Paul Young
@profpaulyoung.bsky.social
Passionate about science communication and photography - viruses and how to control them. LCR (Late Career Researcher) 🇦🇺
Misleading and False Vaccine Claims - a simple and well compiled explainer. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Misleading and False Vaccine Claims from the MAHA Report
Misleading and False Vaccine Claims from the MAHA Report “Since 1986 the average child, by one year of age, has gone from 3 injections to 29.” Overall, the vaccine schedule has expanded by 1-2 vaccin...
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May 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Misleading and False Vaccine Claims - a simple and well compiled explainer. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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What happened during the WHO mission in Wuhan?
I talked to multiple WHO members being there to reconstruct what they had witnessed.
Read this exclusive excerpt for free:
www.protagonist-science.com/p/exclusive-...
I talked to multiple WHO members being there to reconstruct what they had witnessed.
Read this exclusive excerpt for free:
www.protagonist-science.com/p/exclusive-...
May 12, 2025 at 8:49 AM
What happened during the WHO mission in Wuhan?
I talked to multiple WHO members being there to reconstruct what they had witnessed.
Read this exclusive excerpt for free:
www.protagonist-science.com/p/exclusive-...
I talked to multiple WHO members being there to reconstruct what they had witnessed.
Read this exclusive excerpt for free:
www.protagonist-science.com/p/exclusive-...
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Comparative phylogeography and recombination patterns of SARS CoV-1 and SARS CoV-2 related viruses. Both are derived from recent recombinations in their host bats, and then emerged in human hundreds of miles from their wild reservoirs.
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
The recency and geographical origins of the bat viruses ancestral to SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2
Recombination-aware evolutionary analyses of the entire genomes of SARS-CoV-1-like
and SARS-CoV-2-like viruses indicate that SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 descend from bat
coronaviruses that circulated as...
www.cell.com
May 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Comparative phylogeography and recombination patterns of SARS CoV-1 and SARS CoV-2 related viruses. Both are derived from recent recombinations in their host bats, and then emerged in human hundreds of miles from their wild reservoirs.
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Voting in our national election yesterday at a voting booth in Bondi, Sydney. Quintessential Oz! 👍🤣 And solid support for progressive politics with the Labour Party resoundingly returned to government. Notable was the respect shown by both major leaders in their speeches. Proud to be 🇦🇺
May 4, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Voting in our national election yesterday at a voting booth in Bondi, Sydney. Quintessential Oz! 👍🤣 And solid support for progressive politics with the Labour Party resoundingly returned to government. Notable was the respect shown by both major leaders in their speeches. Proud to be 🇦🇺
Frightening and unconscionable in equal measure.
Measured, evidence-based and empathy enveloped communication (not lecturing!) of the importance of childhood vaccination to the wider community is critical.
#VaccinesWork #VaccinesSaveLives #ScienceCommunication
www.indailyqld.com.au/news/in-dept...
Measured, evidence-based and empathy enveloped communication (not lecturing!) of the importance of childhood vaccination to the wider community is critical.
#VaccinesWork #VaccinesSaveLives #ScienceCommunication
www.indailyqld.com.au/news/in-dept...
Measles: we’re on the precipice of a disaster, experts say - News | InDaily, Inside Queensland
Measles may become endemic again within 20 years if vaccination rates don’t improve, according to new modelling.
www.indailyqld.com.au
May 1, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Frightening and unconscionable in equal measure.
Measured, evidence-based and empathy enveloped communication (not lecturing!) of the importance of childhood vaccination to the wider community is critical.
#VaccinesWork #VaccinesSaveLives #ScienceCommunication
www.indailyqld.com.au/news/in-dept...
Measured, evidence-based and empathy enveloped communication (not lecturing!) of the importance of childhood vaccination to the wider community is critical.
#VaccinesWork #VaccinesSaveLives #ScienceCommunication
www.indailyqld.com.au/news/in-dept...
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Wow, have you heard about this incredibly powerful innovation that can generate art, invent new languages, experience empathy, adapt instantly to environments, make ethical decisions, and even dream up ideas that have never existed before? It’s available today. No, it’s not AI, it’s the human brain.
