Mera L🪬
@mlicc1701.bsky.social
Duke University alumn. Virology research specialist in the Sheahan Lab at CVRG (y'know, at that other blue school). Pop punk millennial. she/they. ✡️•🏳️🌈•🖖
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Around half of pregnant women received an initial COVID vaccine series in 2021. If the "vast majority" of them had miscarriages, surely this would not have flown under the radar.
"The new leader of [ACIP] recently claimed that Covid-19 vaccines were responsible for a rise in cancer cases, and that the vast majority of women who get the vaccine in their first trimester have miscarriages."
False claims.
endpoints.news/new-acip-cha...
False claims.
endpoints.news/new-acip-cha...
New ACIP chair compares Covid requirements to Holocaust, says shots caused cancer, miscarriages
CDC vaccine panel chair Kirk Milhoan claimed Covid vaccines cause cancer, high miscarriage rates, and compared vaccine cards to Holocaust armbands in a YouTube video.
endpoints.news
December 2, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Around half of pregnant women received an initial COVID vaccine series in 2021. If the "vast majority" of them had miscarriages, surely this would not have flown under the radar.
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I REMEMBER.
In 1981, nearly 100% of people with AIDS died, often rapidly.
I remember weeping.
I remember Ronald Reagan's refusal to say "AIDS".
I remember the brave patients, loving caregivers, and the defiant power of ACT-UP.
And finally the miracle of modern therapy.
Rise up for World AIDS day.
In 1981, nearly 100% of people with AIDS died, often rapidly.
I remember weeping.
I remember Ronald Reagan's refusal to say "AIDS".
I remember the brave patients, loving caregivers, and the defiant power of ACT-UP.
And finally the miracle of modern therapy.
Rise up for World AIDS day.
Commemorating #WorldAIDSday is an act of defiance against ideology driven policies that will end our progress to end the epidemic.
December 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I REMEMBER.
In 1981, nearly 100% of people with AIDS died, often rapidly.
I remember weeping.
I remember Ronald Reagan's refusal to say "AIDS".
I remember the brave patients, loving caregivers, and the defiant power of ACT-UP.
And finally the miracle of modern therapy.
Rise up for World AIDS day.
In 1981, nearly 100% of people with AIDS died, often rapidly.
I remember weeping.
I remember Ronald Reagan's refusal to say "AIDS".
I remember the brave patients, loving caregivers, and the defiant power of ACT-UP.
And finally the miracle of modern therapy.
Rise up for World AIDS day.
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For my very smart friends (and their very smart friends) who are still wringing their hands about whether we should be hearing RFK out on anything: a useful rule of thumb is that it is generally bad if you are on the other side of an issue from ACT UP. Hope this helps 💡
ACT UP NY announces HEALTHGATE, “a campaign released on the heels of World AIDS Day…that condemns Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s deadly pseudoscience-led healthcare death circus while calling for the implementation of the New York Health Act & sustained funding for public & global health”
December 1, 2025 at 10:31 PM
For my very smart friends (and their very smart friends) who are still wringing their hands about whether we should be hearing RFK out on anything: a useful rule of thumb is that it is generally bad if you are on the other side of an issue from ACT UP. Hope this helps 💡
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Your yearly reminder that this Dec 1st date for the beginning of the pandemic is not correct: the case's symptom onset date was later corrected.
The case is well known, and there's basically no debate about this, even with hard-core leakers who have studied the data.
🖼️: 2021 WHO report, page 47
The case is well known, and there's basically no debate about this, even with hard-core leakers who have studied the data.
🖼️: 2021 WHO report, page 47
December 1, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Your yearly reminder that this Dec 1st date for the beginning of the pandemic is not correct: the case's symptom onset date was later corrected.
The case is well known, and there's basically no debate about this, even with hard-core leakers who have studied the data.
🖼️: 2021 WHO report, page 47
The case is well known, and there's basically no debate about this, even with hard-core leakers who have studied the data.
