Yes. Reading the old accounts reveal that nothing is new. wellcomecollection.org/works/z4442m...

I’ve just been informed that not permitting scientific misinformation on my feed, including claims that SARS-CoV-2 is airborne HIV, is “tone policing”. It’s actually fact-checking. I don’t give a shit who is posting misinformation or why. Zero tolerance.

. @edyong209.bsky.social went independent and I am glad he did, because this fawning piece about a man who will be responsible for millions of excess #deaths would never be written by a proper #health and #science #journalist

The CDC is lying to you about vaccines and autism. The CDC webpage about vaccines and autism now misrepresents the science and lies to the public about vaccines and autism. It’s just part of RFK Jr.'s ongoing war on vaccines. sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-cdc-is-l...

The common good is a set of shared commitments. To the rule of law. To democracy. To tolerance. To equal opportunity. To upholding the truth. We cannot have a functioning society without these shared commitments.

Thought I’d share my experience as an AI-skeptic in a medical system that is increasingly pushing AI tools. TLDR: AI medical images are crap. Total crap.1/6

Remember that the majority of anti-vaxxers are themselves vaccinated against diseases like polio, diphtheria, measles, mumps, and rubella. It’s only their kids they choose to put at risk.

Therapist: So what brings you in today? Me: I’ve never truly gotten over the loss of Alan Rickman, Carrie Fisher, David Bowie, Steve Irwin, and George Michael. Therapist: Oh dear. Let me put on the kettle.

Remember when some of us said the Democratic leadership would take all the wrong lessons from the blue tsunami and squander all the goodwill? Here you go.

It has been 2 months since FDA head Marty Makary falsely alleged that “There have been children who have died from the COVID vaccine…We’re gonna release a report in the coming few weeks”. His report is still nowhere to be found. Where’s the report, shitbirds?

In case anyone needs a reminder of how successful the Republican attack on public health has been: A person who is the first probable measles case near Salt Lake City refuses to speak to the health department, so anyone they came into contact with can’t be warned. This is especially insidious…

This is Rufus. His Halloween costume arrived late. Really wants to escargot trick-or-treating if you don’t mind turning on your porch light. 13/10 (IG: rufuscorg)

You can't make this up.

NEW @nejm.org: We synthesized 511 recent studies on Covid-19, RSV & flu vaccines for 2025-26. With federal advisory processes disrupted, clinicians & the public need rigorous, independent evidence synthesis. Here's what we found: 🧵 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Doctor patient communication is important but a little more than half have received training @acogd2.bsky.social #D2ADM “we never train for connection”—- Rebecca Harlow

This is such a failure; when I was in training (1998-2009) we had ~100 cases a year; the worst year being 2008 with 140. This latest outbreak will push us over 1,700, with a few months to go in 2025. America was declared measles-free in 2000 (defined as 12 months with no endemic transmission) 1/3

mRNA vaccines 🧬 are already great but they can be made even more effective by making them code for virus-like nanoparticles 🦠 rather than just single proteins 🧪 This means a lower dose is required, which should reduce side effects www.newscientist.com/article/2500...

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day

The people getting laid off are some of the highest-trained and most specialized people in healthcare. They don’t just get replaced by hiring some new people when a sane administration takes over. This is a huge loss for America.

The nazis themselves were not some clever masterminds where everything they did went perfect. They were also comical idiots who did ridiculous things, like invading Russia in the winter. They gained power because the opposition couldn’t understand that the fascists were not rational agents.

She had a reputation for working with Republicans and Democrats alike. But @drdebhoury.bsky.social was never once able to brief RFK Jr. In fact, she only met him once — when he toured the empty CDC after a gunman killed Officer David Rose and traumatized staff. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Hey remember when the CDC dropped 6 of the 8 foodborne illnesses from the nationwide monitoring system in July and one of them was listeria? Mentioning for no particular reason www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

JUST NOW AT THE UN…

This is what demonizing Tylenol will wreak.

A sweet and happy new year to everyone, except for the government of Israel, the IDF, Stephen miller, and a few others. To the people of Palestine, to the immigrants to the United States, may god bestow all blessings upon you, and may he give you peace.

