Tom Fitch

Public health database developer in Portland, Oregon. Indifferent Penguin. Mostly rational.

[Tom Fitch @tomfitch]

@Oregonian There are places besides Twitter to get information https://t.co/lDlCcA1fAh

[Patrick Dexter @patrickdextervc]

Auld Lang Syne on the cello with my dog. Happy New Year from Ireland!

[Tom Fitch @tomfitch]

@shawnblanc ET

[Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @PeterHotez]

Disastrous measles epidemic in my state of Texas now up to 48 in 4 counties: my chart on what happens when children acquire measles vs a very safe and effective MMR vaccine. From my new paper in @PLOSGPH

[Tom Fitch @tomfitch]

@StevenLevy Is there anything we should be hopeful about right now? Some crumb of good news?

[Tom Fitch @tomfitch]

@littmath @Lptomov82 So there are two, at least

[Tom Fitch @tomfitch]

@Pinboard Sometimes the intuitive conclusion is not correct. The science points really hard the other way. This Week in Virology did a very convincing episode on this.

[Jimmy Wales @jimmy_wales]

I think Elon is unhappy that Wikipedia is not for sale. I hope his campaign to defund us results in lots of donations from people who care about the truth. If Elon wanted to help, he'd be encouraging kind and thoughtful intellectual people he agrees with to engage.

https://t.co/RU9YwbvqOI

[Tom Fitch @tomfitch]

@MikeKATU I know what it is but our Oregonian deliverer doesn’t, they just toss it in the driveway

[Tom Fitch @tomfitch]

@aboard @ftrain How do you guard against hallucinated stats? Thanks.

[Marissa D. Barrera @mdb2]

FYI we don’t need a Department of Government Efficiency. We already have one.

@USGAO - the Government Accountability Office (GAO, est. 1921) - saves $133 for every $1 of funding it receives! If all GAO recommendations were implemented, the financial benefit could be >$200 bil.

[TrumpsTaxes (@trumpstaxes.com on bsky) @TrumpsTaxes]

Omg they did a male version of the ‘secret vote’ ad and it’s even better than the female version.

[Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @PeterHotez]

Trump Unleashing RFK Jr. on Public Health Would Be a Disaster | my interview with ⁦@m_scribe⁩ ⁦⁦@newrepublic⁩ on how we got to this awful place in American politics https://t.co/7QxZ4chgSp

[Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris]

No. ❤️

[Tom Fitch @tomfitch]

@Pinboard Not something to be proud of.

[Tom Fitch @tomfitch]

@jonkimball huge if true

[Tom Fitch @tomfitch]

Yikes

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

Scientists have discovered more than 1,700 ancient viruses deep inside a Tibetan glacier. Most of them are completely new to science. These ancient viruses are now being thawed out from glaciers and Siberian tundras.
https://t.co/ZJvj1LW4nh

[Tom Fitch @tomfitch]

@bernardtjoy I always will remember
these words my daddy said
He said, "Buddy, when you're dead,
you're a dead peckerhead"
- John Prine

[Tom Fitch @tomfitch]

@jonkimball They're wish-betting for crypto

[Tom Fitch @tomfitch]

@jonkimball much to consider

[Adam Aaronson @aaaronson]

If elected, TIM WALZ would be the first U.S. vice president whose name is written entirely with straight lines

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Brendan Loper. #NewYorkerCartoons
https://t.co/4p8rnF9ReH