Beth Marie Mole
@bethmariem.bsky.social
Senior Health Reporter at Ars Technica. PhD in microbiology. Microbes, infectious diseases, public health, questionable puns. (she/her)
[email protected] | bethmm_ars.02 (Signal)
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Weaponization of the premier public health agency in the country for personal clout and gain. The CDC website should not be trusted given the fact that it is controlled by people who will profit from spurious and false attempts to link vaccines to autism.
www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
Autism and Vaccines
Answers to common questions about vaccine safety and autism.
www.cdc.gov
November 20, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Weaponization of the premier public health agency in the country for personal clout and gain. The CDC website should not be trusted given the fact that it is controlled by people who will profit from spurious and false attempts to link vaccines to autism.
www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
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How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy
HEADS UP: CDC website now officially asserts that vaccines may cause autism.“Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.” Also says the “vaccines do not cause autism” header remains b/c of an agreement with Cassidy.
November 20, 2025 at 3:18 AM
How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy
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RFK Jr had committed to Bill Cassidy, as a condition to win his vote, that he would keep website language.
Cassidy in February: “If confirmed… CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.”
Note the language in second photo.
Cassidy in February: “If confirmed… CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.”
Note the language in second photo.
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 AM
RFK Jr had committed to Bill Cassidy, as a condition to win his vote, that he would keep website language.
Cassidy in February: “If confirmed… CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.”
Note the language in second photo.
Cassidy in February: “If confirmed… CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.”
Note the language in second photo.
Welp.
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Welp.
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JOIN US TODAY: We'll be outside Conde Nast HQ tonight just after 6PM to demand the full reinstatement of our @condeunion.bsky.social and @newyorkerunion.bsky.social members. Joining us at our rally as a speaker: @newyorkstateag.bsky.social. BE THERE WITH US!
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
JOIN US TODAY: We'll be outside Conde Nast HQ tonight just after 6PM to demand the full reinstatement of our @condeunion.bsky.social and @newyorkerunion.bsky.social members. Joining us at our rally as a speaker: @newyorkstateag.bsky.social. BE THERE WITH US!
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The one obituary of James Watson you should read is this one by microbiologist Beth Mole, @bethmariem.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The one obituary of James Watson you should read is this one by microbiologist Beth Mole, @bethmariem.bsky.social
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BREAKING from PP
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
BREAKING from PP
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
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apnews.com/article/pent... turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules
Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules
Journalists at the Pentagon turned in access badges and cleaned out their workspaces on Wednesday, the price for refusing to agree to new restrictions on their jobs being removal from being at the sea...
apnews.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
apnews.com/article/pent... turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules
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Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org
The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...
www.nobelprize.org
October 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
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This is the official communication from the FDA to physicians on acetaminophen use in pregnancy.
- They acknowledge the lack of a causal link with autism
- Essentially tell physicians to keep doing what we've been doing anyway
It's very different from the press conference.
Pass it on.
- They acknowledge the lack of a causal link with autism
- Essentially tell physicians to keep doing what we've been doing anyway
It's very different from the press conference.
Pass it on.
September 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This is the official communication from the FDA to physicians on acetaminophen use in pregnancy.
- They acknowledge the lack of a causal link with autism
- Essentially tell physicians to keep doing what we've been doing anyway
It's very different from the press conference.
Pass it on.
- They acknowledge the lack of a causal link with autism
- Essentially tell physicians to keep doing what we've been doing anyway
It's very different from the press conference.
Pass it on.
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"When the bar is set at suggesting that people inject bleach into their veins, it's hard to reach a new low. But in a deranged press event on autism Monday evening, President Trump seemed to go for it"
The whole article by @bethmariem.bsky.social expertly articulates the absurdity
The whole article by @bethmariem.bsky.social expertly articulates the absurdity
Anti-vaccine allies cheer as Trump claims shots have “too much liquid”
Why babies don’t pop like water balloons when they get vaccines—and other info for Trump.
arstechnica.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
"When the bar is set at suggesting that people inject bleach into their veins, it's hard to reach a new low. But in a deranged press event on autism Monday evening, President Trump seemed to go for it"
The whole article by @bethmariem.bsky.social expertly articulates the absurdity
The whole article by @bethmariem.bsky.social expertly articulates the absurdity
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ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59
September 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59
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This Trump press conference is a total nightmare
Telling parents to only give measles, mumps, & rubella vaccines separately just because Trump "feels" like this is better is public health malpractice🤯
And OMFG he says "there's a rumor" that in Cuba they don't have autism & they don't use Tylenol😔
Telling parents to only give measles, mumps, & rubella vaccines separately just because Trump "feels" like this is better is public health malpractice🤯
And OMFG he says "there's a rumor" that in Cuba they don't have autism & they don't use Tylenol😔
September 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
This Trump press conference is a total nightmare
Telling parents to only give measles, mumps, & rubella vaccines separately just because Trump "feels" like this is better is public health malpractice🤯
And OMFG he says "there's a rumor" that in Cuba they don't have autism & they don't use Tylenol😔
Telling parents to only give measles, mumps, & rubella vaccines separately just because Trump "feels" like this is better is public health malpractice🤯
And OMFG he says "there's a rumor" that in Cuba they don't have autism & they don't use Tylenol😔
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Reminder: personally attacking a journalist for criticizing the government is not normal agency conduct.
It's a pretty clear attempt to intimidate the journalist, and from those that complained about government censorship, like
Secretary Kennedy did, the hypocrisy is jarring.
It's a pretty clear attempt to intimidate the journalist, and from those that complained about government censorship, like
Secretary Kennedy did, the hypocrisy is jarring.
September 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Reminder: personally attacking a journalist for criticizing the government is not normal agency conduct.
It's a pretty clear attempt to intimidate the journalist, and from those that complained about government censorship, like
Secretary Kennedy did, the hypocrisy is jarring.
It's a pretty clear attempt to intimidate the journalist, and from those that complained about government censorship, like
Secretary Kennedy did, the hypocrisy is jarring.
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Dear ACIP,
Informed consent is a state issue.
The Vaccine Information Statement is a federal document that needs to be give to people before vaccinating. CDC can change it - after a long process, and in consultation with the Advisory Commission of Childhood Vaccines.
1/2
Informed consent is a state issue.
The Vaccine Information Statement is a federal document that needs to be give to people before vaccinating. CDC can change it - after a long process, and in consultation with the Advisory Commission of Childhood Vaccines.
1/2
September 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Dear ACIP,
Informed consent is a state issue.
The Vaccine Information Statement is a federal document that needs to be give to people before vaccinating. CDC can change it - after a long process, and in consultation with the Advisory Commission of Childhood Vaccines.
1/2
Informed consent is a state issue.
The Vaccine Information Statement is a federal document that needs to be give to people before vaccinating. CDC can change it - after a long process, and in consultation with the Advisory Commission of Childhood Vaccines.
1/2
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The other things they tried to do is try to get state and local government to require a prescription (they can't do it directly) and adding misinformation to the VIS, which requires a separate process.
The recommendations are also very poorly and unprofessionally drafted, in my opinion. 2/2
The recommendations are also very poorly and unprofessionally drafted, in my opinion. 2/2
September 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The other things they tried to do is try to get state and local government to require a prescription (they can't do it directly) and adding misinformation to the VIS, which requires a separate process.
The recommendations are also very poorly and unprofessionally drafted, in my opinion. 2/2
The recommendations are also very poorly and unprofessionally drafted, in my opinion. 2/2
Here are the ACIP voting questions for updated COVID-19 vaccines
September 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Here are the ACIP voting questions for updated COVID-19 vaccines
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Retsef Levi thinks that everyone should have to get a prescription for COVID19 vaccines.
September 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Retsef Levi thinks that everyone should have to get a prescription for COVID19 vaccines.
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Vicki Pebworth, the anti-vaccine representative on ACIP, brings in the studies anti-vaccine activists use to scare people off Hepatitis B vaccine - including trying to misuse IOM, a mice study, and a preterm study they misrepresent.
September 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Vicki Pebworth, the anti-vaccine representative on ACIP, brings in the studies anti-vaccine activists use to scare people off Hepatitis B vaccine - including trying to misuse IOM, a mice study, and a preterm study they misrepresent.
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Retsef Levi is ignoring the fact that both the frequency and severity of myocarditis are greater with COVID19 itself than COVID19 vaccination.
September 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Retsef Levi is ignoring the fact that both the frequency and severity of myocarditis are greater with COVID19 itself than COVID19 vaccination.
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Jason Goldman is absolutely an MVP liaison member.
Dr Kulldorf won’t answer Dr Goldman’s (ACP) request to share what process is going to be used to make recommendations since not using the EtR framework and grading process anymore.
Absolutely ridiculous. We deserve answers.
#ACIP
Absolutely ridiculous. We deserve answers.
#ACIP
September 19, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Jason Goldman is absolutely an MVP liaison member.
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We now have Dr. Kuperwasser presenting misleading and unsupported claims that COVID19 vaccines may cause cancer.
She is doing so by throwing up vague assertions in the complete absence of any credible evidence of a link between COVID19 vaccines and cancer.
This is a disgrace.
She is doing so by throwing up vague assertions in the complete absence of any credible evidence of a link between COVID19 vaccines and cancer.
This is a disgrace.
September 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
We now have Dr. Kuperwasser presenting misleading and unsupported claims that COVID19 vaccines may cause cancer.
She is doing so by throwing up vague assertions in the complete absence of any credible evidence of a link between COVID19 vaccines and cancer.
This is a disgrace.
She is doing so by throwing up vague assertions in the complete absence of any credible evidence of a link between COVID19 vaccines and cancer.
This is a disgrace.
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