John Van Dammit

FT lone wolf investor. Here for the biotech trader camaraderie.

[John Van Dammit @DammitJean]

I want an RFK JR voodoo doll

[U.S. Department of Education @usedgov]

MEGA 🤝 MAHA

@EDSecMcMahon & @SecKennedy are teaming up to ensure the next generation of doctors understand nutrition and how it impacts health.

[John Van Dammit @DammitJean]

how r we just now finding out?

[Chris Gordon @ByChrisGordon]

NEW: The main U.S. air war command center in the Middle East suffered a direct hit soon after the war with Iran began and was severely damaged, sources tell Air & Space Forces Magazine. The Combined Air Operations Center at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar was hit by Iranian missiles. A secondary facility in South Carolina filled the gap. https://t.co/S1fqF1e2DW

[John Van Dammit @DammitJean]

@starsandstripes @HanaKusumoto Well played, S&S

[John Van Dammit @DammitJean]

@SenBillCassidy annnnnd voting to confirm was mistake

[John Van Dammit @DammitJean]

Finding out.

[Meriwether Farms @MeriwetherFarms]

People who continue to blame New World Screwworm crisis on the Biden Administration need to stop

The Secretary has had 15 months to prepare a competent response, and despite what some are saying, the response has been lackluster and unserious

Let’s go over some facts:

In order to eradicate the NWS, we need somewhere between 500M-600M sterile flies produced WEEKLY, and we currently produce 100M weekly

There are current mechanisms and technologies that could be deployed IMMEDIATELY in order to produce those numbers that have been ignored by the USDA for the past 6 months

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) which oversees the NWS response is a disaster. There were some competent veterinarians interviewed during the transition willing to serve and reform the bureau who were blocked by the Secretary and her team. Instead they decided to retain the same director from the Biden Administration (ironic) who botched the response to the Avian flu

The tick rider program (people on horseback looking at wildlife and livestock in desolate areas) is completely disorganized, so the “surveillance” mechanisms that continue to be touted are not sufficient enough to detect these infestations in extremely rural areas in the timely manner required to combat this

On top of all this, producers in Texas are being pressured NOT TO REPORT potential cases, and if it wasn’t for some brave people reporting on this current case in LaPryor, it’s possible it would have been covered up

NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARATION NOW

[John Van Dammit @DammitJean]

Hantavirus
Ebola
Measles
Screwworm

“Affected workers at CDC are slated to be off boarded in 90 days.”

While the CDC loses, HEMS wins

[John Van Dammit @DammitJean]

Hantavirus
Ebola
Measles
Screwworm

“Affected workers at CDC are slated to be off boarded in 90 days.”

While the CDC loses, HEMS wins

[GovExec @GovExec]

After years of debate, Schedule F is here. Roughly 8,000 senior career federal employees are losing civil service protections and becoming effectively at-will employees. Sr. Correspondent Erich Wagner explains it all: https://t.co/HkmohWSj8s

[John Van Dammit @DammitJean]

@WhiteHouse @NIHDirector_Jay Is White House’s official position on Operation Warp Speed now that it was an unjustifiable failure, like Dr Jay says?

Or does donnie NOT yet know you posted this insult about him on his WH account?

[Sen. Cory Booker @SenBooker]

Secretary Rubio refused to acknowledge the truth: Trump’s reckless cuts to global health programs, including infectious disease early detection systems, outbreak prevention, and emergency response, is making it harder to respond to this Ebola outbreak—factually, not hypothetically. These programs existed to stop outbreaks before they occur and ensure rapid response when needed.

We are now less prepared than we were before, and this Administration cannot keep denying reality when lives are at stake. We need to restore American global health leadership now.

[Rep. Jim McGovern @RepMcGovern]

Our joke of an acting AG @DAGToddBlanche—who “happens” to be Trump’s former personal attorney—just gave his boss a lifelong get out of jail free card (which also applies to Trump’s family and businesses.)

Doesn’t get any more corrupt than that.

[John Van Dammit @DammitJean]

@geoffreyyork Confusing itinerary

[John Van Dammit @DammitJean]

@UnderSecE You mean “most performative”

[John Van Dammit @DammitJean]

From “the party of small government”

To one guy who makes all the rules and demands to know how your business is performing before you even report earnings so that he can position himself accordingly to go long or find a way to short you so hard he can take you over for cheap

[PBS News @NewsHour]

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that asks AI companies to give the government early access to their models in order to assess their national security risks.

The long-awaited order allows the government up to a month to review new models before any public release. The move is the administration's biggest step yet towards regulating AI, but it stops short of forcing companies to comply.

Trump signed the order behind closed doors less than two weeks after he scrapped a similar order, amid fears it would hurt the nation's competitive edge in artificial intelligence.

[John Van Dammit @DammitJean]

“US servicemen”?

But the cdc is looking for “volunteers”…

[Bloomberg @business]

Kenya will continue work on an isolation and treatment unit at an airbase in the East African nation that can be used to house US servicemen exposed to the Ebola virus, its health secretary said. https://t.co/S9zSXG16wA

[John Van Dammit @DammitJean]

“He had an outside manager who WAS DOING THAT”

Who was that outside manager?
Is he not doing that anymore?
Why? Did he get a new manager?

@SenWarren could u ask in followup?

[John Van Dammit @DammitJean]

Wholly inadequate, especially compared to US protocols thatve been followed by multiple administrations for the last 3 decades

Billions of tax dollars went into creating PRIOR PROTOCOLS, which they are now ignoring to “wing it” with a fatal hemorrhagic outbreak

Max recklessness

[TravelGov @TravelGov]

The U.S. government has established a process for U.S. citizens who request assistance due to possible Ebola exposure or transportation from the DRC, South Sudan, or Uganda during the ongoing Ebola outbreak. Learn more at https://t.co/6KUB04NJf7

[IDSA @IDSAInfo]

The White House’s proposed rule would fundamentally alter the U.S. approach to science, drive away multitudes of researchers and eliminate the promise of lifesaving cures for decades to come.

Our full response: https://t.co/OgTGddcpU0

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Rubio tosses RFK Jr under the bus on vaccines: "The State Dept made the decision that we are going to reengage ... we have certainly allowed Sec. Kennedy to play a leading role, but right now we're at a stage where we are going to reengage."

[Raina MacIntyre @Globalbiosec]

Just reviewed these #Ebola and #Marburg #PPE guidelines, dated 2026. It's shocking for those of us who advocated for better Ebola PPE in 2014. It uses the 1m rule and states "Paradoxically, wearing excessive PPE can increase a person’s risk of infection." Where is the evidence? 1/4 https://t.co/ZpljXiTsfe

[John Van Dammit @DammitJean]

@NewsHour no actual injury even alleged

Collusive shakedown setup in progress

1) Sue huge co’s w deep pockets and many lobbyists, weak case preferred

2) Negotiate “confidential” nontaxable settlements AFTER co’s have made generous contributions to GOP PAC’s ahead of next election