Gigi Gronvall
@ggronvall.bsky.social
Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, Center for Health Security
1st Hopkins prof to be a Marching Raven!
1st Hopkins prof to be a Marching Raven!
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Gigi Gronvall
@ggronvall.bsky.social
· Dec 12
Cfr mtg NIH director
YouTube video by Gigi Gronvall
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I had the opportunity to ask NIH Dir. Jay Bhattacharya about his comments re: mRNA vaccines, that they had "failed to earn the public's trust" so the NIH should not invest. His answer demonstrates that science and pandemic preparedness are taking a backseat to ideology.
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I think we have to be very careful here. The appropriations bills are one thing, but as you all know, this administration has a bag of dirty tricks they have and will continue to use to undermine research and frankly, methodically chip away at it until it is a shell of its former self. 1/
February 8, 2026 at 1:23 PM
I think we have to be very careful here. The appropriations bills are one thing, but as you all know, this administration has a bag of dirty tricks they have and will continue to use to undermine research and frankly, methodically chip away at it until it is a shell of its former self. 1/
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This a word cloud from the titles of ~1100 terminated NSF grants.
It is hard not to see these grant terminations as an attack on the training of the future United States scientific workforce.
It is hard not to see these grant terminations as an attack on the training of the future United States scientific workforce.
February 7, 2026 at 3:55 PM
This a word cloud from the titles of ~1100 terminated NSF grants.
It is hard not to see these grant terminations as an attack on the training of the future United States scientific workforce.
It is hard not to see these grant terminations as an attack on the training of the future United States scientific workforce.
curious if you went mcdonough or public lol
February 6, 2026 at 2:07 PM
curious if you went mcdonough or public lol
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Great piece on Dr Bhattacharya, “widely & rightly regarded as a disaster for NIH & for US public health”
Under Jay, “NIH has suffered mass lay-offs, dismissals of previous heads of staff, & resignations” of those who refuse to stomach his capitulation to RFK Jr
www.thenewworld.co.uk/philip-ball-...
Under Jay, “NIH has suffered mass lay-offs, dismissals of previous heads of staff, & resignations” of those who refuse to stomach his capitulation to RFK Jr
www.thenewworld.co.uk/philip-ball-...
The slow death of American science
Trump’s public health appointees are spreading such dangerous disinformation that it’s killing Americans. The world of science has to take a stand
www.thenewworld.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Great piece on Dr Bhattacharya, “widely & rightly regarded as a disaster for NIH & for US public health”
Under Jay, “NIH has suffered mass lay-offs, dismissals of previous heads of staff, & resignations” of those who refuse to stomach his capitulation to RFK Jr
www.thenewworld.co.uk/philip-ball-...
Under Jay, “NIH has suffered mass lay-offs, dismissals of previous heads of staff, & resignations” of those who refuse to stomach his capitulation to RFK Jr
www.thenewworld.co.uk/philip-ball-...
Yes. And while I had some great teachers in this era I also had one who called me the c word because I expressed mildly liberal views. He was popular w the Rogan types (but ended up losing his job for having an affair w a student… eventually)
February 4, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Yes. And while I had some great teachers in this era I also had one who called me the c word because I expressed mildly liberal views. He was popular w the Rogan types (but ended up losing his job for having an affair w a student… eventually)
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Measles was eliminated in 2000. Now? Back in 43 states. Not because science failed, but because leaders chose lies over public health. Vaccines work. Misinformation kills. A preventable disease is returning, and accountability matters.
Stay informed. Follow @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for more.
Stay informed. Follow @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for more.
February 4, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Measles was eliminated in 2000. Now? Back in 43 states. Not because science failed, but because leaders chose lies over public health. Vaccines work. Misinformation kills. A preventable disease is returning, and accountability matters.
Stay informed. Follow @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for more.
Stay informed. Follow @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for more.
This is the argument the antivaxxers are using to remake the US guidelines which will leave children vulnerable — he should not get credit for being accurate on this.
“Any single vaccine” is the key phrasing here.
And it’s deliberate. See, Bhattacharya cannot acknowledge the truth that vaccines do not cause autism—indeed the idea that they do is based on fraudulent research—without alienating his anti-vax friends with whom he made a devil’s bargain for power.
