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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April 2025: "DOGE’s staff firing fiasco at the nuclear weapon agency means everything but efficiency" https://t.co/QrCwazoe48 October 2025: "Federal agency overseeing US nuclear stockpile will furlough most of its workforce starting Monday" https://t.co/WIOFvWUNkU
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The federal agency responsible for overseeing and modernizing the US nuclear stockpile will furlough the vast majority of its staff Monday as the government shutdown drags on, according to the...
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No 👑-s Rally to Defend Medical Research this morning main entrance to NIH The speakers conveyed a simple message: opposing admin efforts to dismantle federal support for life saving discoveries, therapeutics, and cures. The crowd conveyed a message too: out of many, one.
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The devastating flooding occurred SUNDAY.
President Trump & I are closely tracking the storm devastation that resulted in over 1,000 citizens being airlifted out of Alaska villages. Alaskans, our prayers are with you and your federal government is working closely with @SenDanSullivan and @GovDunleavy to get you the help
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Over 170 American citizens were dragged off and held by U.S. Immigration Agents Against Their Will, ProPublica Finds — ProPublica
propublica.org
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And...
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The temporary restraining order has been granted.
The RIFs have begun.
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Breaking News: Brown University became the second college to reject a White House deal offering preferential treatment for federal grants.
nytimes.com
Brown was the second university to turn down the deal, which would have given a funding preference to universities that agreed to certain requirements.
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The WH budget for FY26 includes a proposed $18B cut to NIH, a $5B cut to NASA, a $5B cut to NSF, a $5B cut to CDC, and a $5B cut to EPA. You don't need a math/econ PhD to see that a $40B bailout to Argentina covers this and more right here in the USA. https://t.co/njHxaeM93Y
politico.com
The assistance is aimed at bolstering the country's collapsing currency and calming economic unrest before Oct. 26 midterm elections.
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I look forward to speaking in Washington DC @Georgetown @GUMedicine @gumedcenter @MedStarHealth on November 7
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This cyclist nearly lost his life in a crash. Learn why he thinks Waymo will help improve road safety.
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What the administration does and does not value, exhibit # N and rising...
BREAKING: Special education office and another key office for the disabled at Dept. of Ed were eliminated in the RIF, union believes. 1/
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What did the government know and when did it know it? https://t.co/vAjNhT61AZ
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The government shutdown has prompted private firms to release their own economic data, filling a gap left by the absence of official figures.
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New post: With Malice Toward All and Charity for None: Oct. 10-11 CDC (Un)Firing Edition https://t.co/9yN3ibNfhy
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And a reminder... pressure matters. If no one notices the 'error', perhaps it never gets fixed. And the frame of 'error' suggests that some RIFs were correct. But the presumption should be that all RIFs were done with malice and not to serve or fulfill agency mission.
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New reporting: many apparently fired at CDC in 'error'. This is not an 'error' in the conventional sense, it is a failure by design given that the admin *does not care about its mission*. This is the kind of error that should get HHS leadership fired. https://t.co/9KZQHNxUtf
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The lawsuit has been filed.
The RIFs have begun.
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“Disease detectives,” high-ranking scientists, the entire Washington office and the staff of a weekly public health journal were among the CDC workers who learned late Friday that they would lose their jobs. https://t.co/ZnMGkKhLpl
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“Disease detectives,” high-ranking scientists, the entire Washington office and the staff of a weekly public health journal were among those who learned late Friday that they would lose their jobs.
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"Roughly 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers — the so-called “disease detectives” who respond to outbreaks around the globe — received layoff notices" There is no 'make healthy' here, but there will be costs and consequences to readiness, safety, and lives.
FULL STORY HERE: Layoff emails began flooding dozens of CDC inboxes late Friday night. HR people brought back from furlough to oversee RIFs. Disease detectives, entire Washington office, global health, injury prevention, MMWR staff among those affected. https://t.co/9XKP2z6DpI
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BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Dozens of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
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MIT rejects Trump admin higher-ed 'compact' in the most MIT way. A short letter that shows how to issue an institutional response without committee-speak. Bravo.
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Not All Wars Are What They Seem: The False Promise of "The War on Science" | Great #Substack piece by @joshuasweitz contrasts this deceptively similarly-sounding diatribe with my own new book #ScienceUnderSiege w/ @PeterHotez: https://t.co/QGiJCuYxt9
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Disinformation and the destruction of public health & America’s trust in doctors will kill more people than cigarettes. Neither I nor the other five living Surgeons General wanted to call for this unprecedented warning- but all felt compelled by duty to do so.
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