Zach Binney
@binneyz.bsky.social
Sports injury epidemiologist, esp. NFL; long-suffering Dolphins fan, but I repeat myself
The evidence of the COVID vaccine causing child deaths is, AFAICT, a single claim by a conflicted anti-vaccine political activist (Tracy Beth Hoeg).
And the FDA, of course dedicated to radical transparency in RFK's HHS, has refused to provide any details for the people to double-check the work.
And the FDA, of course dedicated to radical transparency in RFK's HHS, has refused to provide any details for the people to double-check the work.
There is no evidence linking COVID-19 vaccines to deaths in children. There is evidence that COVID causes serious harm — including long COVID, MIS-C, cardiac complications & diabetes.
This administration’s actions are dangerous, and the damage to the public and children may be irreversible
This administration’s actions are dangerous, and the damage to the public and children may be irreversible
Big change: FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements under RFK Jr ally
Vinay Prasad signaled changes to annual flu shots, concurrent vaccines + more
Prasad said his team found link between covid-19 shots and kids' deaths, necessitating a new approach overall
with @rachelroubein.bsky.social
Vinay Prasad signaled changes to annual flu shots, concurrent vaccines + more
Prasad said his team found link between covid-19 shots and kids' deaths, necessitating a new approach overall
with @rachelroubein.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The evidence of the COVID vaccine causing child deaths is, AFAICT, a single claim by a conflicted anti-vaccine political activist (Tracy Beth Hoeg).
And the FDA, of course dedicated to radical transparency in RFK's HHS, has refused to provide any details for the people to double-check the work.
And the FDA, of course dedicated to radical transparency in RFK's HHS, has refused to provide any details for the people to double-check the work.
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That's Johns Hopkins Professor of Medicine Marty Makary, who will be welcomed back by his colleagues with open arms when his time in this admin ends.
While Makary spreads bullshit about the origin of HIV.
(To be clear, this has been thoroughly investigated and fits neither the timing nor the molecular epidemiology of HIV).
(To be clear, this has been thoroughly investigated and fits neither the timing nor the molecular epidemiology of HIV).
November 29, 2025 at 9:52 AM
That's Johns Hopkins Professor of Medicine Marty Makary, who will be welcomed back by his colleagues with open arms when his time in this admin ends.
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these guys love a lab leak theory because they hate science
While Makary spreads bullshit about the origin of HIV.
(To be clear, this has been thoroughly investigated and fits neither the timing nor the molecular epidemiology of HIV).
(To be clear, this has been thoroughly investigated and fits neither the timing nor the molecular epidemiology of HIV).
November 29, 2025 at 10:15 AM
these guys love a lab leak theory because they hate science
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People will die, and are currently dying, because RFK was granted one of the most powerful megaphones in the country. Two people who could have thrown barriers in front of his climb decided not to; there's a sex scandal here but it is not the biggest scandal.
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
People will die, and are currently dying, because RFK was granted one of the most powerful megaphones in the country. Two people who could have thrown barriers in front of his climb decided not to; there's a sex scandal here but it is not the biggest scandal.
*The disclaimer at the top of this page "The events in this movie are fictional. Any resemblance to any person living or dead is purely coincidental," was left in due to an agreement with the Chairman of the Senate HELP committee, Senator Bill Cassidy. Also the Senator made out with Slimer.
CDC website altered at Robert F. Kennedy's behest to reflect his belief that "all events depicted in the film Ghostbusters really happened."
November 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
*The disclaimer at the top of this page "The events in this movie are fictional. Any resemblance to any person living or dead is purely coincidental," was left in due to an agreement with the Chairman of the Senate HELP committee, Senator Bill Cassidy. Also the Senator made out with Slimer.
Two of my first-year sports analytics students just created this plot with @nflverse.com comparing rushing EPA by tackle/guard/end across all teams in 2025.
They did this with zero guidance from me, and I just think it's super cool so I'm sharing it with y'all here. Tons of info in small space.
They did this with zero guidance from me, and I just think it's super cool so I'm sharing it with y'all here. Tons of info in small space.
