Alleged FDA Pressure Removes Study Confirming Long‑term Vaccine Efficacy
Vinay Prasad forced FDA scientists to withdraw a paper from Vaccine, the journal I am co-EIC of, because it showed that COVID vaccines work for everyone 6 months+. This is Gold Standard Science at Marty Makary’s FDA. Setting the Gold Standard in corruption & graft
NIH Director Censors Routine Vaccine Study Over Personal Dislike
To be clear: @NIHDirector_Jay reportedly took issue with the study design, which is routine for evaluating vaccines post-market. Podcast Jay, who has no expertise in vaccine trials, decided unilaterally he didn’t like it & thus censored results of studies our...
CEPI Shows Courage; Institutions Must Follow Suit
Many institutions are failing to meet the moment, but not all. @CEPIvaccines proves it has the courage & conviction to carry out essential vaccine work regardless of political pressure for complicity. I wish more institutions would follow their funder’s example.
Senate Committee Calls Out Kennedy’s Vaccine Lies
@SecKennedy addresses the Senate HELP committee this week. The evidence is clear that @SecKennedy lied during his confirmation hearing, kept lying, & continues to lie about his extremist anti-vaccine beliefs & the deaths he’s already caused. Thank you, Sen. Alsobrooks,...
Two Virology Experts Host Unfiltered Academic Talk Tomorrow
If it’s possible to describe two middle-aged academic women discussing timely topics in virology as hard af, we totally are. First show with my fellow virus slanger @JumoDr tomorrow at 5 pm ET/2 pm PT. Here or at the other place:...
Hep B Vaccine Recommended at Birth, Not Mandatory
“The state” does not make that choice for anyone. The hep B vaccine is recommended at birth. It is not forced. It never has been. Parents have always had vaccine choice
Vaccinate Anytime: RSV and Measles Protection Still Available
It’s not too late to make sure you are protected against RSV. It's never too late to make sure you are protected against measles. https://t.co/BVayTHRMJz
Weak Moderation Let Propaganda Videos Mislead Users
Remember when Twitter had some level of content moderation that might have prevented these propaganda accounts from spreading fake videos that encourage people to make decisions against their own interests
Questioning Sam Altman's Data‑less AGI Urgency Claim
Lol don’t suppose you asked @sama if he had any data whatsoever to support his claims of imminent AGI besides an all-caps feeling of URGENCY
White House FY27 Budget Slashes ARPA-H Funding by Half
At the same time the White House proposed FY27 budget recommends cutting almost half of the ARPA-H budget
H5N1 Bird‑to‑Cattle Spillover Traced Across US
So pleased to contribute to this preprint on H5N1 spillover from birds to dairy cattle from the Moo Flu Crew, led by the excellent @jepekar. We traced both B3.13 in Texas and D1.1 in Nevada and Arizona to look at...
AI Citation Tool Can Hallucinate References—Always Verify
I built a reference retrieval agent w/ multiple verification steps to pull citations directly from PubMed & send straight to my Paperpile. I still always check citations & good thing I do—it hallucinated 4 refs that magically obviated the need for...
Public Health Crisis: ICE Detention, CDC Void, NIH Cuts
Another week, another dispatch from me & @jessicamalaty. Lots to cover in today's MMMWR: -Measles & child health horror in ICE detention -CDC is even more directorless -NIH cuts -Lab leak is still not true -Casey Means is still unqualified https://t.co/oCl9IJPNpA https://t.co/PbqJndBj6B
New CDC Director Likely Powerless Amid Dysfunction
Solid editorial that will be immediately ignored. The new CDC Director should do a lot of things. They won’t, if one is ever nominated, because the CDC isn’t functioning any more
Evidence Shows COVID-19 Originated From Market Spillover
Maybe you heard somewhere that the COVID-19 pandemic started with a lab leak? NO! That is NOT what the evidence shows. It was not a goddamn lab leak. I’ve had enough. Here is what the evidence shows: it was zoonotic spillover...
Even Experts Dismiss Decades of Solid Evidence
Really interested in seeing how the supposedly smartest people rationalize ignoring a mountain of evidence that we’ve been talking about and publishing in top journals on for years
Quitting a Disbanded Advisory Panel: Does It Matter?
Does it count if you quit a voluntary advisory panel that was already disbanded by a federal judge? The newly drama-averse Robert Malone tests this hypothesis. https://t.co/wEryoJvz99
Live at 2 PM ET: Debunking Matt King Coal’s False Claims
TODAY at 2 pm ET: join me & my fellow Zoonati as we catalog and correct all the inaccurate claims that climate change-denying, tone policing, British pheasant sex expert Matt King Coal is as good at virology as he is...
Judge Blocks Kennedy's Attack on CDC Vaccine Schedule
Maybe you heard that a federal judge ruled against @SecKennedy's attack on the CDC vaccine schedule. Always great to win a battle, but we are still at war. The damage already done can’t be repaired. @JessicaMalaty & I break it all...
Key Takeaways From AAP v Kennedy Explained
A legal explainer about the recent AAP v Kennedy ruling from one of the most insightful scholars in the game 👇🏻
Join Final FDA Advisory Committee on Flu Shot Access
If you are curious about seeing what may be the last competent FDA advisory committee left standing in action as they contribute to determining access to flu shots next fall, join me, @jessicamalaty, & @SaveAmericaMvm at 12:30 pm ET on...