Helen Petousis‐Harris
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My latest blog, breaking down RFK Jr.’s tin foil hat claims about aluminium in vaccines and autism. Epidemiologists see adjusted hazard ratios. RFK Jr. sees messages from the aluminium mothership🪱🚀 diplomaticimmunity.blog/no-rfk-jr-th...
5/ 🧠 What does it all mean?
— A lack of evidence that aluminium in vaccines causes autism, autoimmunity, or allergy.
www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/... #AluminumMyths #PublicHealth #AutismFacts #ScienceMatters
— A lack of evidence that aluminium in vaccines causes autism, autoimmunity, or allergy.
www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/... #AluminumMyths #PublicHealth #AutismFacts #ScienceMatters
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4/ 📉 CIs were incompatible with even modest risk increases. In plain English: If aluminium did cause problems, this study would’ve picked it up. It didn’t. ⚠️ But, this won’t stop the aluminium claims from spreading. Disinformation doesn’t care about data — it cares about drama
3/ 📊 What they found (per 1 mg of aluminum from vaccines by age 2):
— Autism: HR 0.93 (↓ 7% risk)
— ADHD: HR 0.90
— Asthma: HR 0.96
— Autoimmune disease: HR 0.98
— Allergies: HR 0.99
Translation: no increased risk — and in some cases, a slightly lower one.
— Autism: HR 0.93 (↓ 7% risk)
— ADHD: HR 0.90
— Asthma: HR 0.96
— Autoimmune disease: HR 0.98
— Allergies: HR 0.99
Translation: no increased risk — and in some cases, a slightly lower one.
2/ 💉 Study details:
— 1.2 million children
— 24 years of data
— Real-world vaccine exposure
— Outcomes: autism, ADHD, asthma, autoimmune & allergic diseases
— Published: Annals of Internal Medicine, 2025
— 1.2 million children
— 24 years of data
— Real-world vaccine exposure
— Outcomes: autism, ADHD, asthma, autoimmune & allergic diseases
— Published: Annals of Internal Medicine, 2025
1/ Aluminium in Vaccines — What 1.2 Million Kids Just Told Us
A huge Danish study by @andershviid.bsky.social and team just looked at aluminium in childhood vaccines and 50+ chronic diseases.
What did they find? Not harm. Not even a whisper of it.
Here’s what you need to know ⬇️
A huge Danish study by @andershviid.bsky.social and team just looked at aluminium in childhood vaccines and 50+ chronic diseases.
What did they find? Not harm. Not even a whisper of it.
Here’s what you need to know ⬇️
2/2 In my latest blog, I unpack 10 logical fallacies behind the “injected vs. ingested” claim that has traction in anti-vax circles. From appeals to nature to confirmation bias, this post highlights the reasoning errors that fuel fear.👇 Read the full post. diplomaticimmunity.blog/aluminum-vac...
10 Obvious Logical Fallacies in the "Injected vs Ingested" Aluminium Claim
Explore 10 logical fallacies in the “Injected vs Ingested” aluminium claim, revealing how misconceptions shape our understanding of vaccine safety.
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1/2 LOGIC LEAKS: In the swirling chaos of vaccine misinformation, this argument keeps bubbling up: “But injected aluminium is different!” Yes — it is. So is drinking vs. drowning. Route matters. But that doesn’t make aluminium adjuvants dangerous.
There is no bottom to the depths that tyranny will dive. #supportscience #academicfreedom
Reposted by: Helen Petousis‐Harris
This complete destruction of America’s research, intellectual, and academic leadership is really quite something to study in real time - a soft power decimation that will last for far longer than Trump’s tenure. Promote Otago/NZ Uni’s as much as I can, but NZ High Comm’s can/should do so much more.
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is a rare neurological disorder where the body’s immune system attacks the nerves, affecting about 1 to 4 people per 100,000 each year. It is rare! You need a lot of people to be able to do a study like this one!👇
Well said.
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OPINION: I’m sorry that politicians and the media spent last week focusing on my potty mouth and not the terrible injustice that is being done to care-workers, nurses, teachers and other underpaid women, Andrea Vance writes.
I said what I said. And I’m sorry... sort of
OPINION: Choreographed fragility and weaponised offence from female MPs over my use of a rude word has served as a distraction from their own actions.
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The last few years have been pretty hard & I’ve largely become a bit of a hermit. But I’ve briefly emerged to talk about the thing that’s reignited my spark - menstrual cups! Thanks to NZ Women’s Weekly and Elizabeth Easther for coaxing me out of my shell. www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/si...
