Ranu Dhillon
@ranudhillon.bsky.social
Global health physician at Harvard working on epidemics & primary health systems
Led nat'l & local programs in 10+ countries including India, Nigeria & Rwanda
Fmr Special Advisor to President of Guinea on Ebola '14-16 & helped lead its national response
Led nat'l & local programs in 10+ countries including India, Nigeria & Rwanda
Fmr Special Advisor to President of Guinea on Ebola '14-16 & helped lead its national response
We tried to propose a strategy for how to do this in the early going without luck & also overlooked indoor air cleaning which we’ve come to see as the most efficient solution both for Covid & countering future pandemics (which most likely would also be airborne)
hbr.org/2020/05/a-pl...
hbr.org/2020/05/a-pl...
A Plan to Safely Reopen the U.S. Despite Inadequate Testing
The big dilemma in the U.S. is how to reopen the economy when the amount of available testing for Covid-19 is likely to remain inadequate for months. If the lockdown and other social-distancing restri...
hbr.org
March 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
We tried to propose a strategy for how to do this in the early going without luck & also overlooked indoor air cleaning which we’ve come to see as the most efficient solution both for Covid & countering future pandemics (which most likely would also be airborne)
hbr.org/2020/05/a-pl...
hbr.org/2020/05/a-pl...
Dithering on airborne spread without planning ways to reopen more safely (& later overselling vaccines as more definitive than they were) were central failings
March 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Dithering on airborne spread without planning ways to reopen more safely (& later overselling vaccines as more definitive than they were) were central failings
Lockdowns should’ve been very brief up front to clarify with laser-focus & urgency the mode of transmission & then institute measures to reopen as safely as possible
March 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Lockdowns should’ve been very brief up front to clarify with laser-focus & urgency the mode of transmission & then institute measures to reopen as safely as possible
I worry that the study will be politically influenced or outright doctored/falsified to show false results & associations with even bigger/broader ramifications for vaccines
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Exactly - this study would be needless, wasteful & ridiculous, but, even more so, treacherous
Given how this admin operates, there is a real risk it will pressure, doctor or falsify results to imply risks & links that are not real & then use that to undermine safe & proven vaccines
Given how this admin operates, there is a real risk it will pressure, doctor or falsify results to imply risks & links that are not real & then use that to undermine safe & proven vaccines
And what would the control be, kids unethically denied vaccinations? What a joke. An autism link has been conclusively disproven. Raising doubts is anti science and deliberately harmful to public health
March 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I worry that the study will be politically influenced or outright doctored/falsified to show false results & associations with even bigger/broader ramifications for vaccines
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Reposted by Ranu Dhillon
I only listed a few studies that include 100s of 1000s of children in my story. Here are more from the Autism Science Foundation:
autismsciencefoundation.org/autism-and-v...
autismsciencefoundation.org/autism-and-v...
Autism and Vaccines: Read the Science - Autism Science Foundation
Literature Reviews: Autism and Vaccines Safety of vaccines used for routine immunization in the United States: An updated systematic review and meta-analysishttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34049735Jun...
autismsciencefoundation.org
March 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I only listed a few studies that include 100s of 1000s of children in my story. Here are more from the Autism Science Foundation:
autismsciencefoundation.org/autism-and-v...
autismsciencefoundation.org/autism-and-v...
The tragedy is that, even w/inadequate efforts before this administration, we could still get ahead of H5N1
We recently outlined what a coherent strategy could be (& would now add poultry too) rdcu.be/ea153
None of this of course matters much if political will is opposing & institutions are gutted
We recently outlined what a coherent strategy could be (& would now add poultry too) rdcu.be/ea153
None of this of course matters much if political will is opposing & institutions are gutted
Steps to prevent and respond to an H5N1 epidemic in the USA
Nature Medicine - Steps should be taken now to prevent an epidemic of H5N1 in humans and prepare for an outbreak should it occur.
rdcu.be
February 28, 2025 at 1:55 AM
The tragedy is that, even w/inadequate efforts before this administration, we could still get ahead of H5N1
We recently outlined what a coherent strategy could be (& would now add poultry too) rdcu.be/ea153
None of this of course matters much if political will is opposing & institutions are gutted
We recently outlined what a coherent strategy could be (& would now add poultry too) rdcu.be/ea153
None of this of course matters much if political will is opposing & institutions are gutted
Thank you for clarifying and sending this along
February 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Thank you for clarifying and sending this along