It’s official: RFK Jr has officially reduced recommended childhood vaccines from 17 to 11, removing universal vaccine recommendations for RSV, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, dengue and two types of bacterial meningitis.
This reckless contravention of science is going to kill people.
You did all the hard work of planning. It was the trip of a lifetime for all of us. And at just the right time, before everything went wonky.
That was an epic adventure from start to finish.
"The picture that emerges is not of a virus we 'get and get over, but of a pathogen that re-writes immune set-points and organ-system risk profiles for years." #Covid
@profgalloway.com Really enjoyed your statements on the Section webinar today!
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Traveling soon? Stay protected during the COVID-19 surge by wearing a high-quality mask in crowded or indoor spaces like an N95, KN95 or KF94. Learn more: www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID...
Help needed from LC pals!
The CURE ID survey, where you report meds and supps you’ve tried, is reopening!
If you’ve reported before, they’d love more info on what *didn’t* work for you, and what you’ve tried more recently.
And if you’re new to this, they want you to join in! Overview below:
Multi-omics with A.I. analytics demonstrates critical role of the gut microbiome and immune response and enables accurate diagnosis of ME/CFS, may also be applicable to Long Covid.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.ft.com/content/9cdf...
A friend of my compared gutting of federal agencies to a wrecking a car: if you remove 30% of the parts of the car, it does not go 30% slower. It stops working.
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Two individuals sitting close together, one drinking from a mug, under the message "Avoid contact with others as much as possible" by CDPH.
Person wearing a mask and carrying luggage at a busy airport terminal with text "wear a mask if you must be around others."
Public health poster by CDPH, featuring an image of hands being washed with soap and water with the message "Wash your hands often."
COVID-19 is still going around. If you’re feeling sick, take these steps to protect yourself and others.
📲 Learn more: www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID...
"I'm going to jump off this building, but in a strategic way. As I hit 100% velocity, I'm going to develop the power of flight, which I should be able to do fairly quickly."
Feline Feces (lib catturd) @kitttenn.bsky.social M dashes (the long dash) are a dead giveaway. LLMs love using them for some reason, while actual human beings have no idea how to type that into the computer. They also love sets of three, overtly parallel structure, and impersonal writing. July 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM 1 quote 12 likes
Stop spreading this garbage about em dashes in ACTUAL EDITED PROSE OH MY GOD.
Plenty of actual human beings know how to type em dashes! We’re called “writers” and “editors” — maybe you’ve heard of us?
Love his work!
#LisaMurkowski now goes down in history. She could have stopped this bill but capitulated as she usually does. Now it's a stain that will not wash out. Trump+Murkowski. They are joined for posterity.
This is a really important point. Most Medicaid recipients likely have NO idea that they’re about to lose their coverage.
Many get that the Trump gang is accelerating climate chaos.
Folks absolutely 100% do not get how much worse that crisis will be for them now with this combination of defunding climate science, gutting disaster responses and demolishing even our limited steps towards ruggedizing key infrastructures.
They are sending roving bands of masked thugs with the stated goal of kidnapping 20 million brown people to transport them to any country they can pay to take them. All this has been cleared by The Stolen Court.
This is not deportation.
This is ethnic cleansing.
What struck me about this paper was not just the very high prevalence of cognitive impairment and memory issues as sequelae of infection, but also that the population effects of such high rates of cognitive dysfunction must be changing society itself.
bmcneurol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
DOE wants to eliminate regulations which require buildings receiving fed funding to be accessible to disabled people.
We need comments submitted by TOMORROW MONDAY 6/16
Pls help push back!
Instructions+template: dredf.org/action-alert...
More background: www.disabilityscoop.com/2025/06/09/e...
"Our calculations suggest that the proposed budgetary cuts to the NIH will create a social cost that is 16 times greater than the savings that the administration is attempting to achieve."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
quote on a dark blue and purple background from Sudip S. Parikh, CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), criticizing proposed cuts to science funding in the FY26 U.S. federal budget. The quote reads: “If enacted, the FY26 budget request would end America’s global scientific leadership. The cuts to science would imperil our nation’s future health, security and prosperity. This budget proposal stands in stark contrast to the President’s call for a renewed commitment to American scientific leadership. Congress has demonstrated a bipartisan commitment to investment in research and must do so again to answer the President’s call.” The quote is attributed to Sudip S. Parikh, CEO of AAAS and Executive Publisher of the Science family of journals. The AAAS logo appears at the bottom right.
I don't think anyone outside of universities, pharma and biotech, independent research institutions have any idea of what is happening right now. If you haven't sounded the alarm among your friends, family and colleagues, now is the time to do it.
"Musk’s sojourn in government has revealed severe flaws in his character — a blithe, dehumanizing cruelty, and a deadly incuriosity. This should shape how he’s seen for the rest of his public life."
The CDC has been updating #SARSCoV2 genomics every 2 weeks but has failed to do so since their 9 May post.
covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-t...
This isn't a good idea with 2 new variants emerging (NB.1.8.1 in Asia, and XFG in the US). Graph by @jpweiland.bsky.social
This is a political purge of universities, a destruction of knowledge and expertise that will be felt for generations. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/u...
Every one of these is more important than the mental acuity of the former President. We are in trouble. Focus.
🚨 They just advanced the Republicans’ reconciliation bill through the Budget Committee.
This bill guts healthcare, scientific breakthroughs, and a livable future to fund tax cuts for billionaires.
We need pressure NOW. More on this to come - stay tuned.
www.npr.org/2025/05/19/n...
🚨 ACTION ITEMS to stop the FDA from limiting Covid vaccine access:
1. Submit a public comment to the FDA www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
2. Contact your elected officials
www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
Devastating NIH cuts to infectious disease research, eviscerating our nation’s capacity to fight emerging infections and pandemic threats. From @sanders.senate.gov report out yesterday www.sanders.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
The next president has to do two things: 1) right the wrongs of Trump and go after those who broke the law and were corrupt. 2). Then spend time divesting power from the presidency and building real guardrails and passing laws like, “the president is not immune” etc.
And get the money out