Jacob John

Public health physician @OffCMCVellore Views are personal.
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[Jacob John @jebujohn]

@OffCMCVellore Office of Research is #hiring a research coordinator to enhance collaborations and accelerate priority research across campuses in #Vellore #Ranipet and #Chittoor. Apply at https://t.co/D585CmE3Zr

[Aman Rai @amankrai28]

My wife (Ria) went to AIIMS. I went to IIT Delhi.

We watched 'Hello Bachhon' on Netflix this weekend. One kid in the show breaks down walls in his village to sell bricks so he can afford coaching fees. A girl hides her textbooks because her parents want her married off.

Throughout the show, Ria and I realized that we never had to fight for any of that.

We had access to coaching. Good coaching. Neither of us ever worried about whether we'd get to prepare.

The IIT-AIIMS crowd loves talking about the grind. # of hours of self-study per day, the pressure, and sleepless nights. I've done it too. But that grind starts after you already have access. Most of us skipped the actual hard part and don't even know it because the people who are capable but can't afford access are invisible. They're not in your coaching batch. They're not in your college. You never compete against them because they never got the chance to show up.

We credit hard work more than it deserves. Sometimes the biggest advantage was just being born in the right city to the right family.

'Hello Bachhon' made this truth hard to ignore. Great watch.

[Jacob John @jebujohn]

@cspramesh @IndiGo6E @IndiGo6E is a disaster. I think the @DGCAIndia and @CCI_India should take some responsibility for the situation. The arrogance is unmistakable.

[Jacob John @jebujohn]

@MoHFW_INDIA @gavi

[Jacob John @jebujohn]

India's Health Ministry launched a voluntary free single-dose Gardasil HPV program for 14-year-old girls (Feb 2026), via Gavi partnership (which includes Gates Foundation support). Cervical cancer causes ~42k deaths/year in India; vaccine targets HPV 16/18 (80%+ of cases)
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[Soumya Swaminathan @doctorsoumya]

Excellent news. #HPVvaccine is used in over 80countries, is safe & effective & will help to eventually eliminate #cervicalcancer in India. Introduction of new vaccines by @MoHFW_INDIA is guided by NTAGI, a scientific expert group. @WHO @ICMRDELHI @DBTIndia @uicc

[Ramya Kannan @ramyakannan]

The move by the govt to introduce free HPV vaccination for girls in India is a strident strike for science when the world is latching on to perilous anti-vax sentiment. But given India’s dark history with HPV vaccines, caution, monitoring adverse events, treating them will be key

[Jacob John @jebujohn]

RFK Jr's "37x" claim distorts unrelated trial events vs. teen cancer risk. Benefits outweigh risks per major reviews. @grok Fact check me please.
@mohfw let's keep this voluntary but let every child get the opportunity to avoid this deadly disease. Too many have died already

[Jacob John @jebujohn]

Gardasil: 500M+ doses globally: safe, mild side effects (pain, fainting) common; no causal link to deaths. Trials/VAERS: deaths match background rates not vaccine-related).
Efficacy: 80-90% reduction in cervical cancer per real-world studies (Sweden/US data).
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[Jacob John @jebujohn]

Note to self: do not use the #group_booking option on @IndiGo6E again. Fares are higher, web check-in is not available and support is non-existent. Why does this even exist?

[Vasu@MicroCaucus @VasuMicroCaucus]

https://t.co/LllOQGJaxv India needs to vaccinate its people against Typhoid-for free-now!It also won’t automatically get herd immunity by sharing waters with its vaccinated neighbors. #TakeOnTyphoid @jebujohn @WHO @sebingab @yogeshjain_CG @MoHFW_INDIA @GKangInd @iapindia @svembu

[Jacob John @jebujohn]

@OffCMCVellore @GKangInd

[Jacob John @jebujohn]

https://t.co/RmKpOAT2G2
Rotavac vaccine, rolled out in 2016, shows 54% real-world effectiveness against severe rotavirus diarrhea in kids under 5. Reduced rotavirus positivity by >50% in infants/toddlers, with indirect benefits for older children.

[Jacob John @jebujohn]

https://t.co/RmKpOAT2G2
Rotavac vaccine, rolled out in 2016, shows 54% real-world effectiveness against severe rotavirus diarrhea in kids under 5. Reduced rotavirus positivity by >50% in infants/toddlers, with indirect benefits for older children.

[Jacob John @jebujohn]

This is AI doing what it should and I wish I found this earlier...
All those rejected papers now have a new lease of life..
https://t.co/w27MJLlI0a

[Jacob John @jebujohn]

@Rainmaker1973 microtome?

[Arun Kumar Arunachalam @DrArunCMC]

Low-dose Nivolumab and Lenalidomide in Relapsed/Refractory Hodgkin Lym... https://t.co/RJTdusAy3Z. @MathewsVikram @udaypkulkarni @drdatari

[G Kang @GKangInd]

This story features colleagues and friends who seek to do the best they can for as much patients as possible. Funding agencies supporting them in this mission help develop evidence that can be widely shared. https://t.co/WM8TuT1tQf

[Jacob John @jebujohn]

Congratulations @OffCMCVellore on retaining #NIRF ranking as 3rd best Medical College in India. @dpradhanbjp
Benchmarks help but staying true to the call to "Not to be ministered unto, but to minister" will define who we really are meant to be.
Three cheers to the Silver & Blue

[Jacob John @jebujohn]

@JioCare Looks like they need me to disband my family plan first and then migrate @TRAI @Airtel_Presence. If you can't help, @airtelindia can you at least let people go...

[Jacob John @jebujohn]

@Airtel_Presence @airtelindia why does it take four days to get sms working? You call centres sound like bsnl used 15 years back when I moved to you guys.
@reliancejio anyways to port a connection when sms does not work?

[Jacob John @jebujohn]

@JioCare I have three numbers on the plan and would like to shift all three together. Will DM.
Bye @Airtel_Presence