Geoffrey Kabat
@geokabat.bsky.social
Epidemiologist, author, most recently "Getting Risk Right" geoffreykabat.com
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Friday, Trump makes it clear he is blowing up the post WW2 international order. Today, he makes it clear he will blow the economy to smithereens. I’m getting a little nervous about tomorrow.
March 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Friday, Trump makes it clear he is blowing up the post WW2 international order. Today, he makes it clear he will blow the economy to smithereens. I’m getting a little nervous about tomorrow.
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The number of ways to activate the immune system attack vs cancer keeps increasing. Here, using bacteria to amp up the response to wild tumor, the mechanism via a surge of interleukin-10 is elucidated
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... @cellpress.bsky.social open-access
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... @cellpress.bsky.social open-access
March 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The number of ways to activate the immune system attack vs cancer keeps increasing. Here, using bacteria to amp up the response to wild tumor, the mechanism via a surge of interleukin-10 is elucidated
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... @cellpress.bsky.social open-access
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... @cellpress.bsky.social open-access
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RFK Jr’s top spokesman at HHS resigns after just 2 weeks after reporting clashing with him about his response to the measles epidemic in Texas. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Top HHS spokesperson quits after clashing with RFK Jr.
Thomas Corry resigned over disagreements with the HHS secretary and his approach to the measles outbreak.
www.politico.com
March 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
RFK Jr’s top spokesman at HHS resigns after just 2 weeks after reporting clashing with him about his response to the measles epidemic in Texas. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
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Other world leaders are also arriving in London: Olaf Scholz, Justin Trudeau, Ursula von der Leyen, and Mark Rutte are also on site
March 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Other world leaders are also arriving in London: Olaf Scholz, Justin Trudeau, Ursula von der Leyen, and Mark Rutte are also on site
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We have gone from being "the shining city on a hill" to becoming the Belarus of the West. Some thoughts from me on why and what it means. davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/help-wante...
Help Wanted: Leader of the Free World
A very important job is now, unfortunately, available.
davidrothkopf.substack.com
March 2, 2025 at 5:48 PM
We have gone from being "the shining city on a hill" to becoming the Belarus of the West. Some thoughts from me on why and what it means. davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/help-wante...
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Everything that we warned the American public about regarding RFK Jr. is already happening.
An excerpt from an OpEd that @jimalwine.bsky.social and I published. We wrote about about what happened in Samoa with the measles outbreak there and said, simply:
“The same will happen here”.
An excerpt from an OpEd that @jimalwine.bsky.social and I published. We wrote about about what happened in Samoa with the measles outbreak there and said, simply:
“The same will happen here”.
February 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Everything that we warned the American public about regarding RFK Jr. is already happening.
An excerpt from an OpEd that @jimalwine.bsky.social and I published. We wrote about about what happened in Samoa with the measles outbreak there and said, simply:
“The same will happen here”.
An excerpt from an OpEd that @jimalwine.bsky.social and I published. We wrote about about what happened in Samoa with the measles outbreak there and said, simply:
“The same will happen here”.
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8 years cancer free! ❤️❤️
Congratulations 🎊 👏 💐 🥳
Congratulations 🎊 👏 💐 🥳
February 27, 2025 at 12:39 AM
8 years cancer free! ❤️❤️
Congratulations 🎊 👏 💐 🥳
Congratulations 🎊 👏 💐 🥳
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If America has different allies, are we the same kind of country?
@peterpomerantsev.bsky.social and I made a podcast episode discussing this last summer
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...
@peterpomerantsev.bsky.social and I made a podcast episode discussing this last summer
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...
The Kleptocracy Club
Autocrats dump their democratic allies and keep the company of kleptocrats.
www.theatlantic.com
February 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
If America has different allies, are we the same kind of country?
@peterpomerantsev.bsky.social and I made a podcast episode discussing this last summer
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...
@peterpomerantsev.bsky.social and I made a podcast episode discussing this last summer
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...
