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Georgios Pappas @georgiospappas6.bsky.social · 19d

The disinformation of a (would be ridiculously funny if it wasn't dangerous in the ACIP context) presentation on the "risks of mRNA vaccines" gets a proper analytic response by @enirenberg.bsky.social and colleagues here: www.evicollective.org/tec-briefs

TEC Briefs — The Evidence Collective

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Georgios Pappas @georgiospappas6.bsky.social · 19d

One of the most striking slides in yesterday's ACIP: vaccination does affect viral transmission

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Georgios Pappas @georgiospappas6.bsky.social · 19d

After all, mRNA vaccines were deemed useful by the same people that constantly maligned them and now run ACIP. "Just let it be someone else's decision, not ours". Their disinformation was either a vehicle to gain power, or a lie that, when in need of scientific evidence, didn't find any...

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Georgios Pappas @georgiospappas6.bsky.social · Aug 18

An article where everyone will find something different to annoy them (even myself) is an important article. As a friend would have said, "it takes a stranger to describe your place better than anyone else." The discussion of the greek wildfire future should start here. Much obliged.

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Georgios Pappas @georgiospappas6.bsky.social · Jul 10

‪As @joho.bsky.social‬ recently posted:
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · Jun 4

I was turned away at my pharmacy today from getting a Covid vaccine.

Even though I was willing to risk a sore shoulder Makary and Prasad felt I shouldn’t have that right.

They made the decision for me.

My medical freedom and bodily autonomy meant nothing to them.

Georgios Pappas @georgiospappas6.bsky.social · Jul 10

Their proposed policy bans access to vaccines for "healthy adults", ignoring the thousands "healthy adults" that perished in the pandemic, ignoring the mid-term cardiovascular & neurological sequelae, ignoring Long Covid, and ignoring the (yes, transient and partial) protection from infection.

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Georgios Pappas @georgiospappas6.bsky.social · Jul 10

A recent Sounding Board article in @nejm.org by Makary & Prasad outlined their policy on/ against COVID-19 vaccines. Their policy violates a human's right to be protected from infection. Their distorted "science" needed a response and my response was published in NEJM: www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

An Evidence-Based Approach to Covid-19 Vaccination | NEJM

To the Editor: In their Sounding Board article (June 26 issue),1 Prasad and Makary ignore the fact that the risks of SARS-CoV-2 infection extend beyond acute outcomes such as hospitalization and de...

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Georgios Pappas @georgiospappas6.bsky.social · Jul 9

‪As @joho.bsky.social ‬ recently posted: 3/n
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · Jun 4

I was turned away at my pharmacy today from getting a Covid vaccine.

Even though I was willing to risk a sore shoulder Makary and Prasad felt I shouldn’t have that right.

They made the decision for me.

My medical freedom and bodily autonomy meant nothing to them.

Georgios Pappas @georgiospappas6.bsky.social · Jul 9

Their proposed policy bans access to vaccines for "healthy adults", ignoring the thousands "healthy adults" that perished in the pandemic, ignoring the mid-term cardiovascular & neurological sequelae, ignoring Long Covid, and ignoring the (yes, transient and partial) protection from infection. 2/n

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Georgios Pappas @georgiospappas6.bsky.social · Jul 9

My last piece for the Bulletin was this, comparing Kennedy to Lysenko- unfortunately the story evolves exactly like we feared and expected thebulletin.org/2024/11/lyse...

Lysenko, Mbeki, and RFK Jr.: Leaders who shun science will face predictably bad results

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump's pick for health secretary, is known for his pseudoscientific and conspiratorial public comments and actions. Unfortunately, history provides some ...

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Georgios Pappas @georgiospappas6.bsky.social · Jul 9

An honor and a duty, to be selected as an Editorial Fellow covering biosecurity, for @thebulletin.org. thebulletin.org/2025/07/the-...

The Bulletin welcomes 2025 editorial fellows

Meet the Bulletin’s 2025 editorial fellows, a group of sharp minds in science, research, and journalism that are tackling the world’s most urgent threats.

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Georgios Pappas @georgiospappas6.bsky.social · Jun 8

Virus, 1980. A film about a lethal virus, no vaccine available, and something that reminds us of the present times:

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Georgios Pappas @georgiospappas6.bsky.social · Feb 23

Is this the one you are looking for, Christos? www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/...

Treating HIV Doesn't Pay

It is humane to pay for drugs in Africa, but it isn't economical.

