A few more stunning facts re the new NIAID candidate Dr Quay.

Zach Hensel@zachhensel.bsky.social · 21h ago

I recently read Quay's new book. Now he's reportedly been tapped to lead NIAID. Not only is his book full what are plainly lies, it also reflects a person who can't keep tabs on reality. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

Laptop class doctors Scott Atlas and Podcast Jay are bashing Fauci, as usual. Since they want you to forget it, let's remember what they actually said in 2020.

Since They Won’t Remind You, Here’s What Drs. John Ioannidis, Jay Bhattacharya, and Scott Atlas, Actually Said 6 Years Ago

The next time these doctors claim they were right, let's remind them exactly what they claim to have been right about.

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My column on how capital becomes a death cult. Faced with a choice between profit and human life, the radical right chooses profit. Then it tries to persuade us that mass death is what we want. It's the new phase of climate denial: accept your fate, earthlings. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot

As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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What could possibly go wrong...

Peter Daszak@peterdaszak.bsky.social · 13h ago

Breaking: The dumbing down of America's scientific infrastructure continues. Dr. Quay, a conspiracist w/ zero training in infectious disease is in "final vetting" to lead NIAID, Tony Fauci's former institute. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

‘“All I will say is this man does not deserve any of this SHIT that he and his family are going through,’ Carla Heeke Dean, a former patient of Fauci’s whose medical information was included in the documents, said in an email.”

Margaret Manto@margaretmanto.bsky.social · 21h ago

Exclusive: Sen. Rand Paul published Anthony Fauci's diary entries without redacting the names or medical details of over 20 people, including people with cancer, Ebola or HIV. www.notus.org/health-scien...

Tja, Trump und seine Bande werden an Schnupfen sterben. Mark my words.👀

Peter Daszak@peterdaszak.bsky.social · 13h ago

Breaking: The dumbing down of America's scientific infrastructure continues. Dr. Quay, a conspiracist w/ zero training in infectious disease is in "final vetting" to lead NIAID, Tony Fauci's former institute. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

If this is accurate, this is truly distressing news. Terrible process and outcome.

Peter Daszak@peterdaszak.bsky.social · 13h ago

Breaking: The dumbing down of America's scientific infrastructure continues. Dr. Quay, a conspiracist w/ zero training in infectious disease is in "final vetting" to lead NIAID, Tony Fauci's former institute. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

Republicans keep appointing incompetent people and we keep getting shafted by the results.

Peter Daszak@peterdaszak.bsky.social · 13h ago

Breaking: The dumbing down of America's scientific infrastructure continues. Dr. Quay, a conspiracist w/ zero training in infectious disease is in "final vetting" to lead NIAID, Tony Fauci's former institute. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

Breaking: The dumbing down of America's scientific infrastructure continues. Dr. Quay, a conspiracist w/ zero training in infectious disease is in "final vetting" to lead NIAID, Tony Fauci's former institute. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

A lab-leak proponent is in line for Fauci’s old job

Steven Quay is in final vetting to run the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

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If they can send even a single scientist to prison over something that plainly did not happen, they can imprison anyone for anything at any time for any reason. Those are the stakes. You don’t hear that from legacy publications like NYT.

SARS-CoV-2 did not come from a lab. There is no evidence pointing to laboratory origins. There’s been a massive disinformation campaign to convince the public otherwise. It’s scary how effective that campaign has been.

It’s deliberate amnesia

The Covid Amnesia Project and the Plot to Erase 2020

It’s up to those of us who experienced the pandemic in the real-world to make sure that what actually happened in 2020 isn’t deliberately erased by sheltered disinformation agents who experienced

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Amanda Marcotte@amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 20h ago

What is wild about the revisionism is the centrist types seem to only remember how much lockdown sucked. But even if you were vaccinated, that first bout of Covid was a nightmare for most of us. How do people forget that? www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/08/the-...

Well Said Indeed

Nicolas c Grey@nicolascgrey.bsky.social · 2d ago

As more and more people will get into the habit of outsourcing their thinking to machines, the less able people will be able to think clearly.

I did a deep dive on his pitch. www.panaccindex.info/p/ashish-jha...

Ashish Jha's Reactionary Crashout

From COVID Czar to... CEO of a GenAI Scam?!

