Dr. Eric Ding

Public health & science & anti-big-pharma price gouging advocate. (backup account of @DrEricDing)

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

Nobody should trust RFK Jr or Trump for health information. But apparently, a lot of adults still do. Says a lot about our dystopian times. And why we still have an epic measles outbreak and the worst diarrhea outbreak in decades.

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

The next Obama, ladies and gentlemen. And he’s dangerous to profit-enriching corporations and lobbyists. @AbdulElSayed

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

SICKENING—Key officials responsible for leading US research on infectious disease threats have been barred by Trump White House / HHS from speaking directly with the World Health Organization (WHO).

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

2) Can’t make this stuff up. Trump / RFK Jr slashed CDC by 30-40% last year. Now they want volunteers to do hazard duty unpaid.

https://t.co/EuQJR5PYmv

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

I don’t think we have a functioning CDC anymore—RFK Jr’s CDC is now asking volunteers to goto airports to screen passengers for Ebola… to stand in line at airports to look for sick people… unpaid.

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

LET THIS SINK IN—the U.S. now has no confirmed CDC director, no FDA commissioner, no Surgeon General, an NIH director with no medical license, and the last Acting CDC Director was a George Bush speechwriter. In fact—the only doctor/scientist we have in the White House is… Dr Oz.

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

The Trump WH has laid off / forced retirements of 20,000 HHS employees and scientists, including 30% of the CDC. But don’t worry, we are prepared for a pandemic because we have Bobby Kennedy Jr… says Dr Oz.

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

This is dumb—Trump’s CDC now says cruise-ship 🛳️ passengers can leave quarantine/isolation and finish the hantavirus incubation period at home and voluntarily stay home. So, what the hell was the point of flying to Nebraska anyway? RFK Jr’s CDC of course.

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

BREAKING—French woman evacuated from the hantavirus cruise ship has tested positive and her health worsened in the hospital overnight, says French Health Minister Stephanie Rist. The woman was among 5 🇫🇷 passengers from MV Hondius. She developed symptoms on the flight to Paris.

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

“MILDLY PCR POSITIVE”—there is no such thing!!! Whoever wrote this HHS tweet just proved they are an idiotic imbecile—trying to minimize a newly discovered positive American hantavirus case aboard a flight to U.S. while trying to bullshit with “mild PCR+” nonsense

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

Wow, if true— it means Trump’s CDC is wrong/lying about “prolonged close contact” needed for hantavirus transmission. The cruise ship 🛳️ doctor tells @j_g_allen that 3 positive ship cases did not have any close contact — only shared spaces—this implies AIRBORNE TRANSMISSION.

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

This is the same thing Trump said about COVID-19.

Even better this time, our Health Secretary is a quack named RFK Jr, we don’t have a standing CDC Director, and Trump eliminated the pandemic office (again).

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

How it started…. How it’s going…

Yes, Trump/RFK Jr dismantled and laid off the entire CDC team responsible for cruise ship safety last year. Fantastic.

[Dr. Eric Ding @EricDingEpi]

@DrTedros @WHO And that concludes today's @WHO presser.

[Dr. Eric Ding @EricDingEpi]

🚨 @WHO's @DrTedros: 8 cases of Hantavirus Andes variant so far.

Given the incubation period (up to 6 weeks), it's possible more cases will be reported.

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

LIVE | Media briefing on #hantavirus hosted by @DrTedros https://t.co/L05hbk1IKR

[Dr. Eric Ding @EricDingEpi]

@DrTedros @WHO .@WHO: Currently there is no approved medical countermeasure to the Hantavirus.