The interim CDC director who will rubber stamp the ACIP recommendations on MMRV vaccine and COVID vaccine is neither a scientist nor a physician. He is a former silicon valley executive.
When was the last time you consulted a corporate executive for guidance on your health? 🤔...I'll wait.

Reaction's to ACIP's vote are coming in. The American Academy of Pediatrics says the meeting "promoted false claims and misguided information about vaccines as part of an unprecedented effort to limit access to routine childhood immunizations and sow fear and mistrust in vaccines."

From ‘The Onion’ Editorial Board: In Defense Of Mass Censorship https://theonion.com/in-defense-of-mass-censorship-1848673776/

NEW: Mercenary spyware is coming to the US.

ICE just quietly unsuspended their contract with spyware maker #Paragon.

Remember them? Caught earlier this year being used to hack Italian journalists.

This is bad, let's talk about how we got here 1/

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A couple of cool new ink paintings on yupo #sciart
First, Mitosis in Drosophila. You're not gonna find this at Crate & Barrel artologica.etsy.com/listing/4352...

For many years I have been posting little observations online. What you may not know is that for many years, artists have been illustrating them - for no reason other than they wanted to respond. Below is a thread of some of these beautiful drawings because they should be seen 🧵

You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳

I share your love for mitosis, have made a fair number of representations of my favorite cell and stage, late anaphase in budding yeast mitosis 🔬…here’s my favorite (steel, bronze, silver, and apatite gemstones)

Hey everyone,
On a whim, I crafted four tiny clover-shaped paintings. These are adorably small, mildly spooky, and completely ready to hang. If they're popular, I'll definitely make more.
These four are up at Etsy - ShadowArtFinds.
Have a legendary weekend, my artsy friends.
🌙🌙

😫 absurd

Phasing out NIH’s HIV clinical guidelines is flat-out immoral and unethical.

These guidelines drive early diagnosis, ART initiation, and viral suppression—82% linked to care within 30 days, 69% virally suppressed by 6 months.

Removing them puts millions of lives at risk.

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Hi Blueskies! I'm Michele and I make watercolor and ink paintings inspired by science. You can buy them at my shop artologica.etsy.com

Made a new one 😁

Fired CDC scientists respond: “Despite recent suggestions to the contrary, the public trust ACIP. 99 of every 100 children have received at least some vaccines by 2 years of age. This does not suggest the population is so distrustful it warrants dismantling the vaccine recommendation process.”

Antifungal therapy in Candida infective endocarditis: a comparison of echinocandins & other treatment regimens in a nation-wide cohort study

In this 🇸🇪 registry study, no dif in in-🏥 mort, relapse rate, or 1-yr mort in pts w/ echinocandin-based Rx vs other regimens

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Credit: @eric2687 on IG
I co-sign

Brief 🧵

Hi, everyone. I know so many people have been affected by the funding cuts to science in horrific ways. Sanaria, the company I am consulting for, has produced unprecedented progress in a highly effective malaria vaccine and is in major financial jeopardy because of these cuts.

Addressing Antifungal Drug Resistance — A “One Health–One World” Challenge

@grthompsonmd.bsky.social and Angel Desai

www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

What an inspiring quote re future use of host-directed therapies to treat infections:

"ID physicians will ... participate in immunophenotyping, ... offer immunoengineered solutions..., and take full advantage of the immune system to effect a cure without ... excessive immunopathology."
#IDSky #AMR

Now I want the Dutch iris mix 🥲

But, women are unfit for leadership because they are hysterical, emotional, and hormonal 🤷🏽‍♀️

Love this but who’s gonna tell the transplant nephrologists?? 👀👀#IDSky