Saguaro u
saguaro-u.bsky.social
Saguaro u
@saguaro-u.bsky.social
Mathematician disguised as a cactus. May be a little prickly.
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Oh hi, nice to see you here.
Happy New Year!
Vaccinate yourself and your kids.
When it comes to infectious diseases, 2026 may look more like 1926 if current trends continue: The US has seen nearly 28,000 whooping cough cases in 2025, the 2nd year cases exceeded 25k. The contagious bacterial infection is a deadly threat to infants, older people & anyone w/ weakened immunity👇
The US has seen nearly 28,000 whooping cough cases this year. Here’s what you need to know | CNN
For the second year in a row, the US has surpassed 25,000 whooping cough cases — another sign of the risks of falling vaccination levels.
www.cnn.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Remembering Nichelle Nichols on her birthday (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) 🩷💚🕊
December 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
November 23,1944
November 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN
November 1, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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If @billgates.bsky.social were to read #ScienceUnderSiege by @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & myself, he would know that climate change is amplifying deadly pandemics. Only someone ignorant of the science adopts the fallacy that we can treat global health and the climate crisis as separate threats
October 30, 2025 at 3:33 AM
October 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Spending at least an hour day reeling from the horror of the latest news is not how I would prefer to be living my life
September 17, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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Bless all the people who ripped RFK Jr. a new asshole today.
September 5, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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August 30, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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“we reviewed the science, listened to the experts, and completely ignored it all because we are fuckin dumbasses who want millions of people to die”
"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the beginning of a coordinated wind-down of its mRNA vaccine development activities...."

cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
August 5, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Who really needs science, anyway?
July 19, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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“This year's #measles outbreak is the worst since the disease was declared eliminated in 2000. Halfway through 2025, reported cases have already surpassed 1,274 − the peak for all of 2019.”
www.usatoday.com/story/graphi...
Measles cases hit highest level since it was declared eradicated in the U.S. in 2000
Measles cases have been reported by 39 states and jurisdictions in the United States, the worst outbreak since 2019.
www.usatoday.com
July 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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June 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.
Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months ago
Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.
www.npr.org
May 21, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Santa Cruz Lake, NM
May 5, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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April 20, 2025 at 10:18 PM
This is a good one.
Comic by Ricardo Caté
April 1, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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The US plans to pull its support for GAVI the non profit responsible for vaccinating 1.1 billion children globally. Canada has just committed 675 million CAD to support GAVI over the next 4 years.
#TheyNotLikeUs for real, but make it global public health
www.gavi.org/news/media-r...
Canada pledges new support to Gavi
Canada makes pledge of CAD 675 million in new funding for Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance’s next strategic period from 2026 to 2030.
www.gavi.org
March 31, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Anyone else super exhausted
February 7, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.

HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻

archive.org/details/2025...
February 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Pssst - Planned Parenthood offers online birth control options.
Get Birth Control Online | Sexual and Reproductive Care Services
Get birth control online with the Planned Parenthood Direct app: Birth control, UTI treatment, ella (emergency contraception), and the abortion pill delivered directly to your door.
www.plannedparenthood.org
January 21, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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I Don’t Vaccinate My Child Because It’s My Right To Decide What Eliminated Diseases Come Roaring Back
theonion.com/i-don-t...
January 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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I ran @USAID health programs for the last 3 years. Trump’s 90 day Stop Work Order on foreign assistance does serious damage to the world and the US. Examples:🧵
January 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Many people have asked me how can they best stay informed and protect their health while we navigate the indefinite pause on communications from NIH, CDC, & FDA. Here’s a thread on concrete steps YOU can take to protect yourself & your community. 🧵
January 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM