Dr Richard Hirschson
@richardhirschson.bsky.social
Physician, Intensive Care, pandemics, economics, libertarian, gambler. No financial/medical advice here.
#H5N1 #BirdFlu #MPOX #Pandemics
#H5N1 #BirdFlu #MPOX #Pandemics
Pinned
Don’t be too scared of DEATH that u forget to live LIFE.
My grandmother lived to be 101 coz she was only marginally more scared of DEATH than she was of LIFE. 🧐🧐
My grandmother lived to be 101 coz she was only marginally more scared of DEATH than she was of LIFE. 🧐🧐
⚠️BREAKING
New reassortant H5N1 Bird Flu virus in Cambodia kills 7, sickens 11, 1 critical on life support.
7 cases in June alone.
Generic sub-typing needed(E627K, D701) critical.
83 cases of Bird Flu in Cambodia since 2003,60% mortality,increasing numbers & mortality in 2025 cause for concern.
New reassortant H5N1 Bird Flu virus in Cambodia kills 7, sickens 11, 1 critical on life support.
7 cases in June alone.
Generic sub-typing needed(E627K, D701) critical.
83 cases of Bird Flu in Cambodia since 2003,60% mortality,increasing numbers & mortality in 2025 cause for concern.
July 2, 2025 at 5:48 AM
⚠️BREAKING
New reassortant H5N1 Bird Flu virus in Cambodia kills 7, sickens 11, 1 critical on life support.
7 cases in June alone.
Generic sub-typing needed(E627K, D701) critical.
83 cases of Bird Flu in Cambodia since 2003,60% mortality,increasing numbers & mortality in 2025 cause for concern.
New reassortant H5N1 Bird Flu virus in Cambodia kills 7, sickens 11, 1 critical on life support.
7 cases in June alone.
Generic sub-typing needed(E627K, D701) critical.
83 cases of Bird Flu in Cambodia since 2003,60% mortality,increasing numbers & mortality in 2025 cause for concern.
Reposted by Dr Richard Hirschson
"We need to access the vaccine that the federal government has already approved." Hickman pointed squarely at the meat bird industry’s lobbying efforts against an avian flu vaccine for the nationwide outbreak. #h5n1 #eggs #Arizona #rfkjr #birdflu
Bird flu outbreak kills 95% of Hickman's Arizona chickens, closes West Valley farms
The Arizona company will not be able to meet 100% of customer demand and expects to cut hundreds of jobs, company leader Glenn Hickman said.
www.azcentral.com
June 1, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Reposted by Dr Richard Hirschson
If you are watching #FDA and how it plans to handle #Covid vaccines going forward, you should know about this political appointee in the commissioner's office. www.statnews.com/2025/05/19/t...
Inside the rise of Tracy Beth Høeg, the Covid contrarian shaping FDA vaccine policy
Høeg has been skeptical of the safety and value of some vaccines and mandates, raising questions about her approach at the FDA.
www.statnews.com
May 19, 2025 at 12:57 PM
If you are watching #FDA and how it plans to handle #Covid vaccines going forward, you should know about this political appointee in the commissioner's office. www.statnews.com/2025/05/19/t...
⚠️BREAKING
🧵 on #Covid #LongCovid
Global Life Expectancy Takes Hit in COVID:WHO Issues Urgent Health Warning
Global life expectancy-dropped 1.8 yrs 2019-2021,largest drop ever
COVID aged many of us decades, now being recognised as greatest cardiac risk factor EVER.
pragativadi.com/global-life-ex…
🧵 on #Covid #LongCovid
Global Life Expectancy Takes Hit in COVID:WHO Issues Urgent Health Warning
Global life expectancy-dropped 1.8 yrs 2019-2021,largest drop ever
COVID aged many of us decades, now being recognised as greatest cardiac risk factor EVER.
pragativadi.com/global-life-ex…
May 19, 2025 at 12:57 PM
⚠️BREAKING
🧵 on #Covid #LongCovid
Global Life Expectancy Takes Hit in COVID:WHO Issues Urgent Health Warning
Global life expectancy-dropped 1.8 yrs 2019-2021,largest drop ever
COVID aged many of us decades, now being recognised as greatest cardiac risk factor EVER.
