Stephanie Perniciaro
stephperniciaro.bsky.social
Stephanie Perniciaro
@stephperniciaro.bsky.social
Pneumococci and vaccines and pneumococcal vaccines. Surveillance and outcomes and prevention strategies for pneumococcal disease.

Non-work interests include museums, parks, libraries, musicals, gardening, community cookbooks, speculative fiction, cheese.
Public health detective work by @delauro.house.gov!
Always cool when this happens. Story in 🧵--->
November 14, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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(throwing open my window) you there, boy, what day is this?
Goodness me, I stayed up late reading and it’s already Partially Muscled Skeleton Screaming by the Perimeter Fence Day. Hope you’ve all been good this year!
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The ants can quarantine, the ants can do social distancing.
A super interesting study on how ants alter their nest networks to prevent epidemics! Network topology metrics were used to measure the effect on disease transmission.

www.science.org/doi/full/10....
November 14, 2025 at 4:53 AM
🦠🔬👩‍🔬I got invited to be a plenary speaker and workshop organizer at ISPPD! 👩‍🔬🔬🦠

I'm so excited! Copenhagen 2026 let's gooooo
October 31, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Pneumococcal pneumonia in adults - Re-emergence of vaccine serotypes: a prospective multicentre cohort study in Germany, 2020-2023 https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.24.25338303v1
October 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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New research finds that anti-vaccine networks on Facebook were smaller but more tightly coordinated, spreading emotionally charged misinformation faster, while pro-vaccine networks were larger and more institutional, sharing accurate info but with less engagement.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The spread of pro- and anti-vaccine views by coordinated communities on facebook during COVID-19 pandemic - Journal of Computational Social Science
The widespread dissemination of problematic vaccine-related content during the COVID-19 pandemic has posed serious challenges to public health and eroded institutional trust. This study investigates t...
link.springer.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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The impact of vaccine products, schedules and geographic regions on immunogenicity of pneumococcal vaccines in children under 2 years old: a systematic review and meta-analysis https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.10.25337708v1
October 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Plagdle 2025-10-03
Solved in 1/1 🦠

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Plagdle - Daily Infectious Disease Puzzle Game
Test your medical knowledge! Guess the daily infectious disease based on symptoms, treatment, and characteristics. A new puzzle every day!
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October 3, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I didn't think that was how whistleblower complaints were supposed to work.
adding alt text. “Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, former Director of NIAID, is Fired by Health and Human Services Secretary Kennedy in Retaliation for Filing Whistleblower Complaint with the Office of Special Counsel”
October 2, 2025 at 4:53 PM
It's letters of recommendation season, and for the first time, I think I'm writing as many as I'm asking for.
October 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Showing my age with this, but look it's a fancy QWOP!
Baby Steps is a wonderful game about how hard it is to walk and the little audio cue at the end of this video made me laugh for like 30 seconds, completely covering up my frustration
September 30, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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This might be one of my favorite things I've ever gotten to work on, so far--a call to action from the @xercessociety.bsky.social ! Did you know you can help protect endangered insect species just by going out and taking pictures of cute bees and butterflies?

vimeo.com/1055252108
Invertebrates Need Your Help--Learn To Be a Community Scientist!
Created for the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation. Visit their website to learn how you can get involved: https://www.xerces.org/
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March 17, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Reposted by Stephanie Perniciaro
Meet the #EHFG2025 speakers ⬇️

On 2 October, join Pamela Rendi-Wagner, Director of the @ecdc.europa.eu, in the session:

🛡️ Investing in health security for a resilient European future - Are we prepared?
📍 Conference Centre | 💻 or follow online for free 👉 bit.ly/46wmEHF

#SolidarityInHealth
September 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
You'll have to pry these 87 tabs out of my cold, dead hands! I swear I really am going to use them
It's a good idea to mind your own beeswax.
September 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This 👇🏻 is a real pity. Getting hospitalized with pneumonia sucks and can contribute to so many kinds of health problems downstream. Preventing pneumococcal disease saves lives!
6 in 10 US adults eligible for #pneumococcal vaccine don't receive it, survey suggests

Participants with health insurance and more years of education were more likely to be vaccinated after receiving a clinician recommendation.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/p...

Photo: PAHO / Flickr cc
September 17, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Too real
September 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Distressed to report that The Youth seem to think that the proper way to dance to emo music is moshing. Moshing! To Thnks fr th Mmrs!

Never have I felt more "ma'am, this is a Wendy's" at a show.
September 11, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Tip top opportunity for Homerian "nobody is chasing me!" stories
The Custom Oregon Plate NOBODY was previously assigned, but is now available for reservation. https://dmv2u.oregon.gov/eServices/?link=custom #Oregon #LicensePlate #VanityPlate #OregonPlates #CustomPlate #NOBODY
September 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
A new saint was canonized today: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_A...
Carlo Acutis - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 7, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I've been going the other way on this: call pasteurized milk "French processed milk" to sound fancy and artisanal.
this reminds me that i think people would be less interested in “raw milk” if we called it “poop milk” or “shit milk”
My big problem with the phrase “granola fascism” is that granola is delicious as hell, granola does not deserve to be catching strays like this. “Raw milk fascism” is more appropriate. Thank you.
September 5, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Guess they're too busy following their motto, living free and dying
🚨8 New England & Mid-Atlantic states have formed their own coalition to address CDC shortfalls led by RFK Jr misinformation & lies: Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey & Pennsylvania. What State is really missing? NEW HAMPSHIRE!
vtdigger.org/2025/08/28/w...
With CDC in chaos, Vermont joins regional coalition to navigate public health challenges - VTDigger
Eight Northeast states band together to prep for uncertainties amid sudden departures of high-level federal officials and concerns about the CDC’s vaccine recommendations.
vtdigger.org
September 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
August 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Super excited to check this out! I have been wondering how providers balance covering for possible coinfections with stewardship goals.
June 27, 2025 at 2:08 AM