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Norma

@looftsabine.bsky.social
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Interessierter Laie Wissenschaft/Forschung - Covid, LongCovid, ME/CFS - Pandemie, Endemie - pro Ukraine "Outbreak" - "Wag the Dog" - "World War Z" and now "Wayward Pines"? Human?

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LymeScience @lymescience.org · 30/09/2026
A note from Dr. Angie Rasmussen:
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Dr. Angela Rasmussen (@rasmussenretorts)
I was sexually assaulted by another student in my PhD program on campus after a department party in front of multiple witnesses, who prevented sexual assault from becoming full on rape. I complained a...
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Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
As the Ebola outbreak in DRC continues, understanding the evidence around BDBV vaccines remains critical. Tomorrow, Dr Maheshi Ramasamy; chair of the @escmid.bsky.social Vaccine Subcommittee will bring together experts to discuss work on BDBV vaccines Register 👇 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: The BDBV vaccine development pipeline: from early development to phase 2/3 evaluation. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joinin...
This webinar was prepared by the ESCMID Vaccines Subcommittee in collaboration with the ESCMID Emerging Infections Subcommittee. Chairs: Maheshi Ramasamy (ESCMID Vaccines Subcommittee) & Marta Mora-...
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Andrew Rambaut (🐏🎀) @arambaut.bsky.social · 19h
The previous ebolavirus outbreak in DRC - only a year ago:
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Marc Veldhoen @marcveld.bsky.social · 18h
Host cell traversal by Plasmodium parasites drives sterilizing T cell-mediated immunity following immunization Why do whole-sporozoite malaria vaccines sometimes achieve sterilising immunity, while subunit vaccines struggle? www.nature.com/artic... 1/10
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Host cell traversal by Plasmodium parasites drives sterilizing T cell-mediated immunity following immunization
Nature Microbiology - Whole-organism malaria vaccine efficacy relies on host cell traversal by Plasmodium parasites, which promotes protective liver-resident CD8 T cell responses independently of...
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Marc Veldhoen @marcveld.bsky.social · 18h
Ik werd recent op deze Substack gewezen. Het pretendeert veel "Voor waarheidszoekers", maar levert de gebruikelijke en gevaarlijke pseudowetenschap en over- of foutgeïnterpreteerde studies. Dit is een voorbeeld. 1/10
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Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It looks like we may be headed for an early flu season, especially in the Western region, where test positivity is climbing quickly. www.forceofinfection.com/second-look-...
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Second look at flu
Early signs of flu increase in Pacific states
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Swaledale Mutton Co. @swaledalemutton.bsky.social · 13h
I had a discussion on here a while ago with an AI fan, and it tried to summarise one of my own research papers. It misunderstood and claimed the paper was about Myocytes rather than Monocytes. That is a huge fail. If it made a similar medical misunderstanding, it could kill someone.
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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 13h
Counterpoint(ish..) from Gates and IMO significantly more informed from someone who has a deep(er) understanding of the models and software - and has thought hard about societal impacts. I don't agree on some of his "bioterrorism" fears, but everything else, 👍. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/o...
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Opinion | Bill Gates’s Blunt Warning on A.I.
As A.I. capabilities accelerate, the technologist is shocked by the “complete lack of engagement” with the question of how to manage its risks.
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Marc Veldhoen @marcveld.bsky.social · 16h
SARS-CoV-2 in the Netherlands, end of September 2026, and the end of the 2025/2026 virus season. What we can see in wastewater detection is an upward trend in virus circulation, but one that is again reduced compared to previous years. 1/4
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Hensley Lab @scottehensley.bsky.social · 16h
This is a really important development. It appears H1N1 cases are rising in the western part of the United States, and these viruses have a key HA substitution that @jbloomlab.bsky.social recently demonstrated is targeted by antibodies in young people. 1/4 www.kuow.org/health/2026-...
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The flu has arrived early in Washington state
Flu cases are surging in Washington state, much sooner than when health officials usually expect the illness to peak in winter.
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Hensley Lab @scottehensley.bsky.social · 16h
It is too early to know how this season will shake out. It is possible that we are heading towards a super early flu season and that this H1N1 variant (if it continues to circulate) might cause disproportionate amount of disease in young people. Now is the time to get vaccinated. 4/4
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 15h
just for kicks
An anthropomorphic serval wearing active wear and smiling.
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Here is the trailer for Elsinore featuring Andrew Scott as Ian Charleson and Olivia Colman as Charleson’s doctor. The movie will focus on the final months of Charleson’s life as he performs the towering role of Hamlet while he is dying of AIDS. It looks like I will need to bring a box of tissues. 
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ELSINORE - Official Trailer [HD] - Only In Theaters November
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Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Uff, this one’s gonna be tough
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Norma @looftsabine.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
⚠️❗️❗️❗️⬇️ #Tollwut #Impfung Jede Minute zählt
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WHO @who.int · 29/09/2026
Once symptoms of rabies set in, it is fatal. But, rabies deaths are preventable. And every minute matters. Here's what you need to know.
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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Data show: Older adults hospitalized for COVID at increased risk for stroke The preprint study also found that vaccination against COVID-19 was protective. Read more: bit.ly/4hkLzVk
Older man lying in a hospital bed
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Illia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just imagine the amount of squealing, hands thrown up to the heavens, and shirts torn open in righteous indignation if Ukraine, even once (!) responded to Russia’s mass killings and barbaric bombardment of historical heritage by striking the Bolshoi Theatre or the Hermitage…
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's not just alleged rapist Russell Brand who is speaking at the MAHA conference, it's also Mike Tyson, a convicted rapist who confessed to punching his wife Bhattacharya starred in a publicity campaign wearing a Mike Tyson face tattoo & saying "Be like Mike Tyson" They're all such repulsive men
Bhattacharya starred in a publicity campaign wearing a Mike Tyson face tattoo & saying "Be like Mike Tyson"
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Frustrating article www.statnews.com/2026/09/29/u... via @statnews.com Studies consistently show that misinformation plays a huge role. Also missing: the impact of community & ideology. Loss of trust in MMR has happened almost entirely on ONE SIDE of ideological spectrum. That is telling...
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She's spent two decades talking to parents who don't vaccinate their children. Here's what she's learned
Jennifer Reich has spent two decades speaking to families about their immunization decisions. In an interview, she unpacks what she's learned.
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Hypoautonomic, BS @hypoautonomic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Those clowns are just spamming these trash papers out
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Hypoautonomic, BS @hypoautonomic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Why is it always the ones you feel like blocking on sight ?
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Hypoautonomic, BS @hypoautonomic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Everyone can recall how Semmelweis was like, “focus your protective handwashing for those who look really vulnerable to peupural fever, my dudes” and how John Snow was like, “we focused our protection by just stopping that one water pump. Let’s chill.”. Bhattacharya really belongs.
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Petter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · 29/09/2026
Social media has defined our attention landscape for two decades. It is now coming to its end. What comes next, and how will AI reshape the attention economy? 🧵 New essay for Informational Democracy informationaldemocracy.substack.com/p/after-soci...
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After Social Media
Visioning · Petter Törnberg on how AI is remaking the attention economy
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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Pre-2023: Make sure you have no typos in your CV!!! Post-2023: Make sure you have typos in your CV!!!
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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
As measles cases rise in Tennessee, CVS Health® reminds residents that vaccines are available statewide prn.to/46LXKEx via A CVS press release. Because when HHS won't step up, someone needs to fill the gap.
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As measles cases rise in Tennessee, CVS Health® reminds residents that vaccines are available statewide
/PRNewswire/ -- Following the Tennessee Department of Health's recent confirmation of nine measles cases in the state, CVS Health® (NYSE:CVS) is reminding...
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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Florida measles still rising as Trump administration changes reporting: "Florida health data show 162 reported cases this year as of Sept. 19, more than the state has seen in the last 30 years combined." www.naplesnews.com/story/news/s...
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Florida measles still rising as Trump administration changes reporting
Measles cases continue rising in Florida and U.S. as officials dispute how deaths are counted and reported.
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Norma @looftsabine.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
☎️💻🖥 läuft bei mir 👍😎
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The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 27/09/2026
It’s the first documented outbreak of bird flu in captive mink in the U.S., and an advocacy group is raising concerns about Utah’s response.
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‘Watch them die’: Bird flu is ravaging a Utah mink farm, killing 80% of the herd. State agriculture officials have no clear plan.
It’s the first documented outbreak of bird flu in captive mink in the U.S., and an advocacy group is raising concerns about Utah’s response.
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Ryan Hisner @ryanhisner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Mink farming is a massive pandemic risk. It's insane that they are allowed to exist. Now we have an active H5N1 outbreak on a mink farm, & "state officials have no clear plan to rein it in." Imagine if uncontrolled H5N1 transmission in mink were allowed in a research lab...
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Stuart Neil @tetherin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
US Gov fuckwittery and incompetence has not gotten a handle on H5N1 spreading in a mink farm - an animal through which WE KNOW the virus can acquire respiratory transmissibility and human tropism. But no - you can’t study these viruses under MAGA b/c scientists can’t be trusted….🤦 Stupid fuckers
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have discovered a new antibiotic, known as manikomycin, that may be a bulwark in the fight against drug-resistant superbugs. By attacking the ribosome in a never-before-seen way, manikomycin can evade the existing mechanisms pathogens have developed to resist antibiotics.
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hey Angie, I have a question. It is about: Lesbians COVID Western Massachusetts Fighting on social media about public health policy … Goddammit, I hate being uniquely qualified for everything rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/a-deep-div...
