Raywat Deonandan
@deonandan.bsky.social
Personal account of Prof Raywat Deonandan, PhD: Epidemiologist, award-winning educator, bestselling author, scourge of the ignorant, & Servant to a small child.
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Unbelievable.
Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Unbelievable.
Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
Imagine not wanting to support a business that says "bigots walk." Clearly, you must be a bigot, then.
November 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Imagine not wanting to support a business that says "bigots walk." Clearly, you must be a bigot, then.
You think wealth inequality is bad now? In two years, this planet will be economically unrecognizable, as AI tech wealth is streamlined into a handful of pockets while hundreds of millions of people are suddenly rendered unemployable. Yes, two years. The "Big Compression" is coming: 2028-2033.
November 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
You think wealth inequality is bad now? In two years, this planet will be economically unrecognizable, as AI tech wealth is streamlined into a handful of pockets while hundreds of millions of people are suddenly rendered unemployable. Yes, two years. The "Big Compression" is coming: 2028-2033.
Ladies and gentlemen, the drunken Secretary of Defence declares war against a sitting Senator, former naval aviator, former astronaut, and one of the most impressive and fearless living Americans.
We do live in the dumbest timeline.
We do live in the dumbest timeline.
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, the drunken Secretary of Defence declares war against a sitting Senator, former naval aviator, former astronaut, and one of the most impressive and fearless living Americans.
We do live in the dumbest timeline.
We do live in the dumbest timeline.
If you're not sufficiently terrified of our AI-fueled future, then I recommend this immensely entertaining and informative 4-video series:
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November 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
If you're not sufficiently terrified of our AI-fueled future, then I recommend this immensely entertaining and informative 4-video series:
www.youtube.com/@weareinsideAI
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I predict this will not be enough to convince some people:
285 studies
132 million people in real-world data
157,414 in randomized trials
~80% reduction in cervical cancer when given before age 16
No increase in serious adverse events @drjengunter.bsky.social
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
285 studies
132 million people in real-world data
157,414 in randomized trials
~80% reduction in cervical cancer when given before age 16
No increase in serious adverse events @drjengunter.bsky.social
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
New research confirms HPV vaccination prevents cervical cancer
Two new Cochrane reviews show strong and consistent evidence that HPV vaccines are effective in preventing cervical cancer and pre-cancerous changes, especially when given to young people before they ...
www.eurekalert.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I predict this will not be enough to convince some people:
285 studies
132 million people in real-world data
157,414 in randomized trials
~80% reduction in cervical cancer when given before age 16
No increase in serious adverse events @drjengunter.bsky.social
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
285 studies
132 million people in real-world data
157,414 in randomized trials
~80% reduction in cervical cancer when given before age 16
No increase in serious adverse events @drjengunter.bsky.social
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
November 25, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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Good morning Bluesky !
November 24, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Good morning Bluesky !
My 5-year old: "Dada, why are my testicles in a little bag?"
Me: "Well, they have to be kept at a constant temperature. So, when it's cold outside, your body brings the bag closer to make it warm. And when it's hot, it moves away to get cool."
5-yo: "So I can tell the temperature with my testicles?"
Me: "Well, they have to be kept at a constant temperature. So, when it's cold outside, your body brings the bag closer to make it warm. And when it's hot, it moves away to get cool."
5-yo: "So I can tell the temperature with my testicles?"
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 AM
My 5-year old: "Dada, why are my testicles in a little bag?"
Me: "Well, they have to be kept at a constant temperature. So, when it's cold outside, your body brings the bag closer to make it warm. And when it's hot, it moves away to get cool."
5-yo: "So I can tell the temperature with my testicles?"
Me: "Well, they have to be kept at a constant temperature. So, when it's cold outside, your body brings the bag closer to make it warm. And when it's hot, it moves away to get cool."
5-yo: "So I can tell the temperature with my testicles?"
This really should be bigger news.
November 25, 2025 at 3:26 AM
This really should be bigger news.
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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
IPV = injected, cannot cause polio
OPV = oral, small risk of causing polio
OPV only used in some very poor countries where wild polio is endemic for two main reasons: 1) it's easy to get to many people fast, 2) it actually blocks transmission, so can slow an epidemic.
Global shift to IP underway.
