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Retired scientific journalist. 🇨🇭🇩🇪Observing the denial of a free floating C19 pandemic and desintegration of Public Health across borders with incredulous astonishment. Antidote: Science, friends, Protect the Kids, books, photography, music, dogs ...

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Omatine @omatine.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The highest death rates due to Covid-19 occurred in Republican-majority states. "Approximately 200 000 Americans died from "red covid" because they refused to get vaccinated during the delta-variant wave in 2921 and BA.1 omicron variant wave." ("Science under Siege" by Michael Mann and Peter Hotez.)
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RV @rv-enigma.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Covid-19 in der Woche 4.8.-10.8.26: Verdopplung‼️ Inzidenz: Fälle_M inkl. DZF=60 <~200>: 9,1 (4,8) <32,1 (16,4)> Abwasser: 19-20 (17-19) Hospitalisierung[14TM]: 4,0 (2,3) R_14TM: 1,27 (0,97) ITS_Belegung: 6 (kein Kind) 7TM: 5,1 (4,0) Infiziert: 1 von ~7.700 <2.200>
Die Grafik zeigt ab 2024 auf linearer Skala oben die Fallmeldungen (nach Berichts- und Meldedatum) und die nach den AMELAG-Daten modellierte Inzidenz - normalisiert mit 5-Wochen-Mittel und nicht normalisiert mit der LOESS-Glättung (die ich nicht mehr zur DZF-Berechnung verwende). 

Unten stehen die R-Werte der Fälle und der Viruslast im Abwasser. 

Die Infektionslage ist die günstigste seit 2021.
Da die kollektive Immunität aber schlechter wird (in letzter Zeit wenige Infektionen und Impfungen), könnte eine neue Variante leichtes Spiel haben. Leider wissen wir nicht, welche Varianten bei uns aktuell verbreitet sind: es gibt seit Ende Mai keine neuen Sequenzdaten.
Diese Grafik zeigt die Daten für denselben Zeitraum in logarithmischer Skalierung. Die R-Werte habe ich weggelassen.

Die logarithmische Skalierung hat den Vorteil, dass prozentual gleiche Veränderungen gleich dargestellt werden und ein exponentieller Anstieg oder Rückgang als gerade Linie deutlich sichtbar wird (z.B. der Rückgang im Frühjahr '24, der Anstieg Juli bis Oktober '25 oder der lange und gleichmäßige Rückgang seit Mitte Dezember '25).
Zudem kann man Daten mit sehr großen Schwankungen (hier etwa die Fallmeldungen mit Unterschieden um den Faktor 50) in einer Grafik so darstellen, dass man auch bei den niedrigen Zahlen in den Tälern die Trends (=prozentuale Änderungen) noch gut verfolgen kann.
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Sailor Michael @sailormichael.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I am calling Roger Wicker and raising hell. This is ridiculous. I haven't heard of such shit in the modern Navy. NEVER. Its that damn illegal ass war.
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Omatine @omatine.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Online tool shows vaccine vs disease risks www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalrap...
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Online tool shows vaccine vs disease risks
An online tool developed by the Center for Unbiased Science and Health illustrates the risks of vaccine versus the disease they prevent.
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Omatine @omatine.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
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Fauci Guilty of Invoking His Constitutional Rights
Last I checked, the price of a pardon wasn't waiving your right to defend yourself in a political witch hunt
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Omatine @omatine.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
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I'm an Infectious Disease Doctor and I'm Here to Take Down RFK Jr
I’m an infectious diseases physician and epidemiologist, and I watched RFK Jr’s lie‑filled CNN interview so you don’t have to.
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Omatine @omatine.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Natural immunity is not better than vaccine immunity www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalrap...
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Natural immunity is not better than vaccine immunity
There is anti-vaccine belief that natural immunity is superior to vaccine-induced immunity. This post emphasizes that while both types of immunity are similar, vaccines provide a safer way to achieve ...
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Omatine @omatine.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Concerning the scandalous and ridiculous war on Fauci: Don't miss reading the book "Science under Siege" by vaccine developer Peter Hotez and the expert of climate change Michael Mann. It puts all these moves into a wider perspective.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 16/07/2026
The Pentagon is rolling out annual testosterone screenings for service members over 30. @samsteindc.bsky.social and @saletan.bsky.social react to Pete Hegseth's truly bizarre “Cialis commercial” announcement and the administration’s increasingly weird fixation on masculinity.
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Ruth Ann Crystal @drruth.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
COVID can hide and keep replicating in your heart.🫀 RECOVER autopsy data on 74 deaths found replicating SARS-CoV-2 virus inside heart muscle cells in 11 cases. 82% of those people had Long COVID heart symptoms while alive. buff.ly/oKxIQO7 #Medsky #Cardiosky 😷🧪
Dark blue background. COVID can hide and keep replicating in the heart. Cohort, 74 autopsies (microscope and scalpel), Heart with red COVID virus in the heart muscle. 11 cases.  Heart in a person with EKG in front and heart in the comment bubble. Shield in red. Viral persistence and ongoing cardiac symptoms.
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LiegendDemoEssen @liegenddemoessen.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Unglaubliche Aktion der Willy-Brandt-Gesamtschule in Mülheim: Schüler & Lehrer veranstalteten eine große #LiegendDemo. Sie setzen damit ein starkes Zeichen der Solidarität für den ehemaligen Schüler Luis, der nach einer Covid-19-Infektion schwer an ME/CFS erkrankt ist. 💙 #mecfs #LiegendDemo.
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Don van Win / WideBlick @toberg.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
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Omatine @omatine.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
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"When Games Eclipse Graves"
One phone call changed a World Cup decision, but the next call could determine whether another Ukrainian family survives the night beneath Russian missiles.
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Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
It's extremely concerning that clinical authorities are not taking the possibility of aerosol transmission of Ebola seriously. This is exactly how they botched COVID containment in 2020 and let it get out of control. The UK COVID Inquiry just explicitly called it a "widespread failure" 3 months ago!
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More than 70 medics infected with Ebola as DRC outbreak spreads ‘fast’
Aid cuts and poor sanitation are deepening fears that Ebola is spreading through displacement camps.
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Omatine @omatine.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
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Meidas EPLURIBUSUNUM (@harryblebowitz387977)
*BRITISH WRITER PENS THE BEST DESCRIPTION OF TRUMP* Someone asked "Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?" Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England wrote the following respo...
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Moscow 😍
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Omatine @omatine.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
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Assessment of the Hantavirus with Prof Donald Milton
A recording from Eric Topol's live video
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Omatine @omatine.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
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Warning: Trump's Rolling Coup Is Already Underway
And what must be done to stop it
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wemeze @wemeze.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Es bedurfte 4,5 Milliarden Jahren präziser kosmischer Geschichte, um eine Erde zu erschaffen, die menschliches Leben ermöglicht. Doch wir setzen all das für Quartalsgewinne aufs Spiel. Wahre Intelligenz bedeutet zu erkennen, dass ein toter Planet ein BIP von exakt null hat. #Klimaschutz #EarthFirst
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Omatine @omatine.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
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MARK CARNEY IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU LET A GROWN-UP DRIVE THE BUS
The 51st State reversal Three days after Trump trolled Canada's recession with a 2-word tantrum, Carney dropped 88,000 jobs on the prick's head. The troll aged like a prawn left in the hot sun.
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RV @rv-enigma.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Cocid-19 am 6.6.: Trend_Berichte seit 15.12.: R=0,891❓, -18%/W, Halbzeit ~24 Tage ... Meldungen: 0,886, -19%, ~23 T R_Ber. (korr): ↗️0,91❓ R_Meld. (adj.): ↗️0,85 [FT] R_Hospit.: ↘️1,01 ... 14-TM: ➡️1,05 Inkl. DZF (heute ↗️107): Fälle_Ber. (7T-M): ~1200 Inzidenz: ~9,7 (10,5)❓ Infiziert: 1 von ~7000😃
Die Grafik zeigt auf linearer Skala oben
- blau: die 7T-Mittel der Fallmeldungen nach Berichtsdatum (ohne Nachmeldungen für mehr als 30 Tage zurück liegende Daten und um geschätzte Daten für Feiertage und Tage mit Meldeproblemen korrigiert)
- rot:  die Fallzahl nach Meldedatum, adjustiert mit einem Nowcast der erwarteten Nachmeldungen
- schwarz gepunktet: untere (R~0,87) und obere Schranke (R~0,79) des exponentiellen Abwärtstrends seit Mitte Dezember 2025.
- braun: die aus der NORMALISIERTEN Abwasser-Viruslast mit dem zentrierten 5-Wochen-Mittel 
- schwarz Strich-Punkt: den aktuellen Dunkelzifferfaktor
- grün: die Inzidenz inkl. DZF (nach Berichtsdatum, korrigiert). 

Im unteren Bereich stehen die R-Werte (d.h. geglättete 4-Tages-Änderungen):
Fälle nach Berichts- und Meldedatum, Hospitaliserung.
Die Grafik zeigt auf linearer Skala ab 1.3.26 die Entwicklung der letzten Monate:
- blau: die 7T-Mittel der Fallmeldungen nach Berichtsdatum (ohne Nachmeldungen für mehr als 30 Tage zurück liegende Daten und um geschätzte Daten für Feiertage und Tage mit Meldeproblemen korrigiert)
- rot:  die Fallzahl nach Meldedatum, adjustiert mit einem Nowcast der erwarteten Nachmeldungen
- schwarz gepunktet: den exponentiellen Abwärtstrend seit Mitte Dezember 2025 für die Fallmeldungen und für die Inzidenz inkl. DZF (R=0,89).
- braun: die aus der NORMALISIERTEN Abwasser-Viruslast berechnete Inzidenz mit dem zentrierten 5-Wochen-Mittel berechnete Inzidenz
- schwarz Strich-Punkt: den aktuellen Dunkelzifferfaktor, die letzten Wochen auf 60 fixiert
- grau Strich-Punkt: den rechnerischen Dunkelzifferfaktor (ohne Fixierung)
- grün: die Inzidenz inkl. DZF (nach Meldedatum). 

Auch hier stehen im unteren Bereich (rechte Skala) die R-Werte.
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Esther @elhopkins.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
2023! www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
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Over 14,000 people in England and Wales died with Covid after hospital infection
Over 14,000 people in England and Wales died with Covid after catching the virus in hospital - these were all people who had attended for another reason, be it surgery, cancer treatment, or following ...
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Dr Elisa Perego @elisaperego78.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
We must be crystal clear about a few points. Long Covid is not a "poorly understood neuroimmune disorder" with no biomarkers. It is a widely-studied biological medical condition. Pathology spanning basically all body systems is well documented, with damage in situ shown across organs
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Dr Elisa Perego @elisaperego78.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Reducing Long Covid to a few symptoms that fit certain illness narratives is harmful. Refusal to acknowledge damage to organs such as heart and lungs can foster a climate where people will be denied care, and might die as a consequence. Patients deserve better. We deserve to live
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Dr Elisa Perego @elisaperego78.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Denying that SARS-CoV-2 infection leads to a broad range of sequelae across organs and body systems is pseudoscience. Denying that we need a case definition for Long Covid which accounts for such a broad range of sequelae is harmful for our advocacy. People must do better
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Dr Elisa Perego @elisaperego78.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Failure to acknowledge the broader, well-documented impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection on the human body is detrimental to advocacy and scientific accuracy. Denying there is vast evidence of biological damage visible through imaging, biopsy and autopsy is pseudoscience.
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BlueSkyWarrior @blueskywarrior2020.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
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Omatine @omatine.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
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ERECTION CONNECTION: HOW AMERICA PUT A PENIS DOCTOR IN CHARGE OF THE PLAGUE
Ebola in the Congo. A hantavirus on a cruise ship. And the man America put between those viruses and the public once hosted a professional video series about erectile dysfunction. This is not satire.
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Omatine @omatine.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
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Omatine @omatine.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
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Long Covid und ME/CFS: Heilung in drei Tagen?
Während es in der Schweiz noch immer an adäquater medizinischer Versorgung bei Long Covid und ME/CFS fehlt, boomen fragwürdige Methoden.
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Omatine @omatine.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
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The Most Important Thing You Should Know About the CEOs Traveling to China with Trump
They all have something in common, and it's not the interest of America
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Omatine @omatine.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
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I WATCHED KAMALA’S SPEECH WHILE FOLDING LAUNDRY AND HAD TO SIT DOWN ON THE FLOOR
The bit cable news skipped. The bit of Kamala's speech the cable news producers will skip, and why every woman with a kid in the house should sit with it for a few minutes.
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Omatine @omatine.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
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TWO ALLEGED SUPERPOWERS, BOTH ABOUT AS USEFUL AS TITS ON A BULL
Vladimir Putin is shitting himself in fear. Trump's too thick to be scared, but is literally shitting himself anyway.
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Omatine @omatine.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
New study from Denmark shows that Tylenol is not linked to autism www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalrap...
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New study from Denmark shows that Tylenol is not linked to autism
A Danish study involving over 1.5 million children has found no significant link between prenatal Tylenol (acetaminophen) use and autism.
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Omatine @omatine.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
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David Pakman (@davidpakman)
The backlash says more than the rumor ever did
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Omatine @omatine.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
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Jess Craven (@jesscraven101)
Amazing. This is how Bruce Springsteen opened his concert in Los Angeles last night. 🔥🔥 Footage from @margaret_nagle on Threads.
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Omatine @omatine.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
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David Pakman (@davidpakman)
We’re still posting. Whether it’s being show is another story.
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Omatine @omatine.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
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Mary L Trump (@marytrump)
Donald says we would have won the Vietnam War if he'd been president. Maybe he should have just served.
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Omatine @omatine.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
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Mary L Trump (@marytrump)
Donald says we would have won the Vietnam War if he'd been president. Maybe he should have just served.
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Omatine @omatine.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
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Why I care about other people's vaccination status
I see some version of this question a lot across social media: why do you care about my child's vaccination status if you/your loved ones are vaccinated? Here’s my answer.
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Christophe Veltsos @drinfosec.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
🎯tweet by @kananaskinyeti.bsky.social: "Never ever trust a person who claimed at any time that Covid doesn’t affect kids. Because there was never any reason to believe that and to repeat something as serious as that with as much potential for damage as it has, a person..." 🔗 x.com/kananaskinye...
Never ever trust a person who claimed at any time that Covid doesn’t affect kids. Because there was never any reason to believe that and to repeat something as serious as that with as much potential for damage as it has, a person should have been real sure before they did.
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Omatine @omatine.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
New study from Denmark shows that Tylenol is not linked to autism www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalrap...
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New study from Denmark shows that Tylenol is not linked to autism
A Danish study involving over 1.5 million children has found no significant link between prenatal Tylenol (acetaminophen) use and autism.
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Bunkerhunter @bunkerhunter.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
In Odesa besuchten Rettungskräfte die Karolina. Dank des Mutes unserer Rettungskräfte nahm die Geschichte von Karolina und ihrer Mutter ein glückliches Ende. Das fröhliche Lachen, die strahlenden Augen und die festen Umarmungen der Kleinen sind die schönste Belohnung. /2
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voegizug @voegizug.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
„Jetzt blockiert er die Blockade.“
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Omatine @omatine.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
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"The Illusion Of Victory"
After 21 hours in Islamabad, America and Iran walk away claiming victory, leaving chaos, rising oil, shattered trust, and a negotiation that proved nobody was in charge.
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Omatine @omatine.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
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Stone1glo (@Stone1glo@newsie.social)
https://bsky.app/profile/noofieninja.bsky.social/post/3mirftbmaak2c
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Bunkerhunter @bunkerhunter.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Heute ist Tag 1‘500‼️ 1‘500 Tage seit Generalsekretär Blutin versucht in 3 Tagen nach Kyiv zu kommen. 1‘500 Tage wo er bezahlte Idioten in die Ukraine schickt, um dort Kriegsverbrechen zu begehen. 1‘500 Tage wo das Ukrainische Volk sich gegen einen Genozid erfolgreich wehrt! Wie lange noch!? 😔
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Pierce @pierceah66.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Kamala Harris bought cookware while she was in Paris partly for the Paris Peace Forum keynote & THAT was a story for a fucking week. The sitting Vice President who still has no consistently, clearly reported assignments is campaigning for an authoritarian in a foreign election & it’s just a blurb?
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/04/2026
Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available. We decided to illustrate it.
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The Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines Vanish
Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.
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