And it’s deliberate. See, Bhattacharya cannot acknowledge the truth that vaccines do not cause autism—indeed the idea that they do is based on fraudulent research—without alienating his anti-vax friends with whom he made a devil’s bargain for power.
BERNIE SANDERS: Do vaccines cause autism?
BHATTACHARYA: I do not believe that the measles vaccine causes autism
SANDERS: Nah. Uh uh. I didn't ask measles. Do vaccines cause autism?
BHATTACHARYA: I have not seen a study that suggests any single vaccine causes autism
BHATTACHARYA: I do not believe that the measles vaccine causes autism
SANDERS: Nah. Uh uh. I didn't ask measles. Do vaccines cause autism?
BHATTACHARYA: I have not seen a study that suggests any single vaccine causes autism
February 4, 2026 at 11:18 AM
This is the argument the antivaxxers are using to remake the US guidelines which will leave children vulnerable — he should not get credit for being accurate on this.
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"China is going to surpass the West as the world’s pharmaceutical leader....In 2024, China surpassed the U.S. in the number of clinical trials underway, and that was before the Trump administration started playing games with university research budgets." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Moderna’s chilling announcement is a symptom of a deeper sickness
China is on track to become the world’s pharmaceutical leader if the U.S. keeps blowing its edge.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:14 PM
"China is going to surpass the West as the world’s pharmaceutical leader....In 2024, China surpassed the U.S. in the number of clinical trials underway, and that was before the Trump administration started playing games with university research budgets." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
I have wondered if some of the loudest proponents 1. Know what their children’s teachers names are or ever knew 2. Volunteered even once at their kids’ school or went to a PTO mtg 3. Have ever taken their kids to a medical appointment… never mind this
February 1, 2026 at 12:44 AM
I have wondered if some of the loudest proponents 1. Know what their children’s teachers names are or ever knew 2. Volunteered even once at their kids’ school or went to a PTO mtg 3. Have ever taken their kids to a medical appointment… never mind this
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Morning!
In a recent editorial in the nasty right wing rag The Spectator, the NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, a true MAGA hero & a Trump loyalist, celebrated how he had “cured” the NIH of diversity, of equity, and of inclusion
Guess what’s in Project 2025 (page 462)?
Go on, you’ll never guess!
In a recent editorial in the nasty right wing rag The Spectator, the NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, a true MAGA hero & a Trump loyalist, celebrated how he had “cured” the NIH of diversity, of equity, and of inclusion
Guess what’s in Project 2025 (page 462)?
Go on, you’ll never guess!
January 31, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Morning!
In a recent editorial in the nasty right wing rag The Spectator, the NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, a true MAGA hero & a Trump loyalist, celebrated how he had “cured” the NIH of diversity, of equity, and of inclusion
Guess what’s in Project 2025 (page 462)?
Go on, you’ll never guess!
In a recent editorial in the nasty right wing rag The Spectator, the NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, a true MAGA hero & a Trump loyalist, celebrated how he had “cured” the NIH of diversity, of equity, and of inclusion
Guess what’s in Project 2025 (page 462)?
Go on, you’ll never guess!
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Another day, another panel RFK Jr stacks with anti-science kooks😢
1 kook is tied with RFK Jr’s anti-vaxx activist group Children's Health Defense, 1 is from Independent Medical Alliance (it pushes ivermectin for Covid), 1 is from Jeff Tucker’s Brownstone Institute (www.politico.com/news/2025/10...)
1 kook is tied with RFK Jr’s anti-vaxx activist group Children's Health Defense, 1 is from Independent Medical Alliance (it pushes ivermectin for Covid), 1 is from Jeff Tucker’s Brownstone Institute (www.politico.com/news/2025/10...)
Kennedy resets US autism panel with new line-up of 21 members reut.rs/4tlWyBQ
Kennedy resets US autism panel with new line-up of 21 members
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday remade a federal panel that guides national autism policy, naming a new slate of 21 members that includes some with ties to groups promoting unproven claims that link vaccines to autism.
reut.rs
January 29, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Another day, another panel RFK Jr stacks with anti-science kooks😢
1 kook is tied with RFK Jr’s anti-vaxx activist group Children's Health Defense, 1 is from Independent Medical Alliance (it pushes ivermectin for Covid), 1 is from Jeff Tucker’s Brownstone Institute (www.politico.com/news/2025/10...)
