Eddie Holmes
@eddieholmes.bsky.social
Virus spotter. You're twistin' my melon man.
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Most of the work wasn’t in the climb itself -- it wasn’t about the terrain, the path, the rocks, or even my body, my legs, or my breathing. The real work was in facing myself and my fears, every step up and back down
August 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Most of the work wasn’t in the climb itself -- it wasn’t about the terrain, the path, the rocks, or even my body, my legs, or my breathing. The real work was in facing myself and my fears, every step up and back down
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Chapter 5 now available for free.
This is probably my favorite chapter, certainly the one featuring one of the most remarkable researchers and stories I was able to collect for my book on the origin of SARS-CoV-2.
If you read just one chapter of my book, let it be this one
You wont be disappointed
This is probably my favorite chapter, certainly the one featuring one of the most remarkable researchers and stories I was able to collect for my book on the origin of SARS-CoV-2.
If you read just one chapter of my book, let it be this one
You wont be disappointed
Chapter 5 looks behind the geopolitical blame game between China and the US.
How are political narratives seeded and enforced by media in the West and East? Who benefits? And what are the consequences for scientists doing impactful work on the ground?
www.protagonist-science.com/p/lab-leak-f...
How are political narratives seeded and enforced by media in the West and East? Who benefits? And what are the consequences for scientists doing impactful work on the ground?
www.protagonist-science.com/p/lab-leak-f...
Chapter 5 - Blaming Tigers, Hidden Fears
Adapted from Lab Leak Fever: The COVID-19 origin theory that sabotaged science and society
www.protagonist-science.com
August 15, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Chapter 5 now available for free.
This is probably my favorite chapter, certainly the one featuring one of the most remarkable researchers and stories I was able to collect for my book on the origin of SARS-CoV-2.
If you read just one chapter of my book, let it be this one
You wont be disappointed
This is probably my favorite chapter, certainly the one featuring one of the most remarkable researchers and stories I was able to collect for my book on the origin of SARS-CoV-2.
If you read just one chapter of my book, let it be this one
You wont be disappointed
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Thanks to producer @ellahubber.bsky.social for bashing this into shape
On Science in Action today: the editor who won't be cowed.
Following RFKjr's astonishing attack on a vaccine safety study published in Annals of Internal Medicine, editor Christine Laine defends the research, and explains why his demand for its retraction is rebuffed.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
Following RFKjr's astonishing attack on a vaccine safety study published in Annals of Internal Medicine, editor Christine Laine defends the research, and explains why his demand for its retraction is rebuffed.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
August 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Thanks to producer @ellahubber.bsky.social for bashing this into shape
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What crap is this?
"The Queensland government says it wasn't "confident" a doctor was suitable to be the state's chief health officer"
-do they not know the last 2 two Qld CHOs were medical doctors (and so stand-ins)?? The need is in the title guys.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
"The Queensland government says it wasn't "confident" a doctor was suitable to be the state's chief health officer"
-do they not know the last 2 two Qld CHOs were medical doctors (and so stand-ins)?? The need is in the title guys.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
MP calls for transparency over Qld health head appointment
Sources told the ABC an offer for the state's top health job was made and quickly scrapped.
www.abc.net.au
August 14, 2025 at 10:46 PM
What crap is this?
"The Queensland government says it wasn't "confident" a doctor was suitable to be the state's chief health officer"
-do they not know the last 2 two Qld CHOs were medical doctors (and so stand-ins)?? The need is in the title guys.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
"The Queensland government says it wasn't "confident" a doctor was suitable to be the state's chief health officer"
-do they not know the last 2 two Qld CHOs were medical doctors (and so stand-ins)?? The need is in the title guys.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
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Not to belabor a "I told you so", but it's been clear for years that the whole "lab leak" discourse has absolutely nothing to do with a potential lab leak and everything to do with a broader anti-science agenda.
I really, and truly, hope more scientists will realize this and take corrective action.
I really, and truly, hope more scientists will realize this and take corrective action.
Atlantic: Why RFK Jr.’s Anti-Vaccine Campaign Is Working
The Trump administration’s COVID-revenge campaign has laid the groundwork for Kennedy’s larger agenda.
by Katherin J. Wu
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The Trump administration’s COVID-revenge campaign has laid the groundwork for Kennedy’s larger agenda.
by Katherin J. Wu
bit.ly/4mfxk3S
Why RFK Jr.’s Anti-Vaccine Campaign Is Working
The Trump administration’s COVID-revenge campaign has laid the groundwork for Kennedy’s larger agenda.
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August 13, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Not to belabor a "I told you so", but it's been clear for years that the whole "lab leak" discourse has absolutely nothing to do with a potential lab leak and everything to do with a broader anti-science agenda.
I really, and truly, hope more scientists will realize this and take corrective action.
I really, and truly, hope more scientists will realize this and take corrective action.
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People were crossing the English Channel from far off lands back in Anglo Saxon times. And according to this burial style, were accepted into the community.
You might think it a British tradition.
www.science.org/content/arti...
You might think it a British tradition.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Youths buried in Anglo-Saxon cemeteries carried West African DNA
Despite bearing remarkably far-flung genetic origins, a girl and young man were buried just like their peers
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August 13, 2025 at 9:17 PM
People were crossing the English Channel from far off lands back in Anglo Saxon times. And according to this burial style, were accepted into the community.
You might think it a British tradition.
www.science.org/content/arti...
You might think it a British tradition.
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Looks like one of our ‘imprinting’ papers was cited in the HHS data package, despite our conclusion that people receiving an ancestral mRNA vaccine were better at producing antibodies against variants compared to unvaccinated people.
The "data" package Secretary Kennedy used to bolster his argument for discontinuing #BARDA funding for #mRNA research doesn't support his argument. @jakescottmd.bsky.social lays it out in a must read for @statnews.com. www.statnews.com/2025/08/13/r...
Kennedy's case against mRNA vaccines collapses under his own evidence
“This isn't scientific disagreement. It's either staggering incompetence or willful misrepresentation,” writes infectious disease physician Jake Scott.
www.statnews.com
August 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Looks like one of our ‘imprinting’ papers was cited in the HHS data package, despite our conclusion that people receiving an ancestral mRNA vaccine were better at producing antibodies against variants compared to unvaccinated people.
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Mop-top potato virus, which does not harm humans, has been found in multiple potatoes on a Tasmanian farm — a first for Australia.
Virus 'previously exotic to Australia' found in Tasmanian potatoes
Mop-top potato virus, which does not harm humans, has been found in multiple potatoes on a Tasmanian farm — a first for Australia.
www.abc.net.au
August 13, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Mop-top potato virus, which does not harm humans, has been found in multiple potatoes on a Tasmanian farm — a first for Australia.
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The Guardian view on RFK Jr’s vaccine cuts: an assault on science from a politician unfit for his office
bit.ly/45Azvbf
bit.ly/45Azvbf
The Guardian view on RFK Jr’s vaccine cuts: an assault on science from a politician unfit for his office | Editorial
Editorial: The decision by the US health and human services secretary to remove mRNA research funding is ill-informed and dangerous
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August 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The Guardian view on RFK Jr’s vaccine cuts: an assault on science from a politician unfit for his office
bit.ly/45Azvbf
bit.ly/45Azvbf
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I will never get over how creepy it is how the NIH X account is a full time propaganda machine now
August 12, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I will never get over how creepy it is how the NIH X account is a full time propaganda machine now
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NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya on Steve Bannon's War Room : “As Far As Public Health Goes For Vaccines, The mRNA Platform Is No Longer Viable”
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Dr Bhattacharya “As Far As Public Health Goes For Vaccines, The mRNA Platform Is No Longer Viable”
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August 10, 2025 at 11:55 PM
NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya on Steve Bannon's War Room : “As Far As Public Health Goes For Vaccines, The mRNA Platform Is No Longer Viable”
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Makes sense that diverse microbial communities can be maintained on a recalcitrant substrate like cellulose, but on glucose, surely not? Surprisingly there is no difference 🤔 The first part is live 👇 but more to come (including answers).
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Diverse microbial communities assemble on both recalcitrant and labile carbon sources
Microbial community assembly is shaped by the nature of available resources, with labile carbon sources such as glucose often expected to support low diversity due to rapid growth and competitive excl...
www.biorxiv.org
August 11, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Makes sense that diverse microbial communities can be maintained on a recalcitrant substrate like cellulose, but on glucose, surely not? Surprisingly there is no difference 🤔 The first part is live 👇 but more to come (including answers).
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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The unwarranted denial of travel visas for 8 respected international bat researchers was a shameful and embarrassing start to the International Bat Research Conference in Cairns. Well done to the ABS and Guardian for highlighting it
@ibrc2025.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@ibrc2025.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Eight bat researchers mostly from Asia and Africa refused entry into Australia to attend global scientific event
Organisers say move will damage nation’s scientific standing as government refuses to comment on why group of scientists were refused entry
www.theguardian.com
August 9, 2025 at 10:21 AM
The unwarranted denial of travel visas for 8 respected international bat researchers was a shameful and embarrassing start to the International Bat Research Conference in Cairns. Well done to the ABS and Guardian for highlighting it
@ibrc2025.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@ibrc2025.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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You’d think at this moment in history we would be falling over ourselves to show we are welcoming scientists and science.
It’s always struck me as one area of the law (here and in most other countries) where you are presumed guilty until you prove yourself innocent.
It’s always struck me as one area of the law (here and in most other countries) where you are presumed guilty until you prove yourself innocent.
August 9, 2025 at 5:48 AM
You’d think at this moment in history we would be falling over ourselves to show we are welcoming scientists and science.
It’s always struck me as one area of the law (here and in most other countries) where you are presumed guilty until you prove yourself innocent.
It’s always struck me as one area of the law (here and in most other countries) where you are presumed guilty until you prove yourself innocent.
You're better than this Australia: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Eight bat researchers mostly from Asia and Africa refused entry into Australia to attend global scientific event
Organisers say move will damage nation’s scientific standing as government refuses to comment on why group of scientists were refused entry
www.theguardian.com
August 9, 2025 at 3:11 AM
You're better than this Australia: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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We warned the BBC this look at the state of science under the Trump admin might need last minute adjustments, and sure enough, overnight between drafts 1 & 2 came the RFK mRNA decision. That warrants only a single sentence, we've so much already. But we go in-depth into the ACIP vaccine committee.
The webpage is up for my doc White Coats v the White House, contrasting attitudes to science in DC today with the vision of Vannevar Bush 80 years ago. A chance to review many SinA interviews of the past 6 months, plus new analysis. Producer @stuffandpiffle.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Currently, White Coats v the White House
Roland Pease looks at how breaking an 80-year-old deal in US science may affect us all.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 7, 2025 at 9:35 AM
We warned the BBC this look at the state of science under the Trump admin might need last minute adjustments, and sure enough, overnight between drafts 1 & 2 came the RFK mRNA decision. That warrants only a single sentence, we've so much already. But we go in-depth into the ACIP vaccine committee.
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50 years ago
The first photograph of the Sex Pistols (Johnny Rotten, Glen Matlock, Steve Jones, and Paul Cook) in the backyard of a pub where they rehearsed in Chiswick, London, in August/September 1975.
Photo by John Gray.
The first photograph of the Sex Pistols (Johnny Rotten, Glen Matlock, Steve Jones, and Paul Cook) in the backyard of a pub where they rehearsed in Chiswick, London, in August/September 1975.
Photo by John Gray.
August 8, 2025 at 2:17 AM
50 years ago
The first photograph of the Sex Pistols (Johnny Rotten, Glen Matlock, Steve Jones, and Paul Cook) in the backyard of a pub where they rehearsed in Chiswick, London, in August/September 1975.
Photo by John Gray.
The first photograph of the Sex Pistols (Johnny Rotten, Glen Matlock, Steve Jones, and Paul Cook) in the backyard of a pub where they rehearsed in Chiswick, London, in August/September 1975.
Photo by John Gray.
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Stone tools from Sulawesi at least a million years old may be even more ancient than those found on Flores, suggesting an even earlier presence of hominins on Wallacea www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Hominins on Sulawesi during the Early Pleistocene - Nature
Early Pleistocene artefacts at Calio suggest that Sulawesi was populated by hominins at around the same time as Flores, if not earlier.
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August 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Stone tools from Sulawesi at least a million years old may be even more ancient than those found on Flores, suggesting an even earlier presence of hominins on Wallacea www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Forwards? Or backwards?
That is the question.
That is the question.
August 6, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Forwards? Or backwards?
That is the question.
That is the question.
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Horrific. mRNA vaccines have saved millions of lives and could save millions more.
“I don’t think I’ve seen a more dangerous decision in public health in my 50 years in the business,” said Mike Osterholm, a UMN expert on infectious diseases & pandemic preparations.
www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-va...
“I don’t think I’ve seen a more dangerous decision in public health in my 50 years in the business,” said Mike Osterholm, a UMN expert on infectious diseases & pandemic preparations.
www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-va...
August 6, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Horrific. mRNA vaccines have saved millions of lives and could save millions more.
“I don’t think I’ve seen a more dangerous decision in public health in my 50 years in the business,” said Mike Osterholm, a UMN expert on infectious diseases & pandemic preparations.
www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-va...
“I don’t think I’ve seen a more dangerous decision in public health in my 50 years in the business,” said Mike Osterholm, a UMN expert on infectious diseases & pandemic preparations.
www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-va...
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"We reviewed the science, listened to the experts, and acted..."
Words really don't mean anything anymore, do they?
The incompetence is staggering, the political motives, clear as day.
www.hhs.gov/press-room/h...
Words really don't mean anything anymore, do they?
The incompetence is staggering, the political motives, clear as day.
www.hhs.gov/press-room/h...
August 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
"We reviewed the science, listened to the experts, and acted..."
Words really don't mean anything anymore, do they?
The incompetence is staggering, the political motives, clear as day.
www.hhs.gov/press-room/h...
Words really don't mean anything anymore, do they?
The incompetence is staggering, the political motives, clear as day.
www.hhs.gov/press-room/h...
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New JCI paper led by postdoc Mikal Woods Acevedo shows immune cell infiltration—not viral load—drives paralysis in mice infected with enterovirus D68. Points to new targets for AFM treatment.
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#Virology #NeuroImmunity #PostdocSpotlight #AFM
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#Virology #NeuroImmunity #PostdocSpotlight #AFM
JCI -
Immune cells promote paralytic disease in mice infected with enterovirus D68
doi.org
August 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
New JCI paper led by postdoc Mikal Woods Acevedo shows immune cell infiltration—not viral load—drives paralysis in mice infected with enterovirus D68. Points to new targets for AFM treatment.
🔗 doi.org/10.1172/JCI1...
#Virology #NeuroImmunity #PostdocSpotlight #AFM
🔗 doi.org/10.1172/JCI1...
#Virology #NeuroImmunity #PostdocSpotlight #AFM