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Jim Alwine

@jimalwine.bsky.social

Virologist, Retired UPenn Professor, avid defender of facts, scientific research, vaccines and public health. Bicyclist, hiker, grandfather, writer, owned by two dachshunds and bass player for the Herpetic Legion.

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life experience, especially for children. Fight back, protest in every way, write to your senators and reps.

30.07.2025 09:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

research funding is corrupt and has moved to stopped it, endangering the future of research Universities and institutes, as well as the health and the economy of every state. If allowed to happen, this, as well as RFKJ’s blocking of vaccines in America, will increase suffering and decrease

30.07.2025 09:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The decent of the US to a third or forth world country accelerates. Russell Vought, a person with no scientific expertise, no knowledge of the scientific process, no comprehension of the health and economic benefits of science and NIH funding. Has declared, with no evidence, that NIH

30.07.2025 09:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

parents who listened to the misinformation and lies, then had an unvaccinated child die from a vaccine-preventable disease, I want you to know that it wasn’t the will of god that took your child, it was your choice.

22.07.2025 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

where Christianity is used as a justification for hate…..it goes on. But in such a country, where doubt in facts can be so easily engendered, I fear that RFK Jr will get his way. We are going to see the devastation of diseases we haven’t seen in decades. So for the

22.07.2025 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

children and adults. This is evil in its purest form. But we live in a country where 19% of people believe in Q-Anon’s conspiricy theory that democrats eat children, in a country that denies science, where people really believe that the earth is flat, in a country

22.07.2025 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

The number of posts by RFK Jr’s anti-vax minion bots has gone way up on this site. It’s the first wave of RFK Jr’s campaign to level the playing field between us and pathogens. With joy they usher in a period of suffering, perminate damage and death for

22.07.2025 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

laugh uncontrollably, it will renew the resistance.

21.07.2025 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I read something today that made me laugh, it was one of those nearly uncontrolable laughs that takes over your body and brings tears to your eyes. It felt so good….its been a long time. Note to self, even though the US is going to shit take a moment once in a while to

21.07.2025 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ignored the years of science and followed the lies of RFK Jr.

20.07.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

preventable diseases.

Please be aware that the shit will hit the fan, many innocent children will suffer, be permanently damaged and die.

And while I will grieve for the children who succumb, I will have little sympathy for the parents who

20.07.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

When RFK Jr and is league of demonic anti-Vaxers get their way, and vaccines are impossible to get in the US, the pathogens will have their way.

Really.

Far too many Americans live in a dream world where they have never seem the ravages of vaccine-

20.07.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

That is correlation not data. Where is the control group. You know the kids who never ate petroleum based food dyes, acted badly and then got better.

20.07.2025 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thinking the Unthinkable: Do Republicans Want Some of Us to Die? | Common Dreams We must reckon with an administration that wants some of us to go away.

In this article, @jimalwine.bsky.social and I ask a painful question that we think is worth considering, given the evidence.

Do Republicans want some of us to die?

10.07.2025 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 154    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 68    πŸ“Œ 29

guarantees that it will license anything as long as someone can say β€œI heard a friend say that a friend of a friend of a friend said it cured them.” Time to buy stock in casket manufacturers.

08.07.2025 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

field between pathogens and American children. They will usher in diversity, equity and inclusion for all pathogens. And a glorious new day is arriving as the FDA becomes the world’s largest clearing house for vaccine misinformation, and Dr. Oz’s unproven supplement quackery. The new FDA

08.07.2025 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr and his minions at the Faux Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Disease Continuation (CDC) and the Advisory Committee for Independence for Pathogens (ACIP) are gleefully removing all those pesky vaccines. Finally, they will level the playing

08.07.2025 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Every few weeks or month the NYT will run a lab leak piece, regardless of there being no credible scientific evidence of lab leak. Whereas there is much scientific evidence for zoonosis. Lab leak is good click bait. Despite many tries they will not do a zoonosis piece, they follow the Trump lead.

07.07.2025 01:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Medicaid Cuts Kill and Cost More Republicans in Congress are currently steamrolling towards not only cutting but gutting Medicaid -- one of the few ways for low income and disabled Americans to have access to health insurance -- by r...

Join @defendpublichealth.bsky.social and write to your elected officials to tell them that the proposed Medicaid cuts will KILL and COST MORE!
Oppose Medicaid cuts, write your elected officials here: actionnetwork.org/letters/medi...

30.06.2025 19:53 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Please protest Medicaid cuts, they will kill and cost more.

30.06.2025 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

quickly enough. The small amounts derived from Thimerosal in vaccines is excreted quickly. Don’t let Kennedy’s deliberate confusion of methyl and ethyl mercury confuse you. Vaccines are safe.

27.06.2025 00:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

the thing is ethyl mercury is excreted quickly from the body while methyl mercury is not and will accumulate and cause mercury toxicity. While ethyl mercury can be toxic in large doses that cannot be cleared

27.06.2025 00:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

metabolized in the body to ETHYL mercury and and thiosalicylate. Ethyl mercury is very different from METHYL mercury. Methyl mercury is found in food, like tuna fish. Kennedy talks a lot about the mercury in tuna fish and wants you to confuse methyl mercury with ethyl murcury. But

27.06.2025 00:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Let’s talk about Thimerosal, the mercury containing preservative that is present in extremely small amounts in a few vaccines in the US. RFKJr and his followers want to frighten you about it to make you be fearful of vaccinations. But let’s consider this, Thimerosal is

27.06.2025 00:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Private sector, philanthropy can’t replace Trump administration science cuts Weak plans that propose alternatives to NIH funding are giving false hope to researchers.

By our own @gregggonsalves.bsky.social @jimalwine.bsky.social!!

26.06.2025 12:38 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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CDC vaccine advisory committee to review long-approved immunizations A leader of the CDC's reconstituted vaccine advisory committee said the panel would start a review of long-approved shots.

News: The American Academy of Pediatrics says it will no longer take part in the process of ACIP meetings.

β€œWe won’t lend our name or our expertise to a system that is being politicized at the expense of children’s health,” the group's president says.
www.statnews.com/2025/06/25/c...

25.06.2025 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 554    πŸ” 254    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 17

RFKJR wants to mandate glucose monitors for all Americans. These are the same people who fought mask mandates. And let remember that his unqualified nominee for surgeon general owns a glucose monitor company.

25.06.2025 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

RFKJr’s public health atrocities to ruin the health of Americans. He’s diverting attention from ICE atrocities and the mass demonstrations against him. Keep your eye on what is happening here and keep pushing back.

22.06.2025 23:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wait! Trump’s trying to diverted our attention with the attack on Iran so we will not see that the senate’s big beautiful bill is even crueler than the house version with greater cuts in Medicaid and an attack on the ACA. He’s diverting attention from

22.06.2025 23:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Let’s not forget that Trump canceled the nuclear agreement with Iran in his first term. If he hadn’t we wouldn’t be at war. The US can be expect many casulties and terrorist attacks on US soil.

22.06.2025 01:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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