Lisa Gralinski
@lisagralinski.bsky.social
Virologist at UNC, travel and food lover.
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Not content to roll back vaccination in the US alone, the extreme anti-vaxx activist & conspiracy theorist RFK Jr is taking his anti-vaxx crusade worldwide
It is children in low- & middle-income countries who will suffer the most from his awful anti-science policies
Let’s talk about that
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It is children in low- & middle-income countries who will suffer the most from his awful anti-science policies
Let’s talk about that
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"Hanging in the balance is some $300 million already allocated by the Biden administration but not yet paid, as well as any new funds". Insanity.
January 30, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Not content to roll back vaccination in the US alone, the extreme anti-vaxx activist & conspiracy theorist RFK Jr is taking his anti-vaxx crusade worldwide
It is children in low- & middle-income countries who will suffer the most from his awful anti-science policies
Let’s talk about that
A 🧵
It is children in low- & middle-income countries who will suffer the most from his awful anti-science policies
Let’s talk about that
A 🧵
New measures in Western NC to improve measles vaccine availability and access: elective (early) doses available for babies over 6 months and free shots from the health department for underinsured adults.
www.bpr.org/health/2026-...
www.bpr.org/health/2026-...
State health officials expand access to measles vaccine following confirmed community spread in WNC
The new guidance allows early infant doses and no-cost shots for adults as transmission moves beyond travel-linked cases
www.bpr.org
January 29, 2026 at 4:33 PM
New measures in Western NC to improve measles vaccine availability and access: elective (early) doses available for babies over 6 months and free shots from the health department for underinsured adults.
www.bpr.org/health/2026-...
www.bpr.org/health/2026-...
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“What she told me is that (the grant) was terminated for violating guidelines that don’t exist...She told me she doesn’t even know if anyone’s working on developing the guidelines.” dailyillini.com/news-stories...
#governmentefficiency
#governmentefficiency
UI researcher loses grant funding amid NIH shakeup - The Daily Illini
A University influenza research lab lost its NIH funding after shifting federal rules on gain-of-function studies.
dailyillini.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:43 AM
“What she told me is that (the grant) was terminated for violating guidelines that don’t exist...She told me she doesn’t even know if anyone’s working on developing the guidelines.” dailyillini.com/news-stories...
#governmentefficiency
#governmentefficiency
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damn
it’s incumbent on us to be this brave
it’s incumbent on us to be this brave
CNN interviews the 'woman in the pink jacket,' aka Stella Carlson: www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
‘We all have to be brave’: Meet the woman whose video of Alex Pretti’s killing contradicted the administration’s claims | CNN
Stella Carlson had no way of knowing Saturday that she would soon watch a man die — or that her video of that fatal incident would serve as a crucial counter to the Trump administration’s initial effo...
www.cnn.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:45 AM
damn
it’s incumbent on us to be this brave
it’s incumbent on us to be this brave
Amazing SciENcv biosketch tip from faculty meeting today - if the system won't accept your biosketch without any awards just add the Nobel and FIFA Peace prizes.
January 22, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Amazing SciENcv biosketch tip from faculty meeting today - if the system won't accept your biosketch without any awards just add the Nobel and FIFA Peace prizes.
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The median American here imo
January 15, 2026 at 7:25 PM
The median American here imo
Measles - it's all over SC and starting to spill into western NC as well. The North Carolina Dept of Health and Human Services just rolled out a new measles case tracking page; unfortunately I'd guess that they're expecting a lot of cases (2 today).
www.dph.ncdhhs.gov/programs/epi...
www.dph.ncdhhs.gov/programs/epi...
Measles Cases and Outbreaks in North Carolina | Division of Public Health
www.dph.ncdhhs.gov
January 15, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Measles - it's all over SC and starting to spill into western NC as well. The North Carolina Dept of Health and Human Services just rolled out a new measles case tracking page; unfortunately I'd guess that they're expecting a lot of cases (2 today).
www.dph.ncdhhs.gov/programs/epi...
www.dph.ncdhhs.gov/programs/epi...
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99 *new* #measles cases in South Carolina; over 300 for the total confirmed there so far with 200+ in quarantine. We need leadership to end this and Kennedy is off pushing beef tallow. Disgraceful.
Spike in Upstate measles outbreak, nearly 100 new cases, hundreds more ‘likely’
“An increasing number of public exposure sites are being identified with likely hundreds more people exposed...,” said Dr. Linda Bell.
www.foxcarolina.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:57 PM
99 *new* #measles cases in South Carolina; over 300 for the total confirmed there so far with 200+ in quarantine. We need leadership to end this and Kennedy is off pushing beef tallow. Disgraceful.
