Daniel Engber

senior editor, The Atlantic

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

In the past five years, Americans’ fervor for injections has reached new heights—even as a wariness about vaccines persists, @danengber argues. He examines what this selective preference for needles may reveal about the country’s approach to wellness: https://t.co/N5I1ogMuDo

[Astra Taylor @astradisastra]

I missed this piece by @danengber when it came out, but it's fascinating. On the contradictions of MAGA's "animal nationalism."

https://t.co/Kc8PPJXcxw

[Daniel Engber @danengber]

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[Daniel Engber @danengber]

Remember the "disappearing scientist" uproar of 2002, in the midst of the anthrax scare, when a bunch of microbiologists died mysteriously over a few months?

(It turned out not all were microbiologists, the deaths were not mysterious, etc etc etc)

https://t.co/pe8a6ahVIt

[Daniel Engber @danengber]

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[Daniel Engber @danengber]

@NickClairmont1 Not sure I agree on Lyme but some conspiracy theories do end up proving out. ('Missing scientists' isn't likely to be one of them.)

[Nick Clairmont @NickClairmont1]

In which @danengber looks into the story of the missing scientists and determines it is a Summer of the Shark kinda thing https://t.co/R0OBSeBJUE

[Daniel Engber @danengber]

@Katie_Dozier Feel free to reach out!

[Adrienne LaFrance @AdrienneLaF]

This is completely fascinating, by @danengber: https://t.co/QFxngn6Egg

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

Donald Trump's administration has taken a more active approach to animal welfare than any other president's in recent memory—which hints at something more widespread in right-wing, nationalist politics, @danengber writes: https://t.co/ae93EUKnzn

[Ashis Basu 🇨🇦 ashis.bluesky.social @BasuAshis]

Trump is, of course, a man whose rise to power has been fueled by his denigration of people for being animal-like. The same politician who describes his political enemies as “vermin”—⁦@danengber⁩ https://t.co/4D8rNFiBFE

[Benjamin Mazer @BenMazer]

I don't love how every story just turns into a media criticism story now - often by people who only read headlines.

I've been writing about the risk of vaccine myocarditis in the Atlantic for years.

https://t.co/6dDbXsRap5

[Daniel Engber @danengber]

Is there any lower form of journalism than the "holiday debunker"?

Here I inaugurate a new series of holiday-debunker debunkers.

First up: DON'T BELIEVE THE MYTH ABOUT THE MYTH ABOUT THE 'TURKEY COMA'

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

Every Thanksgiving, articles debunk the idea that turkey makes you sleepy. But this only seems to make people more confused about what the big holiday meal does to you, @danengber writes. https://t.co/Nwg6EI6dSQ

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

Last year, the Canadian government ordered a flock of ostriches to be killed after some contracted bird flu. The movement to save the birds became a right-wing cause célèbre—and sparked a standoff with authorities, @danengber reports: https://t.co/F1i6hRUXO4

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

Last year, the Canadian government ordered a flock of ostriches to be killed after some contracted bird flu. The movement to save the birds became a right-wing cause célèbre—and sparked a standoff with authorities, @danengber reports: https://t.co/a197zA5GVp

[Adam Gaffney @awgaffney]

This is an excellent article that explains these issues, and the ongoing assault on the FDA, and the perspectives of people like @reshmagar who have pushed to reform the FDA in their work but who are now fighting to save it from these depredations.

https://t.co/RrwPO5Rp93