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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 12h

This is a five alarm fire.

Serious implications here: a sitting governor saying basically that the U.S. president is planning to use the military to overthrow democracy in America.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · Jun 2

NEW: Important Context spoke with a dozen people working at NIH about Director Jay Bhattacharya.

The descriptions were universally unflattering, painting the health economist as ineffectual, dishonest, ideological, arrogant, and uncommitted to science.

www.importantcontext.news/p/out-of-his...

“Out Of His Depth,” “Sold His Soul,” “Clueless”: NIH Staffers Speak Out About Director Bhattacharya

Widespread dissatisfaction over the NIH’s “continuous free fall” has people speaking out.

www.importantcontext.news

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Karam Bales @karambales.bsky.social · 10h

Two answers
1. People are turning up because the media were generally woefull in informing the public about the eligibility changes
2.Eligibility has been changed because JCVI is betting too much on "booster" infections being as effective and relatively harmless

Prof Naomi Fulop @profnaomifulop.bsky.social · 1d

Unsurprising.

Can anyone explain why JCVI recommendations for #covid booster this autumn different from Canada’s where 65+ & health & care staff still eligible unlike in NHS?

@cbffjuk.bsky.social
@longcovidadvoc.com

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Pharmacies facing angry patients over Covid jab confusion

Up to half of patients coming to some pharmacies are being turned away because they are not eligible.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 10h

The UK is no longer offering COVID vaccines to pregnant women – here’s why that might be a bad idea

From spring 2025, pregnant women will no longer be eligible for free COVID vaccines in the UK.

theconversation.com

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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 10h

Yes, @karambales.bsky.social can. And the explanation is deeply disturbing

bylinetimes.com/2024/12/09/c...

Bot Verification

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 2d

It’s because it doesn’t fucking work, Sharyl. Ivermectin doesn’t treat COVID.

There’s backlash for the same reason a doctor would face backlash for prescribing leeches for Ebola.

Sharyl Attkisson @sharylattklsson.bsky.social · 4d

(PODCAST) After Hours: Ivermectin Over-the-Counter
art19.com/shows/full-m...
Dr. Mary Talley Bowden, part of a movement to make ivermectin available over-the-counter, discusses with Sharyl the backlash she faced for prescribing it during COVID and how her lawsuit challenged the FDA’s stance.

Full Measure After Hours

The companion podcast to the Sunday TV news program: "Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson." Original behind the scenes reflections off the news narrative. Sharyl is a five time Emmy award winning, nonp...

art19.com

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Tanith @tanithsa.bsky.social · 4d

The birth defects talked about here were already known to be present PRIOR to vaccination. Facts matter. Do a deeper dive.

Karam Bales @karambales.bsky.social · 5d

Kulldorff promotes vaccine
birth defects disinformation

Prior to the pandemic he worked on genuinely useful projects, but the contrarian path has reduced him to a mouthpiece for RFKs antivax talking points
open.substack.com/pub/counterd...

Kulldorff promotes vaccine birth defects disinformation

Prior to the pandemic he worked on genuinely useful projects, but the contrarian path has reduced him to a mouthpiece for RFKs antivax talking points

open.substack.com

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Karam Bales @karambales.bsky.social · 5d

Kulldorff promotes vaccine
birth defects disinformation

Prior to the pandemic he worked on genuinely useful projects, but the contrarian path has reduced him to a mouthpiece for RFKs antivax talking points
open.substack.com/pub/counterd...

Kulldorff promotes vaccine birth defects disinformation

Prior to the pandemic he worked on genuinely useful projects, but the contrarian path has reduced him to a mouthpiece for RFKs antivax talking points

open.substack.com

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Karam Bales @karambales.bsky.social · 5d

Kulldorff promotes vaccine
birth defects disinformation

Prior to the pandemic he worked on genuinely useful projects, but the contrarian path has reduced him to a mouthpiece for RFKs antivax talking points
open.substack.com/pub/counterd...

Kulldorff promotes vaccine birth defects disinformation

Prior to the pandemic he worked on genuinely useful projects, but the contrarian path has reduced him to a mouthpiece for RFKs antivax talking points

open.substack.com

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 26d

So apparently HHS Deputy Sec/CDC acting director Jim O'Neill spoke at the rabidly anti-science AAPS annual meeting yesterday to shit on vaccines etc, and got interrupted by hidden speakers playing three songs (Entry of the Gladiators aka the circus song, Witch Doctor, and Billy Joel's Honesty). 1/

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 12d

I wondered why his councillor page had him now listed as an independent... (and asked him, too - now we know...)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Reform UK expels Seaham councillor over drunken behaviour

Jack McGlenen will continue to represent the Dalton and Dawdon ward as an Independent.

www.bbc.co.uk

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🦋Dr. Natalia🕊🌻🪬 @solnatamd.medsky.social · 12d

This still hurts. I’ll never forget how somebody played this 💩 video as I was on shift in NY where we were fighting to keep deadly ill COVID patients alive. While NY was going through unimaginable horror, these people had nothing better to do than produce disinformation. 🤬 And yes, they always grift

Abbie Richards @abbierichards.bsky.social · 13d

New from me: a deep dive into the grifty world of measles misinformation. If you sow enough doubt and fear and confusion, you can sell more supplements to "bulletproof" your followers immune systems against measles.

www.mediamatters.org/tiktok/tikto...

