Joe Gitchell
@jgitchell.bsky.social
Consult to Juul Labs on nicotine vapor for tobacco harm minimization.
TFW you've volunteered to review abstracts for a public health conference and the assigments start hitting your inbox. You're going to devote some of Saturday to do the work. And then you read the CoI policy. #Bittersweet
Tune in LIVE on Tuesday, October 6 at 1:00 PM EST as @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social and @voices4vaccines.bsky.social team up! Dr. Jess Steier, Dr. Jessica Reggi, Jen Bordenick and Karen Ernst will break down what's happening in the news . VFV Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/21833...
I don’t study AI per se, but having studied risk, trust, and community for my whole career, I have things to say that AI enthusiasts aren’t. I appreciate being part of this episode and in dialogue with others who are thinking about this moment. open.spotify.com/episode/6xLL...
Experts Say AI Could Kill Us. Why Should We Trust Them? A Conversation w Jennifer Reich, Stephen Witt & Rachael Bedard
Why Should I Trust You? · Episode
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The @wsj.com story below would be just the most recent reason you should follow @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social if you call yourself an FDA Nerd. On the substance, allow me to indulge in self-promotion with my inaugural Substack: joegitchell.substack.com/p/setting-go...
Setting goals for nicotine regulation and policy
Using Regulatory Stances to move forward
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Liz Essley Whyte@lizessleywhyte.bsky.social · 2w agoNEW scoop from me and Laura Cooper The Trump administration is planning a major move to speed authorizations of tobacco products, including flavored vapes www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
If people have been trying to tug you off for four days without success, consider speaking to your GP about trying a different antidepressant
What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano)@mercoglianos.bsky.social · 2w agoGiant Japanese Bulker Remains Aground Off Australia After Four Days maritime-executive.com/article/gian...
Not a pre-registered or proper analysis, but convenience sample at #Dulles indicates that my choice of @raygunshirts.bsky.social to travel internationally is top notch. Allons-y, #SRNTE !
PA has reported its 4th measles death. Two babies, a 40-year-old woman, and an 18-year-old. All were unvaccinated. The babies were too young for a first dose.
If you've not watched Julia Galef's TED talk, "Why You Think You're Right -- Even If You're Wrong", or it has been a bit, now o'clock is the right time to devote <12 minutes to do so. Let's get less wrong and get our scout mindsets on! youtu.be/w4RLfVxTGH4?...
Why you think you're right -- even if you're wrong | Julia Galef
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Dr Alex Wodak AM@alexwodak.bsky.social · 3w ago1/4 This very important paper, now 50 years old, describes how anti-opium laws in Thailand, Hong Kong & Laos were not only ineffective but also extremely counterproductive. Highly recommended. No wonder Australia’s smoking/vaping policies bombed! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/962496/
I knew every relevant statistic as I walked into that building. I could have recited the complication rate. Yet none of it stopped my tears. We can know all the right things and still have our emotions take over, and I think that matters for how we communicate about health.
In Propofol Veritas
The day my science brain checked out
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Please read this short editorial, led by Lynn Kozlowski, and reflect on how well it has aged since it first appeared in @bmjtobacco-control.bsky.social in 9/2001 (not a typo). Applying the risk/use equilibrium: use medicinal nicotine now for harm reduction Link in ALT.
I wear my allegiances to sources of knowledge generation and curation on my sleeve...or, more accurately, my whole torso!! Looks from the post two days. h/t @raygunsite.com @motherjones.com @npr.org
I *did* enjoy this article about trash, but I am afraid this is the type of take that gets you expelled in polite company. Nevertheless www.worksinprogress.news/p/just-bury-...
Just bury your trash
What if everything we know about recycling is wrong?
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This school year will be messy and it will bring its challenges, and we’ll get through it. Every phase they enter is one I am entering right alongside them, and we are all just doing our very best.
Back to School (and the List in My Head)
A non-exhaustive list of ways we keep our kids safe(r), from a public health mom
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Only #FridayFollow @clairezagorski.bsky.social if you have a substantial tolerance for #BrutalTruths.
Claire Zagorski, PhD, MSc, EMT-P@clairezagorski.bsky.social · 2mo agoWhen you realize that human behavior is like flowing water, so many things make sense. Paths become predictable. If people can’t see a doctor for their sore throat, they’re going to take that half-empty bottle of penicillin from years ago. Healthcare access is an antibiotic stewardship issue.
Apropos of absolutely nothing, Martha Wash is bloody brilliant, yes?
Todd Terry - Something Goin' On - TOTP - 11 07 1997
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If you'd benefit from a reminder of how fortunate we are in a material sense, hit this interactive essay. ordinaryabundance.com
Ordinary Abundance
A walk through a modern apartment, through the eyes of the people for whom everything in it was new.
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A teenager with a heart defect saw specialist after specialist. None of them was in charge of his flu shot. He caught influenza & died. The trial testing how to fix that failure was canceled by the federal government in July. My essay in @nytopinion www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/o...
Opinion | Medical Breakthroughs Are a Thrill. Then Comes the Hard Part. (Gift Article)
The Trump administration has dismantled the agency that ensures that research makes its way into medical practice.
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@aaronecarroll.bsky.social · 2mo agoAHRQ canceled studies on patient safety and antibiotic resistance. The reason it gave: to focus on new priorities, including "patient safety" & "preventing antibiotic resistance." That's not a typo. My @nytopinion.nytimes.com on the dismantling of delivery science: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/o...
Thanks to Medpage for covering our new 'What's The Risk?' Tool. Please send us any feedback at vaccines@unbiasedscience.com! www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi... @cidrap.bsky.social
Tool Brings Vax vs Disease Risk Into Stark Contrast
'What's the Risk?' aims to bolster understanding of vaccine safety
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#DiscomfortOfThought, if you'll have it.
Dr Alex Wodak AM@alexwodak.bsky.social · 2mo agoMy recent comments on Australia’s failed & futile smoking/vaping policy & what’s needed to fix it pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/08... @algore09algor.bsky.social @ianamossyd.bsky.social @igas2.bsky.social @jmenezes.bsky.social @chancethegardener.bsky.social @jgitchell.bsky.social
"This is what 'getting less wrong' looks like!" #respect
Saloni@scientificdiscovery.dev · 2mo agoAlso, a reminder that if you notice any factual errors I make in my published work, please tell me - I'll pay you a reward! I've found most of them myself so far, so I just donate extra instead. But I can't tell if this is because others haven't noticed them or are unwilling to tell me - please do!
Very good episode and includes a shout-out to @aaronecarroll.bsky.social's recent WaPo op-ed on SSRIs.
Julie Rovner@julierovner.bsky.social · 2mo agoOn this week's #WTHealth podcast: the politics of grant terminations; Fauci takes the 5th; and still more on peptides and abortion pills. W/@shefali.bsky.social, @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social, and @rachelcohrs.bsky.social kffhealthnews.org/podcast/what...
The nerd post you may not have even known you needed.
Julia M. Rohrer@dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 2mo agoNew blog post! Odds ratios are...a bit weird. Here I explain two problems (interpretation, non-collapsibility) and provide some simple recommendations for improved reporting. www.the100.ci/2026/07/30/r...
We developed the simulation model jointly with an interactive website --the coolest part of the project IMO 🤓 Explore the TCP Tool to see what impact a #nicotine standard could have on #tobacco use, major depression & economic costs ➡️https://www.tobaccopolicyeffects.org/#nicotine
TCP Tool
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Rutgers Institute for Nicotine and Tobacco Studies (INTS)@ru-ints.bsky.social · 3mo agoA new article featuring Drs. Jamie Tam & Sarah Skolnick find that reducing nicotine in cigarettes to minimally addictive levels could prevent millions of premature deaths, reduce smoking disparities among people with major depression, & boost productivity. www.rutgers.edu/news/how-nic...