ChrisUpton

Please add me to the biology feed.
I'm a retired virologist.
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ORCID 0000-0002-9019-8967

Thanks, Chris

Think smallpox.

@telussupport.bsky.social is this alive?

RFK Jr. says the top scientific journals are “corrupt”. Yet his MAHA disinformation report includes fake references and grossly false statements.

Reviewers and editors at any of these journals would have caught these, resulting in its wholesale rejection.

Don’t give an inch to this charlatan.

Poilievre burned $11M in expenses — double Trudeau — while crying about CBC costs.

Now he wants to kill CBC and drag Canada into MAGA-style chaos.

Save the CBC.
Vote strategically.
Keep the cons out of Ottawa.

#SaveTheCBC

Anti-Union Lobby Groups are Endorsing Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives Conservative Party of Canada receive endorsements from 'open shop' groups with a long history of anti-union lobbying

Some construction unions have endorsed Poilievre … but so have notorious anti-union employer lobby groups like the Merit Contractors, who literally lobby every day to destroy unions and keep wages low. Poilievre is NOT our friend. Don’t fall for it. #cdnpoli pressprogress.ca/anti-union-l...

How do mpox outbreaks start? Dead baby monkey provides important clue “Landmark” study fingers fire-footed rope squirrel as a reservoir of fatal disease

Researchers have been trying for a long time to nail down where in nature mpox lurks.
Now they appear to have caught the virus that causes mpox in the act of spilling over from squirrels to monkeys.
“It is the best clue so far for what the reservoir might be”, says @kgandersen.bsky.social
#IDsky 🧪

HPV Vaccine is Cancer Prevention A couple of years ago I was waiting in a clinic to see my physician for a normal well check. When a nurse I had never met came in to check my vitals, she started with small talk. “How are you doing…

"The vaccine provides close to 100% protection against infections and pre-cancers caused by certain types of HPV. That is remarkable."

Effective cancer prevention. www.voicesforvaccines.org/hpv-vaccine-...

Here's What RFK Jr. Got Wrong About H5N1 Bird Flu 'This is Hollywood science, not real science,' one expert said

"This is Hollywood science, not real science" -- Here's What RFK Jr. Got Wrong About #H5N1 Bird Flu by @kristinafiore.bsky.social www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi... via @medpagetoday.bsky.social

As Texas measles outbreak grows, newborn babies were exposed to the virus in Lubbock hospital Infants barely three days old are receiving antibody injections to help protect against the virus. Nearly 300 cases have been reported in the outbreak.

Vaccinating vs. measles protects babies who are too young to receive the vaccine. Maternal antibodies of a vaccinated mother are transferred to the baby. Robust herd immunity reduces virus circulation in communities and protects the most vulnerable.
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Trump's one achievement so far has been to Make Canada Great Again.

#Canada

That is both messed up and disgraceful! You can’t just delete history!

Arlington National Cemetery has removed information about prominent Black, Hispanic, and female service members, as well as topics such as the Civil War, from its website.

#Tuberculosis is curable and yet also the deadliest infectious disease in the world. That paradox fascinates John Green, the popular YouTuber and author of The Fault in Our Stars. Q+A by @mattgalloway.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... @cbcnews.ca @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social #GlobalHealth

CDC plans to study autism, vaccines Move comes despite strong evidence finding no link between them. By LENA H. SUN and LAUREN WEBER • The Washington Post

I got your waste, fraud, and abuse right here

Movers and Shakers: Quest for the Grail Could mitochondria unlock the puzzle of Parkinson's?

open.substack.com/pub/rorycell... This week’s episode of Movers and Shakers takes a deep dive into the science behind the search for a drug to stop Parkinson’s by mending the holes in mitochondria.

a picture of a necklace with a figure on it who is pushing some kind of pearl or bauble up the necklace chain, labeled “the Sisyphus necklace”… “a reminder that you can overcome anything”

personally would not describe the myth of a man cursed to roll a rock uphill FRUITLESSLY FOR ALL ETERNITY as “a reminder that you can overcome anything” but you do you, meta ad

Alina Habba tweeted ‘Nothing can ever stop this man from fighting for our country’! David Simon replied with ‘Bone spurs’.

This is next level! 💥

And Trump with tell Greenland to pay for the flooding of USA. Ironic that he currently wants Canada's water.

I wonder why do I enjoy texting with a bot more than just researching via google?

The ‘X’ phase is best forgotten. Now less about viruses, and more about Parkinson’s.

Finally made the move here and deleted my Twitter account. Now to find new and old friends.

Have you seen this petition yet? Deny Donald J. Trump/MAGA Entry into Canada for the G7 Summit in 2025

chng.it/X7BrNCP7qF