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For example, in February I speculated, based on my having followed his antivax activism for two decades, a presumed blueprint. He waited longer than I thought he would to disband ACIP and pack it with antivaxxers. sciencebasedmedicine.org/how-robert-f...
How Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will undermine and ultimately destroy US vaccination programs
When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was nominated to be Secretary of Health & Human Services, I called him an "extinction-level threat" to public health. Here's how he will attempt to make vaccines extinct in
sciencebasedmedicine.org
June 9, 2025 at 10:12 PM
For example, in February I speculated, based on my having followed his antivax activism for two decades, a presumed blueprint. He waited longer than I thought he would to disband ACIP and pack it with antivaxxers. sciencebasedmedicine.org/how-robert-f...
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Again, do *not* underestimate his determination to purge the US of all vaccines. Do not believe him when he says he doesn't want to take away anyone's vaccines. He now has the power to succeed in his two decades-long quest to eliminate vaccines.
May 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Again, do *not* underestimate his determination to purge the US of all vaccines. Do not believe him when he says he doesn't want to take away anyone's vaccines. He now has the power to succeed in his two decades-long quest to eliminate vaccines.
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So Marty Makary wrote that he has no conflicts of interest for his @nejm.org piece and yet he is an executive at the telemedicine company Sesame that sells compounded GLP-1s. Ok. www.statnews.com/2024/11/24/m...
Trump’s pick to run FDA is top exec of company that provides compounded weight-loss drugs
Trump’s pick to run FDA is top exec of Sesame, a company that provides compounded weight-loss drugs
www.statnews.com
May 22, 2025 at 2:24 AM
So Marty Makary wrote that he has no conflicts of interest for his @nejm.org piece and yet he is an executive at the telemedicine company Sesame that sells compounded GLP-1s. Ok. www.statnews.com/2024/11/24/m...
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“We shouldn’t make vaccine recommendations based on the opinion polls”.
Indeed.
www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...
Indeed.
www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...
New FDA framework on Covid vaccines leaves pediatricians confused and concerned
A new FDA framework for Covid-19 vaccines created confusion among physicians about what it means for young children
www.statnews.com
May 21, 2025 at 2:55 AM
“We shouldn’t make vaccine recommendations based on the opinion polls”.
Indeed.
www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...
Indeed.
www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...
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1. A #measles 🧵:
#CDC reports that as of 4/10, there were 712 confirmed measles cases & 3 measles deaths in 25 states across the US to date this year. Many of them are linked to the West Texas outbreak, with individual states reporting:
Texas, 541; New Mexico, 58; Kansas, 32; Oklahoma, 12.
#CDC reports that as of 4/10, there were 712 confirmed measles cases & 3 measles deaths in 25 states across the US to date this year. Many of them are linked to the West Texas outbreak, with individual states reporting:
Texas, 541; New Mexico, 58; Kansas, 32; Oklahoma, 12.
April 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Important article - glad to be quoted along with @craigspencer.bsky.social
abcnews.go.com/Health/rfk-j...
abcnews.go.com/Health/rfk-j...
RFK Jr. claims curve is flattening in Texas measles outbreak. Does the data agree?
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the curve is flattening in the measles outbreak in Texas. Public health experts say that's not what the data shows.
abcnews.go.com
April 9, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Important article - glad to be quoted along with @craigspencer.bsky.social
abcnews.go.com/Health/rfk-j...
abcnews.go.com/Health/rfk-j...
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USA led the world in expertise stopping HIV, incl preventing mother to child transmission. But DOGE has now dismissed every global prevention expert at USAID, CDC, & State Dept.
The risk is insane: Resurgent HIV & 500K child deaths by 2030. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/h...
The risk is insane: Resurgent HIV & 500K child deaths by 2030. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/h...
Who Will Care for Infants With H.I.V. Overseas? (Gift Article)
The consequences of mother-to-child transmission can be enormous, a new study suggests. But the U.S. has dismissed experts working to solve the problem.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
USA led the world in expertise stopping HIV, incl preventing mother to child transmission. But DOGE has now dismissed every global prevention expert at USAID, CDC, & State Dept.
The risk is insane: Resurgent HIV & 500K child deaths by 2030. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/h...
The risk is insane: Resurgent HIV & 500K child deaths by 2030. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/h...
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Physicians at a hospital in Lubbock, Texas report treating several unvaccinated children who exhibited symptoms of liver damage due to excessive vitamin A intake.
6/11
6/11
April 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Physicians at a hospital in Lubbock, Texas report treating several unvaccinated children who exhibited symptoms of liver damage due to excessive vitamin A intake.
6/11
6/11
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As of March 30, there are approximately 529 measles cases across 20 states. Experts project that the Southwest outbreak, which has spread from West Texas to New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Kansas, could last up to a year as cases continue to rise.
Read this full thread for what to know. ⬇️ 1/11 🧵
Read this full thread for what to know. ⬇️ 1/11 🧵
April 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
As of March 30, there are approximately 529 measles cases across 20 states. Experts project that the Southwest outbreak, which has spread from West Texas to New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Kansas, could last up to a year as cases continue to rise.
Read this full thread for what to know. ⬇️ 1/11 🧵
Read this full thread for what to know. ⬇️ 1/11 🧵
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I had a hypothesis that vitamin D prevents cancer. I worked on this for > 10 years, had 3 NIH-funded grants, and published >30 papers on this topic. Based on our work and that of my esteemed colleagues, I concluded that the evidence does not support the hypothesis.
RFK Jr., we are not the same.
RFK Jr., we are not the same.
March 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I had a hypothesis that vitamin D prevents cancer. I worked on this for > 10 years, had 3 NIH-funded grants, and published >30 papers on this topic. Based on our work and that of my esteemed colleagues, I concluded that the evidence does not support the hypothesis.
RFK Jr., we are not the same.
RFK Jr., we are not the same.
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This week, as the number of confirmed measles cases rose to 483, the CDC buried a report that would’ve stressed the importance of getting vaccinated.
The move was “not normal at all,” one agency staff member said.
By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social
The move was “not normal at all,” one agency staff member said.
By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social
The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations
The move — along with the CDC’s explanation — is a sign that the nation’s top public health agency may be falling in line under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines.
propub.li
March 30, 2025 at 3:00 AM
This week, as the number of confirmed measles cases rose to 483, the CDC buried a report that would’ve stressed the importance of getting vaccinated.
The move was “not normal at all,” one agency staff member said.
By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social
The move was “not normal at all,” one agency staff member said.
By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social
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Peter Marks has been a constant force for good at FDA and this is beyond worrisome. It’s devastating news. wapo.st/4j31DJa
RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientist
Marks, an architect of Operation Warp Speed for coronavirus vaccines, warned that a measles outbreak shows how confidence in science is being “undermined.”
wapo.st
March 29, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Peter Marks has been a constant force for good at FDA and this is beyond worrisome. It’s devastating news. wapo.st/4j31DJa
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This is trivial compared to the gravity of what's happening to medicine and public health in the United States, but I hope that Andrew Nixon never manages to wash the taste of these truckling words from his mouth.
March 29, 2025 at 2:07 AM
This is trivial compared to the gravity of what's happening to medicine and public health in the United States, but I hope that Andrew Nixon never manages to wash the taste of these truckling words from his mouth.
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www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
This is incredibly bad.
“It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies,” Marks wrote.
This is incredibly bad.
“It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies,” Marks wrote.
RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientist
Marks, an architect of Operation Warp Speed for coronavirus vaccines, warned that a measles outbreak shows how confidence in science is being “undermined.”
www.washingtonpost.com
March 29, 2025 at 2:07 AM
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
This is incredibly bad.
“It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies,” Marks wrote.
This is incredibly bad.
“It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies,” Marks wrote.
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This is why you don’t use vitamin A unsupervised. Especially in children (who are at higher risk of toxicity). The vitamin A toxidrome is AWFUL and there is no reversal agent.
This could have been avoided with a strong, clear communication about the importance of measles vaccination.
This could have been avoided with a strong, clear communication about the importance of measles vaccination.
“Physicians at Covenant Children’s Hospital in Lubbock, Texas, say they’ve now treated a handful of children who were given so much vitamin A that they had signs of liver damage.
Some of them had received unsafe doses of supplements for several weeks in an attempt to prevent a measles infection”
Some of them had received unsafe doses of supplements for several weeks in an attempt to prevent a measles infection”
For Some Measles Patients, Vitamin A Remedy Supported by RFK Jr. Leaves Them More Ill
After the health secretary promoted vitamin A as a cure, parents in West Texas began giving their children high doses, sometimes to prevent infection.
www.nytimes.com
March 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This is why you don’t use vitamin A unsupervised. Especially in children (who are at higher risk of toxicity). The vitamin A toxidrome is AWFUL and there is no reversal agent.
This could have been avoided with a strong, clear communication about the importance of measles vaccination.
This could have been avoided with a strong, clear communication about the importance of measles vaccination.
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Get ready for more censorship, less dissent, less intellectual freedom, less funding for research in all areas, more prematurely ended careers, less biosafety, less health security, less preparedness, fewer vaccines, fewer jobs, & more dead people.
thehill.com/policy/healt...
thehill.com/policy/healt...
Senate confirms Trump’s nominee to run NIH
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed health researcher Jay Bhattacharya as the next leader of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Bhattacharya was confirmed on a party- line vote, 53 to 47. …
thehill.com
March 26, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Get ready for more censorship, less dissent, less intellectual freedom, less funding for research in all areas, more prematurely ended careers, less biosafety, less health security, less preparedness, fewer vaccines, fewer jobs, & more dead people.
thehill.com/policy/healt...
thehill.com/policy/healt...
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RFK Jr. told people to take Vitamin A rather than the vaccine. Multiple children ended up poisoned. And the measles outbreak is ongoing.
“Physicians at Covenant Children’s Hospital in Lubbock, Texas, say they’ve now treated a handful of children who were given so much vitamin A that they had signs of liver damage.
Some of them had received unsafe doses of supplements for several weeks in an attempt to prevent a measles infection”
Some of them had received unsafe doses of supplements for several weeks in an attempt to prevent a measles infection”
For Some Measles Patients, Vitamin A Remedy Supported by RFK Jr. Leaves Them More Ill
After the health secretary promoted vitamin A as a cure, parents in West Texas began giving their children high doses, sometimes to prevent infection.
www.nytimes.com
March 26, 2025 at 2:10 AM
RFK Jr. told people to take Vitamin A rather than the vaccine. Multiple children ended up poisoned. And the measles outbreak is ongoing.
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This segment from @maryannefranks.bsky.social is an incredibly tight argument that captures the breadth of the Trump assault on free speech perfectly and in less than a minute.
Spread it far and wide.
Spread it far and wide.
WOW. Watch a constitutional law expert completely DEBUNK Republicans’ censorship crusade, while articulating exactly how Donald Trump is threatening freedom of speech. 🔥
March 26, 2025 at 12:25 AM
This segment from @maryannefranks.bsky.social is an incredibly tight argument that captures the breadth of the Trump assault on free speech perfectly and in less than a minute.
Spread it far and wide.
Spread it far and wide.
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Laptop class professors wrote a revisionist history of the pandemic to glorify the laptop class.
My review of In COVID’s Wake, a horrible new book praising misinformation advocates of herd immunity via mass infection.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/laptopclassb...
My review of In COVID’s Wake, a horrible new book praising misinformation advocates of herd immunity via mass infection.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/laptopclassb...
