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Why we should care about the measles outbreaks: -In wealthy countries, 0.1%-0.2% of measles cases result in death -In poorer countries or populations, up to 10% of cases will die -15-30% of measles cases will require hospitalization Thread [1/8]

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“AHS continues to manage a significant # of cases of measles across the South Zone, including in individuals with no known exposure source. This indicates underreporting of measles... AHS is issuing a standing measles exposure advisory…effective immediately…” bit.ly/4kcX0xh

submitted 4 hours ago • 2 comments

Vaccine Integrity Project says new FDA rules on COVID-19 vaccines show lack of consensus, clarity The VIP piece poses a number of questions to the FDA in light of the new rules. www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

1. Although an observational study, this reinforces a point I have made many times on this platform: the huge blind spot in the longevity / healthspan space is the lack of attention paid to how pathogens can cause chronic illness years or decades after infection. www.scimex.org/newsfeed/col...

submitted 1 day ago • 6 comments

The new FDA policy paper on COVID-19 vaccination by Vinay Prasad & Marty Makary included a table comparing the new US policy with other countries. However, they got most of the recommendations wrong - some lacked nuance, & others were blatantly incorrect. Thread by me @ @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social

submitted 1 day ago • 23 comments

NSF Physics was cut by 85%, basically wiping out most of its capacity for supporting research. NSF Astronomy was cut by 53% Undergrad education was cut by 71% and research on learning by 79% Graduate education was cut by 100% to ZERO. #GiftLink ⚛️🔭 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

submitted 1 day ago • 39 comments

As I was saying

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

People facing the fight of their life shouldn’t have to worry about fighting Covid, too. #HealthCareNotHealthCareless

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

the very concept of “adaptive immunity” means that every child is born with a naïve immune system that is eventually “educated” by an antigen vaccines educate harmlessly viruses educate pathologically this is so basic as to be an alarming oversight by this FDA

submitted 2 days ago • 16 comments

More than 700K Americans died from COVID after he wrote this. We still have not achieved herd immunity.

submitted 1 day ago • 71 comments

This is absolutely terrible news. With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately. h/t @merz.bsky.social

submitted 1 day ago • 401 comments

#COVIDisntOVER and neither is our work--shipping free masks to anyone who needs them, anywhere across Canada. 🇨🇦 😷 We have (literally!) tens of thousands of masks to distribute--we just need your help to cover shipping. 🚚 📦 Support us today! donatemask.ca/fundraiser #MaskUp #YallMasking

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

"Since becoming minister in October 2022, Glubish has completely replaced the board of directors, and appointed a new chair. The board fired former CEO Laura Kilcrease in June 2024 and replaced her with an interim CEO..." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #ABleg #ABpoli

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

So far looks like Canada, Australia, Sweden and France are all misconstrued in this FDA policy paper table. So I guess the era of false information spread by the head health authorities has begun in the US. Sow distrust and then watch it break down is the MO.

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

What do we know about the safety and effectiveness of mRNA vaccines? Lots. @jonathanwosen.bsky.social explains. www.statnews.com/2025/05/21/m...

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

Let’s talk about the new Covid vaccine policy paper by Vinay and Marty…

submitted 3 days ago • 11 comments

Proud to share my 5th anniversary episode of Alberta Unbound, with provocative political observers Anne McLellan, Ken Boessenkool and Shannon Phillips. We talk thru ALL the election fallout - including the seeming rise in Alberta separatism. #abpoli #cdnpoli #AlbertaUnbound @sphillipsab.bsky.social

submitted 3 days ago • 4 comments

"US scientists who are abruptly unemployed are turning desperation & defiance into coping strategies & advice. But 1 thing is clear: whether they move abroad, pivot to other research areas or leave science, their deep expertise is likely to be lost." By @virginiagewin.bsky.social in @nature.com 🧪

submitted 2 days ago • 8 comments

This Reddit thread is eye opening, both for the number of people reporting similar experiences, and for the level of dedication to finding absolutely any possible explanation for cognitive impairment other than the widely circulating virus that is known to routinely cause cognitive impairment.

submitted 4 days ago • 12 comments

The #AB government is proposing enabling a U.S. based timber company to clear-cut the last winter range forests occupied by southern mountain caribou in the province.

