Beth S Linas, PhD, MHS
PhD/MHS Epidemiology: Infectious Diseases, Digital Health, Substance Use, Science Communication|Thoughts are my own| #Episky #IDsky
www.bethlinas.com
- A very important piece from @holtgrave-health.bsky.social & Regina LaBelle “Such data limitations are like cracks in a car windshield, obscuring our ability to see the road ahead. This is acutely important now”
- I see we are making infectious diseases great again. 🤦♀️
- “All eligible persons should receive 2 MMR vaccine doses. Travelers should ensure that their MMR vaccinations are current. Collecting urine specimens might enhance case finding, especially in vaccinated persons.” This is the appropriate guidance, I hope it’s heeded
- PAHO calls for vaccination campaigns. I’m gonna guess the US won’t join in and that’s a huge mistake
- We didn’t need a report to know this.
- Americans should view the panel “more as a safety committee,” Kirk Milhoan told POLITICO. “Efficacy will be secondary,” he said. The committee’s pivot goes against decades of best practices.
- Nothing good here
- Reposted by Beth S Linas, PhD, MHSA reminder that unlike medications, dietary supplement safety is just a pinkie swear. Check your moringa “superfood” capsules.
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- This piece is very frustrating because it reads like a positive change for dietary guidelines with the only quibble being that it was communicated wrong. Read what @defendpublichealth.bsky.social has to say about this- experts in this area. www.defendpublichealth.org/sites/defaul...
- Looks like we are making infectious diseases great again!
- Reposted by Beth S Linas, PhD, MHSThey won’t investigate the murders of Good or Pretti, but they’ll investigate fake 2020 election fraud. www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...
- Reposted by Beth S Linas, PhD, MHSOn Holocaust Remembrance Day, we remember the six million Jewish people murdered by the Nazis, as well as countless other victims. We honor their lives by rejecting the evils of antisemitism, dehumanization, and authoritarian violence wherever they appear. Never again means never again for anyone.
- Reposted by Beth S Linas, PhD, MHSWikipedia is an antidote to an increasingly poisoned information ecosystem go.nature.com/4pXIv2d
- Are you in favor of the second amendment or not? “You can’t walk in with guns,” Mr. Trump told reporters “
- So it begins. “You cannot make a return on investment if you don’t have access to the U.S. market.”
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- 1 wk ago my father lost his battle with melanoma. It was a fast illness. He was diagnosed in June 2025 & was in & out of the hospital since. It was hard to watch my father’s body get beaten down by cancer. Now I have to figure out how to exist in the world without him & I don’t know how
- Reposted by Beth S Linas, PhD, MHSMy tribue to Dr Bill Foege and the lessons we can learn from his inspiring life Lessons From William H. Foege, A Global Health Legend @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...
- Reposted by Beth S Linas, PhD, MHSThere isn’t a battle over truth. We saw the horrific video. We know what happened. And the other side is simply lying about these murderous thugs, counting on media outlets’ destructive combination of willful naïveté and obeisance toward their authoritarianism in the interest of having “balance.”
- Reposted by Beth S Linas, PhD, MHSTwo former presidents felt compelled to comment publicly
- What a massive loss to public health
- Reposted by Beth S Linas, PhD, MHSThe killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
- New CDC Vaccine Chair Prioritizes Personal Choice- he wants to make #vaccines optional. @drjudystone.bsky.social
- Reposted by Beth S Linas, PhD, MHSStrongly encourage folks interested in the below to read this: www.bmj.com/content/384/...
- State highlights women who regret abortions in emotional appeal for Missouri regulations missouriindependent.com/2026/01/24/m...
- If you think things are business as usual in the federal govt. think again.
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- Come the F on! This is ludicrous.
- You’ve got to be kidding me
- This week's @defendpublichealth.bsky.social whopper is about RFK's calls to require more safety studies in all clinical trials. For COVID this led manufacturers to opt out of seeking a license for all adults in 2025/2026.
- I say we lose our measles elimination status, what say you?
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- When people loose trust in vaccines the answer is not to take them away. RFK must go. Bravo @jimalwine.bsky.social & @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Beth S Linas, PhD, MHSEllison: This is the essence of dictatorship. It’s the essence of it. And we’ve got to get over the idea that this couldn’t happen here. Not only could it happen here—it’s happening here.
