So I build something fun for my book website. An interactive chronology with 330+ events that influenced the pandemic origin discourse; both scientific papers and disinformation campaigns. Check it out: www.lab-leak-fever.com/interactive-...

We treat respiratory infections like the cold and flu as minor nuisances. The evidence increasingly suggests they’re anything but. I'm excited to be an advisor for Intercept, a $500M bet to make them a thing of the past. interceptfund.substack.com/p/e9438538-4...

Correct - and more importantly, not only do the documents not prove that, they show the complete opposite. This has been getting enough traction - and, yes, I’m in those documents - so I’ll offer some comments a little later.

What a great piece by @chrischirp.bsky.social and @martinmckee.bsky.social on the capitulation of American universities to Donald Trump. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

I'm getting the sense that more people are starting to get a sense of how utterly insane it is to live in the US right now... This, from @theguardian.com, is best described as "deadpan reporting" - and 100% accurate. We have real problems in this country, yet, here we are, arresting people. Again.

The first thing about X-Labs is it's an alt model that retains all the things people hate about science. It's Big Science: lots of money for few people. The overhead and paperwork will be dizzying. There will be little academic freedom, and big incentives to chase hype and not open source results.

"Unexpected shift in funds..." Unexpected? Really? NSF is being turned into a Silicon Valley incubator led by hedge fund managers, so I very highly doubt anybody finds this "unexpected"...

By now, I think you get it. I'll keep posting until we get 10,000 letters to Congress on Russ Vought's mad power-grab to take over all federal grant making. Goodbye peer review & expert advice, welcome the commissars! Let's stop Russ together. Share, share, share! actionnetwork.org/letters/oppo...

Narrator: The documents provided do not, in fact, show any of this.

What can I say...

Another quick thread on Tulsi Gabbard's documents, released on Thursday: There is finally a version of the May 2020 LLNL Z Division report. There are still redactions, but enough can be read to know it was baseless. ▫️1/5 www.dni.gov/files//docum... #covidorigin

There was a different #covidorigin -related release later yesterday, by a departing Tulsi Gabbard. Will do a thread or post but, in short: If this is the best they had, they really have nothing. And they tried to smear Fauci with lies debunked by their own documents. www.odni.gov/index.php/ne...

Tulsi Gabbard and team falsely claim that Fauci lied to Congress about his involvement with the US Intelligence Community. They cherry-picked a truncated quote. The actual transcript shows that Fauci did say he was briefed... ▫️1/3 www.congress.gov/118/chrg/CHR... #covidorigin

This is exactly right, and goes a lot deeper than just the title itself. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Pure evil. www.politico.com/news/2026/06...

Its just... all so UNNECESSARY. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...

I really do hope that people - scientists in particular - fully understand what's going on here. www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-r...

The Battle over the Constitution Has Spread to American Science. I'm out in the @theatlantic.com today about the new OMB proposed rule. It's just the longtime agenda of the the Supreme Court. US science and cancer cures now all depend on us picking up a fight with the Roberts Court.

Accelerated evolution / gain-of-function experiment at BSL-0 in progress.

"... plan to give Trump appointees power to kill [e.g., NIH] grants" "That really sounds to me like you all are trying to turn the entire federal government into this one big slush fund to reward those aligned with the administration and punish everyone else..." www.politico.com/live-updates...

“If you take the deal, you’re going to be exploited. If you don’t take it, you’re going to die,” said Ssekamwa. “It’s the essence of digital colonialism.” "People with HIV, tuberculosis & other diseases could have their records exposed." By @annamaria.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/trum...

"...most introductions end in rapid stochastic extinction, making sustained transmission unlikely despite the risk of localised superspreading events in higher-risk environments, such as crowded indoor spaces." www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

I was flying back from New York last night and got delayed over and over again, so I decided to waste some time with Claude Code and raise from the dead old Twitter K_G_Andersen. Have fun exploring my old tweets - a few spicy ones 🌶️: andersen-lab.com/twitter/arch...

In recent months, the U.S. government has arrested a dozen researchers, scientists, and virologists who work on infectious diseases. This is very bad. www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/the-pro-pa...

A @nejm.org editorial today on the Office of White House Management and Budget (OMB) regarding their new funding proposal and politicization of science www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

It’s pretty unbelievable that somebody can be a trillionaire. It’s even more unbelievable that somebody can be a trillionaire and, yet, still pay little to none in income taxes. What a world we live in.

On my way to New York - I wonder what might be in Texas that would have the pilot fly this way… 🤔🏀👊

It's with great sadness to share that Pa Goba passed away over the weekend after his prolonged battle w. PSP. Thanks to all who contributed to support him and his family - it made a big difference! We'll keep the fundraiser open a little longer to help support the family with memorial costs ✨🙏 .

