Peter Daszak

Absolutely. Will they acknowledge it when there are environmental catastrophes or another pandemic or food poisoning on a large scale? I think not. We have to carry the torch.

RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel is laying the groundwork for more scrutiny of childhood shots RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel is laying the groundwork for more scrutiny of childhood shots.

We need a stronger response from the media instead of downplaying & bothsiding the dismantling of American public health. The current ACIP is not engaging in “scrutiny” or a “rethink” - they’re playing politics w/ people’s lives www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/c...

They see the awful dismantling of NIH, CDC, USAID, FDA, EPA etc as major MAGA successes that play well to their base. We need to continue showing them that these are fundamentally damaging to all of us, & are at their core un-American.

Indeed!

The Vaccine Guardrails Are Gone RFK Jr.’s allies are in full control of U.S. immunization policy.

Alas, the existential threat that @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & I detail in #ScienceUnderSiege grows more acute w/ each passing day of this administration:
www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...

In major attack on public health, CDC recommends delaying Hepatitis B vaccine at birth What is being implemented under the guise of “health freedom” is, in fact, the demolition of the very institutions and structures that have protected millions from infectious disease.

Dismantling a long standing public health rule, without any scientific rationale. Playing with people’s lives for pure vindictive politics. A new low for the USA. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

That's why it's so important that we're all here ready to rebuild!

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Photo by Christina Nguyen on December 04, 2025. May be an image of text that says 'IF I.C.E. COMES TO YOUR RESTAURANT: UNLESS THE AGENTS HAVE A SIGNED JUDICIAL WARRANT, THEY CANNOT ENTER A PRIVATE AREA LIKE THE KITCHEN WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION EVEN IF THEY LIE AND SAY THY DON'T NEED A WARRANT, STAND YOUR GROUND AND INSIST THAT YOU NEED PAPERWORK (2/5)'.

Photo by Christina Nguyen on December 04, 2025. May be an image of text that says 'IF I.C.E. COMES TO YOUR RESTAURANT: HAVE OTHER STAFF OR PEOPLE PRESENT RECORD THEM AND EVERYTHING THEY ARE SAYING. (PEOPLE DOING UNLAWFUL THINGS HATE BEING CAUGHT IN TH ACT) YOU HAVE THE RIGHT to REFUSE SERVICE & YOU CAN ASK M tO LEAVE YOUR PRIVATE PROPERTY IF THY DON'T HAVE A WARRANT. (3/5)'.

WE ARE HEARTBROKEN THAT OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES IN THE TWIN CITIES ARE BEING TARGETED AND TERRORIZED BY THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION. THESE ARE REAL PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING USED AS POLITICAL PAWNS AND IT'S APPALLING. REGARDLESS OF THEIR LEGAL STATUS, THERE ARE SO MANY LATINOS & SOMALIANS WHO ARE AFRAID OF BEING DETAINED DUE TO MISTAKEN IDENTITY BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY MIGHT NOT GET DUE PROCESS & A FAIR TRIAL. THEY WILL JUST END UP IN DETENTION CENTERS & A LEGAL PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A BLACK HOLE. WE STAND IN SUPPORT OF OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY, WHO ARE THE BACKBONE OF THIS COUNTRY. WITHOUT IMMIGRANTS, AMERICA IS NOT THE SAME PLACE. STAY SAFE OUT THERE & TAKE CARE OF YOUR NEIGHBORS. LOVE, HOLA AREPA & HAI HAI (5/5)

ICE raided a James Beard award winning restaurant & because the chef/owner was prepared, left emptyhanded:

Who the Hell is Aaron Siri? And why you should be concerned about what he means for America’s health

Reposting this in honor of the ACIP show trial today.
open.substack.com/pub/drbobmor...

Good point - lab leakers speaking in one voice with the CCP!

But actually true and pretty sad…

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It’s because they’re ghouls…

It’s like putting vampires in charge of the blood bank.

Høeg has no real background in infectious disease, drug research and development, or government regulation.

Prior to the pandemic, she was doing sports medicine. We dug up her old blog, which is all about her personal life, workouts, runs, and interest in—you guessed it—sports medicine.

“Utterly Unqualified”: Embattled FDA Taps Vaccine Opponent For Top Drug Regulator Position Dr. Tracy Beth Høeg is a familiar name on the medical fringes.

NEW: The FDA’s new top drug regulator is “utterly unqualified” say experts.

Tracy Beth Høeg is a physical medicine doctor who became a right-wing star for her opposition to COVID-19 mitigation measures and questioning of the mRNA vaccines.

More here:

www.importantcontext.news/p/utterly-un...

YouTube video by Caolan Robertson I've never seen the frontline like this before

Ukrainians need help.
Donate.
Pressure politicans.
Help.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq2R...

It’s probably all because of that experimental marine mammal colony at WIV you know - the one in the converted swimming pool one the roof. [sarcasm warning]

That’s the lack of logic again. Marine mammals being sold at the “infamous” Huanan seafood market riddled with early covid from Antarctica!

Horrible.

A good scientist takes all the evidence and comes to a conclusion based on the most parsimonious explanation of it and logical deduction. This is just conspiratorial nonsense…

I think he’s an honorable person who will do the right thing.

Garbage:

"Garbage" is a derogatory term for something or someone who is worthless, nonsensical, or contemptible, "terrible beyond belief". The term carries a strong sense of disgust and disdain.

Trump calls Ilhan Omar 'garbage' and says Somalis should 'go back to where they came from' The president, who has a history of disparaging African people and migrant communities, launched into a tirade over Minnesota's Somali population at the end of a Cabinet meeting.

RAC.IST /ˈrāsəst

“A person who is prejudiced against or antagonistic toward people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized.”

www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. This hasty allegation was poorly researched when @jbloomlab.bsky.social first proposed it and is now utterly debunked.time to correct the record @jbloomlab.bsky.social?

RFK and the rest of the freaks & losers running the government can replace everyone and fill the FDA (& CDC, EPA etc etc) with as many extremist hacks and grifters as they want but those people cannot actually do science, regulation, and governing, and the institutions will not serve any public good

Exactly this. The staff at these institutions have taken decades to assemble and their collective knowledge and understanding will take almost as long to reconstitute. DOGE, RFK Jr, and the Trump regime are doing generational damage to the Crown Jewels of American science and science policy.

Another niche-but-damaging conspiracy debunked by the great @flodebarre.bsky.social! This and other conspiracies held Chinese scientists to higher levels of suspicion than western colleagues, were in the end baseless & aimed at govt workers who were not allowed to respond.