Prof Gavin Yamey
@gavinyamey.bsky.social
Hymowitz Family Professor of Global Health & Professor of Public Policy at Duke University. Director of the Center for Policy Impact in Global Health. DJ at WXDU (Thursdays, 4-6pm ET, wxdu.org). TIME columnist. He/him. Tallest Jew on Earth.
Sky tonight over central London, wowza
November 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Sky tonight over central London, wowza
It’s a two-part, two-city series 😉
November 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
It’s a two-part, two-city series 😉
🇬🇧 Am back in London and am eating the food of the Gods
November 29, 2025 at 10:42 AM
🇬🇧 Am back in London and am eating the food of the Gods
💉Covid vaccines saved about 20 million lives in the 1st year alone (www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...)
RFK Jr & MAGA/MAHA hero Martin Kulldorff put anti-vaxx activist Retsef Levi in charge of reviewing Covid vaccines
He falsely called them a failed product that causes “serious harm including death” 🤯
RFK Jr & MAGA/MAHA hero Martin Kulldorff put anti-vaxx activist Retsef Levi in charge of reviewing Covid vaccines
He falsely called them a failed product that causes “serious harm including death” 🤯
November 29, 2025 at 10:15 AM
💉Covid vaccines saved about 20 million lives in the 1st year alone (www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...)
RFK Jr & MAGA/MAHA hero Martin Kulldorff put anti-vaxx activist Retsef Levi in charge of reviewing Covid vaccines
He falsely called them a failed product that causes “serious harm including death” 🤯
RFK Jr & MAGA/MAHA hero Martin Kulldorff put anti-vaxx activist Retsef Levi in charge of reviewing Covid vaccines
He falsely called them a failed product that causes “serious harm including death” 🤯
Nuzzi played a huge role in elevating RFK Jr—he’s now dismantling the US public health system & rolling back vaccines, causing death & disease
The Great Barrington Declaration dudes (MAGA/MAHA heroes!)—Bhattacharya & Kulldorff—were also crucial. The destruction of US public health is their legacy🤬
The Great Barrington Declaration dudes (MAGA/MAHA heroes!)—Bhattacharya & Kulldorff—were also crucial. The destruction of US public health is their legacy🤬
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Nuzzi played a huge role in elevating RFK Jr—he’s now dismantling the US public health system & rolling back vaccines, causing death & disease
The Great Barrington Declaration dudes (MAGA/MAHA heroes!)—Bhattacharya & Kulldorff—were also crucial. The destruction of US public health is their legacy🤬
The Great Barrington Declaration dudes (MAGA/MAHA heroes!)—Bhattacharya & Kulldorff—were also crucial. The destruction of US public health is their legacy🤬
Vaccines have saved an estimated 154 million lives in the past 50 years (www.who.int/news/item/24...)
But RFK Jr says, falsely, that the HPV vaccine increases the risk of cervical cancer & Covid vaccine increases the risk of Covid & warns of a vaccine-linked Holocaust—these are kooky anti-vaxx lies
But RFK Jr says, falsely, that the HPV vaccine increases the risk of cervical cancer & Covid vaccine increases the risk of Covid & warns of a vaccine-linked Holocaust—these are kooky anti-vaxx lies
November 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Vaccines have saved an estimated 154 million lives in the past 50 years (www.who.int/news/item/24...)
But RFK Jr says, falsely, that the HPV vaccine increases the risk of cervical cancer & Covid vaccine increases the risk of Covid & warns of a vaccine-linked Holocaust—these are kooky anti-vaxx lies
But RFK Jr says, falsely, that the HPV vaccine increases the risk of cervical cancer & Covid vaccine increases the risk of Covid & warns of a vaccine-linked Holocaust—these are kooky anti-vaxx lies
My late-midlife crisis is manifesting itself in me wearing mostly fluorescent band T-shirts, lol
November 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
My late-midlife crisis is manifesting itself in me wearing mostly fluorescent band T-shirts, lol
Yes, of course, I know, I’m ridiculous, but it would practically be a crime to visit Paris and not take THE photo
November 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Yes, of course, I know, I’m ridiculous, but it would practically be a crime to visit Paris and not take THE photo
🇫🇷 It’s almost silly how beautiful Paris is
November 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
🇫🇷 It’s almost silly how beautiful Paris is
On the Eurostar to Paris. Yes, several fellow middle aged people have commented on my band T-shirt 😎
November 26, 2025 at 11:34 AM
On the Eurostar to Paris. Yes, several fellow middle aged people have commented on my band T-shirt 😎
🖼️🦖 Regent’s Park + Hyde Park + Serpentine Gallery + Natural History Museum = a good day (and am now off to King’s College London to give an evening talk)
November 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
🖼️🦖 Regent’s Park + Hyde Park + Serpentine Gallery + Natural History Museum = a good day (and am now off to King’s College London to give an evening talk)
London does have the world’s best road signs
November 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
London does have the world’s best road signs
The captain is not wrong—currently wearing my parrot socks
November 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The captain is not wrong—currently wearing my parrot socks
Am walking through Holland Park in London and a peacock crossed my path
November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Am walking through Holland Park in London and a peacock crossed my path
When the history of the extreme anti-vaccine and conspiracy theory movement is written, this photo should be seen as absolutely central and foundational.
Three physicians supporting anti-vaccine pronouncements from Trump & RFK Jr.
Three physicians supporting anti-vaccine pronouncements from Trump & RFK Jr.
November 24, 2025 at 9:49 AM
When the history of the extreme anti-vaccine and conspiracy theory movement is written, this photo should be seen as absolutely central and foundational.
