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Ernst J. Weiss

@ernstjweiss.bsky.social
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Scientist, humanist & atheist with a PhD degree in molecular biology. Guess I belong to the majority of people convinced to be smarter than the average.

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Florian Aigner @florianaigner.at · 01/10/2026
Und wieder ist es Zeit, allen Geimpften zu gratulieren, die trotz aller Ankündigungen auch diesen September wieder überlebt haben! Weiter so!
Posting von Michael Wendler: 
!! LETZTE WARNUNG !!
Dr. Coldwell sicher: im September sind fast alle Geimpften tot
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Omas* gegen Rechts Leipzig 🌈🦄🏳️‍🌈 @omasgegenrechtsle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Dazu auch noch die heutige Erklärung von Boris Pistorius. Endlich kommt mal Schwung in die Sache. 💪🏻 #AfDVerbotsofort #prüf
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Philipp Markolin @philippmarkolin.eurosky.social · 21/09/2026
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AI Has Poisoned Everything
YouTube video by Cool Worlds
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Albert Dros @albertdros.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The transition between summer and autumn in the Netherlands. Our first autumn colours usually happen at the end of September, but autumn goes all the way into late November.
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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"Pennsylvania’s Measles Outbreak Is Enormous". Indeed it is. Given 4 _reported_ deaths from measles and given a 0.1% - 0.3% CFR, the true number of cases - currently reported at 731 - is likely a couple/few thousand. That is big - and 100% vaccine preventable. www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
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Pennsylvania’s Measles Outbreak Is Enormous
The two latest deaths suggest that the true number of infections is much larger than reported.
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Zentrum für Politische Schönheit @politicalbeauty.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Warum konnte die NSDAP ausgerechnet in einer Demokratie so erfolgreich werden? Was geschah am 14. September vor genau 96 Jahren?
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Gunnar "Hoot Hoot" 🦉 Hamann @ostprog.eurosky.social · 12/09/2026
Highly informative video by @debunk-the-funk.bsky.social on the situation and the role of RFK Jr. / HHS during the current measles outbreak with some background on the science and RFKs' confirmation hearing.
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Measles and why RFK Jr. needs to go
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European Skeptics Podcast @theesp.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
TheESP – Ep. #548 – Real Democracy Requires Informed Voters theesp.eu/podcast_arch...
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TheESP – Ep. #548 – Real Democracy Requires Informed Voters - The European Skeptics Podcast
Hurry up to get the early bird price for ESC Liverpool! You have until 14 September! Isar Aerospace achieves first launch to orbit from continental Europe and in TWISH we celebrate the 60th anniversar...
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Der Volksverpetzer @volksverpetzer.de · 11/09/2026
Vor 11 Jahren sah so die "Flüchtlingskrise" aus. Menschen, die Hilfe suchten & sie bekamen. Es war schön. Die Jahre danach waren die mit der niedrigsten Kriminalität ever, die allermeisten gingen zur Schule, in die Arbeit, manche wurden Deutsche. Lasst euch nicht einreden, es sei ein Fehler gewesen.
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European Skeptics Podcast @theesp.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
End of publicly funded homeopathy in Germany? - Yes, please! TheESP – Ep. #547 – Shoot for the stars! theesp.eu/podcast_arch...
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TheESP – Ep. #547 – Shoot for the stars! - The European Skeptics Podcast
Nominate candidates both Das Goldene Brett and the Ockham Award (including the Rusty Razor!), links are in the show notes. In TWISH we hear about that Russian space visionary Konstantin Tsiolkovsky wh...
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Andreas Kynast @andikynast.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Sahra Wagenknecht nennt einen Namen für die von ihr geforderte Expertenregierung in Sachsen-Anhalt. Es ist: Stefan Homburg Es ist: Kein Witz. (Quelle: t-online.de)
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Albert Dros @albertdros.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The full story of my eclipse shot including the plan and video is now on my website: www.albertdros.com/post/the-lightho…
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Ernst J. Weiss @ernstjweiss.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
When I hear an #anti-vaxxer or self-proclaimed health #influencer talk about alternative ways to “boost the #immune system”, I sometimes wonder how it might feel to hit him over the head with the newest edition of the Janeway´s
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Paul Offit @pauloffit.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Comments on the PA measles outbreak:
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Albert Dros @albertdros.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I didn't have much time to properly look back on my eclipse shots of August 12 until this weekend. This one was about 3 minutes before totality. I just love the light with the silhouetted lighthouse and the reflection on the water.
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Edzard Ernst @edzard.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Our 150-year struggle with anti-vaccination attitudes edzardernst.com/2026/08/our-...
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Our 150-year struggle with anti-vaccination attitudes
Anti-vaccination sentiments are a global phenomenon with deep historical roots. Across Europe, North America, and parts of the British Empire, organized resistance to vaccination has unfolded over rou...
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Albert Dros @albertdros.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Amersfoort, the most beautiful city in the Netherlands? I might be a bit biased as I was born here :)
