John Lynch MD, MPH
@johnlynchid.bsky.social
Fan of all things ID, epi, and RESISTANCE of all types. Based at Harborview Medical Center and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA, Earth. We have work to do #equity #climatechange #ISupportPublicHealth. I stand agains transphobia in all its forms.
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Salt Lake City, Utah, and Boise, Idaho, adopted official Pride flags on Tuesday in response to state laws barring the display of any nonofficial flags at schools and government buildings.
Salt Lake City and Boise Adopt Official Pride Flags in Response to State Laws
www.nytimes.com
May 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Salt Lake City, Utah, and Boise, Idaho, adopted official Pride flags on Tuesday in response to state laws barring the display of any nonofficial flags at schools and government buildings.
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Sadly too true…
Behind almost every leader in the anti-vaccine movement is an alternative medicine grift.
March 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Sadly too true…
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On Feb 24, I gave a lecture at UW explaining what my team's decade-plus research on online rumors during crises reveals about the right wing "bullshit machine." Fittingly, a lightning strike impacted the original audio. Here's a fixed version w/ the full transcript: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjiG...
A Spotlight on Rumors
YouTube video by UW (University of Washington)
www.youtube.com
March 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
On Feb 24, I gave a lecture at UW explaining what my team's decade-plus research on online rumors during crises reveals about the right wing "bullshit machine." Fittingly, a lightning strike impacted the original audio. Here's a fixed version w/ the full transcript: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjiG...
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The whole economic and political system from left to right is geared towards economic growth based on the total annihilation of the natural world
And this is called progress
And anyone who says otherwise is mocked as a freak and a clown but we all know who the real clowns are
And this is called progress
And anyone who says otherwise is mocked as a freak and a clown but we all know who the real clowns are
February 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The whole economic and political system from left to right is geared towards economic growth based on the total annihilation of the natural world
And this is called progress
And anyone who says otherwise is mocked as a freak and a clown but we all know who the real clowns are
And this is called progress
And anyone who says otherwise is mocked as a freak and a clown but we all know who the real clowns are
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The first measles death in the US since 2015. In a school-aged child who was not vaccinated. Senseless tragedy.
Measles is no joke. And there are many outcomes from measles infection other than death that we should also care about and try to prevent.
Everything about this was entirely preventable.
Measles is no joke. And there are many outcomes from measles infection other than death that we should also care about and try to prevent.
Everything about this was entirely preventable.
A person hospitalized with measles in West Texas has died, the first in an outbreak that's infected more than 120 people.
First measles death is reported in the West Texas outbreak that's infected more than 120 people
A person who was hospitalized with measles has died from measles in West Texas. It's the first since the outbreak began late last month.
apnews.com
February 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The first measles death in the US since 2015. In a school-aged child who was not vaccinated. Senseless tragedy.
Measles is no joke. And there are many outcomes from measles infection other than death that we should also care about and try to prevent.
Everything about this was entirely preventable.
Measles is no joke. And there are many outcomes from measles infection other than death that we should also care about and try to prevent.
Everything about this was entirely preventable.
Interested in why people who think that vaccines are harmful vote to support RFK jr but also vote to support the below? No vaccines, but yes to formaldehyde+other unrestricted toxins?
She Lobbied for a Carcinogen. Now She’s at the E.P.A., Approving New Chemicals. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/c...
She Lobbied for a Carcinogen. Now She’s at the E.P.A., Approving New Chemicals. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/c...
She Lobbied for Formaldehyde. Now She’s at E.P.A. Approving New Chemicals.
Lynn Dekleva, who recently took a senior role at the agency, once led an aggressive effort by industry to block regulations on formaldehyde.
www.nytimes.com
February 26, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Interested in why people who think that vaccines are harmful vote to support RFK jr but also vote to support the below? No vaccines, but yes to formaldehyde+other unrestricted toxins?
She Lobbied for a Carcinogen. Now She’s at the E.P.A., Approving New Chemicals. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/c...
She Lobbied for a Carcinogen. Now She’s at the E.P.A., Approving New Chemicals. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/c...
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We should send newly confirmed expert, RFK Jr. to Wuhan so he can expose himself to this new virus and let us know if everything is ok. If he looks good after a few months they can send him back home! 😜 I’m sure he wouldn’t want to endanger anyone with vaccines!
www.newsweek.com/new-coronavi...
www.newsweek.com/new-coronavi...
New coronavirus discovered in Chinese bats sparks alarm
The virus binds to humans in a similar way to the virus that causes COVID-19.
www.newsweek.com
February 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
We should send newly confirmed expert, RFK Jr. to Wuhan so he can expose himself to this new virus and let us know if everything is ok. If he looks good after a few months they can send him back home! 😜 I’m sure he wouldn’t want to endanger anyone with vaccines!
www.newsweek.com/new-coronavi...
www.newsweek.com/new-coronavi...
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The breadth and scope of cowardice amongst our scientific leadership is staggering.
SCOOP: The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, arguably the nation's most powerful scientific organization, is bending to political pressure and removing terms like "health equity" from pending reports. Members are not happy. Story by me: www.statnews.com/2025/02/20/n...
