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No one to most. Everything to those who love me and are loved. Generally screaming WTAF every day now.
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1. As a consultant analyst that generally presents to the C-suite of organisations, I am often asked to produce short, concise explanations of both biological and geopolitical risks. Regarding Covid-19, I use the same summary with both C-level clients and friends:
August 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
1. As a consultant analyst that generally presents to the C-suite of organisations, I am often asked to produce short, concise explanations of both biological and geopolitical risks. Regarding Covid-19, I use the same summary with both C-level clients and friends:
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The Upside down time in 🇺🇸
#publichealth @jama.com
The Supreme Court's ruling in Medina v Planned Parenthood limits #Medicaid enrollees' access to family planning providers, impacting contraceptive access for low-income individuals.
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The Supreme Court's ruling in Medina v Planned Parenthood limits #Medicaid enrollees' access to family planning providers, impacting contraceptive access for low-income individuals.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
The Risks of Excluding Qualified Family Planning Providers From Medicaid
This Viewpoint discusses court cases and legislation that limit the ability of Medicaid patients to access care from Planned Parenthood.
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September 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
The Upside down time in 🇺🇸
#publichealth @jama.com
The Supreme Court's ruling in Medina v Planned Parenthood limits #Medicaid enrollees' access to family planning providers, impacting contraceptive access for low-income individuals.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#publichealth @jama.com
The Supreme Court's ruling in Medina v Planned Parenthood limits #Medicaid enrollees' access to family planning providers, impacting contraceptive access for low-income individuals.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Breakthrough cystic fibrosis drug that extends life by decades earns its developers a $250,000 'American Nobel' www.livescience.com/health/medic...
Breakthrough cystic fibrosis drug that extends life by decades earns its developers a $250,000 'American Nobel'
One of this year's coveted Lasker Awards went to three scientists who helped invent a life-saving treatment for cystic fibrosis, a genetic disease.
www.livescience.com
September 12, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Breakthrough cystic fibrosis drug that extends life by decades earns its developers a $250,000 'American Nobel' www.livescience.com/health/medic...
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I’m thinking today about all the women doing DEI work in universities, and how all of our canceled grants and shuttered initiatives means that not only are we losing the time we’ve already put in, we’re now even more behind our male peers who stayed focused on their research.
July 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I’m thinking today about all the women doing DEI work in universities, and how all of our canceled grants and shuttered initiatives means that not only are we losing the time we’ve already put in, we’re now even more behind our male peers who stayed focused on their research.
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MYTH ❌: We’ve solved the tobacco problem.
TRUTH ✅: The fight is far from over.
Tobacco industry tactics from ads to promotions keep targeting people daily. Brian King from Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids shares what works: the MPOWER measures.
Learn more 👉 bit.ly/3TI7qJE #TobaccoExposed #NoTobacco
TRUTH ✅: The fight is far from over.
Tobacco industry tactics from ads to promotions keep targeting people daily. Brian King from Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids shares what works: the MPOWER measures.
Learn more 👉 bit.ly/3TI7qJE #TobaccoExposed #NoTobacco
July 22, 2025 at 10:23 AM
MYTH ❌: We’ve solved the tobacco problem.
TRUTH ✅: The fight is far from over.
Tobacco industry tactics from ads to promotions keep targeting people daily. Brian King from Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids shares what works: the MPOWER measures.
Learn more 👉 bit.ly/3TI7qJE #TobaccoExposed #NoTobacco
TRUTH ✅: The fight is far from over.
Tobacco industry tactics from ads to promotions keep targeting people daily. Brian King from Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids shares what works: the MPOWER measures.
Learn more 👉 bit.ly/3TI7qJE #TobaccoExposed #NoTobacco
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He sold vaccine cards and injected kids with saline so they thought they were vaccinated. There are no rules anymore
July 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
He sold vaccine cards and injected kids with saline so they thought they were vaccinated. There are no rules anymore
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Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪
Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science
These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults
www.scientificamerican.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪
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RFK Jr. is absolutely poisonous. He has now caused Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos, the person in charge of COVID19 vaccinations at the CDC, to resign.
She did so because RFK Jr. demanded that the experts in charge of vaccine guidance listen to him and not to the scientific evidence.
