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I have tariffed the penguins that are on Heard Island and which you were probably assuming did not export goods forgive me they were taking advantage of us so cunning and so cold

submitted 2 days ago • 561 comments

I missed this, but the CDC updated the risk to people around poultry & dairy cows about a week ago. It is now Moderate to High, even though it's been that for 70 confirmed H5N1 cases now & more undetected. Now is the time to offer stockpiled vaccines to people at risk.

submitted 26 days ago • 8 comments

The NIH is abruptly terminating at least 33 research grants for projects studying vaccine hesitancy. Projects studying mRNA vaccines may be next. Important story by my colleague Sara Reardon in @science.org 🧪 #IDsky

submitted 25 days ago • 14 comments

NEW: WIRED got IP blocked by the Social Security Administration, among other outlets covering Musk's takeover. Federal workers are now "prohibited" from accessing our reporting on "government-furnished equipment." WaPo, NYT, and MSNBC are likewise banned, sources confirm.

submitted 30 days ago • 254 comments

Anti-vax policy and advocacy is not "skepticism" or "hesitancy." It means murdering children. That is the real world outcome of this lie.

submitted 38 days ago • 4 comments

#HHS has canceled the March meeting of outside experts who were to advise #FDA on what next winter's #flu shots should target. The irony of this: Canceling #VRBPAC makes the US more reliant on the WHO-led strain selection process. www.statnews.com/2025/02/26/f...

submitted 37 days ago • 10 comments

These idiots are going to get so many people killed. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

I have insomnia a lot lately so may as well share what’s literally keeping me up at night. It’s a long list but tonight it’s flu. Yes, H5N1, but also seasonal flu. Firing federal scientists brings a flu-filled future. Have you ever wondered how flu vaccine strains are chosen?

submitted 45 days ago • 16 comments

these are segregationists.

submitted 49 days ago • 188 comments

for pity’s sake, I am BEGGING university leaders to stop framing this issue in terms of what this will cost the university. people dont care! EXPLAIN WHAT THIS WILL COST THE PUBLIC: closed hospitals and clinics, skipped treatments, loss of access to experimental drugs, unemployment, recession

submitted 54 days ago • 140 comments

Q: Why does the U.S. have different vaccine recommendations than other countries? A: Differences tend to be pretty minor. Here are five reasons why there are differences ⬇️ 1/8 🧵 @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social @enirenberg.bsky.social

submitted 58 days ago • 4 comments

Read @katherinejwu.com’s article. They are memory holing the entire CDC. These are essential public health & scientific data. They were generated with our tax dollars. I never imagined I’d see authoritarians deleting all the data on HIV on grounds of ideological purity. Fuck this.

submitted 63 days ago • 12 comments

PLEASE SHARE WIDELY #medsky #IDsky #obgynsky #pedsky CDC STI treatment guidelines have been taken down. They are archived here 👇 web.archive.org/web/20250131...

submitted 63 days ago • 164 comments

On the left, CDC’s page of vaccine-specific recommendations from its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) On the right, that page tonight

submitted 63 days ago • 43 comments

what Musk is doing is as close to the government being taken over by a hostile foreign power in our lifetimes, the coverage should reflect that

submitted 64 days ago • 162 comments

Unelected agents of a oligarch have seized core services of the state without legal sanction or authorization; yes, that's a coup

submitted 63 days ago • 102 comments

I'm not saying that the Republican Party has entered a dark pact with Moloch, laying the lives and souls of untold millions on the altar of sacrifice and offering up their lifeblood in return for electoral victory, but I am saying that if they DID do that, their policy approach would be identical.

submitted 70 days ago • 21 comments

it is so important to remember that IN THE MOMENT there was no one who thought jan. 6 was some innocent protest gone awry. everyone recognized it for what it was.

submitted 89 days ago • 197 comments

Have been seeing more people sick with influenza (and this is sick to the point they’re seeking emergency medical care) than I have since this time in 2019. Nobody likes to hear it but the one thing that would most reliably make their symptoms better is going back in time and getting a flu shot. 🤷‍♂️

submitted 97 days ago • 42 comments