pragativadi.com/global-life-ex…
🧵 on #Covid #LongCovid
Global Life Expectancy Takes Hit in COVID:WHO Issues Urgent Health Warning
Global life expectancy-dropped 1.8 yrs 2019-2021,largest drop ever
COVID aged many of us decades, now being recognised as greatest cardiac risk factor EVER.
pragativadi.com/global-life-ex…
Reposted by Dr Richard Hirschson
Matching new #H5N1 B3.13 w/ PB2 E627K
PB2 or NP based
A/dairy cow/USA/012089-001/2025
A/dairy cow/USA/012089-002/2025
A/dairy cow/USA/012089-003/2025
A/dairy cow/USA/012089-004/2025
A/dairy cow/USA/012089-005/2025
A/dairy cow/USA/012187-004/2025
A/dairy cow/USA/012187-005/2025
PB2 or NP based
A/dairy cow/USA/012089-001/2025
A/dairy cow/USA/012089-002/2025
A/dairy cow/USA/012089-003/2025
A/dairy cow/USA/012089-004/2025
A/dairy cow/USA/012089-005/2025
A/dairy cow/USA/012187-004/2025
A/dairy cow/USA/012187-005/2025
May 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Matching new #H5N1 B3.13 w/ PB2 E627K
PB2 or NP based
A/dairy cow/USA/012089-001/2025
A/dairy cow/USA/012089-002/2025
A/dairy cow/USA/012089-003/2025
A/dairy cow/USA/012089-004/2025
A/dairy cow/USA/012089-005/2025
A/dairy cow/USA/012187-004/2025
A/dairy cow/USA/012187-005/2025
PB2 or NP based
A/dairy cow/USA/012089-001/2025
A/dairy cow/USA/012089-002/2025
A/dairy cow/USA/012089-003/2025
A/dairy cow/USA/012089-004/2025
A/dairy cow/USA/012089-005/2025
A/dairy cow/USA/012187-004/2025
A/dairy cow/USA/012187-005/2025
When stocks crash Treasuries usually rally.
Not this time.
Are Treasuries the new Junk Bonds?
Not this time.
Are Treasuries the new Junk Bonds?
April 16, 2025 at 12:14 PM
When stocks crash Treasuries usually rally.
Not this time.
Are Treasuries the new Junk Bonds?
Not this time.
Are Treasuries the new Junk Bonds?
Debt as an Asset class has been rescinded.
The FED will buy and retire long term debt while simultaneously cutting short term rates.
What will the Dollar be worth afterwards?
The FED will buy and retire long term debt while simultaneously cutting short term rates.
What will the Dollar be worth afterwards?
April 16, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Debt as an Asset class has been rescinded.
The FED will buy and retire long term debt while simultaneously cutting short term rates.
What will the Dollar be worth afterwards?
The FED will buy and retire long term debt while simultaneously cutting short term rates.
What will the Dollar be worth afterwards?
Measles cases are far higher than reported.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
CDC says measles cases are most likely underreported as outbreak swells in Texas
The leader of the CDC’s measles team said the agency was “scraping” to find resources to address an outbreak in the Southwest.
www.nbcnews.com
April 16, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Measles cases are far higher than reported.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
⚠️BREAKING
#HPV INCREASES CARDIAC RISK BY 40%.
Meta analysis of 250000 patients reported @ACCinTouch .
Thought to be due to chronic inflammation, similar to #COVID_19 .
A vaccine for cardiac disease?
eurekalert.org/news-releases/…
#HPV INCREASES CARDIAC RISK BY 40%.
Meta analysis of 250000 patients reported @ACCinTouch .
Thought to be due to chronic inflammation, similar to #COVID_19 .
A vaccine for cardiac disease?
eurekalert.org/news-releases/…
March 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
⚠️BREAKING
#HPV INCREASES CARDIAC RISK BY 40%.
Meta analysis of 250000 patients reported @ACCinTouch .
Thought to be due to chronic inflammation, similar to #COVID_19 .
A vaccine for cardiac disease?
eurekalert.org/news-releases/…
#HPV INCREASES CARDIAC RISK BY 40%.
Meta analysis of 250000 patients reported @ACCinTouch .
Thought to be due to chronic inflammation, similar to #COVID_19 .
