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So #RFKJr is a liar. He's a charlatan. @kasie.bsky.social catches him here and it's wonderful to watch. We need more of this. Do not give this man any credibility. He's a huckster with famous name and is destroying public health and science in America. Spread the word.
@covidchronicles.bsky.social Oh, rereading my first reply, I said "please relax" ā so I basically did say to "calm down" I want to acknowledge that because otherwise it's like I'm gaslighting you (insult to injury there) I apologize for my phrasing š¤
Oh please donāt misunderstand me ā I think you have every right to be angry in general lol Things were horrible prior to 2025, and 2025 has brought fresh hell month after month. We need people to wake tf up. Letās š get š the š revolution š going š
I get you totally. And I appreciate you responding without getting angry. I was hoping my comment wouldnāt spark anything ā especially since I respect your advocacy and appreciate your posts š keep up the good fight
This isnāt a paper granting azelastine (a generic medicationā¦) manufacturers permission to run advertisements claiming it protects against covid And my goodness, please relax. Azelastine has been identified as a candidate for years and years now. I for one am extremely happy to see this study.
A nasal spray reduced the risk of Covid infections in a double blind, placebo controlled randomized trial jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
Wow. Good on Colorado. Georgia state ā please? š„“ (I donāt think theyāre going to do anything close to Colorado here)
Many states donāt let you get a COVID vaccine without a prescription as they had existing laws that tied access to official CDC approval. This made sense as a safety measure, but now the CDC has been taken over by antivaxxers, several states are rightfully modifying these laws to reinstate access.
Iām surprised how āin the darkā Iāve been relative to the current variant landscape in that, had you asked me before seeing your post, Iād have probably guessed NB.1.8.1 was dominant in the US and thatās totally not the case. Really appreciate the work you do! Now more than everā¦
CDC employees standing up and walking out in light of the mass shootings, firings, and *waves hands in the air* everything else. #USAnotRFK Lets gooooo
Wow. Please and thank you.
mNEXSPIKE, Moderna's new vaccine (mRNA-1283 instead of mRNA-1273), is based on LP.8.1! Great news! static.modernatx.com/pm/6cef78f8-...
Oh. My god. Not a good look for Novavax evangelistsā¦
3/ How do you reconcile teaching brain health while ignoring the virus that harms the brain? By lecturing unmasked in an unfiltered room during a surge? You donāt. You just sweep the evidence under the rug.
Welp, it's officially been one year since the 2024-25 COVID vaccine was approved. This year was supposed to be earlier. Things were scheduled a bit earlier. Normally, we might've had the vaccine in arms by now. But no. ā±ļøš www.fda.gov/news-events/...
I canāt square the following: 1. covid, and many other respiratory viruses, are (still) out there causing long-term damage to multiple organ systems 2. well-fitted respirators, by the very laws of physics, protect both you and those around you 3. no-one is masking
WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 24-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION people in Denmark found NO LINK between aluminum in childhood vaccines and autism, asthma, OR chronic disorders. Aluminum is an ADJUVANT. It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine. Thatās it.
No, JD, belonging in America does not depend on how many generations of your family have lived here. The values of this country matter - deeply - to who we are and what it means to be American.
We're still seeing great promise of COVID nasal vaccines with various vectors, preventing infection and transmission, but the HHS cancellation of US support will very likely derail the progress that has been made www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
How does this look compared to, say, the early days of BA.2.86? (As in, how does this GA genome compare to saltations weāve seen in omicron offshoots?) Thank you very much in advance ā I really appreciate all the work you do btw!
Are you able to say which contemporary variant has the closest spike to GA-1? (Guesses are fine too)
Fuck.
Semaglutide is a peptide So no, peptides are not all pseudoscienceā¦
There are currently more kids in Texas with measles than there are transgender collegiate athletes in all of America. Guess which one they want you to focus on.
