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Misinformation Kills: In the past month alone there have been four deaths attributable to these two men. And this is a pattern. arstechnica.com/health/2026/...
Bob Morris, MD, PhD
@rdmorris.bsky.social
Epidemiologist/physician/award winning writer. University of Washington Environmental Health Sciences Misinformation researcher https://drbobmorris.substack.com Founder https://scienceaccountability.org
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Misinformation Kills: In the past month alone there have been four deaths attributable to these two men. And this is a pattern. arstechnica.com/health/2026/...
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Check out the Rally for Health & Science we organized in DC last Friday. Streamed on Facebook etc. Full video, clips coming soon! @drericding.bsky.social @rdmorris.bsky.social @pauloffit.bsky.social @vinguptamd.bsky.social @naturehealthglobal.bsky.social www.facebook.com/share/v/18bN...
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Our research team did a deep dive this week on the Wedgewood "fake polls" confession and the different rumors and strategic narratives that have taken shape around it. We expect this story and the rumors around it to continue spreading into and beyond the midterms. uwcip.substack.com/p/from-confe...
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I have told Dr. Houry personally that I think she is a hero, and that one day I believe that she will be formally recognized as one. She never stops working. Vote for public health. For your communities, your loved ones, your family and friends.
My voting outfit: CDC zombie apocalypse shirt. My priorities: health, science, and thriving communities. 🗳️ Vote for health. Our future depends on it. @standupforscience.net @ucs.org @altcdc.altgov.info @cdcmutualaid.bsky.social @firedbutfighting.bsky.social @defendpublichealth.bsky.social
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RFK Jr. figures out how to say he doesn’t understand epidemiology without saying he doesn’t understand epidemiology. drbobmorris.substack.com/p/rfk-jrs-va...
The only thing worse than believing these have established links to the vaccine is to give physicians a financial incentive to report more of them. That is precisely what RFK Jr. plans to do. news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...
RFK Jr. figures out how to say he doesn’t understand epidemiology without saying he doesn’t understand epidemiology. drbobmorris.substack.com/p/rfk-jrs-va...
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Peer-reviewed paper published this week reports a group of new SARS-related bat CoVs in Thailand, & demonstrates proof-of-concept you can get actionable public health data from wildlife sampling. 1/ 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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From the Too Good to Be True Department
Y’all, I hate to rain on the dead bot parade, but the Yandex data center destruction doesn’t seem to have significantly impacted social media bots. I made temporal graphs of X posts about AfD around the time of the attack and there’s no sign of a sudden dip or residual impact on that conversation.
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Massive outbreaks and death aren't the only fallout from anti-vaxxers' rhetoric. Now they're going after the doctors who treat measles patients, reporting them to the state medical board. Thrilled to team up with @walkerbragman.bsky.social on this one! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Important Context has a new story published in partnership with @theguardian.com. Anti-vaxxers, including Robert Kennedy Jr.’s former group, Children’s Health Defense, have been going after doctors professionally to cast doubt on measles deaths. www.importantcontext.news/anti-vaxxers...
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The countless people who glossed over disinformation and normalized MAHA in any way should recognize this the result of their actions. We no longer have to wonder how the Tuskegee experiments were allowed to happen. We are seeing it for ourselves.
This is a disaster. The ethics committee in Denmark that approved the Guinea-Bissau study which will withhold the birth dose of HepB vaccine “had never considered medical studies before but it changed the rules in order to vote on this one”. Four members of the committee have resigned in protest.
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As best as I can tell, RFK Jr.'s latest antivax stunt runs counter to the WMA Declaration of Helsinki. Withholding HepB vaccination clearly does not meet any definition of clinical equipoise. Doing it anyway, overseas, is straight up colonialist medicine.
BREAKING: The controversial hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau is moving forward -- and here are the details on how it will take place: www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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NEW: October 17 marks a global event called “Origin,” focused on Earth regeneration. Rather than a movement to directly influence climate policy or polluting companies, Origin promises change through synchronized prayer and body movement. Behind it? A fossil fuel heiress and an anti-vaccine doctor
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The collapse of our institutions in the face of fascism is really something to behold. Here, the American College of Surgeons, the largest professional organization for surgeons in the country, platformed Trump’s ousted FDA chief Marty Makary, letting him riff about the challenges facing healthcare
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The financial incentives of social media may be as important as any state actor in creating rage-baiting content on social media. youtu.be/zCvPPaIN5Ew
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One of the doctors Children’s Health Defense has cited to blame child measles deaths on medical malpractice and hospital error recently escaped professional liability for the death of his patient. Ironically, Dr. Pierre Kory’s defense rested on a law anti-vaxxers, including CHD, have railed against
Major social media platforms are refusing PAID ads for the Musk movie. So let’s make it free. Share vigorously. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFTf...
RFK Jr. and Trump ARE the chronic disease. They are a cancer on public health that will take decades to cure.
I’ve been reporting on the CDC for years, and have written about many of its troubles over the past year. I was still shocked by the extent of the staff losses and political interference I found when reporting this one. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...
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These people got what they wanted. No one can say the threat was hidden. It was ignored and disbelieved.
So fuc*ing infuriating and sad. The CDC used to be the crown jewel of the world's scientific firmament. Other countries came to us for help fighting deadly diseases. Its disease detectives learned what caused illness and helped change practices to prevent them. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...
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I am so triggered by RJK Jr's comment about ICU's being empty during #COVID. I re-read what I wrote after one of the surges. How do others forget. The trauma was--and is--real.
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Yeah, this was an awful time. I had to get police involved three times for threats I received while promoting COVID19 vaccines in 2021. The worst was after I was quoted in the WSJ. Can’t even recall what I said, but it launched a bunch of protonmail missives from feral anti-public health nutters.
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How did we get from the elimination of measles to the worst outbreak in 35 years. It's about the persistence of scientific misinformation. Call it The Wakefield Effect youtube.com/shorts/st3pg...
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One of the things I learned in writing this piece is that in 1873, a former confederate official asked SCOTUS to weaponize the 14th Amendment against biracial government. The court refused at the time. But in 2026, that's exactly what the Supreme Court did.
In destroying the Voting Rights Act and gutting the 14th and 15th amendments, the Roberts court is recycling legal arguments once advanced by Confederates and white supremacists to destroy Reconstruction. From me and @ariberman.bsky.social