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Georgios Pappas @georgiospappas6.bsky.social · Feb 16

There is hope according to this response, a small colony gound in rhe wild and moved to the preservation facilities www.amphibians.org/news/lonely-...

Lonely No More: Romeo the Sehuencas Water Frog Finds Love

It has been more than 10 years since the last-known Sehuencas water frog, Romeo, has known love—but the bachelor’s luck is about to change drastically. On a recent expedition to a Bolivian cloud fores...

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Georgios Pappas @georgiospappas6.bsky.social · Dec 30

As Virchow stated in the 19th Century, "Medicine is a social science, and politics is nothing else but medicine on a large scale". Carter proved that it was feasible 6/n

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Georgios Pappas @georgiospappas6.bsky.social · Dec 30

It takes a former president for doors to open, for voices to be heard, for funds to be diverted. Carter was not an egotistic stateman, a hipster uncle or a founder of a political dynasty. He didn't seek public lights; instead he orchestrated victory against major ailments of the poor, neglected 5/n

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Georgios Pappas @georgiospappas6.bsky.social · Dec 30

It was Carter's prestige that allowed for wide ivermectin distribution- >500 million doses for river blindness. >200 million doses of azithromycin for trachoma. Hundreds of thousands of opthalmic surgical interventions (image from the same AJTMH editorial) 4/n

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Georgios Pappas @georgiospappas6.bsky.social · Dec 30

And the disease would have already been eradicated if it wasn't for the parasite's newfound tropism for animal species including dogs and frogs. But it will be eradicated soon. Without an existing vaccine or treatment. By simple public health interventions directly in the community 3/n

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Georgios Pappas @georgiospappas6.bsky.social · Dec 30

Up until November 12, 2024, there were only SEVEN human cases of dracunculiasis reported worldwide. In 1986, when the Carter Center targeted the disease for elimination, there were more than 3.5 MILLION annual cases. (Image from Mark Eberhard's editorial in the AJTMH Sept.2024 special issue) 2/n

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Georgios Pappas @georgiospappas6.bsky.social · Dec 30

It was perhaps Jimmy Carter's most significant heritage: it was the Carter Center that was crucial in the path towards dracunculiasis elimination. An Alien-like parasitosis that few, in the developed world, knew or cared about (images are derived from its site) 1/n

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Georgios Pappas @georgiospappas6.bsky.social · Dec 14

Another approach on the subject, by @mattyfield.bsky.social for the @thebulletin.org here: 4/n thebulletin.org/2024/12/scie...

Scientists urge halt to research on creating synthetic "mirror" bacteria that could evade human immunity, disrupt ecosystems

Dozens of top scientists are warning that creating synthetic "mirror bacteria," composed of biomolecules that are the mirror opposite of those found in life on Earth, could lead to a health and enviro...

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Georgios Pappas @georgiospappas6.bsky.social · Dec 14

Chiral nutrients will not be an issue: Back in 1970, in the "Spock Must Die!" story, a mirror Dr. Spock emerged, and quickly adapted by developing appropriate food from mirror nutrients- bacterial evolution can be as clever 3/n

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Georgios Pappas @georgiospappas6.bsky.social · Dec 14

Back in 2010, signatories as Professors Szostak and Church were enthusiastic about it, and comforting about its risks- things have indeed changed: 2/n www.wired.com/story/buildi...

Building a parallel universe

A team of scientists is re-engineering cells to create a mirror image of life on Earth. The best-case scenario? A whole new branch of biology. Worst case? A new ice age

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Georgios Pappas @georgiospappas6.bsky.social · Dec 14

Can synthetic mirror-bacteria induce an annihilation event? Why, and why now, are major scientists warning about the need to avoid (or abort) similar experiments? what has changed for them since 2010? I have written some notes on this here: 1/n georgiospappas6.substack.com/p/can-synthe...

Can synthetic mirror-bacteria induce an annihilation event? Why, and why now, are major scientists warning about the need to avoid (or abort) similar experiments?

Thoughts on the recent Science declaration paper on the risks of mirror-bacteria research (https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ads9158)

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Georgios Pappas @georgiospappas6.bsky.social · Dec 14

Another approach on the subject, by @mattyfield.bsky.social for the @thebulletin.org here: thebulletin.org/2024/12/scie...

Scientists urge halt to research on creating synthetic "mirror" bacteria that could evade human immunity, disrupt ecosystems

Dozens of top scientists are warning that creating synthetic "mirror bacteria," composed of biomolecules that are the mirror opposite of those found in life on Earth, could lead to a health and enviro...

thebulletin.org

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