dawdssiraj, MD,MPH/Tropical med.

Professor. Infectious Diseases/Global Health. Amatuer Astronomer 🔭 , Avid cyclist 🚴‍♀️

[dawdssiraj, MD,MPH/Tropical med. @dawdssiraj]

More than anyone, I blame #Ethiopian elites who overtly or covertly supported and fueled this unessary war that devolved to #Tigraygenocide ! By doing so, they have destroyed the social fabric irreparably! Blame yourself for all the misery to be falllen in #Ethiopia! #NeverForget

[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros]

There is no other situation 🌍 in which 6 million people have been kept under siege for almost 2 years like in #Tigray, Ethiopia. This is a health crisis. I urge the intl. community to give this crisis the attention it deserves. There is a narrow window now to prevent genocide.

[dawdssiraj, MD,MPH/Tropical med. @dawdssiraj]

At 66 miles(over 100km), this was the longest ride I had for 2025. A windy day but riding with a group helps a lot! The speed was 17.8miles/hr average & took us 3hrs and 42 min. Getting ready for a few 100 miles this year. Trek 100, @DCCenturyRide and the Badgers challenge

[Kiros Berhane @kiros_literary]

ብህልኽን ብምሒር ምፅልላእን ብምንቕዋት እንባኣሰላ ጎጆ ከይነፍርሳ እሞ ዑና ሒዝና ከይንተርፍ የስግእ:: ኩላህና ነዚ ካብ'ቲ ሎሚ ዘለዎ ዓዘቕቲ ዝሓሸ ብራኸ ዝግብኦ ወረጃን ለባምን ህዝብና ንመጥኖ: ሓደራ! #ግጥሚ #ስነፅሑፍ #ትግርኛ #poetry #Tigrigna

[dawdssiraj, MD,MPH/Tropical med. @dawdssiraj]

@aregawim Congratulations Dr. Maru! A great step forward to your son Henos!!

[dawdssiraj, MD,MPH/Tropical med. @dawdssiraj]

The only way to love #Ethiopia today is to hate it in its present form- borrowing from a quote by a French poet

[dawdssiraj, MD,MPH/Tropical med. @dawdssiraj]

@TeklehaymanotG So sorry for your loss. I am sure he was so proud of you and one can see him in your actions.
“Every son quotes his father, in words and in deeds.” – Terri Guillemets
My condolences to you and your family.

[dawdssiraj, MD,MPH/Tropical med. @dawdssiraj]

How delusional and grandiose we humans are?? Consider for a moment the meaning of all this cruelty and destructive war in every corner!
carl sagan on the pale blue dot - Google Search https://t.co/ac2sJsigLr

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

«When my husband died, because he was so famous and known for not being a believer, many people would come up to me ― it still sometimes happens ― and ask me if Carl changed at the end and converted to a belief in an afterlife.

They also frequently ask me if I think I will see him again. Carl faced his death with unflagging courage and never sought refuge in illusions. The tragedy was that we knew we would never see each other again. I don't ever expect to be reunited with Carl.

But, the great thing is that when we were together, for nearly twenty years, we lived with a vivid appreciation of how brief and precious life is. We never trivialized the meaning of death by pretending it was anything other than a final parting.

Every single moment that we were alive and we were together was miraculous-not miraculous in the sense of inexplicable or supernatural. We knew we were beneficiaries of chance.

That pure chance could be so generous and so kind. That we could find each other, as Carl wrote so beautifully in Cosmos, you know, in the vastness of space and the immensity of time. That we could be together for twenty years. That is something which sustains me and it’s much more meaningful.

The way he treated me and the way I treated him, the way we took care of each other and our family, while he lived. That is so much more important than the idea I will see him someday. I don't think I'll ever see Carl again. But I saw him. We saw each other. We found each other in the cosmos, and that was wonderful».

― Ann Druyan

[dawdssiraj, MD,MPH/Tropical med. @dawdssiraj]

3/3- There's no justification for this; it's an undeniable crime against civilians. I'm unequivocally acknowledging the distressing reports from the region; without a qualifying but….
Even if it is late, would you say sorry for what you did when Tigray was burning???

[dawdssiraj, MD,MPH/Tropical med. @dawdssiraj]

1/3-The duplicity of most Ethiopian intellectuals is truly perplexing. It stands as the single biggest hindrance to the peaceful coexistence of diverse Ethiopian society. No shame when they support #TigrayGenocide under the pretext of TPLF.

[dawdssiraj, MD,MPH/Tropical med. @dawdssiraj]

2/3-They doubled by ridiculing the pain of Tigreans and gaslighting victims. Now that the war has engulfed the Amhara region, they are screaming!
Let me emphasize my sincere sorrow for the tragic targeting of Amhara civilians and cities in the region. War is not the solution!

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

Pale Blue Dot is a photo of Earth that was taken by the Voyager 1 space probe in 1990 from a distance of about 6 billion kilometers (3.7 billion miles) as it was leaving our solar system. This is what Carl Sagan said about the photo:

"Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it, everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor, and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every 'superstar,' every 'supreme leader,' every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there — on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.

The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand. It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.”

[dawdssiraj, MD,MPH/Tropical med. @dawdssiraj]

#Ethiopia
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts."
- Bertrand Russell

[dawdssiraj, MD,MPH/Tropical med. @dawdssiraj]

@cliftonsellers AI

[dawdssiraj, MD,MPH/Tropical med. @dawdssiraj]

A dead statesman 

I could not dig: I dared not rob: 
Therefore I lied to please the mob. 
Now all my lies are proved untrue 
And I must face the men I slew. 
What tale shall serve me here among 
Mine angry and defrauded young?

—Rudyard Kipling: Epitaphs of the War

[dawdssiraj, MD,MPH/Tropical med. @dawdssiraj]

Interesting!
Bonhoeffer’s “theory of stupidity”: We have more to fear from stupid people than evil ones
https://t.co/GHHAEfO4Up

[dawdssiraj, MD,MPH/Tropical med. @dawdssiraj]

@SMGebru @TuftsUniversity @TuftsPoliSci @TischCollege Congratulations dear Professor Samuel! I see a bright and exiting future! Well done 👍

[dawdssiraj, MD,MPH/Tropical med. @dawdssiraj]

Committing atrocities with impunity is acceptable in countries who voted for blocking funding for the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia (ICHREE)! Thanks to those who are against!! Look at the countries who are for and against and you get the idea!!

[Gebrekidan Gebresilassie Eshetu, PhD @GebrekidanDr]

UN General Assembly (UNGA) rejected ones again Ethiopian Government's continued acts of blocking funding for the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia (ICHREE), and thus independent investigation and accountability .

[dawdssiraj, MD,MPH/Tropical med. @dawdssiraj]

@bobdylan song is perfect for today’s #Tigray!
Everyone must get stoned
Well, they'll stone ya when you're trying to be so good
They'll stone ya just a-like they said they would
They'll stone ya when you're tryin' to make a buck
They'll stone ya and then they'll say "good luck"

[dawdssiraj, MD,MPH/Tropical med. @dawdssiraj]

⁦⁦⁦@POTUS⁩ and his administration are eager to claim that they did something to the black community because he has a photo op with leaders of Africa!! This has been an insult! ⁦@SecBlinken⁩ ⁦@hrw⁩ https://t.co/ZZULXI1sWl