She did so because RFK Jr. demanded that the experts in charge of vaccine guidance listen to him and not to the scientific evidence.
June 4, 2025 at 2:52 AM
RFK Jr. is absolutely poisonous. He has now caused Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos, the person in charge of COVID19 vaccinations at the CDC, to resign.
She did so because RFK Jr. demanded that the experts in charge of vaccine guidance listen to him and not to the scientific evidence.
She did so because RFK Jr. demanded that the experts in charge of vaccine guidance listen to him and not to the scientific evidence.
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I don't think anyone outside of universities, pharma and biotech, independent research institutions have any idea of what is happening right now. If you haven't sounded the alarm among your friends, family and colleagues, now is the time to do it.
May 31, 2025 at 11:25 AM
I don't think anyone outside of universities, pharma and biotech, independent research institutions have any idea of what is happening right now. If you haven't sounded the alarm among your friends, family and colleagues, now is the time to do it.
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🧵 A tiny baby. Not breathing. The desperate mom pulls into a shuttered ER. Nurses—off duty, protesting the closure—rush to save her child.
THIS is the future the GOP is pushing: Medicaid gutted so millionaires have tax cuts. Closed hospitals.
Dead children.
And they do. not. care.
THIS is the future the GOP is pushing: Medicaid gutted so millionaires have tax cuts. Closed hospitals.
Dead children.
And they do. not. care.
May 16, 2025 at 1:30 AM
🧵 A tiny baby. Not breathing. The desperate mom pulls into a shuttered ER. Nurses—off duty, protesting the closure—rush to save her child.
THIS is the future the GOP is pushing: Medicaid gutted so millionaires have tax cuts. Closed hospitals.
Dead children.
And they do. not. care.
THIS is the future the GOP is pushing: Medicaid gutted so millionaires have tax cuts. Closed hospitals.
Dead children.
And they do. not. care.
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DeLauro nails it. This is illegal impoundment. Every last dollar that was appropriated by Congress for the NIH that has been "saved" needs to spent on its intended purpose: scientific research for the benefit of the American people.
DeLAURO: Are you planning to break the law by impounding appropriated funds?
RFK Jr: If you appropriate the funds, I'm going to spend them
D: We have! You're cutting the NIH by $18b. Congress appropriated those funds. How can you justify cutting billions from the biomedical research budget?
RFK Jr: If you appropriate the funds, I'm going to spend them
D: We have! You're cutting the NIH by $18b. Congress appropriated those funds. How can you justify cutting billions from the biomedical research budget?
May 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
DeLauro nails it. This is illegal impoundment. Every last dollar that was appropriated by Congress for the NIH that has been "saved" needs to spent on its intended purpose: scientific research for the benefit of the American people.
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The state of Georgia is using the body of a brain-dead woman as an incubator. Because she was 9 weeks pregnant when she died, and their abortion ban is from about 6 weeks, they are sustaining her on life support, without input from her family, until 32 weeks of gestation. A true dystopian nightmare.
May 15, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The state of Georgia is using the body of a brain-dead woman as an incubator. Because she was 9 weeks pregnant when she died, and their abortion ban is from about 6 weeks, they are sustaining her on life support, without input from her family, until 32 weeks of gestation. A true dystopian nightmare.
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43% of births in the U.S. are paid for by Medicaid.
Without that coverage, hospitals will be turning away women in active labor, or going into a huge financial hole.
How the fuck does that make any sense?
Without that coverage, hospitals will be turning away women in active labor, or going into a huge financial hole.
How the fuck does that make any sense?
May 13, 2025 at 2:36 AM
43% of births in the U.S. are paid for by Medicaid.
Without that coverage, hospitals will be turning away women in active labor, or going into a huge financial hole.
How the fuck does that make any sense?
Without that coverage, hospitals will be turning away women in active labor, or going into a huge financial hole.
How the fuck does that make any sense?
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I don't see how this is any different than Russia forcing workers to clean out Chernobyl. The ruling class using and abusing the bodies of the working class to line their pockets. It's why the wealthy refer to us as "human capital stock." www.cbsnews.com/news/west-vi...
