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But it looks to me like a strong possiblity that this has been circulating in cattle for months under our noses, even before the first inkling there might be something new in February.

This reveals massive gaps in our pathogen surveillance and detection systems.

This common ancestor may have existed around the end of 2023.

The common ancestor may have been in cattle, with only a single intro into cattle and subsequent spread.

But we can't rule out multiple jumps, later, from a largely avian reservoir into cattle.

Apologies if I sound harsh in my comment about H5N1 public genomic data. It is such an important global question and now it is weeks and weeks of mention of widespread cases in mammals in the USA and data not public. Public data is the cornerstone of public health response.

Concerns about #H5N1 are growing, yet there are lots of questions about what is or is not happening in response. Please join us this Friday as we discuss the cure situation and path forward.

COVID is no big deal and you should all go and get it.

Also….

IT CAME FROM A LAB!!!

sciencebasedmedicine.org/bombshell/

A clever and unique study documents that much Covid transmission occurred via shopping in retail stores
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn… PNASNews Thais Lærkholm Jensen CEBI - Center for Economic Behavior and Inequality

and vaccines don't cause infertility.... including Tdap. (5/6) x.com/aetiology/stat…

and here's a account that advocates for this intervention (4/6) - x.com/LightForRiley/…

here's a systematic review of 21 safety studies of these vaccines during pregnancy - No increased risk of preterm delivery, congenital anomalies, stillbirth or newborn death. (3/6) pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28178054/

there's a number of studies about protection of newborns, pertussis vaccination during pregnancy prevent hospitalizations and ICU admissions. In this study from Columbia, there was a 100 % decrease in mortality. (2/6)

Pertussis vaccination during pregnancy has been recommended for the last ten years. There are excellent data on the safety and efficacy of these vaccines during pregnancy. TL;DR version - vaccination protects newborns. (1/6)

After the 2014-2016 Ebola epidemic, many reports identified reforms needed for outbreak preparedness

Yet there was little action

The COVID-19 pandemic led to over 25 million deaths

We know how to prepare for the next pandemic, yet there's little action

bmj.com/content/356/bm…

Blackthorne: The great Eye is ever watchful. It is a barren wasteland. Riddled with fire and ash and dust. The very air you breathe is a poisonous fume. Not with ten thousand men could you do this. It is folly!

Mariko: The Anjin protests one does not simply walk into Mordor.

Absolutely BRUTAL from RFK Jr's former enviro colleagues:

“If folks remember him as an environmentalist, he is no more,' [Gina McCarthy] said about Mr. Kennedy. 'He’s against science, he’s against vaccines, he talks jibber jabber on climate. I don’t know what he stands for.”

The people who know Robert F. Kennedy Jr best oppose him:

'Dozens of Mr. Kennedy’s former colleagues at the Natural Resources Defense Council are calling on him to withdraw from the race, in full-page advertisements sponsored by the group’s political arm.'

It continues to be clear that RFK Jr. is only running to hand the election to Donald Trump. Add climate to the list of issues where he only has criticism for Biden, not Trump. It's time for RFK Jr. to end this charade.
nytimes.com/2024/04/19/cli…

Dang, everyone who knows this guy hates him.

Columbia Professor Rebecca Jordan-Young: 'The faculty who are supporting the students do not all agree on the issue of Israel and Palestine...[but] we are astonished and disgusted with the way the university has cracked down on the students.'

About the only amusing thing about HIV/AIDS denial is that the deniers can't even convince each other.

Group 1 (Duesberg et al): HIV exists but doesn't cause AIDS

Group 2: HIV doesn't exist (or viruses more broadly)

Rodgers doesn't even realize the shitshow he's wading into.