OPV = oral, small risk of causing polio
OPV only used in some very poor countries where wild polio is endemic for two main reasons: 1) it's easy to get to many people fast, 2) it actually blocks transmission, so can slow an epidemic.
Global shift to IP underway.
Interesting piece on the need to shift from the OPV to the IPV #polio vaccine.
"Polio outbreaks due to vaccine-derived viruses demand a re-definition of vaccine safety" www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
"Polio outbreaks due to vaccine-derived viruses demand a re-definition of vaccine safety" www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Polio outbreaks due to vaccine-derived viruses demand a re-definition of vaccine safety
Vaccine safety is regarded as the absence of any serious adverse event following immunisation
(sAEFI) in the vaccinated individual. The live oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) causes
an sAEFI—vaccine-assoc...
www.thelancet.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:17 AM
IPV = injected, cannot cause polio
OPV = oral, small risk of causing polio
OPV only used in some very poor countries where wild polio is endemic for two main reasons: 1) it's easy to get to many people fast, 2) it actually blocks transmission, so can slow an epidemic.
Global shift to IP underway.
OPV = oral, small risk of causing polio
OPV only used in some very poor countries where wild polio is endemic for two main reasons: 1) it's easy to get to many people fast, 2) it actually blocks transmission, so can slow an epidemic.
Global shift to IP underway.
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“Thanks to immunization, a child born today is 40 per cent more likely to see their fifth birthday than a child born 50 years ago.”—@WHO
www.thewhig.com/opinion/vacc...
www.thewhig.com/opinion/vacc...
Vaccines save children’s lives
Vaccines save the lives of millions of children every year and also prevent needless suffering and permanent disability caused by some childhood diseases.
www.thewhig.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:08 AM
“Thanks to immunization, a child born today is 40 per cent more likely to see their fifth birthday than a child born 50 years ago.”—@WHO
www.thewhig.com/opinion/vacc...
www.thewhig.com/opinion/vacc...
Most kids ask for lullabies or bedtime stories. Tonight, to get him to sleep, my 5-year old insisted that I speak endless streams of nonsense in a Jamaican accent.
Seriously, this is what he wanted. And it worked. Out like a light.
Seriously, this is what he wanted. And it worked. Out like a light.
November 25, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Most kids ask for lullabies or bedtime stories. Tonight, to get him to sleep, my 5-year old insisted that I speak endless streams of nonsense in a Jamaican accent.
Seriously, this is what he wanted. And it worked. Out like a light.
Seriously, this is what he wanted. And it worked. Out like a light.
Me: "Name three countries. Any three."
My 5-year old: "El Salvador, Mozambique, and Marshall Islands."
*pause*
Me: "Who ARE you?"
My 5-year old: "El Salvador, Mozambique, and Marshall Islands."
*pause*
Me: "Who ARE you?"
November 25, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Me: "Name three countries. Any three."
My 5-year old: "El Salvador, Mozambique, and Marshall Islands."
*pause*
Me: "Who ARE you?"
My 5-year old: "El Salvador, Mozambique, and Marshall Islands."
*pause*
Me: "Who ARE you?"
Of course he is
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Of course he is
The most prescient thing about the Matrix movies is that they said that human civilization peaked in 1999.
November 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The most prescient thing about the Matrix movies is that they said that human civilization peaked in 1999.
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The media needs to stop calling it a peace plan. It's a Republican surrender plan for Europe. Why? Because Republicans have embraced fascist plutocracy and Europe isn't.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/23/e...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/23/e...
Trump’s signals to Zelensky and Europe: Accept this plan or you’re on your own | CNN
The 28-point plan hammered out by US and Russian envoys and put to Ukraine this week came with a deadline and an implicit threat: Sign up or face the risk of being abandoned.
www.cnn.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The media needs to stop calling it a peace plan. It's a Republican surrender plan for Europe. Why? Because Republicans have embraced fascist plutocracy and Europe isn't.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/23/e...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/23/e...
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„Quiet, Piggy!“ Just think about that for a minute, and what it means to live in a time when a President can assault a woman in public like that without any consequences.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
November 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
„Quiet, Piggy!“ Just think about that for a minute, and what it means to live in a time when a President can assault a woman in public like that without any consequences.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
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I wonder if we’re getting close to a RT =/= endorsements as a legal defense.
November 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I wonder if we’re getting close to a RT =/= endorsements as a legal defense.