A vaccine for cardiac disease?
eurekalert.org/news-releases/…
#H5N1 is greatest PANDEMIC threat to Britain, says health watchdog
The ‘relatively small’ number of infections detected in Britain so far is the ‘tip of a potential iceberg’.
Warning comes as the virus was detected in a sheep in Yorkshire (first time ever).
telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…
The ‘relatively small’ number of infections detected in Britain so far is the ‘tip of a potential iceberg’.
Warning comes as the virus was detected in a sheep in Yorkshire (first time ever).
telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…
March 26, 2025 at 9:16 PM
#H5N1 is greatest PANDEMIC threat to Britain, says health watchdog
The ‘relatively small’ number of infections detected in Britain so far is the ‘tip of a potential iceberg’.
Warning comes as the virus was detected in a sheep in Yorkshire (first time ever).
telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…
The ‘relatively small’ number of infections detected in Britain so far is the ‘tip of a potential iceberg’.
Warning comes as the virus was detected in a sheep in Yorkshire (first time ever).
telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…
Not good for a country that declared Measles eradicated in 1998.
March 21, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Not good for a country that declared Measles eradicated in 1998.
⚠️BREAKING
The Measles outbreak in Canada 🇨🇦 is expanding, and is worse than the US 🇺🇸.
A further 120 cases were added this week alone.
Measles remains a disease of the unvaccinated. 👇👇
cbc.ca/news/canada/to…
The Measles outbreak in Canada 🇨🇦 is expanding, and is worse than the US 🇺🇸.
A further 120 cases were added this week alone.
Measles remains a disease of the unvaccinated. 👇👇
cbc.ca/news/canada/to…
March 21, 2025 at 7:37 AM
⚠️BREAKING
The Measles outbreak in Canada 🇨🇦 is expanding, and is worse than the US 🇺🇸.
A further 120 cases were added this week alone.
Measles remains a disease of the unvaccinated. 👇👇
cbc.ca/news/canada/to…
The Measles outbreak in Canada 🇨🇦 is expanding, and is worse than the US 🇺🇸.
A further 120 cases were added this week alone.
Measles remains a disease of the unvaccinated. 👇👇
cbc.ca/news/canada/to…
⚠️BREAKING
H5N1 BirdFlu is decimating bird colonies in Antarctica.
www.newscientist.com/article/2471...
H5N1 BirdFlu is decimating bird colonies in Antarctica.
www.newscientist.com/article/2471...
H5N1 flu is now killing birds on the continent of Antarctica
A highly pathogenic strain of bird flu is spreading south along the Antarctic Peninsula and could devastate populations of penguins and other seabirds
www.newscientist.com
March 12, 2025 at 2:38 AM
⚠️BREAKING
H5N1 BirdFlu is decimating bird colonies in Antarctica.
www.newscientist.com/article/2471...
H5N1 BirdFlu is decimating bird colonies in Antarctica.
www.newscientist.com/article/2471...
⚠️BREAKING
AUSTRALIA’S TOP DOCTORS ARE RESIGNING FROM PUBLIC SERVICE EN MASSE.
abc.net.au/news/2025-03-1…
We are watching the Australian public healthcare system buckle under the weight of Administrative RED TAPE and BUREAUCRACY.
AUSTRALIA’S TOP DOCTORS ARE RESIGNING FROM PUBLIC SERVICE EN MASSE.
abc.net.au/news/2025-03-1…
We are watching the Australian public healthcare system buckle under the weight of Administrative RED TAPE and BUREAUCRACY.
https://abc.net.au/news/2025-03-1…
March 12, 2025 at 2:33 AM
⚠️BREAKING
AUSTRALIA’S TOP DOCTORS ARE RESIGNING FROM PUBLIC SERVICE EN MASSE.
abc.net.au/news/2025-03-1…
We are watching the Australian public healthcare system buckle under the weight of Administrative RED TAPE and BUREAUCRACY.
AUSTRALIA’S TOP DOCTORS ARE RESIGNING FROM PUBLIC SERVICE EN MASSE.
abc.net.au/news/2025-03-1…
We are watching the Australian public healthcare system buckle under the weight of Administrative RED TAPE and BUREAUCRACY.
What a magnificent allocation of healthcare resources!