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Pontus Böckman @pontusbockman.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
TheESP – Ep. #545 – Make people think! @theesp.bsky.social
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Albert Dros @albertdros.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I made a 40 page Ebook on how I approach photography, free to get: ebook.albertdros.com
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Ernst J. Weiss @ernstjweiss.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Great new article from @philippmarkolin.eurosky.social: www.protagonist-science.com/p/biased-med... There is no coherent lab leak theory, but instead many contradictory, fictional narratives that blame scientists to be responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic with no supporting scientific evidence.
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Biased media coverage and the lab leak theory
Gain-of-function fearmongering and blame gets the glitzy NYT visual treatment as Republicans weaponize the lab leak theory again in attacks on Dr. Anthony Fauci
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Philipp Markolin @philippmarkolin.eurosky.social · 18/08/2026
In 2026, there is no longer any lab leak hypothesis you can state consistently with the available evidence. Despite this, it has been the dominant media narrative for six years. Read my new data-driven investigation: www.protagonist-science.com/p/biased-med...
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Biased media coverage and the lab leak theory
Gain-of-function fearmongering and blame gets the glitzy NYT visual treatment as Republicans weaponize the lab leak theory again in attacks on Dr. Anthony Fauci
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Humanistischer Pressedienst @hpdticker.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Kryptonit... haha. Zum Glück haben die beiden Dudes in Piero Masztalerz neuer Karikatur es sofort durchschaut! Sind ja auch studierte Leut... #SpottSeiDank
In Hintergrund ein Kino. in dem "Superman" läuft. Zwei Priester kommen gerade aus dem Film. Der eine urteilt: "Total unglaubwürdig!"
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Peter Daszak @peterdaszak.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Timely reminder re. the truth behind these attacks. No, Dr. Fauci did not fund GoF research in Wuhan. No, the work we did in China not have caused COVID-19. Yes, as @gostin.bsky.social points out, this work is considered an important goal for pandemic prevention. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/the-...
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Opinion | Scapegoating Fauci Won't Protect Us From the Next Pandemic
It's time to replace partisan grandstanding with evidence-based inquiry
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Humanistischer Pressedienst @hpdticker.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Die mit viel politischem Druck auf den Weg gebrachte bayerische Homöopathiestudie ist beendet. Nahezu unter Ausschluss der Öffentlichkeit: Der Abschlussbericht wurde im europäischen Studienregister hinterlegt - auf der Fußmatte der Hintertür sozusagen. hpd.de/artikel/ende...
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Das Ende vom Ende der bayerischen Homöopathie-Studie
Die mit großem politischem Nachdruck auf den Weg gebrachte bayerische Homöopathiestudie ist endgültig beendet. Während der Start des Projekts noch politisch selbstbewusst mit der (unhaltbaren)…
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Philipp Markolin @philippmarkolin.eurosky.social · 15/08/2026
Not every lab leak theory is equally bad. The one Rand Paul advocates for is however among the stupidest and easiest to disprove. Check the high-res picture and Read the thread 🔽
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I still don't believe it was a lab leak. But I'm very grateful to @ashishkjha.bsky.social for a reasonable and informative discussion about it. I am also deeply appreciative of @mehdirhasan.bsky.social @zeteo.com for providing a forum for this critical discussion zeteo.com/p/lab-leak-c...
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Did COVID-19 Actually Come From a Lab? Two Top Scientists Debate Its Origins
Anti-science Republicans are once again asserting that COVID-19 came from a lab. But does the 'lab leak' theory have any actual scientific merit? Doctors Angela Rasmussen and Ashish Jha discuss.
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European Skeptics Podcast @theesp.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
This week's episode name s a mouthful! TheESP – Ep. #544 – Plant Based Nano Microneedle Weight Loss Patch (don't miss the super short video of Pontus studying the solar eclipse!) theesp.eu/podcast_arch...
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TheESP – Ep. #544 – Plant Based Nano Microneedle Weight Loss Patch - The European Skeptics Podcast
This week we have a special solar eclipse report (video available!) and two tips of UK free tourist tours relevant for skeptics. In TWISH we hear about Wilhelm Wundt, the founder of experimental psych...
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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I wouldn't call myself a cartoonist, but I had the vision and just needed it to be on paper to the best of my ability.
A hand drawn eight panel cartoon. First two panels are a colander sitting frowning on a shelf. Then the colander is frowning straining pasta, then three more panels of frowning sitting on a shelf. Then a big panel where it's projecting a bunch of crescent eclipse shapes and smiling with speech bubbles around saying "Wow! Look! Amazing! Beautiful!" And then one final panel where it's sitting on a shelf smiling.
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Rebecca Watson @skepchick.org · 12/08/2026
Recently, Rand Paul's committee voted to hold Fauci in contempt for exercising his 5th Amendment right against self-incrimination during an obvious witch hunt. They might have a case thanks to Biden's pardon of Fauci skepchick.org/2026/08/dr-f...
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Dr. Fauci’s Catch-22
