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Every time one anti-vaxxer is quoted in the media, one million scientists and healthcare workers should also be quoted in support of vaccines.
False equivalence in the media is killing us.
False equivalence in the media is killing us.
November 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Every time one anti-vaxxer is quoted in the media, one million scientists and healthcare workers should also be quoted in support of vaccines.
False equivalence in the media is killing us.
False equivalence in the media is killing us.
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We worked for months with USAID to build an $85,000,000 project to end TB in two regions of the Philippines.
The project is funded by private money, the Philippine government, and matching USAID funds.
It could provide a blueprint for eliminating TB worldwide--except it's...not happening.
The project is funded by private money, the Philippine government, and matching USAID funds.
It could provide a blueprint for eliminating TB worldwide--except it's...not happening.
February 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
We worked for months with USAID to build an $85,000,000 project to end TB in two regions of the Philippines.
The project is funded by private money, the Philippine government, and matching USAID funds.
It could provide a blueprint for eliminating TB worldwide--except it's...not happening.
The project is funded by private money, the Philippine government, and matching USAID funds.
It could provide a blueprint for eliminating TB worldwide--except it's...not happening.
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You do have some obligations to other people. This is a good and normal part of being human.
January 4, 2025 at 9:23 PM
You do have some obligations to other people. This is a good and normal part of being human.
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Scientists have already investigated this. The result? The doctor pushing this junk science had his license revoked for spreading deadly lies about vaccines.
December 8, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Scientists have already investigated this. The result? The doctor pushing this junk science had his license revoked for spreading deadly lies about vaccines.
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The number of deaths averted globally due to vaccination is absolutely staggering.
December 14, 2024 at 3:51 PM
The number of deaths averted globally due to vaccination is absolutely staggering.
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Very worthwhile report on the promises and perils of Japan's Rapidus:
Japan’s audacious bid to become a semiconductor superpower
The government is backing a start-up that aims to upend the economics and geography of the microchip industry. Does it have a chance of success?
www.ft.com
December 5, 2024 at 6:40 AM
Very worthwhile report on the promises and perils of Japan's Rapidus:
Almost 58 days of playback ahhh
December 5, 2024 at 3:03 AM
Almost 58 days of playback ahhh
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To be clear:
The richest man on Earth wants you to think that our government overreacted to the worst public health crisis in a century—a pandemic that has killed 1.2 million Americans to date.
Billionaires like Musk wanted Americans to work through COVID despite the risk to make themselves richer
The richest man on Earth wants you to think that our government overreacted to the worst public health crisis in a century—a pandemic that has killed 1.2 million Americans to date.
Billionaires like Musk wanted Americans to work through COVID despite the risk to make themselves richer
Elon Musk just called the COVID-19 pandemic that killed at least 1.4 million Americans a “scamdemic.”
My dad died during the pandemic; we weren't able to visit him in the hospital because of it. Every aspect of that horrible tragedy was real. And exacerbated by Musk’s co-POTUS.
I’m seeing red. 😡
My dad died during the pandemic; we weren't able to visit him in the hospital because of it. Every aspect of that horrible tragedy was real. And exacerbated by Musk’s co-POTUS.
I’m seeing red. 😡
November 19, 2024 at 6:41 AM
To be clear:
The richest man on Earth wants you to think that our government overreacted to the worst public health crisis in a century—a pandemic that has killed 1.2 million Americans to date.
Billionaires like Musk wanted Americans to work through COVID despite the risk to make themselves richer
The richest man on Earth wants you to think that our government overreacted to the worst public health crisis in a century—a pandemic that has killed 1.2 million Americans to date.
Billionaires like Musk wanted Americans to work through COVID despite the risk to make themselves richer
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The media needs to STOP referring to RFK Jr. as a “vaccine skeptic”. He is anti-vaccine and anti-science, and would do incalculable damage to the health of Americans. The man wants to sue scientific journals for not publishing fraudulent work. No amount of facts or data will convince him.
November 18, 2024 at 4:01 PM
The media needs to STOP referring to RFK Jr. as a “vaccine skeptic”. He is anti-vaccine and anti-science, and would do incalculable damage to the health of Americans. The man wants to sue scientific journals for not publishing fraudulent work. No amount of facts or data will convince him.
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The thing about Twitter versus Bluesky is that the right needs liberals on Twitter to make it feel worthwhile, whereas the left doesn’t need conservatives on Bluesky to make it feel worthwhile.
November 17, 2024 at 4:08 AM
The thing about Twitter versus Bluesky is that the right needs liberals on Twitter to make it feel worthwhile, whereas the left doesn’t need conservatives on Bluesky to make it feel worthwhile.
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Vaccines work—thread:
Thank you to Tynan DeBold and Dov Friedman at the @wsj.com. Measles. 1/
November 16, 2024 at 12:57 AM
Vaccines work—thread:
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Look at all the lives saved by vaccines (right column) — 97, 99, 100% decrease in all these preventable diseases. Yet RFK Jr anti vax nonsense threatens them all.
November 16, 2024 at 1:02 PM
Look at all the lives saved by vaccines (right column) — 97, 99, 100% decrease in all these preventable diseases. Yet RFK Jr anti vax nonsense threatens them all.
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It's disturbing seeing some medical and public health professionals trying to normalize RFK by saying "we have to meet him halfway."
NOPE.
RFK is a charlatan who has deliberately spread disinformation that has killed people.
Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.
NOPE.
RFK is a charlatan who has deliberately spread disinformation that has killed people.
Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.
November 15, 2024 at 9:04 PM
It's disturbing seeing some medical and public health professionals trying to normalize RFK by saying "we have to meet him halfway."
NOPE.
RFK is a charlatan who has deliberately spread disinformation that has killed people.
Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.
NOPE.
RFK is a charlatan who has deliberately spread disinformation that has killed people.
Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.
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Story of how 2 accidental nursing errors led anti-vax RFK Jr to end up killing 80 people in Samoa.
November 15, 2024 at 11:06 AM
Story of how 2 accidental nursing errors led anti-vax RFK Jr to end up killing 80 people in Samoa.
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This isn't the Rahm Emmanuel who covered up a police black site, oversaw one of the largest US public school closures, shutdown half the city's mental health clinics & hid the police murder of Laquan McDonald, right?
They're talking about another Rahm Emmanuel...right?!
thehill.com/homenews/cam...
They're talking about another Rahm Emmanuel...right?!
thehill.com/homenews/cam...
Axelrod pushes for Rahm Emanuel as DNC chair
Democratic strategist David Axelrod is pushing for U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel to become the new chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). “If they said, ‘Well, what should we do?…
thehill.com
November 14, 2024 at 3:38 PM
This isn't the Rahm Emmanuel who covered up a police black site, oversaw one of the largest US public school closures, shutdown half the city's mental health clinics & hid the police murder of Laquan McDonald, right?
They're talking about another Rahm Emmanuel...right?!
thehill.com/homenews/cam...
They're talking about another Rahm Emmanuel...right?!
thehill.com/homenews/cam...
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Once we've decarbonized, the vast majority, 90% of us, will be much better off, since electricity, heat, transportation, & health-care will be much less expensive, raising everyone's real income and quality of life.
2/2
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November 15, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Once we've decarbonized, the vast majority, 90% of us, will be much better off, since electricity, heat, transportation, & health-care will be much less expensive, raising everyone's real income and quality of life.
2/2
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The 1% earned 51% of fossil fuel (windfall) profits in 2022; the bottom 50% earned only 1% of them.
A good reminder that the economic hit of phasing out coal, oil, and methane gas will fall predominantly on the wealthy, who can well afford it.
And...
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A good reminder that the economic hit of phasing out coal, oil, and methane gas will fall predominantly on the wealthy, who can well afford it.
And...
1/2
November 15, 2024 at 5:09 PM
The 1% earned 51% of fossil fuel (windfall) profits in 2022; the bottom 50% earned only 1% of them.
A good reminder that the economic hit of phasing out coal, oil, and methane gas will fall predominantly on the wealthy, who can well afford it.
And...
1/2
A good reminder that the economic hit of phasing out coal, oil, and methane gas will fall predominantly on the wealthy, who can well afford it.
And...
1/2
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Consider the table:
November 15, 2024 at 1:49 PM
Consider the table:
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Disease prevalence in US states before & after vaccine introduction
Graphic from Edward Tufte
More graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d... 🧪
Graphic from Edward Tufte
More graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d... 🧪
November 15, 2024 at 5:00 AM
Disease prevalence in US states before & after vaccine introduction
Graphic from Edward Tufte
More graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d... 🧪
Graphic from Edward Tufte
More graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d... 🧪
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it is bizarre how much this pretty basic fact is just like overlooked in the climate finance discussions: private finance requires being paid back
This! #COP29
November 14, 2024 at 12:54 PM
it is bizarre how much this pretty basic fact is just like overlooked in the climate finance discussions: private finance requires being paid back
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Raw milk is STILL responsible for more hospitalizations than any other food-borne disease source.
Before standard/widespread pasteurization, (raw) milk was responsible for 1/4 of all infectious disease outbreaks in the US in the 1930s and caused 1/10 of tuberculosis deaths.
Before standard/widespread pasteurization, (raw) milk was responsible for 1/4 of all infectious disease outbreaks in the US in the 1930s and caused 1/10 of tuberculosis deaths.
Oster writes that “With more information, we provide room for people to drink raw milk but also vaccinate their kids. Which is, basically, a reasonable choice.” Oster claims she is being far more nuanced, but I don’t think there’s enough nuance here. Raw milk is not “reasonable” for many people.
Opinion | How to Talk About Fluoride, Vaccines and Raw Milk
How to build trust and make America healthy again.
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2024 at 2:35 AM
Raw milk is STILL responsible for more hospitalizations than any other food-borne disease source.
Before standard/widespread pasteurization, (raw) milk was responsible for 1/4 of all infectious disease outbreaks in the US in the 1930s and caused 1/10 of tuberculosis deaths.
Before standard/widespread pasteurization, (raw) milk was responsible for 1/4 of all infectious disease outbreaks in the US in the 1930s and caused 1/10 of tuberculosis deaths.