Marnar Fríðheim Kristiansen

Ph.D. MD at the National Hospital in the Faroe Islands. Research interests include: Cancer, epidemiology and COVID-19. Opinions are my own

[Marnar Fríðheim Kristiansen @DrFridheim]

New paper by us, now out in Acta Oncologica - Cancer in the Faroe Islands from 1960-2019 – incidence, mortality, and comparisons with the other Nordic countries https://t.co/ZBBojFMmde

[John Green @sportswithjohn]

When was the last time you saw a tweet with 830,000 views, 694 quote tweets .... and 19 likes?

[Hank Green @hankgreen]

Like many intentionally confusing corporate crisis response messages, this says a bunch of things that are true but don’t mean what you think, like for example:

“On April 5, during a World Health Organization meeting, the GDF shared its intent to launch a tender for generic versions of SIRTURO® 100mg in the third quarter of 2023”

This sounds like it says “everybody can have generic bedaquiline!!” But actually they *had to allow* the production of a generic because some countries had the power and systems in place to reject their attempt to extend their patent. The generic will not be available in countries where the patent extension wasn’t rejected, just like John said in his video.

Unless that’s not the case @JNJNews!!

If you’re telling us that you will allow the sale of generics anywhere in the developing world then we will happily send thank you baskets to your entire c-suite! Please let us know! Maybe we got it wrong and you only did the arduous work of extending the patent in a bunch of developing countries for funsies!

[John Green @sportswithjohn]

Johnson & Johnson (@JNJGlobalHealth) is unjustly extending a patent on a life-saving tuberculosis drug. Today's the day for them to realize denying MDR-TB patients treatment is not worth the harm they're causing to core brands like Tylenol and Neutrogena. https://t.co/JArPHWpmv5

[John Green @sportswithjohn]

Right, @JNJNews? Right?

[John Green @sportswithjohn]

If Johnson & Johnson backs down from their pursuit of unjust secondary patents on a drug that could save hundreds of thousands more lives per year if it were less expensive, I will become the biggest @JNJNews fan. I will make free ads for them.

[Stuart Ritchie @StuartJRitchie]

How many anti-semaglutide articles has the Guardian published now? More than a dozen I think, attacking it from every spurious angle possible. It’s always weird to be reminded that your reasoning (to me it seems obviously a positive thing) is wildly different from someone else’s:

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

It is #WorldHealthDay!

For 75 years, WHO has been committed to promoting #HealthForAll & serving the vulnerable.

Let's celebrate the public health successes of the past & inspire action to tackle future health challenges. #WHO75

[NEJM @NEJM]

Maternal vaccination was 82% effective in preventing medically attended RSV-associated lower respiratory tract illness in infants within 90 days after birth and 69% effective within 180 days. Full results of the MATISSE trial: https://t.co/p4ndTZvzXi

#InfectiousDisease

[Noah 🧡 @Michigan_Noah]

People who deny the HPV vaccine prevents cancer have already been proven wrong: a NEJM study of 1.6 million girls showed a reduction in *actual cervical cancer.*

The scientists and cancer researchers were right. Ignoring them will have cost thousands of lives. (1/2)

[Sarah Caul @Sarah__Caul]

Today we released Vaccine effectiveness estimated using 2021 Census variables, England: 31 March 2021 to 20 March 2022 (1/9)
https://t.co/bHT7ifpe0N

[Prof. Christina Pagel - @chrischirp.bsky.social @chrischirp]

Read these ICU Doc's WhatsApps from 2020 & then when people tell you that covid was overblown and we never needed measures, tell them to fuck off.

We *didn't* have to rely on lockdowns tho - they were the emergency break cos we didn't do preventative measures *effectively*.

[The Government of the Faroe Islands 🇫🇴 @Tinganes]

Today the #Faroese Government proudly raised the #Ukrainian flag at the building #Tinganes in solidarity with Ukraine and its people. 🇫🇴🇺🇦

FM Hoydal: The #FaroeIslands stand firmly with Ukraine in the fight for its democracy and territorial integrity.

Picture: Bjarni Rubeksen.

[Moderna @moderna_tx]

We announced today that mRNA-4157/V940, an investigational personalized #mRNA #cancer vaccine, in combination with KEYTRUDA, @Merck's anti-PD-1 therapy, has been granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation by the U.S. FDA for the adjuvant treatment of patients with high-risk #melanoma following complete resection.

The FDA granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation based on positive data from the Phase 2b KEYNOTE-942/mRNA-4157-P201 trial.

The FDA’s Breakthrough Therapy Designation is granted to expedite the development and review of drugs that are intended to treat a serious condition, and when preliminary clinical evidence indicates that the product may demonstrate substantial improvement over available therapies on at least one clinically significant endpoint.

Read more: https://t.co/5jwP0Wj2XE

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

Covid vaccination is associated with significantly reduced incidence of heart attacks and strokes during follow-up. Results of a nationwide @ncats_nih_gov study
https://t.co/YsfQ3Olqj0 @JACCJournals

[Martha Gill @Martha_Gill]

Birthrates are falling in the rich world and elsewhere. Women and men in these places on average want 2 children but have far fewer. Why? I think we’ve been missing something 🧵

[WHO/Europe @WHO_Europe]

#DYK that cervical cancer is preventable, yet still one of the most common cancers among women?

Help spread the message.
Remind friends & family that we have the tools to eliminate #cervicalcancer.

✅Get informed
✅Get vaccinated (age 9-14)
✅Get screened (from age 30)

#HPV

[Dr Ellie Murray, ScD @EpiEllie]

The biggest problem with people who are “just asking questions” is, IMO, the fact that they are never “listening to the answers”

[Christopher Snowdon @cjsnowdon]

I’ve tried to ignore smiley anti-vaxxers for the last year but I’ve had to block at least 300 of them this weekend since tweeting about Malhotra. Here’s what I’ve learned 🧵

[Morten N. Støstad @MortenStostad]

Do people become conservative with age? An update with 21 countries and 546,013 individuals.

The fascinating plot comes from @jburnmurdoch, based on the UK and US, and shows;
1. People become more right-wing with age.
2. Millennials are different.

But is this true everywhere?

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

NEW: conservatives have a Millennials problem.

In both UK & US, it’s not just that Millennials aren’t voting conservative because they’re young.

Every previous generation grew more conservative with age, but Millennials are not playing ball.

My column: https://t.co/MyIKv5sZ4o