Transcript: Because we live in the stupidest timeline, last week the politicians who are meant to represent the interests of us, the American public, spent their time yelling at a retired 85-year o…
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Gunnar "Hoot Hoot" 🦉 Hamann @ostprog.eurosky.social · 11/08/2026
Das Gespräch zum Nachhören:
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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
It was great joining Chris and Matt over @guruspod.bsky.social to talk about the latest surge in the lab leak discourse and attacks on science. A lot of ground got covered - from the science to the politics, including where we are on understanding COVID origins. podcasts.apple.com/is/podcast/l...
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Lab Leak Groundhog Day: COVID Origins in 2026 with Worobey, Andersen, and Holmes
Podcast Episode · Decoding the Gurus · 10 August · 1hr 45min
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Philipp Markolin @philippmarkolin.eurosky.social · 09/08/2026
Great video on the Fauci witch hunt by Dave Farina; also interviewing @joho.bsky.social on all these COVID grifters now in power. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWxq...
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Anthony Fauci is Evil Satan Bastard Man!
YouTube video by Professor Dave Explains
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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
"Accusing him of crimes and deception wasn’t enough; the release of the diary was meant to inflict public humiliation on him". Very good article and spot on. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Why MAGA Is So Obsessed With Fauci
In the aftermath of pandemics, people either try to forget them or find others to blame for them.
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Ernst J. Weiss @ernstjweiss.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Once again, @angierasmussen.bsky.social got it spot on here www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_BR...
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RR 11: Fact checking RFK Jr and Dana Bash on CNN – 40 lies about health in America
YouTube video by MicrobeTV
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Philipp Markolin @philippmarkolin.eurosky.social · 07/08/2026
Lab leak propaganda is so mainstream that a bioweapons-book pusher gets away on Amanpour claiming "we got a lot of evidence from the senate... that a lab leak was a far more plausible situation than a release from the wet market." without even raising a follow up question. Biased media coverage...
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Gunnar "Hoot Hoot" 🦉 Hamann @ostprog.eurosky.social · 07/08/2026
SPD-Generalsekretär Tim Klüssendorf möchte in einem erneuten Vorstoß für die Einführung einer Vermögens- und Erbschaftssteuer werben. Heute war er für ein Gespräch dazu bei Radio Corax. Das Interview könnt ihr heute im Verlauf des Widerhalls ab 18 Uhr nachhören.
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Edzard Ernst @edzard.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The Bavarian homeopathy trial: no evidence that homeopathy is superior to placebo edzardernst.com/2026/08/the-...
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The Bavarian homeopathy trial: no evidence that homeopathy is superior to placebo
Remember the Bavarian homeopathy trial, sponsored by the Bavarian government? I reported about it several times: The ‘Bavarian Homeopathy Study’ has been aborted More information about the Bavarian Ho...
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Peter Daszak @peterdaszak.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Video is perfection…
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Edzard Ernst @edzard.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The Bavarian homeopathy trial: no evidence that homeopathy is superior to placebo edzardernst.com/2026/08/the-...
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The Bavarian homeopathy trial: no evidence that homeopathy is superior to placebo
Remember the Bavarian homeopathy trial, sponsored by the Bavarian government? I reported about it several times: The ‘Bavarian Homeopathy Study’ has been aborted More information about the Bavarian Ho...
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European Skeptics Podcast @theesp.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
TheESP – Ep. #543 – Never Trust a Man with Repetitive Names Super packed episode this week, with four of Annika’s Skepticon interviews and Brian Eggo sitting in for András. theesp.eu/podcast_arch...
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TheESP – Ep. #543 – Never Trust a Man with Repetitive Names - The European Skeptics Podcast
Super packed episode this week, with four of Annika’s Skepticon interviews and Brian Eggo sitting in for András. We talk about the upcoming SkeptiCamp in Liverpool, the on-going Edinburgh Fringe and i...
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Philipp Markolin @philippmarkolin.eurosky.social · 06/08/2026
Good episode on the "Fauci Files", and what these witch hunts are actually doing; from @conspirituality.bsky.social podcast. They also shout-out my book and take on the origin question, which I thought was very cool! www.conspirituality.net/episodes/320...
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320: The Fauci Files — Conspirituality
Dr. Anthony Fauci has made for an extraordinary villain for the Trump administration and MAHA. Now it all comes together with the release of his “diaries” and the recent Senate show trial.
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Sandra Ciesek @ciesek.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
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Albert Dros @albertdros.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Early morning mood on the Dutch countryside
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Edzard Ernst @edzard.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
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Philipp Markolin @philippmarkolin.eurosky.social · 03/08/2026
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US Republicans have long given up on an evidence-based worldview and are engaged in perpetuating political convenient and self-serving fictions detached from factual reality.

