Justin Lessler

Justin Lessler is a Professor of Epidemiology at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

[Frank Luntz @FrankLuntz]

That means the MAHA Report was most likely written by AI. 🤖

[Dr Emma Hodcroft @firefoxx66]

Highly concerning for science!

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

I've probably treated more measles than almost every doctor in the US and the amount of nonsense I have heard on the topic on this site is staggering.

Bottom line - get your kids vaccinated and then you dont have to worry about measles

[Michael Mina @michaelmina_lab]

This is horrible & exactly what we are afraid of - measles kills ppl

In ~100 infections in TX, someone has already died

For those w/out vacc- it is not the benign virus you’ve been told

1:5 hospitalized
1:100-1000 die

This will spread further.

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https://t.co/OZMjgBFCEq

[Dr. Catharine Young @DrCatharineY]

The Trump admin just fired key staff at NIH’s Alzheimer’s research center
- including the incoming director. With 6.9M Americans affected and cases set to double by 2050, cutting research means fewer breakthroughs and more suffering. Patients and families deserve better.

[Frank Luntz @FrankLuntz]

Texas is having its worst measles outbreak in 30+ years.

“This outbreak began in a very close-knit, rural, Mennonite community that has very low vaccination rates. And unfortunately, we have seen vaccine exemptions really soar in Texas in recent years.”

https://t.co/G3kHTqRk98

[Jonathan Kagan @jkagan1]

This is a list of blockbuster drugs in 2024. Guess how many can trace their origins to NIH funded research?
All of them.

[Mark Cuban @mcuban]

Anyone consider that maybe Elon’s mission, is for Elon to get what he wants, rather than the country to get what you voted for ?

It’s not a shock for Elon , or anyone, to put their personal goals first

Elon seems to be on a mission to protect brand Elon at all costs. No ?

Free Speech is everything. Until it’s anything related to Elon. Who has complete control over speech here on X

The censorship of the platform you adore is in the hands of a single person, who is on a mission to make himself the most powerful person in the world.

above and beyond the President of the United States.

[Cardi B @iamcardib]

We all know Trump was a hustler, but hustling women out of the rights to THEIR OWN body is nasty work!! Hustling Americans out of their hard earned money by selling $500 Trump Sneakers, $60 Trump Bibles, and $100,000 Trump Watches is even nastier!! Tomorrow he’ll be hustling you out of your healthcare rights. Donald Trump talks about how he has concepts of a plan… but the only concept of a plan he has is a plan to hustle YOU

[Iruka Okeke @iruka_okeke]

We're on! Genomic epidemiology training for Nigeria's @NCDCgov system, being conducted by @GHRUamr @TheCPGS & partners. https://t.co/4b7lTnlac4

[Natalie E. Dean, PhD @nataliexdean]

FDA Approves Nasal Spray Influenza Vaccine for Self- or Caregiver-Administration

First Influenza Vaccine That Does Not Need to be Administered by a Health Care Provider

https://t.co/a6ExY1L7G6

[Sung-mok Jung @Sungmok_J]

We are thrilled to share that our paper on mpox importation risk in 2022 is now published in @JIDJournal: https://t.co/9Sy3iG6A5K

A big thanks to our team: @FuminariMiura @mepbphhond_ Jacco Wallinga @sbfnk @JustinLessler @_akiraendo

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[Andrew Desiderio @AndrewDesiderio]

Romney with a verrrry different statement on Biden than the rest of his party

[JHIDDynamics @JHIDDynamics]

New online course titled “Infectious Disease Modeling in Practice” developed by several IDD members (@Shaun_Truelove @apwez @EmilyGurley3 @alison_l_hill) providing an in-depth overview of several use cases of mathematical modeling. Enroll on Coursera: https://t.co/kUXy4KXAkm

[James Hay @jameshay218]

Massive effort from the Fluscape team: @SRileyIDD @datcummings @JustinLessler @JonRead15 @kkokwok @adamjkucharski @BingyiY and brilliant collaborators at Guangzhou No. 12 Hospital and HKU. 3/12

[andrew azman @andrewazman.bsky.social @andrewazman]

These have been a rough past few years in terms of #cholera outbreaks including some with really high mortality in Africa. There is a real need to better understand who and why people are dying of this disease we know how to treat.

[Espoir Bwenge Malembaka @espoir_bwenge]

Thrilled to see our work coming out in the @TheLancetInfDis . Effectiveness of one dose of killed oral cholera vaccine in an endemic community in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a matched case-control study -"https://t.co/R0nCsS9fSr

[Justin Lessler @JustinLessler]

We are recruiting for Research Assistant Professor positions at @UNCpublichealth to work on projects aimed at making epidemic projections and analytics more accurate and more relevant to those who need them most. Consider applying to join our team!
https://t.co/i0rHUtSzi6

[Emerging Pathogens Institute @UF_EPI]

Let's give a big congrats to @datcummings for being one of only 10 researchers at #UF listed as highly cited by @ClarivateAG! He's demonstrated significant and broad influence in infectious disease research, with multiple highly cited papers that rank in the top 1% of his field.

[Justin Lessler @JustinLessler]

@dr_anne_cori It was a great talk!