@epicurian16.bsky.social
I know some stuff about microbes, the kind that make you sick.
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So far there is no evidence that this did not occur.
The claim "RFK Jr was not bitten by a zombie" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that RFK Jr was indeed bitten by a zombie.
The claim "RFK Jr was not bitten by a zombie" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that RFK Jr was indeed bitten by a zombie.
November 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
So far there is no evidence that this did not occur.
The claim "RFK Jr was not bitten by a zombie" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that RFK Jr was indeed bitten by a zombie.
The claim "RFK Jr was not bitten by a zombie" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that RFK Jr was indeed bitten by a zombie.
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I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.
October 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.
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9 former CDC sounding the alarm
“What [RFK jr] has done to the CDC and to our nation’s public health system over the past several months… is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced”
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www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
“What [RFK jr] has done to the CDC and to our nation’s public health system over the past several months… is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced”
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www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
9 former CDC sounding the alarm
“What [RFK jr] has done to the CDC and to our nation’s public health system over the past several months… is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced”
🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
“What [RFK jr] has done to the CDC and to our nation’s public health system over the past several months… is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced”
🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
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I have worked with many untenured staff scientists & PIs at NIH. They are incredible colleagues who chose science in public service over more lucrative careers. Devaluing their commitment & professionalism is among the most cruel aspects of the DOGE purge
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research
Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs
www.science.org
February 28, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I have worked with many untenured staff scientists & PIs at NIH. They are incredible colleagues who chose science in public service over more lucrative careers. Devaluing their commitment & professionalism is among the most cruel aspects of the DOGE purge
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Robert F this guy Kennedy continues to maintain a robust silence in the face of a measles outbreak that has now killed someone and hospitalized 18 people. He has spent the past 20 years spreading dangerous misinformation about measles vaccines. If he speaks out, the only message with the weight…
February 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Robert F this guy Kennedy continues to maintain a robust silence in the face of a measles outbreak that has now killed someone and hospitalized 18 people. He has spent the past 20 years spreading dangerous misinformation about measles vaccines. If he speaks out, the only message with the weight…
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‼️ The U.S. cutting ties with #WHO threatens #GlobalHealth!
For nearly 40 years, PIH has partnered with the WHO to fight deadly outbreaks like Marburg in Rwanda & support children with chronic conditions.
Global health needs collaboration, not retreat. 🌍🚑
Read here: https://buff.ly/4iy29Pl
For nearly 40 years, PIH has partnered with the WHO to fight deadly outbreaks like Marburg in Rwanda & support children with chronic conditions.
Global health needs collaboration, not retreat. 🌍🚑
Read here: https://buff.ly/4iy29Pl
February 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
‼️ The U.S. cutting ties with #WHO threatens #GlobalHealth!
For nearly 40 years, PIH has partnered with the WHO to fight deadly outbreaks like Marburg in Rwanda & support children with chronic conditions.
Global health needs collaboration, not retreat. 🌍🚑
Read here: https://buff.ly/4iy29Pl
For nearly 40 years, PIH has partnered with the WHO to fight deadly outbreaks like Marburg in Rwanda & support children with chronic conditions.
Global health needs collaboration, not retreat. 🌍🚑
Read here: https://buff.ly/4iy29Pl
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This is a gut-wrenching, beautifully written essay. A doctor must watch helplessly as children die because USAID's freeze on aid has limited access to nutritional supplements. time.com/7258248/us-f...
What Gutting USAID Means for My Young Patients in Burundi
“To my patients and their mothers, I offered apologies from the American people,” writes Dr. Jennifer Furin.
time.com
February 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
This is a gut-wrenching, beautifully written essay. A doctor must watch helplessly as children die because USAID's freeze on aid has limited access to nutritional supplements. time.com/7258248/us-f...
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It was never about “free speech.”
February 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
It was never about “free speech.”
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A man in Indiana made an AT-AT costume for his horse, intending to only get a few pictures before removing it. When he took off the headpiece the horse got upset and insisted that he put it back on, which made the horse happy again. Now the horse isn't allowing him to remove any piece of the costume
January 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
A man in Indiana made an AT-AT costume for his horse, intending to only get a few pictures before removing it. When he took off the headpiece the horse got upset and insisted that he put it back on, which made the horse happy again. Now the horse isn't allowing him to remove any piece of the costume
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*Such* key points and something I hope more people, scientists especially, would understand.
It also why I'm incensed about the many OpEds calling for "scientists to simply communicate better", as if that would solve things. Yes, we could all communicate better, but that's not the fucking* problem.
It also why I'm incensed about the many OpEds calling for "scientists to simply communicate better", as if that would solve things. Yes, we could all communicate better, but that's not the fucking* problem.
"propaganda by Trump’s allies to shift blame to scientists for his administration's disastrous handling of the COVID pandemic that killed 1.2M Americans..worked on some Republican voters" www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
The Real Reason People Don’t Trust in Science Has Nothing to Do with Scientists
Propaganda works, is the real upshot of a survey showing lingering post-pandemic distrust of science
www.scientificamerican.com
January 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
*Such* key points and something I hope more people, scientists especially, would understand.
It also why I'm incensed about the many OpEds calling for "scientists to simply communicate better", as if that would solve things. Yes, we could all communicate better, but that's not the fucking* problem.
It also why I'm incensed about the many OpEds calling for "scientists to simply communicate better", as if that would solve things. Yes, we could all communicate better, but that's not the fucking* problem.
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I wish my first blog of 2025 was not about the tidal wave of disinformation and anti-science that we will witness this year
Books by Fauci, Hotez, @adamratnermd.bsky.social, @joho.bsky.social & @pauloffit.bsky.social can help us understand & cope
communities.springernature.com/posts/want-t...
Books by Fauci, Hotez, @adamratnermd.bsky.social, @joho.bsky.social & @pauloffit.bsky.social can help us understand & cope
communities.springernature.com/posts/want-t...
Want to better understand the growing anti-science and anti-public health movement? These books can help!
2025 promises to be a tough year for the fight against disinformation, anti-science, anti-vaccine and anti-public health. Thankfully, American physicians and scientists have published books that can h...
communities.springernature.com
January 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I wish my first blog of 2025 was not about the tidal wave of disinformation and anti-science that we will witness this year
Books by Fauci, Hotez, @adamratnermd.bsky.social, @joho.bsky.social & @pauloffit.bsky.social can help us understand & cope
communities.springernature.com/posts/want-t...
Books by Fauci, Hotez, @adamratnermd.bsky.social, @joho.bsky.social & @pauloffit.bsky.social can help us understand & cope
communities.springernature.com/posts/want-t...
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Like many of us, my life in ID was bookended by the emergence of HIV and the Covid-19 pandemic (with #H5N1 threatening to change the script) Tony Fauci's thoughtful piece draws lessons from those unexpected, terrible, and misunderstood pandemics. A must read #IDsky academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...
HIV/AIDS and COVID-19: Shared Lessons from Two Pandemics
The HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 pandemics hold important lessons for preparing for, and responding to, future infectious disease outbreaks. Eight lessons common
academic.oup.com
November 27, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Like many of us, my life in ID was bookended by the emergence of HIV and the Covid-19 pandemic (with #H5N1 threatening to change the script) Tony Fauci's thoughtful piece draws lessons from those unexpected, terrible, and misunderstood pandemics. A must read #IDsky academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...