1 kook is tied with RFK Jr’s anti-vaxx activist group Children's Health Defense, 1 is from Independent Medical Alliance (it pushes ivermectin for Covid), 1 is from Jeff Tucker’s Brownstone Institute (www.politico.com/news/2025/10...)
People who didn’t believe diphtheria antiserum saved lives opposed a statue of Balto to be put in Central Park. He was the head dog for final leg of Alaskan journey to Nome to save kids in the 1920’s.
January 29, 2026 at 1:29 PM
People who didn’t believe diphtheria antiserum saved lives opposed a statue of Balto to be put in Central Park. He was the head dog for final leg of Alaskan journey to Nome to save kids in the 1920’s.
Only way I am learning what’s in that book is if @ifbookspod.bsky.social touches it but I like the podcast and don’t want them to actually expire.
January 29, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Only way I am learning what’s in that book is if @ifbookspod.bsky.social touches it but I like the podcast and don’t want them to actually expire.
Yes. For example— I knew there were claims about HIV somehow coming from a polio vaccine campaign, but didn’t realize until recently how serious that had gotten, driven by some of the same people as COVID lab leak claims.
January 29, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Yes. For example— I knew there were claims about HIV somehow coming from a polio vaccine campaign, but didn’t realize until recently how serious that had gotten, driven by some of the same people as COVID lab leak claims.
I didn’t know this story. It’s so sad— reminds me of the more recent story of Paloma sherimani with an influencer mom who died unnecessarily of cancer. Ugh.
January 29, 2026 at 11:22 AM
I didn’t know this story. It’s so sad— reminds me of the more recent story of Paloma sherimani with an influencer mom who died unnecessarily of cancer. Ugh.
I’m excited for this but it hasn’t entered trials yet. Horsepox may have been the original virus that Jenner used in 1796, and as a slower growing virus, it may cause fewer AE than dryvax but still be 1 dose. www.tonixpharma.com/tnx-801/
TNX-801 - Tonix Pharmaceuticals
Tonix is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel therapies and vaccines to prevent and treat central nervous system disorders, immunology conditions, infectious diseases...
www.tonixpharma.com
January 24, 2026 at 6:02 PM
I’m excited for this but it hasn’t entered trials yet. Horsepox may have been the original virus that Jenner used in 1796, and as a slower growing virus, it may cause fewer AE than dryvax but still be 1 dose. www.tonixpharma.com/tnx-801/
We have several interventions already. And should be concerned about developing better ones for mpox.
January 24, 2026 at 2:10 PM
We have several interventions already. And should be concerned about developing better ones for mpox.
Yup. It’s absurd and shows he’s a hack.
January 24, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Yup. It’s absurd and shows he’s a hack.
I think it doesn’t matter enough for us not to destroy and telegraph commitment to the BWC. If I thought there was a strategic advantage to keeping it that might change my mind
January 24, 2026 at 3:27 AM
I think it doesn’t matter enough for us not to destroy and telegraph commitment to the BWC. If I thought there was a strategic advantage to keeping it that might change my mind
I was on one of the panels formed after. It was a big deal but it was more amazing that nobody touched those samples for decades
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January 24, 2026 at 3:17 AM
I was on one of the panels formed after. It was a big deal but it was more amazing that nobody touched those samples for decades
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It wasn’t an audit— it was an unexpected find on the NIH campus.
January 24, 2026 at 3:14 AM
It wasn’t an audit— it was an unexpected find on the NIH campus.
I'll email you the pdf but it turns out it is free-- you just need to give them your email to get full access
January 24, 2026 at 12:14 AM
I'll email you the pdf but it turns out it is free-- you just need to give them your email to get full access
Might need to email you a pdf!
January 24, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Might need to email you a pdf!
I’m on the destroy side. www.the-scientist.com/opinion-dest...
Opinion: Destroy All Samples of the Smallpox Virus
With a global alarm ringing because of an unprecedented outbreak of monkeypox, we should also consider a different but closely related viral threat.
www.google.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:42 PM
I’m on the destroy side. www.the-scientist.com/opinion-dest...