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“The choice of Mr. Bongino is a radical and abrupt departure from that practice and raises startling questions about how two people who have never served as F.B.I. agents will oversee the vast surveillance and investigative powers of an agency of 38,000 people…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/u...
Right-Wing Commentator Named F.B.I. Deputy Director (Gift Article)
The choice of Dan Bongino is a radical departure from the bureau’s history of having a veteran agent serve in the key role that oversees operations.
www.nytimes.com
February 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
“The choice of Mr. Bongino is a radical and abrupt departure from that practice and raises startling questions about how two people who have never served as F.B.I. agents will oversee the vast surveillance and investigative powers of an agency of 38,000 people…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/u...
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“Because the key insight is this: The tech sector operates as a winner-take-all economy. But our political economy is based on perpetual competition.” @jvl.bsky.social
Winner Take All
Why the tech bros want authoritarian government.
www.thebulwark.com
February 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
“Because the key insight is this: The tech sector operates as a winner-take-all economy. But our political economy is based on perpetual competition.” @jvl.bsky.social
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Important editorial: the "existential moment requiring careful and consistent action to preserve the values and ambitions of science."
"The weeks ahead may be the greatest test that the US scientific community has ever faced"
By @holdenthorp.bsky.social @science.org
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
"The weeks ahead may be the greatest test that the US scientific community has ever faced"
By @holdenthorp.bsky.social @science.org
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
February 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Important editorial: the "existential moment requiring careful and consistent action to preserve the values and ambitions of science."
"The weeks ahead may be the greatest test that the US scientific community has ever faced"
By @holdenthorp.bsky.social @science.org
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
"The weeks ahead may be the greatest test that the US scientific community has ever faced"
By @holdenthorp.bsky.social @science.org
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
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#H5N1: 2 people—1 in Wyoming, the other in Ohio—diagnosed w/ #birdflu. A Wyoming woman is still hospitalized; an Ohio man has been released. Both experienced respiratory & non-respiratory symptoms.The cases arrive amid the worst seasonal flu outbreak in 15 yrs www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Two people in US hospitalized with bird flu, CDC reports
Wyoming woman still in hospital while Ohio man released after facing ‘respiratory and non-respiratory symptoms’
www.theguardian.com
February 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
#H5N1: 2 people—1 in Wyoming, the other in Ohio—diagnosed w/ #birdflu. A Wyoming woman is still hospitalized; an Ohio man has been released. Both experienced respiratory & non-respiratory symptoms.The cases arrive amid the worst seasonal flu outbreak in 15 yrs www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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It's never good when the richest person in the world and the worst person in the world are the same person.
February 23, 2025 at 11:47 AM
It's never good when the richest person in the world and the worst person in the world are the same person.
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Open season for grifters.
www.axios.com/2025/02/24/s...
www.axios.com/2025/02/24/s...
The businesses hoping to boom under an RFK Jr.-led HHS
Several corners of industry are eagerly awaiting what they see as a new era for health care.
www.axios.com
February 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Open season for grifters.
www.axios.com/2025/02/24/s...
www.axios.com/2025/02/24/s...
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"It’s time for the American people, across the political spectrum, to recognize what is happening. America has a rogue president and a rogue administration, and we need to acknowledge that and respond." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/o...
Opinion | America Has a Rogue President
The firing of three judge advocate generals is one more element of this administration’s attack on the rule of law.
www.nytimes.com
February 24, 2025 at 12:11 PM
"It’s time for the American people, across the political spectrum, to recognize what is happening. America has a rogue president and a rogue administration, and we need to acknowledge that and respond." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/o...
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In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…
February 24, 2025 at 1:07 AM
In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…
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This is indeed brilliant
This is really smart by @sanders.senate.gov Go to republican districts and push voters to pressure their republican reps.