November 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Two of my first-year sports analytics students just created this plot with @nflverse.com comparing rushing EPA by tackle/guard/end across all teams in 2025.
They did this with zero guidance from me, and I just think it's super cool so I'm sharing it with y'all here. Tons of info in small space.
They did this with zero guidance from me, and I just think it's super cool so I'm sharing it with y'all here. Tons of info in small space.
Between this and the Sean Duffy "You pigs need to dress up for the airplane" thing I'm loving the elitist tattletale aesthetic Republicans are adopting and would like to encourage them to lean in more. The voters love this.
November 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Between this and the Sean Duffy "You pigs need to dress up for the airplane" thing I'm loving the elitist tattletale aesthetic Republicans are adopting and would like to encourage them to lean in more. The voters love this.
My toddler just now, earnestly: "I don't like Pokémon. I like soft."
November 25, 2025 at 12:47 AM
My toddler just now, earnestly: "I don't like Pokémon. I like soft."
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Bill Cassidy has done infinitely more for the antivaccine movement than he can ever claim he has done to promote vaccination. He is one of the worst antivaxxers to ever live.
November 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Bill Cassidy has done infinitely more for the antivaccine movement than he can ever claim he has done to promote vaccination. He is one of the worst antivaxxers to ever live.
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Secretary Kennedy has spent his time in office spreading doubt about vaccines.
Now measles is back.
He is a threat to our health and must be fired immediately.
Now measles is back.
He is a threat to our health and must be fired immediately.
November 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Secretary Kennedy has spent his time in office spreading doubt about vaccines.
Now measles is back.
He is a threat to our health and must be fired immediately.
Now measles is back.
He is a threat to our health and must be fired immediately.
My toddler writes better notes than ChatGPT at least, I think? At least when he's writing about trucks.
November 23, 2025 at 12:50 PM
My toddler writes better notes than ChatGPT at least, I think? At least when he's writing about trucks.
I think even in an out and out fascist and authoritarian state - which we're not even in yet - we could do better than RFK Jr. being in charge of HHS. There's no ideological reason this fermented goblin needs to be there. No one is ideologically wedded to him. Just get rid of him!
Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
November 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I think even in an out and out fascist and authoritarian state - which we're not even in yet - we could do better than RFK Jr. being in charge of HHS. There's no ideological reason this fermented goblin needs to be there. No one is ideologically wedded to him. Just get rid of him!
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So screw you, Dr Bhattacharya, and your cheap insults directed at scientists it’s your job to lead and support. I don’t know how you get through medical school & a health economics PhD (!) without appreciating the importance of incremental research, but you clearly don’t, so please resign.
November 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
So screw you, Dr Bhattacharya, and your cheap insults directed at scientists it’s your job to lead and support. I don’t know how you get through medical school & a health economics PhD (!) without appreciating the importance of incremental research, but you clearly don’t, so please resign.
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The committee that settled on the phrase “underscoring his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy” should be dissolved and its members compelled to take a remedial course on the scientific method.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The committee that settled on the phrase “underscoring his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy” should be dissolved and its members compelled to take a remedial course on the scientific method.
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Calling something "scientific orthodoxy" rather than "established fact" or even "scientific consensus" is so incredibly damaging.
November 21, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Calling something "scientific orthodoxy" rather than "established fact" or even "scientific consensus" is so incredibly damaging.
Why are we letting a 24-year old with a bachelor's in economics be deputy chief of staff at the CDC and lead its reorganization?
Is there not one powerful Republican who thinks this is a bad idea?
Is there not one powerful Republican who thinks this is a bad idea?
EXCLUSIVE: CDC to end all monkey studies. Decision handed down by recent college grad and former DOGE employee who is now deputy chief of staff at the agency. Animals were being used in studies of HIV prevention. Some may be euthanized. My latest for @science.org
Exclusive: CDC to end all monkey research
Studies related to HIV and other infectious diseases will be phased out, sources say; fate of the agency's animals remains unclear
www.science.org
November 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Why are we letting a 24-year old with a bachelor's in economics be deputy chief of staff at the CDC and lead its reorganization?
