Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.

"We need you to become scientists, doctors, nurses... so that the next generation scientist then will not abuse science to impose tyranny in the name of science." Is that what Bhattacharya thinks we were doing when we were working 7 days a week to try to save as many lives as possible?

Tens of thousands of annual cases of chickenpox, rotavirus, and other vaccine preventable diseases a year - in a country of six million people. Not only will Denmark’s vaccine schedule not work for the US, it already isn’t working for Denmark.

A quick collaboration with the wonderful Rachel Bender Ignacio, Jade Pagkas-Bather and Sara Gianella. "Why Americans are Dying Younger? NIH Is Not the Problem. Our Broken Healthcare Delivery Is." academic.oup.com/jid/article/...

I'm Danish-American and I think Denmark is a model country of a great welfare state. When it comes to healthcare, however -even if universal - it is very far from perfect. As for vaccines, there are many deficiencies in Denmark with the US having significantly better (current..) recommendations.

Congratulations to the Infectious Diseases Society of America and to Dr. Marrazzo. Wishing them all the best in this next phase. www.idsociety.org/news--public... 1/2

Here are the people and institutions that gave me hope in 2025. 1/ www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Atlantic: Measles’ Most Deceptive Trait /Most cases are mild, obscuring the disease’s worst outcomes. by Katherine J Wu immune amnesia etc bit.ly/3N8ovMx gift article

JAMA: Valacyclovir Treatment of Early Symptomatic Alzheimer Disease — The VALAD Randomized Clinical Trial D. P. Devanand et al disappointing😑 bit.ly/3Y1i00o

I'm told that HHS has just terminated all funding agreements with the American Academy of Pediatrics. Here's a letter HHS sent canceling one of the grants, relating to work on birth defects. Canceled because the project "emphasizes equity, diversity, and inclusion as key foundational components"

Atlantic: The Most Feared Person at the NIH Is a Vaccine Researcher Plucked From Obscurity by Katherine J. Wu @theatlantic.com @katherinejwu.com Matthew Memoli bit.ly/3Y2Lawb

MedPage Today: Lyme Disease Did Not Come From a Secret Military Lab, Contrary to FDA Chief’s Claim by Joedy McCreary @joedymccreary.bsky.social @medpagetoday.com bit.ly/3Y05GxA

Angela Rasmussen : Nobody Puts Baby in a Black Box bit.ly/4pIwn69 by @angierasmussen.bsky.social

ScienceInsider: Fired NIH institute head sues Trump administration /Jeanne Marrazzo @drjeannem.bsky.social says she lost her job because she spoke out against risky public-health policies by @cohenjon.bsky.social Jon Cohen bit.ly/3KDOVVT

Dear God, Jay Bhattacharya is just hopeless. He can't simply say getting polio is bad and is far worse than any side effects from the vaccine. He's is so far gone. It's tragic really. Too bad for all of us that he runs the National Institutes of Health.

STAT: Former NIH leader Jeanne Marrazzo sues administration over termination 🔥 @drjeannem.bsky.social bit.ly/4al9Jfg @statnews.com by @aniloza.bsky.social

BodyPro: TOP 10 HIV CLINICAL DEVELOPMENTS OF 2025 | BY DAVID ALAIN WOHL, M.D. bit.ly/49eXBv7 @bodyprohiv.bsky.social

CGD/ Charles Kenny and Justin Sandefur : Update on Lives Lost from USAID Cuts bit.ly/4q7Eysd @cgdev.org

WHO: World leaders adopt a historic global declaration on noncommunicable diseases and mental health bit.ly/4q4Yhce

NY Post: RFK Jr.’s lunatic war on vaccines puts kids at risk bit.ly/4al6vZ4

PLOS Pathogens: Lyme disease control 2.0: Advances and opportunities coming with Lyme disease vaccine VLA15 Ondrej Hajdusek et al bit.ly/4pE17ox

Well, this is an utter disaster for science. This gutting of peer review is very likely driven by Project 2025/OMB/Vought, very likely is about funding junk science, and very likely is coming for #NIH and biomedical research next. 🧪

Director Bhattacharya paraphrase... 'There is no list of banned words.... There is an AI system that identifies banned words...'