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The scientific (bureaucratic) uncertainty over what constitutes gain of function research is going to stymie important research into pathogens, just as the US & Canada are poised for a dramatic resurgence of infectious diseases thanks to the ‘wisdom’ of non-scientists who have abandoned reason.
ANOTHER NIH leader resigns—John Beigel—over 'a flu study dustup'
A Beigel supporter within NIH "called the flu study dustup a 'pseudomanufactured concern' that was meant to force him out, so officials could bring in a researcher who has strongly supported Trump"🙄
www.science.org/content/arti...
A Beigel supporter within NIH "called the flu study dustup a 'pseudomanufactured concern' that was meant to force him out, so officials could bring in a researcher who has strongly supported Trump"🙄
www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH official resigns after flap over risks of seasonal flu virus study
Agency may be expanding list of pathogens subject to dangerous “gain-of-function” regulations
www.science.org
January 9, 2026 at 4:07 AM
The scientific (bureaucratic) uncertainty over what constitutes gain of function research is going to stymie important research into pathogens, just as the US & Canada are poised for a dramatic resurgence of infectious diseases thanks to the ‘wisdom’ of non-scientists who have abandoned reason.
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Astounding cartoon by @dennisgoris.bsky.social, deserves to win multiple awards, will be etched in our brains forever
January 9, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Astounding cartoon by @dennisgoris.bsky.social, deserves to win multiple awards, will be etched in our brains forever
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1. New #measles numbers out from #CDC. Confirmed cases for 2025 stand at 2,144, the highest single year count since 1991. A decision was taken in 1989 to make measles vaccination a 2-dose regimen; after it was implemented, it & high vaccination rates brought measles to very low levels. Not now.
January 7, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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You cannot simultaneously care about maintaining measles elimination status while actively campaigning against the vaccine that allowed this elimination status to be achieved in the first place.
That's not how any of this works 🤷🏽♀️
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
That's not how any of this works 🤷🏽♀️
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
US builds case to retain measles elimination status as infections mount
U.S. officials are building a case that ongoing measles outbreaks in South Carolina and other states are unrelated to last year's major outbreak in Texas, as it tries to retain its status of having el...
www.reuters.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:34 PM
You cannot simultaneously care about maintaining measles elimination status while actively campaigning against the vaccine that allowed this elimination status to be achieved in the first place.
That's not how any of this works 🤷🏽♀️
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
That's not how any of this works 🤷🏽♀️
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
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It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
January 6, 2026 at 12:35 AM
It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
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It will take some time (a few years), but this change will lead to hundreds of thousands of preventable diseases in the most vulnerable parts of the population, including deaths.
I assume we'll follow this up with the introduction of universal healthcare and paid family/sick/parental leave?
I assume we'll follow this up with the introduction of universal healthcare and paid family/sick/parental leave?
January 6, 2026 at 1:06 AM
It will take some time (a few years), but this change will lead to hundreds of thousands of preventable diseases in the most vulnerable parts of the population, including deaths.
I assume we'll follow this up with the introduction of universal healthcare and paid family/sick/parental leave?
I assume we'll follow this up with the introduction of universal healthcare and paid family/sick/parental leave?
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Kennedy unilaterally guts the US Vaccine schedule. Public health is the great equalizer, but this administration does not want a more equitable America. And children will die. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/h...
Kennedy Scales Back the Number of Vaccines Recommended for Children
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Kennedy unilaterally guts the US Vaccine schedule. Public health is the great equalizer, but this administration does not want a more equitable America. And children will die. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/h...
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If we're going to have the childhood vaccine schedules of Germany, Denmark and Japan, can we have their healthcare systems too?
January 5, 2026 at 7:26 PM
If we're going to have the childhood vaccine schedules of Germany, Denmark and Japan, can we have their healthcare systems too?
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Legitimate expectations and the abrupt cessation of US aid: a human rights issue? - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Legitimate expectations and the abrupt cessation of US aid: a human rights issue?
The abrupt cessation of US official development assistance (ODA), which began on Jan
20, 2025, was unprecedented. On that day the new US administration issued an Executive
Order freezing all ODA pendi...
www.thelancet.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Legitimate expectations and the abrupt cessation of US aid: a human rights issue? - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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There's a lot of focus right now on a person's right to choose whether to be vaccinated. But the risks falling vaccination rates pose to individuals — especially young babies, the elderly & the immunocompromised — need to be part of that discussion. www.statnews.com/2025/12/23/v...
4 questions to understand the costs of ‘medical freedom’
The choice that one person makes not to vaccinate has real costs — financial and otherwise — for their neighbors.
www.statnews.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM
There's a lot of focus right now on a person's right to choose whether to be vaccinated. But the risks falling vaccination rates pose to individuals — especially young babies, the elderly & the immunocompromised — need to be part of that discussion. www.statnews.com/2025/12/23/v...
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The CDC just announced a new study on hepatitis B vaccination on newborns in Guinea-Bissau – a move that researchers call “highly unethical” and “extremely risky”. Happy to team up with @katlay.bsky.social on this story:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
US plan for $1.6m hepatitis B vaccine study in Africa called ‘highly unethical’
Experts decry ‘neocolonialist’ Guinea-Bissau study after Trump administration changed advice for US babies
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The CDC just announced a new study on hepatitis B vaccination on newborns in Guinea-Bissau – a move that researchers call “highly unethical” and “extremely risky”. Happy to team up with @katlay.bsky.social on this story:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
If you were traveling through RDU the morning of Wednesday, Dec 10th you may have been exposed to measles. Watch out for respiratory symptoms, fever, red eyes, and rash until Jan 1.
www.wral.com/news/local/r...
www.wral.com/news/local/r...
RDU passenger had measles: Dec. 10 travelers warned
Health leaders are warning travelers who were in Terminal 2 of the Raleigh-Durham International Airport between 4 a.m. and 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 10.
www.wral.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:25 AM
If you were traveling through RDU the morning of Wednesday, Dec 10th you may have been exposed to measles. Watch out for respiratory symptoms, fever, red eyes, and rash until Jan 1.
www.wral.com/news/local/r...
www.wral.com/news/local/r...
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As far as I can tell, RFK Jr.'s latest antivax stunt runs counter to the WMA Declaration of Helsinki. Withholding HepB vaccination clearly does not meet any definition of clinical equipoise. Doing it anyway, overseas, is straight up colonialist medicine.
Details in Dr. Jacobs's thread below.
Details in Dr. Jacobs's thread below.
December 17, 2025 at 9:32 PM
As far as I can tell, RFK Jr.'s latest antivax stunt runs counter to the WMA Declaration of Helsinki. Withholding HepB vaccination clearly does not meet any definition of clinical equipoise. Doing it anyway, overseas, is straight up colonialist medicine.
Details in Dr. Jacobs's thread below.
Details in Dr. Jacobs's thread below.
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Bad framing: ACIP voted to scrap the universal hepatitis B vaccine recommendation for newborns.
Accurate framing: Anti-vax conspiracy theorists appointed to ACIP by Robert Kennedy Jr., who made a fortune as an anti-vax profiteer, voted to expose babies to a preventable, incurable, deadly illness.
Accurate framing: Anti-vax conspiracy theorists appointed to ACIP by Robert Kennedy Jr., who made a fortune as an anti-vax profiteer, voted to expose babies to a preventable, incurable, deadly illness.
December 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Bad framing: ACIP voted to scrap the universal hepatitis B vaccine recommendation for newborns.
Accurate framing: Anti-vax conspiracy theorists appointed to ACIP by Robert Kennedy Jr., who made a fortune as an anti-vax profiteer, voted to expose babies to a preventable, incurable, deadly illness.
Accurate framing: Anti-vax conspiracy theorists appointed to ACIP by Robert Kennedy Jr., who made a fortune as an anti-vax profiteer, voted to expose babies to a preventable, incurable, deadly illness.
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Temu ACIP has just voted to discontinue the recommendation for the birth dose of HBV vaccine against the advice of all scientific experts.
They have now established beyond a shadow of doubt that they are not a legitimate scientific body.
Meissner says “we are doing harm”.
They have now established beyond a shadow of doubt that they are not a legitimate scientific body.
Meissner says “we are doing harm”.
December 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Temu ACIP has just voted to discontinue the recommendation for the birth dose of HBV vaccine against the advice of all scientific experts.
They have now established beyond a shadow of doubt that they are not a legitimate scientific body.
Meissner says “we are doing harm”.
They have now established beyond a shadow of doubt that they are not a legitimate scientific body.
Meissner says “we are doing harm”.
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