April 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Wow, have you heard about this incredibly powerful innovation that can generate art, invent new languages, experience empathy, adapt instantly to environments, make ethical decisions, and even dream up ideas that have never existed before? It’s available today. No, it’s not AI, it’s the human brain.
A must read for anyone who appreciates excellent absurdist humour, encapsulated so exquisitely in “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”
Always nice to see a real-world example of @scalzi.com's coinage "nerd-gassing" in the, um, real world!
"Where did they get the coconuts? What follows is one of the greatest examples of nerd-gassing yet to appear on film."
From @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social.
arstechnica.com/culture/2025...
"Where did they get the coconuts? What follows is one of the greatest examples of nerd-gassing yet to appear on film."
From @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social.
arstechnica.com/culture/2025...
Monty Python and the Holy Grail turns 50
Ars staffers reflect upon the things they love most about this masterpiece of absurdist comedy.
arstechnica.com
April 29, 2025 at 9:58 PM
A must read for anyone who appreciates excellent absurdist humour, encapsulated so exquisitely in “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”
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It's like all their other impeding efforts.
You don't need to actually pass a law to make something illegal; you just need to make it very, very difficult to access, or create.
You don't need to actually pass a law to make something illegal; you just need to make it very, very difficult to access, or create.
This isn't a new product. It's an updated vaccine to account for new strains and viral evolution. Are they going to do this for all COVID and influenza vaccines yearly? Because that effectively shuts them down. There isn't enough time between identification of strains included & release of vaccine.
April 27, 2025 at 10:54 PM
It's like all their other impeding efforts.
You don't need to actually pass a law to make something illegal; you just need to make it very, very difficult to access, or create.
You don't need to actually pass a law to make something illegal; you just need to make it very, very difficult to access, or create.
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I made a timeline of all the actions in Trump's (almost) first 100 days that have upended science and health. It was staggering to me to see it all in one place, even though I reported on many on these events. www.statnews.com/2025/04/24/t...
Day by day, how Trump is roiling science and health
STAT is tracking, day by day, what's happened in the words of science and health during the first months of the Trump administration.
www.statnews.com
April 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I made a timeline of all the actions in Trump's (almost) first 100 days that have upended science and health. It was staggering to me to see it all in one place, even though I reported on many on these events. www.statnews.com/2025/04/24/t...
Excellent read/explainer on Australia’s energy needs now and into the future. Would be great if politics could stay out of the equation and we just do what’s logical.
energyhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-26/renewables-versus-nuclear-in-evolving-energy-grid/104800790?utm_source=abc_news_app
energyhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-26/renewables-versus-nuclear-in-evolving-energy-grid/104800790?utm_source=abc_news_app
What might our future power grid look like? This illustrated guide explains
Our energy system is evolving at breakneck speed. Here we look at how our power grid works, what more renewables mean for energy prices, how nuclear fits into the picture, and how we might build a gri...
www.abc.net.au
April 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Excellent read/explainer on Australia’s energy needs now and into the future. Would be great if politics could stay out of the equation and we just do what’s logical.
energyhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-26/renewables-versus-nuclear-in-evolving-energy-grid/104800790?utm_source=abc_news_app
energyhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-26/renewables-versus-nuclear-in-evolving-energy-grid/104800790?utm_source=abc_news_app
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💉 ICYMI - large study of COVID-19 vaccine safety hit by DOGE, #NZ researchers affected
It’s the sort of checking those concerned about vaccines ask for, now stopped.
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It’s the sort of checking those concerned about vaccines ask for, now stopped.
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USA science politics, #NZ research
US admin. ends large international study on COVID-19 vaccine safety,
“We are left without the resources to finish answering questions that matter most to the public, contributing to the vacuum now filled by conspiracy theorists,”
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US admin. ends large international study on COVID-19 vaccine safety,
“We are left without the resources to finish answering questions that matter most to the public, contributing to the vacuum now filled by conspiracy theorists,”
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Groundbreaking project at Auckland Uni stopped in its tracks by US funding cut
Funding cut by Trump administration “isn’t just fiscally wasteful — it’s ethically indefensible”, says vaccinologist and professor Helen Petousis-Harris.
www.stuff.co.nz
April 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
💉 ICYMI - large study of COVID-19 vaccine safety hit by DOGE, #NZ researchers affected
It’s the sort of checking those concerned about vaccines ask for, now stopped.