West Virginia coal miners lose black lung screenings after Trump slashes worker safety agency NIOSH
The Trump administration's cuts to NIOSH have gutted crucial programs affecting millions of workers across the U.S.
www.cbsnews.com
May 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I don't see how this is any different than Russia forcing workers to clean out Chernobyl. The ruling class using and abusing the bodies of the working class to line their pockets. It's why the wealthy refer to us as "human capital stock." www.cbsnews.com/news/west-vi...
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When does a "temporary research" pause last forever?
When it's done on a bullshit pretext about unspecified "safety culture", the highly regarded director is fired, & all pathogen stocks destroyed because HHS is run by science-hating anti-vax grifters.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
When it's done on a bullshit pretext about unspecified "safety culture", the highly regarded director is fired, & all pathogen stocks destroyed because HHS is run by science-hating anti-vax grifters.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
RFK Jr.’s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research
NIAID’s Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s departm...
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April 30, 2025 at 11:56 PM
When does a "temporary research" pause last forever?
When it's done on a bullshit pretext about unspecified "safety culture", the highly regarded director is fired, & all pathogen stocks destroyed because HHS is run by science-hating anti-vax grifters.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
When it's done on a bullshit pretext about unspecified "safety culture", the highly regarded director is fired, & all pathogen stocks destroyed because HHS is run by science-hating anti-vax grifters.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
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People experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves.
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.
(Published Dec. 2024)
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.
(Published Dec. 2024)
If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life
Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds…
www.propublica.org
April 21, 2025 at 11:15 PM
People experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves.
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.
(Published Dec. 2024)
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.
(Published Dec. 2024)
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#Medsky🧪 #immunosky #IDsky #publichealth Steroid sex hormones and sex differences in airway disease & viral infections
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In this prospective cohort study , female was associated with an increased risk of #longCOVID vs Male,
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In this prospective cohort study , female was associated with an increased risk of #longCOVID vs Male,
Sex differences in airway disease: estrogen and airway surface liquid dynamics - Biology of Sex Differences
Biological sex differences exist for many airway diseases in which females have either worse or better health outcomes. Inflammatory airway diseases such as cystic fibrosis (CF) and asthma display a c...
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April 18, 2025 at 8:25 AM
#Medsky🧪 #immunosky #IDsky #publichealth Steroid sex hormones and sex differences in airway disease & viral infections
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In this prospective cohort study , female was associated with an increased risk of #longCOVID vs Male,
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In this prospective cohort study , female was associated with an increased risk of #longCOVID vs Male,
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Women are woefully under-researched.
@katewomersley.com discusses how the Message project aims to redress the balance
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
@katewomersley.com discusses how the Message project aims to redress the balance
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
April 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Women are woefully under-researched.
@katewomersley.com discusses how the Message project aims to redress the balance
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
@katewomersley.com discusses how the Message project aims to redress the balance
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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Responding to US executive orders and Trump 2.0: ideological language bans and attempts to suppress science will not obscure the tobacco epidemic’s foundations of exploitation and inequity. tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/34/2... @whofctc.bsky.social #LungSky
Responding to US executive orders and Trump 2.0: ideological language bans and attempts to suppress science will not obscure the tobacco epidemic’s foundations of exploitation and inequity
The second Trump administration in the USA is going beyond even the most pessimistic fears of many in the global health community. Chaos has been the defining characteristic of its early weeks,1 with ...
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April 6, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Responding to US executive orders and Trump 2.0: ideological language bans and attempts to suppress science will not obscure the tobacco epidemic’s foundations of exploitation and inequity. tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/34/2... @whofctc.bsky.social #LungSky
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An abundant future is possible & we must work to create it. Supporting the status quo hasn’t worked. We need bold, innovative solutions if we want different results.
Olympia is leading WA’s housing policy. That isn’t sitting right in Seattle
As Seattle debates a proposed comprehensive plan, council members have had heartburn about density. It's the reason Olympia has become more dogged on the issue.
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March 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
An abundant future is possible & we must work to create it. Supporting the status quo hasn’t worked. We need bold, innovative solutions if we want different results.
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Yes, #Tuberculosis (TB) is curable!