The Big Death Bill has passed. The GOP willingly chose to kick millions off health insurance, close hundreds of hospitals, nursing homes, & reproductive health clinics, leave millions of families without enough food & kill thousands of people. This is the biggest assault on health in recent history.
One of the most tragic things is that so many people that will be harmed by the Big Death Bill will be completely unaware about what just happened until itās way too late and they canāt see a doctor or get a hospital bed in their time of need.
Wow. Lenacapavir, a twice-yearly shot that prevents HIV spread was just approved by the FDA. The problem? Due to government cuts to Medicaid, PEPFAR, and Global Fund, it's unlikely this game-changing drug will reach the many people who need it most in the US and globally.
Masks are under serious threat at being banned widely due to politicization. This would be a public health disaster. If you are only wearing a mask at protests, please consider also wearing them elsewhere. The more people mask, the more we normalize masks and protect them against bans.
People are being arrested for wearing a medical mask in Savannah, Georgia #NoKings
So much this coloradonewsline.com/2025/06/13/t...
Friends- it is 2025. Can we stop with the term "vaccine skeptic" to describe people openly hostile to vaccines and whose views are not based in evidence? That is not skepticism. That is denialism.
You do not have to say āpro vaccine groups.ā You can say the vast majority of doctors and scientists and the American Medical Association.
Invivyd @invivyd.bsky.social *proudly* lobbied the FDA to require new placebo-controlled trials for any COVID vaccine updates investors.invivyd.com/news-release... Extremely disappointed. I had a lot of hope in this company and their product. Shame on them. @enirenberg.bsky.social
They *knew* LP.8.1 had reached its peak and *knew* NB.1.8.1 was going to rise It was obvious to everyone And yet we still chose LP.8.1 instead of NB.1.8.1 or even XFG for the fall vaccine (That we will hopefully still haveā¦) Ugh. @enirenberg.bsky.social
"We are speaking on behalf of hundreds of NIH staff who are standing up together to say: WE DISSENT. I am so scared about doing this but I am trying to be brave for my kids because it's only gonna get harder to speak up." Thank you to Dr. Jenna Norton and NIH scientists for your courage!
Ohh ok. Gosh you've become proficient in this stuff. This "different spike" ā did BA.2.86 present with a similar degree of difference or was it more run-of-the-mill and BA.3.2 is not only a saltation but a saltation with spike 'features' out of the ordinary (I hope that made any sense...)
2/2 ā¦to be decently neutralizable / not too fit, but quickly caught up and grabbed the new mutations to swing itself to the top of the growth charts? (&, for example, the positive results for, say, Evushields component that neutralizes now could easily vanish(?)) Any take of yours, Iād appreciate
1/2 thanks for the write up, @ryanhisner.bsky.social Ryan! Given this bit of new info, any predictions / thoughts on the potential expansion of this saltation? Also, do you think preliminaries on neutralization might follow the same pattern we saw with BA.2.86 where the spike seemedā¦
Just watch Margaret Brennan eviscerate Marty Makary in this interview. He is evasive, makes misleading statements, outright lies and contradicts himself, while chanting RCT-RCT-RCT as some talisman to excuse what he has done to make Americans less safe from COVID-19. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGH2...
Fascinating findings! Is there a comparison to other variants (older than KP/JN) in terms of inflammatory response differences? Or is this mutation unique and the increased inflammation something we havenāt had in prior variants?
Would really like to see @novavax.bsky.social update to LP.8.1 for this fall š¤ #novavax
Forgot to add the link: cov-spectrum.org/explore/Unit...
Quick view of the mutational differences between KP.2 and LP.8.1 for anyone interested
Looks like the FDA officially endorsed LP.8.1 @enirenberg.bsky.social www.fda.gov/vaccines-blo... #covid #wearAMaskPlease
lol recommending a monovalent, JN.1-lineage As opposed to an XBB š½ The FDA meeting notes even looked like theyād only been slightly modified from last yearās š«
I used to listen to the public comment period at VRBPAC and ACIP meetings but the frequency with which they attract bad-faith actors or otherwise delusional people has grown wearisome.