National Academies is altering pending reports to appease Trump administration, some members say
Words such as “health equity” are being replacing with vaguer terms, and 100 members sent a letter of protest to NASEM leaders.
www.statnews.com
February 21, 2025 at 7:21 AM
The breadth and scope of cowardice amongst our scientific leadership is staggering.
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This is unbelievable—the chaos occurring in our country right now is impossible to put into words. Firing officials working on #H5N1 bird flu ‘by accident’ as it continues to spread isn’t just incompetence, it’s putting lives at stake for politics. We can’t afford this kind of recklessness.
February 19, 2025 at 3:22 AM
This is unbelievable—the chaos occurring in our country right now is impossible to put into words. Firing officials working on #H5N1 bird flu ‘by accident’ as it continues to spread isn’t just incompetence, it’s putting lives at stake for politics. We can’t afford this kind of recklessness.
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Here’s some positive H5N1 news for a change: conditional approval for poultry vaccines made by Zoetis for chickens.
Why didn’t we do this sooner? The answer is more complex than you might think.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Why didn’t we do this sooner? The answer is more complex than you might think.
www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. conditionally approves vaccine to protect poultry from avian flu
The decision brings U.S. poultry farmers a step closer to immunizing their flocks
www.science.org
February 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Here’s some positive H5N1 news for a change: conditional approval for poultry vaccines made by Zoetis for chickens.
Why didn’t we do this sooner? The answer is more complex than you might think.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Why didn’t we do this sooner? The answer is more complex than you might think.
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Listen to legendary, brilliant political science professor Stathis Kalyvas, of Oxford University today, previously of Yale University, NYU, and OSU. He gets it. Read my previous posts to see the larger news context.
February 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Listen to legendary, brilliant political science professor Stathis Kalyvas, of Oxford University today, previously of Yale University, NYU, and OSU. He gets it. Read my previous posts to see the larger news context.
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“When I hear about us leaving WHO . . . , we’re cutting out the EIS — a chill goes up my spine. Because I realize that we’re dealing with people who are in a different reality. They don’t understand public health. They don’t understand what it was like to encounter the dangers of the past.”
Doing the unthinkable: The deep cuts to the #CDC's workforce today are expected to decimate the Epidemic Intelligence Service, a program that has trained public health rapid responders for decades.
Envy of the world. Poof!
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
Envy of the world. Poof!
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
CDC cuts expected to devastate Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public health
Members of the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service were warned Friday that many of them were about to be fired
www.statnews.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“When I hear about us leaving WHO . . . , we’re cutting out the EIS — a chill goes up my spine. Because I realize that we’re dealing with people who are in a different reality. They don’t understand public health. They don’t understand what it was like to encounter the dangers of the past.”
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We're expediting sex designation change requests on birth certificates. People born in WA who want to change the sex designation on their birth certificate can do so by filing a request with us. . doh.wa.gov/DesignationC...
Sex Designation Change on a Birth Certificate
We are currently processing requests in three (3) business days. Please allow up to two (2) weeks for delivery and mail time for ordered certificates.
doh.wa.gov
February 12, 2025 at 10:05 PM
We're expediting sex designation change requests on birth certificates. People born in WA who want to change the sex designation on their birth certificate can do so by filing a request with us. . doh.wa.gov/DesignationC...
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Young scientists are worried for their future and careers.
Some people are reveling on n that. They seem to be really enjoying the moment. They have “no sympathy”.
Imagine saying that to many people who are rightly worried about their jobs and income.
They dream of firing more people.
Some people are reveling on n that. They seem to be really enjoying the moment. They have “no sympathy”.
Imagine saying that to many people who are rightly worried about their jobs and income.
They dream of firing more people.
February 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Young scientists are worried for their future and careers.
Some people are reveling on n that. They seem to be really enjoying the moment. They have “no sympathy”.
Imagine saying that to many people who are rightly worried about their jobs and income.
They dream of firing more people.
Some people are reveling on n that. They seem to be really enjoying the moment. They have “no sympathy”.
Imagine saying that to many people who are rightly worried about their jobs and income.
They dream of firing more people.
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I’ve been seething and grieving since yesterday’s Friday Night Massacre of NIH overheads, a seeming bit of bureaucratic trivial that will in fact destroy the US university system if unchecked. But I want to get away from budgets and rate breakdowns and F&A percentages for a moment.
Humor me?
Humor me?
February 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I’ve been seething and grieving since yesterday’s Friday Night Massacre of NIH overheads, a seeming bit of bureaucratic trivial that will in fact destroy the US university system if unchecked. But I want to get away from budgets and rate breakdowns and F&A percentages for a moment.
Humor me?
Humor me?
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This change will accomplish one thing - kill medical research in US academic institutions.
That's not hyperbole and the best way I can explain this to the lay public.
Slashing indirect costs to 15% is a move to destroy the academic enterprise.
Pass it on.
www.statnews.com/2025/02/07/n...
That's not hyperbole and the best way I can explain this to the lay public.
