Jo Hofmann

Night picture of Big Ben Clock Tower in London w/ an almost full moon in a cloudy sky. Also a small green reflection in the sky just right of Ben that is an artifact and not celestial

Sadly, did not see any werewolves on my travels.

Hegseth is such a big man he has to harass Scouts.
Pentagon warns Scouts to restore ‘core values’ or lose military support

No one Will thank you for the disease they didn't get. Dr William H. Foege Public health works best when nothing happens. No outbreak. No crisis. No headlines. That invisibility is both its strength and its challenge. Prevention rarely gets applause, yet vaccines, clean air, safer roads, and early intervention quietly save millions of lives. If no one notices, the system worked. Kevin Fenton

You know public health systems worked as intended when outbreaks of preventable disease don’t make headlines every week.

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@kevinfenton

I can’t bear to read it.

Extremely on brand for Douthat to bring on the guy who is demolishing American science research to whine about public trust in science.

Yo, Philly!

Opinion | A ‘Fringe Epidemiologist’ on What’s Wrong With Public Health

I’m not sure I can bear to listen to this, or even read it. Maybe w/ some Zofran . . .
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/o...

Early reviews are in:
‘Even if they showed this on a plane, people would still walk out’

Temptation of St Anthony

Temptation of St Anthony

For rx of of gonorrhea-related urethral strictures.

Dozens of CDC databases are not being updated — most related to vaccines, study finds The agency plays a key role in tracking disease spread and vaccination rates. Last year, it seemed to back away from some of that work, according to new research.

No data, no problem?

Dozens of CDC databases are not being updated — most related to vaccines, study finds

RFK Jr pushes false claims about HPV cancer-prevention vaccine Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.) has a history of promoting false claims about vaccines, particularly the HPV vaccine.

I should also give a shout out to @skepticalraptor.bsky.social who published multiple excellent articles on HPV vaccines. www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalrap...

This year is the 20th anniversary of the initial approval of the HPV vaccine, and January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. Sadly, 2026 is going to be a year of disinformation about the HPV vaccine.

Selective silencing of the CDC:
~50% of surveillance databases have halted updates
—87% of these were vaccine related
www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
editorial www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...

Celebrating public health in a dark moment. The lives of Dr. William Foege and ICU nurse Alex Pretti. Two notable deaths affected the world of public health this weekend. Both were sad. One was senseless.

Inside Medicine: Celebrating public health in a dark moment.

The lives of Dr. William Foege and ICU nurse Alex Pretti.

by Jeremy Faust @jeremyfaust.bsky.social

bit.ly/4qIjlGd

Gift link to ALT article:
“At times, Minneapolis reminded me of what I saw during the Arab Spring in 2011, a series of street clashes between protesters and police that quickly swelled into a much larger struggle against autocracy,” @robertfworth reports.

Nurses’ strike 1/30/26

#medsky

Photo of one of the gates @ Buckingham Palace in London. An ornate black wrought iron gate topped w/ gold crosses. There are stone columns on both sides of the gate and the one on the right is topped w/ a bronze rampant unicorn. The sky is cloudy and the people in the picture look cold.

Just added a Unicorn to my life list.

signs left at alex pretti’s memorial in minneapolis: “i love you so much / i’ll miss you forever” photo with a friend, “i would have done the same. RIP alex,” a stethoscope and “we’ll take it from here, alex” and a tshirt for the minnesota nurses association

Might move back just to get the asshats on Broad St.

No idea you were a Philly boy. Fuck ICE.

Opinion | Bill Foege’s optimism helped save the world from smallpox His design of “surveillance-containment” changed the course of public health strategy.

We lost a public health legend yesterday, Bill Foege.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

It’s too bad Trump can’t get a gig as the next drummer for Spinal Tap.

Reporter: You received a letter from AG Pam Bondi making several demands….

Walz: I would just give a pro tip to the AG. There's 2 million documents in the Epstein files we're still waiting on. Go ahead and work on those

Two Italian Greyhounds with heads poking out from under the covers @ the head of a bed.

Why trying to make the bed is always so challenging.

fred shuttlesworth looking over the wreckage of his bombed house

i think about this picture of fred shuttlesworth looking at his bombed out house every day because it is in my classroom and so i see it five times a week. tired and defiant.

a face that says well, on we go

CIDRAP: South Carolina’s measles outbreak hits 700 cases as CDC confirms 416 so far in 2026

bit.ly/3LLuXcg

@cidrap.bsky.social

Don-no penguins in Greenland. Or is he going after Antarctica too.

May he suffer crippling zoster, as I’m sure he did not get Zostavax.