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Masked federal agents walk down the middle of the street

Reminder: Only a few weeks away until California’s mask ban for law enforcement officers goes into effect—

Beginning January 1st, #ICE & other agencies operating in the state will no longer be allowed to use face coverings that hide an officer’s identity

At least climate change is not real and there is nothing we can do about it! Thank you Mr tRump!

YLE said "The red dots sit much closer to the green than the blue dots do...anti-vaccine content is far more connected to the places where undecided people are actually talking...evidence-based information lives in a largely separate network, far from the “main battlefield” for public sentiment."

The fight to beat neglected tropical diseases was going well. 2025 could change that The campaign to prevent and treat these diseases has seen great success thanks to a USAID program. Now that program is gone.

The campaign to prevent and treat tropical diseases has seen great success thanks to a USAID program. Now that program is gone.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...

Trump 'loves minors... miners'

Going on now....

Ultra‐processed food addiction in a nationally representative sample of older adults in the USA Aims Ultra-processed foods (UPFs; industrially produced foods typically containing unnaturally elevated levels of refined carbohydrates and/or added fats) became more widely introduced into the Unit...

Food Addiction: New study shows women have higher rates of ultraprocessed food addiction (UPFA). Researchers used the Yale Food Addiction Scale, substance‑use disorder criteria. Criteria include craving, loss of control, and continued use despite known harm. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

This science sleuth revealed a retraction crisis at Indian universities Achal Agrawal is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025.

Achal Agrawal realised how ingrained research misconduct had become, and resolved to do something about the issue

He is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025
go.nature.com/3Yk3d0T

Each ingredient in vaccine has a specific function and certain childhood vaccines require aluminum as an immune-boosting ingredient. Without it vaccines would not work as intended.

bit.ly/4nWpD3q

What Trump is brining us.... NOT Good.

what Trump is brining to the world... not Great!

The first global pandemic treaty — and the woman who made it happen Precious Matsoso is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025.

For more than three years of gruelling negotiations, Precious Matsoso steered the group that drafted the first global pandemic treaty

She is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025
go.nature.com/4a7fbSU

Is your brain tired? Researchers are discovering the roots of mental fatigue Better ways to measure cognitive exhaustion could point to treatments for long COVID and other debilitating disorders.

Scientists from across disciplines are enlisting innovative experimental approaches and biological markers to probe the metabolic roots and consequences of cognitive fatigue

go.nature.com/44PTzH0

Unfortunately 1 out of 3 CDC staff have been fired already and many leadership folks have left, many important research programs have been defunded by the idiot college students working for Elon and mr trump. We are in such deep water. [end of thread]

Below the dotted red line is where we are at now. Typically it peaks in the first week of January (logically just after everyone returns from the Christmas holidays). [thread]

It is going to be a bad FLU year and it is already a bad avian Influenza year. Reassortment is the short cut it will take when a dairy worker with seasonal flu goes to work and milks a cow with AVIAN FLU. I am moving to an island without ferry service if that happens.[thread]

Instead of accumulating single point mutations, avian virus could also swap entire gene segments with a circulating human flu virus if a person is co-infected with both simultaneously. This could instantly create a hybrid virus (virulence of avian, transmissibility of seasonal flu) =pandemic threat.

It is time to start thinking about wearing masks when in enclosed public spaces. It is time to stay home if you are sick. Time to test and take care of your family especially the very young and older folks. [graphic from SCIENCE]

So buckle up folks! Get the vaccine ( 20% of the time it does help with H3N2 and almost all the time with H1N1 and type B FLU). [thread]

On the human side: FLU case are increasing and although there is an excellent fit between the vaccine and the H1N1 type A and the type B FLU this year. The H3N2 FLU type A that is spreading in the US is not a good fit with this years vaccine. The dominant strain so far this year is H3N2. [thread]

According to WDFW, there have been nearly 20 cases of bird flu detected so far this year in Washington: Thurston, Whatcom, Snohomish, Spokane, Benton, Walla Walla, Adams, Whitman, Mason and Stevens. With reports of multiple dead birds on Lake Tapps in Peirce County near Tacoma as well.

Merry Christmas.... but first some bad news...Yes, I am more worried than ever about Avian FLU. Washington State Department of Agriculture has confirmed new cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza HPAI Jefferson, San Juan, and Clark, bringing the total number of affected counties to 10. [thread]

Honduras Issues Warrant for Juan Orlando Hernández The country’s attorney general said he had issued an international arrest warrant for Juan Orlando Hernández.

Breaking News: Honduras has issued an international arrest warrant for its former president who was recently pardoned by President Trump.

Study Reveals Surprisingly Obvious Reason Why Exercise Reduces Cancer Risk There's a lot of evidence that more exercise helps reduce cancer risk – but why are the two connected? According to a new mouse study, it may be down to a metabolic shift that appears to give muscle c...

More exercise helps reduce cancer risk – but why are the two connected? According to a new study, it may be down to a metabolic shift that appears to give muscle cells more fuel to burn, while starving' cancer cells of energy to grow.
www.sciencealett.com/study-reveal...

Hepatitis B vaccine guidance set to be rolled back for US babies: what the science says A panel of US vaccine advisers voted to rescind a recommendation that all newborns should receive a hepatitis B vaccine at birth.

This is an excellent read. The more you know. #Science 🧪

“… we were advancing toward elimination of hepatitis B in the United States,” says Ward “I am deeply concerned that if the ACIP rescinds this policy, they’re going to contribute to the spread of hepatitis B rather than its elimination.”

Flu season is coming, masking of infected people it the most effective masking.

A figure showing TCID50 decay kinetics (one replicate experiment) in a milk sample from an infected cow (TX97-37) and in raw milk spiked with the virus isolated from the TX97-37 milk sample treated at 63°C.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus has spread among dairy cattle, with virus detected in milk samples. In this report, virus viability after cold storage or pasteurization is assessed. Read the full report: nej.md/48NN8Xh

#MedSky #IDSky

FIFA awards the first Peace Prize for football to a man who's bone spurs were so bad he could not defend his country....