Corey Watts
@coreywatts.bsky.social
Infectious diseases physician
I am not sure I can handle transparency this radical.
December 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I am not sure I can handle transparency this radical.
Reposted by Corey Watts
Glad to have been a part of this effort:
“These findings underscore the enduring value of immunization against respiratory viruses as a cornerstone of preventive care and support the feasibility of maintaining rigorous, evidence-based guidance during periods of institutional disruption.”
“These findings underscore the enduring value of immunization against respiratory viruses as a cornerstone of preventive care and support the feasibility of maintaining rigorous, evidence-based guidance during periods of institutional disruption.”
Updated Evidence for Covid-19, RSV, and Influenza Vaccines for 2025–2026 | NEJM
Changes in the vaccine advisory process in the United States have disrupted immunization
guidance, which reinforces the need for independent evidence review to inform decisions
regarding immunizati...
www.nejm.org
October 29, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Glad to have been a part of this effort:
“These findings underscore the enduring value of immunization against respiratory viruses as a cornerstone of preventive care and support the feasibility of maintaining rigorous, evidence-based guidance during periods of institutional disruption.”
“These findings underscore the enduring value of immunization against respiratory viruses as a cornerstone of preventive care and support the feasibility of maintaining rigorous, evidence-based guidance during periods of institutional disruption.”
RFK hired him to destroy trust in vaccines. Dr. Prasad did not disappoint him. But fundamentally every Trump appointee must have the right enemies. It seems that Dr. Prasad was seen as just a bit too unreliable in that metric.
July 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
RFK hired him to destroy trust in vaccines. Dr. Prasad did not disappoint him. But fundamentally every Trump appointee must have the right enemies. It seems that Dr. Prasad was seen as just a bit too unreliable in that metric.
Vinay Prasad’s regulatory decision that ended his MAGA career was exactly what anyone who ever listened to his podcast (as I did in 2019) knew he would do if he got this job.
His mistake was thinking that he was hired to do that job.
His mistake was thinking that he was hired to do that job.
July 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Vinay Prasad’s regulatory decision that ended his MAGA career was exactly what anyone who ever listened to his podcast (as I did in 2019) knew he would do if he got this job.
His mistake was thinking that he was hired to do that job.
His mistake was thinking that he was hired to do that job.
July 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Have Drs. Bhattacharya and Makary, part of the commission for this report, commented on their fake citations?
AI or ordinary fraud? Major MAHA report based on fake citations:
The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t Exist
The Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” report misinterprets some studies and cites others that don’t exist, according to the listed authors.
www.notus.org
May 29, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Have Drs. Bhattacharya and Makary, part of the commission for this report, commented on their fake citations?
Thanks for this. The whiplash in tone on this from his furious post on Peter Marks, now his predecessor, is amazing. I wonder if he knew he was going to get that position at the time
May 8, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Thanks for this. The whiplash in tone on this from his furious post on Peter Marks, now his predecessor, is amazing. I wonder if he knew he was going to get that position at the time
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With NIH director Jayanta Bhattacharya dismissing my reporting as "false" and "spreading rumors" hours before releasing a policy that confirmed said "rumors," I feel compelled to respond.
Here's an inside look into how this story was reported. It was a weird one. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's an inside look into how this story was reported. It was a weird one. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
May 6, 2025 at 12:15 PM
With NIH director Jayanta Bhattacharya dismissing my reporting as "false" and "spreading rumors" hours before releasing a policy that confirmed said "rumors," I feel compelled to respond.
Here's an inside look into how this story was reported. It was a weird one. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's an inside look into how this story was reported. It was a weird one. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Remember when RFK claimed single antigen vaccines don’t work for respiratory viruses?
Perhaps he got that from Michael Memoli, the flu vaccine researcher & COVID vaccine dissenter, and now Trump hatchet man—and main man of the “new” vaccine initiative.
2022 flashback:
www.nih.gov/news-events/...
Perhaps he got that from Michael Memoli, the flu vaccine researcher & COVID vaccine dissenter, and now Trump hatchet man—and main man of the “new” vaccine initiative.
2022 flashback:
www.nih.gov/news-events/...
May 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Remember when RFK claimed single antigen vaccines don’t work for respiratory viruses?
Perhaps he got that from Michael Memoli, the flu vaccine researcher & COVID vaccine dissenter, and now Trump hatchet man—and main man of the “new” vaccine initiative.
2022 flashback:
www.nih.gov/news-events/...
Perhaps he got that from Michael Memoli, the flu vaccine researcher & COVID vaccine dissenter, and now Trump hatchet man—and main man of the “new” vaccine initiative.
2022 flashback:
www.nih.gov/news-events/...
Yes indeed.
By the way, in digging up the 2022 press release I cited above, I stumbled on a possible explanation for one of RFK’s most baffling statements about vaccines (re Novavax).
Memoli really is pulling the strings around HHS.
By the way, in digging up the 2022 press release I cited above, I stumbled on a possible explanation for one of RFK’s most baffling statements about vaccines (re Novavax).
Memoli really is pulling the strings around HHS.
May 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Yes indeed.
By the way, in digging up the 2022 press release I cited above, I stumbled on a possible explanation for one of RFK’s most baffling statements about vaccines (re Novavax).
Memoli really is pulling the strings around HHS.
By the way, in digging up the 2022 press release I cited above, I stumbled on a possible explanation for one of RFK’s most baffling statements about vaccines (re Novavax).
Memoli really is pulling the strings around HHS.
The insider favorite of the NIH/FDA crew in power, Michael Memoli, is a champion of this (trials of which began under Fauci).
Memoli not only argued against mandates, he famously refused COVID vaccination.
The tech seems fine, just not the total focus on one approach.
www.nih.gov/news-events/...
Memoli not only argued against mandates, he famously refused COVID vaccination.
The tech seems fine, just not the total focus on one approach.
www.nih.gov/news-events/...
Trial of potential universal flu vaccine opens at NIH Clinical Center
The study can enroll up to 100 people aged 18 to 55 years.
www.nih.gov
May 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The insider favorite of the NIH/FDA crew in power, Michael Memoli, is a champion of this (trials of which began under Fauci).
Memoli not only argued against mandates, he famously refused COVID vaccination.
The tech seems fine, just not the total focus on one approach.
www.nih.gov/news-events/...
Memoli not only argued against mandates, he famously refused COVID vaccination.
The tech seems fine, just not the total focus on one approach.
www.nih.gov/news-events/...
Infuriating. They are starting with their conclusions and splitting absurd hairs between the COVID and flu vaccines. It’s worked for “more than 80 years” for flu, so…it’s too dangerous for COVID?
The antivaxx/COVID contrarian synthesis. It doesn’t make sense and it leaves us all more vulnerable.
The antivaxx/COVID contrarian synthesis. It doesn’t make sense and it leaves us all more vulnerable.
Where is the approval process for updated #Covid shots heading? Signals out of #FDA & #HHS are creating some confusion. www.statnews.com/2025/04/27/f...
U.S. health officials inject new uncertainty into approval process for Covid boosters
Confusion over the FDA delay in granting full approval to Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine deepened over the weekend, with possible implications for Pfizer and Moderna.
www.statnews.com
April 27, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Infuriating. They are starting with their conclusions and splitting absurd hairs between the COVID and flu vaccines. It’s worked for “more than 80 years” for flu, so…it’s too dangerous for COVID?
The antivaxx/COVID contrarian synthesis. It doesn’t make sense and it leaves us all more vulnerable.
The antivaxx/COVID contrarian synthesis. It doesn’t make sense and it leaves us all more vulnerable.
The Lancet joins The American Public Health Association and @drsforamerica.bsky.social in calling for RFK Jr‘s resignation.
Good. More!
Good. More!
🆕 'Supporting medical science in the USA'
Read the latest Lancet Editorial: tinyurl.com/2ra3r7e8
📖 Full issue: tinyurl.com/5n74jjn7
Read the latest Lancet Editorial: tinyurl.com/2ra3r7e8
📖 Full issue: tinyurl.com/5n74jjn7
April 25, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The Lancet joins The American Public Health Association and @drsforamerica.bsky.social in calling for RFK Jr‘s resignation.
Good. More!
Good. More!
Need more info as to RFK’s involvement. But if this is him, it is notable that this is a multi-antigen vaccine, whereas his (absurd) alleged objection to the Novavax vaccine was that it is single-antigen
April 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Need more info as to RFK’s involvement. But if this is him, it is notable that this is a multi-antigen vaccine, whereas his (absurd) alleged objection to the Novavax vaccine was that it is single-antigen
This man can’t tell a dead chicken from a cat (nor can he spell Cory)
April 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
This man can’t tell a dead chicken from a cat (nor can he spell Cory)
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Specifically, I experienced censorship in the reporting of our research because of agency concerns that it did not appear to fully support preconceived narratives of my agency’s leadership about ultra-processed food addiction.
April 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Specifically, I experienced censorship in the reporting of our research because of agency concerns that it did not appear to fully support preconceived narratives of my agency’s leadership about ultra-processed food addiction.
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Doctors for America Calls for the Resignation or Removal of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is unfit to serve as Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary and must be removed. The health of our nation depends on it.
doctorsforamerica.org/statement-re...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is unfit to serve as Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary and must be removed. The health of our nation depends on it.
doctorsforamerica.org/statement-re...
Statement - Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Unfit to Serve as HHS Secretary
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America Calls for the Resignation or Removal of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. DFA General -
doctorsforamerica.org
April 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Doctors for America Calls for the Resignation or Removal of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is unfit to serve as Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary and must be removed. The health of our nation depends on it.
doctorsforamerica.org/statement-re...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is unfit to serve as Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary and must be removed. The health of our nation depends on it.
doctorsforamerica.org/statement-re...
I’m a union member. Did Elon Musk steal my data?
NEW from me: A whistleblower says DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data...and then someone posted a threatening letter to his door.
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
www.npr.org
April 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I’m a union member. Did Elon Musk steal my data?
It’s a tool of control so they will presumably continue to exempt themselves
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Per multiple sources, NIH director Jayanta Bhattacharya sent all staff an email this morning saying that all employees and contractors must use a standardized email signature with certain details that he then ignored for himself and again signed it "Jay".
Btw, the new NIH director signed his message to all staff this morning, in which he pledged to conduct the massive layoffs "humanely," as "Jay Bhattacharya." NIH staff have been told they cannot use nicknames in email signatures, or in the internal staff directory. His first name is Jayanta. So.
April 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
It’s a tool of control so they will presumably continue to exempt themselves
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He cited “a report” arguing that the child died of a “bacteriological infection” in this interview…
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This interview is a master class in holding RFK Jr responsible for his falsehoods. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2U0...
Watch: RFK Jr.'s first network TV interview as HHS secretary
YouTube video by CBS News
www.youtube.com
April 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
He cited “a report” arguing that the child died of a “bacteriological infection” in this interview…
bsky.app/profile/maze...
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RFK denies measles as the cause of these deaths. Slips in the false assertion that MMR immunity “fades very quickly.”
BUT when pinned down he does say he “encourages” people to get MMR vaccine.
It’s clear he is doing the opposite on the ground. But keeping up the pressure is good!
BUT when pinned down he does say he “encourages” people to get MMR vaccine.
It’s clear he is doing the opposite on the ground. But keeping up the pressure is good!
This interview is a master class in holding RFK Jr responsible for his falsehoods. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2U0...
Watch: RFK Jr.'s first network TV interview as HHS secretary
YouTube video by CBS News
www.youtube.com
April 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
RFK denies measles as the cause of these deaths. Slips in the false assertion that MMR immunity “fades very quickly.”
BUT when pinned down he does say he “encourages” people to get MMR vaccine.
It’s clear he is doing the opposite on the ground. But keeping up the pressure is good!
BUT when pinned down he does say he “encourages” people to get MMR vaccine.
It’s clear he is doing the opposite on the ground. But keeping up the pressure is good!
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this is not what law says about fda approvals work . it has nothing to do with priorities of govt.
Why has FDA delayed approval of Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine?
Secy Kennedy told Dr Lapook:
"it is a single antigen vaccine. And, for respiratory illnesses, the single antigen vaccines have never worked"
tinalexander.github.io/notes/2025/0...
Secy Kennedy told Dr Lapook:
"it is a single antigen vaccine. And, for respiratory illnesses, the single antigen vaccines have never worked"
tinalexander.github.io/notes/2025/0...
![Question [00:14:29] For example, the Novavax vaccine, and that’s not an mRNA vaccine, was expected to be approved by the FDA, but there’s a delay. Why is there a delay? Is it just personnel being shuffled? Why is that? Robert F Kennedy Jr [00:14:40] No, we’re looking at that vaccine and it is a single antigen vaccine. And, for respiratory illnesses, the single antigen vaccines have never worked. Question [00:14:52] So it’s not because of lack of personnel or lack of– Robert F Kennedy Jr [00:14:56] No, we are actually shifting our priorities to multiple antigen vaccines. And NIH is already working on a number of those.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uxvc5nwyutzf5gtu4x7jqyk3/bafkreifiygjijj7bxfyx4prz5cfkh3scewg3vmtw5whsry7xzawdtwtnge@jpeg)
April 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
this is not what law says about fda approvals work . it has nothing to do with priorities of govt.
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A week ago, the Trump administration laid off thousands of people at HHS and its agencies.
The cuts were so deep, and touched so much, we're still learning about the impacts.
Here are a couple stories that have stood out to me.
1) @levfacher.bsky.social on the gutting of a pain-research office.
The cuts were so deep, and touched so much, we're still learning about the impacts.
Here are a couple stories that have stood out to me.
1) @levfacher.bsky.social on the gutting of a pain-research office.
Unique pain research office eliminated in HHS purge
Pain is the most costly chronic health problem in the U.S. In latest RIFs at NIH, an entire division devoted to pain research was closed down.
www.statnews.com
April 9, 2025 at 2:22 AM
A week ago, the Trump administration laid off thousands of people at HHS and its agencies.
The cuts were so deep, and touched so much, we're still learning about the impacts.
Here are a couple stories that have stood out to me.
1) @levfacher.bsky.social on the gutting of a pain-research office.
The cuts were so deep, and touched so much, we're still learning about the impacts.
Here are a couple stories that have stood out to me.
1) @levfacher.bsky.social on the gutting of a pain-research office.
This child became ill with measles many weeks into the outbreak. There was plenty of time to have become vaccinated if our nation’s top health official, whose organization has invested heavily on the ground in the area, were focused on ending the outbreak instead of fanning the flames.
Second parent of child dead from #measles in Texas also maintains the vaccine doesn't work. Again, how can their illnesses be worse than literal death? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
April 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
This child became ill with measles many weeks into the outbreak. There was plenty of time to have become vaccinated if our nation’s top health official, whose organization has invested heavily on the ground in the area, were focused on ending the outbreak instead of fanning the flames.