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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"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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Robert Jenrick has been announced as Reform UK’s ‘shadow chancellor’, Suella Braverman as spokesperson for education, skills and equalities.
a woman in a blue shirt is drinking from a white cup
ALT: a woman in a blue shirt is drinking from a white cup
media.tenor.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Robert Jenrick has been announced as Reform UK’s ‘shadow chancellor’, Suella Braverman as spokesperson for education, skills and equalities.
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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.
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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.
"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
Robert Jenrick has been announced as Reform UK’s ‘shadow chancellor’, Suella Braverman as spokesperson for education, skills and equalities.
a woman in a blue shirt is drinking from a white cup
ALT: a woman in a blue shirt is drinking from a white cup
media.tenor.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Robert Jenrick has been announced as Reform UK’s ‘shadow chancellor’, Suella Braverman as spokesperson for education, skills and equalities.
Reposted by Matthias Eberl
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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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
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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Speaking about something more primitive.
February 16, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Speaking about something more primitive.
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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.
Reposted by Matthias Eberl
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 9:54 AM
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.
Reposted by Matthias Eberl
"Dad?"
"Yes, son."
"Is it true that it was possible to prevent these outbreaks?"
"We used to call them 'vaccines', they protected people for their whole lives. And not only against measles."
"I miss my friends."
"Yes, son."
"Is it true that it was possible to prevent these outbreaks?"
"We used to call them 'vaccines', they protected people for their whole lives. And not only against measles."
"I miss my friends."
February 15, 2026 at 11:25 PM
"Dad?"
"Yes, son."
"Is it true that it was possible to prevent these outbreaks?"
"We used to call them 'vaccines', they protected people for their whole lives. And not only against measles."
"I miss my friends."
"Yes, son."
"Is it true that it was possible to prevent these outbreaks?"
"We used to call them 'vaccines', they protected people for their whole lives. And not only against measles."
"I miss my friends."
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HAVE YOU HEARD KID SO NOW I HAVE THE TWO BIGGEST PEACE PRIZES IN THE WORLD AND BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN HAS WRITTEN A SONG ABOUT ME DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHO HE IS HE'S THE GUY WHO SINGS ABOUT HOW GREAT IT IS TO BE BORN IN THE USA AND BY THE WAY WE HAVE DEPORTED YOUR MUM
January 28, 2026 at 11:09 PM
HAVE YOU HEARD KID SO NOW I HAVE THE TWO BIGGEST PEACE PRIZES IN THE WORLD AND BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN HAS WRITTEN A SONG ABOUT ME DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHO HE IS HE'S THE GUY WHO SINGS ABOUT HOW GREAT IT IS TO BE BORN IN THE USA AND BY THE WAY WE HAVE DEPORTED YOUR MUM
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.
Speaking about something more primitive.
February 16, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Speaking about something more primitive.
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OpenAI ”acknowledged in its own research that LLMs will always produce hallucinations due to fundamental mathematical constraints that cannot be solved through better engineering, marking a significant admission from one of the AI industry’s leading companies.”
You can’t trust chatbots.
You can’t trust chatbots.
OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
www.computerworld.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:25 PM
OpenAI ”acknowledged in its own research that LLMs will always produce hallucinations due to fundamental mathematical constraints that cannot be solved through better engineering, marking a significant admission from one of the AI industry’s leading companies.”
You can’t trust chatbots.
You can’t trust chatbots.
"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.
"Dad?"
"Yes, son."
"Is it true that it was possible to prevent these outbreaks?"
"We used to call them 'vaccines', they protected people for their whole lives. And not only against measles."
"I miss my friends."
"Yes, son."
"Is it true that it was possible to prevent these outbreaks?"
"We used to call them 'vaccines', they protected people for their whole lives. And not only against measles."
"I miss my friends."
February 15, 2026 at 11:25 PM
"Dad?"
"Yes, son."
"Is it true that it was possible to prevent these outbreaks?"
"We used to call them 'vaccines', they protected people for their whole lives. And not only against measles."
"I miss my friends."
"Yes, son."
"Is it true that it was possible to prevent these outbreaks?"
"We used to call them 'vaccines', they protected people for their whole lives. And not only against measles."
"I miss my friends."
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Meanwhile in other vaccine-preventable diseases news.
Maryland health officials warn providers about an upsurge in mumps cases
Maryland health officials are warning about an uptick in cases of mumps.
www.thebanner.com
February 15, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Meanwhile in other vaccine-preventable diseases news.
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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.
Reposted by Matthias Eberl
A reminder that it's not a question if but when there will be another global pandemic.
It can happen any moment, and we need to be prepared.
It can happen any moment, and we need to be prepared.
Exclusive: Key US infectious-diseases centre to drop pandemic preparation
Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and ‘biodefense’ from the agency’s website.
www.nature.com
February 15, 2026 at 10:09 AM
A reminder that it's not a question if but when there will be another global pandemic.
It can happen any moment, and we need to be prepared.
It can happen any moment, and we need to be prepared.
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.
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 9:54 AM
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.