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Sandy Laping

@sandylaping.bsky.social

Science Communicator | Health care professional | Epidemiologist | Nerdy Girl | Dog lover |Runner 🌈🐕‍🦺🇪🇺🇩🇪🇬🇧🇺🇸 | views are my own

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Sandy Laping@sandylaping.bsky.social · 4d ago

First try at astrophotography - M31, Andromeda galaxy, 2.5million light years away. I have much to learn but it’ll be fun! (200 images stacked, 15s exposure, 60 gain and some clever software)

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Bookshop.org@bookshop.org · 2w ago

Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

Sandy Laping@sandylaping.bsky.social · 2w ago

Looking away is not an option, so we track You can check out @chrischirp.bsky.social's Trump Action Tracker here: www.trumpactiontracker.info , which stands at over 4,000 actions now, just over 20 months in..

Trump Action Tracker | Keeping a tally of Trump's actions

Free and independent tracker documenting Trump-related actions using verified news sources. Statements & plans mapped to authoritarianism domains.

trumpactiontracker.info

Prof Christina Pagel@chrischirp.bsky.social · 2w ago

Well, we're still at just over 20 months of Trump's second term, and the www.trumpactiontracker.info has reached over 4,000 documented actions :-/

Sandy Laping@sandylaping.bsky.social · 3w ago

With respiratory virus season looming, we can all do our bit to help protect those who can’t get vaccinated.. be a good neighbour, get your flu and COVID jab if you can

Those Nerdy Girls@thosenerdygirls.bsky.social · 4w ago

Community immunity (aka “herd immunity”) is a really important factor in preventing the spread of infectious diseases… and just like an umbrella can protect you and the person standing next to you from the rain, vaccination can do the same. @sandylaping.bsky.social

Sandy Laping@sandylaping.bsky.social · last mo.

My latest co-authored post on the updated and approved COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S., and recommendations drawn from @cidrap.bsky.social’s Vaccine Integrity Project’s evidence review

Those Nerdy Girls@thosenerdygirls.bsky.social · last mo.

1/ The FDA recently approved three updated COVID vaccines for the 2026-2027 season that will target the JN.1 lineage XFG subvariant of the virus (SARS-CoV-2), and they are available. @sandylaping.bsky.social @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social #CovidVaccines

Kit Yates@kityates.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Imagine if Didier Raoult’s (far more consequential) academic misdemeanours had received any where near the media attention Arday’s did. retractionwatch.com/2024/01/08/j...

Journals retract six Didier Raoult papers for ethics violations

Didier Raoult Two journals of a leading microbiology society have retracted six articles by Didier Raoult after a university investigation found breaches of research ethics in his work.  A sev…

retractionwatch.com

Prof Christina Pagel@chrischirp.bsky.social · 2mo ago

this is the person to follow and the thread to read to understand all the evidence about Covid vaccines in pregnancy - to sum up - highly protective of mother and baby from covid, no increased risks of miscarriage or stillbirth or premature birth, and covid in pregnancy is bad for mother and baby!

Viki Male@vikilovesfacs.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Further to comments from Senators Paul and Johnson on the safety of #CovidVaccines in #pregnancy, people are asking if I still update my table of studies. I've just done so! 1/3 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

A slide summarising the safety data on COVID infection and vaccination in pregnancy. On the left, in unvaccinated individuals COVID infection increases the risk of preterm birth, pre-eclampsia, stillbirth and neonatal death. On the right: 3 trials including 221 participants who received mRNA vaccine and 54 observational studies including at least 568,284 people vaccinated in pregnancy found no increased risk of stillbirth, miscarriage, preterm birth, SGA, congenital abnormalities, NICU admission or health or neurodevelopmental problems in babies up to eighteen months old, following COVID vaccination.
Those Nerdy Girls@thosenerdygirls.bsky.social · 3mo ago

West Nile Virus (WNV) is a virus that spreads when people are bitten by infected mosquitoes. Luckily, most folks have no symptoms, but it’s worth knowing about. Read more from @sandylaping.bsky.social here:

Mosquito season is upon us. What’s this West Nile Virus I hear about? I live nowhere near the Nile!

West Nile Virus (WNV) is a virus that spreads when people are bitten by infected mosquitoes. Luckily, most folks have no symptoms, but it’s worth knowing about.

thosenerdygirls.substack.com

Sandy Laping@sandylaping.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Here’s another piece I wrote about NWS - it’s not in the news much, but has a real impact on agricultural communities

Those Nerdy Girls@thosenerdygirls.bsky.social · 3mo ago

A parasitic fly called the New World #Screwworm has recently been found in US animals for the first time in decades. Although the current risk to people in the US is very low, it’s worth knowing the signs, especially if you have pets and live in an affected area. @sandylaping.bsky.social

Sandy Laping@sandylaping.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Buckle up folks, there's a lot in there... and that's not even the half of it.. you can see all actions here: www.trumpactiontracker.info

Trump Action Tracker | Keeping a tally of Trump's actions

Free and independent tracker documenting Trump-related actions using verified news sources. Statements & plans mapped to authoritarianism domains.

trumpactiontracker.info

Prof Christina Pagel@chrischirp.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Behind last week's headlines are some stories you might have missed... including a ridiculous amount of corruption, a hollowing of the state and the ongoing saga of Trump's attempt to restrict birthright citizenship, which is guaranteed by the US Constitution. youtu.be/zJnsFTLJcEQ

Dr Duncan Robertson@duncanrobertson.bsky.social · 4mo ago

This is really important (and excellent). It's for the incoming government to ensure that the Arms Length Bodies are protected from political inteference (after all, that's the whole idea of them being arms-length). Because (and see the US for examples) they - and we - are very vulnerable if not.

Prof Christina Pagel@chrischirp.bsky.social · 4mo ago

📢NEW RESOURCE: A new web resource and accompanying report to explore the vulnerabilities to political interference of 33 key UK scientific public bodies & 11 scientific advisory committees! unchecked.uk/public_body_... 1/7

summary of some key results on the vulnerabilties of scientific bodies