🧵⬇️
It’s the sort of checking those concerned about vaccines ask for, now stopped.
🧵⬇️
The golden pendas are out in their autumn bloom all over Brisbane. Particularly stunning outside our place! Leaving a carpet of yellow.
April 21, 2025 at 2:59 AM
The golden pendas are out in their autumn bloom all over Brisbane. Particularly stunning outside our place! Leaving a carpet of yellow.
Had missed this in amongst all the craziness. For a movement that has had freedom of speech/opinion as one of their prime grievances, it is ironic that most of the pronouncements over the last few months have been about silencing science or opposing views.
www.euronews.com/business/202...
www.euronews.com/business/202...
US demands that EU companies comply with anti-diversity order
US president Donald Trump has repeatedly taken aim at Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programmes in the US, especially in government offices, claiming that they were discriminatory.
www.euronews.com
April 19, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Had missed this in amongst all the craziness. For a movement that has had freedom of speech/opinion as one of their prime grievances, it is ironic that most of the pronouncements over the last few months have been about silencing science or opposing views.
www.euronews.com/business/202...
www.euronews.com/business/202...
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Predatory journals even worse since "Get Me Off Your F*ck*ng Mailing List" was accepted for publication boingboing.net/2025/04/12/p...
Predatory journals even worse since “Get Me Off Your F*ck*ng Mailing List” was accepted for publication
The 2005 paper repeats the phrase “Get me off your fucking mailing list” for ten pages. The authors are still on the mailing list.
boingboing.net
April 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Predatory journals even worse since "Get Me Off Your F*ck*ng Mailing List" was accepted for publication boingboing.net/2025/04/12/p...
And now for something completely different. We were exceptionally fortunate to be in Sintra, Portugal today and trekked up to the Pena Palace.
Stunningly beautiful - but the irony is not lost on me that over the centuries this was the home of a series of nobles, looking down on their peasants.
Stunningly beautiful - but the irony is not lost on me that over the centuries this was the home of a series of nobles, looking down on their peasants.
April 3, 2025 at 8:53 PM
And now for something completely different. We were exceptionally fortunate to be in Sintra, Portugal today and trekked up to the Pena Palace.
Stunningly beautiful - but the irony is not lost on me that over the centuries this was the home of a series of nobles, looking down on their peasants.
Stunningly beautiful - but the irony is not lost on me that over the centuries this was the home of a series of nobles, looking down on their peasants.
It would be funny if it wasn’t so serious……nah, it’s actually very funny…and tragic….and bonkers! 🤣
Critics suspect Trump’s weird tariff math came from chatbots. Trump accused of consulting chatbots after critics mock tariffs on islands of penguins. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Critics suspect Trump’s weird tariff math came from chatbots
Trump accused of consulting chatbots after critics mock tariffs on islands of penguins.
arstechnica.com
April 3, 2025 at 7:49 PM
It would be funny if it wasn’t so serious……nah, it’s actually very funny…and tragic….and bonkers! 🤣
A wonderful piece of writing. Worth devoting a few minutes. Frighteningly real and accurate I’m afraid….and darkly humorous.
But in the end, just another piece that will miss its mark as it will pass majestically over those who it describes.
www.forkingpaths.co/p/on-power-a...
But in the end, just another piece that will miss its mark as it will pass majestically over those who it describes.
www.forkingpaths.co/p/on-power-a...
On Power and Stupidity
Why do so many fools end up in positions of authority?
www.forkingpaths.co
April 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
A wonderful piece of writing. Worth devoting a few minutes. Frighteningly real and accurate I’m afraid….and darkly humorous.
But in the end, just another piece that will miss its mark as it will pass majestically over those who it describes.
www.forkingpaths.co/p/on-power-a...
But in the end, just another piece that will miss its mark as it will pass majestically over those who it describes.
www.forkingpaths.co/p/on-power-a...
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NIH and CDC cut grants related to COVID and other agents of pandemic potential.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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CDC is pulling back $11B in Covid funding sent to health departments across the U.S.