No wonder we pay more,and get less?
Never before have the regulated known so much more about a topic than the regulators.
The system will continue in current form until the price of the inefficiencies causes it to collapse under its own weight.
No wonder we pay more,and get less?
Never before have the regulated known so much more about a topic than the regulators.
The system will continue in current form until the price of the inefficiencies causes it to collapse under its own weight.
March 12, 2025 at 2:33 AM
What a magnificent allocation of healthcare resources!
No wonder we pay more,and get less?
Never before have the regulated known so much more about a topic than the regulators.
The system will continue in current form until the price of the inefficiencies causes it to collapse under its own weight.
No wonder we pay more,and get less?
Never before have the regulated known so much more about a topic than the regulators.
The system will continue in current form until the price of the inefficiencies causes it to collapse under its own weight.
END OF DIGITAL PROSTATE EXAMINATION.
Future of healthcare will need few Doctors,even FEWER Surgeons,and NO reporting Radiologists, Pathologists,Dermatologists.
The diseases we don’t predict with genetic testing at birth,will be diagnosed before clinically apparent.
New age of preventative medicine.
Future of healthcare will need few Doctors,even FEWER Surgeons,and NO reporting Radiologists, Pathologists,Dermatologists.
The diseases we don’t predict with genetic testing at birth,will be diagnosed before clinically apparent.
New age of preventative medicine.
March 7, 2025 at 12:47 PM
END OF DIGITAL PROSTATE EXAMINATION.
Future of healthcare will need few Doctors,even FEWER Surgeons,and NO reporting Radiologists, Pathologists,Dermatologists.
The diseases we don’t predict with genetic testing at birth,will be diagnosed before clinically apparent.
New age of preventative medicine.
Future of healthcare will need few Doctors,even FEWER Surgeons,and NO reporting Radiologists, Pathologists,Dermatologists.
The diseases we don’t predict with genetic testing at birth,will be diagnosed before clinically apparent.
New age of preventative medicine.
Vaccines are like safety belts.
I’m all for personal liberties, and I don’t like being told what to do, but I do need to wear a safety belt where I live.
#VaccinesWork
I’m all for personal liberties, and I don’t like being told what to do, but I do need to wear a safety belt where I live.
#VaccinesWork
March 5, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Vaccines are like safety belts.
I’m all for personal liberties, and I don’t like being told what to do, but I do need to wear a safety belt where I live.
#VaccinesWork
I’m all for personal liberties, and I don’t like being told what to do, but I do need to wear a safety belt where I live.
#VaccinesWork
Could a #BigMac be healthier for you than a ribeye steak?
YES!
#Diet #Paleo #Keto
x.com/richardhirsc...
YES!
#Diet #Paleo #Keto
x.com/richardhirsc...
March 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Could a #BigMac be healthier for you than a ribeye steak?
YES!
#Diet #Paleo #Keto
x.com/richardhirsc...
YES!
#Diet #Paleo #Keto
x.com/richardhirsc...
March 4, 2025 at 12:10 PM
CONCLAVE WINS OSCAR FOR BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY.
Could this be a life-imitating-art coincidence?
Prayers with Pope Francis.
🙏🙏
apnews.com/article/pope-v…
Could this be a life-imitating-art coincidence?
Prayers with Pope Francis.
🙏🙏
apnews.com/article/pope-v…
March 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
CONCLAVE WINS OSCAR FOR BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY.
Could this be a life-imitating-art coincidence?
Prayers with Pope Francis.
🙏🙏
apnews.com/article/pope-v…
Could this be a life-imitating-art coincidence?
Prayers with Pope Francis.
🙏🙏
apnews.com/article/pope-v…
March 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Reported in @NEJM .
The END of nasal polyps,nasal congestion,systemic steroids use, need for nasal-polyp surgery.
Tezepelumab is a monoclonal ab that blocks TSLP (pro-inflam cytokine).
Monthly injections work in bad asthma.
Now they work in chronic rhino-sinusitis also.
nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
The END of nasal polyps,nasal congestion,systemic steroids use, need for nasal-polyp surgery.
Tezepelumab is a monoclonal ab that blocks TSLP (pro-inflam cytokine).
Monthly injections work in bad asthma.
