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My comment to #ACIP - docs.google.com/document/d/1... - is not up on Regulations.gov yet.

I'm sure it's just backlog.

Dr. Deborah Wexler's comment is not up yet - and she is an expert on hepatitis B vaccine; the committee would do well to read her submission carefully.
ACIP Comment December 2025
To: Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Re: Comment to Meeting of Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, December 2025 Docket No. CDC-2025...
docs.google.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Great letter. Good job, we see you, Jason.
Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.
October 18, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall

💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
October 2, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Exclusive: HHS lawyers objected to new powers for Kennedy's COVID vaccine adviser. My latest story w/ @jsteenhuysen.bsky.social on #CDC and #vaccines www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
www.reuters.com
September 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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We are long overdue for some floofiness on this feed.

Red panda happy hour starts now.
May 7, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Great thread. Conducting placebo-controlled trials of items known to be relatively safe and effective is unethical.
Which FDA-approved vaccines had randomized, placebo-controlled trials?

ALL OF THEM.

Polio?
Measles, mumps, rubella?
Haemophilus influenzae B?
Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis?
Meningococcus?
Varicella?
Pneumococcus?
Rotavirus?
RSV?
Hepatitis B?
Influenza?
HPV?
COVID-19?
Shingles?

YEP.

A thread🧵
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May 5, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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They are taking away our vaccines.

Jay Bhattacharya is talking about eliminating mRNA vaccines.

Meanwhile, RFK Jr. has managed to ratfuck the Novavax approval process.
Bad news for the Novavax COVID vaccine: FDA wants Novavax "...to show its vaccine is effective w/ another randomized study after appointees under (HHS Sec. RFK Jr.) intervened in the approval process... The additional step goes beyond what other Covid-19 vaccine makers had to do to win approval..."🛟
Exclusive | FDA Asks Vaccine Maker to Complete New Clinical Trial for Delayed Covid-19 Shot
A new randomized study could cost Novavax tens of millions of dollars, vaccine experts say
www.wsj.com
April 26, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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So this interview lasted 2 hours so this “you’re scaring me” part might seem like an overreaction or fearmongering to someone without that context.

There’s a lot of evidence to support my hypothesis that a potential H5N1 pandemic would be worse than COVID.
April 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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After 8 months of peer review, our manuscript was published today @nature.com showing that bovine H5N1 viruses bind poorly to human-type sialic acid receptors. We now know that the virus is only 1 HA substitution away from efficiently binding human receptors.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Bovine H5N1 binds poorly to human-type sialic acid receptors - Nature
Nature - Bovine H5N1 binds poorly to human-type sialic acid receptors
www.nature.com
April 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Hands off libraries.
April 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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This is what Trump and Musk are doing during a measles outbreak. 

Today, 10,000 staffers were fired at CDC—including measles and bird flu experts—while dozens of free vaccination clinics were canceled in Texas.

These billionaires don’t seem to care that children will die from their cruel cuts.
Dozens of free measles vaccine clinics close in Texas as federal funding is cut
Many clinics had been planned at schools in the Dallas area with low vaccination rates.
www.nbcnews.com
April 2, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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We now have a blood biomarker that is even more strongly associated with tau PET and cognitive symptoms than even p-tau217! Plasma eMTBR-tau243 will help us to understand whether cognitive impairment is likely to be related to Alzheimer's pathology. #ENDALZ

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Plasma MTBR-tau243 biomarker identifies tau tangle pathology in Alzheimer’s disease - Nature Medicine
Plasma eMTBR-tau243 is a specific biomarker of tau tangles in Alzheimer’s disease and enables the detecting and tracking of Alzheimer’s clinical impairment.
www.nature.com
March 31, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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The CDC has been captured.

CDC statement on measles vaccination:

“The decision to vaccinate is a personal one. People should consult with their healthcare provider to understand their options to get a vaccine and should be informed about the potential risks and benefits associated with vaccines.”
March 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Ruining studies and potentially harming research subjects...

Abruptly terminating clinical trials...

Ignorant and evil

www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
The NIH’s Most Reckless Cuts Yet
Ending clinical trials with no warning can put patients at risk.
www.theatlantic.com
March 27, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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One of the real dangers in science is deciding the answer before you've done the study. Our nation's best talent assigned to "find support" for preconceived, but likely bogus notions--as described in Mr Griffis's article-is hard to stomach-followup is needed.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | When the government becomes a health misinformation superspreader
Until I left last week, I led the CDC’s public health messaging. Now we need something to replace it.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Dr. Gottlieb’s excellent & highly informative perspective on H5N1 & eggs is full of good ideas for controlling the epizootic & ensuring food safety.

It also made me yearn for a time when we had FDA Commissioners who took science seriously & based regulatory actions on evidence.
My op ed in STAT News on bird flu, egg shortages, vaccines, and FDA regulation — and additional steps we can take ahead of the spring migration season, when wild birds return to North American flighways, and the risk of outbreaks in poultry farms may rise
How to protect the American egg supply from avian flu
The most effective strategy against bird flu on chicken farms is prevention, writes former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb — and that may include vaccinating chicks.
www.statnews.com
March 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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So the anti-vax organization founded by the current HHS secretary is hosting a dark mirror bullshit clone of the CDC’s website.

No wonder they were in such a hurry to delete the CDC’s data.
🧵NEW: A CDC clone website is filled with false and misleading vaccine claims against a backdrop of false balance. The NGO (Children's Health Defense) led by the current HHS Secretary until December 2024 is hosting content for the CDC clone.

infoepi.substack.com/p/cdc-clone...
March 22, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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The day H7N9 decides to join its fellow bird flu H5N1 in American poultry seems like the perfect day to cast the Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response “into the abyss”

www.cnn.com/2025/03/17/h...
As bird flu continues to spread, Trump administration sidelines key pandemic preparedness office | CNN
The Trump administration has not staffed an office established by Congress to prepare the nation for future pandemics, according to three sources familiar with the situation.
www.cnn.com
March 18, 2025 at 4:40 AM