Emily Somers, PhD ScM 💚🌻
@emsomers.bsky.social
Prof @UMich.edu | Epidemiologist
Alum @LSHTM.bsky.social 🇬🇧 + @JohnsHopkinsSPH.bsky.social
autoimmune, musculoskeletal, lupus, scoliosis, women’s health, COVID-19
👧👧👧+🐕mom | 🌱urban gardener
Alum @LSHTM.bsky.social 🇬🇧 + @JohnsHopkinsSPH.bsky.social
autoimmune, musculoskeletal, lupus, scoliosis, women’s health, COVID-19
👧👧👧+🐕mom | 🌱urban gardener
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Other than the clear top-of-alphabet favoritism in this list (9 out of 20 have names that start between A and C? Typical biased media) this is a great list. Subscribe to The Onion, too, obviously, but this is a very good way to spend your money on good people.
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The Handbasket has subscription suggestions for almost everyone on your list.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Other than the clear top-of-alphabet favoritism in this list (9 out of 20 have names that start between A and C? Typical biased media) this is a great list. Subscribe to The Onion, too, obviously, but this is a very good way to spend your money on good people.
‼️Yikes, ICE attack dog bites & being denied urgently needed medical attention - including need to address serious risk of infection.
#IDSky
#IDSky
My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
December 6, 2025 at 12:58 PM
‼️Yikes, ICE attack dog bites & being denied urgently needed medical attention - including need to address serious risk of infection.
#IDSky
#IDSky
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If you're an expert in your field but still occasionally feel a tinge of imposter syndrome, just have a look at some of the current ACIP lineup.
December 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
If you're an expert in your field but still occasionally feel a tinge of imposter syndrome, just have a look at some of the current ACIP lineup.
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Defend Public Health is speaking out about the ACIP meeting calling it an epidemiological crime scene.
www.defendpublichealth.org/press-releas...
www.defendpublichealth.org/press-releas...
ACIP Meeting Turns into “Epidemiological Crime Scene” | Defend Public Health
Health experts with Defend Public Health expressed shock at the flood of antivaxxer disinformation that dominated the first day of the December meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practi...
www.defendpublichealth.org
December 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Defend Public Health is speaking out about the ACIP meeting calling it an epidemiological crime scene.
www.defendpublichealth.org/press-releas...
www.defendpublichealth.org/press-releas...
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My son is having a public health strategy for his packed lunch today.
December 5, 2025 at 8:01 AM
My son is having a public health strategy for his packed lunch today.
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Academia is a daily gauntlet of criticism, rejection, & excessive workload demand.
It's normal to feel like a failure when the main feedback is negative. And you're constantly doing a rushed job.
That's why it's critical to have supportive managers. Alas, bullying & neglect are more common.
It's normal to feel like a failure when the main feedback is negative. And you're constantly doing a rushed job.
That's why it's critical to have supportive managers. Alas, bullying & neglect are more common.
Academia has this way of making you feel utterly unsuccessful even when by any reasonable standard you are doing just fine.
December 5, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Academia is a daily gauntlet of criticism, rejection, & excessive workload demand.
It's normal to feel like a failure when the main feedback is negative. And you're constantly doing a rushed job.
That's why it's critical to have supportive managers. Alas, bullying & neglect are more common.
It's normal to feel like a failure when the main feedback is negative. And you're constantly doing a rushed job.
That's why it's critical to have supportive managers. Alas, bullying & neglect are more common.
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You've likely benefitted from HIV/AIDS research even if you're not living with or at risk for HIV. AIDS activists led the way in urging faster drug approval & spurring patient & community input & participation. @fredhutch.org #WorldAIDSDay
www.fredhutch.org/en/news/cent...
www.fredhutch.org/en/news/cent...
The benefits of HIV research? Let us count the ways
You may not realize you’ve benefited from HIV research. But if you’ve received a treatment that was approved through a recent clinical trial, received a CAR T cell for your cancer, or even just taken ...
www.fredhutch.org
December 2, 2025 at 12:22 AM
You've likely benefitted from HIV/AIDS research even if you're not living with or at risk for HIV. AIDS activists led the way in urging faster drug approval & spurring patient & community input & participation. @fredhutch.org #WorldAIDSDay
www.fredhutch.org/en/news/cent...
www.fredhutch.org/en/news/cent...
