Bryce Warner
@brycewarner1.bsky.social
Immunology MSc. Virology PhD. High containment pathogen research. 🦠🧬🐁🐀🐹 Research Scientist/Principal Investigator at VIDO-InterVac.
https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=ciJAY8AAAAAJ&hl=en
https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=ciJAY8AAAAAJ&hl=en
If everyone would just get up and walk a little more, we can prevent the next pandemic 😄🤣
A new approach to pandemic preparedness:
1️⃣ Stop preparing for pandemics
2️⃣ Rewrite history of the last major pandemic
3️⃣ Go to the gym
Simple - 🤷♂️.
www.city-journal.org/article/nih-...
1️⃣ Stop preparing for pandemics
2️⃣ Rewrite history of the last major pandemic
3️⃣ Go to the gym
Simple - 🤷♂️.
www.city-journal.org/article/nih-...
NIH Directors: The World Needs a New Pandemic Playbook
The old one failed to cope with Covid and may even have caused it.
www.city-journal.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:11 AM
If everyone would just get up and walk a little more, we can prevent the next pandemic 😄🤣
Except… it’s not?
Makary: "We have a lot of data and it may not necessarily be the traditional 50 year randomized control trial follow up. It's data from families that say their kids have been acting with bad behavior ... and they eliminate the petroleum-based food dyes and the behavior improves. That is data."
July 15, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Except… it’s not?
I already know @aaronnagler.bsky.social will be mortified to see Starr at 20..
🚨Part II of our 13-person panel ranking the 30 greatest QBs of the Super Bowl era is out now: QBs 20-11⤵️
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www.sbnation.com/2025/6/30/24...
July 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I already know @aaronnagler.bsky.social will be mortified to see Starr at 20..
“Proposed recommendations for MMR in children under 5..” what could go wrong?! 🤔🫠
Here is the agenda for the June 25-26 meeting of ACIP. Vaccine recommendations that RFK Jr.’s team of unqualified anti-vaxxers will discuss include COVID19, RSV, and influenza.
My guess is they will vote to severely restrict recommendations for these vaccines.
www.cdc.gov/acip/downloa...
My guess is they will vote to severely restrict recommendations for these vaccines.
www.cdc.gov/acip/downloa...
June 19, 2025 at 1:36 AM
“Proposed recommendations for MMR in children under 5..” what could go wrong?! 🤔🫠
I think the wording is critical. I wouldn’t say that I “enjoy” reading the same story for the 20th time in one week to my kids. But I do it anyway cause they like it. But mostly I enjoy reading a lot of their stories to them if I’m lucky and they choose a good one 😅
A recent survey “shows a steep decline in the number of parents reading aloud to young children, with 41% of 0- to four-year-olds now being read to frequently, down from 64% in 2012.” [theguardian.com]
Most parents don’t enjoy reading to their children, survey suggests
Report from Nielsen and HarperCollins shows that parents see reading as a literacy skill, rather than something to encourage their children to love
www.theguardian.com
May 1, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I think the wording is critical. I wouldn’t say that I “enjoy” reading the same story for the 20th time in one week to my kids. But I do it anyway cause they like it. But mostly I enjoy reading a lot of their stories to them if I’m lucky and they choose a good one 😅
As soon as you open this page there are 5 points listed, and at least 4 of them aren’t true?! lol
The White House has turned covid.gov into a conspiracy theory page.
Lab Leak: The True Origins of Covid-19
THE ORIGIN “The Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2” publication — which was used repeatedly by public health officials and the media to discredit the lab leak
covid.gov
April 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
As soon as you open this page there are 5 points listed, and at least 4 of them aren’t true?! lol
April 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I think most scientists have come around on preprints, but this is a perfect example of something that just maybe should have waited for some peer review. I read the paper last night and putting this out there for anyone with a bit of anti-vac sentiment to glom onto took some pretty poor judgement
A cautionary tale from @helenbranswell.bsky.social
"They intended for their work to be the subject of academic discussion...Instead, it has exploded online & become a parable for the ways in which the internet is being used to weaponize basic vaccine research."
www.statnews.com/2025/02/24/p...
"They intended for their work to be the subject of academic discussion...Instead, it has exploded online & become a parable for the ways in which the internet is being used to weaponize basic vaccine research."
www.statnews.com/2025/02/24/p...
A small study on Covid vaccine safety sparks an online tempest
A small study on Covid vaccine safety has sparked an online tempest — and highlighted the conundrum faced by some scientists.
www.statnews.com
February 25, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I think most scientists have come around on preprints, but this is a perfect example of something that just maybe should have waited for some peer review. I read the paper last night and putting this out there for anyone with a bit of anti-vac sentiment to glom onto took some pretty poor judgement
lol, FFS.
Another day, another insanity: proposes a lab escape origin for influenza virus H5N1 Clade 2.3.4.4b www.longdom.org/open-access/...
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January 28, 2025 at 4:40 AM
lol, FFS.
