Beth S Linas, PhD, MHS
@bethlinas.bsky.social
PhD/MHS Epidemiology: Infectious Diseases, Digital Health, Substance Use, Science Communication|Thoughts are my own| #Episky #IDsky
www.bethlinas.com
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Without Vaccines, Long COVID Will Be Our Next Public Health Crisis | Defend Public Health
Defend Public Health member Dr. Beth Linas shares an often overlooked aspect of reducing access to COVID19 vaccines: the specter of more and more cases of Long COVID.
www.defendpublichealth.org
My most recent op Ed! When thinking about #COVID vaccines we MUST discuss long COVID and until now this conversation has been lacking!
This is beyond damaging to public health. It’s by design of course but still devastating
Department of Education Proposal Excludes Public Health Degrees from “Professional Degree” Definition
Discover the new results and implications of Dept of Ed consensus regarding professional degree programs and public health education.
aspph.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
This is beyond damaging to public health. It’s by design of course but still devastating
Reposted by Beth S Linas, PhD, MHS
It could take years, if ever, for Canada to regain its measles elimination status. Next up, the US of Disease, thanks to Brainworm Booby.
Canada loses its measles elimination status — as it happened | CBC
www.cbc.ca
November 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
It could take years, if ever, for Canada to regain its measles elimination status. Next up, the US of Disease, thanks to Brainworm Booby.
Reposted by Beth S Linas, PhD, MHS
Try convincing me we’re not living in the plot of a Veep episode.
November 13, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Try convincing me we’re not living in the plot of a Veep episode.
Reposted by Beth S Linas, PhD, MHS
But who needs vaccines? 🤪
More than 3,500 cases of pertussis (whooping cough) have been reported in Texas so far this year, according to state figures, roughly four times the number as last year and the highest since 2013.
thehill.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:40 PM
But who needs vaccines? 🤪
Important piece by @agawande.bsky.social. “We are now witnessing what the historian Richard Rhodes termed “public man-made death,” which, he observed, has been perhaps the most overlooked cause of mortality in the last century.”
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Important piece by @agawande.bsky.social. “We are now witnessing what the historian Richard Rhodes termed “public man-made death,” which, he observed, has been perhaps the most overlooked cause of mortality in the last century.”
More than 3,500 cases of pertussis (whooping cough) have been reported in Texas so far this year, according to state figures, roughly four times the number as last year and the highest since 2013.
thehill.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
More than 3,500 cases of pertussis (whooping cough) have been reported in Texas so far this year, according to state figures, roughly four times the number as last year and the highest since 2013.
@boghuma.bsky.social nothing has resonated more with my ID Epi heart. It’s always the egg salad.
An ID Doctor’s Guide to Surviving Holiday Potlucks Food Poisoning Free
Because nothing says “festive” like avoiding an impromptu Norovirus outbreak.
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
@boghuma.bsky.social nothing has resonated more with my ID Epi heart. It’s always the egg salad.
This is going to be a real interesting one
Trust, public health reporting and the CDC: Insider perspectives
In this webinar, we'll talk with former CDC officials on where to go for reliable reporting resources after the dismantling of the agency.
healthjournalism.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:51 PM
This is going to be a real interesting one
“The consequences extend beyond lost money. Hazardous gambling is correlated with increased rates of anxiety and depression, and young men who engage in it are more likely to slide into a full-blown gambling addiction. Boys who frequently gamble miss more classes, perform worse in school”
The rise of sports betting is a growing public health crisis
Sports betting is more addictive than ever, and millions of young Americans are paying the price.
www.statnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
“The consequences extend beyond lost money. Hazardous gambling is correlated with increased rates of anxiety and depression, and young men who engage in it are more likely to slide into a full-blown gambling addiction. Boys who frequently gamble miss more classes, perform worse in school”
This is something to pay attention to
Chatbots “are being used for adolescents in crisis, and they just perform very, very poorly,” says clinical psychologist and developmental scientist Alison Giovanelli.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/teens-crisis-ai-chatbots-risks-mental
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/teens-crisis-ai-chatbots-risks-mental
As teens in crisis turn to AI chatbots, simulated chats highlight risks
From blaming the victim to replying "I have no interest in your life" to suicidal thoughts, AI chatbots can respond unethically when used for therapy.
www.sciencenews.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM
This is something to pay attention to
Reposted by Beth S Linas, PhD, MHS
Mega🧵 CDC IGNORES URGENT EPI AID REQUESTS
1/9 🚨 Maine is facing the largest HIV outbreak in its history.
