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Kathryn Kinzel

@kkinzel.bsky.social
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Infectious disease epidemiologist, specializing in vaccines. A personal account where I yell into the void. Excessive gif user. she/they 🏳️‍🌈

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Kathryn Kinzel @kkinzel.bsky.social · 1h
I want this to be a new life goal but I also know my husband will not acknowledge this in an attempt to discourage me from continuing. 😂
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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 28/09/2026
The "social contagion" thing drives me screaming angry. When I was young I had no clue trans ppl existed. I'd never met anyone trans. I saw cruel caricatures in pop culture occasionally. When I realized trans was a thing someone could be, it hit like a lightning bolt. My life felt newly possible.
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Kathryn Kinzel @kkinzel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
At the Starbucks today someone put their name as “Greg Plz Burn My Wrap” on their breakfast wrap mobile order. Is Greg being genius and getting what he wants or is this a coworker prank for a Monday morning? 😂
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Kathryn Kinzel @kkinzel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I just spent half an hour fighting with a PDF document trying to make it pass Adobe’s accessibility checks and I WON! I AM THE ULTIMATE MILLENNIAL
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2026
JD Vance obliviously decries "grown men who seem to be pretty obsessed with trans children" as an attempt to smear Talarico
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 23/09/2026
NEW: The HHS is holding back Covid vaccines for all children in at least 11 states and one territory. And it's not clear when - or whether - the shots will be available. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Delays in Covid shots for kids is latest bid by Trump officials to restrict vaccines
Administration is holding back Covid vaccines for all children in at least 11 states and one US territory
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Second Great Bisexual Awakening @suesswassersee.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Tbf 66+% of straight people are stupid 🫶
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Kathryn Kinzel @kkinzel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I'm going to make a thread full of gifs that describe my work life with zero context whatsoever but you can probably guess why I'm feeling the way I am:
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Toad Running Scared
Alt: Toad Running Scared
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Liz Highleyman @lizhighleyman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Good to know all the possible names if you’re looking for Novavax COVID vaccine. They’re partnering with Sanofi for distribution. To be fair, people don’t know the Moderna & Pfizer mRNA vaccines are branded as SpikeVax & Comirnaty either.
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Kathryn Kinzel @kkinzel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Navigating the CDC's Vaccine Tracking System is like driving in downtown Boston - nothing's been updated in years, there are no signs telling you where to go, and god help you if this is your first time.
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Kathryn Kinzel @kkinzel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Fun fact: universal pediatric programs have ZERO COVID vaccine, because it all comes from the same CDC ordering process. So aside from this being a huge equity issue across the whole country, multiple states just don’t have COVID vaccine for kids.
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Kathryn Kinzel @kkinzel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Oh my good god this is incredible
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Kathryn Kinzel @kkinzel.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Took a self care night alone in Boston and boy it was amazing.
Dr and Lady Glaucomflecken with the post author on stage of the Glaucomflecken show “Wife and Death”
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
She was only 40 years old and was unvaccinated
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Kathryn Kinzel @kkinzel.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I’ve reached that point in Pokopia where I’m actually ready and interested in creating actual real life locations in game, and by that I really just mean Johnny’s, the Atlanta dive bar.
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Kathryn Kinzel @kkinzel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Always reach out because if enough people do, maybe they will consider offering vaccine or expanding the services they do have.
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Kathryn Kinzel @kkinzel.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Me checking my email to see if CDC has allowed us to get COVID vaccine yet…
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Mr Bean: Rowan Atkinson Waiting
Alt: Mr Bean: Rowan Atkinson Waiting
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Roland Pierik @roleo.eurosky.social · 08/09/2026
The number of cases of cervical cancer reported in Scotland among women given the HPV vaccine at 12-13 years of age is now zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
No cervical cancer cases in fully HPV-vaccinated women in Scotland
A study published by Public Health Scotland finds that the HPV vaccine is "highly effective".
