Adrian Clifford
@mycobacteriaadrian.bsky.social
Slowly, softly encapsulating myself within a glycocalyx.
Dabbles in healthcare Infection Prevention and Control.
Public health is a matter of social justice.
Dabbles in healthcare Infection Prevention and Control.
Public health is a matter of social justice.
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January 27, 2026 at 3:08 PM
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Yet another reason to subscribe to @statnews.com: We now have a daily mini crossword! "Abbreviation for the U.K. body that develops clinical guidelines" -- I know that one! www.statnews.com/stat-mini-cr...
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January 27, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Yet another reason to subscribe to @statnews.com: We now have a daily mini crossword! "Abbreviation for the U.K. body that develops clinical guidelines" -- I know that one! www.statnews.com/stat-mini-cr...
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World mourns death of public health icon William Foege
Foege led the global effort to eradicate smallpox, widely viewed as one of the greatest public health achievements in history, and later ran the CDC.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/p...
Photo: Dean Hesse / Task Force for Global Health
Foege led the global effort to eradicate smallpox, widely viewed as one of the greatest public health achievements in history, and later ran the CDC.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/p...
Photo: Dean Hesse / Task Force for Global Health
January 26, 2026 at 9:42 PM
World mourns death of public health icon William Foege
Foege led the global effort to eradicate smallpox, widely viewed as one of the greatest public health achievements in history, and later ran the CDC.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/p...
Photo: Dean Hesse / Task Force for Global Health
Foege led the global effort to eradicate smallpox, widely viewed as one of the greatest public health achievements in history, and later ran the CDC.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/p...
Photo: Dean Hesse / Task Force for Global Health
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It's time for a truly massive general strike. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-enough
January 25, 2026 at 3:12 PM
It's time for a truly massive general strike. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-enough
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he was murdered for doing public health
It seems clear Alex Pretti, a healthcare worker, was murdered for engaging in the exact kind of community care we hope all care workers to embody: the kind that doesn’t stop at the threshold of the hospital, the clinic, but that aims to care for and support the community where and how they can
January 25, 2026 at 4:50 PM
he was murdered for doing public health
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Chris Murphy: "This is really scary because what Bovino essentially told you is that if you just happen to be present when they are undertaking an operation, if you pull out your phone to record it, the use of force against you is justified. That is not true, it's not what the law says."
January 25, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Chris Murphy: "This is really scary because what Bovino essentially told you is that if you just happen to be present when they are undertaking an operation, if you pull out your phone to record it, the use of force against you is justified. That is not true, it's not what the law says."
Late morning walk in Vienna
January 25, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Late morning walk in Vienna
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“Freedom is not free. We have to work at it. Nurture it. Protect it. Even sacrifice for it.”
January 25, 2026 at 2:56 AM
“Freedom is not free. We have to work at it. Nurture it. Protect it. Even sacrifice for it.”
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The most important public health story right now in America is that the Trump administration is executing people in the streets, it is kidnapping people of all ages, including 2-year-olds, it is torturing them, & it is putting them in concentration camps where many have been killed or “disappeared”
January 25, 2026 at 12:14 PM
The most important public health story right now in America is that the Trump administration is executing people in the streets, it is kidnapping people of all ages, including 2-year-olds, it is torturing them, & it is putting them in concentration camps where many have been killed or “disappeared”
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The story is not that there are two conflicting versions of what happened.
The story is that the federal government is lying about what happened.
There is plenty of evidence.
Your job, our job, is to sift that evidence and describe what actually happened ffs.
The story is that the federal government is lying about what happened.
There is plenty of evidence.
Your job, our job, is to sift that evidence and describe what actually happened ffs.
January 25, 2026 at 11:33 AM
The story is not that there are two conflicting versions of what happened.
The story is that the federal government is lying about what happened.
There is plenty of evidence.
Your job, our job, is to sift that evidence and describe what actually happened ffs.
The story is that the federal government is lying about what happened.
There is plenty of evidence.
Your job, our job, is to sift that evidence and describe what actually happened ffs.
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And happy Burns Night to my Scottish pals. I have a haggis in the fridge, ready for this evening.
January 25, 2026 at 10:56 AM
And happy Burns Night to my Scottish pals. I have a haggis in the fridge, ready for this evening.
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Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
We were watching Laputa Castle in the Sky and inadvertently timed it so that the castle began to crumble precisely at midnight.
This is the proper energy to bring into 2026.
#HappyNewYear #Miyazaki
This is the proper energy to bring into 2026.
#HappyNewYear #Miyazaki
a castle floating in the sky with a tree on top of it
Alt: An animated castle floating in the sky with a tree on top of it. This is a 3 second clip pulled from Hayao Miyazaki's "Laputa: Castle in the Sky"
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January 1, 2026 at 12:17 AM
We were watching Laputa Castle in the Sky and inadvertently timed it so that the castle began to crumble precisely at midnight.
This is the proper energy to bring into 2026.
#HappyNewYear #Miyazaki
This is the proper energy to bring into 2026.
#HappyNewYear #Miyazaki
Photos from Vienna, Dec 26th, 2025. Merry Yule and Happy New Year!
#Wien #Vienna #Neujahr26 #HappyNewYear
#Wien #Vienna #Neujahr26 #HappyNewYear
January 1, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Photos from Vienna, Dec 26th, 2025. Merry Yule and Happy New Year!
#Wien #Vienna #Neujahr26 #HappyNewYear
#Wien #Vienna #Neujahr26 #HappyNewYear
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When I was diagnosed with MS 20 years ago, I did a deep dive into the literature to search for a potential cause.
The literature on vaccinations was, and remains, clear.
Vaccines are not associated with risk for MS.
Epstein-Barr Virus is. It sure would be nice to have a vaccine for that.
The literature on vaccinations was, and remains, clear.
Vaccines are not associated with risk for MS.
Epstein-Barr Virus is. It sure would be nice to have a vaccine for that.
December 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
When I was diagnosed with MS 20 years ago, I did a deep dive into the literature to search for a potential cause.
The literature on vaccinations was, and remains, clear.
Vaccines are not associated with risk for MS.
Epstein-Barr Virus is. It sure would be nice to have a vaccine for that.
The literature on vaccinations was, and remains, clear.
Vaccines are not associated with risk for MS.
Epstein-Barr Virus is. It sure would be nice to have a vaccine for that.
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BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
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Hell yes, Pittsburgh. Love Yinz. No Kings.
October 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Hell yes, Pittsburgh. Love Yinz. No Kings.
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Sequence data from the new Ebola outbreak in DRC suggests it is indeed a new spillover.
And just incredible to see the virus sequenced and the data publicly shared less than 24 hours after confirmation of the outbreak.
#IDsky 🧪
virological.org/t/the-16th-e...
And just incredible to see the virus sequenced and the data publicly shared less than 24 hours after confirmation of the outbreak.
#IDsky 🧪
virological.org/t/the-16th-e...
The 16th Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in Bulape Health Zone, Kasai, Democratic Republic of the Congo: A new spillover event from an unknown reservoir host
Background The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is currently facing concurrent outbreaks including mpox, cholera and malaria (1-4). The Ministry of Public Health, DRC has declared the 16th Ebola...
virological.org
September 5, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Sequence data from the new Ebola outbreak in DRC suggests it is indeed a new spillover.
And just incredible to see the virus sequenced and the data publicly shared less than 24 hours after confirmation of the outbreak.
#IDsky 🧪
virological.org/t/the-16th-e...
And just incredible to see the virus sequenced and the data publicly shared less than 24 hours after confirmation of the outbreak.
#IDsky 🧪
virological.org/t/the-16th-e...
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And here’s confirmation from @WHO:
“Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have declared an outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Kasai Province where 28 suspected cases and 15 deaths, including four health workers, have been reported as of 4 September 2025.”
#IDsky 🧪
“Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have declared an outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Kasai Province where 28 suspected cases and 15 deaths, including four health workers, have been reported as of 4 September 2025.”
#IDsky 🧪
Democratic Republic of the Congo declares Ebola virus disease outbreak in Kasai Province
Kinshasa – Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have declared an outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Kasai Province where 28 suspected cases and 15 deaths, including four health w...
www.afro.who.int
September 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
And here’s confirmation from @WHO:
“Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have declared an outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Kasai Province where 28 suspected cases and 15 deaths, including four health workers, have been reported as of 4 September 2025.”
#IDsky 🧪
“Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have declared an outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Kasai Province where 28 suspected cases and 15 deaths, including four health workers, have been reported as of 4 September 2025.”
#IDsky 🧪
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I’ve spent two weeks thinking carefully about this, and I’m going to do my best to explain the theory of change for RFK’s removal, as I see it. That includes where impeachment fits, what to ask from House vs Senate, etc.
August 29, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I’ve spent two weeks thinking carefully about this, and I’m going to do my best to explain the theory of change for RFK’s removal, as I see it. That includes where impeachment fits, what to ask from House vs Senate, etc.
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this thread was extraordinarily helpful and shaped my thinking on this. unrolled it for easier reading.
August 30, 2025 at 12:42 AM
this thread was extraordinarily helpful and shaped my thinking on this. unrolled it for easier reading.
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It won’t fit in screen shots but linking here the full letter of resignation posted by one of the departing CDC officials, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, who ran the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases and led efforts to fight COVID, monkeypox, and bird flu
x.com/dr_demetre/s...
x.com/dr_demetre/s...
August 28, 2025 at 12:06 AM
It won’t fit in screen shots but linking here the full letter of resignation posted by one of the departing CDC officials, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, who ran the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases and led efforts to fight COVID, monkeypox, and bird flu
x.com/dr_demetre/s...
x.com/dr_demetre/s...
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I have never seen so many public servants protest the mismanagement of a government. Trumpists will point to this as proof of the deep state, but the reality is that these are professionals who are desperately trying to get the public to understand how bad things are.
AP live feed of the CDC walkout in Atlanta. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ7Q...
LIVE: CDC staff plan walkout at Atlanta HQ after Trump firings
YouTube video by Associated Press
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August 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I have never seen so many public servants protest the mismanagement of a government. Trumpists will point to this as proof of the deep state, but the reality is that these are professionals who are desperately trying to get the public to understand how bad things are.
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resigned leaders all speaking live now
August 28, 2025 at 7:21 PM
resigned leaders all speaking live now