TikTok Shop is selling supplements made by Plandemic filmmaker

www.mediamatters.org

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Karam Bales @karambales.bsky.social · 14d

Daily Sceptic is atrocious

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Karam Bales @karambales.bsky.social · 15d

Police at the door, no its not a free speech issue

Blue ticks profit as a viral video leads to police having to address rampant
disinformation, again
open.substack.com/pub/counterd...

Police at the door, no its not a free speech issue

Blue ticks profit as a viral video leads to police having to address rampant disinformation, again

open.substack.com

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Karam Bales @karambales.bsky.social · 14d

A reviewer quoting Collateral Global is pretty bleak considering the organisation supported by opaque foundations like the Donor’s Trust doesnt produce proper peer reviewed papers

Blake Murdoch @blakemurdoch.bsky.social · 14d

Just got rejected from the Journal of Medical Ethics. It was pretty illuminating in terms of how far society has fallen.

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Bean & Sprout's Mom @beansproutsmom.bsky.social · 14d

Well, they asked for 'both sides' in sCIenCe.🤬

@walkerbragman.bsky.social @joho.bsky.social @panaccindex.bsky.social @dfisman.bsky.social @drjenirwin.bsky.social @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social @chrischirp.bsky.social @epiellie.bsky.social @karambales.bsky.social @bmj.com @cancovsoc.bsky.social

Blake Murdoch @blakemurdoch.bsky.social · 14d

Just got rejected from the Journal of Medical Ethics. It was pretty illuminating in terms of how far society has fallen.

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Karam Bales @karambales.bsky.social · 15d

Police at the door, no its not a free speech issue

Blue ticks profit as a viral video leads to police having to address rampant
disinformation, again
open.substack.com/pub/counterd...

Police at the door, no its not a free speech issue

Blue ticks profit as a viral video leads to police having to address rampant disinformation, again

open.substack.com

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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 16d

Reminder: personally attacking a journalist for criticizing the government is not normal agency conduct.

It's a pretty clear attempt to intimidate the journalist, and from those that complained about government censorship, like
Secretary Kennedy did, the hypocrisy is jarring.

HOW TO PEDDLE DISINFORMATION

1. Start with ad hominem attacks on the CDC committee working to restore public trust in vaccines.

2. Ignore the 14 hours of public deliberation where members explained their reasoning and scientific justification.

3. Then stack the deck—quote more than 20 professional critics and just four of the 12 committee members, as if balance and accuracy don’t matter.

That’s not reporting. That’s disinformation. Not the first time either.

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Karam Bales @karambales.bsky.social · 17d

Trying to find a link incase I mixed them up with the alliance for natural health who are very similar and possibly linked, neither are big hitters

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Bob Morris, MD, PhD @rdmorris.bsky.social · 17d

And by the way.
Jimmy Kimmel didn't say ANYTHING about Charlie Kirk.
He criticized two things:
The MAGA effort to score political points by painting the killer as a Democrat.
Trump responding to a question about his grief with comments about his ballroom.
MAGA and Trump. Period.

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Karam Bales @karambales.bsky.social · 17d

PHA we're around pre-pandemic, alternative treatments wellbeing nonsense, so of course they do promote antivax narratives, one of the UsForThem founders spoke at one of their online events around April/May 2020

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Rouleur @rouler.bsky.social · 17d

Thread

Karam Bales @karambales.bsky.social · Mar 9

🧵Covid Day of Reflection 2025

Seen a lot of bad takes today, typical disinformation in the Telegraph, might look at that later but that's to be expected

Why are we faring worse the guardian asks, well...

Sebas @sebajones.bsky.social · Mar 9

Seriously, if you have #longcovid or any #chronicillness and you’re subscribed to the Guardian, please reconsider as they DO NOT have our backs.

More minimising stating that kids in schools are not vectors of covid, possibly the biggest lie of the pandemic. 🧵

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

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Karam Bales @karambales.bsky.social · Feb 3

Thread on the alternative reality increasingly being adopted by RW media

Karam Bales @karambales.bsky.social · Dec 5

🧵 This article by Toby Youngs pseudoscience Daily Sceptic provides a great example of how the accumulation of disinformation forms an alternative reality

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Karam Bales @karambales.bsky.social · 19d

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