third trimester or in male children.
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October 31, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Mass General Brigham studied 18,124 births and found that children exposed to maternal COVID-19 in the womb had a 29% higher risk of neurodevelopmental diagnoses by age 3, especially if exposure happened in the third trimester or in male children.
journals.lww.com/greenjournal...
journals.lww.com/greenjournal...
Any way to modify what shows up in my BlueSky feed, so it's not always about the craziness going in the U.S.?
I'm very interested in the issue in Quebec with doctors, but I would have to go to that other place to get those feeds
I'm very interested in the issue in Quebec with doctors, but I would have to go to that other place to get those feeds
October 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Any way to modify what shows up in my BlueSky feed, so it's not always about the craziness going in the U.S.?
I'm very interested in the issue in Quebec with doctors, but I would have to go to that other place to get those feeds
I'm very interested in the issue in Quebec with doctors, but I would have to go to that other place to get those feeds
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Doctors fight back: Furious medical specialists vow to take Quebec to court over salary law
Doctors fight back: Furious medical specialists vow to take Quebec to court over salary law
Medical specialists say Bill 2 has made doctors afraid to speak to each other for fear of being denounced. They want the law immediately suspended.
bit.ly
October 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Doctors fight back: Furious medical specialists vow to take Quebec to court over salary law
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Scientists have developed a proof-of-concept vaccine against avian influenza viruses that offers protection against all the variants, including those that are yet to evolve. cen.acs.org/biological-c... #chemsky 🧪
One shot to rule them all in the fight against H5 influenza
New bird flu vaccine design could help preparations against an evolving potential pandemic virus
cen.acs.org
October 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Scientists have developed a proof-of-concept vaccine against avian influenza viruses that offers protection against all the variants, including those that are yet to evolve. cen.acs.org/biological-c... #chemsky 🧪
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Vs lisez bien les spécialistes ont baissé les revenus de 2 Milliards…pas banal! l’entente était du réinvestissement ds le réseau des projets pour aider les SOINS il annule unilatéralement ce qu’il a signé, un #menteur #pasDeParole et veut récupérer pour lui 🤬
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Loi spéciale sur la rémunération des médecins | Québec s’approprie une cagnotte de 450 millions
Grâce à sa loi spéciale, le gouvernement Legault peut désormais dépenser comme bon lui semble, au bas mot, 450 millions de dollars qui ont été puisés dans l’enveloppe de rémunération des médecins spéc...
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October 29, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Vs lisez bien les spécialistes ont baissé les revenus de 2 Milliards…pas banal! l’entente était du réinvestissement ds le réseau des projets pour aider les SOINS il annule unilatéralement ce qu’il a signé, un #menteur #pasDeParole et veut récupérer pour lui 🤬
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I’m not kidding.
Smith and Legault have the same strategy
Smith and Legault have the same strategy
It will be interesting to see how overriding charter rights, forcing a rejected labour deal on workers, and threatening substantial fines will impact Alberta's plan to add and recruit 3,000 new teachers over the next 3 years.
October 28, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I’m not kidding.
Smith and Legault have the same strategy
Smith and Legault have the same strategy
The Alberta government is on par with QC gouv
The notwithstanding clause is
being used by the UPC govt of Alberta to order 51,000 teachers back to work rather than bargain in good faith.
That’s not worker supported government nor is it leadership. Find the solution and work collaboratively.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
being used by the UPC govt of Alberta to order 51,000 teachers back to work rather than bargain in good faith.
That’s not worker supported government nor is it leadership. Find the solution and work collaboratively.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta to invoke notwithstanding clause to send striking teachers back to work | CBC News
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s government introduced a bill on Monday to force striking teachers back to work as early as Wednesday.
www.cbc.ca
October 28, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The Alberta government is on par with QC gouv
Plus de la moitié de la valeur des prêts pardonnables accordés depuis 2019 pourrait ne jamais être remboursée
Mais, oui, Legault et les CAQsuckers font ce qui est pour le bien des Québécois
www.tvanouvelles.ca/2025/10/27/p...
Mais, oui, Legault et les CAQsuckers font ce qui est pour le bien des Québécois
www.tvanouvelles.ca/2025/10/27/p...
Prêts pardonnables: 1G$ en subventions aux entreprises?
Plus de 1G$: c’est ce que pourraient coûter aux contribuables les dizaines de prêts pardonnables octroyés par Québec, a appris Le Journal.
www.tvanouvelles.ca
October 28, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Plus de la moitié de la valeur des prêts pardonnables accordés depuis 2019 pourrait ne jamais être remboursée
Mais, oui, Legault et les CAQsuckers font ce qui est pour le bien des Québécois
www.tvanouvelles.ca/2025/10/27/p...
Mais, oui, Legault et les CAQsuckers font ce qui est pour le bien des Québécois
www.tvanouvelles.ca/2025/10/27/p...
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Plus de 3 millions de demandes par mois: un sommet pour les banques alimentaires #NoovoInfo
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Plus de 3 millions de demandes par mois: un sommet pour les banques alimentaires
Un niveau qui n’a jamais été franchi auparavant: plus de 3 millions de demandes par mois. C’est un des chiffres qui ressort du Bilan-Faim 2025 des Banques alimentaires du Québec (BAQ). Un bilan qui mo...