“Now that the pandemic is over, the grants and cooperative agreements are no longer necessary," federal health authorities wrote to funding recipients this week.
www.nbcnews.com
March 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
NIH and CDC cut grants related to COVID and other agents of pandemic potential.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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Like watching a motorway pile-up in slow motion. So many aspects of US life being impacted - with repercussions across the world.
The only hope with this particular study is that instead of shouting from the darkness the skeptics might, now with resources, see the light!
I know, unlikely ☹️
The only hope with this particular study is that instead of shouting from the darkness the skeptics might, now with resources, see the light!
I know, unlikely ☹️
Gee, I wonder what that study on vaccines and autism will show www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
"Geier and his father, Mark Geier, have published papers claiming vaccines increase the risk of autism, a theory that has been studied for decades and scientifically debunked."
"Geier and his father, Mark Geier, have published papers claiming vaccines increase the risk of autism, a theory that has been studied for decades and scientifically debunked."
March 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Like watching a motorway pile-up in slow motion. So many aspects of US life being impacted - with repercussions across the world.
The only hope with this particular study is that instead of shouting from the darkness the skeptics might, now with resources, see the light!
I know, unlikely ☹️
The only hope with this particular study is that instead of shouting from the darkness the skeptics might, now with resources, see the light!
I know, unlikely ☹️
Well this certsinly caught my eye! 🤣🤣😱
“Rowing would be held in Rockhampton, on the Fitzroy River which is known to have crocodile sightings”
www.thenewdaily.com.au/sport/olympi...
“Rowing would be held in Rockhampton, on the Fitzroy River which is known to have crocodile sightings”
www.thenewdaily.com.au/sport/olympi...
Brisbane Olympics 2032 venue plan finally unveiled
A new stadium will be built in Brisbane as the centrepiece of the 2032 Olympic Games, Premier David Crisafulli has revealed.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
March 25, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Well this certsinly caught my eye! 🤣🤣😱
“Rowing would be held in Rockhampton, on the Fitzroy River which is known to have crocodile sightings”
www.thenewdaily.com.au/sport/olympi...
“Rowing would be held in Rockhampton, on the Fitzroy River which is known to have crocodile sightings”
www.thenewdaily.com.au/sport/olympi...
UQ Lakes circa 1976. Poor quality B&W I took on my new Olympus OM1…was still learning(that’s my excuse anyway). But our UQ Lakes island used to be an amazing nesting and roosting site…..until it got bull-dozed away ☹️
March 22, 2025 at 5:32 AM
UQ Lakes circa 1976. Poor quality B&W I took on my new Olympus OM1…was still learning(that’s my excuse anyway). But our UQ Lakes island used to be an amazing nesting and roosting site…..until it got bull-dozed away ☹️
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1. For the past thirty years I've had the best job in the world.
I've had the opportunity to follow my curiosity; explore the workings of nature and society; mentor students and junior colleagues in the same process; and teach generations of students about it all.
I've had the opportunity to follow my curiosity; explore the workings of nature and society; mentor students and junior colleagues in the same process; and teach generations of students about it all.
March 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
1. For the past thirty years I've had the best job in the world.
I've had the opportunity to follow my curiosity; explore the workings of nature and society; mentor students and junior colleagues in the same process; and teach generations of students about it all.
I've had the opportunity to follow my curiosity; explore the workings of nature and society; mentor students and junior colleagues in the same process; and teach generations of students about it all.
Seriously. The US is broken.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Seriously. The US is broken.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Extraordinary. The national health equivalent of shooting oneself in the foot. And it won’t “simply” be a matter of removing “mRNA” from grants as many of the transformative (oops I used a trans word 😱) approaches being explored can only work via mRNA. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants - KFF Health News
Two senior scientists say National Institutes of Health officials advised them to remove references to mRNA vaccines in grant applications, and they fear the Trump administration will abandon a promis...
kffhealthnews.org
March 17, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Extraordinary. The national health equivalent of shooting oneself in the foot. And it won’t “simply” be a matter of removing “mRNA” from grants as many of the transformative (oops I used a trans word 😱) approaches being explored can only work via mRNA. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...