Dorit Reiss
@doritreiss.bsky.social
Professor of law at UC Law San Francisco. Writes about vaccines law and policy. Vaccine Advocate. Mom of two.
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Thanks to Kaveh for the chance to rant with science communicators whom I admire!
Rants #4: The Empire Makes Terrible Choices Regarding Public Health
Talking/ranting about the news of the day with @gorskon.bsky.social @mdaware.org and @enirenberg.bsky.social
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Talking/ranting about the news of the day with @gorskon.bsky.social @mdaware.org and @enirenberg.bsky.social
Links: tinyurl.com/y6mj38hh
December 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Thanks to Kaveh for the chance to rant with science communicators whom I admire!
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Trump on Somalis: "They oughta get 'em the hell out of here. They hate our country."
December 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Trump on Somalis: "They oughta get 'em the hell out of here. They hate our country."
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Trump: "Ilhan Omar, whatever the hell her name is. With her little turban. I love her. She comes in, does nothing but bitch ... we ought to get her the hell out ... she's here illegally."
The crowd in Pennsylvania then starts chanting "send her back!"
The crowd in Pennsylvania then starts chanting "send her back!"
December 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Trump: "Ilhan Omar, whatever the hell her name is. With her little turban. I love her. She comes in, does nothing but bitch ... we ought to get her the hell out ... she's here illegally."
The crowd in Pennsylvania then starts chanting "send her back!"
The crowd in Pennsylvania then starts chanting "send her back!"
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"What is Congress?" ask six of America's most famous lawyers
The Supreme Court Wants You to Believe Congress Does Not Exist
The conservative justices aren’t concerned about unaccountable federal agency heads. They are concerned about federal agency heads who aren’t accountable to their favorite president.
ballsandstrikes.org
December 9, 2025 at 9:38 PM
"What is Congress?" ask six of America's most famous lawyers
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Stephen Miller: "If you subtract immigration out of test scores, all of the sudden our test scores skyrocket"
December 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Stephen Miller: "If you subtract immigration out of test scores, all of the sudden our test scores skyrocket"
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The rank bigotry of today’s nativism is striking, but the utter stupidity of today’s nativism is almost as impressive.
Stephen Miller: "If you subtract immigration out of test scores, all of the sudden our test scores skyrocket"
December 9, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The rank bigotry of today’s nativism is striking, but the utter stupidity of today’s nativism is almost as impressive.
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At one point, people were speculating that CDER and CBER would be combined, and I wonder if this is the first step… ultimately leading to Prasad taking over CDER too?
Apparently, DR. Tracy Beth Hoeg is doing several things in FDA in tension with her responsibilities in CDER.
I have heard that she is pulling people from CDER to dive through VAERS report; as a reminder, CDER has important safety responsibilities and a lot of work. 1/3
I have heard that she is pulling people from CDER to dive through VAERS report; as a reminder, CDER has important safety responsibilities and a lot of work. 1/3
December 9, 2025 at 11:39 PM
At one point, people were speculating that CDER and CBER would be combined, and I wonder if this is the first step… ultimately leading to Prasad taking over CDER too?
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A longitudinal study with nearly 30 million subjects. Very clear outcomes. One of the really positive benefits of the pandemic is the widespread administration of mRNA vaccines. They have been developed for a decade and this implementation means their utility over a range of issues is now explored
December 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
A longitudinal study with nearly 30 million subjects. Very clear outcomes. One of the really positive benefits of the pandemic is the widespread administration of mRNA vaccines. They have been developed for a decade and this implementation means their utility over a range of issues is now explored
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The covid vaccine must be the easiest to draw data from? The majority of the whole world got vaccinated.
December 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The covid vaccine must be the easiest to draw data from? The majority of the whole world got vaccinated.
Dr. Nathan Boonstra presents "My Flu Shot"
YouTube video by Blank Children's Hospital
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December 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Feels like a good time to reshare this piece by @melodyschreiber.com
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December 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Feels like a good time to reshare this piece by @melodyschreiber.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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RFK Jr.'s claim that COVID vaccines are deadly? Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. In this new extraordinarily large study, vaccinated individuals had a 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19 and a 25% lower risk of all-cause mortality compared to those unvaccinated. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination and 4-Year All-Cause Mortality Among Adults in France
This cohort study uses the data from all adults aged 18 to 59 years living in France on November 1, 2021, to evaluate whether there is an association of receipt of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine with long-t...
jamanetwork.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
RFK Jr.'s claim that COVID vaccines are deadly? Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. In this new extraordinarily large study, vaccinated individuals had a 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19 and a 25% lower risk of all-cause mortality compared to those unvaccinated. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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What’s happening at the Supreme Court this week is bigger than just one FTC commissioner. The majority seems ready to endorse the “unitary executive” theory, giving Trump the power to purge agency staffers and replace them with loyalists. It’s a frightening prospect we should be paying attention to.
Humphrey’s Who? The Big SCOTUS Case Few Understand
A decision over who Trump can fire will reshape how our entire government functions
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
What’s happening at the Supreme Court this week is bigger than just one FTC commissioner. The majority seems ready to endorse the “unitary executive” theory, giving Trump the power to purge agency staffers and replace them with loyalists. It’s a frightening prospect we should be paying attention to.
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Still desperately trying to find evidence to back her opposition to Covid vaccines.
Apparently, DR. Tracy Beth Hoeg is doing several things in FDA in tension with her responsibilities in CDER.
I have heard that she is pulling people from CDER to dive through VAERS report; as a reminder, CDER has important safety responsibilities and a lot of work. 1/3
I have heard that she is pulling people from CDER to dive through VAERS report; as a reminder, CDER has important safety responsibilities and a lot of work. 1/3
December 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Still desperately trying to find evidence to back her opposition to Covid vaccines.
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Reiss, an expert in vaccine law and policy, argues that the decision was shaped by limited subject-matter expertise and anti-vaccine bias. She notes that the committee’s process departed from the evidence-based standards it has historically followed. www.statnews.com/2025/12/06/a...
RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisory panel is beset by incompetence, bias, and procedural chaos
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices' (ACIP) meetings used to be a geek’s dream: hours of long, maybe dreary presentation of extensive data
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December 9, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Reiss, an expert in vaccine law and policy, argues that the decision was shaped by limited subject-matter expertise and anti-vaccine bias. She notes that the committee’s process departed from the evidence-based standards it has historically followed. www.statnews.com/2025/12/06/a...
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A federal advisory board’s vote to revise Hepatitis B vaccine guidance for newborns raises serious public health concerns, Prof. @doritreiss.bsky.social writes in an op-ed for @statnews.com.
RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisory panel is beset by incompetence, bias, and procedural chaos
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices' (ACIP) meetings used to be a geek’s dream: hours of long, maybe dreary presentation of extensive data
www.statnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:51 PM
A federal advisory board’s vote to revise Hepatitis B vaccine guidance for newborns raises serious public health concerns, Prof. @doritreiss.bsky.social writes in an op-ed for @statnews.com.
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Thanks, helpful. I compared the US and UK schedules at the weekend and concluded that they are not that different. But the context of US parents needing to put infants at an early stage into group childcare settings is helpful. We're accustomed here to keeping babies at home for months postpartum.
December 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Thanks, helpful. I compared the US and UK schedules at the weekend and concluded that they are not that different. But the context of US parents needing to put infants at an early stage into group childcare settings is helpful. We're accustomed here to keeping babies at home for months postpartum.
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We really love it when people who have never had to intubate an 8 month old infant for respiratory failure tell us how to prevent RSV.
Exclusive: US FDA launches fresh safety scrutiny of approved RSV therapies for infants www.reuters.com/business/hea... via @reuters.com
Exclusive: US FDA launches fresh safety scrutiny of approved RSV therapies for infants
U.S. health regulators informed senior executives at Merck, Sanofi and AstraZeneca last week that their approved protective RSV treatments for infants would face fresh safety scrutiny following concer...
www.reuters.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
We really love it when people who have never had to intubate an 8 month old infant for respiratory failure tell us how to prevent RSV.
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In 2019 my friend’s son was admitted to Lurie in Chicago for a week w/ RSV and almost needed ICU care. At the same time (but in Columbus) my own child (11 mos old) was struggling with RSV too (daily check-ins on breathing/sats at the pediatrician bc they weren’t sure if he would need admitted).
Exclusive: US FDA launches fresh safety scrutiny of approved RSV therapies for infants www.reuters.com/business/hea... via @reuters.com
Exclusive: US FDA launches fresh safety scrutiny of approved RSV therapies for infants
U.S. health regulators informed senior executives at Merck, Sanofi and AstraZeneca last week that their approved protective RSV treatments for infants would face fresh safety scrutiny following concer...
www.reuters.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
In 2019 my friend’s son was admitted to Lurie in Chicago for a week w/ RSV and almost needed ICU care. At the same time (but in Columbus) my own child (11 mos old) was struggling with RSV too (daily check-ins on breathing/sats at the pediatrician bc they weren’t sure if he would need admitted).
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Bad title. FDA needlessly launches safety scrutiny of approved RSV therapies for infants based on conspiracy theories
Exclusive: US FDA launches fresh safety scrutiny of approved RSV therapies for infants www.reuters.com/business/hea... via @reuters.com
Exclusive: US FDA launches fresh safety scrutiny of approved RSV therapies for infants
U.S. health regulators informed senior executives at Merck, Sanofi and AstraZeneca last week that their approved protective RSV treatments for infants would face fresh safety scrutiny following concer...
www.reuters.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Bad title. FDA needlessly launches safety scrutiny of approved RSV therapies for infants based on conspiracy theories
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The amount of taxpayer money and time the anti-vaxxers running FDA are wasting pursuing their ideological, anti-science agenda is depressing
Apparently, DR. Tracy Beth Hoeg is doing several things in FDA in tension with her responsibilities in CDER.
I have heard that she is pulling people from CDER to dive through VAERS report; as a reminder, CDER has important safety responsibilities and a lot of work. 1/3
I have heard that she is pulling people from CDER to dive through VAERS report; as a reminder, CDER has important safety responsibilities and a lot of work. 1/3
December 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The amount of taxpayer money and time the anti-vaxxers running FDA are wasting pursuing their ideological, anti-science agenda is depressing
Exclusive: US FDA launches fresh safety scrutiny of approved RSV therapies for infants www.reuters.com/business/hea... via @reuters.com
Exclusive: US FDA launches fresh safety scrutiny of approved RSV therapies for infants
U.S. health regulators informed senior executives at Merck, Sanofi and AstraZeneca last week that their approved protective RSV treatments for infants would face fresh safety scrutiny following concer...
www.reuters.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Exclusive: US FDA launches fresh safety scrutiny of approved RSV therapies for infants www.reuters.com/business/hea... via @reuters.com
Supreme Court Questions N.Y. Ban on Religious Exemptions for Vaccines - remanded it to the 2nd Circuit to reconsider in light of Mahmoud v. Taylor. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/n...
Supreme Court Questions N.Y. Ban on Religious Exemptions for Vaccines
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Supreme Court Questions N.Y. Ban on Religious Exemptions for Vaccines - remanded it to the 2nd Circuit to reconsider in light of Mahmoud v. Taylor. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/n...
Why comparing the U.S. vaccine schedule to European countries’ is a red herring, or, explains Richard Hughes, we are not in Denmark anymore, Toto. www.statnews.com/2025/12/08/a... via @statnews.com
Why comparing the U.S. vaccine schedule to European countries’ is a red herring
If any ambiguity remained about the ultimate goal of the current administration’s public health policy, last week shattered it. On Friday, following a
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December 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Why comparing the U.S. vaccine schedule to European countries’ is a red herring, or, explains Richard Hughes, we are not in Denmark anymore, Toto. www.statnews.com/2025/12/08/a... via @statnews.com