Any type of “bombshell” they try to conjure up on decontextualized and cherry-picked emails has to be understood as a sometimes sloppy, sometimes more carefully crafted propaganda prop; and arguing within the frame of their baseless accusations without demanding scientific evidence and coherence with scientifically established facts is an error.

The reality is that lab leak truthers and conspiracy theorists have failed in 6 years to find a shred of evidence to support their belief in a lableak, or even to formulate a scientific lab leak theory that is consistent with and not contradicted by the evidence we already have.

That will not change no matter how many layers of human testimony and partisan interpretations of email communications, intelligence reports or private diaries they try to pile on to obfuscate that simple fact.

When journalists and the public are charged with assessing the validity of such supposed “bombshell revelations” (selective disclosures), manipulators count on us to be seduced by the allure of access to secret information, and argue about the content, rather than the context, of the release.

Which is a pity, because the content released this week was stale already years ago; yet the context surrounding the manipulative power of politicians and its calculated impact on public perception is more salient than ever today.
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Albert Dros @albertdros.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The most spectacular part of an iceberg is often underneath the water
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Igor Levit @igorpianist.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
David Oistrachs Interpretation des langsamen Satzes des Tschaikowski-Violinkonzertes. Ein Wunderdokument. Immer wieder.
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Edzard Ernst @edzard.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
The Unpardonable Dr. Fauci edzardernst.com/2026/07/the-...
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The Unpardonable Dr. Fauci
Anthony Fauci is in trouble: Senator Paul Rand (Rep) wants to see him in jail! Why? He dared to commit a sin for which there can be no MAGA forgiveness: he stood up to their belligerent, spray-tanned ...
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Ernst J. Weiss @ernstjweiss.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
All there is to say about the #Fauci hearing. youtube.com/shorts/YxKZA...
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The 2026 Fauci “hearing” was a show put on by people who don’t understand science
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Philipp Markolin @philippmarkolin.eurosky.social · 31/07/2026
"Scientists discovered and developed the COVID vaccines that brought the pandemic to an end. It’s the anti-vaxxers, not the scientific community, who should stand indicted in the light of 2026." This should be the conservative stance btw, from former Bush speech writer @davidfrum.bsky.social
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