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Poul Birch Eriksen 🎙️🖋️
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Former radio broadcaster Danmarks Radio (DR P1) ; Journalist on #GlobalHealth /Epi- & Pandemics, past & present /Things-That-Go-Wrong ☣️/Science #scicomm. Based in Copenhagen, Denmark
James Abram Garfield - 20th president & Civil War general,
Abraham Lincoln - 16th president,
Rutherford Hayes - 19th president & Civil War general
William Howard Taft -27th president & 10th SCOTUS chief
Ulysses S. Grant - 18th president & Civil War general
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. - 26th president
October 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
“When I was a young United States Marine, I did not have a beard.
I am now the vice president, so I get to do what I want to do,”
JD Vance
October 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
(4) a delicacy of honor which is sensitive to shame;
(5) over-solicitude for his men, which exposes him to worry and trouble.
October 1, 2025 at 12:42 PM
One of the things that distinguishes Danes from Norwegians is that only the latter have shrimp salad (rekesalat) as a topping on their hotdog.
September 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
And Ceres
and Albani
and Thisted
and Svaneke
and Fur
and Fuglsang
and...
September 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
There are divided opinions about the aforementioned brewery - the Vikings were primarily locally based and preferred local beers
- only in extreme need -
i.e. when the barrels were empty
- would they consider such a drastic move
September 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of death globally.
The United Nations has set the goal of reducing deaths from these diseases by one-third by 2030.
September 13, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Among 25 high-income countries it declined the most in #Denmark and the least in the #UnitedStates
Some of the biggest drivers of improvements in death rates were the adoption of medications that lower the risk of heart attacks and the development of #vaccines for #hepatitis and #cervicalcancer.
September 13, 2025 at 9:10 AM
When I had measles in the 60s - before the vaccine - I recovered, but at a cost: measles erases previously acquired immune memory.
This does not happen to the vaccinated

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Measles virus infection diminishes preexisting antibodies that offer protection from other pathogens
Measles virus infection can cause long-term damage to the immune system.
www.science.org
August 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Hiroshima - August 6, 1945
Nagasaki - August 9, 1945
August 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
It should also be taken into account that with the enzymes added to modern detergents, the cycle no longer need high temperatures
June 14, 2025 at 8:53 AM