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So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID. This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC. What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.

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Make a huge mistake. Then make a false claim about how you fixed it. They did it for PEPFAR. Now Ebola. I follow this particular topic VERY closely, so here's what really happened and why this isn't true AT ALL...🧵

submitted 1 day ago • 194 comments

Politics have consequences

submitted 16 hours ago • 1 comment

To underline the statement, let's see what the CDC says. Yes, guess measles in the US can be seen as "unusual". Even more so, with vaccines available unnecessary

submitted 17 hours ago • 1 comment

Elon Musk said DOGE made a mistake by cutting USAID’s Ebola prevention but it had been “restored.” That’s not true, current and former officials told me and @johnphudson.bsky.social. “There have been no efforts to ‘turn on’” Ebola prevention, said Nidhi Bouri, who oversaw team until January.

submitted 1 day ago • 238 comments

Glaube ja mittlerweile nicht, dass Ausländer das Problem sind, sondern Bürokratie und Behörden, die es nicht schaffen Anträge annähernd zeitnah zu bearbeiten.

submitted 18 hours ago • 1 comment

And here the Mantra-style: get vaccinated! The disease and death is so unnecessary www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/...

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

As of today, at least 73 study sections have not met. If they review 50 applications, plus 30 triaged, 10% funding rate = 8 grants per SS. That's 584 fundable grants on hold. Probably 5000 researchers affected in those teams composed of our best and brightest. SABOTAGE.

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submitted 3 days ago • 24 comments

USA. Russia. Same, same

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Infectious Disease Society of America issues a statement on the political interference with the CDC vaccine information and the advisory committee on immunisation www.idsociety.org/news--public...

submitted 4 days ago • 16 comments

Werde wohl oder übel meinem internationalen Team erklären müssen warum jeder 3. um sie herum und bundesweit jeder 5. eine rechtsextreme Partei gewählt hat. Nur einen guten Ansatz hab ich noch nicht

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

I'm wondering whether ivermectin got all of the brain worms

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

maybe time to look at options abroad.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

DOGE By The Numbers theonion.com/doge-by...

submitted 7 days ago • 189 comments

The court ordered that NIH grant funding be unfrozen, so The Regime found a way around it. For NIH grants to be funded, a review panel must rank them. In order for a review panel to meet, they must post it on the Federal Register. Submissions to the Federal Register are now on hold “indefinitely”.

submitted 8 days ago • 34 comments

Symbolism - SS United States

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

One does not have to study in the US, just saying www.statnews.com/2025/02/19/t...

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

If a NBA team worth about $5B fired all its players and went from a $150M to a $0 payroll does that mean the team was efficient and saved money? Or, does it mean there is no basketball team and there is no more revenue because then no one comes and the team is worthless? #analogies

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Donnymir Trumpin

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Always wondering what the position of the pediatrician Precilla Chan, MD is in the new antics of her husband.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

People do not get fired "accidentally"

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

There is significant respiratory virus activity in the EU/EEA, with an intense #influenza season & concurrent #RSV epidemic. People eligible for vaccination are encouraged to get vaccinated. Check the current situation on #ERVISS: erviss.org #IDsky #EPIsky

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

In other news, pathogens everywhere welcomed the confirmation of RFK Jr as the health secretary

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

#Measles is one of the leading causes of death among young children globally. In 2023, an estimated 107 500 people died from measles, mostly children under age 5. bit.ly/48SAtkf

submitted 10 days ago • 18 comments

Dann geht der endlich in die Post

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

ein.az.gov/avian-influe... A third distinct H5N1 detected in cattle, Arizona reports

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Vaccines work! As measles cases have recently been reported in Alaska, Georgia, New York, Rhode Island and Texas, it's important to remember that prior to the introduction of the measles vaccine in 1963, measles killed 400-500 people and resulted in ~48,000 hospitalizations per year.

submitted 14 days ago • 8 comments

Clear statement from the virology community

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Vance laments freedom of speech in Europe. Don't make me tap on your news coverage about what's going on:

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments