Matt Frieman

Jason McLellan Characterizing and engineering viral protein structures to develop vaccines for infectious diseases.

Congratulations to Jason McLellan on the Genius Grant! I see big things happening soon in your career if you just keep going forward. 😂

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Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

“Any university leader who signs on to this compact wld betray everything good and solid about the university & would do deep and permanent harm to the United States & the world.”

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down newrepublic.com/article/2013... via @newrepublic.com

This is a scare tactic.

But most feds I know aren’t scared or traumatized.

We are just that much more passionate and committed to our missions.

Where is measles spreading? Here's what to know. The country is four months away from possibly losing its measles elimination status.

The US is now four months away from losing its measles elimination status.

1544 confirmed cases reported by the CDC.

The measles website at CDC continues to share updated data. 1514 cases reported in 2025. 3 deaths. CDC scientists working hard but have to manage vaccine attacks from @SecKennedy and his minions. This will be the year that ends US’s measles elimination status. Not one word at #UNGA.

Exclusive: RFK Jr cancelled mRNA research — but the US military is still funding it The Department of Defense is continuing to bankroll projects to develop vaccines against deadly pathogens.

"In a statement, HHS press secretary Emily Hilliard disputed suggestions that withdrawing from joint projects would weaken the nation’s pandemic preparedness, writing that “BARDA is prioritizing evidence-based, ethically grounded solutions”."

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Winner of mRNA Nobel Prize says ACIP member’s claim that Covid vaccines persist is “absolutely impossible” In a Q&A with STAT, Nobel winner Drew Weissman addressed concerns raised about Covid shots at a recent meeting of federal vaccine advisers.

Drew Weissman responds to questions about mRNA vaccines that were discussed at the ACIP meeting. #LoveVirology #TrustTheFuckingScience

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Dr. El-Deiry just presented at RFK Jr.’s ACIP goat rodeo.

I condemned his presentation to the fires of hell, but I was not aware that 75 of his pubs were flagged for data irregularities.

This tracks.

ALSOBROOKS: Did you receive a call from the secretary upon reports an active shooter at CDC HQ had shot at employees?

MONAREZ: I did not speak to the secretary on the 8th or any successive day

A: So are you telling me the HHS secretary failed to even give you a courtesy call?

M: He didnt call me

YouTube video by Christopher L Webster Can You Say Why America is the Greatest Country in the World?

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By great men, men who were revered. The first step in solving any problem is recognizing there is one—America is not the greatest country in the world anymore.

-The Newsroom

"We aspired to intelligence; we didn't belittle it; it didn't make us feel inferior. We didn't identify ourselves by who we voted for in the last election, and we didn't scare so easy. And we were able to be all these things and do all these things because we were informed."

"We built great big things, made ungodly technological advances, explored the universe, cured diseases, and cultivated the world's greatest artists and the world's greatest economy. We reached for the stars, and we acted like men."

"We sure used to be. We stood up for what was right! We fought for moral reasons, we passed and struck down laws for moral reasons.We waged wars on poverty, not poor people. We sacrificed,we cared about our neighbors, we put our money where our mouths were, and we never beat our chest".-The Newsroom

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour WATCH: Senator who accuses CDC director of lying later walks back claims of recording

Senator Mullin lied during the hearing today with the former CDC director. He lied. Let me repeat that he lied.

Oregon trail graphic saying, "You have died of Florida"

LITERAL GOLD. Thank you for making this, @colbertlateshow.bsky.social.

Resign

STAT: Two former top NIH officials say they were forced out in retaliation for objecting to grant terminations

By @aniloza.bsky.social and Megan Molteni

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As RFK testifies in front of the Senate today, ASV wants to emphasize the risks posed by his decisions related to virus outbreaks and the public health of Americans. Together with our partner organizations, we call for RFK's resignation: asm.org/press-releas...

Damn. This is very, very bad.

It is hard to overstate how bad this would be.
It's pure anti-vax-ism.

Parents would have to bring their kids to the doctor 3-5 times more to get vaccines because of Prasad's junk science?

