Corey Watts
@coreywatts.bsky.social
Infectious diseases physician
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Glad to have been a part of this effort:
“These findings underscore the enduring value of immunization against respiratory viruses as a cornerstone of preventive care and support the feasibility of maintaining rigorous, evidence-based guidance during periods of institutional disruption.”
“These findings underscore the enduring value of immunization against respiratory viruses as a cornerstone of preventive care and support the feasibility of maintaining rigorous, evidence-based guidance during periods of institutional disruption.”
Updated Evidence for Covid-19, RSV, and Influenza Vaccines for 2025–2026 | NEJM
Changes in the vaccine advisory process in the United States have disrupted immunization
guidance, which reinforces the need for independent evidence review to inform decisions
regarding immunizati...
www.nejm.org
October 29, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Glad to have been a part of this effort:
“These findings underscore the enduring value of immunization against respiratory viruses as a cornerstone of preventive care and support the feasibility of maintaining rigorous, evidence-based guidance during periods of institutional disruption.”
“These findings underscore the enduring value of immunization against respiratory viruses as a cornerstone of preventive care and support the feasibility of maintaining rigorous, evidence-based guidance during periods of institutional disruption.”
July 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Have Drs. Bhattacharya and Makary, part of the commission for this report, commented on their fake citations?
AI or ordinary fraud? Major MAHA report based on fake citations:
The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t Exist
The Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” report misinterprets some studies and cites others that don’t exist, according to the listed authors.
www.notus.org
May 29, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Have Drs. Bhattacharya and Makary, part of the commission for this report, commented on their fake citations?
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With NIH director Jayanta Bhattacharya dismissing my reporting as "false" and "spreading rumors" hours before releasing a policy that confirmed said "rumors," I feel compelled to respond.
Here's an inside look into how this story was reported. It was a weird one. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's an inside look into how this story was reported. It was a weird one. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
May 6, 2025 at 12:15 PM
With NIH director Jayanta Bhattacharya dismissing my reporting as "false" and "spreading rumors" hours before releasing a policy that confirmed said "rumors," I feel compelled to respond.
Here's an inside look into how this story was reported. It was a weird one. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's an inside look into how this story was reported. It was a weird one. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Remember when RFK claimed single antigen vaccines don’t work for respiratory viruses?
Perhaps he got that from Michael Memoli, the flu vaccine researcher & COVID vaccine dissenter, and now Trump hatchet man—and main man of the “new” vaccine initiative.
2022 flashback:
www.nih.gov/news-events/...
Perhaps he got that from Michael Memoli, the flu vaccine researcher & COVID vaccine dissenter, and now Trump hatchet man—and main man of the “new” vaccine initiative.
2022 flashback:
www.nih.gov/news-events/...
May 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Remember when RFK claimed single antigen vaccines don’t work for respiratory viruses?
Perhaps he got that from Michael Memoli, the flu vaccine researcher & COVID vaccine dissenter, and now Trump hatchet man—and main man of the “new” vaccine initiative.
2022 flashback:
www.nih.gov/news-events/...
Perhaps he got that from Michael Memoli, the flu vaccine researcher & COVID vaccine dissenter, and now Trump hatchet man—and main man of the “new” vaccine initiative.
2022 flashback:
www.nih.gov/news-events/...
Infuriating. They are starting with their conclusions and splitting absurd hairs between the COVID and flu vaccines. It’s worked for “more than 80 years” for flu, so…it’s too dangerous for COVID?
The antivaxx/COVID contrarian synthesis. It doesn’t make sense and it leaves us all more vulnerable.
The antivaxx/COVID contrarian synthesis. It doesn’t make sense and it leaves us all more vulnerable.
Where is the approval process for updated #Covid shots heading? Signals out of #FDA & #HHS are creating some confusion. www.statnews.com/2025/04/27/f...
U.S. health officials inject new uncertainty into approval process for Covid boosters
Confusion over the FDA delay in granting full approval to Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine deepened over the weekend, with possible implications for Pfizer and Moderna.
www.statnews.com
April 27, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Infuriating. They are starting with their conclusions and splitting absurd hairs between the COVID and flu vaccines. It’s worked for “more than 80 years” for flu, so…it’s too dangerous for COVID?
The antivaxx/COVID contrarian synthesis. It doesn’t make sense and it leaves us all more vulnerable.
The antivaxx/COVID contrarian synthesis. It doesn’t make sense and it leaves us all more vulnerable.
The Lancet joins The American Public Health Association and @drsforamerica.bsky.social in calling for RFK Jr‘s resignation.
Good. More!
Good. More!
