Seth Edmunds
@phealthy.bsky.social
Epidemiology PhD candidate, interested in disease dynamics and novel surveillance systems
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1/ ⚠️ Breaking: At CDC, we've been told the US Government will not officially commemorate World AIDS Day this year. No explanation given.
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
1/ ⚠️ Breaking: At CDC, we've been told the US Government will not officially commemorate World AIDS Day this year. No explanation given.
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Scoop: The apparent new #2 at CDC is a top ivermectin prescriber who ended Louisiana’s vaccine-promotion media campaigns.
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Scoop: The apparent new #2 at CDC is a top ivermectin prescriber who ended Louisiana’s vaccine-promotion media campaigns.
The current Surgeon General of Louisiana has made headlines recently, including for allegedly burying a whooping cough outbreak.
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Scoop: The apparent new #2 at CDC is a top ivermectin prescriber who ended Louisiana’s vaccine-promotion media campaigns.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
The modRNA vaccine had statistically superior efficacy over the control vaccine, with greater immune responses to A/H3N2 and A/H1N1 strains, but was associated with more reactogenicity events.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Efficacy, Immunogenicity, and Safety of Modified mRNA Influenza Vaccine | NEJM
Influenza remains a major health burden despite the use of licensed vaccines. Nucleoside-modified
messenger RNA (modRNA) influenza vaccines have shown promising immunogenicity against
influenza and...
www.nejm.org
November 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The modRNA vaccine had statistically superior efficacy over the control vaccine, with greater immune responses to A/H3N2 and A/H1N1 strains, but was associated with more reactogenicity events.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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“It’s the latest decision in a head-spinning saga that federal workers with disabilities and temporary health needs say has hindered their job performance and weakened their faith that the federal government is a place for them.”
CDC moves to end telework for employees, including those with medical needs
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has ended full-time telework agreements for reasonable accommodations, employees say.
www.statnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:25 PM
“It’s the latest decision in a head-spinning saga that federal workers with disabilities and temporary health needs say has hindered their job performance and weakened their faith that the federal government is a place for them.”
Just a reminder that Pence also messed with the website plenty back in COVID times. CDC isn't an independent agency so a lot of actors have the ability to manipulate public communications.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Just a reminder that Pence also messed with the website plenty back in COVID times. CDC isn't an independent agency so a lot of actors have the ability to manipulate public communications.
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On Oct 1, 2025, GISAID informed us that they had ended updates to the flat file of SARS-CoV-2 genomic sequences and associated metadata that we had used to update Nextstrain analyses since Feb 2020. GISAID's stated rationale was that their "resources are limited". 1/5
November 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
On Oct 1, 2025, GISAID informed us that they had ended updates to the flat file of SARS-CoV-2 genomic sequences and associated metadata that we had used to update Nextstrain analyses since Feb 2020. GISAID's stated rationale was that their "resources are limited". 1/5
Autism and Vaccines
Answers to common questions about vaccine safety and autism.
www.cdc.gov
November 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.'
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Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:55 AM
When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.'
people.com/donald-trump...
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I'm not sure what it is but I'm loving Pluribus so far
November 15, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I'm not sure what it is but I'm loving Pluribus so far
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This is designed to tank public health & primary care by excluding public health professions, advanced nursing practice, physical & occupational therapy from loans that can cover the cost of education. This is going to make an existing workforce crisis worse.
aspph.org/department-o...
aspph.org/department-o...
Department of Education Proposal Excludes Public Health Degrees from “Professional Degree” Definition
Discover the new results and implications of Dept of Ed consensus regarding professional degree programs and public health education.
aspph.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:23 AM
This is designed to tank public health & primary care by excluding public health professions, advanced nursing practice, physical & occupational therapy from loans that can cover the cost of education. This is going to make an existing workforce crisis worse.
aspph.org/department-o...
aspph.org/department-o...
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The WHO Global tuberculosis report 2025 is out!
TB is the world’s deadliest infectious killer, claiming over 1.2 million lives and affecting an estimated 10.7 million people last year
www.who.int/news-room/re...
TB is the world’s deadliest infectious killer, claiming over 1.2 million lives and affecting an estimated 10.7 million people last year
www.who.int/news-room/re...
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 AM
The WHO Global tuberculosis report 2025 is out!
TB is the world’s deadliest infectious killer, claiming over 1.2 million lives and affecting an estimated 10.7 million people last year
www.who.int/news-room/re...
TB is the world’s deadliest infectious killer, claiming over 1.2 million lives and affecting an estimated 10.7 million people last year
www.who.int/news-room/re...
