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epidemiologistkat.bsky.social
Epidemiologist at University of Illinois Chicago, misinformation debunker, data nerd, Chicagoan, scientist for the resistance
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Also, Dr. Marks was head of CBER, the part of FDA that regulates all biologic products, so not just vaccines. Many cancer drugs too. this is a huge loss of institutional knowledge.
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God he’s such a pick me
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I wish haha
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I would love to come 🏃🏻‍♀️
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Some of us will not forget that he convinced millions of people not to get the Covid vaccine, a decision that probably had dire consequences for many. Little podcast man is completely disingenuous.
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We got an email telling us to please be patient with our grants coordinator
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Hi hi hi
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🦠5/5 - Nationally, wastewater viral activity levels for COVID-19 and influenza A are at high levels. National RSV wastewater viral activity levels are moderate. 🦠Overall respiratory illness activity is expected to remain elevated for several more weeks.
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🦠4/5 - Nationally, influenza caused more people to seek emergency care than COVID-19, but both are definitely still circulating 🦠influenza test positivity increased to 18.8%. COVID-19 test positivity remained stable at 6.6% and RSV test positivity decreased to 8.9%.
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🦠 3/5 -The amount of acute respiratory illness causing people to seek healthcare remains high, especially influenza
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🦠2/5 - As I promised, here is a thread with the latest Activity Levels Update. All data in this post was reported by CDC on Friday, January 17, 2025.