Now they work in chronic rhino-sinusitis also.
nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
March 2, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Reported in @NEJM .
The END of nasal polyps,nasal congestion,systemic steroids use, need for nasal-polyp surgery.
Tezepelumab is a monoclonal ab that blocks TSLP (pro-inflam cytokine).
Monthly injections work in bad asthma.
Now they work in chronic rhino-sinusitis also.
nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
The END of nasal polyps,nasal congestion,systemic steroids use, need for nasal-polyp surgery.
Tezepelumab is a monoclonal ab that blocks TSLP (pro-inflam cytokine).
Monthly injections work in bad asthma.
Now they work in chronic rhino-sinusitis also.
nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
Reposted by Dr Richard Hirschson
An H5N1 Timeline from @kkjetelina.bsky.social that I find helpful to gauge when we could be in pandemic mode. It'll be serious when there's human to human transmission. But, how will we know if people are not getting tested?
March 2, 2025 at 12:40 AM
An H5N1 Timeline from @kkjetelina.bsky.social that I find helpful to gauge when we could be in pandemic mode. It'll be serious when there's human to human transmission. But, how will we know if people are not getting tested?
Gene Hackman death IS suspicious.
FAULTY PACEMAKER vs delayed discovery from FAULTY COMMUNICATION?
Hackmans PPM knew when he died,last recorded event 17/1.
9 days before found.
PPM’s communicate all events to treating cardiologist/pacemaker company.
If PPM was functional,why was no one listening?
FAULTY PACEMAKER vs delayed discovery from FAULTY COMMUNICATION?
Hackmans PPM knew when he died,last recorded event 17/1.
9 days before found.
PPM’s communicate all events to treating cardiologist/pacemaker company.
If PPM was functional,why was no one listening?
March 2, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Gene Hackman death IS suspicious.
FAULTY PACEMAKER vs delayed discovery from FAULTY COMMUNICATION?
Hackmans PPM knew when he died,last recorded event 17/1.
9 days before found.
PPM’s communicate all events to treating cardiologist/pacemaker company.
If PPM was functional,why was no one listening?
FAULTY PACEMAKER vs delayed discovery from FAULTY COMMUNICATION?
Hackmans PPM knew when he died,last recorded event 17/1.
9 days before found.
PPM’s communicate all events to treating cardiologist/pacemaker company.
If PPM was functional,why was no one listening?
BASICS OF MEASLES
✴️3 C's (cough,coryza,conjunctivitis)
✴️Koplik’s spots
✴️Fever
✴️Rash face➡️body.
✴️Pneumonia,Encephalitis
✴️R0 18+.MOST INFECTIOUS VIRUS
✴️Mortality 10 times COVID.
✴️Vaccine effective.Threshold for herd immunity 92%👇
I’ve treated LOTS of measles in Africa,get Vax
x.com/richardhirschs…
✴️3 C's (cough,coryza,conjunctivitis)
✴️Koplik’s spots
✴️Fever
✴️Rash face➡️body.
✴️Pneumonia,Encephalitis
✴️R0 18+.MOST INFECTIOUS VIRUS
✴️Mortality 10 times COVID.
✴️Vaccine effective.Threshold for herd immunity 92%👇
I’ve treated LOTS of measles in Africa,get Vax
x.com/richardhirschs…
February 22, 2025 at 2:21 AM
BASICS OF MEASLES
✴️3 C's (cough,coryza,conjunctivitis)
✴️Koplik’s spots
✴️Fever
✴️Rash face➡️body.
✴️Pneumonia,Encephalitis
✴️R0 18+.MOST INFECTIOUS VIRUS
✴️Mortality 10 times COVID.
✴️Vaccine effective.Threshold for herd immunity 92%👇
I’ve treated LOTS of measles in Africa,get Vax
x.com/richardhirschs…
✴️3 C's (cough,coryza,conjunctivitis)
✴️Koplik’s spots
✴️Fever
✴️Rash face➡️body.
✴️Pneumonia,Encephalitis
✴️R0 18+.MOST INFECTIOUS VIRUS
✴️Mortality 10 times COVID.
✴️Vaccine effective.Threshold for herd immunity 92%👇
I’ve treated LOTS of measles in Africa,get Vax
x.com/richardhirschs…