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A Deep Dive into the Last Ditch by an Expert on COVID and Western Massachusetts Lesbians
I am a bisexual virologist who studies emerging coronaviruses, a Smith College alumna, and a veteran lesbian social critic. Ask me anything about respiratory raw-dogging your next Feeld date
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Prof. Michael Fuhrer @michaelsfuhrer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Your periodic reminder that the airborne-AIDS and turbo-cancer apocalypses failed to eventuate. The actuaries find no excess mortality: "In the UK and the U.S., mortality rates look to be returning to pre-COVID-19 pandemic expectations." www.rgare.com/knowledge-ce...
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Predicting Post-Pandemic Mortality: Are we any closer to an answer?
Recent mortality experience increasingly supports a return to pre-pandemic expectations, though assumption risk remains material.
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Marc Veldhoen @marcveld.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In different times, this lying would be so embarrassing! But now, it is all part of playing for your "team", no matter what the reality is. This is terribly misrepresenting a very normal biomedical study. This is done on purpose, 1/8
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Karolinska Institutet @ki.se · 29/09/2026
A new study in @lancetgastrohep.bsky.social found that #aspirin did not reduce recurrence or death after curative-intent treatment of colorectal liver metastases. Notably, previous studies suggested benefits in other #ColorectalCancer settings. #CancerResearch 🧪 news.ki.se/aspirin-did-...
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Marc Veldhoen @marcveld.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When you see the author list, you should know you can move on and ignore it. This is again a preprint with extremely exaggerated claims. All this is used to try to create doubt and fear to feed the anti-Science ideology. "Fatal Cardiac Intimal Sarcoma" 1/9
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Karolinska Institutet @ki.se · 29/09/2026
A nationwide study shows that #genetic testing can identify germline predisposition underlying childhood #leukemia. The findings, published in @natcomms.nature.com, could help enable more personalized treatment and long-term follow-up 🧪 news.ki.se/nationwide-s...
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Journal of Human Immunity @jhumimmunity.org · 29/09/2026
A fatal case of #Aspergillus #endocarditis in a pediatric patient with STING-associated vasculopathy. New report from Ambre Dethier, Bénédicte Neven @upcite.bsky.social et al.: rupress.org/jhi/article/... #InfectiousDiseases #PopulationGenetics #InbornErrorsOfImmunity #Autoinflammation #SAVI
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Edzard Ernst @edzard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Marc Veldhoen @marcveld.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Did Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own? An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work. www.nytimes.com/2026...
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Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
An AI-enhanced version of a grainy image that appears to be authentic and shows several men being arrested in relation to the ongoing incident at RAF Fairford is currently being shared on multiple platforms. A SynthID check reveals that the enhanced image was generated with OpenAI.
AI-enhanced version of an authentic image showing arrests at RAF Fairford
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Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
These new Enid Blyton stories are a bit bleak for me
Five arrested on terrorism charges after explosives found near RAF base used by US
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Nestlé sponsoring a regenerative farming session is a choice. 🤔 Last October it quit the dairy methane alliance it helped found, though dairy is 37% of its emissions. As Changing Markets put it, voluntary pledges are "easy to make and even easier to walk away from." 😒
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Nestlé Quits Climate Initiative to Reduce Dairy Methane Emissions
In its latest case of greenwashing, Nestlé – the world's largest food company – has left a global alliance pledging to curb methane emissions from dairy production.
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Ed Hutchinson @socialinfluenza.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
One of the many peculiar features of the #H5N1 oubreak is that if often leaves gannets with deeply pigmented irises (apparently a known effect of uveitis in this species). In a new paper, Petalas et al. put this effect to good use, as a proxy for monitoring exposure academic.oup.com/conphys/arti...
A figure showing photographs of the eyes of three gannets, the upper one barely pigmented, the second one with scattered pigmentation and the lower one heavily pigmented. The first column shows the original image, the second a modified image to highlight the pigmentation and the third column a binarised view of the processed iris, with the percentage of pigmented surface listed. Figure from https://academic.oup.com/conphys/article/14/1/coag069/8835758
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Chris Ponting @cgatist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The 2026 PRIME symposium kicks off with reflections from Kelly McLellan on the importance of Patient and Public Involvement in ME/CFS research. #Prime26 #pwME #mecfs
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Aberle Judith @aberlejudith.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Der Jahreszeit entsprechend deutlicher Anstieg der Virusaktivität in Österreich Rhinoviren, Enteroviren und SARS-CoV-2 - weiterer Anstieg in den nächsten Wochen erwartet #Sentinelsystem #MonikaRedlbergerFritz #ZentrumVirologie #MedUniWien COVID-Impfempfehlung: impfen.gv.at/impfungen/co...
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Starting now!
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 27/09/2026
Four days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence? Here’s my story. nyti.ms/3VSWayc
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Did Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own? (Gift Article)
An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work.
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Denis Trubetskoy @denistrubetskoy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Die Kyjiwer Bilder zu Beginn der Woche: Menschen versuchen es, sich aus dem nach dem Einschlag einer Jet-Drohne brennenden Gebäude der Nationalen Wissenschaftsakademie (übrigens recht nah an die deutsche Botschaft) durch das Fenster zu retten. Gruselig.
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