Nisha
@ngeorge2.bsky.social
Epidemiologist; 🏈🪴🧶 Views are my own.
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they’ve helped save more lives than nearly anyone else on the planet, with humility and grace. just regular people who lived down the street
January 29, 2026 at 12:39 AM
they’ve helped save more lives than nearly anyone else on the planet, with humility and grace. just regular people who lived down the street
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Yesterday, the world lost one of the greatest and most impactful public health leaders Task Force Founder Dr. William H. (Bill) Foege, who died in Atlanta at the age of 89. Learn about Dr. Foege’s life and legacy: www.taskforce.org/bill-foege-t...
Bill Foege Tribute - The Task Force for Global Health
A TRIBUTE TO DR. WILLIAM H. FOEGE 1936-2026 “Public health might be the greatest measure of kindness, the greatest measure of how to treat each other.” Dr. William H. Foege Task Force for Global Health mourns death and celebrates legacy of Task Force Co-Founder and former CDC Director Dr. William H. Foege The Task Force […]
www.taskforce.org
January 25, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Yesterday, the world lost one of the greatest and most impactful public health leaders Task Force Founder Dr. William H. (Bill) Foege, who died in Atlanta at the age of 89. Learn about Dr. Foege’s life and legacy: www.taskforce.org/bill-foege-t...
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@taskforce.bsky.social mourns the loss of our friend, colleague, mentor and vaccine visionary, Dr. Alan Hinman, who passed away at the age of 88 on January 26. He spent more than 50 years working in public health, devoting his career to a vision of a world without vaccine-preventable diseases.
January 28, 2026 at 5:00 PM
@taskforce.bsky.social mourns the loss of our friend, colleague, mentor and vaccine visionary, Dr. Alan Hinman, who passed away at the age of 88 on January 26. He spent more than 50 years working in public health, devoting his career to a vision of a world without vaccine-preventable diseases.
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the man responsible for the US measles vaccination program and many other foundational domestic and global public health programs that have saved millions upon millions of lives
(and no, he’s not the person who eradicated smallpox: dr. foege died two days prior. really rough week for public health)
(and no, he’s not the person who eradicated smallpox: dr. foege died two days prior. really rough week for public health)
@taskforce.bsky.social mourns the loss of our friend, colleague, mentor and vaccine visionary, Dr. Alan Hinman, who passed away at the age of 88 on January 26. He spent more than 50 years working in public health, devoting his career to a vision of a world without vaccine-preventable diseases.
January 29, 2026 at 12:36 AM
the man responsible for the US measles vaccination program and many other foundational domestic and global public health programs that have saved millions upon millions of lives
(and no, he’s not the person who eradicated smallpox: dr. foege died two days prior. really rough week for public health)
(and no, he’s not the person who eradicated smallpox: dr. foege died two days prior. really rough week for public health)
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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William Foege has died. He was a central architect of smallpox eradication, pioneering surveillance-driven ring vaccination when vaccine supply was limited. That strategy helped eliminate the deadliest human pathogen we’ve ever known.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
William H. Foege, Key Figure in the Eradication of Smallpox, Dies at 89
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:38 AM
William Foege has died. He was a central architect of smallpox eradication, pioneering surveillance-driven ring vaccination when vaccine supply was limited. That strategy helped eliminate the deadliest human pathogen we’ve ever known.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
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Once you understand that you're dealing with murderous liars, you stop entertaining what they say as possibly credible and legitimate. The fight against them is about stopping them from terrorizing and killing by any means, not winning debates about your reality versus theirs.
January 8, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Once you understand that you're dealing with murderous liars, you stop entertaining what they say as possibly credible and legitimate. The fight against them is about stopping them from terrorizing and killing by any means, not winning debates about your reality versus theirs.
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Really hard to look at this and all the other examples of bravery and kindness from ordinary people in this moment not think also of the tremendous cowardice exhibited over the past year by some of the richest, most well-protected people in business, media and politics
Let us all have the courage displayed by the residents of Minneapolis.
January 25, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Really hard to look at this and all the other examples of bravery and kindness from ordinary people in this moment not think also of the tremendous cowardice exhibited over the past year by some of the richest, most well-protected people in business, media and politics
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For everyone tuning in from home, reminder that it's -5F with -15F windchills tonight.
Every person out tonight is freezing for their country and their constitution.
Minnesota Forever.
Every person out tonight is freezing for their country and their constitution.
Minnesota Forever.
January 25, 2026 at 12:35 AM
For everyone tuning in from home, reminder that it's -5F with -15F windchills tonight.
Every person out tonight is freezing for their country and their constitution.
Minnesota Forever.
Every person out tonight is freezing for their country and their constitution.
Minnesota Forever.
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It's incredibly demoralizing to constantly see the highest institutions of government and academia and the most important and widely seen news outlets knuckle under one after another, but then to see the gulf between that and the bravery of communities and neighbors and teachers - that's something
January 10, 2026 at 12:33 AM
It's incredibly demoralizing to constantly see the highest institutions of government and academia and the most important and widely seen news outlets knuckle under one after another, but then to see the gulf between that and the bravery of communities and neighbors and teachers - that's something
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The woman killed by ICE was Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year old who was the mother of a 4-year old child whose father already died a few years ago.
