Remember that godawful screwworm infecting cattle in Texas and New Mexico because the Trump administration defunded the control program? Well, there were at least 202 human cases in Mexico in the past year too
John Ross
@johnrossmd.bsky.social
Canadian in Boston. Hospitalist. FIDSA. An Seanduine Liath. #IDSky
Retrospective cohort of 2.5 million US kids found NO association between measles vaccination and autism, with an adjusted hazard ratio of 0.97 (99% confidence interval 0.91–1.03). Another negative study to add to the mountain of negative studies that we already have.
Association Between First MMR Vaccination Before... : Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Background:Concerns about potential associations between measles–mumps–rubella (MMR) vaccination and autism persist despite extensive prior research....
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They think they're being clever eugenicists by saying that people with "underlying health issues" don't matter, but >75% of U.S. adults have a chronic condition (including 60% of age 18–34). So what they're really saying is "nobody matters, it's okay if everybody dies from inadequate regulation."
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2d agoBreaking News: Two deaths in Michigan have been linked to cyclospora. Both people who had the parasite also had underlying health issues.
No question that this is having a chilling effect on vaccine research and advocacy in the US. Lots of senior clinician-scientists looking at Fauci and thinking "I don't need this kind of crap in my twilight years"
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 3d agoThe pressure on Anthony Fauci is intensifying. More lawmakers are preparing to challenge him. Paparazzi lurk outside his door, and death threats persist.
Odyssey discourse reminds me of Stephen Leacock's funny and mean-spirited essay "Homer and Humbug," which asserts that "The classics are only primitive literature. They belong in the same class as primitive machinery and primitive music and primitive medicine"
Fascinated by how the “the hero is actually the bad guy” trope keeps bubbling up in Nolan’s movies, whether he wants it to or not. It’s like his Catholic school upbringing keeps undermining his conservative tendencies
Excellent overview of US cyclospora outbreak by @paulsaxmd.bsky.social #IDSky Key points: - cases may be >11,500 - incubation period typically a week - weight loss, fatigue common - diagnosis tricky; PCR best - wash your produce 🥬🍓, but recognize this may have limitations
Public Health Credibility and Capability, One Cyclospora Outbreak at a Time
What cyclosporiasis outbreaks, past and present, can teach us.
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Haulin' Oates, my new podcast recording while driving the nation's highways and byways with Joyce Carol Oates in a big rig, discussing her latest posts
99% of the time, when someone accuses you of selective outrage, it’s a way of politically demobilizing you and shutting you up “Why are you angry about data centers instead of fast fashion” isn’t about making you care about fast fashion. It’s about shutting you up about data centers And visa versa
I always use ivermectin in my BLTs (Bacon, Lettuce, Toxic encephalopathy)
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7d agoRep. John McGuire: "I don't know if you heard about the BLT sandwich -- using human fetus baby parts in the vaccine when they could've used ivermectin"
Serious question: was Euripides Western civilization’s first liberal? The Trojan Women is full of wokeisms like “war crimes are still bad when Greeks do them” and “females are human”
You dedicate your entire life to trying to keep the public healthy and deal with disease outbreaks and multiple medical crises, and at the end of a career where you have saved millions of lives, you're forced to sit in front of crazy-ass Rand fucking Paul and avoid a perjury trap. Just vile.
New Public Health Alert: Emergence of babesiosis in Nova Scotia, Canada Of the 11 cases documented since 2023 in the province, 8 patients had no recent travel history. More from @nejm.org & CIDRAP: bit.ly/4foSVWN 📷: CDC
NEJM.org@nejm.org · last wk.𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝑵𝑬𝑱𝑴 𝑬𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆! A new Public Health Alerts report, published in partnership with @cidrap.bsky.social: Emergence of Babesiosis in Nova Scotia, Canada https://eviden.cc/4vMOMAN #InfectiousDisease
One of the most surprising summertime infections isn't spread by mosquitoes. ID doctor Thomas Moore, MD, FIDSA, of the University of Kansas, explains "lawn mower #tularemia" and how people can become infected during routine outdoor activities. Watch the full briefing: https://bit.ly/4yHqZ8e
We actually had the 16th highest mortality rate in the world and it largely resulted from the ignorant asshats who were *resisting* the common sense protection measures Fauci was promoting like masking and distancing. What a colossal asshole.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.RFK Jr: "Because of Dr Fauci's leadership and other reasons, we had the highest mortality rate from covid of any country in the world" #OtherReasons 🙃
Republicans insist Mitch McConnell resting comfortably following routine taxidermy procedure
Republicans insist Mitch McConnell resting comfortably following routine taxidermy procedure
WASHINGTON D.C. - GOP lawmakers are chastizing their Democratic colleagues, as well as members of the media, for inquiring about the 6 week disappearance of Sen. Mitch McConnell, insisting the lawmake...
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The FDA used to have a warning on its website against bogus autism “remedies,” eg, the dangerous—sometimes deadly—chelation pushed by RFK Jr & his antivaxx ally David Geier RFK Jr ordered the warnings to be removed 😢 Anyone who tells me I must “find common cause” with MAHA & its leader can STFU
Darkest Timeline@darkest-timeline.bsky.social · 2w agoI remember when RFK jrs fans were into chelation. I've got a 20 something autistic kid, and it was part of his antivax nonsense.
Looking forward to Elon Musk's movie drawing on the authentic Greek legends in which Odysseus frames his rival Palamedes for treason, sacrifices the Trojan princess Polyxena to the ghost of Achilles, and tosses Hector's infant son Astyanax off the walls of Troy
This would obviously be a crime if you or I had done it but fossil fuel companies can poison us all without fear of even the slightest repercussion or backlash
Mother Jones@motherjones.com · 2w agoA new report exposes what's behind the "clean" gas lie
In 1943, 7 yr-old Margaret Treacy was playing ball in the street when she was hit by an ice truck near her Upper Manhattan home. Her leg was so badly broken, the tibia punctured skin & the wound became infected with Staphylococcus bacteria. Penicillin had only been in clinical use since 1941...
The US should already have lost measles elimination status, but administration officials told the Pan American Health Organization that they wouldn’t have the data ready until *after* the midterm elections in November
Weird. It’s almost as if MAHA was just about enriching grifters, rather than actually promoting community health
NPR@npr.org · 2w agoNutrition advocates and public health experts are mystified by the decision to eliminate SNAP-Ed, given the Trump administration's embrace of the Make America Healthy Again agenda. n.pr/4hrgD5V
@jama.com has posted an information page for lay people on cyclosporiasis. #familymedicine #internalmedicine #GastroSky #IDsky #EpiSky #foodsafety #pathogens #parasites
Patient Information: Cyclosporiasis
This JAMA Patient Page describes cyclosporiasis symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
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TIL there was a lost sequel to the Odyssey called the Telegony, in which Telegonus, Odysseus’s son by Circe, accidentally kills his old man with a stingray spine. In a weirdly incestuous turn of events, Telegonus marries the newly widowed Penelope, while his half-brother Telemachus marries Circe
Disappointed that Nolan's Odyssey features no Irish actors and has abandoned the original Dublin setting
Ceftriaxone shows similar effectiveness to penicillin for neurosyphilis. This is good, because everything is broken and penicillin is in short supply #IDSky
Penicillin or Ceftriaxone for Neurosyphilis in People With HIV: A Retrospective, Propensity Score–Matched Multicenter Study in Mexico
In this multicenter propensity score–matched study of adults with HIV diagnosed with neurosyphilis in Mexico, ceftriaxone showed a comparable 6-month serol
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