Opened the livestream for the FDA 2025-2026 COVID strain meeting and had to close out after a few seconds for my mental health / general sanity Just gotta wait for the verdict. My anxious / frustrated viewing wont change the outcome. š LP.8.1 please, thanks š (also, el oh el if NVX is JN.1)
You know what, youāre definitely right. I think itās harder to tell myself that and believe it vs hearing it directly from a trusted authority on the subject (you) Maybe I should put deference on the studies that compare the variants? Idk. Industry sponsoring usually adds to my lack of finality
Obviously, I wish I could pick from a dropdown menu and DIY it lol Data from pan studies showed how itās probably best to vax with distant versions ā to get naive B cells and ideally breadth as a result Idk. Iām way too deep in this stuff. I wish I could get my nasal vaccine and move on
I agree. However, I usually find myself going back to the āwell, if thereās such little difference, then how did these variants manage to dominate to the degree they didā Obv more than S matters, but tbh it just makes me think those extra few mutations might really matter going forward
Blah. Meant to say, I really hope for LP.8.1 Was hoping for more options (like NB or XFG), but I get why this year, the risk:benefit ratio of being cutting edge didnāt seem worth it to the manufacturers Itās weird to go from āman I hope they select NB/XFG and not LPā to āpls update from KP.2ā
The 3 companyās presentations remind me of last years ā where I was left feeling like Pfizerās data was the best (collected, presented, and summary efficacy) And freaking praying theyād choose KP.2. Was so annoyed initially. V glad they ended up doing the right thing and allowing KP.2
Wow. Maybe they shouldāve found a different abbreviation than ND for these lool I obviously skimmed the 3 presentations so I didnāt closely examine, but I immediately thought ānot detectedā ā which made all the data seem strange. Appreciate you covering this!
It is astonishing that they are demanding a placebo control here. This is brazenly unethical. There is no equipoise about whether or not COVID-19 vaccines work. You cannot give people saline to evaluate a strain update (and while not explicitly stated they seem to be suggesting that strain...
Just in time for the strain selection meeting..! Hopefully they see this (ā¦and hopefully we still get an updated Covid vaccine this fall..)
@ryanhisner.bsky.social The antigenic distance shown in the map makes BA.3.2, potentially, a great candidate for a (hypothetical) booster if it grew in dominance (Would allow for recruitment of naive B-cells instead of pure recall) I wonder if weāll even get an updated booster for this fallā¦ š
Wow ā thatās a Covid cautious dream come true š I know youāve traveled a good bit the past few yearsāhow does SF compare to other cities in this regard? Are there other cities youād say have (relatively) good aerosol mitigations? (I know, big generalizations, but still)
@kprather.bsky.social How can it be so low?? Honest question! (Is it because of the local weather making it easier to bring in outdoor air?) (Also thank you so much for all the work you do š)
The COVID vaccines have been taken by billions of people, saved millions of lives, and are some of the most rigorously tested medical products in history. Someone who has zero experience in vaccine development should not be influencing the approval process. This will kill people.
Deaths from heart disease down 75%, thatās NIH. Deaths from stroke down 75%, thatās NIH. HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, thatās NIH. 99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, thatās NIH. Please show this video to anyone who doesnāt understand why the NIH is so important.
Again, they're trying to take away our vaccines. From the head of the FDA, a gross misrepresentation of the annual process of updating a proven vaccine to target new disease strains. His plan would make it impossible to get seasonal flu and Covid shots, and of course he knows this.
Iāve been listening to the audiobook and smiled a ton when you were mentioned in it!! Truly appreciate the work you do!
The news is awful right now. Weāre all exhausted Please donāt underestimate the effect that this cascade of overwhelmingly awfulness has on your nervous system. Especially if youāre chronically ill. Take breaks. We will be here when you return. Give yourself grace. Itās a marathon, not a sprint.
Wish I could opt to take my chances and receive this. So desperate for a nasal vaccine