Have you ever heard someone go off, and their words are so perfectly chosen, so well said in that moment, that you’re in awe? You think, “There’s nothing to add here,” and you applaud in your head. That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Congrats to IDSA for picking Dr. Marrazzo for this leadership position. During this challenging time for ID, it's heartening to have such a kind, visionary and motivating voice representing us in DC #idsky @drjeannem.bsky.social

Quelle surprise (pas vraiment)!

Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.

Gun companies exploit young men’s insecurities and offer shortcuts to manhood—all to rake in more and more profit, with no regard for safety. See more ads just like these: https://smokinggun.org/report/turning-our-streets-into-war-zones/

An indictment of CDC's kowtowing. "People choose to go along to save...an institution, to protect their families, or to keep their jobs, even if it means sacrificing principles...This gradual process of adaptation and compromise...is what ultimately solidifies an autocrat's power." bit.ly/4pZX85O

“Several observers of ACIP compared the meeting to a clown car, but my husband, Fred, reminded me that clowns are seasoned professionals who work very hard on their shows, and this meeting did not reflect such professionalism.” #vaccines #idsky #publichealth

Our hope for public health rests in the hands of the heroes of our local and state health departments. Goodbye CDC and ACIP #vaccines #idsky #publichealth

“Delaying the first hepatitis B vaccine dose beyond the newborn period introduces risks that have lifelong detrimental consequences and no measurable health benefit.” Important and timely piece by an amazing team - Mike Abers, Angela Ulrich, & Rochelle Walensky. 👏👏 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

"If the [FDA's] goal is to rebuild confidence, the answer is not to toss aside the basic rules of science, stifle argument and oversight, or supplant expert scientific inquiry...It is to insist on open deliberation, solid evidence, and procedures the public can see and trust." #idsky bit.ly/3KBZ19A

Stanford ID matched with great people this year, but as a field, Infectious Diseases is struggling. What is to be done? @idsainfo.bsky.social @idsky.bsky.social

“The evidence strongly supports the safety of aluminum adjuvants and their necessity in certain vaccines. Clinicians can reassure caregivers that aluminum-containing vaccines provide clear benefits, with… no systemic toxicity signal in large clinical and epidemiologic studies”. #idsky bit.ly/3Y2UXCj

Our first Xmas card of the season. Ho, ho, ho.

For Giving Tuesday, consider donating to Scrubs Addressing the Firearm Epidemic. SAFE, with chapters in >70 med schools, works to ensure that all clinicians have the skills to help patients and communities minimize their risk of firearms injury or death. Learn more at standsafe.org

"As physicians, we must convey scientific truths to policymakers and communities. It is our duty to stand up and speak out...to ensure a strong public health system that guarantees everyone access to health care, including people with HIV and vulnerable to HIV." bit.ly/4pH3OW4

The Civil Rights Division was created to protect the disempowered. Under Trump, it’s working to dismantle gun restrictions.

Unbelievable. #vaccines #publichealth #cdc www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...

As we get ready to shop for Thanksgiving remember the farm workers who harvest the food. We wouldn't enjoy a #Thanksgiving dinner without their hard work. #WeFeedYou

“Why invest in rigorous research when you can exploit the credibility of the nation’s leading public health agency to turn conspiracy theory into policy?” When will more people at CDC jump ship? #vaccines #publichealth #cdc

"When you remove scientists from science, you don’t get truth. You get ideology. " Signed D3- Deb, Dan, and @drdemetre.bsky.social

ICYMI, great piece from @jakescottmd.bsky.social yesterday: CIDRAP Op-Ed: RSV prevention—a remarkable medical achievement finally realized The transformation to having tools to prevent RSV happened so quickly that many haven't grasped its magnitude www.cidrap.umn.edu/respiratory-...

This is completely disgusting. Today, the CDC updated their vaccine safety page. It now says: “The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism”.

Nice write up of our paper here, thanks! 🧫🦠 dailyneuron.com/how-gut-micr...

We selected the laziest mouse at each round to inoculate the next batch of germfree mice: over rounds of selection and passaging, behavior shifted without changes to the mouse genome: rdcu.be/eM3rO 🦠🧫

Wanna prevent shootings in your community for years to come? Push back against gun store openings. @njgvrc.bsky.social @rutgerssph.bsky.social

no evidence whatsoever that mike johnson knows a single thing youtu.be/YR2WiILR6XE

Documentary, reality TV, or satire? Hard to tell. youtu.be/rKgRPlkWk6o?...

If "you believe your homeland to be under invasion by the forces of evil, the solution is not to try to consolidate your power, harden your nature, and glory in needless cruelty...[but] to refuse power whenever it is offered to you and to fight from a place of humility." bit.ly/4oLG2rC #LOTR

It is appalling what you can find when looking for surveillance data for a class. #publichealth #surveillance #gender @drsforamerica.bsky.social

“We don’t have illegal aliens… the legal term for my people were slaves….” 🚨This is what leadership looks and sounds like in 2025.✊🏼

My husband Dean's nice paper in @jama.com open. Detention is a setup for disease transmission. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat. Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

The incompetence in this administration is astonishing. #publichealth #idsky #publichealthsky #cdc bit.ly/4h665qN

Sure, lets cut the CDC! Seems like a fine idea. @altcdc.altgov.info #publichealth #IDsky #vaccines #publichealthsky bit.ly/4h5KnmE.

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

A reminder: 40% of US Nobel prize winners since 2000 have been immigrants.

Et tu, Governor Newsom? @gavinnewsom.bsky.social

The NYTimes surveyed 50 high-power lawyers (half red). We should be frightened. "The D.O.J.’s loss of credibility is devastating to the rule of law.” “In my darkest moments, I think, maybe the premises on which our Constitution was founded are just not widely shared anymore,” bit.ly/437xh2x

For those who think measles is nothing, Israel just had its 6th measles death since April with >1700 known and 5000 estimated cases. 41 (36 kids) have been in ICUs. Israel has an 88% vaccination rate, not enough to prevent disease spread. bit.ly/46Cuocq #vaccines #publichealth #idsky #measles

Remember when Obama's army invaded Texas and instituted concentration camps in Walmart in order to disarm Americans? Maybe those who successfully fought off the Obama's takeover can help protect Chicago and Portland from a new hostile presidential administration. #jadehelm #portland #chicago

Why does the supreme court keep bending the knee to Trump? | Steven Greenhouse

"Infection elimination" is defined as the disappearance of transmission in a defined area. To me, an ID epidemiologist, this epicurve of US cases from CDC looks more like continuous measles transmission than elimination. #idsky #vaccines #publichealth #episky

The Trump Action Tracker is a website designed by a British group that is cataloging all of the administration's actions, statements, and plans. It is a depressing but important read. Check it out at trumpactiontracker.info

Thank you, UPenn AAUP, for your powerful response to the administration's "invitation" (correctly renamed "threat") to join their academic compact. #academicfreedom #defendhighered @aaup-penn.bsky.social @aaup.org

We desperately need better surveillance for firearms incidents. A paper outlining features of pediatric gun injuries in NYC shows <50% capture of ER cases by the NYPD. Most kids were unintended victims near public housing #publichealth #endgunviolence #pediatrics @nyumedpostdocs.bsky.social

🗣️THIS is the message!! Brava, Congresswoman @aoc.bsky.social!!

Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance. Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn. We have been sent here to fight for people.

Marco Rubio's public health strategy, now with corrections. #idsky #publichealthsky #publichealth #globalhealthsky