As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people. Read our statement: asm.org/press-releas...

The federal government wants to treat Baltimore like a punchline.

10 toes down, I’m saying it’s not.

Senator Murray Calls for Immediate Firing of RFK Jr., Commends CDC Director Monarez’s Stand for Science and Public Health - Senator Patty Murray Senator Murray: “If there are any adults left in the White House, it’s well past time they face reality… We cannot let RFK Jr. burn what’s left of the CDC and our other critical health agencies to the...

Please amplify Sen. Patty Murray's comments. Unless you're cool with all this, and haven't had enough yet.
www.murray.senate.gov/senator-murr...

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Free link

I’ll take things that never happened for $500.

The main thing - is it not already clear - RFKr Jr is uniquely unqualified to lead the HHS.

All main agencies under his watch - NIH, FDA, CMS - are also headed by incompetent contrarian peddlers of disinformation, conspiracy theories, and pseudoscience.

This will, and already does, cost lives.

Secretary Kennedy: On August 8, 2025, a gunman opened fire on the headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), killing DeKalb County Police Officer David Rose and leaving public health workers at the CDC and around the nation fearing for their safety after years of increasing threats following the COVID-19 pandemic. 1 While the investigation is ongoing, early reports suggest that the gunman, who fired nearly 500 rounds during the attack, was motivated by his misinformation-fueled belief that his depression and suicidality were caused by the COVID-19 vaccine.2 Just hours before a police officer was brutally murdered and CDC headquarters would be scarred with bullets, forcing hundreds employees into lockdown, Dr. Robert Malone, whom you recently appointed to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), uploaded a post to his personal blog that included an image of a revolver loaded with a single bullet and the words “Five out of six scientists have proven that Russian roulette is harmless.”3 Less than 48 hours after the attack, Dr. Malone issued a meme-filled post that included violent and threatening images that appeared to be directed at government officials, writing, “if you need a disarmed society to govern, you suck at governing.”4

Dr. Malone has displayed an unfathomable failure of judgment and heartlessness for the family of slain Officer Rose, and for the thousands of CDC staff on whom the work of ACIP depends. Dr. Malone’s escalating and violent rhetoric—including in the aftermath of this tragic incident—has no place on a panel responsible for determining immunization recommendations for children and adults throughout our country. I therefore call on you to immediately fire Dr. Malone from his role on ACIP. The shooting of a police officer in the line of duty is not only a criminal act—it is an assault on the stability and safety of our communities. Law enforcement officers and public health officials already face serious risks in their work protecting the public. Those risks are heightened by ideologically motivated attacks, which send a chilling message about the normalization of violence in public discourse. A federal agency must absolutely avoid even the appearance of legitimating such statements by keeping in a position of power someone who makes them. 5 Last week’s profound tragedy shows the harms that result from replacing science with zealotry – not only the increased risk of disease, but also ideologically motivated violence. Appointing Dr. Malone and retaining him in this role would seem to legitimate incendiary rhetoric and dangerous misinformation. Your response must begin with the immediate firing of Dr. Malone, but should rightly include restoring the entire ACIP panel that existed before it was decimated last June. At that time, you replaced 17 sitting members, whose qualifications and expertise were unchallengeable, with conspiracy theorists and purveyors of misinformation. In an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal about these firings, you lamented that, without your actions, “the current Trump administration would not have been able to appoint a majority of new members until 2028.”6 Your comment shows how thoroughly the Trump Administration has confused independent scientif…

I sincerely hope that last week’s attack will demonstrate to you what should have been obvious from the beginning: Dr. Malone has no business being on ACIP, and the firings you ordered to put him there should never have occurred. Sincerely, Richard Blumenthal Ranking Member Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations

After the shooting at CDC, Sen. Blumenthal is calling for HHS Secretary Kennedy to fire Dr. Robert Malone — whose Substack posts and other writings are objectively unhinged and tinged with violence — from ACIP and restore the expert panel Kennedy gutted. www.hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/u...