Slashing indirect costs to 15% is a move to destroy the academic enterprise.
Pass it on.
www.statnews.com/2025/02/07/n...
NIH plans to slash support for indirect research costs, sending shockwaves through science
The NIH said Friday night that it would slash support for indirect costs on all existing and future grants to 15%
www.statnews.com
February 8, 2025 at 2:26 AM
This change will accomplish one thing - kill medical research in US academic institutions.
That's not hyperbole and the best way I can explain this to the lay public.
Slashing indirect costs to 15% is a move to destroy the academic enterprise.
Pass it on.
www.statnews.com/2025/02/07/n...
That's not hyperbole and the best way I can explain this to the lay public.
Slashing indirect costs to 15% is a move to destroy the academic enterprise.
Pass it on.
www.statnews.com/2025/02/07/n...
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1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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From @walkerbragman.bsky.social, more on the RealClear journal of COVID contrarians.
www.importantcontext.news/p/a-new-acad...
www.importantcontext.news/p/a-new-acad...
“A New Academic Publishing Model”: Right-Wing Dark Money Group Launches Fringe Medical Journal
The right-wing RealClear Foundation’s foray into public health has been called “a mockery of scientific process.”
www.importantcontext.news
February 7, 2025 at 5:26 AM
From @walkerbragman.bsky.social, more on the RealClear journal of COVID contrarians.
www.importantcontext.news/p/a-new-acad...
www.importantcontext.news/p/a-new-acad...
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Editorial from the @thelancet.bsky.social
"The health, medical, and scientific communities have a vital role in advocating for their patients, defending programmes, and lobbying for policies and institutions that are good for health and wellbeing."
#GoodTrouble
"The health, medical, and scientific communities have a vital role in advocating for their patients, defending programmes, and lobbying for policies and institutions that are good for health and wellbeing."
#GoodTrouble
February 7, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Editorial from the @thelancet.bsky.social
"The health, medical, and scientific communities have a vital role in advocating for their patients, defending programmes, and lobbying for policies and institutions that are good for health and wellbeing."
#GoodTrouble
"The health, medical, and scientific communities have a vital role in advocating for their patients, defending programmes, and lobbying for policies and institutions that are good for health and wellbeing."
#GoodTrouble
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February 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The loss of research and clinical funding (USAID, PEPFAR, NIH, CDC, etc) directly impacts human beings in trials, who are being treated for HIV/TB/malaria, and who are now at greater risk of dying. The halt of funding is unethical and violates our commitments to study participants and to patients.
February 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The loss of research and clinical funding (USAID, PEPFAR, NIH, CDC, etc) directly impacts human beings in trials, who are being treated for HIV/TB/malaria, and who are now at greater risk of dying. The halt of funding is unethical and violates our commitments to study participants and to patients.
Ty @emilymullin.bsky.social @mattreynolds.bsky.social. The @carlbergstrom.com and @angierasmussen.bsky.social quotes sum it up. It's LARPing until they make it seem normal/mainstream.
Trump’s nominees to lead NIH and FDA, Jay Bhattacharya and Marty Makary, are among the editorial board members of a new journal that includes scientists who promoted herd immunity and opposed public health measures during Covid. My story with @mattreynolds.bsky.social: www.wired.com/story/trump-...
Donald Trump's NIH Pick Just Launched a Controversial Scientific Journal
The journal’s editorial board includes multiple scientists, such as Trump health nominees Jay Bhattacharya and Marty Makary, who opposed Covid public health measures.
www.wired.com
February 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Ty @emilymullin.bsky.social @mattreynolds.bsky.social. The @carlbergstrom.com and @angierasmussen.bsky.social quotes sum it up. It's LARPing until they make it seem normal/mainstream.
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Trump’s nominees to lead NIH and FDA, Jay Bhattacharya and Marty Makary, are among the editorial board members of a new journal that includes scientists who promoted herd immunity and opposed public health measures during Covid. My story with @mattreynolds.bsky.social: www.wired.com/story/trump-...
Donald Trump's NIH Pick Just Launched a Controversial Scientific Journal
The journal’s editorial board includes multiple scientists, such as Trump health nominees Jay Bhattacharya and Marty Makary, who opposed Covid public health measures.
www.wired.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Trump’s nominees to lead NIH and FDA, Jay Bhattacharya and Marty Makary, are among the editorial board members of a new journal that includes scientists who promoted herd immunity and opposed public health measures during Covid. My story with @mattreynolds.bsky.social: www.wired.com/story/trump-...
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We have given up on public health. It is difficult to imagine a more perfect situation for the looming pandemic than now. We are actively working to make our food less safe and more capable of harming us.
“As a nation, we still have not recovered from the physical, mental and social toll of COVID. What will happen if bird flu starts coursing through us?”
The US Is Not Ready for Bird Flu in Humans
Bird flu is infecting more people than we think. We need to stop it now before a new pandemic begins
www.scientificamerican.com
February 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We have given up on public health. It is difficult to imagine a more perfect situation for the looming pandemic than now. We are actively working to make our food less safe and more capable of harming us.