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
Thousands in Midwestern GOP Districts Attend Sanders' First Stops on Tour to Fight Oligarchy | Common Dreams
Senator Bernie Sanders is on a mission to fight oligarchy and empower the people. With a powerful message against Trumpism and billionaire influence, he's rallying Americans to stand up for democracy....
www.commondreams.org
February 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
This is indeed brilliant
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Trump plans to impose tariffs on pharmaceutical & medical products. Ireland, China, Germany, Switzerland & Mexico are the top exporters to the US. Products include medical equipment, medications & active pharmaceutical ingredients. Consumer costs will rise www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
February 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Trump plans to impose tariffs on pharmaceutical & medical products. Ireland, China, Germany, Switzerland & Mexico are the top exporters to the US. Products include medical equipment, medications & active pharmaceutical ingredients. Consumer costs will rise www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
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There's nothing more frustrating than to hear Trump voters saying they didn't vote for this. It's not as if Trump isn't the most chronicled & easily understood criminal in modern political history.
February 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
There's nothing more frustrating than to hear Trump voters saying they didn't vote for this. It's not as if Trump isn't the most chronicled & easily understood criminal in modern political history.
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I’m sure Trump & Musk will condemn Putin for this since they claim to care so much about peace and the Ukrainian people.
February 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I’m sure Trump & Musk will condemn Putin for this since they claim to care so much about peace and the Ukrainian people.
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Any talk you hear from the current administration about making the US more competitive in science and technology is utter bullshit. What they are doing is sabotaging our country for years if not decades to come.
The University of Pittsburgh confirmed Friday that there would be no new Ph.D. offers of admission while Pitt works to understand how reduced federal aid could impact the institution.
The University of Pittsburgh pauses its Ph.D. admissions process amid research funding uncertainty
A spokesperson for the University told WESA Friday that the school has "temporarily paused additional Ph.D. offers of admission," while Pitt works to understand how proposed federal funding cuts could...
www.wesa.fm
February 22, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Any talk you hear from the current administration about making the US more competitive in science and technology is utter bullshit. What they are doing is sabotaging our country for years if not decades to come.
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In every single interview I’ve done with international media since Trump took power I’ve been asked: Why are there no mass protests?
There are many reasons, of course, but the utter refusal of the self-proclaimed “fourth estate” to communicate clearly what is happening has to be high on the list.
There are many reasons, of course, but the utter refusal of the self-proclaimed “fourth estate” to communicate clearly what is happening has to be high on the list.
No matter how preposterous, the Times headlines nearly every Trump story as if it were written by the White House comms team.
February 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
In every single interview I’ve done with international media since Trump took power I’ve been asked: Why are there no mass protests?
There are many reasons, of course, but the utter refusal of the self-proclaimed “fourth estate” to communicate clearly what is happening has to be high on the list.
There are many reasons, of course, but the utter refusal of the self-proclaimed “fourth estate” to communicate clearly what is happening has to be high on the list.
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Last night's Pentagon massacre is much more than realized. Not just firing the black CJCS and first woman CNO but all the senior JAG officers and hiring a man who just joined 3 different crypto firms tied to Kushner and Thiel as Chairman. I did a deep dive into it open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
This is the most dangerous move yet
The canary is gasping for air
open.substack.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Last night's Pentagon massacre is much more than realized. Not just firing the black CJCS and first woman CNO but all the senior JAG officers and hiring a man who just joined 3 different crypto firms tied to Kushner and Thiel as Chairman. I did a deep dive into it open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
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Get. Him. Out. Of. Our. Government.
February 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Get. Him. Out. Of. Our. Government.
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Spread this around. No curse quite like an Irish one. Thanks @seamas.bsky.social! "Musk is just a blinkered, blundering dunce; a man who thinks his ability to buy companies renders him a Godlike superintelligence, pathologically resistant to the idea...1/ www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
Séamas O'Reilly: Trump and Musk's malfeasance hits America like an asteroid
"Planes literally falling from the sky is a heavy-handed metaphor for all that’s been going on but it is, unfortunately, what we’re left with."
www.irishexaminer.com
February 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Spread this around. No curse quite like an Irish one. Thanks @seamas.bsky.social! "Musk is just a blinkered, blundering dunce; a man who thinks his ability to buy companies renders him a Godlike superintelligence, pathologically resistant to the idea...1/ www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...