DavidRCassatt, PhD

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Hot off the press! The field’s latest thinking on radiation-induced lung injury. https://t.co/y2qhQ9bwSV

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@JeromeAdamsMD And infectious diseases are grateful for the opportunity. 🙄

And they want to steer money away from biomedical research towards an area that must be starved for funding - AI.

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@angie_rasmussen I voted against him in his first senate run. With all his political skills and power he could have done some good. Unfortunately, his skill set was limited to breaking things.

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@aliciaandrz You *are* deserving of kindness and grace and the benefit of the doubt.

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@angie_rasmussen As an ordained PCUSA elder and a former Sunday School teacher, I can say with some authority that Vance doesn’t know what he is talking about. I could say with some authority that his actions violate the teachings of Jesus and the prophets.

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@DrHistoryBrad @TheEXECUTlONER_ Umpires protect catchers and catchers protect umpires. Correct call.

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@JeromeAdamsMD @UKFootball My PhD alma mater! Go Wildcats!

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@JeromeAdamsMD Respiratory viruses are real. I take public transportation every day and I mask. Some other people do, too. I don’t see that I’m hurting anyone.

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@magi_jay They overwinter here in Maryland, and it’s fun to see flocks of them on an early morning walk in the cold.

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@JeromeAdamsMD Thanks for the reminder. Whooping cough was one of the most miserable now-vaccine-preventable diseases I got.

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@angie_rasmussen 👏👏👏

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@JeromeAdamsMD I’ve been doing science for 47 years, and some problems are hard to solve. But some are easy to understand because we have a wealth of experience and data, like the MMR vaccines prevent illness and save lives. And, thanks for continuing to speak up.

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@JeromeAdamsMD 🔥🔥🔥

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@JeromeAdamsMD I don’t see this as controversial. Sad, though.

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@angie_rasmussen If only someone had known this would happen. 🤔 “Wait - I could end up in an unvaccinated control group when there are already effective vaccines out there?”

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@angie_rasmussen @alextatem I mean, “safety” and “efficacy” are literally in the regs. Where’s the controversy?

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@magi_jay Was checking in - looks like things went well. 🙂

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@AntarcticaJones @CDCgov Stealing

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@JeromeAdamsMD Amen. But watch them try to thread the GCP needle by claiming that they are using 2026 standard of care (no vaccine) as a control. What Medical Officer at the CDC will be assigned to this? Dr. Vinnie Boombatz?

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@angie_rasmussen A diverse set of ties, though.

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@magi_jay I can also say that my activist colleagues ❤️ may not represent the rest of the federal work force.

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@magi_jay And: 1. Republicans would have been fine shutting us down until spring. 2. Our national memory is short.