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New Paper🚀! Our work analysing the Swiss national SARS-CoV-2 wastewater 🚱 monitoring data is now published in PLOS Water 💧 @plos.org journals.plos.org/water/articl... (Julien Riou, @tanjastadler.bsky.social @trj2.bsky.social Christoph Ort et al)
November 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
New Paper🚀! Our work analysing the Swiss national SARS-CoV-2 wastewater 🚱 monitoring data is now published in PLOS Water 💧 @plos.org journals.plos.org/water/articl... (Julien Riou, @tanjastadler.bsky.social @trj2.bsky.social Christoph Ort et al)
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🚨 Another funded PhD alert🚨
We are recruiting again! For a PhD student to start with us in the @langridgelab.bsky.social October 2026 - please share 👀
If you are interested in foodborne pathogens, public health and phage, look no further 🦠🏥🧬
➡️ tinyurl.com/3zvavp2t ⬅️
Apply by 6 Jan 2026 🗓️
We are recruiting again! For a PhD student to start with us in the @langridgelab.bsky.social October 2026 - please share 👀
If you are interested in foodborne pathogens, public health and phage, look no further 🦠🏥🧬
➡️ tinyurl.com/3zvavp2t ⬅️
Apply by 6 Jan 2026 🗓️
October 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
🚨 Another funded PhD alert🚨
We are recruiting again! For a PhD student to start with us in the @langridgelab.bsky.social October 2026 - please share 👀
If you are interested in foodborne pathogens, public health and phage, look no further 🦠🏥🧬
➡️ tinyurl.com/3zvavp2t ⬅️
Apply by 6 Jan 2026 🗓️
We are recruiting again! For a PhD student to start with us in the @langridgelab.bsky.social October 2026 - please share 👀
If you are interested in foodborne pathogens, public health and phage, look no further 🦠🏥🧬
➡️ tinyurl.com/3zvavp2t ⬅️
Apply by 6 Jan 2026 🗓️
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POSTDOC JOB AD: I'm hiring a Bayesian ecologist to build a (IMO, extremely fun) model of humpback whale spatiotemporal dynamics in California
2-year position starting fall 2026. in-person in Santa Cruz; collab w with Mevin Hooten's lab at UT Austin.
ask me Qs or apply: recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003
2-year position starting fall 2026. in-person in Santa Cruz; collab w with Mevin Hooten's lab at UT Austin.
ask me Qs or apply: recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003
Fredston Lab: Postdoctoral Scholar
University of California, Santa Cruz is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ucsc.edu
October 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
POSTDOC JOB AD: I'm hiring a Bayesian ecologist to build a (IMO, extremely fun) model of humpback whale spatiotemporal dynamics in California
2-year position starting fall 2026. in-person in Santa Cruz; collab w with Mevin Hooten's lab at UT Austin.
ask me Qs or apply: recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003
2-year position starting fall 2026. in-person in Santa Cruz; collab w with Mevin Hooten's lab at UT Austin.
ask me Qs or apply: recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003
Nothing to see here, just Indiana trying to unilaterally annex most of the rural Illinois counties...
www.wthr.com/article/news...
www.wthr.com/article/news...
Indiana's commission looking at taking counties from Illinois is about to have its first meeting
The new Indiana-Illinois Boundary Adjustment Commission is meant to look into bringing disgruntled Illinois into Indiana.
www.wthr.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Nothing to see here, just Indiana trying to unilaterally annex most of the rural Illinois counties...
www.wthr.com/article/news...
www.wthr.com/article/news...
Utah seeing measles outbreaks and <80% vaccination rates. I predict we lose elimination status next year.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/w...
More Than 100 Cases of Measles Reported in Utah and Arizona
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Utah seeing measles outbreaks and <80% vaccination rates. I predict we lose elimination status next year.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/w...
Dismantling CDC will for sure have a higher death toll but this doesn't feel good either.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/19/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/19/p...
Federal agency overseeing US nuclear stockpile will furlough most of its workforce starting Monday | CNN Politics
The federal agency responsible for overseeing and modernizing the US nuclear stockpile will furlough the vast majority of its staff Monday as the government shutdown drags on, according to the Departm...
www.cnn.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Dismantling CDC will for sure have a higher death toll but this doesn't feel good either.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/19/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/19/p...
People voted for this guy? "The Pelosi precedent" certainly sounds good until it's pointed out the Representative requested that date.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIhI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIhI...
Democrats are ‘playing politics’: Johnson on the government shutdown
YouTube video by ABC News
www.youtube.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:44 AM
People voted for this guy? "The Pelosi precedent" certainly sounds good until it's pointed out the Representative requested that date.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIhI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIhI...
It's funny that OSC isn't on that list and the US attorneys office isn't shitposting Hatch Act Violations. In fact, OSC has a sane closure announcement
October 18, 2025 at 12:30 AM
It's funny that OSC isn't on that list and the US attorneys office isn't shitposting Hatch Act Violations. In fact, OSC has a sane closure announcement