Jody Lanard MD
@EIDGeek
former WHO senior pandemic influenza comms advisor (for better or worse) 2005. WHO & FAO risk com training/webinars 2003-2023; FedSoc member; U. of Penn Med '80
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Concerns have been raised that vaping has created a 'new generation of nicotine addicts'. Using NYTS data, we examined changes in the proportion of US high-school students reporting symptoms of nicotine dependence over the past decade, in the context of changing patterns of…
If reading the news is giving you a bad day, take a break and read some of the National Park Service's wonderful tweet threads. Here's a delightful new tutorial on how to cope with spider webs.
One does not simply become a master of karate. First, you must accidentally walk into a spider web.
How much less healthy is it to drink a soda made with 55% fructose versus a soda made with 50% fructose? Data please!
"I watched as the goal of mainstream journalism shifted from describing reality to ushering readers to the correct political conclusion."
Evergreen post. 🥰 May we never be coercively isolated again. We have far too much to lose.
Think of all the beautiful moments of your life that happened in-person: - meeting your very first best friend - your first date w/ the love of your life - impromptu travel that changed your worldview - 2am conversations that made you feel so connected and understood… 🧵🪡
A political Rashomon story: Democrats and Republicans see the exact same detention center, at the same time, with different eyes. Can anyone come up with an adversarial collaboration protocol to resolve this? @ImHardcory politico.com/news/2025/07/1…
Another take on @JohnTierneyNYC's @TheAtlantic piece on Trust and Public Health. 1/3 A Humbling Moment for Righteous Public Health - ConscienHealth conscienhealth.org/2025/07/a-humb…
It was irresistible to watch part of Godfather 1 while sailing from Palermo to Porto Empedocle last night. It reminded me that when we dine at Sal8 in Agrigento tonight, to avoid overeating I should leave the bread; take the cannoli.
If they ever have Shakespeare Night at the White House, I nominate Trump to play Iago.
Trump describes certain bankers as "shylocks"
Mostly I read Kelsey Piper for her Future Perfect articles. But I LOVE her stories about parenting!
I told the kids that on the internet there are a lot of Russian robots trying to make us all hate each other. They took this unexpectedly to heart. When 8yo was dismissive of 5yo's art project he accused her of being a Russian robot. She protested that she could pass a CAPTCHA.
Misleading vape research threatens public health policy, expert review warns clearingtheair.eu/en/post/mislea…
Possibly one of the funniest and most illogical self-contradictory demands I've ever seen from Trans World (Scottish version): "Trans suspects can ask for male and female officers to search different body areas" thetimes.com/uk/scotland/ar…
Watching ACIP meeting. Re age-based Covid hospitalizations, two factors I might have missed: 1. Has average length of hospitalization changed over the Covid years, and 2. How does length of stay in 0-4 vs over 65 compare? For both Covid and flu?
Far be it from me to suggest that this is a good day to learn the word "paralipsis." NY Post headline: Trump compares Iran strikes to bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki nypost.com/2025/06/25/us-…
Carolina is a local hero. When I'm home in Red Hook, Brooklyn, we are just a couple blocks from the cruise terminal where behemoths like MSC Meraviglia dock. Despite years of promises, our government has not installed shore power which would reduce ship pollution while berthed.
Vote for Alexa Aviles! Alexa does the work! So impressed with how she wrote the bill mandating cruise ship shorepower & traffic mitigation, convened weekly working group on those issues. Wrote bills about last mile traffic. She's on the ground, informed, active.
This hilarious article implies that a 22 y/o guy is running DHS' anti-terrorism program. Actually, the "center" the kid runs is more like an anti-gang program, or a group studying why there is so much vaccine hesitancy, or what to do about drug abuse. dhs.gov/cp3-who-we-are
“Thomas Fugate is 22-years-old, and most recently was the head of a school’s model United Nations,” Michael Kosta said. trib.al/sQrYEns
Way overdue: June 25, 10 am EDT Senate HELP committee to interview Susan Monarez, candidate for CDC director. CDC has been director-less (and acting director-less) for a long time. help.senate.gov/hearings/nomin…
