"Whereas a small change in transmissibility conditions is enough to stop flu in summer, Sars-CoV-2 can basically evolve its way over this barrier" – I spoke to The Guardian about why COVID doesn't seem that constrained by season: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

I thought it might be helpful to do a more general immunology explainer which I can then build on for example when I discuss specific papers or political actions. Do let me know if its useful and other topics if so. This first one is a general one about how we tackle infections... 🧪 #ImmunoSky

A good short summary. Imagine thinking that Robert FK Jr. would bring about a healthier America. Facts and myths about measles - The Lancet Infectious Diseases www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

En stor dag for adopterede fra Sydkorea - og os der har dem kær: www.dr.dk/nyheder/udla...

En Sydkoreansk kommission har nu anerkendt brud på menneskerettighederne og børnekonventionen, for økonomisk vinding.

Danmark har været én af de største modtagere men ignorerer sit ansvar. Borgerforslag 👇

Worrying to see whooping cough cases on the rise in Louisiana with two infant fatalities reported. Do vaccinate to protect yourself and loved ones- safe effective vaccine offered from as early as a few months of age

Do you remember BA.3—the weakling cousin of BA.1 & BA.2 that seemed to take the worst from each & had weaker ACE2 binding than even the ancestral Wuhan Virus?

After three years, BA.3 is back.

And it is transmitting.

Who saw this coming?
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📊 Key Findings:✔️ 3rd dose of mRNA reduced hosp risk by 50% compared to two doses.✔️ICU or death risk dropped by 53% for those with three doses.✔️Protection held across all ethnicities—with 👆strong results for Pacific (52% lower ICU/death risk).✔️ Older adults (50+) benefited most.👇

The most fitting end to a day in which the regime just curbstomped our outbreak response capacity: an H5N1 patient in a hospital that’s also presumably full of seasonal flu patients.

www.reuters.com/business/hea...

There's "being wrong in early in a pandemic" wrong and then there's "doubling down over and over again until you find yourself in bed with RFK Jr. and founding a whole-ass journal to discredit all of academic publishing along with all of medicine" wrong.

publichealth.realclearjournals.org

Outside my current research area: but a message that increased saturated fat in the diet doesn’t influence LDL levels and cardiovascular endpoints is likely harmful. Because it does (even though there are as always small caveats).
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32827219/

First post here :)
Happy to talk about equitable housing and an upcoming project in this webinar. Join if you are interested in this.
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