Ross Grayson
@eco-logical.bsky.social
Public Health practitioner, Environmental Health & Safety Director, vaccination advocate, UN Foundation Shot@Life Champion, social media pest...
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NEW: The entire staff supporting ACIP was laid off, and most working groups haven't met in months.
That means the US may not make routine vaccine recommendations for more than half of children in 2026, and it could halt new vaccines in the pipeline. My latest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
That means the US may not make routine vaccine recommendations for more than half of children in 2026, and it could halt new vaccines in the pipeline. My latest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Threat to US vaccines as CDC staff supporting key advisory panel laid off
Critics say scientists ‘held hostage’ by RFK Jr as changes mean vaccine development and guidance in peril
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
NEW: The entire staff supporting ACIP was laid off, and most working groups haven't met in months.
That means the US may not make routine vaccine recommendations for more than half of children in 2026, and it could halt new vaccines in the pipeline. My latest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
That means the US may not make routine vaccine recommendations for more than half of children in 2026, and it could halt new vaccines in the pipeline. My latest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Over the weekend, the Director of the NIH accepted an award from a RFK Jr.-allied anti-public health dark money group founded by an accused serial sexual harasser.
Throughout the speech, he repeatedly joked that his current job is “terrible.”
www.importantcontext.news/p/nih-direct...
Throughout the speech, he repeatedly joked that his current job is “terrible.”
www.importantcontext.news/p/nih-direct...
NIH Director Accepts Award From Anti-Vax Dark Money Group Founded By Accused Sexual Harasser
Jay Bhattacharya reunited with his old ally Jeffrey Tucker weeks after the political operative was revealed to have faced a sexual harassment scandal.
www.importantcontext.news
November 5, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Over the weekend, the Director of the NIH accepted an award from a RFK Jr.-allied anti-public health dark money group founded by an accused serial sexual harasser.
Throughout the speech, he repeatedly joked that his current job is “terrible.”
www.importantcontext.news/p/nih-direct...
Throughout the speech, he repeatedly joked that his current job is “terrible.”
www.importantcontext.news/p/nih-direct...
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Good NPR story on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior.
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50 years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald, a 'rock star' ship, sank in Lake Superior
Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.
www.npr.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Good NPR story on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior.
www.npr.org/2025/11/06/n....
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If you are listening to MAHA when thinking about public health "reform" then really listen to what they want:
"I’ve come to this anti-vax conference with a message that we need to be more boldly anti-vax,” said Mark Gorton, the president of the MAHA Institute.
🎁
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
"I’ve come to this anti-vax conference with a message that we need to be more boldly anti-vax,” said Mark Gorton, the president of the MAHA Institute.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Emboldened, Kennedy Allies Embrace a Label They Once Rejected: ‘Anti-Vax’
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
If you are listening to MAHA when thinking about public health "reform" then really listen to what they want:
"I’ve come to this anti-vax conference with a message that we need to be more boldly anti-vax,” said Mark Gorton, the president of the MAHA Institute.
🎁
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
"I’ve come to this anti-vax conference with a message that we need to be more boldly anti-vax,” said Mark Gorton, the president of the MAHA Institute.
🎁
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
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I spoke to CNN about how demoralizing it was to watch Stanford leadership stay silent while contrarians on campus launched unscientific attacks to stifle Stanford researchers. Now, those attacks have gone nationwide and much of MAHA leadership have ties to Stanford.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/08/p...
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The Trump-MAHA-Stanford nexus of US health policy | CNN Politics
In early 2022, Stanford medical student Santiago Sanchez set out to organize a campus debate with Jay Bhattacharya — a professor at the university whose outspoken denunciations of pandemic lockdowns m...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I spoke to CNN about how demoralizing it was to watch Stanford leadership stay silent while contrarians on campus launched unscientific attacks to stifle Stanford researchers. Now, those attacks have gone nationwide and much of MAHA leadership have ties to Stanford.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/08/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/08/p...
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Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
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The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
F.D.A. Will Remove Black Box Warnings From Hormone Treatments for Menopause www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/h...
F.D.A. Will Remove Black Box Warnings From Hormone Treatments for Menopause
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November 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
F.D.A. Will Remove Black Box Warnings From Hormone Treatments for Menopause www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/h...
Are We Losing Our Democracy? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy? (Gift Article)
Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Are We Losing Our Democracy? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Wave of RSV, particularly dangerous for babies, washing over U.S.; doctors urge vaccination
October 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Wave of RSV, particularly dangerous for babies, washing over U.S.; doctors urge vaccination
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Idaho law runs against a public health hallmark: one's participation in society depends on their willingness to obey rules.
E.g., In SC, >150 unvaxxed kids quarantined amidst a measles outbreak; 5 began to show symptoms, but quarantine prevented spread
That precaution would now be illegal in ID.🛟
E.g., In SC, >150 unvaxxed kids quarantined amidst a measles outbreak; 5 began to show symptoms, but quarantine prevented spread
That precaution would now be illegal in ID.🛟
Idaho Banned Vaccine Mandates. Activists Want to Make It a Model for the Country.
The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive “medical intervention.” Leslie Manookian, the activist behind the law, hopes to make it a “societal norm” ...
www.propublica.org
October 24, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Idaho law runs against a public health hallmark: one's participation in society depends on their willingness to obey rules.
