Matthias Eberl
@eberlmat.bsky.social
Professor of Translational Immunology • Infection & Immunity • Public Involvement and Engagement • Scientist and migrant • Superbugs
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Matthias Eberl
@eberlmat.bsky.social
· Dec 29
"And the best thing about the polio vaccine is that it even protects people who don't believe in it."
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February 18, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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historian here!
Yes
Yes
before antibiotics did people just die all the time from everything?
February 17, 2026 at 8:15 PM
historian here!
Yes
Yes
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Apparently the quickest way to improve working conditions for burglars would be for home owners to give up their right to defend themselves.
Q: Zelenskyy said he doesn't think it's fair Trump is saying Ukraine has to make concessions & not Russia. What's Trump's response?
LEAVITT: I think the president would respond by saying he doesn't think it's fair thousands of Ukrainians are losing their lives, and Russians too, in this deadly war
LEAVITT: I think the president would respond by saying he doesn't think it's fair thousands of Ukrainians are losing their lives, and Russians too, in this deadly war
February 18, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Apparently the quickest way to improve working conditions for burglars would be for home owners to give up their right to defend themselves.
Apparently the quickest way to improve working conditions for burglars would be for home owners to give up their right to defend themselves.
Q: Zelenskyy said he doesn't think it's fair Trump is saying Ukraine has to make concessions & not Russia. What's Trump's response?
LEAVITT: I think the president would respond by saying he doesn't think it's fair thousands of Ukrainians are losing their lives, and Russians too, in this deadly war
LEAVITT: I think the president would respond by saying he doesn't think it's fair thousands of Ukrainians are losing their lives, and Russians too, in this deadly war
February 18, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Apparently the quickest way to improve working conditions for burglars would be for home owners to give up their right to defend themselves.
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A reminder than bacteria and viruses are always one step ahead of us and that we should never become complacent.
Excruciating tropical disease can now be transmitted in most of Europe, study finds
‘Shocking’ data shows the climate crisis and invasive mosquitos mean chikungunya could spread in 29 countries
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2026 at 8:31 AM
A reminder than bacteria and viruses are always one step ahead of us and that we should never become complacent.
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So what about people like Boris Johnson, who was born in New York and whose non-British ancestors include Ali Kemal Bey (Istanbul), Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter (Pennsylvania), Christian Hubert Theodor Marie Karl von Pfeffel (Munich), Hélène Arnous-Rivière (Nantes) and Elias Avery Loew (Moscow)?
Lucy White is here calling Zia Yusuf and Suella Braverman "foreigners" after their appointment to Farage's 'shadow cabinet' on the grounds that "non-Native Brits (those without British ancestry)" are "foreigners", including UK-born citizens like Braverman, born in Harrow, and Yusuf, born in Scotland
February 18, 2026 at 11:45 AM
So what about people like Boris Johnson, who was born in New York and whose non-British ancestors include Ali Kemal Bey (Istanbul), Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter (Pennsylvania), Christian Hubert Theodor Marie Karl von Pfeffel (Munich), Hélène Arnous-Rivière (Nantes) and Elias Avery Loew (Moscow)?
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Absolutely disgusting. Yes I'm unsurprised but how has our country fallen to a level where naked racism can be broadcast like this?
The GB News editorial director told me that their broadcasting Lucy White's call for all Muslims to leave the UK to go to a Muslim country if they wanted to practice that faith was part of a "fair and balanced" debate.
February 18, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Absolutely disgusting. Yes I'm unsurprised but how has our country fallen to a level where naked racism can be broadcast like this?
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Victoria Derbyshire allowing Zia Yusuf to tie himself in absolute knots by asking him simple questions about Reform policy.
A masterclass in quality journalism.
A masterclass in quality journalism.
"So will it be the same act but with a different label?"
Victoria Derbyshire humiliates Zia Yusuf on Reform UK's plan to scrap the Equalities Act, because, as she reads each of the things from the Equalities act he confirms they'll still be protected 🤷♂️
Victoria Derbyshire humiliates Zia Yusuf on Reform UK's plan to scrap the Equalities Act, because, as she reads each of the things from the Equalities act he confirms they'll still be protected 🤷♂️
February 17, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Victoria Derbyshire allowing Zia Yusuf to tie himself in absolute knots by asking him simple questions about Reform policy.
A masterclass in quality journalism.
A masterclass in quality journalism.
So what about people like Boris Johnson, who was born in New York and whose non-British ancestors include Ali Kemal Bey (Istanbul), Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter (Pennsylvania), Christian Hubert Theodor Marie Karl von Pfeffel (Munich), Hélène Arnous-Rivière (Nantes) and Elias Avery Loew (Moscow)?
Lucy White is here calling Zia Yusuf and Suella Braverman "foreigners" after their appointment to Farage's 'shadow cabinet' on the grounds that "non-Native Brits (those without British ancestry)" are "foreigners", including UK-born citizens like Braverman, born in Harrow, and Yusuf, born in Scotland
February 18, 2026 at 11:45 AM
So what about people like Boris Johnson, who was born in New York and whose non-British ancestors include Ali Kemal Bey (Istanbul), Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter (Pennsylvania), Christian Hubert Theodor Marie Karl von Pfeffel (Munich), Hélène Arnous-Rivière (Nantes) and Elias Avery Loew (Moscow)?
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"No country has ever attempted to rip out its economic infrastructure and replace it with something more primitive" says person who co-founded a campaign for the UK to leave the largest trading bloc in the world, wreaking havoc on the country's economic infrastructure.