- This is how you defend public health! @defendpublichealth.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Beth S Linas, PhD, MHSIn any functioning government, this man would be impeached, convicted, and removed from office by close of business today.
- “Respondents viewed people who use opioids (81.0%; 95% CI, 78.4%-83.4%) and pharmaceutical companies (72.7%; 95% CI, 69.7%-75.4%) as most responsible for reducing overdose deaths”
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- Reposted by Beth S Linas, PhD, MHSPSA: If Bill Kristol can say this dems should be able to say it
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- NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya laid out his “new vision” for NIAID. Just as expected it is an infuriating list of unsupported claims and nonsense that serve his political beliefs and not health or science.
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- Making America Great Again
- Reposted by Beth S Linas, PhD, MHSRenee Good had a pulse when EMS arrived. I’m not sure it would have made a difference if ICE had let that civilian physician render aid before EMS arrived, but now we will never know. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
- Reposted by Beth S Linas, PhD, MHSA former federal agent after watching the New York Times breakdown of the ICE shooting:
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- Timeline cleanse. My birthday trip to the Denver stock show to pet baby goats
- This is seriously exciting. Now do adults bc my greatest fear is norovirus
- An oral, mucosal norovirus vaccine given to breastfeeding women can safely induce functional IgA and IgG responses in serum and breast milk. Phase 1 study but it will be super dope to protect infants from norovirus by vaccinating mum. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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- Lancet study finds “no evidence” that Tylenol use in pregnancy increases the risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability, despite claims by Trump and backers
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- Boarding a flight from Denver to DCA (Regan airport) and TSA is AT THE GATE checking the IDs of every passenger. This feels off
- Read all about scientific misconduct of the highest form
- RFK is removing liability protections from vaccine manufacturers thus eliminating any profitability from vaccine sales. This will induce them to stop producing vaccines and it will also slow or prevent the development of new vaccines against deadly diseases🤯😣
- So the Administration reinstated these grants, for now www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/h...
- Remember how the US started to reverse the numbers of overdose deaths per year? That’s over now.
- Reposted by Beth S Linas, PhD, MHSRFK Jr. has added yet more anti-vaxxers to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). They really want to make sure they consolidate power to finish destroying the U.S. vaccine program. There were one or two voices of semi-reason remaining that needed to be quashed I guess.
- “At the beginning of 2025, we anticipated changes with the new administration, but expected that rigorous scientific inquiry would continue to be valued”
- Reposted by Beth S Linas, PhD, MHSChris Murphy: "The amount of training that's given to an ICE officer has been cut in half by this administration. The number of days of training they get are 47. You know why they get 47 days? As an homage to the vanity of POTUS. No wonder the number of violent incidents are going through the roof."
- Always read @mirandayaver.bsky.social !
- Here is the CBS Sunday Morning piece for which I was interviewed about findings from my book Coverage Denied. Health insurance barriers ration health care by inconvenience, imposing hurdles to get prescribed care with administratively burdensome appeals many can’t navigate. youtu.be/SRPOoPDN-7w?...
- “And has reducing the number of diseases all children are advised to be vaccinated against to 11 from 18 brought the United States in line with most other affluent countries? Two words. No and no” www.statnews.com/2026/01/09/c...
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- Wow. ChatGPT Health. This seems to have launched without fanfare. I’m a digital health enthusiast but this gives me pause. openai.com/index/introd...
- Headline says it all
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- Cruelty is the goal and It’s happening. “The Trump administration plans to freeze $10 billion in funding for child care subsidies, social services and cash support for low-income families in five states controlled by Democrats.”
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- This is a five alarm fire. If you dont think this impacts you, think again. Public health is in grave danger www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
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- Peace out 2025. Can’t say I’ll miss you and fingers crossed 2026 is a little better
- Reposted by Beth S Linas, PhD, MHSWanna see real-life miracles? Fund scientific research. A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans. futurism.com/health-medic...
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- “The U.S. vaccine schedule is a jet engine. Denmark’s is a toy plane. Replacing the U.S. vaccine schedule with one like Denmark’s would be negligence….we must use complex networks to compensate for a fragmented health care system.” www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
- “I came away with more than I offered: the simple but profound truth that vaccination is, at its core, an act of community.” Yes! It’s the very core of public health!
