Devon Greyson

@greyson.bsky.social

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Academic & writer. 🇨🇦Applied Public Health Chair. I study health information practices & interventions, often pertaining to vaccination and/or gender. I also bicycle & drink coffee a lot, and write fiction a little. Recovering classical bassist. .. more

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Devon Greyson @greyson.bsky.social · Mar 5

2025 update because I'm not seeking to hire anyone or sponsor any new students right now. Possible exceptions for people who are *really* allied with my funded work (e.g., on mpox vax, vax misinfo) and/or have access to external funding (e.g., fellowship, home nation). Lab is at capacity for now.

Devon Greyson @greyson.bsky.social · Feb 11

Prospective students: Here's what you need to know if you think you might want to work with me (a thread):

1. I'm not looking to recruit new students at the moment. (There could be some exceptions, especially for research-oriented Master's students in my school or interdisciplinary studies.)

Reposted by Devon Greyson, Amy W. Ando, Erin O’Donnell , and 1 more Devon Greyson, Amy W. Ando, Erin O’Donnell, Kevin Grant

Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 1d

Again, if you were alive in the 1980s, this is among the most wonderful & truly incredible things you have ever witnessed in your lifetime.

Nome @nome.bsky.social · 1d

Just because good news is worth celebrating:

There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.

HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2d

Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”

Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.

Devon Greyson @greyson.bsky.social · 3d

My GenX roots show when I won't call anyone who isn't a radical feminist a TERF.

Devon Greyson @greyson.bsky.social · 3d

Would we say this is more type 2 (false connection) or type 3 (misleading content) from among the 7 types in First Draft's Information Disorder framework? I guess it might depend on the details of how the article is written (just clickbait headline, or context omitted from article too).

Reposted by Martin McKee, Elizabeth Stokoe, Tuomas Mattila , and 3 more Martin McKee, Elizabeth Stokoe, Tuomas Mattila, Devon Greyson, Julia M. Wright, Christina Pagel

James Munday @jdmunday.bsky.social · 3d

Our paper modelling transmission risk in schools is published in Nature Communications. **The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools** doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Devon Greyson @greyson.bsky.social · 4d

Whew, NIH paylines were already lower than ideal, meaning less than 1 in 5 applications got funded. Wonder what they are now?

What are institutions doing for ECRs whose tenure/contract renewal so often rested on finally getting an R?

Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 4d

These are the curves for new and competitive renewal grants.

The number of new awards is increasing slightly, but only slightly.

17 out of 25 institutes and centers with funding authority have now made awards.

3/4

A line graph showing the number of new and competitive renewal awards for fiscal years 2021-2026. The curve for fiscal year 2026 is essentially zero on this scale with 121 awards compared to close to 3000 awards to the same date in earlier years.

Reposted by Devon Greyson

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 4d

Please watch and share this. Boycotts, resistance, protests work. In the United States, and Canada too.

Rachel Maddow on Hanover County ICE Detention Center

YouTube video by Rob McCausland

youtube.com

Reposted by Devon Greyson

Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 4d

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Devon Greyson @greyson.bsky.social · 4d

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 5d

A newborn baby has died in New Mexico from a Listeria infection that state health officials say was likely contracted from raw (unpasteurized) milk that the baby’s mother drank during pregnancy.

Newborn dies after mother drinks raw milk during pregnancy

Raw milk is promoted by anti-vaccine Health Secretary Kennedy.

arstechnica.com

Reposted by Devon Greyson

Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 5d

A newborn baby has died in New Mexico from a Listeria infection that state health officials say was likely contracted from raw (unpasteurized) milk that the baby’s mother drank during pregnancy.

Newborn dies after mother drinks raw milk during pregnancy

Raw milk is promoted by anti-vaccine Health Secretary Kennedy.

arstechnica.com

Reposted by Devon Greyson

âpihtawikosisân @apihtawikosisan.bsky.social · 5d

When I see AI art used for...like anything...I immediately click away. I'm not reading your article, your whatever, if you're using that shit.

Devon Greyson @greyson.bsky.social · 5d

Recalling the infectious disease outbreaks in the concentration camps of the first Trump era, and considering the current measles outbreaks, this was only a matter of time, but I really have been dreading it. I don’t even know what’s reasonable to hope for here. Rapid public health response?

CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 6d

At least 2 measles cases confirmed inside Texas detention center

DHS said all movement within the facility has stopped.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/l...

Reposted by Devon Greyson

CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 6d

At least 2 measles cases confirmed inside Texas detention center

DHS said all movement within the facility has stopped.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/l...

Devon Greyson @greyson.bsky.social · 8d

Have you been to Canada? The mainstream treats are so…milky. Not just chocolate, but including chocolate. (Also, light roast coffee. Oy.)

Devon Greyson @greyson.bsky.social · 8d

Milk chocolate.

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Devon Greyson @greyson.bsky.social · 8d

Seeing stories of uptick in telehealth appointments in Minneapolis as clients/patients too afraid to go out in person. Our studies of the 2020-21 shift to remote care recognized virtual services could have benefits beyond COVID but I never imagined Anne Frank zooming a therapist.

Devon Greyson @greyson.bsky.social · 9d

When anti-mask-wearing laws were being proposed/passed, clinically vulnerable lives were devalued for what seemed like ridiculous argument that the COVID cautious were hiding faces for criming reasons. Now ICE et al are hiding their faces for criming reasons. Every accusation seems a confession.

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 9d

The right-wing push against the average citizen masking was never just about COVID19.

Masking was banned in several jurisdictions because it hampers facial recognition.

ICE Agents Film Protesters & Immigrants as Part of Facial Recognition Push

ICE and CBP are using facial recognition technology to facilitate President Trump’s mass deportation campaign. With a smartphone app, immigration officers can scan faces of people they encounter and q...

www.democracynow.org

Reposted by Juan Cole, Devon Greyson

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 9d

The right-wing push against the average citizen masking was never just about COVID19.

Masking was banned in several jurisdictions because it hampers facial recognition.

ICE Agents Film Protesters & Immigrants as Part of Facial Recognition Push

www.democracynow.org

Devon Greyson @greyson.bsky.social · 11d

I guess Ex-FIFA is making alternate plans, even if FIFA isn't. I didn't know that 4 countries whose teams qualified are not going to be allowed into the US. www.npr.org/2026/01/27/g...

Reposted by Devon Greyson

Nsikan Akpan @monscience.bsky.social · 13d

Bird flu antibodies found in cow in the Netherlands, a first outside of U.S. - Jon Cohen www.science.org/content/arti...

Bird flu antibodies found in cow in the Netherlands, a first outside of U.S.

Dead cat led to discovery, but officials stress no further spread of H5N1 has been detected

www.science.org

Devon Greyson @greyson.bsky.social · 13d

#Vaccine & #PublicHealth / #HealthPoli experts: are there other countries who don’t have a functional public NITAG so vaccine guidance is issued by professional medical associations or similar?

The American Academy of Pediatrics @ameracadpeds.bsky.social · 13d

Today marks a major moment for child health: the AAP has released its updated 2026 childhood and adolescent immunization schedule. Updated annually to reflect the latest scientific evidence, this year’s schedule is formally endorsed by 12 leading medical and healthcare organizations.
bit.ly/4r5KbaQ

Reposted by Helen Burstin, Devon Greyson, Smith

The American Academy of Pediatrics @ameracadpeds.bsky.social · 13d

Devon Greyson @greyson.bsky.social · 13d

And research funding/scientifuc agencies, before postsecondary education is gobbled up by the private sector in an effort to survive.

Reposted by Devon Greyson, Robert C. Richards

Saskia Popescu @saskiapopescu.bsky.social · 14d

Public health giant William Foege, who helped eradicate smallpox, has died at 89 www.statnews.com/2026/01/25/w... via @statnews.com

Public health giant William Foege, who helped eradicate smallpox, has died at 89

‘I wish we could have spared him from seeing that’: Friends of Bill Foege on his legacy, and his anger over anti-vaccination.

www.statnews.com

Devon Greyson @greyson.bsky.social · 15d

Yeah. My brain keeps trying to connect dots & sensemake but truly these are horrors.

Devon Greyson @greyson.bsky.social · 15d

Ok. Yeah, I think it’s been known for a while. That autism diagnosis rates are surprisingly high, and vaccination rates fell after antivax targeting, leading to an outbreak or two. What is new to me is investigation into fraud (potentially connecting these & ppl in/near current US federal actors).

Devon Greyson @greyson.bsky.social · 15d

The Star Tribune has description & a still photo. They do also have the video but it does not autoplay so optional for readers. They are updating frequently but descriptions are brief so I am assuming not a lot of verified info yet.

Devon Greyson @greyson.bsky.social · 16d

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Devon Greyson @greyson.bsky.social · 16d

Older than that. For characters in 20s (so 90s good) through 70s (1940-50s) during early Covid. I know there's US SSA data on first names by year going back but not sure of any way to cut by ethnicity-coded surnames.

Devon Greyson @greyson.bsky.social · 16d

I think it's more of a politics follow-the-money question than an epi question. In her scope? I was hoping ProPublica or similar was digging into it.

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