Small part of our ongoing Hantavirus work just came online. Further evidence that some hantaviruses undergo adaptation when they jump from their reservoirs to other hosts. These changes somehow prevent each isolate from being able to re-infect naive reservoirs.
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
Sin Nombre Virus as Unlikely Reverse Zoonotic Threat
Sin Nombre Virus as Unlikely Reverse Zoonotic Threat
wwwnc.cdc.gov
January 25, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Small part of our ongoing Hantavirus work just came online. Further evidence that some hantaviruses undergo adaptation when they jump from their reservoirs to other hosts. These changes somehow prevent each isolate from being able to re-infect naive reservoirs.
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
I’m starting to lose track of all the batshit crazy things that have been done and it’s only been, what, 4 days? I’m going to have to start a running list of these..
RFK Jr. is thinking about disbanding vaccine advisory groups like NVAC and ACIP altogether. This dovetails with Trump’s cancellation of February’s National Vaccine Advisory Council meeting. These groups constantly monitor and evaluate the safety and efficacy of established and new vaccines.
January 25, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I’m starting to lose track of all the batshit crazy things that have been done and it’s only been, what, 4 days? I’m going to have to start a running list of these..
This is basically Justin Smoak all over again. A guy I couldn’t stand during those Jays ALCS runs.
The Jays pivoted to signing Anthony Santander, on a deal that I think is going to age really poorly. My thoughts on the signing, for subscribers to @theathletic: nyti.ms/42n8nfV
Blue Jays get a costly consolation prize in Anthony Santander: Law
Santander should help the Jays this season, but he is a very poor bet to maintain his productivity through the length of the contract.
nyti.ms
January 21, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This is basically Justin Smoak all over again. A guy I couldn’t stand during those Jays ALCS runs.
Aren’t senators and congresspeople supposed to, you know, read bills??
Sen. Bill Hagerty: "Thank God Elon Musk bought Twitter, because that's the only way we would even know what's in this bill ... Elon Musk's transparency helped make that happen."
December 23, 2024 at 1:41 AM
Aren’t senators and congresspeople supposed to, you know, read bills??
I feel like we can praise Rwanda and its swift response and can certainly point out the US’s shortcomings so far with HPAI while also acknowledging that HPAI and Marburg are very different viruses and their outbreaks completely different situations…
A study in contrast: how the US is failing with bird flu, versus how Rwanda ended Marburg outbreak
US: kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Rwanda: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
US: kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Rwanda: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
December 21, 2024 at 5:19 PM
I feel like we can praise Rwanda and its swift response and can certainly point out the US’s shortcomings so far with HPAI while also acknowledging that HPAI and Marburg are very different viruses and their outbreaks completely different situations…
I suppose it’s somewhat reassuring that going from 2 to 3 kids a few weeks ago doesn’t affect our household. At least as far as this goes…
Been thinking about this plot quite a bit recently… (from: academic.oup.com/cid/article/...)
November 30, 2024 at 9:59 PM
I suppose it’s somewhat reassuring that going from 2 to 3 kids a few weeks ago doesn’t affect our household. At least as far as this goes…
Because a dog and cat and 2 kids under 3 weren’t already enough, we added one more…
December 16, 2023 at 3:00 AM
Because a dog and cat and 2 kids under 3 weren’t already enough, we added one more…
LC still an issue, and there’s still a lot of uncertainty, but most of what is said here is either untrue or misleading. @gidmk.bsky.social had a nice piece about this a bit ago. Vaccines (or any immunity) help immensely. Most people *do* recover eventually.
gidmk.medium.com/the-ongoing-...
gidmk.medium.com/the-ongoing-...
Every time you’re infected with Covid, whether you’re vaccinated or not, your risk of long covid rises.
There is no cure for long covid and most people w/ long covid never recover. Wear a mask, because vaccines don’t prevent long covid in any meaningful way and it can and will destroy ur life.
There is no cure for long covid and most people w/ long covid never recover. Wear a mask, because vaccines don’t prevent long covid in any meaningful way and it can and will destroy ur life.
Second Infection Hikes Long COVID Risk: Expert Q&A
"People infected multiple times with COVID-19 are more likely to develop long COVID, and most never fully recover from the condition."
"People infected multiple times with COVID-19 are more likely to develop long COVID, and most never fully recover from the condition."
November 10, 2023 at 4:11 AM
LC still an issue, and there’s still a lot of uncertainty, but most of what is said here is either untrue or misleading. @gidmk.bsky.social had a nice piece about this a bit ago. Vaccines (or any immunity) help immensely. Most people *do* recover eventually.
gidmk.medium.com/the-ongoing-...
gidmk.medium.com/the-ongoing-...
Anyone have experience with any of the text-to-speech/audio conversion offerings? I'm looking to try one out for papers and other things. Any recommendations would be great!
October 17, 2023 at 6:15 PM
Anyone have experience with any of the text-to-speech/audio conversion offerings? I'm looking to try one out for papers and other things. Any recommendations would be great!