Jennifer Barr

Dangerous Pathogens Team @CSIRO, virologist, interest in zoonotic viruses of bat origin, virus discovery

[Jennifer Barr @BarrJenn]

@DavidPocock Thanks David

[Prof. Eliot Jacobson @EliotJacobson]

Your 'moment of doom' for Nov. 22, 2025 ~ And I am telling you.

"This translates to existential risks for billions of people. Not far in the future, but within the next few years for extreme events, and within decades for tipping points."

https://t.co/HE6WsI9fDO

[Chris van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈 @DoctorChrisVT]

Ultra Processed Food, and the system that produces it, has overtaken tobacco in terms of health and economic harms, and is also the leading cause of plastic pollution, loss of biodiversity and deforestation, and the second leading cause of emissions.
This week @TheLancet published a landmark three-part series on the science, policy and politics of #UPF. https://t.co/CNhNhLaLA0

[Dr. Tom Frieden @DrTomFrieden]

For more than two decades, scientists have studied whether vaccines cause autism. The answer has been consistent: there’s no evidence they do.

I compiled a list of 14 studies, covering more than 10 million children, that find no link between vaccines and autism.

Vaccines save lives. Sowing distrust in them puts our children’s health at risk.

[David Pocock @DavidPocock]

Every single extra dollar for CSIRO is welcome but this bandaid won't save the jobs currently on the chopping block or put our national science and research capability on a sustainable footing for the future.

https://t.co/9rxg09lAD3

We need govt to invest more on saving scientists than 0.027% of our spend on submarines.

[Barbara Pocock @BarbaraPocock]

100's of jobs cut at CSIRO when it has never been more important for govts to invest in science & research. Why can Labor find $$ for AUKUS but not our nation’s premier science, industry & research org? The Greens implore the Albanese government to commit funding & prevent cuts.

[James Wood @jw132]

WHO to lose nearly a quarter of its workforce – 2,000 jobs – due to US withdrawing funding https://t.co/vmY0suGVto

[Dr Monique Ryan MP @Mon4Kooyong]

Smart countries don’t cut funding to their world-leading science and technology research organisations.

The Albanese government has to step up and provide adequate support for research and development in Australia - it has to invest in our future. https://t.co/8QEKEE17Tl

[David Pocock @DavidPocock]

This is APPALLING

The Albanese govt has now cut more jobs from CSIRO than the Abbot govt 🤯

We need these scientists & researchers just as much as we need the steelworkers at Whyalla or aluminium at Tomago.

Time to pull out the cheque book here too.
https://t.co/SPqXG8LUJ3

[Jennifer Barr @BarrJenn]

@charliepick 💯

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

80,000 people told to evacuate.

Blazes 0% contained.

Eight months since the area has seen rain.

The scale of damage and loss is unimaginable.

Climate change is real, not “a hoax.”

Donald Trump must treat this like the existential crisis it is.

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

After millions of views spreading lies about the Palisades firefighters lacking water because of regulations, the boring truth comes late like usual and wont be shared. Here it is:

1 - Reservoirs and water tanks were at normal levels and completely full before the fire.

2 - All 114 city water supply tanks were fully stocked pre-fire.

3 - A 15-hour surge at four times normal demand reduced water pressure.

4 - High demand at lower elevations slowed refilling tanks at higher elevations.

5 - This unprecedented fire was fueled by 8 months of no rain and 85 MPH winds. Water is being brought in continuously.

6 - Even if, like Trump claimed, the protection of the Delta Smelt caused over regulation by California, it's the FEDERAL Endangered Species Act that requires the protection of endangered species like the Delta Smelt and their habitats, not Gavin Newsom or California.

I expect the comments to me filled with people personally attacking me for putting this information out. All it does is show that you are unintelligent. Thanks.

[Jennifer Barr @BarrJenn]

Thanks for attending 🙏

[Wildlife Health Australia @healthywildlife]

Shana from WHA attended the Hendra@30 conference last week. It was amazing to hear about the range of work being dedicated towards henipaviruses, and catching up with several members of the Bat Health Focus Group.

[Jennifer Barr @BarrJenn]

Bye Twitter 👋

[Jennifer Barr @BarrJenn]

Wow 😳

[Marc Johnson @SolidEvidence]

I knew there were a lot of fake accounts on this platform, but they are usually obvious. I had no idea how intricate and complex the ruse could be.

Get a load of this story.
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[CSIRO @CSIRO]

Testing our memory, one byte at a time. 🖥️

75 years ago today the CSIR Mk, later known as CSIRAC, ran its first test program. It was Australia’s first computer and only the 4th in the world!

📷 | CSIRAC with one of its creators, Trevor Pearcey, in 1952

#ThrowbackThursday

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

Latest Google trends. Seriously people. Why are so many of us so ignorant of election consequences and how the world really works?

[Jennifer Barr @BarrJenn]

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[BNO News @BNOFeed]

Update on human bird flu case in Canada:

- Patient is currently in critical condition with acute respiratory distress.
- "This was a healthy teenager prior to this, so no underlying conditions"
- Initial symptoms were conjunctivitis, fever and cough
- Went to the emergency room on November 2 but was sent home. Symptoms kept getting worse and they were hospitalized on Friday night (Nov. 8)
- The source of the infection is still unknown
- "I must caution that there is a very real possibility we may not ever determine the source"
- Patient had contact with dogs, cats and reptiles. 1 dog was sick but tested negative. No contact with birds.
- No links to any farms. Did not travel to the U.S.
- About 35-40 known contacts during the infectious period, but so far no other cases have been found
- Patient tested positive for H5 bird flu. Presumed to be H5N1 but tests are still underway.

Update from B.C. Provincial Health Officer Bonnie Henry

[James Wood @jw132]

Pleased to be discussing risks of #AvianFlu and its control on @BBCFarmingToday after the H5N5 case on Yorks coast - and with nearly 500 USA dairy farms having H5N1 in 2024 https://t.co/vPyR5Qibhv

[Craig Spencer MD MPH @Craig_A_Spencer]

“We took on the roles of caregivers, tirelessly feeding, bathing, and comforting our colleagues and family, amid the unfolding crisis. Our days were shadowed by an intense fear—monitoring ourselves for symptoms even as we continued to care for others.”

https://t.co/B8wgrlhR9X