Joshua Weitz
@joshuasweitz
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Quantitative Viral Dynamics, U of Maryland, College Park + Institute for Health Computing, North Bethesda, Author of 'Asymptomatic' (JHU Press, Oct 2024)
College Park, MD
Joined July 2011
Asymptomatic now available for pre-order via @JHUPress in advance of 10/22 release. The book explains how silent transmission enabled COVID-19's tragic global impact and the interventions needed to prevent future pandemics. https://t.co/OG2IBLokKH
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"Confronting Covid's Wake, In Practice - A template for open conversations within professional societies and conferences amidst ongoing attacks on science" | Thanks @joshuasweitz for the #ScienceUnderSiege mention! https://t.co/nRiktLv3go
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The annual global health lecture in my sister Mona’s name @MedStarGUH was delivered last month by the great vaccine scientist @PeterHotez on “Global Vaccines and Immunizations in a Time of Climate Change, Megacities, and Anti-Science". Video now posted at: https://t.co/ZSAbkgdOMg
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Did not know he is also a constitutional law scholar. And apparently, basing his votes on factors unrelated to the matter at hand - effective control of vaccine-preventable diseases.
ACIP’s recommendations re Hep B vaccine reflect strong objection to vaccine mandates that prevent access to school & even clinical care from children not up to date with the vaccine schedule (including Hep B). Children should have undeniable constitutional right to education!
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Awful self-inflicted wound for the nation. Today our federal govt gleefully condemned thousands of kids each year to chronic hepatitis and liver cancer, by denying them a vaccine invented in America, using microbial fermentation, our least expensive and safest technology
Thank you, Mr. President. We’re on it.
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When you say "they double down" are you referring to @SenBillCassidy? He called the ACIP committee “totally discredited”: https://t.co/JmkUERgtHU
thehill.com
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) on Thursday called a federal vaccine advisory committee “totally discredited” ahead of a vote on whether to change hepatitis B vaccine guidelines, an issue ver…
They double down, but the truth is that @CDC data clearly show the decrease in Hep B cases had nothing to do with universal dose - started before it and occurred in older age groups! They can’t accept ACIP’s risk based recommendations that align with developed countries.
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Today is a dark day for American science and biomedicine. My comments in @nytimes https://t.co/EiF5Tig8KH
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Voted yes when he had the chance to vote no. And continues to hedge when he could act.
As a liver doctor who has treated patients with hepatitis B for decades, this change to the vaccine schedule is a mistake. The hepatitis B vaccine is safe and effective. The birth dose is a recommendation, NOT a mandate. Before the birth dose was recommended, 20,000 newborns a
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Federal support of science research has catalyzed economic growth and advanced life-saving cures, diagnostics and therapies. At Science on Tap next Tuesday (11/18), Biology's Joshua Weitz will discuss his efforts to confront federal cuts to science. RSVP: https://t.co/IysokRUePj
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JUST IN: The Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to stop — by 9:30 tonight — the court orders requiring payment of full November SNAP benefits.
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BREAKING: DOJ goes to SCOTUS trying to stop a district court order that USDA pay out full SNAP benefits this month. The First Circuit denied an administrative stay, but has not yet ruled on the stay request. And, CNN reported that USDA is already processing payments. DOJ went
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JUST IN: Trump administration appeals order to pay states full SNAP benefits for November.
Judge orders Trump administration to pay full SNAP benefits
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Well, here's a first for me: a former masters student of mine at Harvard wants to get her PhD, but b/c of funding cuts and resulting cuts in PhD slots in the U.S., she's applying to...Tsinghua University for her PhD. Wow
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My sister Mona would be so proud and honored that Dr. Hotez will be delivering this year's lecture in the series in her name @MedStarHealth
I look forward to speaking in Washington DC @Georgetown @GUMedicine @gumedcenter @MedStarHealth on November 7
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When Trump took over the Kennedy Center, his team accused it of not selling enough tickets and vowed to make it "hot." Instead, ticket sales under Trump have plummeted to their worst in years. @travismandrews @jeremybmerrill @Tan_Shelly
washingtonpost.com
Nearly nine months into Trump’s oversight, sales for the three largest performance venues are the worst they’ve been since the pandemic, according to a Washington Post analysis.
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Will not a single elected Republican speak up
BREAKING: Trump has changed his mind and decided to demolish the entire East Wing of the White House, the NYT reports. How is this even legal?
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The White House is demolishing the entirety of the historic East Wing to make way for Trump’s $200 million ballroom, a construction project that is far more extensive than he initially let on. "Near but not touching it," he originally said. @lukebroadwater
nytimes.com
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As in many facets of decision-making in this administration, dismantling comes first of all.
The entire East Wing of the White House will be demolished “within days,” according to two Trump administration officials. The demolition marks a significant expansion of the ballroom construction project from what President Trump said earlier this summer.
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This image of the East Wing of the White House is a metaphor for broader, reckless destruction. The ballroom that will go up there will be a gaudy monument to vanity, corruption and excess. For anyone who has worked at the WH, or cares about its rich history, it's a gut punch.
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Sen. Murphy: There's a lot of history that has taken place in the East Wing and it was just destroyed without any conversation in the American public, without any consent of Congress. It was absolutely illegal. That visual is powerful because you are essentially watching the
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I took this photo in the East Wing of the White House a few years ago. It didn’t look like a teardown.
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