Lila D. Patterson
@ldpatterson.bsky.social
M.S. Microbiology. Biology PhD Student at Georgia State University. Kumar lab. SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis & vaccine development. Part-time horse girl.
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This is the ostrich herd Dr. Oz wants to relocate to Florida, btw
I have been keeping an eye on this for weeks and the news is not getting any better. It's past the time to cull this herd.
The type of avian flu infection present at a B.C. ostrich farm where a cull is planned is a mutation not seen elsewhere in Canada.
www.vancouverisawesome.com/national-new...
The type of avian flu infection present at a B.C. ostrich farm where a cull is planned is a mutation not seen elsewhere in Canada.
www.vancouverisawesome.com/national-new...
Ostriches at B.C. farm have version of avian flu not seen elsewhere in Canada: CFIA
The type of avian flu infection present at a B.C. ostrich farm where a cull is planned is a mutation not seen elsewhere in Canada, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Friday.
www.vancouverisawesome.com
June 1, 2025 at 2:37 AM
This is the ostrich herd Dr. Oz wants to relocate to Florida, btw
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There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
May 31, 2025 at 4:43 AM
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
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Time for our scientific society leadership to take the case to the people by getting on national news and putting op eds in national publications, rather than just sending letters to members of congress who feel no pressure by that whatsoever
May 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Time for our scientific society leadership to take the case to the people by getting on national news and putting op eds in national publications, rather than just sending letters to members of congress who feel no pressure by that whatsoever
Couldn’t possibly be because coronavirus research existed pre-covid and there was a very real, very likely, threat of zoonotic spillover of another highly pathogenic coronavirus? When you don’t know what you’re talking about (and refuse to educate yourself), everything is a conspiracy..
February 4, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Couldn’t possibly be because coronavirus research existed pre-covid and there was a very real, very likely, threat of zoonotic spillover of another highly pathogenic coronavirus? When you don’t know what you’re talking about (and refuse to educate yourself), everything is a conspiracy..
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Literally every single headline I read at this point.
February 4, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Literally every single headline I read at this point.
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After nearly three decades, a Minnesota summer camp for kids with HIV/AIDS is closing and up for sale... because retroviral drugs are so effective that there aren't enough campers.
Science works, y'all.
www.startribune.com/closure-of-n...
Science works, y'all.
www.startribune.com/closure-of-n...
Closure of northern Minnesota camp is ‘the greatest story.’ Here’s why.
Willow River, Minn., camp One Heartland is for sale after serving kids there for nearly three decades.
www.startribune.com
December 27, 2024 at 9:46 PM
After nearly three decades, a Minnesota summer camp for kids with HIV/AIDS is closing and up for sale... because retroviral drugs are so effective that there aren't enough campers.
Science works, y'all.
www.startribune.com/closure-of-n...
Science works, y'all.
www.startribune.com/closure-of-n...
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Me: Dr. Salk your vaccine will save so many children!
Salk: Well thank God
Me: Of course they will grow up
Salk: Well I hope so
Me: And get old
Salk: I guess?
Me: And eventually vote for lunatics who will try to stop your vaccine
Salk: what now
Me: And leave NATO
Salk: shit
Salk: Well thank God
Me: Of course they will grow up
Salk: Well I hope so
Me: And get old
Salk: I guess?
Me: And eventually vote for lunatics who will try to stop your vaccine
Salk: what now
Me: And leave NATO
Salk: shit
December 13, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Me: Dr. Salk your vaccine will save so many children!
Salk: Well thank God
Me: Of course they will grow up
Salk: Well I hope so
Me: And get old
Salk: I guess?
Me: And eventually vote for lunatics who will try to stop your vaccine
Salk: what now
Me: And leave NATO
Salk: shit
Salk: Well thank God
Me: Of course they will grow up
Salk: Well I hope so
Me: And get old
Salk: I guess?
Me: And eventually vote for lunatics who will try to stop your vaccine
Salk: what now
Me: And leave NATO
Salk: shit
Encourage your senators to oppose the nomination of RFK for HHS www.safecommunitiescoalition.org/rfk
RFK — SAFE Communities Coalition
www.safecommunitiescoalition.org
December 10, 2024 at 8:09 PM
Encourage your senators to oppose the nomination of RFK for HHS www.safecommunitiescoalition.org/rfk
So what do you propose I do my PhD on, essential oils?
