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Helping scientists fight respiratory viruses and One Health advocate. Antwerp city guide. Global resistant to tyrants. A bit tired as well these days
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Am I the only person that keeps Shazam op when watching TV? Just wondering.

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What’s up? This! What nimb wits.

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Europe needs a sustainably funded influenza research and response network - The Lancet Infectious Diseases www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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One day in the future our children will remember the heroes of the resistance. Wreaths will be made and laid down at monuments. It might even take 50 years or more to acknowledge all of them. #beahero #protectdemocracy #allpeopleonthisearth

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📣 New #ESWIAirborne: #hMPV - the (not so) new kid on the block. Learn about the story behind #humanmetapneumovirus and how it was first discovered, featuring: Albert Osterhaus, Bernadette van den Hoogen & Ann Falsey! #ESWIEducationHub shorturl.at/yszOv

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Current mood.

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By using buy-outs and other measures to thin the ranks of the CIA, the Trump administration risks politicizing the intelligence community and leaving the country exposed to its adversaries, @shaneharris.bsky.social writes:

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New development: this is the first detection of genotype D1.1 H5N1 virus in cattle. All cattle sequences to date were genotype B3.13 & were all descended from a single spillover. New genotype means new introduction to cows from birds. www.statnews.com/2025/02/05/u...

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Will scientists stand up and reject this? Or will they shrug and throw their hands up in the air? Eliminating the words flagged from research and grants makes whatever is produced no longer research but rather propaganda aligned with the EO of POTUS. Do not obey in advance!

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Vaccines and immunization fact sheets you can't find on CDC website anymore are archived at the link below. May be helpful to bookmark this for future reference. www.immunize.org/vaccines/vis...

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Alice Mae, Kaat Van Stralen en Uwase zijn de winnaars van De Nieuwe Lichting. Whoop whoop for Uwase! Last Friday was a sad goodbye with her as an excellent Office Manager, but hey, just one week later she’s ready to rule the music scene!!

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#JustPublished! Our joint @efsa.europa.eu and @ecdc.europa.eu report on investigation and management of outbreaks of #AvianFlu in humans and animals is now online! Check the full text here: bit.ly/42zoMhp Press release: bit.ly/4aBnPHk Scientific opinion: bit.ly/3EcaglJ #OneHealth #HPAI

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Too Funny!

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Today I crashed. After one week of totalitarian nonsense. I promised myself to go on however.

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Apply now and spread the word!

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huh...

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The next time you’re invited to your partner’s terrible work event, “pull a Michelle Obama,” Caitlin Flanagan writes. “Put your feet up, enjoy a steady blood pressure, and fill three hours of your life any way you see fit”:

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RIP Grand Mr. Lynch. It seems like 2016 revisited. 😭.

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The non use of the word Climate Change is overwhelming! #wildfires

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🗣️ Federico Martinon-Torres explains: We have powerful tools to combat #RSV— the real challenge is ensuring these reach the places where the burden is greatest. 🎧 Tune into #ESWIAirborne on the history, challenges, and triumphs of RSV vaccine development! shorturl.at/qnvHk #ESWIEducationHub

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Why writing by hand beats typing for thinking and learning www.npr.org/sections/hea...

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This is literally forbidding public health workers to do the work of increasing public health and it is one of many troubling signs of where the US is heading... www.npr.org/sections/sho...

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ESWI Awards are up! Into #respiratoryvirus research? Nudge your colleagues!

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Read Nemesis by Philip Roth.

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I had polio when i was 9. I was taken from my parents & placed in a Hospital for contageous diseases- the polio ward. I would see them once a week - thru the glass window at the end of my ward. I could not walk. It was terrifying. Kids died. Iron lungs were awful. Dont let RFK Jr ban the vaccine

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New ESWI Airborne podcast alert!

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Hi all! ESWI has joined the club!

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www.cidrap.umn.edu/misc-emergin...

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#Flu patients less likely to die if given oseltamivir on day of hospitalization, data suggest They also had lower odds of requiring intensive care and dialysis or vasopressors than those who didn't receive early therapy, the authors say. www.cidrap.umn.edu/i... Photo: NIAID

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Wow.

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Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪

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Today and every day - THANK YOU to all the public health professionals who work tirelessly to make the world a better place. #PublicHealthThankYouDay

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A list of bands in order of efficacy: 3. Placebo 2. The Cure 1. Prevention

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Do you want to become a virologist? The @CVRinfo PhD programme is now recruiting for both UK and international applicants - rotate in two labs then choose a project tailored to your interests. Also you get to live in Glasgow, which is fab. Please RT! www.findaphd.com/phds/program...

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📢 Boosting Flu Vaccination Rates for Heart Health Did you know? A study in Denmark found that simple electronic reminders focusing on the heart-health benefits of flu vaccines helped more people—especially heart attack survivors—get vaccinated. https://buff.ly/40Qbv3b #HeartHealth #PublicHealth

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European health policy starter pack My favourite European health policy and law connections on Bluesky so far go.bsky.app/K2JB6CN

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Housing order for all commercial poultry (and fencing order for other captive birds) in the Netherlands, due to increased risk of infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1. www.rijksoverheid.nl/actueel/nieu...

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Hello! So now we are also here - on BlueSky, to talk about #PublicHealth! Hope you will tag along and help us on this interesting adventure! #ECDCisOnBlueSky!

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Tomorrow starts the European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious Disease #Epidemiology (ESCAIDE) organised by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control Join online, registration free of charge ✍🏽 www.escaide.eu/en/registrat... #EpiSky #IDSky #MicroSky #MedSky 🩺🧪💉 🛟

submitted 95 days ago • 1 comment

V. Useful lists here - for those of us new to Bluesky - just pick a list, hit subscribe and you have the option to block all usernames on the list - what joy!

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