RuthMabel Boytz

It's World Tuberculosis Day. 
Tuberculosis - or TB - is caused by bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis that most often affect the lungs. #Tuberculosis is curable and preventable bit.ly/3yYNwzx #EndTB #WorldTBDay

Republican politicians in Florida oppose diversity. They oppose equity. They oppose inclusion. Which is to say they support “Whites only,” and inequity, and exclusion. The racism of it all. thehill.com/homenews/state…

@WHO @SCBriand But it does NOT mean that every single case of #H5N1 is somehow the start of a pandemic. Remember that we have seen hundreds of human cases of #H5N1 in recent years and we have not had a pandemic (so far).

@WHO @SCBriand There is a lot of #H5N1 circulating in birds at the moment and across a larger part of the world than ever before and that will invariably lead to spillover to mammals incl. humans as well.

Awful news in Florida from ⁦@bruce_y_lee⁩ ⁦@Forbes⁩: Lee County FL GOP Passes Resolution To Ban Covid-19 Vaccines. The title of my forthcoming book with ⁦@JHUPress⁩ is “The Deadly Rise of Anti-Science: a Scientist’s Warning” forbes.com/sites/brucelee…

Equatorial Guinea declares outbreak of Marburg virus - bnonews.com/index.php/2023…

To be clear — The Chinese Balloon was an authentic UFO until it was identified. It then became an IFO.

Lots of speculation about what went down in the infamous 2/1/20 teleconference. Lab leak proponents think Fauci conspired with an international group of experts to cover up lab origin because evil gain of function virologist cartel. Unsurprisingly, they are wrong.

Am I the only one that wonders what would happen if I fell into those pools where spent nuclear fuel rods are cooled down? How would falling in here affect our health? And could we actually survive this? Let’s evaluate this possibility together.🤔

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, and sometimes it was just fucking fun. independent.co.uk/life-style/elo…

Research from #CornellVet's @rainamontana finds when bats suffer loss of winter habitat + food shortages in natural habitats, populations splinter + they excrete more virus. But when food was abundant, bats left agricultural areas to feed in native forests.news.cornell.edu/stories/2022/1…

A study in @Nature suggests that changes in climate and land use may be driving the spillover of pathogens from bats to other animals. go.nature.com/3XasARd

Tuft-cell-intrinsic and -extrinsic mediators of norovirus tropism regulate viral immunity: Cell Reports #relatedArticles" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">cell.com/cell-reports/f…

"France faced an unusual situation of dengue transmission in 2022, with 65 autochthonous [i.e. locally acquired] cases spread over nine transmission events by 21 October. This exceeded the number of cases observed during the entire period 2010 to 2021." #html_fulltext" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">eurosurveillance.org/content/10.280…

For those of you that have asked me why I am convinced that cryptic lineages are coming from people, I can finally point to a pre-print with @dho and many fantastic collaborators in the UWisc and Wisc Public Health. medrxiv.org/cgi/content/sh…

HIV epidemic in the 80's changed how we have sex, making sex with condoms the norm. Over 1 million people died in the US from COVID, with an unknown number of those disabled by it. Yet, there will be no lasting behavioral change, policies, or funding. Heck, in some places

Science Has a Nasty Photoshopping Problem nytimes.com/interactive/20…

The recent Senate report on COVID origins is overtly political & contains many factual errors. Some of the most glaring are extremely basic but may not seem so to a non-virologist. As I am a virologist, I can help. Let’s talk about biosafety at WIV. nytimes.com/2022/10/27/sci…

Looking for a couples costume that shows off your antibodies? We've got something just for you. BTW, Halloweekend is a very gourd time to get your flu shot and bivalent COVID booster if you haven't already! Find an appointment: vaccines.gov 🎃💪

@WilenLab @YaleMicroPath @YALEBBS I will miss everyone in the Wilen lab!! Great people and scientists ❤️

Future of science is bright! Terrific rotation talks by @ruthmabel_ and Molly Roe @YaleMicroPath @YALEBBS ! We will miss you both.