Three physicians supporting anti-vaccine pronouncements from Trump & RFK Jr.
Three physicians supporting anti-vaccine pronouncements from Trump & RFK Jr.
I’m lucky to live in a city—Durham, NC—where all kids in public school get free breakfast and free lunch, no questions asked, no need to apply, it’s for ALL KIDS
This is the way
This is the way
November 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I’m lucky to live in a city—Durham, NC—where all kids in public school get free breakfast and free lunch, no questions asked, no need to apply, it’s for ALL KIDS
This is the way
This is the way
Fantastic conversion of the iconic red telephone boxes in Covent Garden, London, originally designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (who also designed Liverpool Cathedral and Battersea Power Station). LGBTQ+ solidarity 💪
November 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Fantastic conversion of the iconic red telephone boxes in Covent Garden, London, originally designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (who also designed Liverpool Cathedral and Battersea Power Station). LGBTQ+ solidarity 💪
The Great Barrington Declaration dudes got famous by attacking Dr Fauci & accusing him of “fascism,” but now these dudes are running the country & serving their masters, Trump & RFK Jr, in an ACTUAL fascist regime that’s kidnapping people—including kids—& putting them in horrific detention centers
November 23, 2025 at 10:15 AM
The Great Barrington Declaration dudes got famous by attacking Dr Fauci & accusing him of “fascism,” but now these dudes are running the country & serving their masters, Trump & RFK Jr, in an ACTUAL fascist regime that’s kidnapping people—including kids—& putting them in horrific detention centers
There is so much to be distressed about right now—so let’s just take a moment to feel some pure unalloyed joy as we remember this absolute queen who called in sick so she could catch the Taylor Swift show. Major respect.
November 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
There is so much to be distressed about right now—so let’s just take a moment to feel some pure unalloyed joy as we remember this absolute queen who called in sick so she could catch the Taylor Swift show. Major respect.
🗣️ I need to shout out to the world, including @abstracttruth.bsky.social, about this album, Leo Chadburn’s Sleep in the Shadow of the Alternator—I believe it’s a pinnacle of musical creation in 2025
It’s a “radiophonic lullaby for a half-forgotten place & time”
Here’s the review I wrote for WXDU
It’s a “radiophonic lullaby for a half-forgotten place & time”
Here’s the review I wrote for WXDU
November 21, 2025 at 1:08 AM
🗣️ I need to shout out to the world, including @abstracttruth.bsky.social, about this album, Leo Chadburn’s Sleep in the Shadow of the Alternator—I believe it’s a pinnacle of musical creation in 2025
It’s a “radiophonic lullaby for a half-forgotten place & time”
Here’s the review I wrote for WXDU
It’s a “radiophonic lullaby for a half-forgotten place & time”
Here’s the review I wrote for WXDU
Wait, WUT? Today is National Botox Day, lol
November 19, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Wait, WUT? Today is National Botox Day, lol
Hey, 269 people have registered for our Dec 2 webinar on the future of global health (moderated by me!) but don't worry, you can cure your FOMO by registering now:
duke.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Spark talk by John-Arne Røttingen
Panelists: Ebere Okereke, Nina Schwalbe, Osondu Ogbuoji, Sam McPherson
duke.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Spark talk by John-Arne Røttingen
Panelists: Ebere Okereke, Nina Schwalbe, Osondu Ogbuoji, Sam McPherson
November 18, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Hey, 269 people have registered for our Dec 2 webinar on the future of global health (moderated by me!) but don't worry, you can cure your FOMO by registering now:
duke.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Spark talk by John-Arne Røttingen
Panelists: Ebere Okereke, Nina Schwalbe, Osondu Ogbuoji, Sam McPherson
duke.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Spark talk by John-Arne Røttingen
Panelists: Ebere Okereke, Nina Schwalbe, Osondu Ogbuoji, Sam McPherson
I'm delighted that today the @kiel.institute published our new paper, which I coauthored with Ipchita Bharali & Osondu Ogbuoji
Given the recent, sharp cuts in health aid, we set out to examine evidence on whether health aid can benefit recipients AND donors
1/x
www.kielinstitut.de/publications...
Given the recent, sharp cuts in health aid, we set out to examine evidence on whether health aid can benefit recipients AND donors
1/x
www.kielinstitut.de/publications...
November 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I'm delighted that today the @kiel.institute published our new paper, which I coauthored with Ipchita Bharali & Osondu Ogbuoji
Given the recent, sharp cuts in health aid, we set out to examine evidence on whether health aid can benefit recipients AND donors
1/x
www.kielinstitut.de/publications...
Given the recent, sharp cuts in health aid, we set out to examine evidence on whether health aid can benefit recipients AND donors
1/x
www.kielinstitut.de/publications...
Sunday morning worship
The orchestration is sublime
The orchestration is sublime
November 16, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Sunday morning worship
The orchestration is sublime
The orchestration is sublime
OMG, so sad to have missed this MAHA Institute roundtable featuring so many of RFK Jr’s buddies, including the Chief Science Officer of his extreme anti-vaxx activist group Children’s Health Defense!
Imagine being lectured on THIS TOPIC by the RFK Jr crew….wow
Imagine being lectured on THIS TOPIC by the RFK Jr crew….wow
November 15, 2025 at 11:27 PM
OMG, so sad to have missed this MAHA Institute roundtable featuring so many of RFK Jr’s buddies, including the Chief Science Officer of his extreme anti-vaxx activist group Children’s Health Defense!
Imagine being lectured on THIS TOPIC by the RFK Jr crew….wow
Imagine being lectured on THIS TOPIC by the RFK Jr crew….wow