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#epidemiology

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Sen. Cassidy finally grew a pair!

“Although the appointees to [the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices] have scientific credentials, many do not have significant experience studying microbiology, #epidemiology or #immunology. In particular, some lack experience studying new technologies such as #mRNA #vaccines, and may even have a preconceived bias against them,” Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) wrote on the social media site X Monday evening. (paywalled)

statnews.com/2025/06/23/bill-c

STAT · Cassidy calls to delay meeting of CDC's vaccine panel in challenge to RFK Jr.A key GOP senator is calling for the CDC's vaccine meeting to be postponed after RFK Jr. shook up the panel.
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Wear a respirator or good quality face mask. Yes, you can develop Long Covid.
Yes, you are at risk of infecting other people.
Yes, you may host the next new coronavirus variant.
You are not magic, but you have people around you who care about you.
You interact with other people who have others who care about them.

Act like the responsible person you want to believe you are.
Mask up, don a respirator, or pretend you're a secret agent, astronaut, cosmonaut, laboratory scientist or whatever else.

Reduce your health hazards to living beings around you.
(Cats and dogs can get covid too.
Filtered air reduces infections for colds, influenza viruses, and other pathogens.)

Me when outside or talking to anyone: lgbtqia.space/@nat@kind.social

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Dr. Ellie Murray ScD @epiellie has been breaking down the MAHA report, piece by piece.

If you enjoy looking at bad data, or are interested in learning what is in the report and would rather read a review, take a look. I have been thoroughly enjoying it, as a data nerd.

Parts I & II are currently available:
epiellie.substack.com/p/the-ma

E is for Epi · The MAHA Report: I Read it so You Don't Have to.By Ellie Murray, ScD

I just noticed that the #WastewaterSCAN Dashboard has started tracking #measles.

data.wastewaterscan.org/

WastewaterSCAN detects measles RNA from people who are infected with the virus. The detection of measles in wastewater means that one or more individuals in the community contributing to the wastewater is shedding measles RNA in their excretions (feces, urine, saliva, etc). The data are available on our online dashboard.

Wastewater is more than just a waste product – it is becoming a source of epidemiological insights. With the new EU directive, health-related monitoring in wastewater will become a European reality starting in 2027. The webinar on July 2, 2025, will demonstrate how wastewater-based epidemiology works, which parameters are relevant, and how they are implemented – practical, evidence-based, and future-oriented. #wastewater #epidemiology #wastewatermonitoring #EU #webinar vermicon.com/company/newslette

www.vermicon.comvermicon News: Wastewater-Based Epidemiology

Wastewater is more than just a waste product – it is becoming a source of epidemiological insights. With the new EU directive, health-related monitoring in wastewater will become a European reality starting in 2027. The webinar on July 2, 2025, will demonstrate how wastewater-based epidemiology works, which parameters are relevant, and how they are implemented – practical, evidence-based, and future-oriented. #wastewater #epidemiology #wastewatermonitoring #EU #webinar vermicon.com/company/newslette

www.vermicon.comvermicon News: Wastewater-Based Epidemiology

The US should step up efforts to combat its year-long bird #H5N1 flu outbreak and control the #pandemic risk to people, an international group of virologists has warned. The high historical human mortality rate from H5N1 suggests “the terrible consequences of underreacting to current threats”, say human and animal virologists from the Global Virus Network spanning more than 40 countries...Their intervention on Tuesday highlights alarm at the proliferation of the H5N1 avian pathogen now detected in #poultry in all 50 US states, infecting scores of people and causing at least one confirmed death…The US outbreak has spread nationwide since March 2024, affecting more than 1,000 dairy herds and killing or triggering the culling of tens of millions of poultry. At least 70 human cases have been identified, with one person dying in Louisiana, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. —The Economist #Virology #Epidemiology #BirdFlu #CDC #HHS #PublicHealth