The CEO at Tylenol's should rename 'Acetaminophen' to 'Epsteinaminophen' #Tylenol #Autism

I’m autistic. Not because of Tylenol. Not because of vaccines. Not because of some headline. I’m autistic because that’s how my brain works. Stop treating us like a problem. Start listening to us.

Dr. Malone asked about adjuvants in MMR. Live-attenuated vaccines like MMR don’t use adjuvants. Because the weakened virus replicates a bit in the host, it naturally provides the innate immune stimulus — the very role adjuvants play in non-live vaccines.

the kimmel thing is bad but as long as they arent rounding people up indiscriminately based on race, building concentration camps and talking about eradicating those they deem sexual deviants, i think we’ll be ok

The “medical freedom” movement claims to be about choices, like to not vaccinate their kids. But they already have that choice. Absolutely nobody in the U.S. has to vaccinate their kid. But what about everyone whose choice is for their infant to not get exposed to a vaccine-preventable disease?

I completely agree. Throw in low covid vaccine and flu vaccine rates given the ongoing misinformation and access barriers from the top, the threat of birdflu that never really went away and we are entering a very uncertain respiratory virus season in the US.

A conservative opinion: “HHS Secretary RRK Jr. has married ineptitude to pet obsessions, producing a goat rodeo for the ages. New week, new mess: purgings, resignations, policy reversals, conflicts of interest, elimination of transparency.” #MAHA @wsj.com www.wsj.com/opinion/rfk-...

The level of grifting and BS that is fed to these silicone valley men to help them “live forever” is so sickening. “Dario Amodei speculated that A.I. could double the human life span “in five to ten years” I’ll bet everything I own on “No. No it will not” 🙄 www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

I believe that 99% of what RFK Jr. does is motivated by: 1. Protecting his ego and vanity. He must convince people vaccines are bad b/c he can’t be wrong. Endless photos of himself exercising b/c vanity. 2. Creating conditions for his law firm to increase profits from suing various companies.

Over 5000 US government health employees denounce “dangerous and deceitful” RFK Jr statements www.bmj.com/content/390/...

#NIH is hanging by a thread. The #CDC has been decimated. #RFK Jr. and Russell #Vought are psychopaths--I don't say this frivolously--they are cold, calculating, inflicting violence on millions through public policy. It is where we are right now. These men are not normal. 1/

I really don’t think enough people give the David N. Dinkins Manhattan Municipal Building credit for how nice of a building it is. #zcavengerhunt

"It is a famine within a few hundred metres of food, in a fertile land" Tom Fletcher UN

Appreciated this chance to discuss being cancer survivors with the incredible Laura Packard, and how we’d much prefer to get a vaccine than to go through cancer treatment again. We’d prefer this for everyone else, too. 💕

ACOG + University of Minnesota releasing new evidence-based vaccine guidance for pregnant women this summer 🧬 Reviewing COVID-19, flu & RSV vaccines with pure science, no bias. Current recommendations still stand for now. Vaccines protect mom + baby. Talk to your doctor about what's right for you.

Is this bad? It seems bad.

A woman who was 20 weeks pregnant fed her toddler son raw milk. He contracted Campylobacter and then passed the infection to her; she progressed to sepsis, and had a miscarriage. She is suing the business that sells the raw milk, saying she didn’t know the risk. Don’t feed your kids raw milk.

This was and is only true for surgical masks Surgical masks only provide source control (mainly protects others but minimal protection for the person wearing the mask) Respirator masks (KN95 or better) provide respiratory protection (protects BOTH the person wearing it AND others around them)

RFK Jr’s “evidence” doesn’t support ending mRNA vaccine development. It makes the case for expanding it. Thanks to @thekibosch.bsky.social @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/08/13/r...

www.wsj.com/health/healt... Welcome to the new "Heads we win and tails you lose" America. We have had a safe and effective vaccine for measles almost all of my life. Then a bunch of arrogant fools start rewriting history and here we are.

Just to reiterate there is a safe vaccine available freely and measles can be deadly

Good news! Upcoming 2025-2026 COVID vaccines should still protect against severe disease (limited antigenic shift) buff.ly/HEnrSxs ✅Moderna & Pfizer LP.8.1 mRNA vaccine ✅Novavax (w/Sanofi) JN.1 protein vax (for 2nd year) Surveillance for new COVID variants has slowed though. #medsky #IDsky 🛟😷🧪