🆕 'Supporting medical science in the USA'
Read the latest Lancet Editorial: tinyurl.com/2ra3r7e8
📖 Full issue: tinyurl.com/5n74jjn7
Read the latest Lancet Editorial: tinyurl.com/2ra3r7e8
📖 Full issue: tinyurl.com/5n74jjn7
April 25, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The Lancet joins The American Public Health Association and @drsforamerica.bsky.social in calling for RFK Jr‘s resignation.
Good. More!
Good. More!
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Specifically, I experienced censorship in the reporting of our research because of agency concerns that it did not appear to fully support preconceived narratives of my agency’s leadership about ultra-processed food addiction.
April 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Specifically, I experienced censorship in the reporting of our research because of agency concerns that it did not appear to fully support preconceived narratives of my agency’s leadership about ultra-processed food addiction.
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Doctors for America Calls for the Resignation or Removal of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is unfit to serve as Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary and must be removed. The health of our nation depends on it.
doctorsforamerica.org/statement-re...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is unfit to serve as Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary and must be removed. The health of our nation depends on it.
doctorsforamerica.org/statement-re...
Statement - Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Unfit to Serve as HHS Secretary
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America Calls for the Resignation or Removal of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. DFA General -
doctorsforamerica.org
April 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Doctors for America Calls for the Resignation or Removal of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is unfit to serve as Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary and must be removed. The health of our nation depends on it.
doctorsforamerica.org/statement-re...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is unfit to serve as Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary and must be removed. The health of our nation depends on it.
doctorsforamerica.org/statement-re...
I’m a union member. Did Elon Musk steal my data?
NEW from me: A whistleblower says DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data...and then someone posted a threatening letter to his door.
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
www.npr.org
April 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I’m a union member. Did Elon Musk steal my data?
RFK denies measles as the cause of these deaths. Slips in the false assertion that MMR immunity “fades very quickly.”
BUT when pinned down he does say he “encourages” people to get MMR vaccine.
It’s clear he is doing the opposite on the ground. But keeping up the pressure is good!
BUT when pinned down he does say he “encourages” people to get MMR vaccine.
It’s clear he is doing the opposite on the ground. But keeping up the pressure is good!
This interview is a master class in holding RFK Jr responsible for his falsehoods. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2U0...
Watch: RFK Jr.'s first network TV interview as HHS secretary
YouTube video by CBS News
www.youtube.com
April 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
RFK denies measles as the cause of these deaths. Slips in the false assertion that MMR immunity “fades very quickly.”
BUT when pinned down he does say he “encourages” people to get MMR vaccine.
It’s clear he is doing the opposite on the ground. But keeping up the pressure is good!
BUT when pinned down he does say he “encourages” people to get MMR vaccine.
It’s clear he is doing the opposite on the ground. But keeping up the pressure is good!
Reposted by Corey Watts
this is not what law says about fda approvals work . it has nothing to do with priorities of govt.
Why has FDA delayed approval of Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine?
Secy Kennedy told Dr Lapook:
"it is a single antigen vaccine. And, for respiratory illnesses, the single antigen vaccines have never worked"
tinalexander.github.io/notes/2025/0...
Secy Kennedy told Dr Lapook:
"it is a single antigen vaccine. And, for respiratory illnesses, the single antigen vaccines have never worked"
tinalexander.github.io/notes/2025/0...
![Question [00:14:29] For example, the Novavax vaccine, and that’s not an mRNA vaccine, was expected to be approved by the FDA, but there’s a delay. Why is there a delay? Is it just personnel being shuffled? Why is that? Robert F Kennedy Jr [00:14:40] No, we’re looking at that vaccine and it is a single antigen vaccine. And, for respiratory illnesses, the single antigen vaccines have never worked. Question [00:14:52] So it’s not because of lack of personnel or lack of– Robert F Kennedy Jr [00:14:56] No, we are actually shifting our priorities to multiple antigen vaccines. And NIH is already working on a number of those.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uxvc5nwyutzf5gtu4x7jqyk3/bafkreifiygjijj7bxfyx4prz5cfkh3scewg3vmtw5whsry7xzawdtwtnge@jpeg)
April 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
this is not what law says about fda approvals work . it has nothing to do with priorities of govt.
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A week ago, the Trump administration laid off thousands of people at HHS and its agencies.
The cuts were so deep, and touched so much, we're still learning about the impacts.
Here are a couple stories that have stood out to me.
1) @levfacher.bsky.social on the gutting of a pain-research office.
The cuts were so deep, and touched so much, we're still learning about the impacts.
Here are a couple stories that have stood out to me.
1) @levfacher.bsky.social on the gutting of a pain-research office.