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submitted 3 days ago • 8 comments

#Breaking: FDA will limit Covid vaccines to people over 65 or at high risk of serious illness, leaders say www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...

submitted 3 days ago • 72 comments

Everyone should know his story. May his memory be a blessing.

submitted 4 days ago • 5 comments

Since everyone’s finding old and new friends, take a moment to read my story, I’m a 32yo polio survivor because I was not vaccinated. Pass on my story, repeat it, tell it to any vaccine hesitate parent. No kid deserves vaccine preventable diseases www.voicesforvaccines.org/as-a-polio-s...

submitted 194 days ago • 71 comments

I remember a time when Novavax was championed by these very people as the better vaccine because it uses an "older"platform compared to mRNA vaccines. Everything to them is a ruse and the real end goal is to limit vaccine access to align with their antivaxx views. apnews.com/article/nova...

submitted 4 days ago • 7 comments

A view of what lies ahead in communicable diseases from the always clear-sighted Dr Raina Macintyre apple.news/AMtmYQ5zCQUK...

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

We’re loyal Canadians. My beloved country is threatened not only by the US president, but also by Alberta’s cynical premier. Alberta is an integral part of the amazing tapestry that we wove for generations into Canada, where each province contributes its own best. #cdnpoli

submitted 17 days ago • 26 comments

Why does “learning to live with covid” mean accepting repeat infections as inevitable? Why does it mean throwing the vulnerable to the wayside, unsafe healthcare & mass disability? That’s not “living with it”. That’s giving up We need to adapt. Clean air, paid time off, masks in healthcare.

submitted 5 days ago • 26 comments

The impact of these federal cuts to science won’t be seen tomorrow. But in 5-10 years, when we have a drop off in new treatments for cancer, heart disease, and everything else… it will because we significantly cut the number of scientists trained and killed the careers of existing scientists.

submitted 6 days ago • 6 comments

The Director of the FBI is openly lying to the American public about Canada being a major source of fentanyl. In the first three months of 2025, a grand total of 1.35 lbs of fentanyl was seized by border officials at our border with Canada — 0.06% of total seizures.

submitted 5 days ago • 407 comments

JPL techies keep finding ingenious ways to keep alive the two Voyager probes, after 48 years. An impressive example of multi-generational human competence and a reminder that the scions of chippers-of-flint-arrowheads remain admirable and much-needed. gizmodo.com/nasa-revives...

submitted 7 days ago • 8 comments

Imagine starting a car that hadn't run in 21 years, that's 15 billion miles away in interstellar space. That's what the NASA team just did with Voyager's thrusters. People are amazing. jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-v...

submitted 6 days ago • 337 comments

"We live in an era in which there is too much information but not enough knowledge, and even less wisdom. This excess of information makes us arrogant and then it makes us numb. We must change this ratio and focus more on knowledge and wisdom..." 1/2 #Booksky

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

“We can’t live with Covid forever! We have to get back to normal” The obsession with “back to normal” is why we’re stuck living with COVID People refused to adapt. We’ve accepted repeat infections as inevitable Clean air, masks in healthcare & paid time off could have given us a safe “new normal”

submitted 6 days ago • 28 comments

Alberta Premier demands @mark-carney.bsky.social build a pipeline to Prince Rupert. Besides the childish demanding, there are important marine geohazards reasons why that could be a spectacularly foolish idea ⚒️🇨🇦 calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

submitted 7 days ago • 23 comments

“In ‘advanced’ nations, clean water is considered essential, but we tolerate foul air, despite a century of evidence that it harms.”

submitted 7 days ago • 9 comments

This would be an obvious act of ethnic cleansing under international law.

submitted 7 days ago • 116 comments

Robert “Ed” Smylie, the NASA official who saved the Apollo 13 crew in 1970, has died at 95. He cobbled together an apparatus made of cardboard, plastic bags and duct tape after an explosion crippled the spacecraft as it sped toward the moon. nyti.ms/3Sbusb3

submitted 7 days ago • 431 comments

This is a huge massive mistake. Almost two years ago I rounded up all the data we have - and we have A LOT - on why COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy protects both the parent and the child. www.wsj.com/health/healt...

submitted 8 days ago • 3 comments

🧵 This is a big story and I’m not seeing it get around so take a sec with me here. Clearview AI is a big deal if cops can use it. Basically lets them figure out who anyone anywhere is based on social media and internet facial recognition scraping. Protests, you name it. 1/

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Death rates in pregnancy DOUBLED during 2020-2021, and there are mountains of evidence showing COVID infection leads to significantly worse outcomes for pregnancy & baby. There are also mountains of evidence showing COVID vaccination has no adverse effects on pregnancy or baby but does protect them.

submitted 8 days ago • 13 comments

@imogenwalker.bsky.social Mr McSweeney and @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social: If you are still capable of feeling shame, now would be the time ↓.

submitted 9 days ago • 5 comments