Dave Hong
@mohong.bsky.social
Pediatric ID doc, vaccine advocate, ID nerd, antibiotic/antiviral drug developer. #Billsmafia
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a comprehensive guide to coffee preparation, i hope this helps
July 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
a comprehensive guide to coffee preparation, i hope this helps
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This is a travesty & a nightmare. The US was a founder of @gavi.org. It lowers global vaccine costs, has vaccinated 1B children, & averted 19M deaths. This pull out will cost 100s of thousands of children's lives a year - and RFK Jr will be personally responsible.
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
RFK Jr. says US won’t donate to global vaccine effort
Kennedy ripped into Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in a video address at its pledging summit.
www.politico.com
June 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This is a travesty & a nightmare. The US was a founder of @gavi.org. It lowers global vaccine costs, has vaccinated 1B children, & averted 19M deaths. This pull out will cost 100s of thousands of children's lives a year - and RFK Jr will be personally responsible.
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
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There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
May 31, 2025 at 4:43 AM
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
everything feels like it's on fire...
March 29, 2025 at 1:38 AM
everything feels like it's on fire...
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The @fda.gov’s top vaccine official has been pushed out, @wsj.com reports. “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,” Dr. Peter Marks wrote in a resignation letter.
Exclusive | Top Vaccine Official Out at FDA
In his resignation letter, Dr. Peter Marks cited ‘misinformation and lies’ from Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr.
www.wsj.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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see, this plane got measles and was perfectly fine
March 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
see, this plane got measles and was perfectly fine
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Of all federal spending, only 6% goes to federal employees. So we are gutting institutional knowledge and firing people who have dedicated their lives to serve their country and saving nothing.
February 14, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Of all federal spending, only 6% goes to federal employees. So we are gutting institutional knowledge and firing people who have dedicated their lives to serve their country and saving nothing.
All EIS officers cut?!? dark days ahead... we will by flying blind
An update on HHS cuts today
#1 - all of CDC's most recent class of Epidemic Intelligence Services officers, aka agency's "disease detectives," are among cuts
#2 - Stat is reporting that NIH is working out which probationary to cut
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/f...
#1 - all of CDC's most recent class of Epidemic Intelligence Services officers, aka agency's "disease detectives," are among cuts
#2 - Stat is reporting that NIH is working out which probationary to cut
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/f...
The latest I've heard on cuts at HHS
- FDA officials say heard nothing about probationary cuts, so far
- lots of rumors at NIH about cuts, all from a Reddit thread I think, but nothing official yet?
- many contractors have contracts not renewed
www.reddit.com/r/fednews/co...
- FDA officials say heard nothing about probationary cuts, so far
- lots of rumors at NIH about cuts, all from a Reddit thread I think, but nothing official yet?
- many contractors have contracts not renewed
www.reddit.com/r/fednews/co...
February 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
All EIS officers cut?!? dark days ahead... we will by flying blind
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#CDC has confirmed #H5N1 #birdflu in a child in San Fransisco whose source of infection hasn't been determined. The child had fever & conjunctivitis, but has since recovered. Info not yet available on the genotype of the virus, which should help point to a source (ie wild birds or cows).
January 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Why is the media reporting hMPV infections like they're a novel virus?
#idsky
thehill.com/policy/inter...
#idsky
thehill.com/policy/inter...
India confirms first HMPV cases amid surge in China
India confirmed its first cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) infections in children, with a total of seven cases reported as of Tuesday. The cases were reported in Bengaluru, Nagpur, Tamil Nadu …
thehill.com
January 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Why is the media reporting hMPV infections like they're a novel virus?
#idsky
thehill.com/policy/inter...
#idsky
thehill.com/policy/inter...
I guess everybody eats when it comes to contract incentives! #billsmafia
January 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I guess everybody eats when it comes to contract incentives! #billsmafia
How many games has Josh sat out the 4th quarter bc of blowouts? #billsmafia
December 29, 2024 at 8:38 PM
How many games has Josh sat out the 4th quarter bc of blowouts? #billsmafia
I had no idea that Conan O'Brien's dad was in ID.
My condolences to the O'Brien family for the loss of both Dr. O'Brien and his wife Ruth.
