Heather D. Marshall, PhD

Public Health Content Manager @DynaMedex by day, science blogger by night. Immunology and infectious diseases are my jam. Opinions are my own.

[Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @PeterHotez]

We’re failing to help all Americans understand why staying up to date with Covid vaccines has 3 functions:

1. Reduces risk of hospitalization and death

2. Reduces risk of strokes and heart attacks and protects heart health

3. Reduces risk of long Covid

[EBSCO Clinical Decisions @EBSCO_CD]

Mpox has been reinstated as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern from the @WHO. Find what you need to know about #mpox – for free – in DynaMedex. https://t.co/mM7hjO2VkO #outbreaks

[Heather D. Marshall, PhD @CloudyMediaBlog]

@gearpatrol Review @HappierCampers

[EBSCO Clinical Decisions @EBSCO_CD]

In the last year, several new #RSV prevention options have been approved. Read more about these options. https://t.co/VWn2DViX6K #RSVvaccine #pediatrics #nirsevimab

[T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @TRyanGregory]

New vaccines. Restarting free test program. Hospitals reinstating mask mandates.

It almost feels like the pandemic isn't over. But that can't be right, because minimizer "experts" assured us that it really is. This time. For sure. Definitely.

https://t.co/HbmyuBX7iB

[Heather D. Marshall, PhD @CloudyMediaBlog]

@GidMK No one cared about this, but I thought it was funny. https://t.co/dUquqWvidY

[Heather D. Marshall, PhD @CloudyMediaBlog]

But only after an RCT proving this reduces time-to-coffee, right?

[Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran]

Businesses like In-N-Out burger are banning staff from wearing masks (unless they provide a medical note)

[Heather D. Marshall, PhD @CloudyMediaBlog]

Me yelling at the tv during @Jeopardy: Bill Hodges! Wonder if one of the contestants would have got a clue about The Drawing of the Three in the category ‘Second Book in the Series’? ❤️ @StephenKing

[Heather D. Marshall, PhD @CloudyMediaBlog]

@DrCanuckMD Except they’re not going to do that against their attending advice. Just here, publicly on Twitter. 😆

[Heather D. Marshall, PhD @CloudyMediaBlog]

But only after an RCT proving this reduces time-to-coffee, right?

[Heather D. Marshall, PhD @CloudyMediaBlog]

https://t.co/g8Z9ZvrVIh

[Heather D. Marshall, PhD @CloudyMediaBlog]

@speterdavis @gorskon @YourAnonCentral Lol, me too. 🤣

[The Real Truther @thereal_truther]

Presidential candidate @RobertKennedyJr recently went on television & made claims about the Covid vaccine.

Watch as I fact-check each one with evidence!

Was he being honest? You decide.

[Timothy Caulfield @CaulfieldTim]

Excellent article...

"Do masks work? Randomized controlled trials are the worst way to answer the question" https://t.co/hpiKInmF7M by @dr_kkjetelina et al. via @statnews

"...members of the public need communications that help them follow the science that is worth following. That means responsible reporting, not hyping individual studies that did not, and could not, tell us anything."

cc @jvipondmd @BlakeMMurdoch @DFisman

[Prof Jeffrey S Morris @jsm2334]

1. Using a biased experimental design,
2. removing all sensitivity analyses showing lack of robustness of your conclusions to modeling assumptions, and
3. removing result tables about much higher increased risk of cardiac death after Covid infection

in a paper purported to conclude “The risk associated with mRNA vaccination should be weighed against the risk associated with COVID-19 infection”

is poor statistical and scientific practice, with transparently clear motivation.

[Heather D. Marshall, PhD @CloudyMediaBlog]

@gorskon Making it even harder, many of these EBM zealots are credentialed physicians and scientists. When they say just do an RCT, how are most people to understand the nuance? This keeps me up at night.

[Heather D. Marshall, PhD @CloudyMediaBlog]

@Tcellogic @americanacad @rafiahmed_lab @EJohnWherry Congratulations!!!

[Heather D. Marshall, PhD @CloudyMediaBlog]

@FromPhDtoLife I turn pieces of wood into smaller pieces of wood.

[David Gorski, MD, PhD @gorskon]

Dr. Vinay Prasad compares college #COVID19 #booster #mandates to mandating #Ozempic in obese students. How are these different from each other? How disingenuous is @VPrasadMDMPH? Let me count the ways. https://t.co/G7dAymkRjR

[Heather D. Marshall, PhD @CloudyMediaBlog]

@LabWaggoner @VijayVelu77 @NIAIDFunding Way to go, Steve! Excellent timing for ☘️ celebration!