Travis Bias
@tbias.bsky.social
Physician | Deputy CMO of HIS at Solventum | Health Systems at UCSF IGHS | #MedSky | Op-Eds in Stat & Think Global Health
But the origin of #COVID doesn’t change two key truths:
- #Vaccines miraculously created within 11 months saved millions of lives.
- Engaging with the @who.int (including China) remains essential to effectively respond to any infectious threat in the future (flu, COVID, etc.)
- #Vaccines miraculously created within 11 months saved millions of lives.
- Engaging with the @who.int (including China) remains essential to effectively respond to any infectious threat in the future (flu, COVID, etc.)
March 17, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Great episode. Compelling health communicators - like you all - will be even more important in the coming years.
February 20, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Great episode. Compelling health communicators - like you all - will be even more important in the coming years.
Reposted by Travis Bias
What’s happening isn’t reform. It’s an attempt to capture and destroy the single most critical piece of infrastructure in global democracy and rights support—US funding. And it’s working.
February 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
What’s happening isn’t reform. It’s an attempt to capture and destroy the single most critical piece of infrastructure in global democracy and rights support—US funding. And it’s working.
The amount of damage this will do to the US reputation around the world definitely will not put America first.
#health #diplomacy #globalhealth
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
#health #diplomacy #globalhealth
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
End Appears Near for U.S. Aid Agency, Democratic Lawmakers Say
A sense of crisis among aid groups was growing as U.S.A.I.D.’s website went dark.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The amount of damage this will do to the US reputation around the world definitely will not put America first.
#health #diplomacy #globalhealth
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
#health #diplomacy #globalhealth
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
US competitors will be happy to fill the vacuum:
“The fallout from the aid freeze is likely to reverberate geopolitically, giving American rivals, like China, a window of opportunity to present itself as a reliable partner.”
#usaid #health #diplomacy
“The fallout from the aid freeze is likely to reverberate geopolitically, giving American rivals, like China, a window of opportunity to present itself as a reliable partner.”
#usaid #health #diplomacy
February 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
US competitors will be happy to fill the vacuum:
“The fallout from the aid freeze is likely to reverberate geopolitically, giving American rivals, like China, a window of opportunity to present itself as a reliable partner.”
#usaid #health #diplomacy
“The fallout from the aid freeze is likely to reverberate geopolitically, giving American rivals, like China, a window of opportunity to present itself as a reliable partner.”
#usaid #health #diplomacy
“You could open the funding floodgates again tomorrow and you will still have children dying months from now because of this pause.”
The scale of this is difficult to capture.
@stephanienolen.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
The scale of this is difficult to capture.
@stephanienolen.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid
Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 2:53 AM
“You could open the funding floodgates again tomorrow and you will still have children dying months from now because of this pause.”
The scale of this is difficult to capture.
@stephanienolen.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
The scale of this is difficult to capture.
@stephanienolen.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
My first thought was: is this from a decade ago? Is Rand Paul still in office?!
December 21, 2024 at 5:52 PM
My first thought was: is this from a decade ago? Is Rand Paul still in office?!