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I really did not enjoy Jay Bhattacharya & Matthew Memoli’s screed against pandemic & virology research for the flagship blog of a “free-market think tank." Instead of getting mad, I accepted @jeremyfaust.bsky.social's kind invitation to take a factual & scientific blowtorch to it.
We've got a MASSIVE DEEP-DIVE rebuttal to the NIH leadership’s recent essay. They're arguing for a head-in-the-sand approach to pandemic preparedness.
The great @angierasmussen.bsky.social joins me in an extraordinarily detailed, line-by-line fact check.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/a-rebuttal...
The great @angierasmussen.bsky.social joins me in an extraordinarily detailed, line-by-line fact check.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/a-rebuttal...
A rebuttal to NIH leadership's screed against pandemic preparedness.
Dr. Angela Rasmussen joins Inside Medicine for a tag-team response to a poorly reasoned essay by NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya and his deputy, Dr. Matthew Memoli.
insidemedicine.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I really did not enjoy Jay Bhattacharya & Matthew Memoli’s screed against pandemic & virology research for the flagship blog of a “free-market think tank." Instead of getting mad, I accepted @jeremyfaust.bsky.social's kind invitation to take a factual & scientific blowtorch to it.
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New free Coronavirus/ID and liberal politics Tidbits newsletter is up, drjudystone.com/coronavirus-... w bits abt #BirdFlu, #Marburg, #PandemicPreparedness (or lack thereof), #ACIP, political shenanigans Special thx to Mike Coston, @cohenjon.bsky.social, @madhupai.bsky.social @joffirphd.bsky.social
Coronavirus Tidbits # 371, November 16, 2025 - Dr. Judy Stone
Quick links News Diagnostics Drugs Devices Epidemiology/Infection control Tips Politics Feel good du jour Comic relief Perspective/Poem Bits of beauty Announcement...
drjudystone.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
New free Coronavirus/ID and liberal politics Tidbits newsletter is up, drjudystone.com/coronavirus-... w bits abt #BirdFlu, #Marburg, #PandemicPreparedness (or lack thereof), #ACIP, political shenanigans Special thx to Mike Coston, @cohenjon.bsky.social, @madhupai.bsky.social @joffirphd.bsky.social
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Timothy Snyder on Trump's and Vance's grift bubble. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Timothy Snyder on Trump's and Vance's grift bubble. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Timothy Snyder on Trump's and Vance's grift bubble. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Timothy Snyder on Trump's and Vance's grift bubble. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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This is designed to tank public health & primary care by excluding public health professions, advanced nursing practice, physical & occupational therapy from loans that can cover the cost of education. This is going to make an existing workforce crisis worse.
aspph.org/department-o...
aspph.org/department-o...
Department of Education Proposal Excludes Public Health Degrees from “Professional Degree” Definition
Discover the new results and implications of Dept of Ed consensus regarding professional degree programs and public health education.
aspph.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:23 AM
This is designed to tank public health & primary care by excluding public health professions, advanced nursing practice, physical & occupational therapy from loans that can cover the cost of education. This is going to make an existing workforce crisis worse.
aspph.org/department-o...
aspph.org/department-o...
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CDC's Vaccine Panel May Change Recommendations on Hep B Shot Next Month www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
CDC's Vaccine Panel May Change Recommendations on Hep B Shot Next Month
Other agenda items for December meeting include the childhood immunization schedule
www.medpagetoday.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:06 AM
CDC's Vaccine Panel May Change Recommendations on Hep B Shot Next Month www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
CDC's Vaccine Panel May Change Recommendations on Hep B Shot Next Month www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
CDC's Vaccine Panel May Change Recommendations on Hep B Shot Next Month
Other agenda items for December meeting include the childhood immunization schedule
www.medpagetoday.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:06 AM
CDC's Vaccine Panel May Change Recommendations on Hep B Shot Next Month www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
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RFK's biggest fan (surprise!) is himself. Scientists and physicians, except for his cabal, disagree. They recognize a crackpot who is destroying the nation's public health.
www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...
www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...
