the public health response to this has to be “close the camps and free them all” and nothing less

This is torture. The US is torturing children. Children whose words and whose art contain infinitely more humanity than the people keeping them detained.

People often disparage the press — and we often get it wrong — but almost everything you know about this administration is not because pundits go on tv or social media and pontificate but because of relentless reporting from real journalists at institutions that give them resources to do so.

Journalism is a public good, as are public health, education, & good governance. Grateful to everyone continuing the work in whatever ways we can in hard times & hope it may lead us through to better times Thinking of everyone affected from USAID a year ago to the Washington Post today

'measles outbreak at the child prison' seems entirely avoidable, it's really the kind of thing that only happens if you do several unthinkably evil things on purpose all at once

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Users of survey data, lovers of DAGs, and general methodological enthusiasts, gather round! I'm so excited to share this new paper, joint work with my brilliant colleagues @rjsilverwood.bsky.social, @pwgtennant.bsky.social, and Liam Wright. 🧵

@epiellie.bsky.social is so awesome. Thanks for teaching us how to draw DAGs. hsph.harvard.edu/research/cau... Another paper that I use ALL THE TIME is this guide to model selection that has a phenomenal figure to the 4 analytic tasks. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33499782/

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Greenlandic politician Tillie Martinussen on the sovereignty of Greenlanders, the greed in the US, and how they view their land. Also comments on how the US treated Natives, as a very good reason to not want to be a part of the US. youtu.be/xs53IESxz80?...

I'm very much with @epiellie.bsky.social on this whole milk thinkg It's an option for kids. And they made it easier for kids to get soy or almond milk. So MAHA has finally not made things worse. And if it gets them over their raw milk shenanigans, even better. epiellie.substack.com/p/better-who...

I grew up in Minnesota Right now nearly every person I know there is doing all they can to support their community This is who we are in the United States as much or more so than the violence in headlines May our leaders lead on an alternative future where we lean into the best of ourselves

Just finished reading 'Epidemiology: An Introduction' (3rd ed.) by KJ Rothman, KF Huybrechts and EJ Murray (@epiellie.bsky.social). What an excellent book. I especially loved those little boxes explaining, for instance, why p-values in the Table 1 of RCTs make no sense. Congrats for the great work!

The HHS is now claiming that Africa CDC is conducting "a public-relations campaign," offering no evidence for this claim. Yet I have a letter from a senior official in Guinea-Bissau saying it's been cancelled, and I've confirmed this with several other sources. Wonder who's doing the PR campaign.

I cringe reading the justification the RFK Jr allies doing the trial are using They say: “Guinea-Bissau isn’t rolling out the birth dose until next year, so it’s ethical to deny the birth dose to half the babies” Nope—See @boghuma.bsky.social’s superb piece bktitanji.substack.com/p/how-unethi...

The main outcome of this farcically horrible trial is death or hospitalization with any infection over *42 days*. That’s not even a little bit close to time Hep B takes to do anything. They will expose hundreds of newborn babies to Hep B for a trial that is all but guaranteed to be null. Evil.

We have the CDC-funded Hepatitis Vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau protocol. It’s worse than you thought. Check it out, first in Inside Medicine… with @pauloffit.bsky.social David Boulware and others. insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-the-...

Fantastic to see this published at last An objective assessment of the efficacy of home pulse oximeters on different skin tones Ping @iwashyna.bsky.social Open to comments from all #foamed #medsky www.bmj.com/content/392/...

ffs

Good morning epi methods community! Please consider applying for (and spreading the word about) this position here at Minnesota. It's a great place to be! (You can read the whole description and apply here: apply.interfolio.com/179313) #EpiSky

This is truly low stakes but why tf did apple switch which side of the screen save vs delete is for screenshots?! Anytime I screenshot something now, I have to do it twice

IDK who originally had feral cats peeing in their HVAC but I want them to know that I still think “well, at least I don’t *also* have feral cats peeing in the HVAC” whenever something bad happens & it never fails to lift my spirits.

Either “you’re unclear” or “this is trivial” there is no in between.

“I have never met an infectious diseases physician who wasn’t also an advocate The nature of the work demands it bc pathogens do not exist in a vacuum, & neither do the people they affect.” Grateful to learn from @boghuma.bsky.social & ID physicians, patients, & epidemiologists

There is not a facepalm big enough for RFK Jr claiming the 1918 flu was a lab leak. We didnt even know the flu virus existed in 1918. It was not in a lab! 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️ Good thread tho

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Merry Christmas, epi friends 🎄🎄 Did you remember to randomly assign your bedtime so you could test the Sleeping —> Santa —> Presents hypothesis?

A story that stays with me A child nearly survived his cancer But he contracted chickenpox & died This is far less common after the chickenpox vaccine reduced the chance of individuals having severe disease & reduced community spread Thanks for sharing @drjoshs.bsky.social & @sanders.senate.gov

rfk jr. is a predator, and this is how he implements his policies. by pushing a little further each time, stepping away when there’s too much heat, and then circling back to go even further.

This is the worst case scenario that everybody was worried about

I don't want to support NYT but this is a free article, I don't have a subscription anyway, and this is well-written about how bonkers the childhood vaccine recommendations are getting: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/h...

Just your daily reminder that the occurrence of frequent uncontained measles outbreaks in a country is not a flex, it is a marker of under development and a failed public health system.

Still looking for the perfect Christmas gifts? Epidemiology An Introduction is now available in English *and* Italian!

What direction will we take the future of our field of public health? We are at a crossroads Dr. Mary Bassett represents the best of us, and I hope will continue to be supported in leading the way forward Heartened to see much support for her on this petition docs.google.com/document/d/e...

It's difficult to convey the magnitude of appreciation I have for Dr. Mary Bassett's principled leadership and contributions to public health, but This video from her last day as the New York City Department of Health Commissioner comes close fb.watch/DVGL9J9Ew1/?...

These days I enjoy a good fairy tale to distract from everything. Let's talk about one I recently read. I promise there's a public health connection! open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...

👋 Breastfeeding & infant feeding expert here! All babies need safe, accessible nutrition. Most people already want to breastfeed and 84% start out doing so but can’t realize their goals. What we need are *policies* that make it possible to breastfeed for all who desire to do so and…

there are of course many examples of political constituencies that have in fact killed scores of children (en route to some other evil goal), but I can't offhand think of any historical examples of a political constituency organized for that specific purpose

How has ACIP changed as an institution? How does it align with the ACIP charter? I learned a lot from this comment letter by @democracyforward.org & @nhelp.bsky.social democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...

Did you know? 190 countries have infant immunization schedules that include the Hep B vaccine 115 countries recommend a universal birth-dose of the Hep B vaccine, one of the key actions WHO recommends to reduce Hep B prevalence Read more in the WHO Hep B Report ➡️ iris.who.int/server/api/c...

If I had all the resources of the federal government and a particular interest in long-term follow-up studies of vaccine trials, I would simply DO long-term follow-up studies of all the vaccine trials we’ve already done.

That warm fuzzy feeling when a friend sends you a pic of a talk they are at & it cites your work 🥰