RFK Jr.: “Thank you [to the NIH] for public service. We’re going to give infectious disease a break for about eight years.”
Kennedy wants to take a “break” from studying infectious diseases like COVID-19 and measles.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Kennedy wants to take a “break” from studying infectious diseases like COVID-19 and measles.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
RFK Jr. comes ‘home’ to his anti-vaccine group, commits to ‘a break’ for U.S. infectious disease research
He has suggested without evidence that researchers and pharmaceutical companies are driven by profit to neglect chronic conditions.
www.nbcnews.com
November 18, 2024 at 3:33 PM
So what do you propose I do my PhD on, essential oils?
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Ok, this is actually concerning. The sequence of the hospitalized teen with H5N1 has been released. Both of these mutation sites are known to impact α2,6 binding that is needed for human to human transmissibility.
Need top experts on H5N1 to immediately to look into this.
Need top experts on H5N1 to immediately to look into this.
Excellent summary thread here by @scottehensley.bsky.social. To add a few more important notes, the sequence (GISAID EPI_ISL_19548836) is ambiguous at *both* site Q226 (as Scott mentions above) and site E190 (H3 numbering)
Both these sites play an important role in sialic acid binding specificity
Both these sites play an important role in sialic acid binding specificity
November 16, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Ok, this is actually concerning. The sequence of the hospitalized teen with H5N1 has been released. Both of these mutation sites are known to impact α2,6 binding that is needed for human to human transmissibility.
Need top experts on H5N1 to immediately to look into this.
Need top experts on H5N1 to immediately to look into this.
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November 15, 2024 at 10:45 PM
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Covid is no laughing matter.
"The scale of the problem that Covid is posing for individuals and society appears to be on a par with climate change: too big to tackle, so we look away"
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
"The scale of the problem that Covid is posing for individuals and society appears to be on a par with climate change: too big to tackle, so we look away"
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
Covid is no laughing matter when it continues to hurt so many | Letters
Letters: Dr Elke Hausmann and Sue Hewison respond to Tim Dowling’s column about his sons testing positive
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2024 at 8:51 PM
Covid is no laughing matter.
"The scale of the problem that Covid is posing for individuals and society appears to be on a par with climate change: too big to tackle, so we look away"
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
"The scale of the problem that Covid is posing for individuals and society appears to be on a par with climate change: too big to tackle, so we look away"
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
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Looks like there will be control groups for each and every vaccine preventable disease soon…
November 14, 2024 at 9:53 PM
Looks like there will be control groups for each and every vaccine preventable disease soon…
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"I like to be respectful of people’s opinions, but to me, this is not an opinion issue. It’s just black and white. We know what the safety profile of these vaccines are. We know how many lives they saved, and I think we’re just going to have to reiterate that and let people make their choices"
Two top Biden administration officials warn of threat to U.S. children if anti-vaccine views prevail
Two senior Biden administration officials warned there could be serious consequences for the nation’s children if it had to relearn lessons about vaccines.
www.statnews.com
November 14, 2024 at 12:32 PM
"I like to be respectful of people’s opinions, but to me, this is not an opinion issue. It’s just black and white. We know what the safety profile of these vaccines are. We know how many lives they saved, and I think we’re just going to have to reiterate that and let people make their choices"
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In a normal world, we shouldn't need to defend the importance of childhood vaccinations. Relegating vaccine policy to non-experts, elevating psuedoscience, and undermining well-earned trust in vaccine safety is incredibly dangerous backsliding that will haunt us all for generations to come. #episky
If anti-vax policies take root in the new US administration, kids & families could pay a toll, senior government officials warn. "The natural consequences of not believing in science or the potential benefit of these vaccines may be that we have unnecessary deaths."
www.statnews.com/2024/11/13/v...
www.statnews.com/2024/11/13/v...
Two top Biden administration officials warn of threat to U.S. children if anti-vaccine views prevail
Two senior Biden administration officials warned there could be serious consequences for the nation’s children if it had to relearn lessons about vaccines.
www.statnews.com
November 13, 2024 at 7:42 PM
In a normal world, we shouldn't need to defend the importance of childhood vaccinations. Relegating vaccine policy to non-experts, elevating psuedoscience, and undermining well-earned trust in vaccine safety is incredibly dangerous backsliding that will haunt us all for generations to come. #episky