🖼️: 2021 WHO report, page 47
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So it’s important not to posit false equivalence here: FDA says X, other experts say Y. This stages the story as a disagreement between experts. This is not the case. This entire year has been a sustained attack on vaccines. This is the story.
November 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
So it’s important not to posit false equivalence here: FDA says X, other experts say Y. This stages the story as a disagreement between experts. This is not the case. This entire year has been a sustained attack on vaccines. This is the story.
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In this study, 21 of 60 patients with suspected vaccine-myocarditis who were sick enough to have a cardiac biopsy(!) did not end up having it.
That's why it's important that we don't just trust the word of our biased government doctors working for cranks like RFK.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
That's why it's important that we don't just trust the word of our biased government doctors working for cranks like RFK.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
IL-1RA Antibodies in Myocarditis after SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination | NEJM
Neutralizing autoantibodies to interleukin-1 receptor antagonist were present in the
circulation of the majority of patients with biopsy-confirmed myocarditis after SARS-CoV-2
vaccination.
www.nejm.org
November 30, 2025 at 12:33 PM
In this study, 21 of 60 patients with suspected vaccine-myocarditis who were sick enough to have a cardiac biopsy(!) did not end up having it.
That's why it's important that we don't just trust the word of our biased government doctors working for cranks like RFK.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
That's why it's important that we don't just trust the word of our biased government doctors working for cranks like RFK.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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this is just a common antivax talking point, which I’ve never seen any data supporting, and not how the FDA is supposed to do stuff
November 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
this is just a common antivax talking point, which I’ve never seen any data supporting, and not how the FDA is supposed to do stuff
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We are supposed to believe that FDA paused and removed the J&J vaccine immediately after 6 cases of clotting, but they hid 10 kids dying from the mRNA vaccines until Prasad and Hoeg, who were always antivaxx, revealed the truth.
Checks out.
Checks out.
November 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
We are supposed to believe that FDA paused and removed the J&J vaccine immediately after 6 cases of clotting, but they hid 10 kids dying from the mRNA vaccines until Prasad and Hoeg, who were always antivaxx, revealed the truth.
Checks out.
Checks out.
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the covid vaccine prevents many more cases of myocarditis than it potentially causes in kids and adults. this is a conclusive fact from dozens of massive rigorous studies.
vinay prasad is an expert in using statistics to lie, and he is credentialed — that makes this even more dangerous.
vinay prasad is an expert in using statistics to lie, and he is credentialed — that makes this even more dangerous.
Internal memo at the FDA claims 10 deaths in children as a result of Covid vaccines — but does not include data
Explosive story by @by-cjewett.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/h...
Explosive story by @by-cjewett.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/h...
F.D.A. Attributes 10 Children’s Deaths to Covid Vaccines
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:07 AM
the covid vaccine prevents many more cases of myocarditis than it potentially causes in kids and adults. this is a conclusive fact from dozens of massive rigorous studies.
vinay prasad is an expert in using statistics to lie, and he is credentialed — that makes this even more dangerous.
vinay prasad is an expert in using statistics to lie, and he is credentialed — that makes this even more dangerous.
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Wait, I was told 19 kids dead in a single month didn’t matter.
November 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Wait, I was told 19 kids dead in a single month didn’t matter.
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Yep.
These are political doctors and there was 0% chance they would conclude “You know what, the vaccine is safe. Everything we’ve said the past 5 years is wrong. Sorry about that.”
That would cost them their jobs and fancy titles.
These are political doctors and there was 0% chance they would conclude “You know what, the vaccine is safe. Everything we’ve said the past 5 years is wrong. Sorry about that.”
That would cost them their jobs and fancy titles.
I’m going to be clear. In my opinion, none of these people can be trusted. Prasad and Hoeg made their careers out of an agenda to take down COVID19 vaccines.
It is so incredibly dangerous to have these people at the FDA. They are a threat to the entire U.S. vaccination program.
It is so incredibly dangerous to have these people at the FDA. They are a threat to the entire U.S. vaccination program.
November 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Yep.
