
Simon Maechling
@simonmaechling
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PhD Organic Chemistry | Debunking myths | Science not ideology | Follow for facts! 🧪🧬 🌾 Opinions are my own.
Lyon, France
Joined April 2011
Let us move from ideology to science. Yes to:- → GMOs. → Vaccines. → Pesticides. → Nuclear power. ↳ And other innovations that make the world a better place.
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This year’s Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences goes to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt. Why? Because they explained something we often take for granted: Why the modern world keeps getting richer. The answer? Innovation. Let’s break it down 👇 For most of human
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MODERATOR: Are you willing to commit to NOT raise the sales tax? MIKIE SHERRILL: I'm not going to commit to anything right now. On Nov. 4, vote NO on Mikie Sherrill. ❌
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So if someone still says “I’m just waiting for more data…” Tell them: The data is already here. It’s been here. It’s saving lives every single day. Truth doesn’t go viral on its own. If this thread helped, boost it. 10/
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8 billion doses later, we’ve seen enough: COVID vaccines are among the safest, most effective tools in the history of modern medicine. 9/
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And yet… Some people still act like it's 2020. Still think it’s “experimental.” Still share Facebook memes like they’re peer-reviewed studies. 8/
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Back to My Roots + LYRICS. By Lance Lobo. My full songs are always here on X. I’m just putting them out there. Thanks for listening.
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Millions of scientists, regulators, and healthcare workers across every continent watched the rollout in real time. Not a single hidden lab. Not a single secret plot. Just science - open, transparent, and messy. 7/
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And let’s be clear: mRNA technology wasn’t “rushed.” It’s been in development for decades. COVID was just the first time we used it at scale. 6/
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The data doesn’t lie: The risks from COVID itself are orders of magnitude higher than the risks from the vaccine. This is not a close call. It never was. 5/
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What did we find? âś… Saves lives. âś… Reduces transmission. âś… Prevents severe illness. âś… Side effects overwhelmingly mild. 4/
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By now, we’ve tracked every possible outcome: – Mild side effects (fever, fatigue)? ✔️ – Severe allergic reactions? Extremely rare. – Long-term effects? Studied. Modeled. Monitored. 3/
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8 billion isn’t just a number. It’s: – More than all babies born in the last century. – More than all global flu shots in a typical decade. – A sample size so massive, even rare effects can’t hide 2/
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After 8 billion doses - yes, 8 BILLION - COVID vaccines aren’t “experimental.” They are one of the most tested medical interventions in human history. Let’s talk about what that actually means. 👇🧵1/
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You cannot call yourself an ecologist and be anti-nuclear - because nuclear power is the only scalable, low-carbon energy source that preserves both climate stability and natural land. To reject it is to choose more mining, more gas, more land use, and more emissions.
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This is the best time to be alive in all of human history. By almost every measurable metric, life on Earth has never been safer, longer or healthier.
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When a family member over 85 years old is telling for the 28th time that “GMOs aren’t natural and cause cancer,” do you correct him or just smile and pass the potatoes?
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Vaccines (including mRNA vaccines) are overwhelmingly good, and antivaxxers are overwhelmingly stupid.
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The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.
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Pretty neat! We finally got a long-term primate GMO study. This went over seven years, involved two generations of macaques, and found no effects. GMO food still looks safe in every animal it's rigorously tested in.
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