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Tara C. Smith

@aetiology

Collector of social media sites. Infectious disease epidemiologist. Writes about vaccine hesitancy, science misinfo, zombies. Probably somewhere on a trail. Views own etc.

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I'm sure they'll be here soon.

07.03.2026 04:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's fine when it's dry. Do you have a space where the cats can't go to put treated materials while drying? (We do everything on porch just to avoid getting it on shit inside but no cats here).

07.03.2026 04:41 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Found my partner. I confirmed it.

07.03.2026 04:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Well if that shit succeeds we'd lose most vaccines, but the human Lyme one is still in trials.

07.03.2026 04:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

NE Ohio.

07.03.2026 04:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yep. No cats here.

07.03.2026 04:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah I've been disappointing people all winter by noting it won't stop those fuckers.

07.03.2026 04:07 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yep

07.03.2026 03:55 πŸ‘ 61 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah it was a nymph just crawling around.

07.03.2026 03:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I hate them so much. Re-permethrin-ing all our gear tomorrow.

07.03.2026 03:48 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Human.

07.03.2026 03:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

And this is why COVID (and flu) immunization during pregnancy and starting at 6 months of age is so important πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡

07.03.2026 03:32 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Welp. Found the first tick of the year.

07.03.2026 03:33 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 1

The list of medical schools that have bent the knee to RFK Jr.

I'm really happy that my med school is not on this list.

Also, Liberty University isn't either.

www.hhs.gov/nutrition-ed...

07.03.2026 02:13 πŸ‘ 56 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 3

Since he performed 0 RCTs we can expect he will STFU and never be heard from again.

06.03.2026 23:04 πŸ‘ 65 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Great group, great objective, great opportunity.

07.03.2026 01:22 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Again.

06.03.2026 22:03 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! ❀️

06.03.2026 19:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œNolen said she recently visited one of the communities in Utah seeing high numbers of measles to talk with people who have been infected about their experience with the virus… Nolen said the people she spoke with told her that contracting measles was much worse than they expected.”

06.03.2026 13:21 πŸ‘ 167 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 5
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Patients say measles 'worse than expected' as Utah hits 350+ infections, doctors say Health officials plead with residents to vaccinate against measles as Utah hits 358 infections.

Over 120 people have been hospitalized due to measles in Utah alone. "It is, at this time a real threat in our state and something we can do to stop it," said Dr. Leisha Nolen, state epidemiologist… pleading for people to get themselves and their children vaccinated.” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social

06.03.2026 13:18 πŸ‘ 645 πŸ” 338 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 108

@mementomorty.bsky.social would you be willing to amplify?

06.03.2026 18:12 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Cincinnati folks, tomorrow!

06.03.2026 18:12 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Dynamics of natural selection preceding human viral epidemics and pandemics Using a phylogenetic framework to characterize natural selection, we investigate the hypothesis that zoonotic viruses require adaptation prior to zoon…

There's a common misconception that zoonotic viruses require significant adaptation to jump from animals to cause human epidemics.

Not so πŸ‘‡.

Further, we see clear signs of 1977 flu experiencing cell passage, prior to epidemic.

SARS-CoV-2? Business as usual.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

06.03.2026 17:33 πŸ‘ 130 πŸ” 59 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1

This is the world that RFK Jr dreamed ofβ€”now that he runs the US health system he’s able to achieve his dreams each & every day, aided & abetted by Drs Bhattacharya, Makary, HΓΈeg, Kulldorff, Prasad & Oz

We can’t rebuild the devastation until all 7 of these federal health agency leaders are gone

06.03.2026 13:12 πŸ‘ 183 πŸ” 70 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 3
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Counterterrorism expert discusses possible domestic risks after US strikes on Iran What are the domestic risks of terror attacks following U.S. strikes on Iran? NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Matthew Levitt, a counterterrorism expert at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

Matthew Levitt, former FBI counterterrorism official: Iran is actively trying to radicalize people here for lone offender attacks. Meanwhile, FBI counterterrorism agents got pulled to immigration work. Iran experts were fired. You can't surge people back and expect them to stay current on threats. 🧡

06.03.2026 13:02 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

I am shocked that a person who has spent the latter half of his career speaking about how awful medicine & public health are has not restored trust in medicine and public health.

06.03.2026 02:17 πŸ‘ 66 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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RFK Jr. vowed to restore public trust in health. It's not working, a new survey suggests. Less than 40% of surveyed adults view Health Secretary Kennedy as trustworthy, compared with 86% who have confidence in their own doctors.

NBC: RFK Jr. vowed to restore public trust in health. It's not working, a new survey suggests

By Erika Edwards @erikaedwards.bsky.social @nbcnews.com

nbcnews.to/4sqPDpx

06.03.2026 01:57 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 5

Powerful piece on the new CDC directorβ€”the Great Barrington Declaration/MAGA/MAHA/Brownstone bro who campaigned for RFK Jr when RFK Jr ran for president

This nails it:

"As much as he may claim to be working to restore trust in the agency, his actions seem far more likely to achieve the opposite"

06.03.2026 01:48 πŸ‘ 55 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Measles cases in North Carolina rise to 24 since December: health officials There have now been 24 reported cases of measles in North Carolina since December 2025, state health officials confirmed Tuesday.

RFK Jr’s measles outbreak in South Carolina, our neighboring state, has spread to NC

It’s his dream of courseβ€”all part of his extreme anti-vaxx, anti-science, conspiracy theorist, eugenicist plans for the USβ€”but it’s our nightmare

wlos.com/news/local/m...

05.03.2026 12:13 πŸ‘ 87 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1

Try your damndest to live your life so that if you were fired from your job and about to give a speech that someone would tell you.

05.03.2026 19:39 πŸ‘ 824 πŸ” 143 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2