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Roberta Villa

@robivil.bsky.social
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MD, Health journalist #pandemicpreparedness #scienceandsociety #scicomm On Substack with "Fosforo e miele". Weekly "Si dice in Villa" on Univadis from Medscape "Hope is a duty, not a mood" cit. David Quammen

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Moreno Colaiacovo 🇪🇺 @emmecola.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Anche @robivil.bsky.social parla del caso #Coldiretti - carne coltivata: "In pratica, i manifestanti chiedono all’Europa più passaggi burocratici per l’autorizzazione dei #NovelFood proprio mentre si lamentano dei troppi vincoli imposti dalle direttive europee all’agricoltura." 🚜
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#56 CARNE coltivata, coerenza cercasi
L'ennesima iniziativa antiscientifica di Coldiretti alimenta preoccupazioni per prodotti che ancora non ci sono, mentre si negano i rischi certi di quelli che ci sono
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Roberta Villa @robivil.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Five years ago, we had the first confirmed autoctone case of covid-19 in Italy. On Fosforo e miele, I put down some memories, thoughts and facts about that time, the origin of the virus, the management of the emergency in Italy and somewhere else. You can find it here robertavilla.substack.com
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Roberta Villa @robivil.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Indecente
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Roberta Villa @robivil.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Magari. Al contrario, li paga
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Roberta Villa @robivil.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Tra poco a Tutta la città ne parla su Radio RAI Tre per parlare di quel che sta accadendo per scienza e salute in USA
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Roberta Villa @robivil.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Totale solidarietà e un forte abbraccio
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Roberta Villa @robivil.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Ma già adesso quelli di Moderna non ci sono più, così come quelli Novavax. Spero che ci sia un accordo più duraturo con Pfizer
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Roberta Villa @robivil.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Eh...lo so, purtroppo
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Roberta Villa @robivil.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
robertavilla.substack.com
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Roberta Villa @robivil.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
È un ginecologo
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Roberta Villa @robivil.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
I genitori hanno già da scontare una pena a vita che nessuna amnistia può cancellare
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Roberta Villa @robivil.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Tre anni?!?
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Roberta Villa @robivil.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Vabbè, però le hanno chiesto delle formiche🤐
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Roberta Villa @robivil.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
And this comment is why I have to ban you
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Roberta Villa @robivil.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
She's free. And that's all 🤩🤩🤩
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Roberta Villa @robivil.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
She was authorized by Iranian authorities
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Roberta Villa @robivil.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Since December 19th, Italian journalist #CeciliaSala is detained by the Iranian regime with no clear accusation. Set her free, now!
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Roberta Villa @robivil.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Stigma for any doubt about totally new vaccines, politicization of any preventative measure, polarization of the society about the last pandemic is the best way to encourage next. I wouldn't. 8)
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Roberta Villa @robivil.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
They weren't. They risked their own more than others' lives. Many died, others suffer long covid. They weren't either smarter nor luckier to miss shots. They're lucky if alive. Cancelling their fines is less expensive than claiming 100 euros each. It's not "unfair", it's sensible at this time 7)
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Roberta Villa @robivil.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
But shifting from "vaccination as a right" to "vaccination as a duty" is not a smart choice in risk communication. Even worse is what is heard today, as cancelling fines was a sort of reward for those who refused vaccination and didn't pay at the time, because they were smarter 6)
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Roberta Villa @robivil.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
I'm reknown in Italy as a passionate advocate for vaccinations and as an author of divulgative books on them. I strongly believe covid vaccines were an extraordinary achievement and the only way to overcome the emergency phase of the pandemic in a safe and effective way 5)
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Roberta Villa @robivil.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Any debate about any vaccines (not only covid) in Italy now sees the objections of people forced to get a shot, who correlate any illness to it, and has developed a strong resentment against authorities and those ruling at that time 4)
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Roberta Villa @robivil.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
That's why I don't think that was a great idea, especially for the harsh, stigmatizing and blaming communication accompanying the law. It risked to cause more harm than good, and I'm afraid it was so 3)
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Roberta Villa @robivil.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
I guess only Austria, among free Western countries, introduced such a strict rule, but waived it after few weeks, when evidence confirmed that vaccines didn't stop omicron transmission. Moreover, in Italy, at that time, we already had one of the highest vaccination rate in the world. 2)
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Roberta Villa @robivil.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Unpopular opinion. Italian government forgives fines to people who refused to vaccinate against covid in 2022. In the beginning, immunization was compulsory for healthcare professionals, teachers, and other workers of public interest, then the mandate was extended to all citizens over 50s. 1)
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Roberta Villa @robivil.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
No, no, è stato solo all'inizio
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Roberta Villa @robivil.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Last Sunday, Fiorentina soccer player Edoardo Bove had a sudden cardiac arrest on the pitch. Immediately, X was flooded with conspiracy theories blaming anticovid vaccines. He recovered, investigation is still under way, but the record of a 2020 post covid myocarditis tells another possible story
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Roberta Villa @robivil.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
🙄
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Dr. Alberto Fascì @dottoralbertofasci.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
La lezione della #pandemia #covid avrà insegnato a noi medici come comunicare in modo efficace con la popolazione? L'educazione sanitaria deve partire da oggi, ognuno nel proprio setting Ottimo articolo di @robivil.bsky.social per capire di più su #H5N1 robertavilla.substack.com/p/aviaria-h5...
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AVIARIA H5N1: siamo pronti?
Sperando che il timore degli esperti non si concretizzi, e il virus non impari a diffondersi tra le persone, come stiamo a preparedness? E a vaccini?
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Moreno Colaiacovo 🇪🇺 @emmecola.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Tra le scelte di #Trump e la minaccia dell'influenza #aviaria, non arrivano buone notizie per la salute pubblica dal Nord America. Ma il mondo si sta preparando alla prossima #pandemia, pur con qualche difficoltà. 😷 Per un aggiornamento, consiglio questo ottimo articolo di @robivil.bsky.social.
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AVIARIA H5N1: siamo pronti?
Sperando che il timore degli esperti non si concretizzi, e il virus non impari a diffondersi tra le persone, come stiamo a preparedness? E a vaccini?
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Roberta Villa @robivil.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
My book "Controglossario di medicina" is today one year-old. Happy birthday!
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Roberta Villa @robivil.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Anche perché senza intensivisti e infermieri dei letti te ne fai poco 😞
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Roberta Villa @robivil.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Now I see that you are also going to have an anti-vax as Dave Weldon as CDC Director. Ok, there's no contest 😞
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Roberta Villa @robivil.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
You have Kennedy at HHS, we may have Frajese as expert consultant for covid commission. What a time to be alive!
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Roberta Villa @robivil.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
In Italy, while healthcare workers protest to save the Italian National Health Service, our Parliament approves a new law to introduce "mototherapy" in children's hospitals. No public funding, yet, but we'll see. You never heard of it in literature, because it's just one guy's "amusing" idea.
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Joel Topf @kidneyboy.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
this feels like a ticking bomb #H5N1 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Why a teenager’s bird-flu infection is ringing alarm bells for scientists
A strain of avian influenza is showing signs of adaptation to human hosts, but there is no evidence that it can transmit from person to person.
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Roberta Villa @robivil.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Si si, risolto, grazie!
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Roberta Villa @robivil.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Thank you, @quammen.bsky.social! "Hope is a duty, not a mood" is a perfect motto to face these hard times, both in Europe and in America, in war zones and in those more affected by climate crisis, emerging diseases and poverty
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Roberta Villa @robivil.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Two years ago, presenting "Breathless" with @quammen.bsky.social in Turin, when we thought we were out of the woods. Now, breath-holding again for concern about #H5N1 in North America. Am I wrong? Everything's gonna be alright, despite the incoming Administration? Hope so
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Roberta Villa @robivil.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Sono seri se prescritti dal medico in casi familiari particolari, non come screening
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Roberta Villa @robivil.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
My last TED talk for TEDx Pavia is online (in Italian). #Butterflyeffect: health impact in an intertwined world youtu.be/BM4CGCBASNk?...
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La salute in un mondo interconnesso | Roberta Villa | TEDxPavia
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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Roberta Villa @robivil.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Grazie! Ci provo
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Roberta Villa @robivil.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Somehow missing the evil algorithm 🙄 I'm a 60 year-old straight mother of 6, interested in ID, public health, emerging viruses and pandemic preparedness. Why should I see mainly gay explicit content in the "discover" section? Never happened on X or other platforms
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Roberta Villa @robivil.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Here I am, nice to see you David!
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Roberta Villa @robivil.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
I'm not leaving X, but happy to be here! 😍
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