@DrJMarine Avatar @DrJMarine Joseph Marine

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Social category influence finance 8.04% countries 6.25% stocks 4.46% cryptocurrencies 0.89% travel destinations 0.89% social networks 0.89%

Social topic influence health #3905, in the 5.36%, if you 4.46%, infectious disease 4.46%, the most #3583, nih #313, south carolina #307, magic 2.68%, science 2.68%, public 2.68%

Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @wapo @scottgottliebmd @benmazer @nih @nihdirectorjay @karenstrine3 @jlazewatsky @camjenglish @aribindi @drdave01 @bradspellberg @cmuscop @hhsgov @applehelix @washingtonpost @lorenzo7127 @hsrdirector @jaygirimd @sdixitmd @jasonstrecker

Top assets mentioned Sanofi (SNY) Moderna Inc (MRNA)

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"Good thread capturing the main data points in the Moderna modRNA flu vax study. TL:DR - 20% increased risk of feeling badly after the shot in exchange for a 0.75% ARR in getting a benign influenza-like illness. Only 0.03% of subjects hospitalized no flu deaths reported. As with the covid shots the manufacturer failed to test their flu shot in a population actually at risk of dying from the target disease. An alternative interpretation of the data is that with the conventional flu shot this population has a 100% chance of not dying from flu and a 99.95% chance of not being hospitalized."
X Link 2026-02-14T20:12Z 12.5K followers, 12K engagements

"Amazing story of comeback from addiction and despair - one of the greatest challenges of life. 🚨🗣🔥 #POST ROUND God gave me a talent. I knew it was coming. Nobody else has to believe in me but me. For anybody struggling you can get through anything. Anthony Kim on overcoming addiction to complete one of the greatest comebacks in sport. https://t.co/kxrdYpDfdO 🚨🗣🔥 #POST ROUND God gave me a talent. I knew it was coming. Nobody else has to believe in me but me. For anybody struggling you can get through anything. Anthony Kim on overcoming addiction to complete one of the greatest comebacks"
X Link 2026-02-15T16:08Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Fine to criticize decisions and FDA policy but it is disappointing that the @WSJopinion @WSJ sinks to this kind of ad hominem. It illustrates why few doctors go into government service and even fewer will dare to challenge the status quo. There seems to be no experimental pharma product that WSJ does not love. The paper consistently puts pharma advocacy above journalistic standards. Americans didnt like the Biden Covid vaccine mandates. But they also wont appreciate a Trump regulator denying them access to new vaccines and treatments because he thinks he knows best. https://t.co/vMRgbSWdmd"
X Link 2026-02-14T21:01Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements

"In some other good news new measles cases are continuing to plummet in South Carolina and the USA. Most likely due to strong local public health work supported by the @CDCgov The current @HHSGov gets all the blame when cases go up. Should they get some credit when cases come down https://dph.sc.gov/diseases-conditions/infectious-diseases/measles-rubeola/measles-dashboard https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html https://dph.sc.gov/diseases-conditions/infectious-diseases/measles-rubeola/measles-dashboard https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html"
X Link 2026-02-15T20:27Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements

"@AppleHelix Not an excuse for panic and stupidity. Or vulgarity"
X Link 2025-08-28T12:30Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Same dehumanizing fearmongering language as covid: If you questioned lockdowns school closures mass PCR testing covid vax mandates or shots for healthy kids it was because you wanted people to "suffer and die" all driven by "hate." ".another attack on the countrys threadbare social safety net by health libertarians whose strategy for making America healthy again appears straightforwardly to mean letting more of the countrys weak and vulnerable suffer and die. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/opinion/maha-vaccines-kennedy-denmark.html"
X Link 2026-01-29T16:39Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements

"@LocasaleLab Pfizer and Moderna's modRNA flu vax trials fell flat. Moderna had to halt its modRNA RSV trial because of signal of harm. Sanofi also halted its modRNA flu program. They are not magic shots just another tool. https://www.science.org/content/article/safety-signal-moderna-s-rsv-vaccine-studies-halts-trials-other-vaccines-childhood https://www.science.org/content/article/safety-signal-moderna-s-rsv-vaccine-studies-halts-trials-other-vaccines-childhood"
X Link 2026-01-31T04:07Z 12.5K followers, [---] engagements

"Well-balanced informative @washingtonpost article by @bylenasun on the measles outbreak in northwest South Carolina. "Public health officials say the success of vaccination in nearly eliminating illness can backfire. Parents dont see the urgency to protect their children until outbreaks arrive." 1/3 NEW: South Carolinas soaring measles outbreak is the countrys largest in more than [--] years. But its falling vaccination rates and rising religious exemptions from school requirements is not an outlier. My story. Gift link. https://t.co/KG2eEZjnox NEW: South Carolinas soaring measles outbreak is"
X Link 2026-01-31T13:41Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements

"When we declare war on a virus we declare war on everyone who has or might have the virus. Which is all of us. Declaring war on an infectious disease is a form of civilizational suicide. NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya says some scientists were treating humans as biohazards during the pandemic. The engines of science were used for social control. Probably the biggest sin of the pandemic was the idea that its scientifically justified for us to treat fellow https://t.co/GBm1SS5SCo NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya says some scientists were treating humans as biohazards during the pandemic."
X Link 2026-01-31T15:34Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements

"If the medical profession chooses to believe that it is ethical to deny children medical care because their parents may decline one or more recommended vaccines then we are truly lost"
X Link 2026-01-31T20:13Z 12.5K followers, 256.1K engagements

"@ShivenChabria The pangolin is more deserving. He had to endure a false accusation and the enmity of the world"
X Link 2026-01-31T23:57Z 12.5K followers, [---] engagements

"I started medical school in San Francisco Bay area in [----] when AIDS was decimating the gay male population of the region and the disease was 100% fatal. We approached that pandemic very differently. Patients and at-risk people were not treated as vectors of disease though there were some who wanted to. Other than temporarily closing a few super-spreader sites we did not abridge their rights and freedoms though there were some who wanted to. Public health leaders including Fauci stood up for them and against panic and authoritarianism. And we emerged from that pandemic a more humane country."
X Link 2026-02-01T13:49Z 12.5K followers, 88.9K engagements

"@IanCopeland5 We also have no lived memories of cholera yellow fever typhoid fever or bubonic plague but it is not because of vaccines"
X Link 2026-02-01T14:13Z 12.5K followers, 97.6K engagements

"Amazing that @washingtonpost has discovered the Laffer curve. The only real option for USG is to constrain spending growth and stop wasting $$$$ on Quality Learing Centers. https://wapo.st/49S2g6G https://wapo.st/49S2g6G"
X Link 2026-02-02T13:58Z 12.5K followers, [---] engagements

"IDK. Perhaps 9/11 the anthrax scare then SARS scare. Clear that military and intelligence services are more involved with public health and "biosecurity." More universities have these "biosecurity" centers that are military/IS funded and that culture is seeping into the field. Just my hypothesis"
X Link 2026-02-02T14:38Z 12.5K followers, [--] engagements

"Interesting that "56% of children who died had underlying condition." Perhaps it would make more sense to focus vaccination efforts on those at higher risk of poor outcomes Mass vaccination is not always the best solution to every infectious disease problem. It was interesting to learn in Dr. Foege's obituary that it was ring vaccination for smallpox and not mass vaccination that was ultimately successful in eradicating the virus in India. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018354173989769368 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018354173989769368"
X Link 2026-02-02T16:01Z 12.5K followers, [---] engagements

"A beautiful piece of Pharma propaganda masquerading as a @washingtonpost editorial. It could have been written by any Pharma company's lobbying department. And perhaps it was . . . https://wapo.st/46lt64T https://wapo.st/46lt64T"
X Link 2026-02-03T15:45Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Saying the quiet part out loud. The global Pharma industry makes its entire ROI on the 4% of the world's population known as Americans. Saving "millions of lives" among the other 96% not so important . . . "You cannot make a return on investment if you do not have access to the US market." Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel said the company doesnt plan to invest in new late-stage vaccine trials because of growing opposition to immunizations from US officials https://t.co/bMs6ACBhg7 https://t.co/p9ms5zY3nb Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel said the company doesnt plan to invest in new late-stage vaccine"
X Link 2026-02-03T16:18Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements

"As a highly-vaccinated cardiologist I cannot believe that anyone could accept such an absurd claim as that made in this paper. A 76% reduction in MACE would make covid shots the most effective cardiovascular therapy in human history. This is just magical thinking and an illustration of the uselessness of this type of biased and confounded retrospective analysis. Another illustration of the epistemic crisis that medicine is in today"
X Link 2026-02-04T15:18Z 12.5K followers, 122K engagements

"Excellent in-depth article concerning the hazards and unknowns of drugs used in euthanasia around the world. Emphasizes the experimental nature of the poison cocktails and the lack of any scientific process or regulatory framework used their development. The poison is in the dose 1/5 @PRAFund @historykev @DrCalumMiller @1MikeFairclough @chrislittlewoo8 https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/assisted-death-always-peaceful-lack-data-means-we-simply-2026a10003d7 https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/assisted-death-always-peaceful-lack-data-means-we-simply-2026a10003d7"
X Link 2026-02-05T15:30Z 12.5K followers, [---] engagements

"It appears that measles cases are falling rapidly in South Carolina and the rest of the USA. Public health experts will have to find something else to panic about. https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html https://dph.sc.gov/diseases-conditions/infectious-diseases/measles-rubeola/measles-dashboard https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html https://dph.sc.gov/diseases-conditions/infectious-diseases/measles-rubeola/measles-dashboard"
X Link 2026-02-05T22:49Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements

"I must disagree with this article. The answer to every infectious disease with a very rare risk of downstream harm is not mass vaccination and that is not an anti-vax viewpoint. The $4T global pharma industry can afford to fund its own R+D without more USG corporate welfare. I cannot foresee that many parents will voluntarily inoculate their children with a new EBV vaccine. It will be impossible to prove prospectively that it reduces risk of lymphoma 20-30 years later. Trying to put such a shot into the childhood schedule will provoke more backlash against those with established utility."
X Link 2026-02-06T19:27Z 12.5K followers, [---] engagements

"@Lorenzo7127 @wapo @ScottGottliebMD The op-ed is an appeal for the USG to provide corporate welfare for his company's EBV vaccine and disparages anyone who disagrees as "anti-vaccine." Anyone reading the op-ed should be able to see that too"
X Link 2026-02-06T21:49Z 12.5K followers, [---] engagements

"@efdavis419 @wapo @ScottGottliebMD Not sure I agree with that. Getting a shot into the childhood schedule seems like a very lucrative opportunity especially if you can get the USG to pay for the R+D"
X Link 2026-02-07T02:26Z 12.5K followers, [---] engagements

"@StefanKertesz I am open to the idea that improving the American diet could improve general health and a variety of illnesses including mental illnesses. This is the larger point he is making"
X Link 2026-02-07T03:40Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements

"@jlazewatsky @brownstoneinst @wapo @ScottGottliebMD For a select handful of microbes yes. But the USG has spent $20B over [--] years in a fruitless search for an HIV vaccine. Malaria vaccine research has also shown little progress. Magic shots are not the answer to every infectious disease problem"
X Link 2026-02-07T15:15Z 12.5K followers, [---] engagements

"It was basically a pandemic of lunacy a pandemic of misinformation and the real information was nuanced and got censored. Dr. Marty Makary (FDA Commissioner) just went nuclear: "I know of three people who died from the COVID vaccine. Died from the vaccine." He says it's not rare case reportsit's people we all know. A South Florida cardiologist told him he's seen "scores" of cardiac complications https://t.co/mZMFyb9yPo Dr. Marty Makary (FDA Commissioner) just went nuclear: "I know of three people who died from the COVID vaccine. Died from the vaccine." He says it's not rare case reportsit's"
X Link 2026-02-07T15:32Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Dr. Fauci Sept. 2021: Apply the right "pressure" and you will see "more and more people willingly get vaccinated." For those still scratching their heads wondering why more Americans are questioning the process by which government approves promotes and mandates childhood vaccines . . . "Thank you Dr. Fauci" How is this mf not in prison for crimes against humanity https://t.co/gE56nXCmgt How is this mf not in prison for crimes against humanity https://t.co/gE56nXCmgt"
X Link 2026-02-07T15:42Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements

"@AshleySumrallMD @ScottGottliebMD Even worse he is applying the slur "anti-vax" to anyone who opposes this bad idea"
X Link 2026-02-07T16:00Z 12.5K followers, [---] engagements

"I would not disparage the perspectives of bedside ICU nurses - they provided 99% of the care to these covid patients while there was little for doctors to do. There is probably some truth to what she is saying. There was a panicked rush to intubate everyone with hypoxia early in the pandemic. Some might have survived if they had been put on an oxygen mask and left alone. The mortality rate of intubated patients in NYC in spring [----] was 90%. We were given bad advice on this subject from China. Fortunately most places learned quickly from the mistake and pivoted to a less invasive approach"
X Link 2026-02-07T16:56Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements

"@IreneMavrakakis Prescribing a bottle of poison to patients with advanced illnesses and disabilities is not medical care. It has never been and never will be"
X Link 2026-02-07T17:14Z 12.5K followers, [---] engagements

"@SBlake2000 @DocBorelli @anish_koka @DrDiGiorgio If we could even keep healthcare to 15% of GDP all of the fiscal problems would be solved and there would be plenty of resources to take care of everyone"
X Link 2026-02-07T17:37Z 12.5K followers, [--] engagements

"@BenMazer "Anti-vaccine" is a smear that is losing its sting as more people understand what a meaningless and overused slur that it is. Keep it up"
X Link 2026-02-07T23:56Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements

"@ajwodecki He did some good things during AIDS. Credit where credit is due. Performance during covid was a disaster though IMO"
X Link 2026-02-08T00:24Z 12.5K followers, [--] engagements

"@BenMazer @DavidLBrownMD Interesting. If they are categorically opposed to all vaccines then that is a strange position to accept"
X Link 2026-02-08T00:42Z 12.5K followers, [--] engagements

"Harley Doggus cannot understand what is so exciting about curling"
X Link 2026-02-08T01:36Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements

"If you consider what kind of trial would be required to prove that an experimental EBV shot(s) has any important beneficial effect and any does not have major unintended adverse effects you may see that it is not a good idea. If pharma thinks it is a good idea they can fund it. They do not need more USG corporate welfare"
X Link 2026-02-08T04:17Z 12.5K followers, [---] engagements

"@feedfracture @DrNeilStone 👍Not every infectious disease problem requires a vaccine"
X Link 2026-02-08T04:45Z 12.5K followers, [---] engagements

"She should get a second gold medal for maternal patience 👏 https://t.co/T23xnATi8c 👏 https://t.co/T23xnATi8c"
X Link 2026-02-08T13:51Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements

"@OnoNoKomachi1 @BenMazer Nice try but false. The earth is spherical"
X Link 2026-02-08T14:30Z 12.5K followers, [--] engagements

"Some counterpoint to this provocative post. I get the challenge but: [--]. If physicians are not finishing training prepared to critically evaluate new and existing medical evidence in their fields then medical training is a mostly a farce and needs to be improved. [--]. All physicians should be constantly questioning and challenging what they are told by experts. This means "doing their own research." This is a central lesson of the pandemic. [--]. Patients should be encouraged to do their own research before making an important elective medical decision that can mean talking to family and friends"
X Link 2026-02-08T22:12Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements

"👏👏👏👏👏If we get past partisan politics and outdated labels we will see that much of the MAHA agenda has broad public support. Its roots are in liberal-progressive environmentalist policy. We should debate the issues and policies and not the labels. Its time for petroleum-based dyes to go. @US_FDAs new and improved no artificial colors label will help. https://t.co/Nmn1It749f Its time for petroleum-based dyes to go. @US_FDAs new and improved no artificial colors label will help. https://t.co/Nmn1It749f"
X Link 2026-02-08T23:32Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Now the USG pays $2T for an "Infrastructure Bill" that seems to buy no actual infrastructure while running $2T deficits . . . Eisenhower built the interstate highway system while also running budget surpluses [--] of his [--] years as POTUS - which allowed him to solidify US finances after the huge expense of WW2. Lean competent government can achieve a lot. Eisenhower built the interstate highway system while also running budget surpluses [--] of his [--] years as POTUS - which allowed him to solidify US finances after the huge expense of WW2. Lean competent government can achieve a lot"
X Link 2026-02-09T04:54Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements

"We're all in trouble now - Bill Maher has gone "anti-vax." The perpetrators of the covid response have no understanding of the cultural force that has been unleashed. They should be spending every minute of every day apologizing. Instead they keep doubling down. "Thank you Dr. Fauci" Bill Maher gets angry as he finally admits how he was FORCED to take the COVID jab to keep his show. ADAM CAROLLA: Imagine if you had to conform. MAHER: I did I had to conform. I didnt want the vaccine at all But I had to have it. I couldnt have continued my life. They https://t.co/qzr8KSguGX Bill Maher gets"
X Link 2026-02-09T14:23Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Extremely revealing interview on CNBC from 6:38 to end which shows what the controversy over altered USG vaccine policy is about: The ROI of future products for low-risk infections such as EBV that Pharma had in the pipeline. Prior to covid the public largely accepted any new product that Pharma chose to call a vaccine. The formula for success A short-term trial of a few thousand subjects showing antibody production or transient reduction in infection. FDA approves ACIP recommends then states and school districts mandate for millions of kids. Biased and confounded retrospective studies and"
X Link 2026-02-09T17:25Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements

"@Papa_Heme They are mistaking the symptom of the problem with the problem itself"
X Link 2026-02-10T01:50Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements

"@efdavis419 Proving a significant reduction in any of those endpoints would require a trial of hundreds of thousands of patients followed for decades. Will never happen"
X Link 2026-02-10T01:54Z 12.5K followers, [--] engagements

"Well done - you were prescient. My daughter started at Notre Dame in fall [----]. I was delighted at the time that President Fr. Jenkins proclaimed in the early summer that campus would be open and students would live in dorms eat in dining halls and go in person to class. It was not "normal" but much more so than most colleges. Interestingly they published on line a weekly dashboard showing cases - by May [----] about 30% of undergraduates got covid anyway despite masking distancing testing and quarantining holding extracurriculars outside etc. No one aware of any serious consequences. It is"
X Link 2026-02-10T14:50Z 12.5K followers, [---] engagements

"@camjenglish Regulation will likely remain centralized in FDA EPA USDA etc. But health guidelines may become more decentralized. Has always been that way in cardiology - we largely look to our professional orgs and not USG for this"
X Link 2026-02-10T15:59Z 12.5K followers, [--] engagements

"A common error I see in evaluating the utility of preventive therapies is failure to appreciate the difference between ARR and RRR and to properly factor in risk of adverse effects. A preventive intervention may have a RRR of100% but if the rate of the condition in the population is 1/10000 then the ARR is only 0.01%. Under these conditions rare ADEs may negate individual and population benefit. Everyone in the treated population is at risk for the ADE but only 1/10000 are at risk for the condition being prevented. Adding to the complexity is that ADE rates this low may be difficult or"
X Link 2026-02-10T16:23Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements

"@BenMazer I believe he was referring to the Pfizer version in that clip. https://www.sensible-med.com/p/a-trial-of-a-novel-modrna-flu-shot https://www.sensible-med.com/p/a-trial-of-a-novel-modrna-flu-shot"
X Link 2026-02-11T03:37Z 12.5K followers, [---] engagements

"@j_g_allen Or maybe modRNA is not a good platform for mass vaccination for low-risk IDs. Pfizers trial was also unsuccessful as was Modernas early stage efforts for RSV. modRNA is not magic and their afterglow from the pandemic has worn off for many. https://www.sensible-med.com/p/a-trial-of-a-novel-modrna-flu-shotutm_source=post-banner&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=posts-open-in-app&triedRedirect=true https://www.sensible-med.com/p/a-trial-of-a-novel-modrna-flu-shotutm_source=post-banner&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=posts-open-in-app&triedRedirect=true"
X Link 2026-02-11T04:04Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Just saw this. I do not think Pfizer is interested in this vax for such niche applications. No ROI. Most people are infected with EBV as children. Wouldnt Burkitts lymphoma in HIV be prevented by HAART Sorry I dont follow your rationale. But if Pfizer does they have many billions of dollars to fund it"
X Link 2026-02-11T04:14Z 12.5K followers, [--] engagements

"This is an excellent essay with many lessons for all US universities medical schools AMCs concerning the consequences of compromising mission for lesser pursuits. Great writing too. "Fear of conflict is debilitating to a university. Of its nature academic life engages differing perspectives names and forthrightly acknowledges disagreements and works through arguments with civil critiques and replies. That is how disciplined inquiry gets anywhere." While the departure of Christian Smith from Notre Dame is a massive loss his departing postmortem speaks powerful and necessary truths about the"
X Link 2026-02-12T16:43Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements

"@HSRdirector @AaronKheriatyMD @DrJBhattacharya @HeartOTXHeartMD"
X Link 2026-02-12T16:43Z 12.5K followers, [---] engagements

"@PatrickDeneen "Fear of conflict is debilitating to a university." So true. The story of our time. For businesses and almost all other human enterprises as well"
X Link 2026-02-12T16:44Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements

"@NIHDirector_Jay @HHSGov @SecKennedy @MikeTyson 👍👍👍"
X Link 2026-02-12T22:17Z 12.5K followers, [---] engagements

"@HSRdirector A problem not isolated to South Bend. My daughter was an undergrad from 2020-24 and loved it- they are probably doing better than most in keeping the mission at the center. Commercialization of sports is a ubiquitous distraction"
X Link 2026-02-13T02:13Z 12.5K followers, [--] engagements

"More people are waking up to the extent to which we have all been brainwashed to believe that the answer to all of life's problems is magic pills and shots. With Americans paying top dollar. 🚨 This is the ad Big Pharma doesn't want you to watch during the Super Bowl. https://t.co/BznEyh7Ibb 🚨 This is the ad Big Pharma doesn't want you to watch during the Super Bowl. https://t.co/BznEyh7Ibb"
X Link 2026-02-09T14:13Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Medical profession too. Medical marijuana was a dubious concept sold to state medical societies around the country and was used as a gateway policy to full legalization. We the American public have been on the receiving end of a bait and switch. We were told that mere decriminalization of marijuana or use in medical prescriptions was not enough. We were told that legalization and the development of a commercial weed industry would solve We the American public have been on the receiving end of a bait and switch. We were told that mere decriminalization of marijuana or use in medical"
X Link 2026-02-11T07:09Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements

"@aribindi It would be nice of them to test the shots in a population actually at risk of hospitalization ECMO and death and target the vax to them. There is no $$$$ in that approach however"
X Link 2026-02-14T21:32Z 12.5K followers, [--] engagements

"@nickmmark Here is some pictures of our "overwhelmed" ER waiting room and passenger drop off area in January [----] when we were "overwhelmed" with the omicron wave"
X Link 2026-02-16T01:34Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements

"@jlazewatsky @brownstoneinst @wapo @ScottGottliebMD There are finite resources the USG has to invest in biomedical research. Funding losing ideas has an opportunity cost. Pharma should be able to fund R+D for its own products"
X Link 2026-02-07T20:47Z 12.5K followers, [--] engagements

"@DrDave01 And they are not necessarily indicative of a stronger immune response just a stronger inflammatory response"
X Link 2026-02-15T01:29Z 12.5K followers, [--] engagements

"@jaygirimd @RecoveryDoctor get it approved in Europe"
X Link 2026-02-15T01:30Z 12.5K followers, [--] engagements

"@DrDave01 It was an inflammatory response but yes within a week. He got over his immune response too as he got covid the next summer like almost everyone else"
X Link 2026-02-15T03:59Z 12.5K followers, [--] engagements

"@sdixitmd @DRsLoungePod @NIHDirector_Jay @NIH It is hard not to feel optimistic after talking to Jay . . "
X Link 2026-02-15T20:56Z 12.5K followers, [--] engagements

"@BradSpellberg"
X Link 2026-02-16T03:30Z 12.5K followers, [---] engagements

"@JasonStrecker They can always go back to bird flu. Its evergreen"
X Link 2026-02-06T02:49Z 12.5K followers, [---] engagements

"@gorskon 🙏🙏🙏 I am flattered but opposing corporate welfare for a hypothetical new EBV vaccine proposed by a pharma corporate board member is not antivax . . "
X Link 2026-02-07T20:40Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Pricing chaos and opacity makes everyone in healthcare look bad. I understand some of the reasons why the system has evolved this way but it has to improve. #PriceTransparency .@SecKennedy: Every hospital in the country is now going to have to publish their pricesIf you go to a restaurant and look at the menu the prices are there. Health care is the only place where you cant see your prices. https://t.co/A7gjfZsdQt .@SecKennedy: Every hospital in the country is now going to have to publish their pricesIf you go to a restaurant and look at the menu the prices are there. Health care is the only"
X Link 2026-02-04T23:22Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Deeply misguided @wapo opinion piece by Pharma leader @ScottGottliebMD . I was taught in my first-year medical school ID course that humans live in a vast ocean of microbes in our environment our skin in every body cavity. The vast majority cause no harm and some have a commensal relationship with us that we only partially understand. The idea that all [--] billion humans need [----] new vaccines to prevent every infection with a 1/100000 risk of downstream harm is a great business model for the global Pharma industry but a poor idea for humanity. 1/4 https://wapo.st/4qjFtWk https://wapo.st/4qjFtWk"
X Link 2026-02-06T15:47Z 12.5K followers, 31.3K engagements

"@AnnaRMatson @freep Recovery from addiction is a mark of character. Interesting that it now seems OK to stigmatize it when the target is someone disliked"
X Link 2026-02-15T18:55Z 12.5K followers, [---] engagements

"@DrNeilStone Sorry but measles cases are actually plummeting. https://dph.sc.gov/diseases-conditions/infectious-diseases/measles-rubeola/measles-dashboard https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html https://dph.sc.gov/diseases-conditions/infectious-diseases/measles-rubeola/measles-dashboard https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html"
X Link 2026-02-15T20:33Z 12.5K followers, [---] engagements

"@venkmurthy Pfizer published their results for 50-64 yo (and buried the negative results for [--] yo in While $MRNA appeals the FDA ruling I hope they will submit their study results for peer review in a major journal. http://clinicaltrials.gov http://clinicaltrials.gov"
X Link 2026-02-15T23:34Z 12.5K followers, [---] engagements

""The science did not fail us." I appreciate your essay but have to disagree. Medical science and biomedical leaders during covid did fail us. The fallout is an epistemic crisis in which more "science" is going to be questioned and centralized authority is going to be challenged. We are going to have to embrace the journey. More people are also going to challenge the centrality of "science" in our lives. Science and medicine do not have all the answers to the problems of life. They have only a few"
X Link 2026-02-06T18:38Z 12.5K followers, 18.2K engagements

"Appreciate this author's willingness to keep an open mind and engage with this historic reform effort. We need more of this in the US medical-scientific community. "What I heard at the event was more complex and constructive than much public discourse would suggest. There was a clear appetite for action for questioning the status quo and for improving systems without dismissing whats working. There was acknowledgment of the incredible lifesaving research that has happened at NIH in years prior and the outstanding dedication of NIH employees." @NIH @NIHDirector_Jay #MAHA I joined a MAHA"
X Link 2026-02-12T12:42Z 12.5K followers, 12K engagements

"This clever boy shows us what a real scientist looks like. He tried and succeeded in falsifying a cherished received truth despite the emotional consequences and risk of upsetting his peers. We can all learn from him. My youngest son announced this morning that he conducted a diabolical experiment last night. He pulled a loose tooth and placed it under his pillow without announcing it to a soul. His test proved the tooth fairy isnt real and Ive now been exposed as a liar. 😬 My youngest son announced this morning that he conducted a diabolical experiment last night. He pulled a loose tooth"
X Link 2026-02-13T17:58Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Congratulations to @KrugAlli @KevinBardosh and co-authors on this detailed reassessment of benefit-risk of one covid shot in young men with inclusion of additional variables. Clinical decisionmaking when absolute benefits and risk are both very small is one of the most challenging in medicine. Look forward to seeing more of your great work A Reanalysis of the FDAs BenefitRisk Assessment of Modernas mRNA-1273 COVID Vaccine Based on a Model Incorporating Benefits Derived from Prior COVID Infection #mdpivaccines via @Vaccines_MDPI https://www.mdpi.com/3723372 https://www.mdpi.com/3723372"
X Link 2026-02-14T16:29Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Seeing several X accounts hacked in recent days as I am also receiving this phishing scam in DM's. Don't take the bait and never enter a password into an unfamiliar site"
X Link 2026-02-14T16:33Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements

"It will be interesting to see how much of this fraud sprouted up in the wake of covid. Once fraudsters were able to see how easy it was to loot the multi-trillion dollar pot of gold of "covid relief" they may have turned their sights on Medicaid. Conversely many of these orgs that existed prior to the pandemic probably also saw "covid relief" as another easy target for looting. The overlap in the Venn diagram of Medicaid fraud and covid fraud could be substantial. "Quality Heeling and Covid Tasting Centers" Perhaps @DOGE_HHS could also release data on covid relief payments esp. testing"
X Link 2026-02-15T01:48Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Not so. When the pandemic started I was president of my state ACC chapter and was chair-elect of the BOG. I went to my hospital almost every day. My office was [--] feet from our main covid ICU and was across the hall from where the doctors would hang out. As others did I volunteered for every crisis staffing pool and worked as a hospitalist and for over a week as an ICU intern. I had a front-row seat to the pandemic in my hospital and was in touch with cardiologists throughout the state and the country. My 900-bed hospital was as empty as it has ever been in the spring of [----]. The peak census"
X Link 2026-02-15T13:39Z 12.5K followers, 20.8K engagements

"The myth of "overwhelmed hospitals" throughout the USA during the pandemic is a lie that refuses to die. It was perpetuated as the most effective way to keep the public cowed and compliant with the covid authoritarianism and to silence critics. It also had enormous collateral damage. @hvanspall Not so. When the pandemic started I was president of my state ACC chapter and was chair-elect of the BOG. I went to my hospital almost every day. My office was [--] feet from our main covid ICU and was across the hall from where the doctors would hang out. As others did I https://t.co/Znhpd9wupu"
X Link 2026-02-15T15:27Z 12.5K followers, 17.6K engagements

"@j_g_allen When did it become acceptable to mock and stigmatize addiction at HCSPH"
X Link 2026-02-15T19:42Z 12.5K followers, [---] engagements

"My mid-April cases and hospitalizations were peaking and falling throughout the US. Jay Bhattacharya published his Santa Clara County study showing asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic infection was widespread and the initial IFR was overestimated by at least 10x. This should have prompted return to a normal public health response. Instead they doubled down and went for "crush the curve"/zero covid until vaccine. It was a disastrous policy mistake and we will be living with the consequences for a long time. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2023126688633139284"
X Link 2026-02-15T20:06Z 12.5K followers, [---] engagements

"I enjoyed this terrific @DRsLoungePod interview with @NIHDirector_Jay - lots of innovative ideas for improving return on the large US public investment in @NIH . We should welcome reform efforts that will strengthen public support for NIH and biomedical research in the long run. @anish_koka @DrDiGiorgio @sdixitmd In this engaging conversation NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya discusses the unique perspective his training gave him that influenced his approach to public health particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. He reflects on the Great Barrington Declaration the importance of"
X Link 2026-02-15T20:47Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Not in Maryland and many other regions. It was challenging converting units to Covid ICUs and repurposing staff but that is different from being overwhelmed. The overwhelmed fearmongering narrative was overused particularly after the first wave. Moreover it needlessly scared some patients away from hospitals who needed to be there. Americans pay absurd amounts of money for healthcare much of which goes to hospital care. They should expect that we can handle a crisis without complaining about being overwhelmed. I was particularly shocked how the overwhelmed narrative was misused during omicron"
X Link 2026-02-15T22:36Z 12.5K followers, [---] engagements

"@MaxJordan_N @venkmurthy Quietly slipping it into is a little different than publishing it in the NEJM. They did not even mention the negative results there. Borders on fraud IMO. http://clinicaltrials.gov http://clinicaltrials.gov"
X Link 2026-02-16T00:13Z 12.5K followers, [--] engagements

"@AileneEula98961 The issue was not really on the public radar screen then and we were more at the beginning of the chronic disease epidemic. His big issues at the time were AIDS and tobacco"
X Link 2026-02-16T01:29Z 12.5K followers, [---] engagements

"@BenMazer The NYC experience esp. Queens was the aberrancy in the US. Challenging but manageable in Maryland which had numbers similar to most other states. And everyone got herd immunity wrong"
X Link 2026-02-16T01:43Z 12.5K followers, [---] engagements

"@BradSpellberg I was able to find this info with a brief internet search. Is it false No objective person could look at this data and conclude that Los Angeles hospitals were "overwhelmed" and "lived through hell" during the pandemic. https://ens.lacity.org/clk/commissionagend/clkcommissionagend3412170563_04102023.pdf https://ens.lacity.org/clk/commissionagend/clkcommissionagend3412170563_04102023.pdf"
X Link 2026-02-16T03:29Z 12.5K followers, [---] engagements

"The RFK Jr. soundbite gotcha game is getting more tedious every day. Yes the data are limited and preliminary but in the context of an event promoting healthy eating what is wrong with highlighting the idea that better diets may mitigate America's high burden of mental illness Hope that @NIH will be funding more research to study this idea. Previous @HHSGov leaders have focused largely on more expensive pills and shots and dumping more printed money into a failing health insurance system. This is a welcome change. #EatRealFood"
X Link 2026-02-06T14:54Z 12.5K followers, 290.1K engagements

"I agree with @drjohnm the compressed y-axis inflates the perception of RRR and disguises the small ARR of 1%. Straight out of How to Lie with Statistics. NEJM solves this by using full y-axis to 100% and then showing the magnified curves as an inset. This should be standard practice in all figures of this type. Even more deceptive is that this figure does not include ILIs caused by the shots themselves. Another figure shows 10-20% absolute increase in rate of reactogenic symptoms that mimic an ILI. If required to include the investigational product would have failed badly."
X Link 2026-02-14T19:04Z 12.5K followers, 44.2K engagements

"@wjmcgurn True for many institutions including healthcare systems: But growth for its own sake seems like little more than that perpetual and restless desire of power after power with no end other than its own triumph"
X Link 2026-02-15T01:11Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Is that different from now Part of the reason our hospitals were "overwhelmed" in the US and Canada is that we run "just-in-time" systems with little slack. Even a small increase in cases above normal can approach capacity. In Maryland today our hospitals are so full that it takes days to transfer a patient. https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/more-than-23000-canadians-died-on-medical-wait-lists-in-the-past-year-new-report-finds/ https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/more-than-23000-canadians-died-on-medical-wait-lists-in-the-past-year-new-report-finds/"
X Link 2026-02-16T03:07Z 12.5K followers, [---] engagements

"HFNC = high flow nasal cannulae I suggest you try looking at this from how an objective person outside health care would. Total volume of patients was actually below normal but a higher proportion had a new disease called covid. Even with a higher than normal mortality rates some people would find it difficult to understand why doctors and nurses who signed up to be critical care health care professionals would be traumatized taking care of sick patients. Would you find it strange if professional firefighters publicly complained about having to fight fires Even after the challenging wildfires"
X Link 2026-02-16T03:58Z 12.5K followers, [---] engagements

"One of ironies of the piece is that China rejected Pfizer and Moderna's covid modRNA shot in favor of their own vaccine using traditional technology"
X Link 2026-02-03T15:45Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements

"The piece also acknowledges that the US with 4% of the world's population pays nearly the entire cost of innovation of Pharma innovation and profit. Why "Even the Europeans admit that the U.S. is the primary market for new drugs: North America account for [----] percent of global pharmaceutical revenue compared to [----] percent for Europe even though Europes population is significantly larger." https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018712450627997740 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018712450627997740"
X Link 2026-02-03T15:45Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements

"@JamesMelville Or something already broken was unmasked . . "
X Link 2026-02-03T16:05Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements

"The @AmerMedicalAssn and @AmerAcadPeds should follow suit ASAP. https://wapo.st/4agkg9L https://wapo.st/4agkg9L"
X Link 2026-02-03T20:35Z 12.4K followers, [----] engagements

"@sarahdespres @NIHDirector_Jay Perhaps bringing in some of those who disagree is the best way to build a consensus that everyone can accept Not sad"
X Link 2026-02-03T20:48Z 12.4K followers, [--] engagements

"TL;DR: Skip the elevator take the stairs Just about a quarter of U.S. adults meet the modest targets for aerobic activity. And if youre looking to maximize the benefits of short bouts of exercise stair climbing is the clear winner. #MAHA https://wapo.st/4qcJfAI https://wapo.st/4qcJfAI"
X Link 2026-02-03T20:52Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements

"@StevePhillipsMD Hard to understand how so much fraud can take place in plain view. Meanwhile lots of policing whether doctors bill a level [--] or level 4"
X Link 2026-02-03T21:08Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements

"@MichaelAlbertMD IDK. I hope not as my children and I have had all of them. The medical establishment says that they do not. However until yesterday they also said that surgical mutilation of children with gender dysphoria was safe effective and necessary. Now they do not"
X Link 2026-02-04T14:09Z 12.4K followers, [----] engagements

"Some things are not entirely knowable. A skeptical parent facing a decision about vaccination is probably weighing benefit vs. risk. Because vaccine-preventable diseases are so rare the ARR for an individual is very small. So the risk of major ADE also has to be very small. As the ARR falls to zero the ADE rate also has to fall to zero for benefit to be risk. Is it knowable that an ADE for any vaccine is zero in all cases I think this is the heart of the conundrum that is being overlooked. Again I am not the one you need to convince. I am trying to view the problem from the standpoint of"
X Link 2026-02-04T23:16Z 12.4K followers, [--] engagements

"@MichaelAlbertMD @AlastairMcA30 Sorry but I do not agree"
X Link 2026-02-04T23:17Z 12.4K followers, [--] engagements

"So many questions about this study. I do not understand how the test-negative case -control design can allow any firm conclusions about efficacy to be drawn in particular how to overcome healthy vaccinee bias. I do not think any other field of medicine uses this method to determine efficacy of therapies. I am also unaware of any clinical studies showing what covid patients are now dying from. My critical care colleagues have told me that covid ARDS virtually disappeared when omicron became dominant in [----]. Are there any studies clearly documenting what is the disease process leading to death"
X Link 2026-02-05T11:03Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements

""For now drugs administered anywhere for the purposes of euthanasia and assisted dying are used entirely off-label. Doctors are using anesthetics and muscle relaxants approved for surgery at doses significantly higher than the therapeutic limit for a purpose death for which they were never approved." 3/5"
X Link 2026-02-05T15:30Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements

"'The Dutch system is built around the due care criteria' . The primary goal of the legislation is to provide a legal shield for doctors ensuring they are not prosecuted for murder provided they follow the rules. It was not designed as a medical protocol to optimize the biological quality of death she acknowledged. 'There is a lack of clinical research regarding end-of-life medication. The specific pharmacological effects are rarely studied or questioned in the country.'" 4/5 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019433572340212026 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019433572340212026"
X Link 2026-02-05T15:30Z 12.5K followers, [---] engagements

"@DrCatharineY Fortunately it looks like cases in SC are declining rapidly. https://dph.sc.gov/diseases-conditions/infectious-diseases/measles-rubeola/measles-dashboard https://dph.sc.gov/diseases-conditions/infectious-diseases/measles-rubeola/measles-dashboard"
X Link 2026-02-05T22:30Z 12.5K followers, [---] engagements

"@DrCatharineY Yes I expect it is local public health officials on the ground establishing credibility in the community to take necessary actions. @bylenasun covered this well in the @wapo recently. @CDCgov says they have been supporting the efforts as they always do. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/01/31/south-carolina-measles/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/01/31/south-carolina-measles/"
X Link 2026-02-05T22:53Z 12.5K followers, [---] engagements

"A cardiologist who has made millions$ inventing a heart valve and who hold the Edwards LifeSciences Endowed Chair of Heart Valve Research at his university should not serve on any heart valve guideline committee. Nor on any FDA panel evaluating new heart valves. We have plenty of other experts who can serve in these roles https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1963197911367381144 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1963197911367381144"
X Link 2025-09-03T11:10Z 12.5K followers, [---] engagements

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