Unique pain research office eliminated in HHS purge
Pain is the most costly chronic health problem in the U.S. In latest RIFs at NIH, an entire division devoted to pain research was closed down.
www.statnews.com
April 9, 2025 at 2:22 AM
A week ago, the Trump administration laid off thousands of people at HHS and its agencies.
The cuts were so deep, and touched so much, we're still learning about the impacts.
Here are a couple stories that have stood out to me.
1) @levfacher.bsky.social on the gutting of a pain-research office.
The cuts were so deep, and touched so much, we're still learning about the impacts.
Here are a couple stories that have stood out to me.
1) @levfacher.bsky.social on the gutting of a pain-research office.
This child became ill with measles many weeks into the outbreak. There was plenty of time to have become vaccinated if our nation’s top health official, whose organization has invested heavily on the ground in the area, were focused on ending the outbreak instead of fanning the flames.
Second parent of child dead from #measles in Texas also maintains the vaccine doesn't work. Again, how can their illnesses be worse than literal death? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
April 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
This child became ill with measles many weeks into the outbreak. There was plenty of time to have become vaccinated if our nation’s top health official, whose organization has invested heavily on the ground in the area, were focused on ending the outbreak instead of fanning the flames.
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In the same post, however, he deliberately added a falsehood
In fact, he edited a falsehood IN to his post AFTER posting it
His edited post included 'the growth rates for news cases and hospitalizations [from measles] has flattened"
Sounds nice
But that just isn't true
In fact, he edited a falsehood IN to his post AFTER posting it
His edited post included 'the growth rates for news cases and hospitalizations [from measles] has flattened"
Sounds nice
But that just isn't true
April 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
In the same post, however, he deliberately added a falsehood
In fact, he edited a falsehood IN to his post AFTER posting it
His edited post included 'the growth rates for news cases and hospitalizations [from measles] has flattened"
Sounds nice
But that just isn't true
In fact, he edited a falsehood IN to his post AFTER posting it
His edited post included 'the growth rates for news cases and hospitalizations [from measles] has flattened"
Sounds nice
But that just isn't true
The transfers of senior HHS officials from to IHS were deliberately insulting.
“But while Native leaders expected such moves from Mr. Trump, many say they feel betrayed by Mr. Kennedy.”
RFK Jr and fellow HHS appointees seem to have been chosen to attack Trump’s enemies, not serve people.
“But while Native leaders expected such moves from Mr. Trump, many say they feel betrayed by Mr. Kennedy.”
RFK Jr and fellow HHS appointees seem to have been chosen to attack Trump’s enemies, not serve people.
Native American leaders feel betrayed by Kennedy. The final indignity was his plan to send top health officials — like Fauci’s wife — to the Indian Health Service.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
Kennedy’s Plan to Send Health Officials to ‘Indian Country’ Angers Native Leaders
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he is committed to improving the Indian Health Service. Native American leaders have doubts. “It’s shameful,” one said.
www.nytimes.com
April 7, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The transfers of senior HHS officials from to IHS were deliberately insulting.
“But while Native leaders expected such moves from Mr. Trump, many say they feel betrayed by Mr. Kennedy.”
RFK Jr and fellow HHS appointees seem to have been chosen to attack Trump’s enemies, not serve people.
“But while Native leaders expected such moves from Mr. Trump, many say they feel betrayed by Mr. Kennedy.”
RFK Jr and fellow HHS appointees seem to have been chosen to attack Trump’s enemies, not serve people.
This implies that over half of the children in this outbreak were treated by these two men.
- What organization do these men work for?
- Were either of the children who died treated by them?
- Do they provide vaccines for these children and their families and neighbors?
- What organization do these men work for?
- Were either of the children who died treated by them?
- Do they provide vaccines for these children and their families and neighbors?
The Health Secretary is promoting quack doctors in the midst of a measles outbreak and literally nothing was more predictable.
April 7, 2025 at 2:23 AM
This implies that over half of the children in this outbreak were treated by these two men.
- What organization do these men work for?
- Were either of the children who died treated by them?
- Do they provide vaccines for these children and their families and neighbors?
- What organization do these men work for?
- Were either of the children who died treated by them?
- Do they provide vaccines for these children and their families and neighbors?
Reposted by Corey Watts
NIH slashes overheads, fires directors and staff, freezes funds, halts trials, interrupts research, stalls grant review, and terminates 100s of grants on infectious disease, vaccines, mRNA, DEI, LGBTQ health.
NIH director, to Bari Weiss: Scientists are just upset because they didn't vote for Trump.
NIH director, to Bari Weiss: Scientists are just upset because they didn't vote for Trump.
April 7, 2025 at 12:07 AM
NIH slashes overheads, fires directors and staff, freezes funds, halts trials, interrupts research, stalls grant review, and terminates 100s of grants on infectious disease, vaccines, mRNA, DEI, LGBTQ health.