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October 27, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Plus de 3 millions de demandes par mois: un sommet pour les banques alimentaires #NoovoInfo
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In 2011, a rare type of Salmonella was identfied for the first time in Europe during a food-borne #outbreak linked to small 🍅
Until 2024, 17 European countries notified 643 cases of Salmonella Strathcona
🔎Is there a common source or possible food vehicle?
#IDSky #EpiSky #FoodSafety #OneHealth 🛟🧪
Until 2024, 17 European countries notified 643 cases of Salmonella Strathcona
🔎Is there a common source or possible food vehicle?
#IDSky #EpiSky #FoodSafety #OneHealth 🛟🧪
Common source, common food vehicle: investigations of recurring Salmonella Strathcona outbreaks in Europe since 2011
An outbreak investigation among 17 European countries points at a common source for recurring Salmonella Strathcona infections since 2011. Small tomatoes from Sicily (Italy) are the suspected food veh...
www.eurekalert.org
October 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
In 2011, a rare type of Salmonella was identfied for the first time in Europe during a food-borne #outbreak linked to small 🍅
Until 2024, 17 European countries notified 643 cases of Salmonella Strathcona
🔎Is there a common source or possible food vehicle?
#IDSky #EpiSky #FoodSafety #OneHealth 🛟🧪
Until 2024, 17 European countries notified 643 cases of Salmonella Strathcona
🔎Is there a common source or possible food vehicle?
#IDSky #EpiSky #FoodSafety #OneHealth 🛟🧪
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The messenger RNA (mRNA) COVID-19 vaccines were game changing during the course of the pandemic; now another benefit is emerging—the same vaccines are improving how long people with cancer survive while they undergo immune therapy. cen.acs.org/biological-c... #chemsky 🧪
mRNA COVID-19 vaccines can also boost cancer treatment success
Innate immune response to vaccines helps people with cancer live longer
cen.acs.org
October 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The messenger RNA (mRNA) COVID-19 vaccines were game changing during the course of the pandemic; now another benefit is emerging—the same vaccines are improving how long people with cancer survive while they undergo immune therapy. cen.acs.org/biological-c... #chemsky 🧪
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Ça me dit qqch
RFK Jr. is at war with the groups that represent physicians.
Some GOP doctors in Congress are backing him up.
Some GOP doctors in Congress are backing him up.
In his battle with doctors, RFK Jr.’s got GOP lawmakers on his side
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s at war with the groups that represent physicians. Some GOP doctors in Congress are backing him up.
www.politico.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Ça me dit qqch
On ne blâme pas les agriculteurs quand des gens ont faim. Pourquoi blâmer les médecins quand des patients souffrent ?
La crise en santé, ce n'est pas un manque de 🩺, ni un manque de volonté de servir le public.
C'est un échec du système.
La crise en santé, ce n'est pas un manque de 🩺, ni un manque de volonté de servir le public.
C'est un échec du système.
October 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
On ne blâme pas les agriculteurs quand des gens ont faim. Pourquoi blâmer les médecins quand des patients souffrent ?
La crise en santé, ce n'est pas un manque de 🩺, ni un manque de volonté de servir le public.
C'est un échec du système.
La crise en santé, ce n'est pas un manque de 🩺, ni un manque de volonté de servir le public.
C'est un échec du système.
Doctors aren't the cause of a healthcare crisis any more than farmers are the cause of hunger.
QC has plenty of doctors, yet patients needlessly wait.
QC also produces plenty of food, yet people go hungry.
We don't blame farmers.
So why are we blaming doctors, and not the broken system?
QC has plenty of doctors, yet patients needlessly wait.
QC also produces plenty of food, yet people go hungry.
We don't blame farmers.
So why are we blaming doctors, and not the broken system?
October 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Doctors aren't the cause of a healthcare crisis any more than farmers are the cause of hunger.
QC has plenty of doctors, yet patients needlessly wait.
QC also produces plenty of food, yet people go hungry.
We don't blame farmers.
So why are we blaming doctors, and not the broken system?
QC has plenty of doctors, yet patients needlessly wait.
QC also produces plenty of food, yet people go hungry.
We don't blame farmers.
So why are we blaming doctors, and not the broken system?
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“We don’t have illegal aliens… the legal term for my people were slaves….”
🚨This is what leadership looks and sounds like in 2025.✊🏼
🚨This is what leadership looks and sounds like in 2025.✊🏼
October 26, 2025 at 2:49 AM
“We don’t have illegal aliens… the legal term for my people were slaves….”
🚨This is what leadership looks and sounds like in 2025.✊🏼
🚨This is what leadership looks and sounds like in 2025.✊🏼
Another new metric to measure something that yet again reduces the contribution of researchers to the arbitrary standards set by the armchair critics of academia.
And wait for it: this one is called a Sh-index 💩
And wait for it: this one is called a Sh-index 💩
Google Scholar has introduced a 'Sh-index' metric that scores papers higher if you are first or last author. Apart from the fact metrics are generally bad, this one explicitly punishes PIs who often collaborate, publishing with 2 or 3 equal PIs at the end of the list.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
October 26, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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1700 dons: le plus grand donneur de produits sanguins au pays se trouve au Québec
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1700 dons: le plus grand donneur de produits sanguins au pays se trouve au Québec
Si vous croisiez Jean Bernier dans la rue, vous ne sauriez probablement pas qu'il détient un titre prestigieux au Canada.
www.noovo.info
October 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
1700 dons: le plus grand donneur de produits sanguins au pays se trouve au Québec
www.noovo.info/nouvelle/170...
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