"One day, American taxpayers might wake up and demand to know why we fund research on baseless conspiracy theories rather than investing in our collective future." This is not some dystopian future, we're already there - question is, will we allow it to continue? www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/o...

"you have directed your investigative efforts at Dr. Fauci in a manner that appears to be pursing an outcome you have prejudged." Gary Peters writes to Rand Paul about his way of leading HSGAC #covidorigin

ASV is alarmed by the US HHS to suspend and debar Dr. Ralph Baric from federal funding. Read our open letter below:

To the leadership of the American Diabetes Association: Dear Mr. Henderson and Dr. Kalyani, By now, you have probably received plenty of missives about the police action against scientists and clinicians with your own organization at your national meeting. 1/

When an expert on authoritarianism (@anneapplebaum.bsky.social) is writing about your scientific meeting, alarm bells should go off. Write to American Diabetes Association CEO Charles Henderson at [email protected] and Chief Medical Officer Rita Rastogi Kalyani at [email protected].

To be clear, it looks like the conference organizers called the cops. They may have been worried because Jay Bhattacharya, the pro-Trump NIH director, was scheduled to speak (and he did in fact cancel). Looks like a case of "obeying in advance" - people fearing the state's reaction.

Really awful. Write to American Diabetes Association CEO Charles "Chuck" Henderson at [email protected] and Chief Scientific and Medical Officer Rita Rastogi Kalyani at [email protected]. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/w...

A few days back I saw a flurry of news about two "foreign" virologists being charged by a DoJ attorney for an alleged "conspiracy to smuggle in monkeypox" into the use. The decided language of the DoJ press release felt off to me, so I started investigating. Full story here 🔽 Thread 🧵 1/

Congrats to Dylan Pilz, a research programmer in Kristian G. Andersen's lab, who received the best poster presentation award at the Wastewater & Environmental Surveillance Meeting 2026 in Ghana! A @pha4ge.bsky.social member, Pilz was recognized for his work on wastewater genomic surveillance.

Diabetes researchers removed from a conference for handing out printed copies of their editorial warning that the Trump administration's funding cuts & delays will make America's health worse. The editorial: diabetesjournals.org/care/article...

I spoke with doctors on the frontline of Ebola in Congo, and it made my heart race. “We live with fear in our stomachs,” Dr. Furaha told me. “Every day, there are healthcare providers and patients dying.” My latest @kffhealthnews.org kffhealthnews.org/public-healt...

“Arbitrary quarantines and travel restrictions may be politically popular, but they won’t curb the outbreak or protect Americans...These measures are also unlawful.” Why the US must urgently pivot from me, @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social & @gostin.bsky.social in @thehill.com thehill.com/opinion/heal...

This is extremely chilling - virologists being targeted for what appears to be minor (if any) "offenses". We all know _why_ this is happening, so I'm not going to belabor that point - but I want to provide some context on the technical details. 🧵 www.science.org/content/arti...

The basis for the last sentence below: New data from David Ho's lab showing that while adults & kids have ~equal antibody responses to XFG & NB.1.8.1, children have essentially no neutralizing antibodies to BA.3.2. This seems to solve the BA.3.2 + kids mystery. 1/14 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

The British university is dying, and it seems that almost nobody cares. newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

Where Nadja Spiegelman, born to illustrious parents, with a cushy @nytimes.com gig, says we’re all feeling nihilistic. For God’s sake. Get a grip. 1/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/opinion/american-dream-politics-negativity.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nVA.peCK.4RmkTScTAIoN&smid=nytcore-ios-share

".. and because it’s not funded [..] we can’t be part of the conversations and be at the table. It’s all at the mercy of people still being willing to work with us despite all the limitations that we have, and despite the fact that we pulled our funding to them.” www.statnews.com/2026/06/03/n...

IDSA: Proposed rule would replace scientific merit with McCarthy era politics bit.ly/4vsAmWN @idsainfo.bsky.social

How far the @nationalacademies.org have fallen. @joshuasweitz.bsky.social paints a picture of an organization simply unable to meet the moment, riddled with a leadership that is half-cowardice, half-collaborationist. What a sad day for American science. open.substack.com/pub/joshuasw...

Today is the first Tuesday of the month, meaning it is blog post day! I wrote about last month's hearing of a "CIA Whistleblower" on the "COVID coverup". The guy was a "plandemic"-type conspiracy theorist, which was not obvious to folks with the same tendencies... #CovidOrigin

On OMB's proposal to make all grants political: "Speak up! Now’s the time! Standing by the side of the room, glancing around nervously and hoping that somebody else does something will lead us to disaster. These are not normal times, so stop acting as if they are." www.science.org/content/blog...

Even with a case count that was revised downward with the testing of samples from suspected cases, this #Ebola outbreak is already huge. DRC reports that as of 6/1, there are 633 confirmed & suspected cases, with 23 new cases confirmed y'day. And Uganda is now up to 15 cases. insp.cd/sitrep-n018-...