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Kari Debbink
@karidebbink.bsky.social
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Virologist, Director of Graduate Studies at JHU MMI, feminist, BLM, supports equality for LGBTQ+ people, New College alum, obsessed with big dogs, cake artist, bubble tea enthusiast (she/her), views my own-not my employer’s
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karidebbink.bsky.social
The charging cords. Always the charging cords.
November 27, 2025 at 12:23 AM
karidebbink.bsky.social
Oh no, Chris! I’m sorry to hear this! 😡
November 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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socialinfluenza.bsky.social
Nine childhood vaccines…
A snowflake-like picture of the nine viruses against which, from 1st January 2026, all children in the UK will be offered free vaccines through the NHS routine childhood immunisation schedule. They are (clockwise from top L) measles virus (the cause of measles and of measles encephalitis), varicella zoster virus (chickenpox, shingles, and a potential contributor to dementia), poliovirus (poliomyelitis and paralysis), mumps virus (mumps), hepatitis B virus (hepatitis, cirrhosis and liver cancer), human papillomavirus (cervical cancer), influenza virus (influenza), rotavirus (gastroenteritis), rubella virus (German measles, miscarriage, congenital rubella syndrome). The box is 400 nm across, or a two thousand five hundredth of a millimetre.
November 25, 2025 at 8:56 AM
karidebbink.bsky.social
SAME!!!
November 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
karidebbink.bsky.social
👏👏👏 you deserve it! Enjoy your time! ❤️
November 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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socialinfluenza.bsky.social
If you'd like to celebrate the biology of viruses - or the fight against viral diseases - this winter, try out our free and updated #VirusSnowflake designs.
Please share, and if you have any photos of Virus Snowflakes in your area it would be lovely to see them!
cvr-engagement.co.uk/virus-snowfl...
A flurry of snowflakes with text reading 'Virus Snowflakes: a collection of paper art viruses by Ed Hutchinson - Download now!' along with the logo of the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research
November 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
karidebbink.bsky.social
Definitely “collecting stupid as we go”
November 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
karidebbink.bsky.social
Same—it’s not silly. I’m livid and devastated and can’t put it accurately into words.
November 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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kgandersen.bsky.social
It might be worth providing a little more background on what the NIH signature pandemic preparedness programs actually were, because everything in the article is false - e.g., none of the programs had anything to do with "dangerous gain-of-function" research.

A little more below.
November 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM