@agrace.bsky.social
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The CDC says it's fine to resume normal activities 24 hrs after Covid symptoms are improving. A new, large prospective study with digital tracking shows recovery takes much longer than that www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
February 7, 2026 at 3:43 PM
The CDC says it's fine to resume normal activities 24 hrs after Covid symptoms are improving. A new, large prospective study with digital tracking shows recovery takes much longer than that www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Pediatrics published the Vaccine Integrity Project’s hepatitis B birth dose vaccine evidence review online. The review looked at: 400+ studies/reports, 40 years of data—and the conclusion was unmistakable.
There is no evidence supporting a delay in the hepatitis B birth dose.
tinyurl.com/4kbsm49f
There is no evidence supporting a delay in the hepatitis B birth dose.
tinyurl.com/4kbsm49f
Hepatitis B Vaccination at Birth: Safety, Effectiveness, and Public Health Benefit
Since 1991, the CDC has recommended screening for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in pregnancy and universal hepatitis B vaccination of all medically stable infants at birth, serving as a core strat...
tinyurl.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Pediatrics published the Vaccine Integrity Project’s hepatitis B birth dose vaccine evidence review online. The review looked at: 400+ studies/reports, 40 years of data—and the conclusion was unmistakable.
There is no evidence supporting a delay in the hepatitis B birth dose.
tinyurl.com/4kbsm49f
There is no evidence supporting a delay in the hepatitis B birth dose.
tinyurl.com/4kbsm49f
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Important paper. Schools are high-risk environments for respiratory disease transmission MAINLY because classrooms are underventilated. This problem has a workable solution - it just needs political will. Air quality is as important as water quality for public health. MT @martinmckee.bsky.social
Our paper modelling transmission risk in schools is published in Nature Communications. **The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools** doi.org/10.1038/s414...
February 5, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Important paper. Schools are high-risk environments for respiratory disease transmission MAINLY because classrooms are underventilated. This problem has a workable solution - it just needs political will. Air quality is as important as water quality for public health. MT @martinmckee.bsky.social
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Insisting on union elections runs counter to museums’ stated values. The choice to do so maintains structural exclusions and exposes the hypocrisies of art museums, spaces we trust with preserving and ensuring access to our shared cultural heritage.
Museum Leaders, Recognize Your Unions Now
Art institutions in the United States continue to force elections and exclude workers from eligibility to join unions, running counter to their own purported values and goals.
hyperallergic.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Insisting on union elections runs counter to museums’ stated values. The choice to do so maintains structural exclusions and exposes the hypocrisies of art museums, spaces we trust with preserving and ensuring access to our shared cultural heritage.
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i have just gotten off a productive call with sauron where i laid out our requests
- nazgul bodycams
- morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring
- shelob will be the new point of contact
- nazgul bodycams
- morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring
- shelob will be the new point of contact
January 27, 2026 at 3:15 PM
i have just gotten off a productive call with sauron where i laid out our requests
- nazgul bodycams
- morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring
- shelob will be the new point of contact
- nazgul bodycams
- morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring
- shelob will be the new point of contact
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Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump.
Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
January 25, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump.
Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
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All in a year’s work. RFK Jr.’s relentless assault on vaccines has been wildly successful for the anti-vaccine agenda and detrimental to us all. A rundown of what he has managed to accomplish in such a short time should terrify everyone. A 🧵
January 23, 2026 at 9:32 AM
All in a year’s work. RFK Jr.’s relentless assault on vaccines has been wildly successful for the anti-vaccine agenda and detrimental to us all. A rundown of what he has managed to accomplish in such a short time should terrify everyone. A 🧵
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I’m going to reiterate that RFK Jr. will not stop until he takes away every vaccine recommendation and thereby reduces access to them.
This interview with Kirk Milhoan is one of the most disturbing things I’ve seen in my entire career.
He seems to think that a polio outbreak would be just fine.
This interview with Kirk Milhoan is one of the most disturbing things I’ve seen in my entire career.
He seems to think that a polio outbreak would be just fine.
Top CDC vaccine adviser questions need for polio shot, other longstanding recommendations
The chair of a federal vaccine advisory panel charted a new course for the committee in a podcast released Thursday, questioning longstanding recommendations.
www.statnews.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:10 PM
I’m going to reiterate that RFK Jr. will not stop until he takes away every vaccine recommendation and thereby reduces access to them.
This interview with Kirk Milhoan is one of the most disturbing things I’ve seen in my entire career.
He seems to think that a polio outbreak would be just fine.
This interview with Kirk Milhoan is one of the most disturbing things I’ve seen in my entire career.
He seems to think that a polio outbreak would be just fine.
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This is a fucking nightmare and right now I am very, very angry with the people who put Trump back in office.
More and more kids are going to die from preventable diseases.
As I have said for months, RFK Jr. has more power to singlehandedly kill more Americans than any other cabinet secretary.
More and more kids are going to die from preventable diseases.
As I have said for months, RFK Jr. has more power to singlehandedly kill more Americans than any other cabinet secretary.
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Begins Process to Align U.S. Core Childhood Vaccine Recommendations with Best Practices from Peer, Developed Countries
ALIGNING THE CHILDHOOD VACCINE SCHEDULE WITH INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICES: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum to begin the
www.whitehouse.gov
December 6, 2025 at 2:12 AM
This is a fucking nightmare and right now I am very, very angry with the people who put Trump back in office.
More and more kids are going to die from preventable diseases.
As I have said for months, RFK Jr. has more power to singlehandedly kill more Americans than any other cabinet secretary.
More and more kids are going to die from preventable diseases.
As I have said for months, RFK Jr. has more power to singlehandedly kill more Americans than any other cabinet secretary.
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reading this and the NYT article, this is Prasad in RFK’s FDA using Hoeg’s non public analysis of VAERS death reports and hand waving about “multiple vaccines” to take vaccines away
nothing about this looks based on science or evidence
nothing about this looks based on science or evidence
November 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
reading this and the NYT article, this is Prasad in RFK’s FDA using Hoeg’s non public analysis of VAERS death reports and hand waving about “multiple vaccines” to take vaccines away
nothing about this looks based on science or evidence
nothing about this looks based on science or evidence
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The CDC is quiet quitting vaccination.
The ACIP support staff is gone. The 22-23 October meeting has been postponed TBD. No apparent work on the vaccine schedule due for 1 January 2026.
The ACIP support staff is gone. The 22-23 October meeting has been postponed TBD. No apparent work on the vaccine schedule due for 1 January 2026.
I haven't seen this reported elsewhere: The ACIP support staff is "gone."
“It’s like the operating system for the advisory committee is gone,” said @drdemetre.bsky.social. “The hardware is there, the software is there” – but there’s no way to make the system run.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“It’s like the operating system for the advisory committee is gone,” said @drdemetre.bsky.social. “The hardware is there, the software is there” – but there’s no way to make the system run.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Threat to US vaccines as CDC staff supporting key advisory panel laid off
Critics say scientists ‘held hostage’ by RFK Jr as changes mean vaccine development and guidance in peril
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The CDC is quiet quitting vaccination.
The ACIP support staff is gone. The 22-23 October meeting has been postponed TBD. No apparent work on the vaccine schedule due for 1 January 2026.
The ACIP support staff is gone. The 22-23 October meeting has been postponed TBD. No apparent work on the vaccine schedule due for 1 January 2026.
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The cuts at the National Endowment for the Humanities go far deeper than any of these agencies - almost 70% of 179 people were terminated, despite no change to the agency's budget.
There were no savings here - only idealogical destruction. #NEH
There were no savings here - only idealogical destruction. #NEH
How much smaller the federal workforce is now vs. a year ago
Ed Dept 42%
OPM 33%
HUD 31%
Treasury 29%
Defense (civilian jobs) 22%
Small Biz Admin 21%
Energy 20%
Interior 15%
HHS 14%
SSA 11%
EPA 10%
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Ed Dept 42%
OPM 33%
HUD 31%
Treasury 29%
Defense (civilian jobs) 22%
Small Biz Admin 21%
Energy 20%
Interior 15%
HHS 14%
SSA 11%
EPA 10%
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How Much Smaller Is the Federal Work Force? Shutdown Plans Offer a Clue.
The number of federal employees has been trimmed by thousands since President Trump took office, according to contingency plans drawn up by federal agencies.
www.nytimes.com
October 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The cuts at the National Endowment for the Humanities go far deeper than any of these agencies - almost 70% of 179 people were terminated, despite no change to the agency's budget.