Dr Siouxsie Wiles' Covid curse: ‘Abuse changed my world’
Pandemic fallout turned her into a hermit, but her future’s looking brighter.
www.nzherald.co.nz
#PandemicAgreement #NZPol #Vaccines #PublicHealth #Disinfo #GlobalHealth apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf...
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This isn't Geneva hijacking Wellington, just countries agreeing not to trip over each other mid-crisis. Peters invokes a false dichotomy, presenting the issue as if NZ must choose between preserving sovereignty or signing the Agreement. In reality, the agreement explicitly protects nat sovereignty.
Winston Peters says it threatens NZ sovereignty. But Article 24.2 (and a bunch of others) literally says WHO can’t tell us what to do.
The WHO Pandemic Agreement is not a global coup. It’s a blueprint for doing pandemics less badly next time.
Yes, I support it. It strengthens cooperation, not control.
Yes, I support it. It strengthens cooperation, not control.
Reposted by: Helen Petousis‐Harris
New: Walmart heiress Christy Walton is backing a vaccine watchdog effort at @cidrap.bsky.social as measles surges and political pressure mounts on US health agencies. “This is a firebreak against political arson,” @helenp-h.bsky.social told me. Gift link to Bloomberg story ⬇
tinyurl.com/4nwbjefr
tinyurl.com/4nwbjefr
US Vaccine Watchdog Effort Begins as Measles Surge Draws Alarm
The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota has quietly begun to steer a national initiative to safeguard the scientific foundations of US vaccine policy — a b...
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The roads are certainly leading to Rome on the matter of shingles vaccine and reduced dementia risk. Cool aye ! 😎
Another victim of political whim and the delegitimization of science. 🤬Breaks my heart. 💔 www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3606...
Groundbreaking project at Auckland Uni stopped in its tracks by US funding cut
Funding cut by Trump administration “isn’t just fiscally wasteful — it’s ethically indefensible”, says vaccinologist and professor Helen Petousis-Harris.
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by Eric J. Topol — Reposted by: Helen Petousis‐Harris
New @jama.com
Another new report (natural experiment) shows the link of a vaccine vs shingles to less dementia
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
this is the 3rd natural experiment to show the effect
Another new report (natural experiment) shows the link of a vaccine vs shingles to less dementia
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
this is the 3rd natural experiment to show the effect
Herpes Zoster Vaccination and Dementia Occurrence
This study investigates whether herpes zoster vaccination affects the probability of receiving a new diagnosis of dementia.
jamanetwork.com
🧠 Can vaccines protect your brain?
Latest blog. The evidence is growing - shingles, flu & COVID vaccines lower risk of dementia & stroke.
Better vaxxed than sorry. Hope they expanded funding
Viral villains vs vaccine heroes 👉 diplomaticimmunity.blog/dementia-and... #Vaccines #BrainHealth #Shingrix
Latest blog. The evidence is growing - shingles, flu & COVID vaccines lower risk of dementia & stroke.
Better vaxxed than sorry. Hope they expanded funding
Viral villains vs vaccine heroes 👉 diplomaticimmunity.blog/dementia-and... #Vaccines #BrainHealth #Shingrix
Can Vaccines Help Combat Dementia and Stroke Effectively? Yep!
Viral infections increase dementia and stroke risk. Discover how vaccines—especially Shingles vaccines—may protect brain health and delay cognitive decline.
diplomaticimmunity.blog
Reposted by: Helen Petousis‐Harris
An excellent long read about how conspiracist attacked one of the worlds leading scientific journals. Both extraordinary and also horribly unsurprising. www.computerweekly.com/news/3665534...
Top science journal faced secret attacks from Covid conspiracy theory group | Computer Weekly
One of the world’s most prestigious general science journals, was the target of a two-year long sustained and virulent secret attack by a conspiratorial group of extreme Brexit lobbyists with high-lev...
www.computerweekly.com
by Richard M. Carpiano — Reposted by: Helen Petousis‐Harris
Nice explainer on why letting H5N1 rip (yes, it was proposed by RFK Jr.) is a terrible, ignorant, and flat-out dangerous idea for many reasons...
Kudos to @drjenndowd.bsky.social 🛟📉🧪 policy
Kudos to @drjenndowd.bsky.social 🛟📉🧪 policy
"Let it rip" for chickens? Don't put your eggs in that basket.
The Great Birdington Declaration
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Hell yes. We had just about every tight chest reported to the regulator as myo. Amazing when we did chart review…. 🙄 but the list of symptoms is pretty similar in many respects.
This is true. Events erroneously reported as anaphylaxis are many. Also the stress response is vastly under estimated and associated with stigma. Stress reactions often reported as myocarditis too. interesting how many ‘anaphylaxis’ cases can be revaccinated without event.🤔