Melissa Derby
@meldoesscience.bsky.social
Penn CAMB alum | RIT Biotech alum | Go Bills!! | she/her/hers
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this guy is out here proudly being a eugenicist freak while people at mainstream and "respectable publications" make excuses for him or even muse about whether he has a "few good points"
RFK Jr talking about the need for doctors to know how to treat measles for those who are unvaccinated.
“Only very sick kids should die from measles.”
No. They shouldn’t. That was the point of the vaccine. We eradicated the virus so children didn’t die.
Sick & disabled kids are not expendable!
“Only very sick kids should die from measles.”
No. They shouldn’t. That was the point of the vaccine. We eradicated the virus so children didn’t die.
Sick & disabled kids are not expendable!
May 12, 2025 at 1:33 AM
this guy is out here proudly being a eugenicist freak while people at mainstream and "respectable publications" make excuses for him or even muse about whether he has a "few good points"
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This is bad news. Vinay Prasad has consistently spread misinformation about COVID and vaccines. Dangerously he will now significant power to regulate vaccines and gene therapies.
May 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This is bad news. Vinay Prasad has consistently spread misinformation about COVID and vaccines. Dangerously he will now significant power to regulate vaccines and gene therapies.
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I am going to lose my mind. Every previous coronavirus spilled over from animals. A novel virus has never leaked from a lab.
Peak Ted Talk Brain to suggest that something *which has never happened* is the occam's razor explanation.
www.nytimes.com/2024/06/14/b...
Peak Ted Talk Brain to suggest that something *which has never happened* is the occam's razor explanation.
www.nytimes.com/2024/06/14/b...
April 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I am going to lose my mind. Every previous coronavirus spilled over from animals. A novel virus has never leaked from a lab.
Peak Ted Talk Brain to suggest that something *which has never happened* is the occam's razor explanation.
www.nytimes.com/2024/06/14/b...
Peak Ted Talk Brain to suggest that something *which has never happened* is the occam's razor explanation.
www.nytimes.com/2024/06/14/b...
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Stephanie Nolen reporting that 1,200,000 children will die because of this decision. Unconscionable.
State Dept gave Congress its full list of 5,300+ USAID program terminations. The sweeping cuts for health alone - from global childhood vaccines to surveillance for deadly diseases to malaria work - entail massive loss of life & national security risk. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/h...
U.S. to End Vaccine Funds for Poor Countries but Continue Some H.I.V. and TB Aid (Gift Article)
A 281-page spreadsheet obtained by The Times lists the Trump administration’s plans for thousands of foreign aid programs.
www.nytimes.com
March 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Stephanie Nolen reporting that 1,200,000 children will die because of this decision. Unconscionable.