There were no savings here - only idealogical destruction. #NEH
There were no savings here - only idealogical destruction. #NEH
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
September 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
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Dr. Oz is a large investor in and global advisor for iHerb, a company that sells supplements for folinic acid, which is the the non-prescription version of leucovorin, the medication which is being recommended for the treatment of autism by Dr. Oz.
September 22, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Dr. Oz is a large investor in and global advisor for iHerb, a company that sells supplements for folinic acid, which is the the non-prescription version of leucovorin, the medication which is being recommended for the treatment of autism by Dr. Oz.
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Where are the Covid nasal vaccines for the US to block infections and transmission?
Here's yet another with a very good profile in people for mucosal immunity and high neutralizing antibodies in all participants (from China)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Here's yet another with a very good profile in people for mucosal immunity and high neutralizing antibodies in all participants (from China)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Intranasal vaccine combining adenovirus and trimeric subunit protein provides superior immunity against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant - Nature Biomedical Engineering
A combination of adenovirus-vectored and subunit protein intranasal vaccine enhances immune response against SARS-CoV-2 variants in animal models and humans.
www.nature.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Where are the Covid nasal vaccines for the US to block infections and transmission?
Here's yet another with a very good profile in people for mucosal immunity and high neutralizing antibodies in all participants (from China)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Here's yet another with a very good profile in people for mucosal immunity and high neutralizing antibodies in all participants (from China)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Cleaner air isn't a personal health choice, it's something that needs the broad mandate of the state to accomplish.
But we'll never get there as a society (despite the tech being relatively simple), because we've been brainwashed by a neoliberal health ideology that's centred on individual choices.
But we'll never get there as a society (despite the tech being relatively simple), because we've been brainwashed by a neoliberal health ideology that's centred on individual choices.
Putting clean air infrastructure into the built environment (in schools, daycare, long term care homes, shopping centres, offices, airplanes, buses, taxis, cruise ships...) is more important than ever.
Because giving people the "choice" has led to lower vaccination rates and a refusal to mask.
Because giving people the "choice" has led to lower vaccination rates and a refusal to mask.
September 21, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Cleaner air isn't a personal health choice, it's something that needs the broad mandate of the state to accomplish.
But we'll never get there as a society (despite the tech being relatively simple), because we've been brainwashed by a neoliberal health ideology that's centred on individual choices.
But we'll never get there as a society (despite the tech being relatively simple), because we've been brainwashed by a neoliberal health ideology that's centred on individual choices.
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This is just astonishingly bad.
September 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This is just astonishingly bad.
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So far, 2025 has felt like living inside a Hieronymus Bosch painting
September 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
So far, 2025 has felt like living inside a Hieronymus Bosch painting
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Countries on track to eliminate cervical cancer:
-Australia by 2028
-Sweden by 2027
-Rwanda by 2030
-UK by 2040
-Indonesia by 2030
-Bhutan 2030
-El Salvador by 2030
-Canada by 2040
How? HPV vaccine. Same one RFK Jr is trying to ban.
You will note USA is not on this list.
-Australia by 2028
-Sweden by 2027
-Rwanda by 2030
-UK by 2040
-Indonesia by 2030
-Bhutan 2030
-El Salvador by 2030
-Canada by 2040
How? HPV vaccine. Same one RFK Jr is trying to ban.
You will note USA is not on this list.
September 2, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Countries on track to eliminate cervical cancer:
-Australia by 2028
-Sweden by 2027
-Rwanda by 2030
-UK by 2040
-Indonesia by 2030
-Bhutan 2030
-El Salvador by 2030
-Canada by 2040
How? HPV vaccine. Same one RFK Jr is trying to ban.
You will note USA is not on this list.
-Australia by 2028
-Sweden by 2027
-Rwanda by 2030
-UK by 2040
-Indonesia by 2030
-Bhutan 2030
-El Salvador by 2030
-Canada by 2040
How? HPV vaccine. Same one RFK Jr is trying to ban.
You will note USA is not on this list.
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The maddening thing is that we know EXACTLY how to prevent this. Yes, kids should get vaccinated, test, stay home when sick, mask as much as possible.
But even without any of that: Better ventilation and filtration in schools can MASSIVELY reduce viral spread, for all sorts of respiratory diseases.
But even without any of that: Better ventilation and filtration in schools can MASSIVELY reduce viral spread, for all sorts of respiratory diseases.
Kansas City: COVID-19 outbreak forces metro school to close until next week fox4kc.com/news/covid-1...
fox4kc.com
August 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The maddening thing is that we know EXACTLY how to prevent this. Yes, kids should get vaccinated, test, stay home when sick, mask as much as possible.
But even without any of that: Better ventilation and filtration in schools can MASSIVELY reduce viral spread, for all sorts of respiratory diseases.
But even without any of that: Better ventilation and filtration in schools can MASSIVELY reduce viral spread, for all sorts of respiratory diseases.
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In a functional government, this would be a five alarm fire where Congress calls in Kennedy and asks him what the fuck is going on
Four more top #CDC officials have submitted their resignation in the past few hours - Debra Houry (chief medical officer), Demere Daskalakis (director of NCIRD), Daniel Jernigan (director of NCEZID) + Jen Layden (director of OPHDST) www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
It is horrifying
It is horrifying
August 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM
In a functional government, this would be a five alarm fire where Congress calls in Kennedy and asks him what the fuck is going on
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Maybe we shouldn’t let someone who doesn’t believe in germs and who thinks it’s okay to eat roadkill and swim in contaminated ponds be in charge of our national food safety.
A federal-state partnership that monitors for foodborne illnesses quietly scaled back its operations nearly two months ago.
As of July 1, the critical surveillance program is monitoring for only two pathogens instead of the usual eight, a spokesperson for the CDC says.
As of July 1, the critical surveillance program is monitoring for only two pathogens instead of the usual eight, a spokesperson for the CDC says.
The CDC quietly scaled back a surveillance program for foodborne illnesses
As of July 1, a critical surveillance program is monitoring for only two pathogens instead of the usual eight.
nbcnews.to
August 27, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Maybe we shouldn’t let someone who doesn’t believe in germs and who thinks it’s okay to eat roadkill and swim in contaminated ponds be in charge of our national food safety.
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If RFK Jr. had any interest in regulating big pharma or helping americans eat better or reducing chronic illness he would not have gutted the agencies he is in charge of.
*Every* story about his alleged policy ideas should lead with this extremely elementary reality.
*Every* story about his alleged policy ideas should lead with this extremely elementary reality.
Building an entire infrastructure for a new program while every government agency that doesn’t directly kill people has been gutted financially. Instead of just giving people money for food the way we have an infrastructure for already.
August 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
If RFK Jr. had any interest in regulating big pharma or helping americans eat better or reducing chronic illness he would not have gutted the agencies he is in charge of.
*Every* story about his alleged policy ideas should lead with this extremely elementary reality.
*Every* story about his alleged policy ideas should lead with this extremely elementary reality.
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Joining an increasing number of people publicly demanding RFK’s removal as HHS Sec: Dr. Bill Foege, a literal (6’6”) & figurative giant of public health. He served as a CDC director under Carter & Reagan, & is credited with designing the ring vaccination strategy that enabled smallpox eradication.
August 18, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Joining an increasing number of people publicly demanding RFK’s removal as HHS Sec: Dr. Bill Foege, a literal (6’6”) & figurative giant of public health. He served as a CDC director under Carter & Reagan, & is credited with designing the ring vaccination strategy that enabled smallpox eradication.
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Let me get this straight: RFK Jr’s $500m cut to mRNA contracts was based on a non‑peer‑reviewed, self‑published, anti-vax bibliography authored by his cronies who are all tied to a ‘vaccine detox’ supplement company? Got it 👍
www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-ci...
www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-ci...
‘Experts’ Cited By RFK Jr. to Justify mRNA Vaccine Funding Cut Have Ties to Anti-vax Supplement Company
Four authors of the non-peer reviewed, anti-vax bibliography cited by Kennedy’s HHS are involved with The Wellness Company.
www.importantcontext.news
August 18, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Let me get this straight: RFK Jr’s $500m cut to mRNA contracts was based on a non‑peer‑reviewed, self‑published, anti-vax bibliography authored by his cronies who are all tied to a ‘vaccine detox’ supplement company? Got it 👍
www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-ci...
www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-ci...