February 16, 2026 at 8:50 AM
"No country has ever attempted to rip out its economic infrastructure and replace it with something more primitive" says person who co-founded a campaign for the UK to leave the largest trading bloc in the world, wreaking havoc on the country's economic infrastructure.
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The Green Party's Caroline Lucas humiliates Reform UK's Zia Yusuf on #Newsnight
"Your position is utterly incoherent"
"You have provided no evidence that it's the Equalities Act that discriminates against white working class boys"
"Your position is utterly incoherent"
"You have provided no evidence that it's the Equalities Act that discriminates against white working class boys"
February 17, 2026 at 11:17 PM
The Green Party's Caroline Lucas humiliates Reform UK's Zia Yusuf on #Newsnight
"Your position is utterly incoherent"
"You have provided no evidence that it's the Equalities Act that discriminates against white working class boys"
"Your position is utterly incoherent"
"You have provided no evidence that it's the Equalities Act that discriminates against white working class boys"
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February 18, 2026 at 7:45 AM
A reminder than bacteria and viruses are always one step ahead of us and that we should never become complacent.
Excruciating tropical disease can now be transmitted in most of Europe, study finds
‘Shocking’ data shows the climate crisis and invasive mosquitos mean chikungunya could spread in 29 countries
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2026 at 8:31 AM
A reminder than bacteria and viruses are always one step ahead of us and that we should never become complacent.
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Bloody foreigners, walking on the wrong side and causing chaos at Heathrow.
Heathrow isn’t crowded, it’s travellers walking on the wrong side, boss reveals
Thomas Woldbye says part of airport’s problem is UK passengers walk on the left while others walk on the right
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Bloody foreigners, walking on the wrong side and causing chaos at Heathrow.
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A microbial horror show — an overview of some of the most devastating infectious diseases in history.
Dare to be scared, and be inspired by the stunning advances in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of life-threatening infections.
Featuring cholera, measles and the plague, and many more.
Dare to be scared, and be inspired by the stunning advances in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of life-threatening infections.
Featuring cholera, measles and the plague, and many more.
Pop-Up 2025 - Horror Show — Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us
www.superbugs.online
February 15, 2026 at 7:03 PM
A microbial horror show — an overview of some of the most devastating infectious diseases in history.
Dare to be scared, and be inspired by the stunning advances in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of life-threatening infections.
Featuring cholera, measles and the plague, and many more.
Dare to be scared, and be inspired by the stunning advances in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of life-threatening infections.
Featuring cholera, measles and the plague, and many more.
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Five million years ago #OTD we sundered ourselves from our fathers, replacing the serene dignity of flinging ourselves through trees with the catastrophic innovation of walking upright and lower back pain.
February 16, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Five million years ago #OTD we sundered ourselves from our fathers, replacing the serene dignity of flinging ourselves through trees with the catastrophic innovation of walking upright and lower back pain.
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Nothing says peace like launching 400 drones and 29 missiles against a country you have been attacking non-stop for the past 4 years.
February 17, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Nothing says peace like launching 400 drones and 29 missiles against a country you have been attacking non-stop for the past 4 years.
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As Nigel Farage makes Robert Jenrick his Shadow Chancellor, here's a quick reminder of the sort of man Reform wants to put in charge of the nation's finances
February 17, 2026 at 12:37 PM
As Nigel Farage makes Robert Jenrick his Shadow Chancellor, here's a quick reminder of the sort of man Reform wants to put in charge of the nation's finances
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"This man is a fraud. This man is not to be trusted."
— Nigel Farage, August 2025
— Nigel Farage, August 2025
Reform UK names Robert Jenrick as pick for chancellor
Leader Nigel Farage says Reform is
www.bbc.co.uk
February 17, 2026 at 12:32 PM
"This man is a fraud. This man is not to be trusted."
— Nigel Farage, August 2025
— Nigel Farage, August 2025
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We are living in a world where we have safe and effective vaccines against some of the most detrimental diseases in history.
And yet people choose not to give them to their children and protect them and others.
Measles could have been eradicated by now.
And yet people choose not to give them to their children and protect them and others.
Measles could have been eradicated by now.
A reminder that measles cannot be treated, it can only be prevented.
It is one of the most contagious diseases in the world and can cause blindness, deafness and life-threatening lung and brain infections.
It is one of the most contagious diseases in the world and can cause blindness, deafness and life-threatening lung and brain infections.
More than 60 children infected in north London measles outbreak
Cases reported in seven schools and a nursery in Enfield amid concern over low levels of MMR vaccination in capital
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 10:04 AM
We are living in a world where we have safe and effective vaccines against some of the most detrimental diseases in history.
And yet people choose not to give them to their children and protect them and others.
Measles could have been eradicated by now.
And yet people choose not to give them to their children and protect them and others.
Measles could have been eradicated by now.
"This man is a fraud. This man is not to be trusted."
— Nigel Farage, August 2025
— Nigel Farage, August 2025
Reform UK names Robert Jenrick as pick for chancellor
Leader Nigel Farage says Reform is
www.bbc.co.uk
February 17, 2026 at 12:32 PM
"This man is a fraud. This man is not to be trusted."
— Nigel Farage, August 2025
— Nigel Farage, August 2025
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This is just blatant self soothing, it refers to global events like covid or the war in Ukraine as explanations for Britain's malaise, but then ignores them for other countries, the reality is the UK was hit worse and has recovered worse, in part due to brexit, in part because you were in government
February 17, 2026 at 9:10 AM
This is just blatant self soothing, it refers to global events like covid or the war in Ukraine as explanations for Britain's malaise, but then ignores them for other countries, the reality is the UK was hit worse and has recovered worse, in part due to brexit, in part because you were in government