In a new @Sensible__Med column, I had the chance to provide some much needed nuance regarding @RobertKennedyJr & the field of vaccinology. He is correct that most vaccines were never adequately tested for their overall health effects, so I hope this will change w his nomination.

🔥 Kjernekraftdebatten koker i Danmark🇩🇰 Kjernekraft er overalt i danske medier — det er den store snakkisen akkurat nå. Grunnen? 🧠 Kamilla Aarflot Moen, @martihj og jeg har påvist at kjernekraft er billigere enn fornybar energi – også i Danmark. 📄 Les intervjuet vårt i

I totally agree, I have seen no data to support splitting up MMR into 3 separate vaccines. It is one of the best vaccines out there, likely also having beneficial non-specific effects on top of the great efficacy against the 3 infections it is targeted against.

While these US vaccine recommendations are an improvement compared to the previous mass vaccination mess, I am very surprised that someone would even consider vaccination infants & toddlers <2 years of age against COVID-19. This is something that was NEVER recommended elsewhere.

Evidence-based rational vaccine policies are based on providing the vaccine where there is a net beneficial effect. By preaching mass vaccination when >99% of neonates, born to HBsAg-negative mothers, have no benefit (but risk of arm), your efforts are contraproductive & harmful.

Among the weakest arguments out there, made by @dr_andrealove, is stuff like this about how dangerous the infection is, & how easy you can get it. Hep B is very rare in high-income countries & vertical transmission (mother to child) is irrelevant when the mother tested negative.

Whether to provide hep. B vaccination at birth depends mainly on the local epidemiology of the infection, which is the reason why the vast majority of high-income countries only offers hep. B vaccine to neonates born to mothers that are HBsAg-positive.

@thereal_truther @Debunk_the_Funk According to @thereal_truther, one of these is an unproven theory and the other is an objective and uncontroversial fact 🤡 33 vs 14,979 hits on PubMed 1 page vs 300 pages of scientific papers anonymous pseudoscientists should stop wasting my time

Big step forward for neonatal health👶: New 🇮🇳 BLOW2 RCT (n=5,420; 511 deaths) shows BCG+OPV at birth reduce neonatal mortality by 17 % (NNT≈21) and ↓ infection deaths by 47 %. A landmark confirmation of the Guinea-Bissau 🇬🇼 discovery of BCG’s life-saving non-specific effects.

Links to the trial paper and our Editorial: 🔗 The BLOW2 trial: Effect of BCG Danish and oral polio vaccine on neonatal mortality in babies <2000 g https://t.co/ashcG6Ifle 🔗 Our editorial: Universal BCG vaccine at birth—early immunisation is the key

The trial in question was rigorous and transparently conducted. BCG is cheap, safe & licensed - ready now to prevent neonatal sepsis & help curb antimicrobial resistance, incl. in crises like Gaza & South Sudan. It is therefore time that we harvest BCG's non-specific effects!

🌍Our suggested policy changes • End restrictive vial-opening rules • Give BCG immediately at birth, incl. preterm & very-low-birthweight infants • Track coverage by 1 week, not 12 months, and include BCG scar prevalence. These steps could save countless lives.

🦠 Strong anti-microbial signal: far fewer positive blood cultures - especially Klebsiella pneumoniae - after BCG. 💡 Greatest impact when given <24 h after birth, to babies born vaginally or in hospitals, to girls, and when mothers had a BCG scar.

Big step forward for neonatal health👶: New 🇮🇳 BLOW2 RCT (n=5,420; 511 deaths) shows BCG+OPV at birth reduce neonatal mortality by 17 % (NNT≈21) and ↓ infection deaths by 47 %. A landmark confirmation of the Guinea-Bissau 🇬🇼 discovery of BCG’s life-saving non-specific effects.

Nyt lodtrækningsstudie i BMJ bekræfter vores studier fra Guinea-Bissau ved at vise, at BCG-vaccinen har gavnlige uspecifikke effekter og beskytter mod spædbarnsdød. Studiet, udført i Indien af indiske og australske forskere, inkluderede >5000 børn. De var født for tidligt og

Hvor meget atomkraft kan man egentlig få for 30 mia. + 55 mia. + 8 mia? 🤔 For det er hvad denne regering lige har spyttet efter Ørsted, havvinds-støtte og et brintrør. Altså alle tre investeringer med det ene formål at få havvind op. Der har endda været mange flere direkte og

Also crazy to consider that hospital depts would often pool together vaccinations, meaning that many health care workers (HCWs) would be away from work simultaneously due to side effects. And then it did not stop transmission anyway 🤷‍♂️ Link to the paper: https://t.co/SHY7QSCMPr

In a new 🇸🇪 COVID-19 vaccine study of 3805 HCWs, between 12% (💉Comirnaty) to 48% (💉Vaxzevria and then 💉Spikevax) were affected by post-vaccination symptoms to the degree that they needed to abstain from work in the following day(s). It is crazy to think that this was mandated!

https://t.co/WGHhH8NhHm

Scientific research that is novel and paradigm-changing is bound to ruffle some feathers, so bad faith anonymous attacks (rather than publishing a peer-reviewed response to the journal that published the paper), smearing at blogs, X or other SoMe, can most often be disregarded.

The best advice I can give is that of the Südhof lab: quietly check if the accusations are in any way reasonable (they most likely won't be), don't interact with these anonymous posts, and don't base your judgement of a paper or scientist on the number of random pubpeer comments.