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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Things are not okay.

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

The current ACIP is not a credible committee. It pains me to say this, but do NOT listen to them for guidance on vaccines. I am an infectious disease doc and will be roundly ignoring their misinformed and anti-scientific guidelines. Yesterday's spectacle was an insult to vaccinology and science.

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

It is absolutely wild that the person in charge of health in America has be roundly condemned and labeled as dangerous by: - Former CDC directors - Former Surgeons General - Multiple medical professional societies - Health professionals across multiple platforms And still holds his position.

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Polly Nator @madeincleveland.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Remember when COVID vaccines were first available? Remember how they saved lives and helped us move toward normalcy? Remember how relieved and grateful we were? Remember how amazing our healthcare workers were? Remember how science rescued us?

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Jeremy Faust, MD @jeremyfaust.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Massive walkout underway at CDC. RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

They recovered over 180 bullet shells at the CDC. Debris from shattered glass is still being cleaned up. I am completely stunned at how quickly the news cycle has moved on. This was an act of terrorism targeting public health experts, and the response seems to be a collective shrug.

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PennIDFellows @pennidfellows.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Congratulations to Dr. Kelly Dyer & Dr. Jess O’Neil, recipients of the 2025 Infectious Diseases Division Robert Austrian Outstanding Infectious Diseases Research Fellow Award!

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

This is what happens when public health and science is villainized. It places a target on the backs of people just trying to help.

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PennIDFellows @pennidfellows.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

ID showing up to support science and medicine. We are proud to be a division of scientists and clinicians whose science leads the way in advancing medical care.

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Kelly Dyer, MD MSHP @kdyer330.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Very excited to see my masters thesis published @penn-mshp.bsky.social Thanks to the incredible team and group of mentors who helped me get this important work out there who unfortunately don’t have BlueSky - Jessie Torgersen, Nancy Aitcheson, Maggie Lowenstein @pennidfellows.bsky.social

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

He must love infections and cancer. A short list of what’s been achieved or is in active development with this tech: – Seasonal flu (Phase 3) – RSV (FDA-approved, 2024) – CMV (Phase 3) – HIV (early trials) – Rapid-response design for emerging pathogens www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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RFK Jr’s health department to halt $500m in mRNA vaccine research

Agency to end 22 federal contracts, questioning safety of technology credited with helping end Covid pandemic

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Kelly Dyer, MD MSHP @kdyer330.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Why don’t we have boosted darunavir + Dolutegravir combo pill yet?

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

I know RFK Jr. has assembled a quack crew to concoct a study showing otherwise but here is an new important large cohort study of over 1.2 million children in Denmark showing no association Aluminum adsorbed vaccines and chronic dz in childhood including autism. www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...

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Dr. Dave Oxman For Philly @drdaveforphilly.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Dr. Dave Oxman says the Democratic Party is at a crossroads, and change isn’t coming from the inside. That’s why he’s running to represent the people of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania’s 3rd Congressional District. Visit daveoxman.com to learn more.

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Dr Dave Oxman

Dave is a lifelong Democrat who believes deeply in public service—but he is not a career politician.

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M. Elle Saine, MD, PhD, MA @elllebele.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Most importantly, I have the most amazing ID colleagues & co-advocates: @kdyer330.bsky.social, @coreywatts.bsky.social, & @kevinkohm.bsky.social. I have learned so much from each of them & I am continuously awed & humbled by their kindness, humor, generosity, strength, & tenacity.

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

I personally know 5 early career and trainee level academic scientists who have changed jobs/ career paths in the last month. They did not see a sustainable future with ongoing cuts and attacks. The scale of decimation of the pipeline that the scientific workforce in U.S. faces is staggering.

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Oh my god you want me to find "evidence" before putting someone in jail? Every time?? Do you have any idea how long that would take

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M. Elle Saine, MD, PhD, MA @elllebele.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Proud to be part of a group of physicians that put our patients above politics.

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Malinda Lo @malindalo.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Harvard redid its whole homepage to push back against the administration’s demands. I mean, this is just a website but I think it’s kind of a great PR move: www.harvard.edu

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Harvard University

Harvard University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders who make a difference globally.

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Get your health advice and vaccine information from trusted healthcare professionals and trusted alternative sources: 1. www.who.int 2. www.gov.uk/government/o... 3. www.canada.ca/en/public-he... 4. www.ecdc.europa.eu/en www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Top US vaccine official resigns over RFK Jr’s ‘misinformation and lies’

Dr Peter Marks was seen as a guardrail against any future politicisation of the FDA’s approval of life-saving vaccines

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Kelly Dyer, MD MSHP @kdyer330.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

For those of you in Philadelphia/Pennsylvania… was made aware that senator dave McCormick was not aware any nih grants had been canceled. New calling campaign is to call him every time I become aware of canceled grant… please join me. Dc office mailbox is full but philly office is not! #IDSky

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Alexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

We polled Nature readers to ask if they were thinking of leaving the US for jobs abroad. Three-quarters of them (who said they were US-based scientists) said yes. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving

More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.

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Joseph Cherabie MD MSc (They/He) @jncherabiemd.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Strong words from my brilliant colleague @anuhazramd.bsky.social concerning the NIH HIV cuts. Read the whole article here #SaveHIVFunding #HIVSky #IDSky @hivma.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/03/25/h...

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Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Neurfibromatosis is a cruel and terrible disease. The funding was cut vandals who believe in nothing and care for no one.

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Scott Shapiro @scottjshapiro.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

White House says no one will be fired over the Signal scandal because no one involved was trying to cure cancer.

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Ilan Schwartz @germhuntermd.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Our patients persecuted; colleagues and public health institutions under attack. Our field needs to rise up & fight back Silence=Death Redux: Infectious Diseases, Public Health, and the Imperative to Resist Viewpoint by @ericmeyerowitz.bsky.social & me OpenAccess: academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...

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Silence=Death Redux: Infectious Diseases, Public Health, and the Imperative to Resist

The second Trump administration has released a torrent of executive policies hostile to public health, science, and marginalized populations. We outline th

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JAMA @jama.com · 19/03/2025

Viewpoint: Recent disruptions and funding cuts at the NIH undermine the infrastructure and stability of US scientific research, threatening the nation's global leadership and scientific productivity. ja.ma/3FLvqHS

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American Science in Peril

This Viewpoint discusses the importance of federal funding of biomedical research from the National Institutes of Health to scientific discovery, advancements in individual and public health, and the support of the US’ community of scientists.

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M. Elle Saine, MD, PhD, MA @elllebele.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

It has come out that the Trump Administration is considering plans to eliminate the CDC’s HIV Prevention division. This would be devastating. This HIV doc is asking you to please call your legislators. Call script below. Capitol switchboard: (202) 224-3121 aidsunited.org/action/polic...

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ACTION ALERT: CDC’s Division of HIV Prevention Is Under Attack! We Must Fight Back - AIDS United

CDC’s Division of HIV Prevention Is Under Attack! We Must Fight Back CDC’s Division of HIV Prevention Is Under Attack! We Must Fight Back We have heard very unfortunate news that there is an effort un...

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Craig Spencer MD MPH @craigspencer.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

I’m joining Anderson Cooper tonight on CNN around 8:40pm EST. We’re gonna talk about the U.S. dismantling disease-detection around the world. And measles. And how they’re both worryingly related. If that’s not interesting, you can laugh at my haircut www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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The Diseases Are Coming

Elon Musk’s slash-and-burn government tear will have lasting effects on global health.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.” There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.

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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Claims that Uganda's #Ebola outbreak was under control appear to have been premature. This child's family sought care in 3 hospitals before he died. So more cases will likely follow. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/h...

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A 4-Year-Old Boy Dies of Ebola in Uganda as U.S. Pulls Back on Help

The Trump administration has canceled at least four of the five contracts with organizations that helped manage the outbreak in Uganda.

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Kelly Dyer, MD MSHP @kdyer330.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

thehill.com/opinion/heal... Another fantastic op-ed by @davidoxman.bsky.social. We need an organized response to trump’s war on medical science… “grey rocking” is not working

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Kelly Dyer, MD MSHP @kdyer330.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

I am starting a campaign: every time I see a complication of a vaccine preventable illness I am planning to call bill cassidy and tell him about it and ask him what he is planning to do about Rfk. Please feel free to join me…Called about three patients today(HIPAA complaint way ofc)

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Hopefully all recommended vaccines continue to be available in U.S. I cannot stress enough the importance of finding a pediatrician or primary care doc who believes in science & who you trust with your health to provide guidance on vaccines for you & your children. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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A CDC vaccine committee meeting, the first of Kennedy's tenure at HHS, gets postponed

An HHS spokesperson didn’t say when the meeting would be rescheduled.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 19/02/2025

Tyranny requires your fear and your silence and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage. So gather your justice and humanity, Illinois, and do not let despair overcome us when our country needs us the most.