It asked CDC for help.
😡 CDC is ignoring the request.
This is not getting enough attention in the news — and it should be.
🔗👇
1/9 🚨 Maine is facing the largest HIV outbreak in its history.
It asked CDC for help.
😡 CDC is ignoring the request.
This is not getting enough attention in the news — and it should be.
🔗👇
Maine sought federal help amid its largest HIV outbreak in state history. It’s still waiting
After initially approving Penobscot County's request for CDC aid, the agency put it on hold. Meanwhile, the virus spreads.
web.archive.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Mega🧵 CDC IGNORES URGENT EPI AID REQUESTS
1/9 🚨 Maine is facing the largest HIV outbreak in its history.
It asked CDC for help.
😡 CDC is ignoring the request.
This is not getting enough attention in the news — and it should be.
🔗👇
1/9 🚨 Maine is facing the largest HIV outbreak in its history.
It asked CDC for help.
😡 CDC is ignoring the request.
This is not getting enough attention in the news — and it should be.
🔗👇
Reposted by Beth S Linas, PhD, MHS
I wrote here about Trump’s limited understanding of health insurance and how relying on direct payments to people for payment toward health care costs is a terrible idea. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
November 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I wrote here about Trump’s limited understanding of health insurance and how relying on direct payments to people for payment toward health care costs is a terrible idea. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
I’m not the most intelligent sports fan but wow, the ending to last nights Heat v. Cavs game was unreal! youtu.be/pkjfLkvEjug?...
MUST-SEE OT ENDING Heat vs Cavaliers 🔥 | November 10, 2025
YouTube video by NBA
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I’m not the most intelligent sports fan but wow, the ending to last nights Heat v. Cavs game was unreal! youtu.be/pkjfLkvEjug?...
Reposted by Beth S Linas, PhD, MHS
Losing #measles elimination status as predicted is the result of vaccines being a victim of their incredible success. It quite sad that people will need to experience the suffering inflicted by an infection like measles in order to remember why elimination was remains something to strive for.
As expected, Canada has lost its measles-free status because of the long-running outbreak there. With it goes the #measles elimination status of the entire zone of the Americas, the only division of the #WHO to ever have achieved measles elimination. www.statnews.com/2025/11/10/m...
Canada loses measles elimination status — as does the entire Americas region
Canada has formally lost its measles elimination status, the country’s public health agency announced, triggering the loss of that status throughout all of the Americas.
www.statnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Losing #measles elimination status as predicted is the result of vaccines being a victim of their incredible success. It quite sad that people will need to experience the suffering inflicted by an infection like measles in order to remember why elimination was remains something to strive for.
Reposted by Beth S Linas, PhD, MHS
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
Reposted by Beth S Linas, PhD, MHS
Reposted by Beth S Linas, PhD, MHS
I can’t stop thinking about how the ACA is one of the most impactful pieces of legislation in my lifetime.
And they just let them throw it away.
I know it’s been long enough that a lot of people don’t remember (or weren’t alive), but I haven’t forgotten what it was like Before.
And they just let them throw it away.
I know it’s been long enough that a lot of people don’t remember (or weren’t alive), but I haven’t forgotten what it was like Before.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I can’t stop thinking about how the ACA is one of the most impactful pieces of legislation in my lifetime.
And they just let them throw it away.
I know it’s been long enough that a lot of people don’t remember (or weren’t alive), but I haven’t forgotten what it was like Before.
And they just let them throw it away.
I know it’s been long enough that a lot of people don’t remember (or weren’t alive), but I haven’t forgotten what it was like Before.
Reposted by Beth S Linas, PhD, MHS
THE SUPREME COURT WON’T REVISIT GAY MARRIAGE
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
LOVE IS LOVE
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
LOVE WINS. AGAIN AND AGAIN.