Whopper of the Week: RFK, Jr. says he gets fan mail from scientists and doctors, the letters sent to Congress actually ask for his resignation | Defend Public Health
Physicians and scientists across the country warned Congress that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was unfit to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services. Kennedy, who has no medical or scientific training...
www.defendpublichealth.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
RFK's biggest fan (surprise!) is himself. Scientists and physicians, except for his cabal, disagree. They recognize a crackpot who is destroying the nation's public health.
www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...
www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...
RFK's biggest fan (surprise!) is himself. Scientists and physicians, except for his cabal, disagree. They recognize a crackpot who is destroying the nation's public health.
www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...
www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...
Whopper of the Week: RFK, Jr. says he gets fan mail from scientists and doctors, the letters sent to Congress actually ask for his resignation | Defend Public Health
Physicians and scientists across the country warned Congress that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was unfit to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services. Kennedy, who has no medical or scientific training...
www.defendpublichealth.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
RFK's biggest fan (surprise!) is himself. Scientists and physicians, except for his cabal, disagree. They recognize a crackpot who is destroying the nation's public health.
www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...
www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...
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David Szalay’s ‘Flesh’ Wins 2025 Booker Prize www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/b...
David Szalay’s ‘Flesh’ Wins 2025 Booker Prize
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:56 PM
David Szalay’s ‘Flesh’ Wins 2025 Booker Prize www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/b...
David Szalay’s ‘Flesh’ Wins 2025 Booker Prize www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/b...
David Szalay’s ‘Flesh’ Wins 2025 Booker Prize
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:56 PM
David Szalay’s ‘Flesh’ Wins 2025 Booker Prize www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/b...
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Joyce Carol Oates, already a goddess of literature, knows more than most about class (in several meanings of the word). Musk is an empty husk. She called it.
Ok, yes, this is a public health–adjacent account -- but some of us are also literary nerds. And seeing Joyce Carol Oates roast Elon Musk on his own platform? Just what we needed on an otherwise sh**ty day.
Elon Musk gets roasted on his own platform by Joyce Carol Oates.
Like an ancient cyborg culling through the ruins of a post-apocalyptic planet (twitter, derogatory), Joyce Carol Oates recently fired her full-power death ray at aspiring trillionaire Elon Musk, wh…
lithub.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Joyce Carol Oates, already a goddess of literature, knows more than most about class (in several meanings of the word). Musk is an empty husk. She called it.
Joyce Carol Oates, already a goddess of literature, knows more than most about class (in several meanings of the word). Musk is an empty husk. She called it.
Ok, yes, this is a public health–adjacent account -- but some of us are also literary nerds. And seeing Joyce Carol Oates roast Elon Musk on his own platform? Just what we needed on an otherwise sh**ty day.
Elon Musk gets roasted on his own platform by Joyce Carol Oates.
Like an ancient cyborg culling through the ruins of a post-apocalyptic planet (twitter, derogatory), Joyce Carol Oates recently fired her full-power death ray at aspiring trillionaire Elon Musk, wh…
lithub.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Joyce Carol Oates, already a goddess of literature, knows more than most about class (in several meanings of the word). Musk is an empty husk. She called it.
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Our latest Whopper of the Week. Defend Public Health refutes another crackpot theory spewed by RFK. www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...
Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. Wants to Remove Aluminum from Vaccines and Endanger Americans' Health | Defend Public Health
Aluminum, found naturally in many foods, is sometimes added as a salt in tiny quantities to vaccines as an immune booster. For years, Robert F. Kennedy has said that aluminum-containing vaccines cause...
www.defendpublichealth.org
November 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Our latest Whopper of the Week. Defend Public Health refutes another crackpot theory spewed by RFK. www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...
Our latest Whopper of the Week. Defend Public Health refutes another crackpot theory spewed by RFK. www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...
Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. Wants to Remove Aluminum from Vaccines and Endanger Americans' Health | Defend Public Health
Aluminum, found naturally in many foods, is sometimes added as a salt in tiny quantities to vaccines as an immune booster. For years, Robert F. Kennedy has said that aluminum-containing vaccines cause...
www.defendpublichealth.org
November 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Our latest Whopper of the Week. Defend Public Health refutes another crackpot theory spewed by RFK. www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...
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YAY!!!! ZOHRAN WINS!!!!
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
YAY!!!! ZOHRAN WINS!!!!
YAY!!!! ZOHRAN WINS!!!!
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
YAY!!!! ZOHRAN WINS!!!!
So, I LOVE Zohran, and sure hope he's our next Mayor.
I visited Grand Street Senior Housing on the Lower East Side today and tried a little Bomba y Plena…
October 31, 2025 at 9:15 PM
So, I LOVE Zohran, and sure hope he's our next Mayor.
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I am going to be that annoying friend. Get your #COVID & #flu shots. There is little downside to getting immunized and it will spare you from being out sick, having to go to the doctor's office, hospitalization and yes, death. Too many people aren't stepping up to get the shots. Do it this weekend.
October 31, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Health care workers under 65 must be vaccinated against Covid www.statnews.com/2025/10/30/c... via @statnews.com
Health care workers under 65 must be vaccinated against Covid
The vaccination status of health care workers under 65 has profound implications for millions of Americans.
www.statnews.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Health care workers under 65 must be vaccinated against Covid www.statnews.com/2025/10/30/c... via @statnews.com
Health care workers under 65 must be vaccinated against Covid www.statnews.com/2025/10/30/c... via @statnews.com
Health care workers under 65 must be vaccinated against Covid
The vaccination status of health care workers under 65 has profound implications for millions of Americans.
www.statnews.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Health care workers under 65 must be vaccinated against Covid www.statnews.com/2025/10/30/c... via @statnews.com
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As you know, RFK is obsessed with his own macho virility. Has this bias shaped his views on sperm counts (and apparently, he's counting)? Yep, and he's cherry-picking his evidence as usual. What a liar! Our Whopper of the Week counters his crackpot point of view. #CarolineWarnedUs
It’s Wednesday which means it’s time for the whopper of the week!
ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. MAKES UP SPOOKY STORIES ABOUT OLD MEN BEING MORE VIRILE THAN TEENS
www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...
ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. MAKES UP SPOOKY STORIES ABOUT OLD MEN BEING MORE VIRILE THAN TEENS
www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...
Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. Makes Up Spooky Stories about Old Men Being More Virile than Teens | Defend Public Health
American fertility rates, like those of most countries , have been dropping since about 1960 for many reasons related to broad social, economic, technological and demographic changes. At a White House...
www.defendpublichealth.org
October 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
As you know, RFK is obsessed with his own macho virility. Has this bias shaped his views on sperm counts (and apparently, he's counting)? Yep, and he's cherry-picking his evidence as usual. What a liar! Our Whopper of the Week counters his crackpot point of view. #CarolineWarnedUs
As you know, RFK is obsessed with his own macho virility. Has this bias shaped his views on sperm counts (and apparently, he's counting)? Yep, and he's cherry-picking his evidence as usual. What a liar! Our Whopper of the Week counters his crackpot point of view. #CarolineWarnedUs
It’s Wednesday which means it’s time for the whopper of the week!
ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. MAKES UP SPOOKY STORIES ABOUT OLD MEN BEING MORE VIRILE THAN TEENS
www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...
ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. MAKES UP SPOOKY STORIES ABOUT OLD MEN BEING MORE VIRILE THAN TEENS
www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...
Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. Makes Up Spooky Stories about Old Men Being More Virile than Teens | Defend Public Health
American fertility rates, like those of most countries , have been dropping since about 1960 for many reasons related to broad social, economic, technological and demographic changes. At a White House...
www.defendpublichealth.org
October 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
As you know, RFK is obsessed with his own macho virility. Has this bias shaped his views on sperm counts (and apparently, he's counting)? Yep, and he's cherry-picking his evidence as usual. What a liar! Our Whopper of the Week counters his crackpot point of view. #CarolineWarnedUs