The Star Tribune talked to her mother. www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
The Star Tribune talked to her mother. www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
January 7, 2026 at 10:38 PM
The woman killed by ICE was Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year old who was the mother of a 4-year old child whose father already died a few years ago.
The Star Tribune talked to her mother. www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
The Star Tribune talked to her mother. www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
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We have lost our way. 🇺🇸 😳
January 9, 2026 at 2:39 AM
We have lost our way. 🇺🇸 😳
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Duke Health has had to restrict visitors as it contends with a doubling of flu hospitalizations in the past week. Y’all get your flu shots immediately if you haven’t already.
Duke Health limiting visitors as flu cases spike. How to keep yourself safe.
Duke Health said it saw 436 cases the week of Dec. 23, more than double the 202 cases it saw the week of Dec. 16.
www.newsobserver.com
January 2, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Duke Health has had to restrict visitors as it contends with a doubling of flu hospitalizations in the past week. Y’all get your flu shots immediately if you haven’t already.
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I would like to direct all speeders to this chart
January 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM
I would like to direct all speeders to this chart
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I’ve been wondering for the last year when we’d get to the library destruction phase and here we are. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c...
NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I’ve been wondering for the last year when we’d get to the library destruction phase and here we are. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c...
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The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
December 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
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5 million-plus kindergartners now live in counties where schools don’t have “herd immunity” for measles, Washington Post reporters found.
WaPo also built a tool to look up your own county.
Exceptional, and alarming work by @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @caitlingilbert.bsky.social et al.
(Gift link.)
WaPo also built a tool to look up your own county.
Exceptional, and alarming work by @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @caitlingilbert.bsky.social et al.
(Gift link.)
U.S. vaccination rates are plunging. Look up where your school stands.
Take a look to see what the kindergarten measles vaccination rates are in your area.
wapo.st
January 1, 2026 at 2:46 AM
5 million-plus kindergartners now live in counties where schools don’t have “herd immunity” for measles, Washington Post reporters found.
WaPo also built a tool to look up your own county.
Exceptional, and alarming work by @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @caitlingilbert.bsky.social et al.
(Gift link.)
WaPo also built a tool to look up your own county.
Exceptional, and alarming work by @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @caitlingilbert.bsky.social et al.
(Gift link.)
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We’re sleepwalking into a disaster
5 million-plus kindergartners now live in counties where schools don’t have “herd immunity” for measles, Washington Post reporters found.
WaPo also built a tool to look up your own county.
Exceptional, and alarming work by @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @caitlingilbert.bsky.social et al.
(Gift link.)
WaPo also built a tool to look up your own county.
Exceptional, and alarming work by @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @caitlingilbert.bsky.social et al.
(Gift link.)
U.S. vaccination rates are plunging. Look up where your school stands.
Take a look to see what the kindergarten measles vaccination rates are in your area.
wapo.st
January 1, 2026 at 3:19 AM
We’re sleepwalking into a disaster
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Next year, the United States could lose its measles elimination status. Anita lost her sister to the disease.
"Dreama passed away in 1988. Not a day goes by when I don’t think I don’t think of her."
www.voicesforvaccines.org/what-measles...
"Dreama passed away in 1988. Not a day goes by when I don’t think I don’t think of her."
www.voicesforvaccines.org/what-measles...
What Measles Did to My Family
My mom always told me that measles was what made my sister sick. I was 8 when she finally explained the whole thing.
www.voicesforvaccines.org
December 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Next year, the United States could lose its measles elimination status. Anita lost her sister to the disease.
"Dreama passed away in 1988. Not a day goes by when I don’t think I don’t think of her."
www.voicesforvaccines.org/what-measles...
"Dreama passed away in 1988. Not a day goes by when I don’t think I don’t think of her."
www.voicesforvaccines.org/what-measles...
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"I watched from my hospital bed as Bobby, in the face of logic and common sense, was confirmed for the position, despite never having worked in medicine, public health, or the government."
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
"I watched from my hospital bed as Bobby, in the face of logic and common sense, was confirmed for the position, despite never having worked in medicine, public health, or the government."
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy
December 27, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy
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Why Denmark’s vaccine schedule works for Denmark — but not for the United States: "...the two countries have fundamentally different health care systems, disease burdens, and policy priorities." www.statnews.com/2025/12/19/d... via @statnews.com @jakescottmd.bsky.social
Why Denmark's vaccine schedule works for Denmark — but not for the United States
With its vaccine schedule, “Denmark has made a values choice to accept preventable hospitalizations and illnesses that other countries have chosen to prevent.”
www.statnews.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Why Denmark’s vaccine schedule works for Denmark — but not for the United States: "...the two countries have fundamentally different health care systems, disease burdens, and policy priorities." www.statnews.com/2025/12/19/d... via @statnews.com @jakescottmd.bsky.social
