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Soren Larsen

@sorenlouislarsen.bsky.social
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Host heterogeneity and infectious disease dynamics. Postdoc @ UC Berkeley Demography. Views my own. (he/him)

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
as Norway plunges into chaos following death of king, one military strongman is seizing power
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Amadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Remember that if you got the Moderna Covid vaccine, you have Dolly Parton to thank, she gave the largest individual contribution toward their research to make it possible.
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🌈Tyranny🫧Sparkles🏳️‍🌈 @tyranny.sparklenoise.com · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton with Keith Haring in 1985, incredible woman and supporter of LGBTQ people for decades going back to a time when few others dared.
Black and white photo of Dolly Parton with gay artist Keith Haring.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I think polio is bad and the vaccine for it is good.
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Nathan Lo @nathanlo.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Our new perspective article in @plosmedicine.org on re-emergence of vaccine-preventable diseases, led by Chirag Kumar @stanforduniversity.bsky.social
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 10/06/2026
For my newsletter today, I wrote about the decisions made by 3 separate left/center left politicians this week that let down trans people and why they are wrong. www.burnsnotice.com/the-list-of-...
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The List of Trans Allies Grows Thin
And it's only Wednesday...
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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 02/06/2026
"I need the mayor to put his money where his mouth is," said activist Ceyenne Doroshow, the founder of GLITS, a Black-led trans advocacy organization. "I have faith in him getting this done. But I need him to do it." hellgatenyc.com/mamdani-prom...
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Mamdani Promised Trans New Yorkers $65 Million in Gender-Affirming Care. So Where Is It?
And more news for your Tuesday.
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Pamela Martinez @pamelapm.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
I'm very excited to share this preprint led by @sorenlouislarsen.bsky.social and Chloe Yand, and made possible by the collaboration with my friend and colleague @ayesha-mahmud.bsky.social. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Same household, different choices: variation in health behaviors related to respiratory viruses in Illinois
While SARS-CoV-2 and influenza continue to place a significant burden on population health, within-household differences in decisions towards vaccination and seeking care across these two pathogens, a...
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Casey Middleton, PhD @caseymiddleton.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
🚨 Disease modelers: Do you use empirical VE estimates interchangeably to inform vaccine effect parameters? Me too, and it’s distorting our predictions. VE estimates often do not align with model parameters. We discuss these pitfalls & solutions in our new preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2605.18571 🧵👇
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Incorporating vaccine effects into epidemiological models: common pitfalls and solutions
Incorporating vaccination into mathematical models appears deceptively simple: models integrate vaccine-derived protections, such as reduced susceptibility to infection, using parameters informed by e...
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Sandy Ernest Allen @sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Alright. A few weeks ago a guy on here complained at me he has had 'no choice' but subscribing to the NYT because he wants to stay informed. I wrote ... a long post responding to this sort of nonsense, full of links to outlets for folks to check out: whats-helping-today.beehiiv.com/p/news-is-br...
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News is broken. How to stay informed anyway.
How i
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s. baum @transvestigations.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Yesterday we were among the first to break this story: NYU Langone received a grand jury subpoena over its provision of gender-affirming care for trans youth, issued by a court 2,000 miles away in Texas. www.erininthemorning.com/p/nyu-langon...
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NYU Langone First Known Hospital to Face Federal Criminal Subpoena Over Trans Youth Care
A federal grand jury in the Northern District of Texas issued the subpoena demanding information on every minor who received gender-affirming care since 2020.
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Sue Kerr @pghlesbian.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
The Killing of Trans Man Lucas RedBeard Knapp in Rural New Mexico Teaches Us About Visibility – Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents
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The Killing of Trans Man Lucas RedBeard Knapp in Rural New Mexico Teaches Us About Visibility – Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents
The Killing of Trans Man Lucas RedBeard Knapp in Rural New Mexico Teaches Us About Visibility
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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Dr. David Morens - who is 78 years old and served his country for nearly 50 years - used Gmail, which he shouldn't have done. However, "[he] was stripped and handcuffed [by] a half-dozen federal agents carrying guns and wearing tactical gear [..] and jailed". www.science.org/content/arti...
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Guns and bulletproof vests: How federal agents arrested Fauci aide
David Morens, 78, was stripped and handcuffed for email violations
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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Breaking: HHS’s ban on gender-affirming care is struck down. Rarely have I read a ruling this sharply worded. “This case is one of a long list of examples of how a leader’s wanton disregard for the rule of law causes very real harm to very real people.” www.advocate.com/politics/nat...
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Federal judge unloads on ‘unserious’ RFK Jr., says anti-trans policy showed his ‘cruelty’
Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai vacated the “Kennedy Declaration,” finding it unlawfully attempted to override medical standards and restrict care for transgender youth.
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Chadi Saad-Roy @chadisaadroy.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Honoured to have been involved in this collaboration, led by the dream team of Kylee Hoffman and @ayesha-mahmud.bsky.social
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 31/03/2026
It’s been 5 weeks since NYU Langone ended care. Mamdani’s office has not directed H+H to absorb patients or enforced NYC human rights law against the hospitals stopping care. He also has not answered multiple trans journalists questions on if he will commit to doing so.
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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 27/03/2026
It took decades for the paper to meekly half-admit that AM Rosenthal demanded coverage to dehumanize and mock queer people dying by the thousands during the darkest era of the HIV pandemic. Inexplicably, they saw the right wing gearing up to do it again to trans people and thought, “hey why not“
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The New York Times Recalls Its Own Mistakes in Covering HIV
<p>Poor representation of LGBT journalists and outright homophobia contributed to a "spotty record."</p>
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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 27/03/2026
This is Benny-Johnson-leaving-Buzzfeed levels of cope for an outlet getting called out by multiple professional medical associations for their misleading, fabricated, and cruel coverage decisions about a minority they are trying hard to destroy. Really remarkable as a historical media artifact.
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 16/03/2026
BREAKING: A judge just blocked Kennedy's handpicked vaccine advisers, and all votes they've taken in the past year. They will not meet this week. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Federal judge blocks RFK Jr’s overhaul of vaccine recommendations
Unprecedented changes to routine US immunization recommendations ‘arbitrary and capricious’, court says
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
California boy dies of SSPE (measles complication) after being infected at age 7 months, when he was too young to be vaccinated.
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Boy, 7, dies of brain condition caused by world’s most contagious disease — years after he had it as a baby
Even those who make a full recovery from the initial infection face a lurking threat: a deadly disease that remains latent until striking — and killing — years later.
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Ana Bento @anaisabelbento.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Happy International Women’s Day! Grateful for the incredible women in my life and special shout out to the women in my lab whose ideas, creativity, and perseverance make our science and our community stronger every day. It’s a joy to learn from and work alongside you.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Oh, really? Were the strikes kinetic in nature? Was their synergy between the warfighting paradigms? Did you all ideate a 360-degree workaround for the blockchain?
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Michael D. Green, PhD @michaeldgreen.phd · 01/03/2026
Made a short video as a response. 3 questions remain for me. 1) What is the definition of a "DEl activity," and how is it being communicated to NIH staff so they can determine whether a grant qualifies? (Continued below)
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Samantha Mackenzie Greer @sammgreer.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Disturbing to see every trans person on my timeline vocally distressed about the shit in Kansas, a huge step towards banning trans folk from public life there, and total crickets from the majority of cis folk It's been decades of trans folk pleading cis folk to step up. If not now, when?
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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
As of tonight, licenses of trans people across Kansas are being invalidated en masse, enabling the overnight criminalization of an entire group of people for going about our lives. It’s often said you never know when you’re living through history, so let me assure you: that’s what’s happening now.
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dr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
“We are taking back your papers, you have no papers now” is even more chilling than “show us your papers”
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 26/02/2026
This was all in response to the Kansas supreme court striking down attempts by the Kansas AG to do this last year.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 26/02/2026
Kansas lawmakers bypassed the committee process by doing a whole bill amendment and pushing this in two days. They then overrode the governors veto. They used emergency designation to make it go into effect immediately. There's no grace period. The amount of targeted animus here is staggering.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 26/02/2026
I can't even begin to describe just how fucked up this law is. People cannot drive to work, to school, or even the DMV to fix this without the threat of being arrested for driving on a suspended license. It literally removes the ability for trans Kansans to participate in society.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 26/02/2026
Because of the National driver register, since their licenses are suspended, trans folks cannot move to another state and get a new license until they remove the suspension on their existing Kansas license. They can't even escape this by moving to another state.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 25/02/2026
1. Major news on trans youth care. The American Psychological Association has reaffirmed its full support for its 2024 guidelines supporting trans youth car.e It provided documentation showing Jesse Singal mischaracterized their position in the NYT. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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American Psychological Association Reaffirms Support For Trans Youth Care, Pushes Back Against NYT
A recent article from Jesse Singal in the New York Times seemed to indicate the organization might be quietly retreating from supporting trans youth care.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 25/02/2026
BREAKING NEWS: Unethical, CDC Infant Hep B Vaccination Study Cancelled! The study was cancelled after Stand Up for Science held a closed door briefing with Congress last week, with an investigator on the ground in Guinea Bissau. (1/2🧵) www.cidrap.umn.edu/hepatitis/gu...
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Guinea-Bissau officials stop CDC-funded hepatitis B vaccine trial
The country's foreign minister told Reuters the controversial trial is "not going to happen."
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 24/02/2026
1. The New York Times, unsurprisingly, has released yet another hit piece on transgender people. This time, it comes from Jesse Singal. I fact check it in my latest piece. End your NYT subscription, and put it towards people doing good work on the issue. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Fact Check: Jesse Singal Lies About Trans Care At The New York Times
The New York Times spreads misinformation about transgender people yet again.
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dr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
If you weren’t yet onboard with our boycott of NYT Opinion over the NYT’s coverage of Gaza, we invite you to join us at any time over its coverage of trans people
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 19/02/2026
The latest review from JAMA Pediatrics has uncovered that 26% of trans youth have attempted suicide. That's actual attempts, ideation was even higher. The trend was most pronounced in North America, where anti-trans laws have been common. The latest from our writer S. Baum.
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JAMA Investigation: 26% of Trans and Gender Diverse Youth Have Attempted Suicide
The highest attempt rates came out of North America amidst the United States’ war on trans kids.
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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
If you are a student whose NSF GRFP application was returned without review for vague 'eligibility' reasons: 1) Let your department chair & Graduate School know. Encourage them to contact NSF & congress 2) Write to your congressional reps. 3) Write to grfp@nsf.gov to request re-consideration;
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social: this is your line in the sand? Something that is already illegal? I mean is this a joke?
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
There is a cost to science denial.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.” That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
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Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
We lost a giant in public health today. Dr. William H. Foege helped eradicate #smallpox - the only human disease ever eliminated—through science, surveillance, and vaccines. His legacy is the antidote to today’s antiscience, anti-vaccine rhetoric. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
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William H. Foege, Key Figure in the Eradication of Smallpox, Dies at 89
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 24/01/2026
Alex Pretti, who is identified as the man fatally shot by a U.S. Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis on Saturday, was an intensive care nurse dedicated to treating veterans. Read more about him here: wapo.st/3M62eyV
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Berkeley Population Sciences @berkeleypopcenter.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
We are excited to share our upcoming line-up of Brown Bag talks for the 2026 Spring semester! Our Brown Bag talks are held every Wednesday at noon (PT) at the UC Berkeley Demography Department's Seminar Room (310 Social Sciences Building), and via Zoom. Join us starting next week!
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Reports said the trial was halted. HHS says it will proceed. The revised protocol remains unethical. Scrutiny must continue until participants are no longer placed in harm’s way. I read the revised protocol and wrote a follow-up. bktitanji.substack.com/p/lipstick-o...
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Lipstick on a Pig: Why the Amended Hepatitis B Birth-Dose Trial in Guinea Bissau Remains Ethically Indefensible
How Scrutiny and African Leadership Changed the Conversation
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
One of the most valuable lessons my father taught me was to use my voice to speak up whenever I see wrong doing. Thanks to every researcher who spoke up against this unethical study and for every reporter who amplified. Advocacy matters. @melodyschreiber.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Controversial US study on hepatitis B vaccines in Africa is cancelled
$1.6m project drew outrage over ethical questions about withholding vaccines proven to prevent disease
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Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen *Everyone has stories like this*
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
No it's not OK to do scientifically unnecessary vaccine trials in Africa. Never forget Tuskegee. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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US plan for $1.6m hepatitis B vaccine study in Africa called ‘highly unethical’
Experts decry ‘neocolonialist’ Guinea-Bissau study after Trump administration changed advice for US babies
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