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Clean water did not make kids sicker. Clean air will not make kids sicker. I can't believe that public health even thought to flog immunity debt to cover their mass-infecting asses, and, even worse, that people fell for this logic-defying statement. Sickness. Is. NOT. Health.

submitted 15 hours ago • 0 comments

It is with great sadness that I am doing what I would once have thought unthinkable. Following Salim Abdool Karim's superb Faraday Lecture 10 days ago, i have decided to return my own Faraday prize, awarded in 2014. The silence of the Royal Society in the face of Elon Musk's rampage (a member […]

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

I ran an experiment, simultaneously posting articles on Bluesky and X, and then testing to see how many people actually clicked and read them. The numbers on Bluesky are higher, both because the X algorithm downranks journalism, and because Bluesky attracts readers, not just shitposters.

submitted 1 day ago • 919 comments

When the Trump administration froze this Nobel Prize–winning neuroscientist's research funding, he received an email from China offering to relocate his lab to any city and university of his choice, with guaranteed funding for 20 years. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/u...

submitted 1 day ago • 13 comments

I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.

submitted 5 days ago • 1699 comments

Testing 5 A.I. bots head-to-head on their summary of medical research papers that I authored (and other domains) by @geoffreyfowler.bsky.social gift link www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

submitted 6 days ago • 9 comments

the 90s are back, baby, and so is Jet Lag

submitted 6 days ago • 9 comments

Current situation in healthcare in Spain, as we start a new covid wave: pregnant woman goes to the doctor with respiratory symptoms, gets told: - she won't be tested for anything - it's a virus - but it's not covid - just go home The burying of heads in the sand is getting out of hand.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

In case people are amazed/confuses/shocked/whatever by the devastating cuts proposed for US science, technology, and innovation, please remember that autocrats always go after three main targets: 1️⃣ Media 2️⃣ Courts 3️⃣ Academics It’s literally textbook and, yes, it’s happening in the US.

submitted 11 days ago • 16 comments

This group from China is working on H5 mRNA vaccines similar to the ones we developed in the United States. Based on the Moderna news yesterday, it is clear that we will likely rely on vaccines from other countries to protect us in the event of a flu pandemic. www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...

submitted 11 days ago • 6 comments

Quick guide to masks you might see in the wild: - Surgical: this person is currently sick - N95: this person is not sick and trying to stay that way - Cloth: this person is community-minded but has a training cutoff date of April 2020 - KN95: wildcard

submitted 13 days ago • 5 comments

Covid indicators from Spain (SI IRA): that’s a 5x increase in the last 5 weeks, with 2.5x in the last two weeks. Between 1.1% and 1.5% of the population is currently infected.

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Huge mistake to kill the only platform able to match speed and scale of a pandemic…as shown in 2020 and will be needed again for #H5N1. Very dangerous decision made to defund progress. Very bad msg sent to industry partners, too. L www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/m...

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

A Brief History of Young People Today Don't Want to Work 🧵

submitted 14 days ago • 51 comments

Much of Europe will probably see a summer wave starting soon, with both XFG and NB.1.8.1 growing at similar rates, and the combination is already probably in the 30% prevalence range.

submitted 17 days ago • 4 comments

“… peer-reviewed literature is dominated by articles supporting a zoonotic origin” while lab leak papers “are rare, fringe, and mutually incompatible with each other.” Correct. And it’s not because one side is “censored”. It’s because one side has zero evidence. www.factcheck.org/2025/05/trum...

submitted 18 days ago • 3 comments

The Hong Kong covid wastewater viral load indicator is still going up (data until 17-may)

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

The new Physics Girl video is heartbreaking

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

"the brightest kids have ideas that are completely different from mine" may not be the win you think it is...

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

I think our data for cases found in Spain never got anywhere close to this level of quality. Even our sentinel system (which is based on a random sample of people visiting their doctor) deviates from the (now extinct) wastewater indicator more than that. Amazing.

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Hong Kong covid sewage viral load (data until 10-May-25)

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

I know that the US has seen worse life expectancy trends than other high income countries in recent years, but I hadn't realised things were so bad across all ages - particularly people of working age. US 20-59 year olds are dying at several times the rate of their peers, and it's getting worse.

submitted 22 days ago • 4 comments

Singapore has often been a bellwether for an increase in Covid-19 cases globally. As such, it is likely, but not certain, that a new global wave of infections will occur reasonably soon. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-o...

submitted 24 days ago • 12 comments

Not great for the world economy as Brazil produces 35% of all avian products in the world. In addition, another chance to the virus to evolve in the largest flocks in the world. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

i saw this on the bad place, posted by @richardhirschson.bsky.social It's about H5N1 in pigs. Let me add two graphs about this. I still visit the bad place bc a couple of people I follow don't post elsewhere, but I try to create minimal engagement there www.poultrymed.com/Templates/sh...

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

EIA's Global EV Outlook 2025 is out! www.iea.org/reports/glob... Here's a look at EV share of sales in 4 select countries: Norway, because it's the leader China, because it's taking off USA, because it's big and lagging Canada, just because. China is on a path to be >80% in 3-4 years.

submitted 27 days ago • 11 comments

Show me a hero

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Ben of Ben & Jerry’s arrested after confronting RFK Jr. & Congress: "They need to let food into Gaza. They need to let food to starving kids! Congress is paying to bomb poor kids in Gaza, and paying for it by kicking poor kids off Medicaid in the US!"

submitted 27 days ago • 364 comments

After serving more than 130 million total meals and 26 million loaves of bread over the past 18 months, World Central Kitchen no longer has the supplies to cook meals or bake bread in Gaza. #ChefsForGaza (1/5)

submitted 34 days ago • 40 comments

Autism: Myth Vs. Fact theonion.com/autism-...

submitted 36 days ago • 181 comments

A world historical crime, taking place in full view, with the perpetrators so convinced of their impunity that they can brag about genocidal intent, and it’s hard not to agree with their calculation that no one will stop them and no one will be held accountable

submitted 35 days ago • 26 comments