#idsky
My condolences to the O'Brien family for the loss of both Dr. O'Brien and his wife Ruth.
#idsky
Dr. Thomas O'Brien -- Expert in Antimicrobial Resistance and Giant in His Field (Literally)
Dr. Thomas (Tom) O’Brien was born in January 1929, in between the discovery of penicillin (September 1928) and the publication of the findings in a medical journal (May 1929). As noted by his longtime...
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December 19, 2024 at 5:54 PM
I had no idea that Conan O'Brien's dad was in ID.
My condolences to the O'Brien family for the loss of both Dr. O'Brien and his wife Ruth.
#idsky
My condolences to the O'Brien family for the loss of both Dr. O'Brien and his wife Ruth.
#idsky
serious H5N1 illness associated with exposure to backyard poultry flock. #idsky
Louisiana released a bit more information late today about the person who contracted #H5N1 #birdflu from a backyard poultry flock. The individual is in critical condition. Over age 65. Has health conditions that make him or her at higher risk of bad illness from #flu.
#CDC has confirmed an #H5N1 #birdflu case in Louisiana, in a person believed to have been infected through contact with infected birds in a backyard flock. This person is seriously ill, the first such case recorded in the US. Similarities to the recent BC case. www.statnews.com/2024/12/18/h...
December 19, 2024 at 3:48 PM
serious H5N1 illness associated with exposure to backyard poultry flock. #idsky
What’s start! Dion had no one to block on that last TD 😂
#billsmafia
#billsmafia
December 15, 2024 at 9:52 PM
What’s start! Dion had no one to block on that last TD 😂
#billsmafia
#billsmafia
Again I ask you…. Who’s covering Nacua?!
December 9, 2024 at 12:19 AM
Again I ask you…. Who’s covering Nacua?!
Um who’s covering Nacua?!
December 8, 2024 at 11:29 PM
Um who’s covering Nacua?!
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tired: earthquake twitter
wired: tsunami bluesky
wired: tsunami bluesky
December 5, 2024 at 6:52 PM
tired: earthquake twitter
wired: tsunami bluesky
wired: tsunami bluesky
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Enterobacteriaceae? Enterobacterales?
What Should We Call Enteric Gram-Negative Bacilli? A Micro-Comic Strip #idsky #medsky #microsky
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
What Should We Call Enteric Gram-Negative Bacilli? A Micro-Comic Strip #idsky #medsky #microsky
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
November 28, 2024 at 9:31 AM
Enterobacteriaceae? Enterobacterales?
What Should We Call Enteric Gram-Negative Bacilli? A Micro-Comic Strip #idsky #medsky #microsky
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
What Should We Call Enteric Gram-Negative Bacilli? A Micro-Comic Strip #idsky #medsky #microsky
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
woohoo! I told you this place had a Reading Rainbow vibe... and it's not just the butterfly in the sky...
#bydhttmwfi
#bydhttmwfi
Okay, y’all… I have finally decided that retreat is the better part of valor. Bringing some rainbow energy over to these blue skies.
#bydhttmwdi
#bydhttmwdi
a pixel art of a man standing under a rainbow on a blue background
Alt: a pixel art of Levar standing under a rainbow on a blue background
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November 18, 2024 at 9:16 PM
woohoo! I told you this place had a Reading Rainbow vibe... and it's not just the butterfly in the sky...
#bydhttmwfi
#bydhttmwfi
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#USDA has confirmed highly pathogenic #birdflu in a backyard flock in Hawaii, on Oahu. Its press release doesn't say which virus; both H5 & H7 viruses can be high path. Given the HI's health dept announced last week it had found #H5 in wastewater, I'm betting that. health.hawaii.gov/news/newsroo...
November 18, 2024 at 4:46 PM
#USDA has confirmed highly pathogenic #birdflu in a backyard flock in Hawaii, on Oahu. Its press release doesn't say which virus; both H5 & H7 viruses can be high path. Given the HI's health dept announced last week it had found #H5 in wastewater, I'm betting that. health.hawaii.gov/news/newsroo...
What a win for Stanford!
And now Go Bills!
And now Go Bills!
November 17, 2024 at 12:19 AM
What a win for Stanford!
And now Go Bills!
And now Go Bills!