Sandy Laping

In the arms race between viruses and their hosts, viruses have found a dependable ally..

As depressing as it is that this is needed nonetheless fully applaud this excellent initiative from @cidrap.bsky.social - The vaccine integrity project- an independent initiative to review the science, challenge disinformation and provide unbiased trustworthy advice in vaccines- Do support!

Trump on undocumented farm workers: "People that live in the inner city are not doing that work. They've tried, we've tried, everybody tried. They don't do it. These people do it naturally. Naturally ... they don't get a bad back, because if they get a bad back, they die."

These folks are awesome!

Will the Last Expert to Leave ACIP Please Turn Off the Lights If you've got expertise, better get the hell out of voluntarily advising the US government

Implications of banning medical and scientific learned groups from ACIP working groups could be far reaching for vaccines access. Chilling from @angierasmussen.bsky.social

JUST IN: Abbott says he may treat fleeing lawmakers as having “forfeited” their offices and move to replace them. He also suggests they could be subject to felony charges if they accept payments to cover impending fines gov.texas.gov/uploads/file...

More than fifty private schools shut since Labour put VAT on fees Department for Education defends ending tax breaks for independent institutions, after parents lost a legal battle at the High Court this year — view map

The headline here should say:

"Number of private schools increases by 35 - showing fears of an exodus to be unfounded".

(The increase is mentioned way down the article.)

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A crisis of credibility: the global cost of US vaccine misinformation The global health community faces a deepening challenge—not only from infectious diseases but also from a pandemic of misinformation.1 The USA, long a cornerstone of global health leadership, has beco...

“A world fragmented by health #misinformation is ill-prepared to respond to the next pandemic threat.”

Heidi Larson & Simon Piatek in The Lancet on impact of US leadership/politics on global health & #vaccine confidence.

#PublicHealth

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Breaking: Another CDC purge underway. Multiple members of the Director’s Advisory Committee terminated without explanation. I believe were are breaking some news here in Inside Medicine.

The broad termination of federal advisory committee members will only undermine trust in US government agencies. I am particularly worried this will only fuel the persistence of questions about CDC’s independence.

insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-a...

📢#Measles update: Hackney records highest number of measles cases of any local authority since January

Call for parents & carers to ensure children get 2 doses of #MMR to prevent spread amid low vaccine uptake.

More from our experts #LSHTMunpacked

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...

The administration continues to erode confidence in childhood vaccination designed to keep kids safe and healthy. The AAP will continue to ensure that parents and pediatricians have access to accurate information around vaccinations that protect kids.

www.aap.org/en/news-room...

Screenshot from RFKJ’s Twitter account that says The 1986 Vaccine Act gave vaccine makers immunity against lawsuits by children who suffer vaccine injuries. The statute, and numerous subsequent court decisions, recognized that vaccines, like all medicines, are, in the words of the American Academy of Pediatrics case, "unavoidably unsafe," and that a percentage of vaccinated children will suffer injuries or death. Congress, therefore, simultaneously created the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP), which obliged HHS to compensate injured children. In the words of then Labor and Public Welfare Committee Chairman Senator Edward Kennedy, "when ... children are the victims of an appropriate and rational national policy, a compassionate [glovernment will assist them in their hour of need."

RFK Jr. has just announced on Twitter that he is going to “fix” the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP). His post includes many baldfaced lies, so I’m only posting the first part of it.

The end result of this idiocy could well be that vaccine manufacturers will stop making vaccines here.

This is such an important listen... wake up folks..

My word England! What a game!

South Park's Matt Stone and Trey Parker are storytelling geniuses! I highlight their remarkably simple but effective "but/therefore rule" in every science communication lecture I give.

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Severe malnutrition in under-5s has tripled at Gaza City clinic, charity reports Charity says number of people needing care for malnutrition has quadrupled and blames Israeli ‘policy of starvation’

As a mother - as a human - I find it very difficult to look at these photos and not weep. “Rates of severe malnutrition among children aged under five at Médecins Sans Frontières’ Gaza City clinic have tripled in the last two weeks”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Trump government authoritarian actions keep piling up.. follow this great resource to keep on track

Palestinian mother holding starving small child

There is no context - none at all - that justifies the deliberate, calculated starvation of children.

#Gaza

Credit: Anatolu/Getty Images

UK government shutters aid program to fight antimicrobial resistance

Established in 2015, the Fleming Fund has helped strengthen AMR surveillance efforts in low- and middle-income countries.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...

Summer reading: How do we know something is true? “Proof” that my childhood obsession with Abraham Lincoln was warranted

A quick shout out to recommend @adamjkucharski.bsky.social 's new book for all you big Nerds looking for some good summer reading!

jenndowd.substack.com/p/summer-rea... #episky #demography #medsky #econsky #policysky

let the horror of this sink in

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Global outcry grows over Israel’s killing of starving civilians in Gaza UN secretary general warns ‘last lifelines’ may soon collapse after Israeli forces attack WHO facilities in Deir al-Balah

Children are dying of starvation, many are severely malnourished and medical staff becoming too malnourished to work while aid is withheld other than Israel sanctioned sites where people risk being shot. This scale of suffering is utterly inhumane - when will governments act?

Jeepers England!

FYI dark mode has been fixed

Absolute vs Relative Risk This has been updated from the original post from May 26, 2020. ❓Friendly Pop Quiz! Which of these two statements sounds more impressive? (1) “Terrific

Friendly Pop Quiz!
Which of these two statements sounds more impressive?

(1) “Terrific Treatment reduced COVID mortality risk 50%!”
(2) “Terrific Treatment reduced COVID mortality risk from 2 per 100 to 1 per 100!”

Read the full post to find out more!
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🧵Introducing the Trump Action Tracker website!

Today I’m launching www.trumpactiontracker.info - a live, searchable list of authoritarian‑style actions from Trump’s second term (over 740 actions so far). 1/14

This is a great resource created by @chrischirp.bsky.social - jump in and have a look!

Support the NASA Voyager Declaration Now! — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE Your solidarity with the NASA heroes helps their fight to preserve NASA's vital missions.

NASA & her beloved caretakers have issued the NASA VOYAGER DECLARATION, a letter of formal dissent as defined in NASA Procedural Requirement 7120.5F.
They join NIH & EPA in voicing their clear objection to the illegal & immoral objectives of the Trump administration.

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