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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Shout out to everyone who said it was just a temporary distraction and not a central organizing principle of modern fascism.
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Elon Musk’s PAC makes transgender people its multi-million-dollar midterm target
America PAC is attacking Democrats in four competitive Senate races as the trillionaire prepares to spend at least $100 million helping Republicans.
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Julie Goldberg @juliegoldberg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Ah, yes. 9/11. The day New Yorkers famously can’t remember where they were, what they were doing, or what exactly the weather was.
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Kathryn Kinzel @kkinzel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
At a party this weekend, I was in a small group of people who followed the natural conversation path of “wow FDA cuts are bad huh?” to “Well how many bugs are too many to have in your peanut butter?” to proposing a peanut butter with tons of crushed up bugs in it and calling it high protein PB.
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 08/09/2026
I guess my contribution to the MAHA discourse is: there's a difference between the leaders at the top and the people who don't pay much attention but feel part of something. Same as anti-vax activists and hesitant parents. I'll talk to hesitant parents all day every day. They're moveable.
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Kathryn Kinzel @kkinzel.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Societal pressures plus sleep deprivation is a powerful combination to end up believing weird theories on the internet, especially when it’s so easy to get there when googling weird baby stuff.
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Kathryn Kinzel @kkinzel.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I would have thought that I would have been kicked out of the awful town Facebook group for protecting queer people or fighting the MAGA fascists but NO, it was sharing useful information that got me the boot. My days are brighter and more beautiful now.
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Kathryn Kinzel @kkinzel.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Me: I need to schedule a meeting with some staff, probably going to need an hour. Outlook: Could this meeting be 45 minutes? Try shortening it to give attendees a break between meetings. Me: Yeah ok, 45 minutes. Outlook: Nice work! Try shortening your meeting to 30 minutes? Me: 🤨
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
the longer the CDC director maintains radio silence on this, the worse it will get
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EXCLUSIVE: Kennedy asked to remove Pennsylvania measles death from CDC tally, sources say
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asked his new CDC director to remove a reference to two Pennsylvania deaths from the agency’s online measles tally after he questioned whether the disease c...
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
History says the 9/11 attacks began at 8:46 a.m.—but that's not how most, from NYC officeworkers to the President, experienced it. Instead, the "attack" begins at 9:03, when we saw the second plane strike. I wrote abt the fascinating 17 minutes in between: www.nationalgeographic.com/history/grap...
nationalgeographic.com
The 17 Minutes That Changed America
The earliest moments of the September 11 attacks did not unfold the way we often remember. Here’s how those surreal 17 minutes changed America forever.
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Kathryn Kinzel @kkinzel.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Advertise your Bluesky account with a Simpsons gif:
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Lisa Simpson: The Whole Damn System Is Wrong
Alt: Lisa Simpson: The Whole Damn System Is Wrong
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 02/09/2026
The Department of Health and Human Services cited articles that were entirely made up. trib.al/myhNnO4
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Judge Tells RFK Jr. to Stop Using Fake AI Studies on Teen Pregnancy
The Department of Health and Human Services cited articles that were entirely made up.
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Kathryn Kinzel @kkinzel.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Dear election gods, please let this stand.
A screenshot showing primary election results for Norfolk and Suffolk (D), with incumbent Michael F. Rush with 49.1% of the vote (14,858 votes) and Persis S. Yu with 50.9% (15,404 votes).
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Kathryn Kinzel @kkinzel.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Ugh damn looks like we are stuck with Lynch, but maybe good news on state senate? I do need to go to sleep though for first day of school tomorrow.
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Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
the goose chasing a man meme where the goose says “what else did he say” and then “WHAT ELSE DID HE SAY” as the man runs away
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Kathryn Kinzel @kkinzel.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I didn’t realize quite how gerrymandered MA-8 is until the poor guy touching the magic wall on MS Now isn’t sure how to describe the populace.