These are political doctors and there was 0% chance they would conclude “You know what, the vaccine is safe. Everything we’ve said the past 5 years is wrong. Sorry about that.”
That would cost them their jobs and fancy titles.
These are political doctors and there was 0% chance they would conclude “You know what, the vaccine is safe. Everything we’ve said the past 5 years is wrong. Sorry about that.”
That would cost them their jobs and fancy titles.
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Vinay Prasad sent Tracey Høeg dumpster diving in VAERS for pretext to block access to flu vaccines, alter safety standards, end combo vaccines, & hold clinical trials to impossible standards.
CBER is supposed to regulate vaccines, not withhold them. FDA is as broken as CDC.
CBER is supposed to regulate vaccines, not withhold them. FDA is as broken as CDC.
Big change: FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements under RFK Jr ally
Vinay Prasad signaled changes to annual flu shots, concurrent vaccines + more
Prasad said his team found link between covid-19 shots and kids' deaths, necessitating a new approach overall
with @rachelroubein.bsky.social
Vinay Prasad signaled changes to annual flu shots, concurrent vaccines + more
Prasad said his team found link between covid-19 shots and kids' deaths, necessitating a new approach overall
with @rachelroubein.bsky.social
FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements, claiming child covid shot deaths
Vinay Prasad, the nation’s top vaccine regulator, said his team concluded that coronavirus shots were linked to children’s deaths, necessitating a new approach.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Vinay Prasad sent Tracey Høeg dumpster diving in VAERS for pretext to block access to flu vaccines, alter safety standards, end combo vaccines, & hold clinical trials to impossible standards.
CBER is supposed to regulate vaccines, not withhold them. FDA is as broken as CDC.
CBER is supposed to regulate vaccines, not withhold them. FDA is as broken as CDC.
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While Makary spreads bullshit about the origin of HIV.
(To be clear, this has been thoroughly investigated and fits neither the timing nor the molecular epidemiology of HIV).
(To be clear, this has been thoroughly investigated and fits neither the timing nor the molecular epidemiology of HIV).
![PDB: "if I were to ask you where did AIDS come from, what would you say?
Makary: The film 'thank you Dr Fauci' explores a non-tradi narrative which has not gotten the attention it deserves and that is that [HIV] may very well have come from a lab in Africa"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wojva3mvygznfwpmkdyujvul/bafkreignvi7dtc7q2t2ae23ya7v3qqnaqjxpxc3uzb5xaxad4ii3x375y4@jpeg)
November 29, 2025 at 3:11 AM
While Makary spreads bullshit about the origin of HIV.
(To be clear, this has been thoroughly investigated and fits neither the timing nor the molecular epidemiology of HIV).
(To be clear, this has been thoroughly investigated and fits neither the timing nor the molecular epidemiology of HIV).
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The evidence of the COVID vaccine causing child deaths is, AFAICT, a single claim by a conflicted anti-vaccine political activist (Tracy Beth Hoeg).
And the FDA, of course dedicated to radical transparency in RFK's HHS, has refused to provide any details for the people to double-check the work.
And the FDA, of course dedicated to radical transparency in RFK's HHS, has refused to provide any details for the people to double-check the work.
There is no evidence linking COVID-19 vaccines to deaths in children. There is evidence that COVID causes serious harm — including long COVID, MIS-C, cardiac complications & diabetes.
This administration’s actions are dangerous, and the damage to the public and children may be irreversible
This administration’s actions are dangerous, and the damage to the public and children may be irreversible
Big change: FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements under RFK Jr ally
Vinay Prasad signaled changes to annual flu shots, concurrent vaccines + more
Prasad said his team found link between covid-19 shots and kids' deaths, necessitating a new approach overall
with @rachelroubein.bsky.social
Vinay Prasad signaled changes to annual flu shots, concurrent vaccines + more
Prasad said his team found link between covid-19 shots and kids' deaths, necessitating a new approach overall
with @rachelroubein.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The evidence of the COVID vaccine causing child deaths is, AFAICT, a single claim by a conflicted anti-vaccine political activist (Tracy Beth Hoeg).