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
(and a big fuck you to Kim Davis. Babe, it’s over. Go find another hobby. Buhbye)
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
LOVE IS LOVE
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
LOVE WINS. AGAIN AND AGAIN.
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
(and a big fuck you to Kim Davis. Babe, it’s over. Go find another hobby. Buhbye)
Supreme Court won't revisit landmark decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
Kim Davis asked the Supreme Court to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges appealing damages she owed a gay couple after she denied them a marriage license.
www.usatoday.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
THE SUPREME COURT WON’T REVISIT GAY MARRIAGE
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
LOVE IS LOVE
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
LOVE WINS. AGAIN AND AGAIN.
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
(and a big fuck you to Kim Davis. Babe, it’s over. Go find another hobby. Buhbye)
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
LOVE IS LOVE
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
LOVE WINS. AGAIN AND AGAIN.
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
(and a big fuck you to Kim Davis. Babe, it’s over. Go find another hobby. Buhbye)
There is a theme to a lot of the recent public health reporting: “No one thought this was possible or legal, but that is what’s happening”
Wielding Obscure Budget Tools, Trump’s ‘Reaper’ Vought Sows Turmoil in Public Health - KFF Health News
Through shrouded bureaucratic maneuvers, White House budget director Russell Vought and DOGE have quietly upended outbreak response, HIV treatment, and dementia care in communities across America.
kffhealthnews-org.cdn.ampproject.org
November 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
There is a theme to a lot of the recent public health reporting: “No one thought this was possible or legal, but that is what’s happening”
“Dr. Watson’s role in decoding DNA, the genetic blueprint for life, would have been enough to establish him as one of the most important scientists of the 20th century. But he cemented that fame by leading the ambitious Human Genome Project and writing perhaps the most celebrated memoir in science.”
James D. Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
“Dr. Watson’s role in decoding DNA, the genetic blueprint for life, would have been enough to establish him as one of the most important scientists of the 20th century. But he cemented that fame by leading the ambitious Human Genome Project and writing perhaps the most celebrated memoir in science.”
Reposted by Beth S Linas, PhD, MHS
Unbelievable. NIH has posted 6 open NIH directorships in the middle of a shutdown. What a circus. And an opportunity for more cronyism from RFKJr and Bhattacharya. hr.nih.gov/careers/open...
hr.nih.gov
November 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Unbelievable. NIH has posted 6 open NIH directorships in the middle of a shutdown. What a circus. And an opportunity for more cronyism from RFKJr and Bhattacharya. hr.nih.gov/careers/open...
I’ve always said public health is political (it’s largely funded by the federal government) and recently it’s gotten politicized to an extreme. That’s when our profession should step up and not back. Way to go to these fighters! You’ve got my vote! @katherinejwu.com
The Epidemiologists Are Running for Office
Instead of trying to depoliticize their field, a swell of scientists want to become politicians.
www.theatlantic.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I’ve always said public health is political (it’s largely funded by the federal government) and recently it’s gotten politicized to an extreme. That’s when our profession should step up and not back. Way to go to these fighters! You’ve got my vote! @katherinejwu.com
Reposted by Beth S Linas, PhD, MHS
United States, November 2025.
November 7, 2025 at 11:04 AM
United States, November 2025.
Reposted by Beth S Linas, PhD, MHS
Happy Friday! We made it through the week! The star of this morning was the sky right before the sun broke when it had a tremendous range of warm striations. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!
November 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Happy Friday! We made it through the week! The star of this morning was the sky right before the sun broke when it had a tremendous range of warm striations. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!
Happy Birthday Marie Curie!
Happy 158th Birthday, Marie Skłodowska Curie! She was the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize and the first person to receive the honor twice.
In 2017, #ScienceBooks toured the dynamics that established her as "the most iconic of all female scientists." https://scim.ag/47tkKYA
In 2017, #ScienceBooks toured the dynamics that established her as "the most iconic of all female scientists." https://scim.ag/47tkKYA
The making and remaking of Marie Curie
The famous physicist's legacy looms large 150 years after her birth
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Happy Birthday Marie Curie!