mitochondria mommy ☣︎

“How does Ali Hazelwood churn out books so quickly” BABE she’s a former academic. Chances are she’s written a 100k word PhD dissertation within like a month cause that’s what we all do

I always forget about bluesky, but hello fellow virus people and democracy seekers! 🩵🦇

As for life updates, I’m starting some work on HIV1 reservoirs and totally clueless. Any lenti or HIV people, I would love to know your must-read papers/books!

I’m rarely on here but

Violence is never the answer.

The craziest thing about all of this is that when I started getting notifications from the @standupforscience.bsky.social discord server, I knew it was an active shooter situation. Not a fire, not a crazy pathogen leaking from a lab, but an active shooter.

Win for chemical industry as EPA shutters scientific research office Companies feared rules and lawsuits based on Office of Research and Development assessments.

The heart and brain of EPA - its research office - has been dismantled. Policy now outranks evidence. Hundreds of scientists silenced while industry lobbyists cheer.

And the #EPA139 who spoke out still on admin leave.

Support them & the #DeclarationofDissent here: zurl.co/ZRMh1

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I think the difference between South Park mocking Trump and Colbert is I suspect a lot more Trump voters watch South Park.

if we all start watching south park we will change the world

God bless South Park!

Hanging on by a thread rn and that thread happens to be south park

it meeee

pt HAD MMR!!!
please vaccinate your fucking kids because unvaccinated people DO hurt others.

Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) secondary to measles in an adult with a loss of post-vaccination humoral immunity following rituximab Measles is an important re-emergent infectious disease globally. Vaccine immunity at the population level is key to the prevention of outbreaks, as unvaccinated or immunosuppressed adults are particul...

Fascinating case describes the first adult case of measles-associated HLH a rare, potentially fatal hyperinflammatory syndrome. The patient had received 2 MMR doses & had confirmed measles IgG prior to illness, but had also been treated w rituximab years earlier.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

@ medicine ppl: how did you know you wanted to go into medicine?

having my quarterly “what if i went to medical school” crashout lol xoxo

This did not happen at a latin market btw (not that it should matter). They were arrested at fucking HEB.

this guy’s mother who is currently being held in a detention center by ICE has also stated that she has not received her prescription medication for high blood pressure nor any insulin for her diabetes.

this is MURDER.

my dad is a VP of sales at an electrical equipment company.

his best employee’s parents (mom, dad, stepdad) were all detained by ICE in Dallas last night while they were at the GROCERY STORE. THE GROCERY STORE.

thankfully he has located his parents and has an attorney now but FUCK ICE.

Agree!!!!!!!!! And especially for the little ones, stop keeping them inside all day. More recess and outside class.

Also big on MANDATE STAYING HOME WHEN SICK!!!!!!

“Why are so many kids getting long covid” idk maybe because repeat infections of a virus with neurotropic effects during development will do that

fire them both #fireandrewhuberman

caturday @publichealthguy1.bsky.social

Superstars/Nobel winners will get job offers from everywhere. They do anyway. We should be focused on the average student, postdoc and lab tech whose life is going to be turned upside down by all of this. They have nowhere to go. Let's write stories about that.

Evidence of why we need drivers ed: FLORIDA DRIVERS

Hate to say it but I feel like these are consequences of no child left behind + cutting health class and sex ed in many red states

bring back health class. also bring back drivers ed

Isn’t this literally like, the first episode of the show Inside Job on Netflix

I would argue that RFK Jr is way further along on the Stupid axis.

Unfortunately for us gators that means they’re likely to pick someone even more disgusting.

I’m hopeful that UM gets a better new president and is able to restore some programs! Go blue!

Santa Ono did his best to destroy our university’s DEI programs then resigned to go to Florida.

Turns out his prior DEI support means they don’t want him either.

No spine means no job.

They're literally doing the meme

a woman is saying `` this is the bad place ! '' ALT: a woman is saying `` this is the bad place ! ''

how it feels to be a virologist in Florida rn

SIGN IT! SIGN IT NOW! LOOKING AT Y’ALL MY VIRO PEERS!