Wow... check out the 'key points'. And just in case anyone is in any doubt, there is NO evidence of an association between vaccines and autism. The CDC is now controlled by a dangerous man who doesn't understand science.

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Wow, so now in the UK showing support for #Gaza and accusing Israel of #genocide is a terrorist offence.

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I wondered how many deaths trump and musk would have on their hands from closing USAID. I had no idea it would be so many. Utterly appalling.

Obama and Bush call Trump’s USAID closure a ‘travesty’ as report warns of 14 million extra deaths
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Beyond disappointing. Vaccine access (& development) is a critical domestic resource & vital to intl health (& security). Limiting access to vaccines = ⬆️ risk of preventable outbreaks. Also, when you gut public health, you reduce our capacity for prevention/response. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h...

Let me re-write this headline: Slovak sugar tax reduces amount of soft drinks purchased, therefore achieving what it set out to do to try to improve public health.

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While the #Lassa virus is endemic in West Africa, disease experts have long been warning of the risk that it will soon begin to spread more widely.

Find out how new Lassa vaccine trials in West Africa are boosting global viral defences ➡️ cepi.net/how-new-vacc...

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Two headlines summarise the current Slovak government's view on the threat of future pandemics 🙄.
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#publichealth #epidemiology #pandemic

Happy World Book Day. Here are six haiku book reviews in celebration.

I enjoyed asking #ChatGPT how many rs are in strawberry. And then asking it again even when it eventually got it right. Fabulous.

Here’s a poem called ‘From The Encyclopedia of Alternative Facts’.

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The Demographic and Health Surveys, a major effort supported by USAID and widely used across the world, are also not currently available.

USAID is a criminal organization,” Mr. Musk wrote on Sunday in a social media post that many aid workers saw as confirmation the agency would soon be absorbed into the State Department and that some viewed as a potential threat to their personal safety. “Time for it to die.”
THIS HAS TO STOP.