So, this study linking sweeteners to cognitive decline: 🚩 confuses correlation + causation 🚩 has no theory 🚩 shows evidence of p-hacking 🚩 reports inconsistent CIs / p-values 🚩 measures diet only once 🚩 has a big missing data problem 🚩 adjusts outcome opaquely www.theguardian.com/food/2025/se...

Australia’s Chief Medical Officer and the TGA join with other global medicines regulators, leading clinicians and scientists worldwide in rejecting claims regarding the use of paracetamol (acetaminophen) in pregnancy, and the subsequent risk of ADHD or autism in children. /1

Looks like Aseem Malhotra is lying about vaccines again. Here's a reminder that the science says otherwise: youtu.be/Sh4lrcAFmWc

RIP Joe Bugner. You were a great boxer and a true gentleman.

A number of people have got very excited about the ITV Lucy Letby documentary and think that it showed scientific reasons why Letby is innocent. Cindy and I show that it just used PSEUDOSCIENCE. youtu.be/s8pf5s62Iuk

Sadly Bluesky is looking more like X/Twitter every day.

Antivaxxers don't care about children. Please don't fall for their lies.

Ridiculous rat study claiming male rats exhibited autism like behaviour after prenatal exposure to Covid vaccine has been retracted: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Another day - another RFK Jr false claim: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. misrepresents CDC study, spreading false claim about hepatitis B vaccine-autism link. science.feedback.org/review/rfk-j...

Although there are some notable exceptions, the venn diagram between Lucy Letby supporters and antivaxxers is close to a circle.

Sadly, this is what happens when people listen to the misinformation spread by antivaxxers.

This has been a fun topic for me to cover because anti-vaxxers responsible for it hide behind jargon and the illusion of real data, but when you go in with expert eyes it becomes clear that it’s all just slop. COVID vaccines are not contaminated with DNA. youtu.be/Z8lzxHoejAo

The so-called experts that make up RFK Jr's new ACIP panel ask embarrassing questions that would be expected from college students. www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...

As US government authorities can no longer be relied upon to provide reliable medical information, the American Medical Association and 78 other medical societies have written an open letter to the American public underscoring the importance of vaccines. www.ama-assn.org/delivering-c...

Extremely proud to be included in a list of so many eminent professionals who fight misinformation.

Good news day for patients. Serial harasser and misinformer, David Cartland, can no longer practise medicine, and nurse serial killer, Colin Norris (Campbell) will remain in prison.

Four alternative medical treatments coming back thanks to RFK Jr, or: Calling industrial strength bleach miracle mineral solution doesn't make it better, or less quacky. www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalrap... via @skepticalraptor.bsky.social

Sadly, Kate Shemirani's daughter is now the latest victim of her misinformation after she died after choosing Gershwin therapy over chemotherapy for treatable cancer. www.bbc.com/news/article... /1

Spectacular sunset from the dog park this evening.

Good news day!

It looks like RFK Jr has resurrected the vaccines haven’t been tested against saline placebos malarky. Cindy and I explain why he is just demonstrating his ignorance of the correct way to evaluate medical products and monitor safety. www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6IX...

How long until the headline is Deadly infectious diseases making a comeback? www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...

Sad to see that lazy journalists are continuing to parrot the dishonest claims being made by the serial killer Lucy Letby's PR agency. Investigative journalism is dead: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Esxs...

Sad to see that lazy journalists are continuing to parrot the dishonest claims being made by the serial killer Lucy Letby's PR agency. Investigative journalism is dead: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Esxs...

Fantastic episode from Skeptics with a K. The fact that I am the "Susan" who suggested Mike cover the placebo study has nothing to do with my praise.

Several well-designed studies show that COVID vaccination does not affect fertility, but that hasn’t stopped John Campbell making a video claiming the opposite based on an absurd non-peer reviewed paper about birth rates in Czechia. youtu.be/0u7RGguXN9Q

Happy mothers day to all the wonderful mothers out there, including my lovely mum.

New study in JAMA. Modelling shows that at current state-level vaccination rates, measles may become endemic again in the USA. If rates continue to decline, ditto for rubella, poliomyelitis and diphtheria, leading to many preventable hospitalisations and deaths. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Canada has come to their senses, and Vegemite is again available. Back on my holiday destinations list.

Science should never be censored. edition.cnn.com/2025/04/16/h...

Virulent. The Vaccine War is now streaming for free! youtu.be/pgj6sD7JeXM?...

Thank you Dan for suffering through this ridiculous video so we didn't have to. So many lies in one interview.

The NIH canceled my research on vaccine hesitancy www.statnews.com/2025/03/28/v... via @statnews "Each year in the United States, approximately 6,000 people die from influenza. More than 7,000 will die from Covid-19 in 2025. ...an American child died from measles for the first time in a decade."

Suzanne Humphries has been in the anti-vaccine game for at least 15 years before she talked to Joe Rogan last week. You’d think with all that time, her claims would be harder to debunk. But they’re so unhinged that she makes it easy. m.youtube.com/watch?v=M9xb...

Some unvaccinated children being treated for measles at a Texas hospital showed signs of liver damage from ingesting too much vitamin A. RFK Jr has been recommending vitamin A. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/h...

The evidence that Lucy Letby deliberately poisoned babies with insulin is very compelling, which is why her supporters try very hard to discredit it. Cindy and I explain why their criticisms are irrelevant. youtu.be/g2SGBlRAjjI

I shocked Dr. Oliver, so you know this is a wild ride. You have no idea what's inside this video.

Absolutely brilliant video from @jonathanjarry.bsky.social about where well-known antivaxxer and all-round quack, Joe Mercola, gets his information . I am still slightly in shock. It's just wild. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRps...

Apparently, the CDC are going to investigate the link between vaccines and autism again. Total waste of resources when it has already been conclusively shown that there is no link. www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_w7...

Not a good time to be a scientist in the US. Thankfully science will continue in countries where science is independent of politics. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Don’t be fooled by serial killer, Lucy Letby’s slick PR campaign. Cindy and I explain why the claims being made by her LATEST “experts” are NOT credible. youtu.be/Esxsj5a5Icg

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

During the current flu season, influenza-associated encephalopathy or encephalitis (IAE) was identified in 9 of 68 (13%) pediatric deaths, including four with acute necrotising encephalopathy (ANE), a severe form of IAE. www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes... 🧪

A new preprint about post-vaccine syndrome from Yale researchers AUS been making the rounds on news and social media, but a lot of that reporting is wildly inaccurate. Here is a breakdown of what the preprint shows and does not show. youtu.be/ehS-aGELo_E

Dying is just one of the potential complications of measles: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErfH...

Sadly, this entirely preventable death is not unexpected. Measles mortality is about 1%. apnews.com/article/meas...

The Trump administration has pulled this campaign explaining the benefits of getting a flu vaccine. Let's make sure it still gets coverage on social media. 🧪

Thank you to Dr Susan Oliver @drsusanoliver.bsky.social for making this very amusing video. It's so entertaining the absolute B.S. that the antivaxxers believe (e.g., viruses don't exist, etc.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck85...

So. It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year. I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.

Celebrating my 60th birthday with a half-price workout at the gym (seniors' discount).