E.g., In SC, >150 unvaxxed kids quarantined amidst a measles outbreak; 5 began to show symptoms, but quarantine prevented spread
That precaution would now be illegal in ID.🛟
E.g., In SC, >150 unvaxxed kids quarantined amidst a measles outbreak; 5 began to show symptoms, but quarantine prevented spread
That precaution would now be illegal in ID.🛟
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October 25, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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SCOOP via @lawfaremedia.org:
Government watchdog group American Oversight presses Trump administration officials to preserve and recover records related to a top federal prosecutor’s use of an encrypted messaging application.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/watc...
Government watchdog group American Oversight presses Trump administration officials to preserve and recover records related to a top federal prosecutor’s use of an encrypted messaging application.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/watc...
October 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
SCOOP via @lawfaremedia.org:
Government watchdog group American Oversight presses Trump administration officials to preserve and recover records related to a top federal prosecutor’s use of an encrypted messaging application.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/watc...
Government watchdog group American Oversight presses Trump administration officials to preserve and recover records related to a top federal prosecutor’s use of an encrypted messaging application.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/watc...
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Everyone is crapping on e-bikes these days, but Micah Toll of Electrek says "they’re the best thing for urban life since flush toilets." I agree.
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In praise of e-bikes, which could save our cities
Everyone is crapping on e-bikes these days, but Micah Toll says "they’re the best thing for urban life since flush toilets." I agree.
lloydalter.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Everyone is crapping on e-bikes these days, but Micah Toll of Electrek says "they’re the best thing for urban life since flush toilets." I agree.
lloydalter.substack.com/p/in-praise-...
lloydalter.substack.com/p/in-praise-...
Explore what makes polio so dangerous, what is causing the 21st century resurgence of cases, and how we can eradicate the disease.
youtube.com/watch?v=_ivM...
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The real reason polio is so dangerous
YouTube video by TED-Ed
youtube.com
October 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Explore what makes polio so dangerous, what is causing the 21st century resurgence of cases, and how we can eradicate the disease.
youtube.com/watch?v=_ivM...
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> 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – been introduced in statehouses this year, part of organized, politically savvy campaign to enshrine conspiracy theory-driven agenda into law
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Anti-science bills hit statehouses, stripping away public health protections built over a century
More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year.
apnews.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
> 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – been introduced in statehouses this year, part of organized, politically savvy campaign to enshrine conspiracy theory-driven agenda into law
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Yup! Gøtzsche has been anti-vax for years now—awful man!
Started out making ridiculous claims about the HPV Vaccine:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Started out making ridiculous claims about the HPV Vaccine:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Yup! Gøtzsche has been anti-vax for years now—awful man!
Started out making ridiculous claims about the HPV Vaccine:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Started out making ridiculous claims about the HPV Vaccine:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Ken has some stuff to cover up
October 21, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Ken has some stuff to cover up
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"Why do you report on what other outlets are reporting? If I was you, l'd develop sources myself and out compete all of them!" — US Attorney Lindsey Halligan texting journalist Anna Bower *on the record* about an *active* case
October 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
"Why do you report on what other outlets are reporting? If I was you, l'd develop sources myself and out compete all of them!" — US Attorney Lindsey Halligan texting journalist Anna Bower *on the record* about an *active* case
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Ouch.
AI chatbots fail at accurate news, major study reveals p.dw.com/p/528zp?maca...
"...four of the most commonly used AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time..."
AI chatbots fail at accurate news, major study reveals p.dw.com/p/528zp?maca...
"...four of the most commonly used AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time..."
AI chatbots fail at accurate news, major study reveals – DW – 10/22/2025
AI chatbots such as ChatGPT and Copilot routinely distort the news and struggle to distinguish facts from opinion. That's according to a major new study from 22 international public broadcasters, incl...
p.dw.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Ouch.
AI chatbots fail at accurate news, major study reveals p.dw.com/p/528zp?maca...
"...four of the most commonly used AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time..."
AI chatbots fail at accurate news, major study reveals p.dw.com/p/528zp?maca...
"...four of the most commonly used AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time..."
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I'm not sure you can get more marie antoinette than taking away food stamps before thanksgiving while you build a gold and marble dance hall so the other crooks can bring bribe you over a badly-cooked (argentinian) steak
October 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I'm not sure you can get more marie antoinette than taking away food stamps before thanksgiving while you build a gold and marble dance hall so the other crooks can bring bribe you over a badly-cooked (argentinian) steak
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What did the largest trial of an early detection of cancer blood test show?
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The Largest Study of a Multi-Cancer Early Detection Blood Test
Reviewing the new data and the "liquid biopsy" field
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October 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
What did the largest trial of an early detection of cancer blood test show?
erictopol.substack.com/p/the-larges...
erictopol.substack.com/p/the-larges...
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“Downplaying or casting doubt on the provenance of antisemitic texts and other messages — claiming that there is nothing to see here, including what you are plainly seeing — is a popular strategy….”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
In Trump’s Washington, Hate Is Not a Deal Breaker
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
“Downplaying or casting doubt on the provenance of antisemitic texts and other messages — claiming that there is nothing to see here, including what you are plainly seeing — is a popular strategy….”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
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heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god
October 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god
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Wow. Sidney Reid, the DC woman just found not guilty of assaulting an FBI agent, issues a withering and gutsy statement on Trump through her attorneys.
"I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man."
It's a must-read:
"I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man."
It's a must-read:
October 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Wow. Sidney Reid, the DC woman just found not guilty of assaulting an FBI agent, issues a withering and gutsy statement on Trump through her attorneys.
"I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man."
It's a must-read:
"I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man."
It's a must-read: