Delthia Ricks
@dricks.bsky.social
Science writer, author, essayist & avid gardener.
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Delthia Ricks
@dricks.bsky.social
· Dec 21
The contrast between Rwanda’s handling of Marburg and the chaotic response to Covid-19 is stark
The country’s response prevented a crisis – and provided the world with a valuable blueprint for effective outbreak control
www.telegraph.co.uk
The stark contrast between Rwanda’s handling of a deadly Marburg virus outbreak this year & the rest of the world’s chaotic response to #Covid provides textbook lessons in how to properly respond to a threat and how to make a threat worse www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
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I said a few days ago that RFK Jr. was advancing a stealth campaign to ban vaccination in the US.
That campaign is accelerating, & it ain't that stealthy.
I'll have more to say about this soon, but for now, just take this in: the US under RFK Jr.'s reign of error is about to kill a lot of kids. 1/
That campaign is accelerating, & it ain't that stealthy.
I'll have more to say about this soon, but for now, just take this in: the US under RFK Jr.'s reign of error is about to kill a lot of kids. 1/
Experts say strict new FDA protocol for vaccine approval is ‘dangerous and irresponsible’
Lead FDA vaccine regulator announced new approval process after claiming Covid vaccine had killed 10 children
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I said a few days ago that RFK Jr. was advancing a stealth campaign to ban vaccination in the US.
That campaign is accelerating, & it ain't that stealthy.
I'll have more to say about this soon, but for now, just take this in: the US under RFK Jr.'s reign of error is about to kill a lot of kids. 1/
That campaign is accelerating, & it ain't that stealthy.
I'll have more to say about this soon, but for now, just take this in: the US under RFK Jr.'s reign of error is about to kill a lot of kids. 1/
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And because my publisher has told me over and over again, "always be promoting," I cover this history of vaccine fear-mongering through cherry picked case series in my upcoming book, A Pox on Fools.
Pre-orders will help convince Random House to push what I believe is an important piece of work.
Pre-orders will help convince Random House to push what I believe is an important piece of work.
November 30, 2025 at 12:03 AM
And because my publisher has told me over and over again, "always be promoting," I cover this history of vaccine fear-mongering through cherry picked case series in my upcoming book, A Pox on Fools.
Pre-orders will help convince Random House to push what I believe is an important piece of work.
Pre-orders will help convince Random House to push what I believe is an important piece of work.
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FDA is supposed to protect us from unsafe and ineffective medicines and vaccines.
And yet 🫠...just like at CDC, it's the political appointed leadership holding the agency hostage...
FDA is failing in its mission as it turns a political hammer to the covid vaccines.
A few points in next post 👉
FDA is supposed to protect us from unsafe and ineffective medicines and vaccines.
And yet 🫠...just like at CDC, it's the political appointed leadership holding the agency hostage...
FDA is failing in its mission as it turns a political hammer to the covid vaccines.
A few points in next post 👉
FDA to raise hurdles for vaccines, faulting COVID shots for 10 kids' deaths
Food and Drug Administration officials say they will ratchet up requirements for vaccine studies, citing concerns about COVID shots for kids. But public health experts question the agency's analysis.
www.npr.org
November 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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FDA is supposed to protect us from unsafe and ineffective medicines and vaccines.
And yet 🫠...just like at CDC, it's the political appointed leadership holding the agency hostage...
FDA is failing in its mission as it turns a political hammer to the covid vaccines.
A few points in next post 👉
FDA is supposed to protect us from unsafe and ineffective medicines and vaccines.
And yet 🫠...just like at CDC, it's the political appointed leadership holding the agency hostage...
FDA is failing in its mission as it turns a political hammer to the covid vaccines.
A few points in next post 👉
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New: What Is A “Professional Degree” And Why Does It Matter? via @forbes www.forbes.com/sites/judyst... #Nursing #PT #OT #PublicHealth #MentalHealth #SocialWork w thanks to @gregggonsalves.bsky.social @michelemanos.bsky.social and Russ Francis @defendpublichealth.bsky.social for comments.
What Is A “Professional Degree” And Why Does It Matter?
Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the Dept of Education proposes redefining "professional degrees" to exclude degrees in nursing, NP/PA, Public Health, PT/OT and more
www.forbes.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
New: What Is A “Professional Degree” And Why Does It Matter? via @forbes www.forbes.com/sites/judyst... #Nursing #PT #OT #PublicHealth #MentalHealth #SocialWork w thanks to @gregggonsalves.bsky.social @michelemanos.bsky.social and Russ Francis @defendpublichealth.bsky.social for comments.
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Link to WaPo article in which Prasad is treated as if any of this were normal.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Blaming some child deaths on covid shots, FDA vows stricter vaccine rules
Vinay Prasad, the nation’s top vaccine regulator, said his team concluded that coronavirus shots were linked to children’s deaths, necessitating a new approach.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Link to WaPo article in which Prasad is treated as if any of this were normal.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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After Marty Makary claimed, with no evidence, that COVID19 vaccines killed children, Defend Public Health published this report on the topic.
Now Prasad is making the same claims.
These are not “unbiased” people. We don’t trust them & neither should you.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Now Prasad is making the same claims.
These are not “unbiased” people. We don’t trust them & neither should you.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Scientific evidence shows no link between COVID19 vaccines and child deaths | Defend Public Health
In response to claims by the Trump administration that COVID19 vaccines caused 25 pediatric deaths, Defend Public Health reviewed the scientific evidence from rigorous vaccine safety surveillance syst...
www.defendpublichealth.org
November 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
After Marty Makary claimed, with no evidence, that COVID19 vaccines killed children, Defend Public Health published this report on the topic.
Now Prasad is making the same claims.
These are not “unbiased” people. We don’t trust them & neither should you.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Now Prasad is making the same claims.
These are not “unbiased” people. We don’t trust them & neither should you.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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Read this piece by @drjudystone.bsky.social and then take action.
New: What Is A “Professional Degree” And Why Does It Matter? via @forbes www.forbes.com/sites/judyst... #Nursing #PT #OT #PublicHealth #MentalHealth #SocialWork w thanks to @gregggonsalves.bsky.social @michelemanos.bsky.social and Russ Francis @defendpublichealth.bsky.social for comments.
What Is A “Professional Degree” And Why Does It Matter?
Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the Dept of Education proposes redefining "professional degrees" to exclude degrees in nursing, NP/PA, Public Health, PT/OT and more
www.forbes.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Read this piece by @drjudystone.bsky.social and then take action.
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Why is science under assault and what forces are behind it?
My review @thelancet.com of “Science under Siege” by @michaelemann.bsky.social & @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social
www.thelancet.com/callback?red...
My review @thelancet.com of “Science under Siege” by @michaelemann.bsky.social & @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social
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November 29, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Why is science under assault and what forces are behind it?
My review @thelancet.com of “Science under Siege” by @michaelemann.bsky.social & @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social
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My review @thelancet.com of “Science under Siege” by @michaelemann.bsky.social & @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social
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But there IS lots and lots of plaster shit covered with fake gold.
November 29, 2025 at 11:24 PM
But there IS lots and lots of plaster shit covered with fake gold.
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Who were the ten kids? How did they die? Where is the proof they died from mRNA vaccination?
Proof please, Prasad!
Proof please, Prasad!
We are supposed to believe that FDA paused and removed the J&J vaccine immediately after 6 cases of clotting, but they hid 10 kids dying from the mRNA vaccines until Prasad and Hoeg, who were always antivaxx, revealed the truth.
Checks out.
Checks out.
November 29, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Who were the ten kids? How did they die? Where is the proof they died from mRNA vaccination?
Proof please, Prasad!
Proof please, Prasad!
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I’ll be honest.
Even if he and Hoeg presented autopsies and vaccine records I’d still wonder if they were making it up.
Did they really find something others missed?
They supported Ladapos data fraud after all.
Even if he and Hoeg presented autopsies and vaccine records I’d still wonder if they were making it up.
Did they really find something others missed?
They supported Ladapos data fraud after all.
November 30, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I’ll be honest.
Even if he and Hoeg presented autopsies and vaccine records I’d still wonder if they were making it up.
Did they really find something others missed?
They supported Ladapos data fraud after all.
Even if he and Hoeg presented autopsies and vaccine records I’d still wonder if they were making it up.
Did they really find something others missed?
They supported Ladapos data fraud after all.
Elections have consequences, including death 👇
As more American children die from preventable disease under RFK Jr’s watch, he continues to appoint people who enable “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.” #CDC
Louisiana's surgeon general Dr. Ralph Abraham, who has praised Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s tenure as health secretary and called COVID vaccines "dangerous," will become the second-highest ranking official at the CDC. n.pr/49Af0z8
November 30, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Elections have consequences, including death 👇
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Genomic signatures and host adaptation of #H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b:
A call for global surveillance and multi-target antiviral strategies
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #OpenAccess #flu #avianflu #birdflu #MicroSky #MedSky
A call for global surveillance and multi-target antiviral strategies
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #OpenAccess #flu #avianflu #birdflu #MicroSky #MedSky
November 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Genomic signatures and host adaptation of #H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b:
A call for global surveillance and multi-target antiviral strategies
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #OpenAccess #flu #avianflu #birdflu #MicroSky #MedSky
A call for global surveillance and multi-target antiviral strategies
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #OpenAccess #flu #avianflu #birdflu #MicroSky #MedSky
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How a mattress sensor and smartwatch confirmation led to a patient's diagnosis of complete heart block and need for a pacemaker @nejm.org www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
November 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
How a mattress sensor and smartwatch confirmation led to a patient's diagnosis of complete heart block and need for a pacemaker @nejm.org www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Yikes!
Florida has stopped tracking vaccine-preventable diseases. Last monthly report appeared on May 29, 2025.
November 30, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Yikes!
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Now, the CDC Museum's future is on the rocks. The museum doesn't have a director even though a former supervisor is trying to keep the doors open. One of the museum's most popular programs is Disease Detective Camp, a summer program for high school students 👇
CDC Museum's Future Is on the Rocks
'You can't just throw a museum away,' former staffer says
www.medpagetoday.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Now, the CDC Museum's future is on the rocks. The museum doesn't have a director even though a former supervisor is trying to keep the doors open. One of the museum's most popular programs is Disease Detective Camp, a summer program for high school students 👇
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Measles cases are surging worldwide, making global elimination a ‘distant goal,’ according to the World Health Organization. That declaration is a sad reminder that not too long ago, measles vaccination rates had been a global success story. Now, 59 countries have reported large outbreaks👇
Measles cases are surging, making global elimination a ‘distant goal,’ WHO says | CNN
For decades, measles vaccination has been a global success story. Deaths from measles dropped 88% around the world from 2000 to 2024, according to a new report from the World Health Organization, with...
www.cnn.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Measles cases are surging worldwide, making global elimination a ‘distant goal,’ according to the World Health Organization. That declaration is a sad reminder that not too long ago, measles vaccination rates had been a global success story. Now, 59 countries have reported large outbreaks👇
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RSV vaccine may offer protection against asthma. Belgian & Danish scientists have uncovered evidence that early-infancy infection w/ respiratory syncytial virus increases the risk of developing asthma—especially in kids w/ a family history of it. Vaccination might help them avoid asthma altogether👇
RSV vaccines could offer protection against asthma
Belgian scientists from VIB and Ghent University (UGent), together with Danish collaborators, have uncovered compelling evidence that early-infancy infection with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) sig...
medicalxpress.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
RSV vaccine may offer protection against asthma. Belgian & Danish scientists have uncovered evidence that early-infancy infection w/ respiratory syncytial virus increases the risk of developing asthma—especially in kids w/ a family history of it. Vaccination might help them avoid asthma altogether👇
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All lots of ByHeart Baby Formula may be contaminated w/ the bacteria that cause botulism. At least 37 babies have been sickened in the outbreak. Lab tests of samples from 3 different lots showed 5 samples contained the type of bacteria that can lead to the rare & potentially lethal illness👇
ByHeart Baby Formula From All Lots May Be Contaminated With Botulism Bacteria
At least 37 babies have been sickened in outbreak
www.medpagetoday.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:26 PM
All lots of ByHeart Baby Formula may be contaminated w/ the bacteria that cause botulism. At least 37 babies have been sickened in the outbreak. Lab tests of samples from 3 different lots showed 5 samples contained the type of bacteria that can lead to the rare & potentially lethal illness👇
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A rare bird—the red-cockaded woodpecker—that vanished in 1994 might soon return to Tennessee. Once widespread throughout the Southeast, the woodpecker disappeared amid multiple threats. In Tennessee, an ambitious plan was launched to reintroduce a bird last seen when Bill Clinton was president👇
Why a rare bird that vanished 30 years ago might soon return
More than three decades after that last known sighting of the red-cockaded woodpecker in the summer of 1994, state and federal officials have an ambitious plan to bring back the imperiled bird to the ...
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
A rare bird—the red-cockaded woodpecker—that vanished in 1994 might soon return to Tennessee. Once widespread throughout the Southeast, the woodpecker disappeared amid multiple threats. In Tennessee, an ambitious plan was launched to reintroduce a bird last seen when Bill Clinton was president👇
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Francis Crick was a leading scientist & a flawed man, according to a new biography. In 1953, after weeks of intense work, Crick & James Watson solved one of biology’s most fundamental puzzles: DNA's structure. They got a boost from Rosalind Franklin's X-ray diffraction image called Photograph 51👇
Francis Crick was an extraordinary scientist—and a flawed man
He was unafraid of getting things wrong or offending his peers
www.economist.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Francis Crick was a leading scientist & a flawed man, according to a new biography. In 1953, after weeks of intense work, Crick & James Watson solved one of biology’s most fundamental puzzles: DNA's structure. They got a boost from Rosalind Franklin's X-ray diffraction image called Photograph 51👇
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Medicine needs a stronger word for doctors who have lost their licenses for malicious malpractice that cost lives. It's not like they just misplaced and lost their licenses. Lawyers at least have disbarred. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
November 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Medicine needs a stronger word for doctors who have lost their licenses for malicious malpractice that cost lives. It's not like they just misplaced and lost their licenses. Lawyers at least have disbarred. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
Now, the CDC Museum's future is on the rocks. The museum doesn't have a director even though a former supervisor is trying to keep the doors open. One of the museum's most popular programs is Disease Detective Camp, a summer program for high school students 👇
CDC Museum's Future Is on the Rocks
'You can't just throw a museum away,' former staffer says
www.medpagetoday.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Now, the CDC Museum's future is on the rocks. The museum doesn't have a director even though a former supervisor is trying to keep the doors open. One of the museum's most popular programs is Disease Detective Camp, a summer program for high school students 👇
Reposted by Delthia Ricks
Massive White House Protest Planned While Corporate Media Finally Defends A Journalist, and Swiss Lawmakers Push For A Serious Bribery Investigation Into Trump "Gifts"
open.substack.com/pub/dworkin/...
open.substack.com/pub/dworkin/...
Massive White House Protest Planned While Corporate Media Finally Defends A Journalist, and Swiss Lawmakers Push For A Serious Bribery Investigation Into Trump "Gifts"
Massive White House protest planned while corporate media finally defends a journalist, and Swiss lawmakers push for a serious bribery investigation into Trump “gift”
open.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Massive White House Protest Planned While Corporate Media Finally Defends A Journalist, and Swiss Lawmakers Push For A Serious Bribery Investigation Into Trump "Gifts"
open.substack.com/pub/dworkin/...
open.substack.com/pub/dworkin/...
RSV vaccine may offer protection against asthma. Belgian & Danish scientists have uncovered evidence that early-infancy infection w/ respiratory syncytial virus increases the risk of developing asthma—especially in kids w/ a family history of it. Vaccination might help them avoid asthma altogether👇
RSV vaccines could offer protection against asthma
Belgian scientists from VIB and Ghent University (UGent), together with Danish collaborators, have uncovered compelling evidence that early-infancy infection with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) sig...
medicalxpress.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
RSV vaccine may offer protection against asthma. Belgian & Danish scientists have uncovered evidence that early-infancy infection w/ respiratory syncytial virus increases the risk of developing asthma—especially in kids w/ a family history of it. Vaccination might help them avoid asthma altogether👇