A Review of “In Covid’s Wake”: According to Laptop Class Professors, the Heroes of the Pandemic Were Laptop Class Professors
The authors of the Great Barrington Declaration prevented fair and honest discussion by constantly spreading fake information. The authors of a new book don't care at all.
sciencebasedmedicine.org
March 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Laptop class professors wrote a revisionist history of the pandemic to glorify the laptop class.
My review of In COVID’s Wake, a horrible new book praising misinformation advocates of herd immunity via mass infection.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/laptopclassb...
My review of In COVID’s Wake, a horrible new book praising misinformation advocates of herd immunity via mass infection.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/laptopclassb...
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• Women scientists receive THREE TIMES more personal attacks online than men when discussing science.
• Women scientists are twice as likely to be sexually harassed online.
• Women scientists receive 40% fewer invites to be expert sources for media, even with more qualifications.
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• Women scientists are twice as likely to be sexually harassed online.
• Women scientists receive 40% fewer invites to be expert sources for media, even with more qualifications.
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March 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
• Women scientists receive THREE TIMES more personal attacks online than men when discussing science.
• Women scientists are twice as likely to be sexually harassed online.
• Women scientists receive 40% fewer invites to be expert sources for media, even with more qualifications.
1/
• Women scientists are twice as likely to be sexually harassed online.
• Women scientists receive 40% fewer invites to be expert sources for media, even with more qualifications.
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• Men interrupt women in professional settings 33% more often than they do men.
• Women in STEM need a PhD to be perceived to be as competent as a man with a bachelors in the same field.
Happy International Women’s Day.
• Women in STEM need a PhD to be perceived to be as competent as a man with a bachelors in the same field.
Happy International Women’s Day.
March 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
• Men interrupt women in professional settings 33% more often than they do men.
• Women in STEM need a PhD to be perceived to be as competent as a man with a bachelors in the same field.
Happy International Women’s Day.
• Women in STEM need a PhD to be perceived to be as competent as a man with a bachelors in the same field.
Happy International Women’s Day.
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Why do some children still get sick with a disease after being vaccinated?
Short answer: Vaccines significantly reduce the likelihood of getting sick, even if they don’t prevent 100% of infections. They can also lessen the severity of illness.
Longer answer: Continue reading ⬇️
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Short answer: Vaccines significantly reduce the likelihood of getting sick, even if they don’t prevent 100% of infections. They can also lessen the severity of illness.
Longer answer: Continue reading ⬇️
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March 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Why do some children still get sick with a disease after being vaccinated?
Short answer: Vaccines significantly reduce the likelihood of getting sick, even if they don’t prevent 100% of infections. They can also lessen the severity of illness.
Longer answer: Continue reading ⬇️
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Short answer: Vaccines significantly reduce the likelihood of getting sick, even if they don’t prevent 100% of infections. They can also lessen the severity of illness.
Longer answer: Continue reading ⬇️
🧵1/6
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A second death from the still-evolving #measles outbreak in Texas - this one, in an adult.
1) the measles vaccine is safe and marvelously effective
2) you can receive the vaccine up to 72hrs after exposure
3) vitamin A helps malnourished kids but doesn't cure
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
1) the measles vaccine is safe and marvelously effective
2) you can receive the vaccine up to 72hrs after exposure
3) vitamin A helps malnourished kids but doesn't cure
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Second death reported in growing measles outbreak
The death of a New Mexico adult comes eight days after a 6-year-old child succumbed to the disease in Texas last week.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
A second death from the still-evolving #measles outbreak in Texas - this one, in an adult.
1) the measles vaccine is safe and marvelously effective
2) you can receive the vaccine up to 72hrs after exposure
3) vitamin A helps malnourished kids but doesn't cure
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
1) the measles vaccine is safe and marvelously effective
2) you can receive the vaccine up to 72hrs after exposure
3) vitamin A helps malnourished kids but doesn't cure
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...