And the FDA, of course dedicated to radical transparency in RFK's HHS, has refused to provide any details for the people to double-check the work.
And the FDA, of course dedicated to radical transparency in RFK's HHS, has refused to provide any details for the people to double-check the work.
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Recharging will be key to confront what's to come... the days and months ahead will be marked by a elevation of Covid grievances into policies that could transform the health and regulatory landscape.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
Show us the evidence.
🎁
wapo.st/49GmNLP
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
Show us the evidence.
🎁
wapo.st/49GmNLP
FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements, claiming child covid shot deaths
Vinay Prasad, the nation’s top vaccine regulator, said his team concluded that coronavirus shots were linked to children’s deaths, necessitating a new approach.
wapo.st
November 29, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Recharging will be key to confront what's to come... the days and months ahead will be marked by a elevation of Covid grievances into policies that could transform the health and regulatory landscape.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
Show us the evidence.
🎁
wapo.st/49GmNLP
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
Show us the evidence.
🎁
wapo.st/49GmNLP
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Headlines like this are extremely dangerous. Because moms of young kids are the people who make the bulk of the vaccine decisions for famillies. And for a lot of them, "reading the news" looks like scrolling past headlines on social media in the spare moments of the chaos of caring for kids.
November 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Headlines like this are extremely dangerous. Because moms of young kids are the people who make the bulk of the vaccine decisions for famillies. And for a lot of them, "reading the news" looks like scrolling past headlines on social media in the spare moments of the chaos of caring for kids.
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fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
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It really is
Our son got his first dose of HPV vaccine when he was 9
Vaccinating boys & men has benefits for BOTH women (e.g., helping to reduce HPV transmission to female sexual partners) AND men (e.g., reducing the risk of oral, head & neck, penile, & anal cancers)
Our son got his first dose of HPV vaccine when he was 9
Vaccinating boys & men has benefits for BOTH women (e.g., helping to reduce HPV transmission to female sexual partners) AND men (e.g., reducing the risk of oral, head & neck, penile, & anal cancers)
November 26, 2025 at 11:20 AM
It really is
Our son got his first dose of HPV vaccine when he was 9
Vaccinating boys & men has benefits for BOTH women (e.g., helping to reduce HPV transmission to female sexual partners) AND men (e.g., reducing the risk of oral, head & neck, penile, & anal cancers)
Our son got his first dose of HPV vaccine when he was 9
Vaccinating boys & men has benefits for BOTH women (e.g., helping to reduce HPV transmission to female sexual partners) AND men (e.g., reducing the risk of oral, head & neck, penile, & anal cancers)
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More attack on vaccine from RFK Jr.
CDC Quietly Turned Off Its Vaccine Search Tool. It’s Not Clear When It’s Coming Back.
“I have heard that they are planning to ‘update it’ and shudder to think what that will mean,” Demetre Daskalakis, a former member of CDC leadership, told NOTUS.
www.notus.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:18 AM
More attack on vaccine from RFK Jr.
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The United States government has ordered its employees not to speak at any events for World AIDS Day or promote them on social media.
I guess they think that if we ignore HIV/AIDS it will just go away.
It didn’t work for Reagan and it’s not going to work now.
I guess they think that if we ignore HIV/AIDS it will just go away.
It didn’t work for Reagan and it’s not going to work now.
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 6:37 PM
The United States government has ordered its employees not to speak at any events for World AIDS Day or promote them on social media.
I guess they think that if we ignore HIV/AIDS it will just go away.
It didn’t work for Reagan and it’s not going to work now.
I guess they think that if we ignore HIV/AIDS it will just go away.
It didn’t work for Reagan and it’s not going to work now.
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The new @unaids.org report shows we were closer than in decades to ending AIDS by 2030, yet new #HIV infections stayed flat in ’24, and even before funding cuts, efforts weren’t enough to drive them down. We must double down with bolder, more strategic action to drive real decline.
