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Re vaccines and autism- “It wastes valuable resources to revisit the same question…” Dr Higgins told Axios. “Reexamining settled questions that have already been repeated, replicated, and tested many times is not healthy skepticism; it’s cynicism and science denial.” www.axios.com/2025/03/24/m...

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Destroying everything. That’s the goal.

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I probably shouldn't be posting right now because I'm so angry at attempts to destroy everything the historical community has worked so hard to build. But I tend to channel my rage into sharing resources I hope are helpful for historians, so, here we go. 🧵 🗃️

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Seriously though… what’s Congress doing?

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Do you oppose government waste like I do? Here’s your chance to stop it. Vaccines don’t cause autism. Hiring a discredited scientist to lead such a study is a colossal waste. Shout out to Bill Cassidy wink wink. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

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Gamecocks.

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Call your Senators and House members. Call your other elected officials. Write letters. It’s all a massive waste of my time. I am here to tell you most of them representing me do not care. They’re cowards. They lack the courage to lead. They’re only interested in remaining in office.

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Pentagon has been ordering the removal of web site references to General Colin Powell and the Tuskegee Airmen and one of the flag-raisers at Iwo Jima as part of a crackdown on DEI. Have you no shame Pete Hegseth?(hat tip to Task and Purpose, WaPo for reporting) youtube.com/shorts/0HJpe...

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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

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“It’s easy to have a moral center when times are calm. It’s difficult as people and as a country to have a moral center when things are so fearful.” — Lori Clune, Author

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Murphy: "If we continue to observe norms, if we continue to engage in business as usual, this democracy could be gone. I don't think we have a year to save American democracy. I think the way the president is acting ... puts out democracy at immediate risk."

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If you’re tired of @schumer.senate.gov constantly falling for the okey-doke and you want bold winning leadership that is willing to go on offense, then #TheReformers is for you. We are calling for Sen Schumer (D-NY) to step down from his leadership role and let someone else take over the reigns.

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This ⬇️⬇️⬇️ There’s no fairness, integrity, cooperation, and the like any more.

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via Bono and U2.

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Dr. Ruanne Barnabas presented data showing high efficacy of HPV vax, with single dose. And moved right into the importance of #impsci to address gaps in implementation of HPV vax and cxca screening. #EUROGIN25 #EUROGIN2025

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Dr. Marc Brisson shared the results of modeling studies projecting elimination timelines. The maps show 1) HPV vax coverage and 2) where cxca burden is high. Mismatched. Elimination depends on vax, screen, timely follow-up care and treatment. #EUROGIN25 #EUROGIN2025

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Dr. Singh presented on global cxca incidence and mortality. So much potential to ELIMINATE cervical cancer as a public health concern, yet we struggle to get people who have a cervix treated in a timely manner due to limited screening. #EUROGIN25 #EUROGIN2025

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Dr. Laura Bruni presented on how we are doing related to HPV vax and Cxca screening around the world. HPV vax remains low worldwide and highest in countries with low disease burden. Cxca screening is unavailable in highest burden areas. TL;dr Not well enough. #EUROGIN25 #EUROGIN2025

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"Hospital staff are scrambling with damage control efforts implementing emergency masking policies and giving babies as young as 3 days old injections of immunoglobulin, an antibody that helps their fragile immune system try to fight off #measles." www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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Proposed federal funding cuts could have a drastic impact in rural areas, with NRHA Chief Policy Officer Carrie Cochran-McClain saying that already strapped rural clinics will feel these proposed cuts deeply. Read more: www.marketplace.org/2025/03/10/f... #ruralhealth

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I’m struck by how close we’re getting to finally curing some of the world’s worst diseases—sickle cell, Alzheimers, pancreatic cancer, etc.—at the same time that the world’s worst people are destroying medical research and care around the world.

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I am heading to EUROGIN, and I hope to get inspired by good HPV vax science and feel some joy even if short lived. The attacks on science and promotion of non-evidenced based recommendations and information in the United States is overwhelming.

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Drink your Diet Coke now, friends. RFK Jr. is coming for allllllll of the research and products inconsistent with his pseudoscience and anti-science beliefs (for which there is ZERO high-quality evidence in existence to support his cockamamie ideas). www.science.org/content/arti...

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Some people talk trash about how many McD All Americans on the Gamecocks women’s basketball team. Kenny Brooks is the latest but not the first nor the last. Tell me about how good of a coach and culture THEE Dawn Staley is. I’ll wait.

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A former editor of JAMA suggests we let unpersuadable antivaxxers hijack the research agenda. He may get his wish. Dishonest antivaccine propagandists are eager to “investigate” for the 100th time if vaccines cause autism. My latest. sciencebasedmedicine.org/settledscien...

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It’s trophy season and the Gamecocks WBB team is hunting. Good luck to the rest of y’all.

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Today is International Women’s Day. There are a lot of posts out there from various companies, organizations, and people celebrating women today. Maybe they make people feel good for a day or two. Yay women.

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I am not going to call this a Bluetorial, because I do not want to sully that term (which, at least I, find joyful). Let’s call it a Orwellial.

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Update on NIH happenings below ⬇️

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I wish the fact that they are going through non-competitive renewals forcing POs to screen grants that have been previously peer-reviewed and approved by council was shocking. Just proves they want to destroy NIH, biomedical research, and torture staff at the institutes along the way.

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Postponing the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP) is meeting is the opposite of making America healthier. It’s crucial to reschedule the meeting and maintain ACIP’s role as the gold standard for vaccine guidance, as I write in @thehill.com.

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If DOGE is a federal agency, it can’t shield its records from the public. If it’s not an agency, then its tens of millions of dollars in funding weren’t legally allocated and should be returned, some contend.

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“They are firing some of our best people” The attacks on science are relentless. www.science.org/content/arti...

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Vaccination eliminated measles from the U.S. 25 years ago. But it can still spread in pockets where vaccination rates are low, like the west Texas county with a current outbreak. Here's how fast.

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"Bloodbath" is an apt description. The number of deaths that will occur as a direct result of U.S. funding being axed is no different from indiscriminate bombing erasing entire populations during a war. It is tantamount to genocide. The U.S. was once the "good" guy. www.science.org/content/arti...

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First, they said postponed; now the meeting is canceled. That means no flu shots next year. “'It’s a six-month production cycle,' Dr. Offit said. 'So one can only assume that we’re not picking flu strains this year.'" Fundamentally, that's a form of mass murder. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...

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Have the day you voted for 💜

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Ja Morant was mauled bringing the ball up but 8 seconds. Oh ok.

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Ja Morant was mauled bringing the ball up but 8 seconds. Oh ok.

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What’s up, Congress? Have anything on your schedule for today… like saving America? My two senators have full voicemail mailboxes and like to send me emails but not respond to mine. My congressman has the nicest front desk person. Seriously, what are y’all doing?

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I need the Bing Bang Theory to have a reunion and make us laugh about what’s happening because there is nothing funny about these efforts to destroy science.

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Chloe Kitts with the triple double last night. Ninth triple double in Gamecocks women’s basketball history. 🤙

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Read this. 🤬🤬🤬

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I really have no patience with scientists who will cater to anti-vax talking points in order to get attention. The consequences of putting out out a press release on a preprint—especially this poor quality study—is wildly irresponsible & does serious harm to scientists & the public alike.

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That’s because the “people in charge” don’t know what to do or even how anything works. It’s a clown show.

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