Meaghan Kall
@kallmemeg.bsky.social
Epidemiologist, public health trainee, mom, wife. Formerly @UKHSA. Disability advocate. Born 🇺🇸 Migrated 🇬🇧. 🏳️🌈 Personal account.
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I have no interest in trying to dunk on anyone but there is absolutely no evidence for this at all.
SARS-CoV-2 has not been demonstrated to make you more susceptible to other infections by impairing the function of your immune system.
SARS-CoV-2 has not been demonstrated to make you more susceptible to other infections by impairing the function of your immune system.
January 6, 2026 at 4:07 PM
I have no interest in trying to dunk on anyone but there is absolutely no evidence for this at all.
SARS-CoV-2 has not been demonstrated to make you more susceptible to other infections by impairing the function of your immune system.
SARS-CoV-2 has not been demonstrated to make you more susceptible to other infections by impairing the function of your immune system.
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Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?
December 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?
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The worst charts I've ever seen at work
December 10, 2025 at 9:39 AM
The worst charts I've ever seen at work
Post your favourite work of art from exactly 50 years before you were born.
Pablo Picasso: Girl Before a Mirror
(Thanks ChatGPT!)
Pablo Picasso: Girl Before a Mirror
(Thanks ChatGPT!)
December 12, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Post your favourite work of art from exactly 50 years before you were born.
Pablo Picasso: Girl Before a Mirror
(Thanks ChatGPT!)
Pablo Picasso: Girl Before a Mirror
(Thanks ChatGPT!)
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Scientific evidence shows, once again, there is no causal link between vaccines and autism. Vaccines cause adults. - @drtedros.who.int
December 11, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Scientific evidence shows, once again, there is no causal link between vaccines and autism. Vaccines cause adults. - @drtedros.who.int
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#Oddsock Today would like everyone in the UK to know whilst deaf children get access to sign language through LAs. We don't universally give sign language training to PARENTS and often they pay out of pocket to communicate with kids.
Oddsock feels this is stupid and unfair.
Oddsock feels this is stupid and unfair.
December 11, 2025 at 6:57 PM
#Oddsock Today would like everyone in the UK to know whilst deaf children get access to sign language through LAs. We don't universally give sign language training to PARENTS and often they pay out of pocket to communicate with kids.
Oddsock feels this is stupid and unfair.
Oddsock feels this is stupid and unfair.
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Great take. We looked at the data a few weeks ago and concluded that other than starting early, this year's dynamics are comparable to previous bad seasons. Our scenario models suggest a peak in infections (not hospitalisations which lag 1/2 weeks) in early/mid December.
zenodo.org/records/1770...
zenodo.org/records/1770...
December 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Great take. We looked at the data a few weeks ago and concluded that other than starting early, this year's dynamics are comparable to previous bad seasons. Our scenario models suggest a peak in infections (not hospitalisations which lag 1/2 weeks) in early/mid December.
zenodo.org/records/1770...
zenodo.org/records/1770...
Worried about flu? Read this excellent thread
(and get a flu vax if you can) 💉
(and get a flu vax if you can) 💉
🧵 Is it a super flu year? Who knows, but I think the current reporting is stupid.
A pissed off thread using data.
Firstly - here are today's headlines and some from the last 3 years... spot the difference. 1/10
A pissed off thread using data.
Firstly - here are today's headlines and some from the last 3 years... spot the difference. 1/10
December 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Worried about flu? Read this excellent thread
(and get a flu vax if you can) 💉
(and get a flu vax if you can) 💉
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🧵 Is it a super flu year? Who knows, but I think the current reporting is stupid.
A pissed off thread using data.
Firstly - here are today's headlines and some from the last 3 years... spot the difference. 1/10
A pissed off thread using data.
Firstly - here are today's headlines and some from the last 3 years... spot the difference. 1/10
December 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🧵 Is it a super flu year? Who knows, but I think the current reporting is stupid.
A pissed off thread using data.
Firstly - here are today's headlines and some from the last 3 years... spot the difference. 1/10
A pissed off thread using data.
Firstly - here are today's headlines and some from the last 3 years... spot the difference. 1/10
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1/ Seasonal influenza summary from latest @ukhsa.bsky.social surveillance report. #IDSky #EpiSky 🧪
🗓️ Based on data up to week 49 2025 (01-07 Dec 2025)
📊 Increases in activity measured by multiple indicators. Influenza circulating at medium levels in England.
Report 🔗: www.gov.uk/government/s...
🗓️ Based on data up to week 49 2025 (01-07 Dec 2025)
📊 Increases in activity measured by multiple indicators. Influenza circulating at medium levels in England.
Report 🔗: www.gov.uk/government/s...
National flu and COVID-19 surveillance report: 11 December 2025 (week 50)
www.gov.uk
December 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
1/ Seasonal influenza summary from latest @ukhsa.bsky.social surveillance report. #IDSky #EpiSky 🧪
🗓️ Based on data up to week 49 2025 (01-07 Dec 2025)
📊 Increases in activity measured by multiple indicators. Influenza circulating at medium levels in England.
Report 🔗: www.gov.uk/government/s...
🗓️ Based on data up to week 49 2025 (01-07 Dec 2025)
📊 Increases in activity measured by multiple indicators. Influenza circulating at medium levels in England.
Report 🔗: www.gov.uk/government/s...
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Life expectancy in the UK has recovered to pre-pandemic levels.
Yesterday, ONS released the latest National Life Tables and analysis of life expectancy in the UK.
This is so called "period life expectancy", an objective but necessarily backwards-looking calculation.
www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
Yesterday, ONS released the latest National Life Tables and analysis of life expectancy in the UK.
