David Cassatt, PhD

Totally true.

Being old, I wasn’t vaccinated against CPox, MMR, and pertussis either, and I caught all those diseases. I did OK, but a lot of kids didn’t. There are people out there who think that we should be OK with diseases applying selective pressure. I’m not one of them.

This: “When I hear stories about children getting sick from measles, I feel angry. But not at the parents. I’m frustrated at those knowingly spreading false and misleading claims, and profiting from it.”

It’s also against all rules that govern clinical trials.

This thread is a must-read. @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social with a view of what it was like from the inside.

I thought you brought up an excellent and important point. So sorry the system let you down.

Congratulations!

The new policy is to be less prepared from a scientific research standpoint and to sideline scientists who take public health seriously.

Correction: Author! @katherineeban.bsky.social

The rest of us undergo hours and hours of financial stewardship and Good Clinical Practice training to prevent dubious and unethical studies like this one. The Rolling Stone authors did the work here.

I don’t think I’ve ever tried to solve a problem, but I have had dreams within dreams.

For this administration, it’s mission almost accomplished.

But they have their talking points down pat. No science behind them, but still.

No lies here.

Nice! One quibble is that instead of “natural” immunity, we should use the term “infection-based” immunity.

Bio101 final exam night. It was snowy outside, and the bathroom was at the other end of the building.

View of Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial, with Washington Monument as focal point.

One more, not directly rally related. But this memorial reminds me of the costs of taking the wrong path without thinking of the consequences.

Francis Collins speaking at Stand Up for Science Rally, 2025.

Lincoln Memorial and crowd at Stand Up for Science Rally, 2025.

Washington Monument and crowd at Stand Up for Science Rally, 2025.

Glad you did that.

Pattycakes made extra biscuits before lying in the sun this afternoon. And then grandchildren showed up. 🐈🙂❤️

Congratulations! Totally deserved!

It was great to hear Flora be the interviewee. I wondered about the first 2 callers. The 1st said scientists should be direct. 2nd said scientists should express uncertainties. (My interpretation) It’s like we can’t win.

It was an answer to the question, “What brought them here?”

Oh my God!

Opposing the British, French, and Spanish crowns, and popes and bishops in the 1600s didn’t insure a family’s longevity and prosperity.

They used the Pew survey showing distrust in the current administration to bolster their claim in Nature Medicine that trust in science is dropping. It’s ref #4.

🤣🤣🤣

Persecution by the English, French, and Spanish crowns, as well as popes and bishops, for their religious beliefs. They refused to knuckle under the established hierarchies.

I’m still trying to figure out who is graduating from high school and waiting a year to work. The usual thing is to graduate and then get a job or go to school. Unless he’s talking about rich kids who spend a year traveling and making crudité trays for fun.

But did she send an email?

Truth!