I'm not sure what it is but I'm loving Pluribus so far

This is designed to tank public health & primary care by excluding public health professions, advanced nursing practice, physical & occupational therapy from loans that can cover the cost of education. This is going to make an existing workforce crisis worse. aspph.org/department-o...

The WHO Global tuberculosis report 2025 is out! TB is the world’s deadliest infectious killer, claiming over 1.2 million lives and affecting an estimated 10.7 million people last year www.who.int/news-room/re...

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Wonder how many people will forever forego public service after all this www.npr.org/2025/10/24/n...

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Nothing to see here, just Indiana trying to unilaterally annex most of the rural Illinois counties... www.wthr.com/article/news...

Utah seeing measles outbreaks and <80% vaccination rates. I predict we lose elimination status next year. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/w...

Dismantling CDC will for sure have a higher death toll but this doesn't feel good either. www.cnn.com/2025/10/19/p...

People voted for this guy? "The Pelosi precedent" certainly sounds good until it's pointed out the Representative requested that date. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIhI...

It's funny that OSC isn't on that list and the US attorneys office isn't shitposting Hatch Act Violations. In fact, OSC has a sane closure announcement

I did my MPH thesis as a vignette-based KAP study but we decided early on to not use exam style questions, is there better engagement with one vs the other? #episky

How is this not a blatant Hatch Act violation? www.usda.gov

I'm getting the sense that IU is aiming for the worst university for free speech. www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

Rejection kind of depends on perspective, my MPH wasn't published but I still got an MPH. CDC made me write reports without an author, but I still claim them. I had a paper take 5 years to publish but it got there eventually. My PhD has been a tough journey but I see light.

Pregnancy doubles the risk of severe COVID-19. Infants < 6 months old have approx = risk of severe disease as those 65-74 yrs old. ➡️ Pregnancy = priority for COVID 💉 Modeling the Health Impact of Discontinuing COVID-19 Vaccination During Pregnancy in the US : jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Holy shit, how are conservatives not grabbing for their guns?!? www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/p...

Good thing those don't exist.

Safety and efficacy of early medical abortion at home between 10+0 and 11+6 weeks' gestation: a retrospective review srh.bmj.com/content/earl...

Can't believe I missed that the @societyforepi.bsky.social podcast recently had stochastic modeling episodes, kinda glad they send out those summary email blasts. seriousepi.blubrry.net

This is pretty crazy, study models millions of indirect hurricane deaths potentially driving/contributing to the life expectancy disparity in the US: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This reminds me of the fetal cell lines used for testing, at what point does religion say, "maybe our >1,000 year old book doesn't cover this"? apnews.com/article/indo...

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Systematic review of animal studies on early acetaminophen exposure shows inconsistent results, with wide variation in methods and dosing, little replication, and overall weak evidence with no clear signal for autism www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

So CDC is just done with hiring ORISE?

Why can't people understand that LLMs are probability engines? The output should be interpreted as a point estimate with uncertainty bounds. How can we do that with language as the output? Better hedging?

It's a strange synergy to read Zimmer's Airborne book during these ACIP meetings, definitely slipping back into miasma vibes.

APA coming in hot with receipts.

Back to the goddamn anecdotes, we don't care man.

Levi knows vaccines are not self administered, correct?

HAHA none of these people understand the enumerated powers.

Ugh I forgot CDC is directed by some plaintiff lawyer these days.

You are anti-vaxxers, you've literally sold books on it.

I hope every nurse heard that.

So will vote 3 require a consent form?

I love how Malone was pushing about vaccine effectiveness when so few get it yet I doubt Retsef has considered what happens when states and insurers stop listening to ACIP.

Calling my Senators today.

Gatekeeping vaccines behind access to care. Do they recommend HHS to pay for it?!? Oh DON'T WANT TO FUCKING RESPOND?!?!

They are definitely setting the stage to sue manufacturers for injury.

Now I know what this feels like, a 9th grade mock trial.

Anyone else hear the goal posts screeching backwards?

These anecdotes are driving me crazy

I hate that there has to Biology 101 lessons in this ACIP meeting.

THANK GOD SOME ACTUAL BIOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING! Humans don't have integrase!!!!

Kangaroo court trial then?