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Increasingly bitter infectious disease epidemiologist. Seattle, WA. My views are my own and do not reflect those of my employer.
Could the findings be clearer? Trans people deserve our respect and support.
June 11, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Could the findings be clearer? Trans people deserve our respect and support.
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NEW: After firing expert scientists on the CDC's vaccine advisory committee, RFK Jr. has named their replacements.
The new committee contains many figures known for spreading disinformation about vaccines and COVID including Robert Malone and Martin Kulldorff.
This is bad.
The new committee contains many figures known for spreading disinformation about vaccines and COVID including Robert Malone and Martin Kulldorff.
This is bad.
June 11, 2025 at 9:31 PM
NEW: After firing expert scientists on the CDC's vaccine advisory committee, RFK Jr. has named their replacements.
The new committee contains many figures known for spreading disinformation about vaccines and COVID including Robert Malone and Martin Kulldorff.
This is bad.
The new committee contains many figures known for spreading disinformation about vaccines and COVID including Robert Malone and Martin Kulldorff.
This is bad.
The biggest liar in public health, who lied under oath, is likely going to pack the ACIP with losers, liars, and con men willing to sell their souls to promote death and disease. I hope we can chart a course forward to protect our communities without relying on RFK Jr's fake committee.
June 9, 2025 at 11:25 PM
The biggest liar in public health, who lied under oath, is likely going to pack the ACIP with losers, liars, and con men willing to sell their souls to promote death and disease. I hope we can chart a course forward to protect our communities without relying on RFK Jr's fake committee.
Osterholm: no matter what we lose, we will rise again. We will bend but we will not break. #CSTE2025 #publichealth #epidemiology
June 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Osterholm: no matter what we lose, we will rise again. We will bend but we will not break. #CSTE2025 #publichealth #epidemiology
Michael Osterholm at the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists: this past 50-year era of public health that we built together is now history. We must now look at the next 50 years. #CSTE #CSTE2025 #epidemiology #publuchealth
June 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Michael Osterholm at the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists: this past 50-year era of public health that we built together is now history. We must now look at the next 50 years. #CSTE #CSTE2025 #epidemiology #publuchealth
PAHO warns of increases in pertussis in the western hemisphere. This is absolutely being seen in the US. Here in Washington state, preliminary 2024 data shows the number of confirmed and probable pertussis cases increased 25-fold over 2023.
www.paho.org/en/documents...
www.paho.org/en/documents...
Epidemiological alert Increased pertussis (Whooping Cough) in the Americas Region - 31 May 2025
In light of the sustained decline in pertussis vaccination coverage, mainly during the COVID-19 pandemic, and in the context of the current global resurgence of pertussis cases—with significant increa...
www.paho.org
June 4, 2025 at 12:59 AM
PAHO warns of increases in pertussis in the western hemisphere. This is absolutely being seen in the US. Here in Washington state, preliminary 2024 data shows the number of confirmed and probable pertussis cases increased 25-fold over 2023.
www.paho.org/en/documents...
www.paho.org/en/documents...
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Science does not work like this. The only way you can set a timeline is if you have rigged the results in advance.
April 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Science does not work like this. The only way you can set a timeline is if you have rigged the results in advance.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. must be removed from office.
April 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. must be removed from office.
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Hope it was worth it to stop a few of us from peeing.
April 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Hope it was worth it to stop a few of us from peeing.
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Naturally-derived & synthetic versions of a chemical are the same chemical.
Ex: formaldehyde, formula CH₂O.
TRACE levels in some vaccines, <50 micrograms (µg) per dose.
YOUR BODY makes 42,520,000 µg formaldehyde a day. (1.5 oz, 850,000-times more than a vaccine).
It’s the SAME formaldehyde.
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Ex: formaldehyde, formula CH₂O.
TRACE levels in some vaccines, <50 micrograms (µg) per dose.
YOUR BODY makes 42,520,000 µg formaldehyde a day. (1.5 oz, 850,000-times more than a vaccine).
It’s the SAME formaldehyde.
1/
March 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Naturally-derived & synthetic versions of a chemical are the same chemical.
Ex: formaldehyde, formula CH₂O.
TRACE levels in some vaccines, <50 micrograms (µg) per dose.
YOUR BODY makes 42,520,000 µg formaldehyde a day. (1.5 oz, 850,000-times more than a vaccine).
It’s the SAME formaldehyde.
1/
Ex: formaldehyde, formula CH₂O.
TRACE levels in some vaccines, <50 micrograms (µg) per dose.
YOUR BODY makes 42,520,000 µg formaldehyde a day. (1.5 oz, 850,000-times more than a vaccine).
It’s the SAME formaldehyde.
1/
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People might think that whatever destruction is done to science in the US, we can undo in 4 years with a Democratic president and Congress.
The problem is that many areas require specialized knowledge and skills built up over years, and once that's lost, it's hard to get back.
The problem is that many areas require specialized knowledge and skills built up over years, and once that's lost, it's hard to get back.
The damage will be far worse than just a 4-yr gap. Both I and the individual who has managed this site for most of the past 50 yrs are retiring within the next 2 years. With this closure, we will not be able to plan a transition.
March 16, 2025 at 10:35 PM
People might think that whatever destruction is done to science in the US, we can undo in 4 years with a Democratic president and Congress.
The problem is that many areas require specialized knowledge and skills built up over years, and once that's lost, it's hard to get back.
The problem is that many areas require specialized knowledge and skills built up over years, and once that's lost, it's hard to get back.
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It's the entire email list for all DOGE employees. Have fun!
March 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
It's the entire email list for all DOGE employees. Have fun!
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Wow. So not only were several bird flu studies left out of today’s CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, some data on bird flu briefly appeared in the online report and then was quickly removed.
February 7, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Wow. So not only were several bird flu studies left out of today’s CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, some data on bird flu briefly appeared in the online report and then was quickly removed.
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So Trump's shutting down of the entire government's funding system for American projects is literally so he can go line by line and target transgender people and other minorities.
When we said transphobia affects cis people too, well... here you go.
When we said transphobia affects cis people too, well... here you go.
January 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
So Trump's shutting down of the entire government's funding system for American projects is literally so he can go line by line and target transgender people and other minorities.
When we said transphobia affects cis people too, well... here you go.
When we said transphobia affects cis people too, well... here you go.
There is only one way to describe the president "pausing" international aid for HIV and AIDS (the program known as PEPFAR): MASS MURDER.
January 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
There is only one way to describe the president "pausing" international aid for HIV and AIDS (the program known as PEPFAR): MASS MURDER.
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Happy Birthday, Angela Davis!
January 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Happy Birthday, Angela Davis!
Pay attention to bird flu, aka avian flu, aka H5N1. It's not gonna go away just because communications are suppressed.
The censorship begins: According to officials, the Trump administration is instructing health agencies including the CDC, FDA, NIH, and HHS to pause all external communications, such as health advisories, weekly scientific reports, updates to websites and social media posts.
January 22, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Pay attention to bird flu, aka avian flu, aka H5N1. It's not gonna go away just because communications are suppressed.
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i said a few times here and there before the election that we’ll see what the mass deportation plan looks like when it’s ICE agents dragging grandmothers out of churches and, well, here we are
Minutes ago, the Trump admin revoked the sensitive locations policy that prevented ICE from carrying out enforcement arrests inside churches, hospitals, and schools.
January 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
i said a few times here and there before the election that we’ll see what the mass deportation plan looks like when it’s ICE agents dragging grandmothers out of churches and, well, here we are
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What is one simple act of resistance that will absolutely infuriate any authoritarian determined to make the world ignore pandemics and climate change?
Wearing a mask.
Wearing a mask.
January 21, 2025 at 5:24 AM
What is one simple act of resistance that will absolutely infuriate any authoritarian determined to make the world ignore pandemics and climate change?
Wearing a mask.
Wearing a mask.
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i think the executive orders directing agencies to end energy efficiency regulations and open up more land to drilling and mining is so indicative of the character of the american right — in its view everything, whether people or our larger environment, is something to be exploited and dominated
January 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
i think the executive orders directing agencies to end energy efficiency regulations and open up more land to drilling and mining is so indicative of the character of the american right — in its view everything, whether people or our larger environment, is something to be exploited and dominated
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Just had a sample of the Eaton Fire ash that is in my driveway run on the department XRF. Is there titanium (new house paint)? Yup. Lead (old house paint)? You betcha. Heavy metals? Check. Treat that ash like it's toxic folks (because it is)
January 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Just had a sample of the Eaton Fire ash that is in my driveway run on the department XRF. Is there titanium (new house paint)? Yup. Lead (old house paint)? You betcha. Heavy metals? Check. Treat that ash like it's toxic folks (because it is)
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RFK petitioned the FDA to revoke authorization of the COVID vaccines in early 2021. If he is confirmed as head of HHS, he will put so many lives under threat with moves like this.
RFK Jr. Sought to Stop Covid Vaccinations 6 Months After Rollout
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. petitioned the F.D.A. to revoke authorization of the shots at a time when they were in high demand and considered life-saving.
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
RFK petitioned the FDA to revoke authorization of the COVID vaccines in early 2021. If he is confirmed as head of HHS, he will put so many lives under threat with moves like this.
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JUST PUBLISHED: It has been the honor of my career to co-author "Queer, HIV+ and Running Out of Medication in Gaza" with Afeef Nessouli @theintercept.com —a story about Palestine, AIDS, genocide, and an extraordinary survivor named E.S. Please read & share. theintercept.com/2025/01/13/i...
Queer, HIV-Positive, and Running Out of Medication in Gaza
A year in Palestine, living in fear of not just genocide — but AIDS.
theintercept.com
January 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
JUST PUBLISHED: It has been the honor of my career to co-author "Queer, HIV+ and Running Out of Medication in Gaza" with Afeef Nessouli @theintercept.com —a story about Palestine, AIDS, genocide, and an extraordinary survivor named E.S. Please read & share. theintercept.com/2025/01/13/i...
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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is bragging about distributing N95 masks. Yet, just 6 months ago Bass proposed a ban on masks in LA.
January 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is bragging about distributing N95 masks. Yet, just 6 months ago Bass proposed a ban on masks in LA.