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I think the word for this is "collaborator". Some scientists will inevitable choose to trade their credentials and scientific integrity and rather ingratiating themselves with regime-aligned pseudoscience for access to power and personal profit.

Peter Daszak@peterdaszak.bsky.social · 2d ago

Seems @ashishkjha.bsky.social is founder/ CEO of a company advising on future lab-origin (& other) outbreaks. In his Twitter bio but not bluesky. They call it a "public benefit corporation", but not a "non-profit", so safe to assume $$ are exchanged for 'briefings' you can book. bioradarusa.com#team

Seems @ashishkjha.bsky.social is founder/ CEO of a company advising on future lab-origin (& other) outbreaks. In his Twitter bio but not bluesky. They call it a "public benefit corporation", but not a "non-profit", so safe to assume $$ are exchanged for 'briefings' you can book. bioradarusa.com#team

BioRadar — America's AI-Powered Biological Intelligence Service

BioRadar is America's first AI-enabled biological early warning system. Detect. Act. Protect.

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Adrian Egli@adrian7745.bsky.social · 3d ago

Gets worse! 🤦‍♂️ The 🤡 Ashish Jha confirmed he believes the lab leak BS. Got his agreement tweet of 🤡 Jamie Metzl's own lab leak stupidity archived: archive.ph/jd5MW

The Hill: OMB’s proposed grantmaking rule will destabilize biomedical research, experts warn by Joseph Choi @josephchoi.bsky.social @thehill.com bit.ly/4h6sJS1

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Philipp Markolin@philippmarkolin.eurosky.social · last wk.

NEW: on Fauci diaries The story isn't what's in them — it's the method. "Selective disclosure": leak real documents stripped of context, let partisan media run, go viral before the fact-check lands. Don't ask what's in the dump. Ask who it benefits, and why now. 👇 open.substack.com/pub/protagon...

Inside Medicine: One graph to shut RFK Jr. up. by Jeremy Faust @jeremyfaust.bsky.social bit.ly/4w7kxEX

"Hearing two sides of an argument" is how Alina Chan and Matt Ridley got their lab leak claptrap published just before a witch hunt hearing with @peterdaszak.bsky.social in that fishwrap known as the NYTimes.

Please send help, im fallen through a time loop and im back on lab leak twitter 2023! @peterdaszak.bsky.social @nailbomb3.bsky.social

Homer Simpson's Treehouse Of Horror Time Vortex

ALT: Homer Simpson's Treehouse Of Horror Time Vortex

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And they spend their time on TV yelling at their predecessors for being on TV.

Andy Craig@andycraig.bsky.social · 3d ago

Do any of these people actually spend any time running the government? I don't get how they find the time when they're doing cable news hits seventeen hours a day.

RFK Jr yelling at Dana Bash sounds like a rabid dog barking

Lab Leak Fever is both an important book and an instructive product of the controversy it describes. It reminds us that science can be distorted by politics, algorithms, tribalism, and motivated reasoning. www.integralworld.net/visser1324.h... @philippmarkolin.eurosky.social @quammen.bsky.social

Lab Leak Fever: The Case Against a Theory and the Danger of Closing the Case Too Soon, Frank Visser / ChatGPT

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Perfect for this age of explosive diarrhea

Brandy Zadrozny@brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 6d ago

Someone posted this in slack and I actually thought it was The Onion. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Old Matt Wrigley's throwing a hissy fit on Lab leak Twitter accusing me of "Lethal Treason" for emailing collaborators & helping them deal w/ conspiracy mongers. This is a side-gig to his main job blaming conservationists for UK's clearly climate change-induced fires.

"Indeed, the question is whether we are smart enough to realize that cooperation is not a concession — it is our only defense." Are they smart enough (Paul and his friends)? Not really, and that makes me very sad.

If you're wondering what lab leakers will be conquering next when COVID paranoia eventually dies out - here's their Lyme disease theory doing the rounds. They forgot to read scientific evidence it's been in the US for 1000s of yrs, was found in a European iceman etc. Hilarious!

I guess this is what happens when partisan politics mixes with conspiracy theories & accusations directed at China. Here's China's CGTN on the Fauci circus yesterday... truly sad to read. news.cgtn.com/news/2026-07...