🤩The momentum is with public health, vaccines, ID…jumped to 2nd place!🥈
Calling on #RheumSky colleagues to infuse 🍎team #mealioidosis 🍎 with more immunology…
#EpiSky #IDSky #MedSky #HCWvsHunger #FightHunger
hcwvshunger.org
Calling on #RheumSky colleagues to infuse 🍎team #mealioidosis 🍎 with more immunology…
#EpiSky #IDSky #MedSky #HCWvsHunger #FightHunger
hcwvshunger.org
December 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🤩The momentum is with public health, vaccines, ID…jumped to 2nd place!🥈
Calling on #RheumSky colleagues to infuse 🍎team #mealioidosis 🍎 with more immunology…
#EpiSky #IDSky #MedSky #HCWvsHunger #FightHunger
hcwvshunger.org
Calling on #RheumSky colleagues to infuse 🍎team #mealioidosis 🍎 with more immunology…
#EpiSky #IDSky #MedSky #HCWvsHunger #FightHunger
hcwvshunger.org
December 1, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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I am shocked, SHOCKED, that #mealioidosis is getting crushed this year in #HCWvsHunger. Not even in the top 5, and yet, we practically invented #MedSky! C'mon #IDsky you know what to do. hcwvshunger.org
Healthcare Workers vs Hunger
Healthcare workers vs Hunger is an annual friendly competition between teams of healthcare workers to help relieve food insecurity.
hcwvshunger.org
November 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I am shocked, SHOCKED, that #mealioidosis is getting crushed this year in #HCWvsHunger. Not even in the top 5, and yet, we practically invented #MedSky! C'mon #IDsky you know what to do. hcwvshunger.org
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Some outlets are reporting that DOGE "doesn't exist" anymore. But the fine print on that overturns the whole story: DOGE is just dropping its tarnished brand, not the chainsaw. 🧵
November 24, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Some outlets are reporting that DOGE "doesn't exist" anymore. But the fine print on that overturns the whole story: DOGE is just dropping its tarnished brand, not the chainsaw. 🧵
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When lawmakers refuse to take action on gun violence, we run for office and take their jobs.
Voters chose former Virginia Moms volunteer Abigail Spanberger as their next governor, and 13 of our Virginia volunteers were elected to the Virginia House—constituting 20% of the historic House majority.
Voters chose former Virginia Moms volunteer Abigail Spanberger as their next governor, and 13 of our Virginia volunteers were elected to the Virginia House—constituting 20% of the historic House majority.
Beyond Spanberger, women fuel a Democratic resurgence in Virginia
In Tuesday’s election, women made history in the executive branch, set records in the House of Delegates — and evoked pride from female leaders of generations past.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
When lawmakers refuse to take action on gun violence, we run for office and take their jobs.
Voters chose former Virginia Moms volunteer Abigail Spanberger as their next governor, and 13 of our Virginia volunteers were elected to the Virginia House—constituting 20% of the historic House majority.
Voters chose former Virginia Moms volunteer Abigail Spanberger as their next governor, and 13 of our Virginia volunteers were elected to the Virginia House—constituting 20% of the historic House majority.
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It was a HUGE night for our volunteers in Virginia! Not only did Virginians elect the first woman and Moms Demand Action volunteer — Abigail Spanberger — to the governor’s office, 13 of our volunteers were elected to the state assembly! 🧵 #DemandASeat
November 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
It was a HUGE night for our volunteers in Virginia! Not only did Virginians elect the first woman and Moms Demand Action volunteer — Abigail Spanberger — to the governor’s office, 13 of our volunteers were elected to the state assembly! 🧵 #DemandASeat
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if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
What We Lost When Condé Nast Unceremoniously Shuttered Teen Vogue
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
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"AWS crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat" is something from a Final Destination pre-production brainstorming session www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...
AWS crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright - Dexerto
The AWS outage caused chaos for owners of Eight Sleep’s Pod3 mattresses as they had no offline mode and were stuck at high temperatures.
www.dexerto.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"AWS crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat" is something from a Final Destination pre-production brainstorming session www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...
October 19, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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After a week on service I’m reminded that the world is full of indescribable sadness but also full of unbounded hope and the best we can do is be kind and love those around us.
October 13, 2025 at 10:35 PM
After a week on service I’m reminded that the world is full of indescribable sadness but also full of unbounded hope and the best we can do is be kind and love those around us.
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I am really glad that @jeremymberg.bsky.social wrote this. Everybody who cares about science, and about knowledge generation and civil society generally, should read and share with their favorite administrator.
Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment
Leaders are underestimating the risks of not fighting back
open.substack.com
October 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I am really glad that @jeremymberg.bsky.social wrote this. Everybody who cares about science, and about knowledge generation and civil society generally, should read and share with their favorite administrator.
Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
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Talarico: if you read the new testament, Jesus doesn't spend most of his time preaching or teaching or even praying. He spends most of his time healing the sick.
Right now, we have politicians in congress with Christ follower in their Twitter bio, but they are kicking the sick off their health care
Right now, we have politicians in congress with Christ follower in their Twitter bio, but they are kicking the sick off their health care
October 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Talarico: if you read the new testament, Jesus doesn't spend most of his time preaching or teaching or even praying. He spends most of his time healing the sick.
Right now, we have politicians in congress with Christ follower in their Twitter bio, but they are kicking the sick off their health care
Right now, we have politicians in congress with Christ follower in their Twitter bio, but they are kicking the sick off their health care
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These attacks on vaccines, tylenol, fluoridation of water, masks, etc is to keep everyone so distracted that nobody has the energy to ask
- why are so many lacking access to medical care?
- why is gun violence #1 cause of death in kids?
- why is life expectancy falling?
- why are meds unaffordable?
- why are so many lacking access to medical care?
- why is gun violence #1 cause of death in kids?
- why is life expectancy falling?
- why are meds unaffordable?
September 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
These attacks on vaccines, tylenol, fluoridation of water, masks, etc is to keep everyone so distracted that nobody has the energy to ask
- why are so many lacking access to medical care?
- why is gun violence #1 cause of death in kids?
- why is life expectancy falling?
- why are meds unaffordable?
- why are so many lacking access to medical care?
- why is gun violence #1 cause of death in kids?
- why is life expectancy falling?
- why are meds unaffordable?
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I like this. Since under RFK Jr, Covid shots are now for people with underlying conditions that put them at risk, Michigan’s chief medical executive Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian states that not having the most recent Covid shot constitutes such an underlying condition.
www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...
www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...
September 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I like this. Since under RFK Jr, Covid shots are now for people with underlying conditions that put them at risk, Michigan’s chief medical executive Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian states that not having the most recent Covid shot constitutes such an underlying condition.
www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...
www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...
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My daughter’s 5th grade class outside her school, protesting gun violence and the Anunciation shooting, and getting lots of love!
September 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
My daughter’s 5th grade class outside her school, protesting gun violence and the Anunciation shooting, and getting lots of love!
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You could literally just toss meth in any (open) fire, or destroy it even more easily without using fire at all, but for some reason the FBI used an animal carcass incinerator in a negatively pressurized animal shelter to smoke 2 pounds of meth with all the staff and animals in the building
A cloud of smoke from two pounds of methamphetamine incinerated inside a Montana animal shelter sent its workers to the hospital, city officials in Billings said.
Meth burn by FBI smokes out Montana animal shelter | CNN
A cloud of smoke from two pounds of methamphetamine seized by the FBI and incinerated inside a Montana animal shelter sent its workers to the hospital, city officials in Billings said.
www.cnn.com
September 13, 2025 at 12:58 PM
You could literally just toss meth in any (open) fire, or destroy it even more easily without using fire at all, but for some reason the FBI used an animal carcass incinerator in a negatively pressurized animal shelter to smoke 2 pounds of meth with all the staff and animals in the building
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I'm surprised how many people are quick to make a defense of violence in my replies. For them it's necessary, foreclosing on its use is a privilege. For me, non-violence is a powerful tool. It is the lesson of one of my heroes, Bayard Rustin. 1/ wagingnonviolence.org/2022/08/reme...
Remembering the genius of Bayard Rustin
Thirty-five years after his death, the man who mentored Martin Luther King Jr. still has much to teach movements.
wagingnonviolence.org
September 11, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I'm surprised how many people are quick to make a defense of violence in my replies. For them it's necessary, foreclosing on its use is a privilege. For me, non-violence is a powerful tool. It is the lesson of one of my heroes, Bayard Rustin. 1/ wagingnonviolence.org/2022/08/reme...
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Report of the 2024 #marburg outbreak in #rwanda. The response successfully treated two patients in the icu, simultaneously ran vaccine and treatment trials and effectively contained the outbreak. 15/66 cases died. They gave the world a lesson in outbreak response.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Marburg Virus Disease in Rwanda, 2024 — Public Health and Clinical Responses | NEJM
On September 27, 2024, Rwanda reported an outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD),
after a cluster of cases of viral hemorrhagic fever was detected at two urban hospitals.
We report key aspects of ...
www.nejm.org
September 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Report of the 2024 #marburg outbreak in #rwanda. The response successfully treated two patients in the icu, simultaneously ran vaccine and treatment trials and effectively contained the outbreak. 15/66 cases died. They gave the world a lesson in outbreak response.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....