NIH director, to Bari Weiss: Scientists are just upset because they didn't vote for Trump.
NIH director, to Bari Weiss: Scientists are just upset because they didn't vote for Trump.
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I work with this group. They are indispensable and need to be reinstated immediately.
Drug-resistant gonorrhea, a form of the widespread sexually transmitted infection, is considered an urgent health threat worldwide. The US has just lost its ability to detect it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/h...
A Federal Lab That Tracked Rising S.T.I.s Has Been Shuttered (Gift Article)
The United States can no longer keep tabs on drug-resistant gonorrhea, among other infections, scientists said.
www.nytimes.com
April 4, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I work with this group. They are indispensable and need to be reinstated immediately.
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“Kennedy’s team requested that Marks turn over data on cases of brain swelling and deaths caused by the measles vaccine—data that Marks said doesn’t exist because there have been no such confirmed cases in the U.S.” www.wsj.com/health/healt...
Exclusive | Ousted Vaccine Chief Says RFK Jr.’s Team Sought Data to Justify Anti-Science Stance
Dr. Peter Marks says the new health secretary’s team wants to show vaccines aren’t safe while promoting dangerous and unproven treatments.
www.wsj.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
“Kennedy’s team requested that Marks turn over data on cases of brain swelling and deaths caused by the measles vaccine—data that Marks said doesn’t exist because there have been no such confirmed cases in the U.S.” www.wsj.com/health/healt...
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NEW: After cancelling nearly all projects on trans health, the Trump admin has now directed the NIH to study the negative consequences of transitioning.
This will create “a distorted research ecosystem where only politically favorable findings are permitted to exist”, researcher Harry Barbee says.
This will create “a distorted research ecosystem where only politically favorable findings are permitted to exist”, researcher Harry Barbee says.
Exclusive: Trump White House directs NIH to study ‘regret’ after transgender people transition
After cancelling nearly all NIH projects studying transgender health, Trump’s team instructs the US biomedical agency to study negative consequences of transitioning.
www.nature.com
April 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
NEW: After cancelling nearly all projects on trans health, the Trump admin has now directed the NIH to study the negative consequences of transitioning.
This will create “a distorted research ecosystem where only politically favorable findings are permitted to exist”, researcher Harry Barbee says.
This will create “a distorted research ecosystem where only politically favorable findings are permitted to exist”, researcher Harry Barbee says.
On Peter Marks’ firing, @matthewherper.bsky.social has the common sense read. RFK has not even pretended to excuse the firing with any of the various potential good-faith criticisms of Marks. All the evidence is that it’s just what it appears to be: Part of his antivaccine, anti-science agenda.
March 31, 2025 at 1:54 PM
On Peter Marks’ firing, @matthewherper.bsky.social has the common sense read. RFK has not even pretended to excuse the firing with any of the various potential good-faith criticisms of Marks. All the evidence is that it’s just what it appears to be: Part of his antivaccine, anti-science agenda.
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As the Texas measles outbreak continues, doctors there are treating some children given so much vitamin A that they have signs of liver damage. Story by @teddyrosenbluth.bsky.social Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/h...
For Some Measles Patients, Vitamin A Remedy Supported by RFK Jr. Leaves Them More Ill (Gift Article)
After the health secretary promoted vitamin A as a cure, parents in West Texas began giving their children high doses, sometimes to prevent infection.
www.nytimes.com
March 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM
As the Texas measles outbreak continues, doctors there are treating some children given so much vitamin A that they have signs of liver damage. Story by @teddyrosenbluth.bsky.social Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/h...
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Our patients persecuted; colleagues and public health institutions under attack. Our field needs to rise up & fight back
Silence=Death Redux: Infectious Diseases, Public Health, and the Imperative to Resist
Viewpoint by @ericmeyerowitz.bsky.social & me
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Silence=Death Redux: Infectious Diseases, Public Health, and the Imperative to Resist
Viewpoint by @ericmeyerowitz.bsky.social & me
OpenAccess: academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...
Silence=Death Redux: Infectious Diseases, Public Health, and the Imperative to Resist
The second Trump administration has released a torrent of executive policies hostile to public health, science, and marginalized populations. We outline th
academic.oup.com
March 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Our patients persecuted; colleagues and public health institutions under attack. Our field needs to rise up & fight back
Silence=Death Redux: Infectious Diseases, Public Health, and the Imperative to Resist
Viewpoint by @ericmeyerowitz.bsky.social & me
OpenAccess: academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...
Silence=Death Redux: Infectious Diseases, Public Health, and the Imperative to Resist
Viewpoint by @ericmeyerowitz.bsky.social & me
OpenAccess: academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...