CIDRAP: Racially charged language on mothers and babies taints vaccine advisory meeting by Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social More shameful immigrant-bashing bit.ly/4pQu9RW

NOTUS: NIH Pauses New Funding for Grants That Include ‘Health Equity,’ ‘Structural Racism,’ Pending Review bit.ly/4qaNbT2 @notus.com by @margaretmanto.bsky.social

JAMA: The Role of Vaccination in Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes Associated With COVID-19 in Pregnancy Elisabeth McClymont et al for the CANCOVID-Preg Team bit.ly/4oRTwBB

J Hum Immun: The seven enigmas of SARS-CoV-2: From the past to the future Evangelos Andreakos et al / COVID Human Genetic Efforts bit.ly/4oX1lGn

Lancet HIV: HIV prevention for young African women is about choice Jenell Stewart et al bit.ly/3Mvoq5D

NPR: FDA commissioner on public's growing mistrust in the government's health advice n.pr/3KAqlFn Marty Makary

Forbes: NIH Grant Terminations: What Will Happen To All The Unfinished Work by Bruce Y. Lee @bruceylee.bsky.social bit.ly/4oTStkE

NYT: California Hires Former C.D.C. Officials Who Criticized Trump Administration nyti.ms/4oU5gUa

This kind of performative nonsense will not last one day in lady prison.

Rasmussen: Commissioner Makary Brings the Quackery bit.ly/4j0FpZB @angierasmussen.bsky.social

Nature Communications: Human monoclonal antibodies that target clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 hemagglutinin Garazi Peña Alzua, Florian Krammer et al go.nature.com/4qd96Js

Time: 5 Years Ago I Received America’s First Covid Vaccine by Sandra Lindsay bit.ly/4rXzF70

RFK! -Randy Rainbow @randyrainbow.bsky.social bit.ly/4pcKYpr

The RFK, jr effect.

Nat Rev Neurol: The global threat of vaccine-preventable neurological diseases / Felicia C Chow et al go.nature.com/44uCylI

JID: A Pathogen Penalty? Associations between Persistent Infections and Biological Aging in the US Open Access Jennifer Momkus, et al CMV etc bit.ly/4oO88SN

AP: Florida plows ahead with push to roll back certain vaccine mandates for schoolchildren wapo.st/48BIdc1

NYT: F.D.A. Approves Two New Drugs to Treat Gonorrhea nyti.ms/3MYnQgD gift link @nytimes.com

Gizmodo: The Worst Ways RFK Jr. Has Harmed Public Health This Year by Ed Cara bit.ly/48PoGnh

I rarely ask for things, but I will make an exception for my colleague and friend, Augustine Goba, who dedicated his life to saving others. Augustine was Director of the hemorrhagic fever lab in Kenema, Salone, and is struggling with PSP. Please consider donating. www.gofundme.com/f/augustine-...

BodyPro: Early Glimpses of the Global Devastation Caused by U.S. Government Cuts to HIV by David Alain Wohl @bodyprohiv.bsky.social bit.ly/3MZ690o

Annenberg Public Policy Center white paper: The Complementary Components of the U.S. Vaccine Safety Monitoring System by Jeffrey S. Morris @jsm2334.bsky.social

excellent piece explaining plainly how the council for national policy viewed covid as a "long-term threat to the conservative political project." thus the premature Return To Normal™️ we're still suffering thru; the way my lupus med, HCQ, was a catalyst (not mentioned: at autoimmune folks expense).

Jay's talking points fail him

Action Alert: TAG Joins Campaign to Impeach RFK Jr. for Undermining Public Health @taghivscience.bsky.social bit.ly/4a7Q4iJ

WHO: Vaccines, Thimerosal and Autism Spectrum Disorder, from 2010 to 2025 12 December 2025 bit.ly/4pY7Cm6

CDC COCA call : 2025 – 2026 Clinical Recommendations for Seasonal Influenza Prevention and Control nice slide set bit.ly/4rTmNi1