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Kathryn Kinzel @kkinzel.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Anxiously waiting for local election results and completely incapable of counting districts as they come in lol
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Kathryn Kinzel @kkinzel.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Stress baking has commenced
13 brownie cookies sitting on a sheet pan
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Kathryn Kinzel @kkinzel.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Some Jehovah’s Witnesses saw me playing with the kiddo on our driveway and ambushed me, and I’m too nice to tell them to go away. Them: Tell us about your faith Me: I’m a humanist who believes that advancement is the responsibility of the people Them: Oh. Have you considered God?
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Kathryn Kinzel @kkinzel.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Pro tip: live your life doing everything Brianna wouldn’t do. You’ll live a happier, fulfilled life. (I personally can’t stand her because she wants to gatekeep the trans experience and thinks non-binary people shouldn’t exist)
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Kathryn Kinzel @kkinzel.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This is a devastating read. It’s always hard to hear about deaths that in theory could have been prevented. The last line is the gut punch: “[the grave is] everything the public narrative over the boy’s death hasn’t been: simple, modest, and solemn.”
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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
"So, what did the study actually find? In short, vaccines passed with flying colors. In every comparison, risk was lower with vaccination than without vaccination." thelogicofscience.com/2026/08/28/c...
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COVID vaccines are safer than COVID itself
Some of the most persistent myths and misconceptions around COVID19 vaccines concern the risk of myocarditis and pericarditis, particularly in young people. A massive new study has obliterated thes…
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Kathryn Kinzel @kkinzel.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I’m three administrative hours away from becoming a Certified Master Gardener and I cannot stress enough how much this program has helped my sanity over the past few months. Today I rescued a monarch caterpillar from a harvest bin and relocated it to a big tall milkweed plant.
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Both Dolly Parton and Tim Curry had such a genuine enthusiasm for performing that it was impossible not to love them for it, there were things more highly and lowly regarded in their bodies of work but both of them threw themselves into everything because it was pure joy for them and that rules
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Devindra Hardawar @devindra.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I can’t with this week. My kids loved him in Muppets Treasure Island
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Kathryn Kinzel @kkinzel.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Measles is not a benign illness!
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Kathryn Kinzel @kkinzel.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Yesterday to decompress from knocking on doors I made pesto and this cherry tomato jam which is INCREDIBLE and took care of two pounds of tomatoes for me. Elections make me stress bake and cook so there will be more coming.
A pint mason jar filled with red tomato jam, top open
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Kathryn Kinzel @kkinzel.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I personally think the Globe got it wrong endorsing Moulton and Deitch, but they are spot on here! www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/23/o...
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Patrick Roath for Congress - The Boston Globe
The Globe editorial board endorses the 39-year-old who is challenging longtime Representative Stephen Lynch.
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Kathryn Kinzel @kkinzel.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Canvassed today for Patrick Roath, who is running against Stephen Lynch. I’m introverted and I want to spend the rest of the afternoon totally alone, but it was so worth it to reach the people I was able to reach. We need new leadership in MA-8.
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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 21/08/2026
When we've needed help on the hill - back when that was ground it made sense for me to fight on - one of the first people I'd turn to was @edmarkey.bsky.social. And he came through — his office was never not helpful.
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Kathryn Kinzel @kkinzel.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Also just a reminder that we already have two cancer prevention vaccines, HepB and HPV.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
All ICE funding should be transferred to MRNA research and development . www.wsj.com/health/pharm...
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Novel Cancer Vaccine Prevents Melanoma From Returning in First for mRNA
Result in high-risk patients validates decades of research into mRNA-based therapeutic cancer vaccines.
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Kathryn Kinzel @kkinzel.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Kiddo is getting some baby teeth taken out today (two of them have been stuck for over a year and another two are now in the way) which means I get to relive my childhood dental trauma too yayyyyyy
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Michael Scott's Oopsies Ohno Grimace
Alt: Michael Scott's Oopsies Ohno Grimace
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