The current ACIP is not a credible committee. It pains me to say this, but do NOT listen to them for guidance on vaccines. I am an infectious disease doc and will be roundly ignoring their misinformed and anti-scientific guidelines. Yesterday's spectacle was an insult to vaccinology and science.

It is absolutely wild that the person in charge of health in America has be roundly condemned and labeled as dangerous by: - Former CDC directors - Former Surgeons General - Multiple medical professional societies - Health professionals across multiple platforms And still holds his position.

Good. I have questions and the American people deserve answers.

Remember when COVID vaccines were first available? Remember how they saved lives and helped us move toward normalcy? Remember how relieved and grateful we were? Remember how amazing our healthcare workers were? Remember how science rescued us?

Massive walkout underway at CDC. RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.

They recovered over 180 bullet shells at the CDC. Debris from shattered glass is still being cleaned up. I am completely stunned at how quickly the news cycle has moved on. This was an act of terrorism targeting public health experts, and the response seems to be a collective shrug.

Congratulations to Dr. Kelly Dyer & Dr. Jess O’Neil, recipients of the 2025 Infectious Diseases Division Robert Austrian Outstanding Infectious Diseases Research Fellow Award!

This is what happens when public health and science is villainized. It places a target on the backs of people just trying to help.

ID showing up to support science and medicine. We are proud to be a division of scientists and clinicians whose science leads the way in advancing medical care.

Very excited to see my masters thesis published @penn-mshp.bsky.social Thanks to the incredible team and group of mentors who helped me get this important work out there who unfortunately don’t have BlueSky - Jessie Torgersen, Nancy Aitcheson, Maggie Lowenstein @pennidfellows.bsky.social

He must love infections and cancer. A short list of what’s been achieved or is in active development with this tech: – Seasonal flu (Phase 3) – RSV (FDA-approved, 2024) – CMV (Phase 3) – HIV (early trials) – Rapid-response design for emerging pathogens www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Why don’t we have boosted darunavir + Dolutegravir combo pill yet?

I know RFK Jr. has assembled a quack crew to concoct a study showing otherwise but here is an new important large cohort study of over 1.2 million children in Denmark showing no association Aluminum adsorbed vaccines and chronic dz in childhood including autism. www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...

Dr. Dave Oxman says the Democratic Party is at a crossroads, and change isn’t coming from the inside. That’s why he’s running to represent the people of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania’s 3rd Congressional District. Visit daveoxman.com to learn more.

Watch Video Here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=66l8...

Most importantly, I have the most amazing ID colleagues & co-advocates: @kdyer330.bsky.social, @coreywatts.bsky.social, & @kevinkohm.bsky.social. I have learned so much from each of them & I am continuously awed & humbled by their kindness, humor, generosity, strength, & tenacity.

I personally know 5 early career and trainee level academic scientists who have changed jobs/ career paths in the last month. They did not see a sustainable future with ongoing cuts and attacks. The scale of decimation of the pipeline that the scientific workforce in U.S. faces is staggering.

America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.

Oh my god you want me to find "evidence" before putting someone in jail? Every time?? Do you have any idea how long that would take

Proud to be part of a group of physicians that put our patients above politics.

My American friends are y'all awake?

Harvard redid its whole homepage to push back against the administration’s demands. I mean, this is just a website but I think it’s kind of a great PR move: www.harvard.edu

Get your health advice and vaccine information from trusted healthcare professionals and trusted alternative sources: 1. www.who.int 2. www.gov.uk/government/o... 3. www.canada.ca/en/public-he... 4. www.ecdc.europa.eu/en www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

For those of you in Philadelphia/Pennsylvania… was made aware that senator dave McCormick was not aware any nih grants had been canceled. New calling campaign is to call him every time I become aware of canceled grant… please join me. Dc office mailbox is full but philly office is not! #IDSky

We polled Nature readers to ask if they were thinking of leaving the US for jobs abroad. Three-quarters of them (who said they were US-based scientists) said yes. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Strong words from my brilliant colleague @anuhazramd.bsky.social concerning the NIH HIV cuts. Read the whole article here #SaveHIVFunding #HIVSky #IDSky @hivma.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/03/25/h...

Neurfibromatosis is a cruel and terrible disease. The funding was cut vandals who believe in nothing and care for no one.

White House says no one will be fired over the Signal scandal because no one involved was trying to cure cancer.

Our patients persecuted; colleagues and public health institutions under attack. Our field needs to rise up & fight back Silence=Death Redux: Infectious Diseases, Public Health, and the Imperative to Resist Viewpoint by @ericmeyerowitz.bsky.social & me OpenAccess: academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...

Viewpoint: Recent disruptions and funding cuts at the NIH undermine the infrastructure and stability of US scientific research, threatening the nation's global leadership and scientific productivity. https://ja.ma/3FLvqHS

It has come out that the Trump Administration is considering plans to eliminate the CDC’s HIV Prevention division. This would be devastating. This HIV doc is asking you to please call your legislators. Call script below. Capitol switchboard: (202) 224-3121 aidsunited.org/action/polic...

I’m joining Anderson Cooper tonight on CNN around 8:40pm EST. We’re gonna talk about the U.S. dismantling disease-detection around the world. And measles. And how they’re both worryingly related. If that’s not interesting, you can laugh at my haircut www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Just saying.

Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.” There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.

Claims that Uganda's #Ebola outbreak was under control appear to have been premature. This child's family sought care in 3 hospitals before he died. So more cases will likely follow. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/h...

Breaking: RFK Jr. moves to quietly eliminate public comment from HHS's decision making: www.statnews.com/2025/02/28/r...

thehill.com/opinion/heal... Another fantastic op-ed by @davidoxman.bsky.social. We need an organized response to trump’s war on medical science… “grey rocking” is not working

I am starting a campaign: every time I see a complication of a vaccine preventable illness I am planning to call bill cassidy and tell him about it and ask him what he is planning to do about Rfk. Please feel free to join me…Called about three patients today(HIPAA complaint way ofc)

Hopefully all recommended vaccines continue to be available in U.S. I cannot stress enough the importance of finding a pediatrician or primary care doc who believes in science & who you trust with your health to provide guidance on vaccines for you & your children. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Teefs

Tyranny requires your fear and your silence and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage. So gather your justice and humanity, Illinois, and do not let despair overcome us when our country needs us the most.

Don’t buy stuff on February 28. Money’s the only thing these dicks understand. #resist

American life expectancy is what is BECAUSE of health care disparities.. if you are rich, white, urban in the United States you can expect a life expectancy on par with the longest in the world. If you are poor and a minority tho… and yet we’ve effectively banned equity research. Make it make sense

I am reading cloud cuckoo land. This sentence though…

I am deeply disappointed by the subdued response of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (@idsainfo.bsky.social) to the dismantling of public health structures, both in the US & globally Here's what I wrote in the closed listserv (response: 🦗) in hopes of stimulating discussion here #IDSky

I have not seen a crisis of this magnitude since yesterday

From USAID colleague, with permission to share. It's not just chaos it is devastation and tearing apart of families and communities. Not to talk of systems that kept us safe. This is just one story, multiple this by 10,000. Is this really making America great?

@mcuban.bsky.social one thought I keep having is as the government gets more hostile to many forms of scientific research, one way conscientious billionaires can have an impact is moving to fill the financial void that develops to fund this critical work. So much will be lost without funding..

I just joined @drsforamerica.bsky.social, "an organization representing 27,000 physicians & medical students that filed a lawsuit against multiple federal agencies over the removal of public health information & health-related data from gov't websites." So glad to see efforts to fight back. #medsky