TB is treated with antibiotics taken daily for 4–6 months. ⚠️ Stopping treatment early can lead to drug-resistant TB.
Funding cuts & rising drug resistance put the most vulnerable at risk. Sustained support is crucial to #EndTB 👉 bit.ly/4ilkK1h #WorldTBDay
TB is treated with antibiotics taken daily for 4–6 months. ⚠️ Stopping treatment early can lead to drug-resistant TB.
Funding cuts & rising drug resistance put the most vulnerable at risk. Sustained support is crucial to #EndTB 👉 bit.ly/4ilkK1h #WorldTBDay
March 24, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Yes, #Tuberculosis (TB) is curable!
TB is treated with antibiotics taken daily for 4–6 months. ⚠️ Stopping treatment early can lead to drug-resistant TB.
Funding cuts & rising drug resistance put the most vulnerable at risk. Sustained support is crucial to #EndTB 👉 bit.ly/4ilkK1h #WorldTBDay
TB is treated with antibiotics taken daily for 4–6 months. ⚠️ Stopping treatment early can lead to drug-resistant TB.
Funding cuts & rising drug resistance put the most vulnerable at risk. Sustained support is crucial to #EndTB 👉 bit.ly/4ilkK1h #WorldTBDay
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What is the state of #tuberculosis control? According to expert Philip Hopewell, MD, the situation is not looking good. A lack of funding is putting #TB control programs, and those who rely on them, in jeopardy.
Tune in to the latest ATS Breathe Easy #podcast: youtu.be/y8jmFPzJtfc
#medsky #scisky
Tune in to the latest ATS Breathe Easy #podcast: youtu.be/y8jmFPzJtfc
#medsky #scisky
March 22, 2025 at 3:12 AM
What is the state of #tuberculosis control? According to expert Philip Hopewell, MD, the situation is not looking good. A lack of funding is putting #TB control programs, and those who rely on them, in jeopardy.
Tune in to the latest ATS Breathe Easy #podcast: youtu.be/y8jmFPzJtfc
#medsky #scisky
Tune in to the latest ATS Breathe Easy #podcast: youtu.be/y8jmFPzJtfc
#medsky #scisky
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Research announced by the UK Department of Health to investigate the long-term health effects of vaping on children, supporting major plans to tackle youth vaping and create a smoke-free generation.
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10-year study to shed light on youth vaping
Landmark study to investigate long-term health effects of vaping on young people's health and wellbeing, alongside wider influences on adolescent health.
www.gov.uk
February 19, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Research announced by the UK Department of Health to investigate the long-term health effects of vaping on children, supporting major plans to tackle youth vaping and create a smoke-free generation.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Enthusiasm is growing for lung cancer screening for people who have never smoked.
Experience in East Asia has made the harms obvious: more surgery, more complications, and more overdiagnosis and overtreatment, argue Wayne Gao and colleagues
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Experience in East Asia has made the harms obvious: more surgery, more complications, and more overdiagnosis and overtreatment, argue Wayne Gao and colleagues
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
February 12, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Enthusiasm is growing for lung cancer screening for people who have never smoked.
Experience in East Asia has made the harms obvious: more surgery, more complications, and more overdiagnosis and overtreatment, argue Wayne Gao and colleagues
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Experience in East Asia has made the harms obvious: more surgery, more complications, and more overdiagnosis and overtreatment, argue Wayne Gao and colleagues
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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The H5N1 risk continues to increase. New spillovers, more infections. The agencies running response are being dismantled & it seems like maybe some info about bird flu is in order.
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social asked me to write an explainer piece for @zeteo.com, so I did.
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@mehdirhasan.bsky.social asked me to write an explainer piece for @zeteo.com, so I did.
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How to Prevent a Bird Flu Pandemic
Leading virologist Angela Rasmussen breaks down everything you should know about the latest bird flu outbreak, including how worried Americans should be.
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February 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The H5N1 risk continues to increase. New spillovers, more infections. The agencies running response are being dismantled & it seems like maybe some info about bird flu is in order.
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social asked me to write an explainer piece for @zeteo.com, so I did.
zeteo.com/p/how-to-pre...
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social asked me to write an explainer piece for @zeteo.com, so I did.
zeteo.com/p/how-to-pre...