In 2025, sudden US funding cuts and reductions from key donors shocked the global AIDS response.
Today, we're releasing a new report showing how these disruptions unfolded & the resilience of communities and countries protecting progress.
Join live at 2pm CET: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1x...
Today, we're releasing a new report showing how these disruptions unfolded & the resilience of communities and countries protecting progress.
Join live at 2pm CET: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1x...
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The new @unaids.org report shows we were closer than in decades to ending AIDS by 2030, yet new #HIV infections stayed flat in ’24, and even before funding cuts, efforts weren’t enough to drive them down. We must double down with bolder, more strategic action to drive real decline.
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🧪PSA
New notices of #NIH awards now have language allowing grants to be terminated if they no longer “align” with agency “priorities”. This will create uncertainty b/c we can’t count on funding if it can be arbitrarily terminated while a study is in progress.
Via @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social on IG
New notices of #NIH awards now have language allowing grants to be terminated if they no longer “align” with agency “priorities”. This will create uncertainty b/c we can’t count on funding if it can be arbitrarily terminated while a study is in progress.
Via @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social on IG
November 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
🧪PSA
New notices of #NIH awards now have language allowing grants to be terminated if they no longer “align” with agency “priorities”. This will create uncertainty b/c we can’t count on funding if it can be arbitrarily terminated while a study is in progress.
Via @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social on IG
New notices of #NIH awards now have language allowing grants to be terminated if they no longer “align” with agency “priorities”. This will create uncertainty b/c we can’t count on funding if it can be arbitrarily terminated while a study is in progress.
Via @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social on IG
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Five years ago, we all applauded nurses, public health, and health care workers every evening for saving lives.
Today, the federal government does not consider these workers professional.
This says everything about the state of US health care.
Today, the federal government does not consider these workers professional.
This says everything about the state of US health care.
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Five years ago, we all applauded nurses, public health, and health care workers every evening for saving lives.
Today, the federal government does not consider these workers professional.
This says everything about the state of US health care.
Today, the federal government does not consider these workers professional.
This says everything about the state of US health care.
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Remember Andrew Wakefield?
Here he is with his friend RFK Jr. in 2020.
Wakefield is the guy behind the fraudulent, retracted MMR–autism study. He lost his medical license for subjecting autistic children to unnecessary invasive procedures.
Now, with Kennedy in power, he’s getting a second act.
Here he is with his friend RFK Jr. in 2020.
Wakefield is the guy behind the fraudulent, retracted MMR–autism study. He lost his medical license for subjecting autistic children to unnecessary invasive procedures.
Now, with Kennedy in power, he’s getting a second act.
November 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Remember Andrew Wakefield?
Here he is with his friend RFK Jr. in 2020.
Wakefield is the guy behind the fraudulent, retracted MMR–autism study. He lost his medical license for subjecting autistic children to unnecessary invasive procedures.
Now, with Kennedy in power, he’s getting a second act.
Here he is with his friend RFK Jr. in 2020.
Wakefield is the guy behind the fraudulent, retracted MMR–autism study. He lost his medical license for subjecting autistic children to unnecessary invasive procedures.
Now, with Kennedy in power, he’s getting a second act.
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ACIP comments are due today! Focus of the meeting will be HepB vaccine and "vaccine schedule" which is vague and ominous. If a guide/template is helpful, you can find it here: hepb.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/EXzaiD...
If you haven't yet done so, Pls submit a brief comment for the #ACIP meeting to www.regulations.gov/document/CDC...
Due by Mon pm. At a min, say something like, "CDC ACIP advisors should support access to ALL vaccines on the current child and adolescent vaccine schedules.
Due by Mon pm. At a min, say something like, "CDC ACIP advisors should support access to ALL vaccines on the current child and adolescent vaccine schedules.
November 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
ACIP comments are due today! Focus of the meeting will be HepB vaccine and "vaccine schedule" which is vague and ominous. If a guide/template is helpful, you can find it here: hepb.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/EXzaiD...