Tishya Venkatraman
@tishyav.bsky.social
Principal epidemiologist @UKHSA (prev academic at NIHR, Imperial, UCL). Vaccine preventable diseases. Surveillance. Health equity.
London via Bombay.
Swimming, cooking, fiction, running (in that order)
All views are entirely my own
London via Bombay.
Swimming, cooking, fiction, running (in that order)
All views are entirely my own
Reposted by Tishya Venkatraman
EVERY left-leaning media outlet contributes to this—most are instigators.
+ most Dem politicians, especially ones who pass legislation sponsored by groups like EWG.
Selective science denialism crosses ALL ideologies —bc strong opinions replace logic even with those who think they follow data.
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+ most Dem politicians, especially ones who pass legislation sponsored by groups like EWG.
Selective science denialism crosses ALL ideologies —bc strong opinions replace logic even with those who think they follow data.
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October 7, 2025 at 1:25 AM
EVERY left-leaning media outlet contributes to this—most are instigators.
+ most Dem politicians, especially ones who pass legislation sponsored by groups like EWG.
Selective science denialism crosses ALL ideologies —bc strong opinions replace logic even with those who think they follow data.
2/
+ most Dem politicians, especially ones who pass legislation sponsored by groups like EWG.
Selective science denialism crosses ALL ideologies —bc strong opinions replace logic even with those who think they follow data.
2/
Reposted by Tishya Venkatraman
I would real the hell out of this. I suspect it's linked to what Jefferson Cowie describes in FREEDOM'S DOMINION: a perverse notion of "liberty" rooted in oppression. "Personal responsibility" becomes the freedom to be reckless with not only one's own health, but others.
August 4, 2025 at 11:30 AM
I would real the hell out of this. I suspect it's linked to what Jefferson Cowie describes in FREEDOM'S DOMINION: a perverse notion of "liberty" rooted in oppression. "Personal responsibility" becomes the freedom to be reckless with not only one's own health, but others.
It has never been about debate. It is about spectacle. One gets engagement and the other legitimacy (bidirectional)
July 24, 2025 at 8:48 AM
It has never been about debate. It is about spectacle. One gets engagement and the other legitimacy (bidirectional)