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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Don’t buy stuff on February 28. Money’s the only thing these dicks understand. #resist

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Kelly Dyer, MD MSHP @kdyer330.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

American life expectancy is what is BECAUSE of health care disparities.. if you are rich, white, urban in the United States you can expect a life expectancy on par with the longest in the world. If you are poor and a minority tho… and yet we’ve effectively banned equity research. Make it make sense

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Kelly Dyer, MD MSHP @kdyer330.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

I am reading cloud cuckoo land. This sentence though…

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Ilan Schwartz @germhuntermd.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

I am deeply disappointed by the subdued response of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (@idsainfo.bsky.social) to the dismantling of public health structures, both in the US & globally Here's what I wrote in the closed listserv (response: 🦗) in hopes of stimulating discussion here #IDSky

Unfortunately and unsurprisingly, the administration continues to charge ahead, running roughshod over norms, laws, and the dignity of and most basic protections for the people most vulnerable to infections. Many of the changes are summarized here, up to date as of Feb 4. Who will speak up, or better still, ACT UP for these individuals?

The National Science Foundation has reportedly shared with program officers a list of forbidden "DEI"-related words that will result in grants being flagged. These include routinely used terms like "female", "biased", "systemic", "inclusion" and "exclusion" along with other words that specifically target vulnerable populations. While few clinical researchers rely on NSF grants, it can be reasonably expected that similar censorship with grants from NIH, CDC, etc is inevitable.
USAID funding remains frozen, and in fact there are reports of efforts underway to eliminate the entire agency. The effects have already been devastating for programs dedicated to controlling TB, malaria, and HIV, among others. Despite claims that these would be exempt, distribution of antiretrovirals remains frozen.
The Senate Finance committee advanced RFK Jr for confirmation as HHS Secretary. Kennedy's disdain for evidence-based medicine is no secret. He is a conspiracy theorist who engages in dangerous race-based pseudoscience. The IDSA has fallen short of other professional societies (e.g. the American Public Health Association, which represents 25,000 public health professionals) in calling for the outright rejection of RFK Jr's nomination.
The CDC and NIH remain muzzled, unable to communicate with interstate or international agencies or the public. They have been instructed to recall submitted or accepted manuscripts to scrub objectionable language. They remain barred from traveling until at least the end of April. How will these actions affect our ability to detect and respond to infectious disease outbreaks?

Meanwhile, our members are experiencing significant moral injury, and some have expressed levels of morale that rival the nadirs felt during the worst of COVID19. Every day it is a new insult, the cumulative effect being the disassembly of public health protections and further marginalization of the most vulnerable in society.

Reticence to call attention to ourselves, potentially putting our work in the administration's cross hairs, is entirely understandable. After all, we don't want to imperil existing and ongoing advocacy efforts, including those related to bolstering the ID workforce. A sober analysis would concede that the likelihood of any potential actions moving the needle on any of these issues is low. I would argue, however, that standing up for what is right is the most important thing we can do to reinforce our commitment to social justice and to our members and the patients in our care.

What we can do and how we can do it is up for debate; some bold ideas have already been presented in the IDea exchange forum and I welcome further input from colleagues. What is certain is that as rank-and-file individuals, our voices can easily be dismissed, but as a trusted, bipartisan professional organization that represents >13,000 infectious diseases experts, we cannot be ignored, and we must not allow ourselves to cower in silence. The reality is that things are going to get worse, and standing up to the assault on public health will only get more difficult as the administration becomes further emboldened and the actions set in motion gather steam.

In the words of John Lewis, "If not us, then who? If not now, then when?"

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Daniel Colón-Ramos @dacolon.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

I have not seen a crisis of this magnitude since yesterday

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

From USAID colleague, with permission to share. It's not just chaos it is devastation and tearing apart of families and communities. Not to talk of systems that kept us safe. This is just one story, multiple this by 10,000. Is this really making America great?

Letter from colleague fired from USAID, sharing devastating impact and chaos that this has wrought on her life and family.

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Kelly Dyer, MD MSHP @kdyer330.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

@mcuban.bsky.social one thought I keep having is as the government gets more hostile to many forms of scientific research, one way conscientious billionaires can have an impact is moving to fill the financial void that develops to fund this critical work. So much will be lost without funding..

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