Natalie Slivinski

Science writer, freelancer, MSc in disease bio, pianist, gardener, beer enthusiast, aspiring author, overzealous emoji user, burgeoning eccentric 🔬🍺🌷

[Natalie Slivinski @natalie_sly]

How many times can you microwave coffee before it mutates, asking for a friend with small children

[Larry Lynam @scopedbylarry]

I was starting to worry when I hadn’t seen one of my favorite Twitter pals and virologist around lately. I started Googling and found this. I am speechless, @Twitter. Have a human read this and see if you can’t see your error: Twitter, where art thou? https://t.co/sbyaNqBwsO

[Natalie Slivinski @natalie_sly]

Little known fact, the strongest known substance is dried oatmeal on a ceramic bowl 🙂💢💥

[Natalie Slivinski @natalie_sly]

Looking for siblings who grew up rivals and would be willing to have a chat for WebMD on how you overcame it. If you're interested or know someone who might be, please DM me! 🤼‍♀️

[Natalie Slivinski @natalie_sly]

My 2yo in his happy place (Boeing flight museum), doing his naval carrier flight deck catapult officer (aka "shooter") pose under a PNW sunset. This kid is a rocket/airplane fiend. 👨‍🚀 @NASA @museumofflight

[Michael Mina @michaelmina_lab]

Dear Media

Please stop repeating anecdotes that physicians have seen mild cases of Omicron

The VAST majority of COVID cases of all variants are mild. The problem is a fraction are not, and when cases pile up, the fraction adds to a lot of hospitalization, death, and long-COVID

[Liz Allen @byLizAllen]

U.S. tax dollars funded the vaccines, yet patent protections have severely limited global vaccine distribution, increasing the chance of variants.

Biden promised to waive these protections, yet here we are with a new variant and patent protections still in place.

[Natalie Slivinski @natalie_sly]

@elaberwarren @Spectrum It was a pleasure!

[Natalie Slivinski @natalie_sly]

Fabulous piece on Special Interests by @elaberwarren, which I had the privilege of fact-checking this month for @Spectrum. https://t.co/DHSiSdolv8

[Natalie Slivinski @natalie_sly]

@jane_c_hu Oh man I agree. I feel so let down by my own brain for not feeling a huge wave of relief at the positive changes that have been made this week. I feel optimistic but mostly I just feel nervous. With you all the way.

[Natalie Slivinski @natalie_sly]

@AOC All these people talking about how free college isn't fair because *they* had to pay for college must also think women's right to vote isn't fair because their great grandma couldn't vote. The same logic could be applied to so many examples of progress. Give me a break already.

[Ian Haydon @ichaydon]

These photos were taken today in Australia, where COVID is under control. America would be normal, too, if we had taken the pandemic seriously. None of this was inevitable.

[Andrea Gibson @andreagibson]

I just looked up my ballot online and saw it was rejected because of something re my signature. I called and was able to fix it with a series of identity confirming protocols. If you live in a state where you can check on your ballot online please do! I never would have known.

[Ian Haydon @ichaydon]

Zoom colleagues: so how's it goin today?
me:

[Joe Biden @JoeBiden]

...yes

[Natalie Slivinski @natalie_sly]

Rick Santorum interrupts Gloria Borger while she's talking about Pence interrupting Kamala Harris. F**king unreal

[The Recount @therecount]

@praddenkeefe Poetic justice:

[CSPAN @cspan]

Rep @AOC: "I do not need Rep. Yoho to apologize to me. Clearly he does not want to. Clearly when given the opportunity he will not & I will not stay up late at night waiting for an apology from a man who has no remorse over calling women & using abusive language towards women."

[Natalie Slivinski @natalie_sly]

@Safeway, you need to get your house in order here in WA. Many Belfair employees wearing masks pulled down over their mouths and chins, waltzing up and down one way aisles. No sanitizer in sight, no one enforcing mask usage, half the customers have none (against state law, btw).

[Natalie Slivinski @natalie_sly]

My latest for VIN News!

Veterinary diagnostic labs across the country can process 40,000 samples a day, could boost nationwide COVID-19 testing by 15%. But federal officials are stifling lab directors' efforts with strict regulatory restrictions.

https://t.co/ILYK0hkYlJ