This is so called "period life expectancy", an objective but necessarily backwards-looking calculation.
www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
December 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Life expectancy in the UK has recovered to pre-pandemic levels.
Yesterday, ONS released the latest National Life Tables and analysis of life expectancy in the UK.
This is so called "period life expectancy", an objective but necessarily backwards-looking calculation.
www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
Yesterday, ONS released the latest National Life Tables and analysis of life expectancy in the UK.
This is so called "period life expectancy", an objective but necessarily backwards-looking calculation.
www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
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New ONS data on sexuality just released.
Our increasingly queer future is just about the one thing that gives me hope right now.
Our increasingly queer future is just about the one thing that gives me hope right now.
December 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
New ONS data on sexuality just released.
Our increasingly queer future is just about the one thing that gives me hope right now.
Our increasingly queer future is just about the one thing that gives me hope right now.
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It’s a sign of how insane the news cycle is these days that this historic failure of government policy got just one day of news coverage this week.
Not saying that’s right or wrong, but it’s astonishing how quickly the agenda moves on these days.
Not saying that’s right or wrong, but it’s astonishing how quickly the agenda moves on these days.
BREAKING: UK’s response to Covid was “too little too late”. Acting faster could have saved 23,000 lives in England according to the public inquiry.
Boris Johnson presided over a “toxic, sexist, chaotic culture” in No10, where rule-breaking seriously undermined public confidence.
Boris Johnson presided over a “toxic, sexist, chaotic culture” in No10, where rule-breaking seriously undermined public confidence.
November 23, 2025 at 10:07 AM
It’s a sign of how insane the news cycle is these days that this historic failure of government policy got just one day of news coverage this week.
Not saying that’s right or wrong, but it’s astonishing how quickly the agenda moves on these days.
Not saying that’s right or wrong, but it’s astonishing how quickly the agenda moves on these days.
Stuck in the seasonal confusion zone.
November 15, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Stuck in the seasonal confusion zone.
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Protecting the nation’s public health demands data, whether it be new measles cases, a surge in ER visits, or shifting patterns in obesity. The most recent job cuts at the CDC threaten the mostly unseen foundation of that research enterprise.
www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/c...
www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/c...
CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off
NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.
www.statnews.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Protecting the nation’s public health demands data, whether it be new measles cases, a surge in ER visits, or shifting patterns in obesity. The most recent job cuts at the CDC threaten the mostly unseen foundation of that research enterprise.
www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/c...
www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/c...
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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
1/11
The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
1/11
UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation
Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
1/11
The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
1/11
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New book klaxon: I finally piss EVERYONE off!
What happens when you put health on platforms geared for shopping, PR & entertainment?
What's medicine and what's marketing? And what impact is it having on health?
(In public health lingo -it's commercial meets digital determinants of health)
What happens when you put health on platforms geared for shopping, PR & entertainment?
What's medicine and what's marketing? And what impact is it having on health?
(In public health lingo -it's commercial meets digital determinants of health)
September 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
New book klaxon: I finally piss EVERYONE off!
What happens when you put health on platforms geared for shopping, PR & entertainment?
What's medicine and what's marketing? And what impact is it having on health?
(In public health lingo -it's commercial meets digital determinants of health)
What happens when you put health on platforms geared for shopping, PR & entertainment?
What's medicine and what's marketing? And what impact is it having on health?
(In public health lingo -it's commercial meets digital determinants of health)
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Can anyone explain why the Government is still doing most of its communications through a website whose owner is now openly rallying the far right to trigger a violent insurrection on our streets?
September 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Can anyone explain why the Government is still doing most of its communications through a website whose owner is now openly rallying the far right to trigger a violent insurrection on our streets?
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Our democracy is too precious to be a plaything for foreign tech barons.
Elon Musk doesn’t care about the British people or our rights. He only cares about himself and his ego.
Elon Musk doesn’t care about the British people or our rights. He only cares about himself and his ego.
September 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Our democracy is too precious to be a plaything for foreign tech barons.
Elon Musk doesn’t care about the British people or our rights. He only cares about himself and his ego.
Elon Musk doesn’t care about the British people or our rights. He only cares about himself and his ego.
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The @nytimes.com has rarely felt as hopelessly out of its depth as in the past two days or so. There is still much I admire, many journalists I respect and trust, but on the Charlie Kirk assassination it simply hasn’t been very informative - not to mention some atrocious opinion “journalism”.
September 13, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The @nytimes.com has rarely felt as hopelessly out of its depth as in the past two days or so. There is still much I admire, many journalists I respect and trust, but on the Charlie Kirk assassination it simply hasn’t been very informative - not to mention some atrocious opinion “journalism”.
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I can recall when you used to get tickets for concerts at record shops or venues. You'd maybe have to travel to get them. Now the "convenience" of the internet means you'll probably flub off a full day of work in a frantic lottery that if you win, costs you a mortgage payment. Progress, by Jaysus.
September 12, 2025 at 11:05 AM
I can recall when you used to get tickets for concerts at record shops or venues. You'd maybe have to travel to get them. Now the "convenience" of the internet means you'll probably flub off a full day of work in a frantic lottery that if you win, costs you a mortgage payment. Progress, by Jaysus.
A colleague at my placement today suggested she might break both my ankles to stop me leaving in January. I normally accept all forms of flattery, but... 🤔
September 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
A colleague at my placement today suggested she might break both my ankles to stop me leaving in January. I normally accept all forms of flattery, but... 🤔
I want to get a new work/laptop bag. What are people using these days? Backpacks vs messenger bags? Help!
September 12, 2025 at 10:12 AM
I want to get a new work/laptop bag. What are people using these days? Backpacks vs messenger bags? Help!