Is there not one powerful Republican who thinks this is a bad idea?
Is there not one powerful Republican who thinks this is a bad idea?
I think we need to bring back personal responsibility.
Have you no shame, Senator? “In an interview on Thursday, Cassidy dodged questions about whether he regrets confirming Kennedy.
“Life is lived forward,” he said during the interview with Punchbowl News. “What I have to do is to do my best to reassure the American people that vaccines are safe.”
“Life is lived forward,” he said during the interview with Punchbowl News. “What I have to do is to do my best to reassure the American people that vaccines are safe.”
Cassidy and other Republicans have little to say about change to CDC’s position on vaccines and autism
RFK Jr. broke another promise to Sen. Bill Cassidy this week.
www.statnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I think we need to bring back personal responsibility.
In happier news I'm holding a Field Day for my sports stats class today. They're playing football and completely independently started hollering out cadences including "GGPLOT!" and "WORKING DIRECTORY! WORKING DIRECTORY!"
I believe I heard an audible to "RSTUDIO?"
I believe I heard an audible to "RSTUDIO?"
November 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
In happier news I'm holding a Field Day for my sports stats class today. They're playing football and completely independently started hollering out cadences including "GGPLOT!" and "WORKING DIRECTORY! WORKING DIRECTORY!"
I believe I heard an audible to "RSTUDIO?"
I believe I heard an audible to "RSTUDIO?"
If I pitch this as being worried about antisemitism on campus at the Coast Guard academy will the ADL and media react appropriately?
November 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
If I pitch this as being worried about antisemitism on campus at the Coast Guard academy will the ADL and media react appropriately?
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If we used that standard, then we also couldn’t rule out that eating pizza causes autism. We couldn’t rule out that your couch causes autism. We couldn’t rule out that dancing in your living room increases your cancer risk. You can see how unhelpful that bar is.
November 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
If we used that standard, then we also couldn’t rule out that eating pizza causes autism. We couldn’t rule out that your couch causes autism. We couldn’t rule out that dancing in your living room increases your cancer risk. You can see how unhelpful that bar is.
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Here’s the key point: science almost never “rules out” every imaginable possibility. That’s not how the scientific method operates. You can’t prove a universal negative with absolute certainty, and scientists don’t pretend they can.
November 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Here’s the key point: science almost never “rules out” every imaginable possibility. That’s not how the scientific method operates. You can’t prove a universal negative with absolute certainty, and scientists don’t pretend they can.
Seems a tad extreme for J.J. McCarthy but OK grandpa.
November 20, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Seems a tad extreme for J.J. McCarthy but OK grandpa.
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RFK Jr & his loyal henchmen (the Great Barrington Declaration dudes Jay Bhattacharya & Martin Kulldorff; Martin Makary; Dr Oz; Vinay Prasad) have been successfully dismantling the US vaccination system & achieved the return of deadly vaccine preventable diseases. This is the world they worked for...
SCOOP: CDC officials on Monday linked for the first time the measles outbreak that began in Texas with another in Utah and Arizona, a finding that could end America’s status as a nation that has eliminated measles.
(Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/h...
(Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/h...
C.D.C. Links Measles Outbreaks in Multiple States for the First Time
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:03 AM
RFK Jr & his loyal henchmen (the Great Barrington Declaration dudes Jay Bhattacharya & Martin Kulldorff; Martin Makary; Dr Oz; Vinay Prasad) have been successfully dismantling the US vaccination system & achieved the return of deadly vaccine preventable diseases. This is the world they worked for...
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the nuzzi story is fun and all but at the center of it is the elevation of a man who has dedicated his life to making children catch preventable diseases to a position where he can enact harm at enormous scale
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 3:19 AM
the nuzzi story is fun and all but at the center of it is the elevation of a man who has dedicated his life to making children catch preventable diseases to a position where he can enact harm at enormous scale
This is what happens when you let tech people try to talk about real science.
This is completely disgusting. Today, the CDC updated their vaccine safety page. It now says:
“The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism”.
“The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism”.
November 20, 2025 at 3:29 AM
This is what happens when you let tech people try to talk about real science.