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Sandra
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Biochemist. Former Science Editor. Working on a degree in Political Science. „Ein Leben ohne Mops ist möglich aber sinnlos.“ 🐾 Currently in Michigan. She/her. anti-fascist.
Same!!
November 15, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Love it, thanks for pointing me there!😍
November 15, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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There were three programs - ReVAMPP, AViDD, and CREID. ReVAMPP is still active, but the other two have been canceled - I was the PI on one of the canceled CREID centers ("WARN-ID").
November 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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The new approach is essentially to stick your head in the sand and go to the gym as a model for pandemic preparedness.

Suffice to say, such a model will not work, but I don't want to belabor the point - I have made it many times already. E.g., here:

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I recently gave a talk at Cornell and sat down with Dr. Leifer for her "Immune" podcast. I really enjoyed our wide-ranging conversation, from how I got started in science, how immunity shapes evolution, pandemic risk, and, the current state of US science.

🎧👇

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Virus-immune Tug-of-war with Kristian Andersen
Podcast Episode · Immune · 11/11/2025 · 1h
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November 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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That means that not only would we have new countermeasures against existing, and highly consequential, pathogens, but we'd be able to pivot existing platforms should a novel species within one of those families emerge.

This is extremely prudent, and frankly, a clever way of doing it.
November 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
It’s very good! I say this both as a Reservation Dog and Twin Peaks fan.
November 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The sheer stupidity of this. What, republicans do not get sick? How could anyone, ANYONE, be interested to have less public health experts? To have a less safe country?🤦🏼‍♀️
November 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Fantastic piece, thank you for writing it!
November 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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The new policy seems to me to be another example of Director Bhattacharya talking a big game about supporting early stage investigators and high risk-high reward research but not considering how to achieve this (and taking step to make this harder).

12/13
November 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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On top of that, as someone with aging parents, I have to point out that it is breathtakingly offensive to me for anyone to suggest three minutes of my mother talking in the kitchen could tell a machine everything it needs to know about her to simulate her. Fuck off, you ghouls.
November 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM