David Patrick
@DavidPatrickMD
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Infectious Diseases Physician and Epidemiologist. Professor of Population and Public Health. Opinions my own.
Joined January 2014
The media cannot and must not separate itself from the destiny of truth. Transparency of sources and ownership, accountability, quality, clarity, and objectivity are the keys to truly opening citizens' rights for all peoples.
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Pseudoscience - aka X: when confidence replaces evidence.
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🧢These hats are off to a special event this weekend! We are making science louder, one head at a time. 🔊🧠 #evidencebased #thinkwearcollective #scicomm #sciencenotvibes #science
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We cured diseases, fed billions, split atoms, mapped the genome. And somehow, people decided science was the enemy. The anti-science movement will go down as one of humanity’s most tragic self-inflicted wounds.
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BREAKING: After the release of an ad that caused Trump's tantrum ending trade talks with Canada, the original video of Ronald Reagan slamming tariffs has resurfaced. He called the new ad "fake." The original destroys Trump on tariffs. Share this widely. https://t.co/e6aE3NlbLA
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THIS is how you defend democracy. Limiting the support that any one person or corporation can contribute, and limiting the role of lobbyists, helps assure that government is for all people and not just the rich.
BREAKING: Australia has passed a Bill that will limit the total spending on a party by billionaires like Elon Musk to Just $50,000 This will ban billionaires from single-handedly buying Elections in Australia.
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New 🇨🇦 data in @CMAJ (from BC) showing relatively strong population-level measles immunity. Outbreaks are likely to be more focal in under-vaccinated groups. Some age cohorts are still <90% immune, so maintaining high vaccine coverage remains key. Link: https://t.co/uuXkMI6lLs
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In my field, this is like burning the library at Alexandria. Infectious Disease control is imperiled in the USA. Between CDC cuts and nonsensical anti-vaccine policies, countless thousands of lives are put needlessly at risk.
After Trump got his Covid shot, he chose to fire the scientists protecting the rest of us from diseases.
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There is no need to split the measles/mumps/rubella (MMR) vaccine into 3 separate shots None. It means more pain and distress for the kids to have 3 shots instead of one. It means missed doses and lower uptake. For no benefit at all. This is deeply misguided.
Thank you @POTUS for your leadership. I call on vaccine manufacturers to develop safe monovalent vaccines to replace the combined MMR and “break up the MMR shot into three totally separate shots.”
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Can we please celebrate THIS KIND OF THING on this platform? Ditch amplified nonsense and GO SCIENCE!
BREAKING NEWS The 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.”
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🔥Vaccine news🔥 A study of 2,300 women has shown that HPV infections dropped by 98% (!!) in vaccinated women HPV causes cervical cancer This vaccine prevents cancer! https://t.co/pSHD9jlBLu
jamanetwork.com
This cross-sectional study investigates population-level effectiveness and herd protection in the first 17 years after human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among adolescent girls and young women at...
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Did you know? More than 90% of people who believe they’re allergic to penicillin aren’t. National Penicillin Allergy Day is September 28. Together, we can improve patient safety and outcomes. #NationalPenicillinAllergyDay #PenicillinAllergyDay #PenicillinAllergy #DrugAllergy
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This hurts. Thank you, Darren for your contributions. Gone far too soon.
We’ve lost Dr. Darren Markland — Dr. Dagly. A brilliant physician, a truth-teller during COVID, and an inspiration who lived fully on his own terms. My condolences to his family, friends, colleagues & patients. Edmonton will miss him dearly. 💔 I think we all know now how much
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"What we heard today was not gold standard science. It wasn’t even science. Instead, President Trump talked about what he thinks and feels without offering any scientific evidence.” Trump Has ‘Strong Feelings’ About Autism,
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The president delivered impassioned — if scientifically dubious — remarks about what he described as one of “the most alarming public health developments in history.”
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The stomach and kidneys preparing for the onslaught of NSAIDs
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No president can declare victory on a medical breakthrough with ‘secret information’ the scientific community hasn’t seen. That’s not how science works. Truth isn’t decided by a handful of insiders.
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Great news. Canadian domestic vaccine production.
This is HUGE! The Moderna facility in Laval, Quebec will soon be rolling out Canadian made Covid vaccines. Hopes of later producing RSV & some Cancer fighting vaccines. HUGE!!! 🇨🇦
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Diphtheria Horrible Vaccine preventable The kind of thing that will come roaring back in the US as a result of the anti vaccine takeover at HHS
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