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Even as the anti-vax lobby erodes public trust, new evidence confirms that "immunizations against Covid-19, RSV, and influenza have shown consistent effectiveness & safety and are associated with a substantially reduced risk of hospitalization & severe disease"

www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

I'm shaking almost too hard to type. I entered SLC airport and heard screams and cries for help. I could see people gathered around, watching. I sped over to discover this woman face down on the floor, four grown men pushing her down, while she cried "HELP ME" and pled for her child.

🇺🇸 I am a proud, anti-fascist vet who served on the USS Trenton LPD-14 as an assault boat coxswain in the '70s.

🇺🇸 We defended our country from America-attacking, suckers and losers like Trump.

🇺🇸 So Happy 250th, Navy! Remember: You are to protect us from fascist enemies like Trump, not appease them.

On October 18th, millions of brave Americans will stand up and peacefully protest against the authoritarian disease metastasizing under Donald Trump.

No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. @gtconway.bsky.social

Kennedy advisers vote against MMRV shot for children under 4 years of age. Previously, it was reccommened that children received their first vaccination at 12 months.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...

A government-sanctioned "truth arbiter" will soon arrive at CBS. Their role will be to ensure that journalists do not criticize this Administration or express views that conflict with its agenda.

This is a betrayal—not just of journalistic independence, but of the public trust. 🧵

Climate Shift Index spatial map centered on New Mexico. Colorbar on top runs from gray to dark red indicating increasing likelihood that heat is due to climate change. Data is for August 4-8, 2025. Dark reds extend across much of the Southwest and neighboring Mexico.

Dangerous heat is headed for the Southwest and northern Mexico this week with temperatures up to 18°F above normal in some areas. Climate Shift Index levels of 5 indicate that human-caused climate change made this heat at least 5x more likely.
www.climatecentral.org/climate-shif...

@alastairmca30.bsky.social
Please sign and share our petition to remove RFK Jr.
www.change.org/p/rfk-jr-mus...

We've arranged a society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science and technology.

And this combustible mixture of ignorance and power, sooner or later, is going to blow up in our faces.

- Carl Sagan

thought I was getting numb to the daily spate of moronic & devastating decisions but today, I am angry..

decades of RNA research got us to this point, where RNAs could be effective vaccines against retrovirus and even cancer therapies.. other parts of the world have to sustain the momentum

To have this paper appear the same day that RFK Jr is canceling all mRNA vaccine funding is further indication that irony is not dead, even though we might all be soon.

Coast Guard says Titan submersible deaths were preventable and faults company's CEO Two years after passengers hoping for a glimpse of the Titanic wreckage died in the Titan submersible implosion, the Coast Guard issued a scathing report, saying the tragedy shouldn't have happened.

Two years after passengers hoping for a glimpse of the Titanic wreckage lost their lives in the Titan submersible implosion, the U.S. Coast Guard issued a scathing report.

The President of the United States went on CNBC today and said: He won the 2020 election (he didn’t). He has a 71% approval rating (he doesn’t). The jobs numbers were rigged (they weren’t).

I could say something funny here, but I won’t. It’s just so damn dangerous to have him in the White House.

Opinion: I fail to see the rationale for not supporting Gavi As a former head of an African state, I am acutely aware that falling short on funding Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance means children in Africa will die. I urge the world to continue supporting this initia...

Africa’s children need continued access to lifesaving vaccines. In Devex, President @jmkikwete makes the case for fully funding @gavi – and explains why the world can’t afford to fall short. www.devex.com/news/opinion...

@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "This party needs to wake up. These guys aren't screwing around... They're assassins when it comes to the way they weaponize grievance and the way they play politics. Enough! What more goddamn evidence do we need? They have rolled back the last half century in real time!"

How have RFK Jr.'s vaccine policies impacted America's public health? : Consider This from NPR Before he entered politics, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a career out of stoking doubt about vaccines, promoting theories contradicted by mountains of scientific evidence on common vaccines which have b...

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he wouldn't take away Americans' vaccines. Many medical experts say his changes are already chipping away at access.
www.npr.org/2025/07/25/1...

Breaking from the Office of Pres. Obama:

"Our office does not normally dignify the constant nonsense and misinformation flowing out of this White House with a response. But these claims are outrageous enough to merit one. These bizarre allegations are ridiculous and a weak attempt at distraction.

Definitely remember these rulings when Trump dissolves the Supreme Court

A high court working overtime via a shadow docket to convince a megalomaniac that he is all-powerful is easily one of the most institutionally suicidal moves in the history of human civilization

Exclusive: NIH suspends dozens of pathogen studies over ‘gain-of-function’ concerns Trump executive order leads to pauses on U.S.-funded research into TB, influenza, COVID-19, and other diseases, dismaying some scientists

NIH suspending or terminating grants with a very broad definition of dangerous gain of function research (which appears to include standard safe laboratory procedures)

www.science.org/content/arti...

Measles emergency

4 steps now

journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein: Nothing To See, Amirite? Complete and total mystery

Let us ponder this riddle: Why would Trump &Co. quash this most favored of fever dreams?

It is, indeed (as Winston Churchill might say), a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.
charliesykes.substack.com/p/donald-tru...

Only ICE agents.

Canadians are vacationing at home. International tourists are choosing Canada.

It's not just the insults, or the tariffs. It's too dangerous to go to America. ICE's powers are without limit. We can't go to a country that treats international visitors as new enemies instead of historic allies.

Us??? Be quiet???

Not likely!

#StandUpForScience
#SummerFightForScience

YouTube video by Museum of Science Understanding Vaccine Misinformation: A Conversation with Dr. Peter Hotez

Dr. Peter Hotez is a professor at @bcmhouston.bsky.social and an expert in vaccines - researcher, author, PHD, MD and author of several books. Museum of Science.

#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue

youtu.be/lHxbcj8qoMI?...

YouTube video by The Lincoln Project Trump's Bill Will DEVASTATE Red States and Republicans Know It

The GOP's loyalty to Trump is about to cost America everything. Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" has passed the Senate. Now what? @therickwilson.bsky.social breaks it down: youtu.be/BvFji84kSmE

NOAA proposed budgets would eliminate science and management of marine mammals and sea turtles, firing 311 scientists and cutting the budget by more than $100m. Also a long list of program terminations...

See pages 16-20
www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...

GOP 2021: “The debt is out of control!

GOP 2022: “the debt is out of control!”

GOP 2023: “the debt is out of control

GOP 2024: “the debt is out of control!”

GOP 2025: ”let’s raise the debt ceiling $5 trillion!”

RFK Jr. says U.S. will stop funding global vaccine alliance Gavi Gavi works to expand access to vaccines for children in some of the world’s poorest countries. Health experts say the move could have deadly consequences.

Let’s be absolutely clear. This decision, based on fringe conspiracy theories, will kill children.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...