Dr. Lynda Coughlan 🔬 (@virusnerdette) 's Twitter Profile
Dr. Lynda Coughlan 🔬

@virusnerdette

Irish virologist/vaccinologist @UMmedschool @UMCVD, newPI, viruses, adenoviral vectors, influenza, vaccines, immunology, scicomm, STEM, equality

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Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA (@krutikakuppalli) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Don’t trust the experts”? That’s not democracy, that’s recklessness. On a plane, I want a pilot. In a hospital, I want doctors and scientists who understand the evidence. Expertise isn’t religion or authoritarianism — it’s training, accountability, and data. Ignore it and we

Atul Gawande (@atul_gawande) 's Twitter Profile Photo

9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American." It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." nytimes.com/2025/09/01/opi…

Paul Graham (@paulg) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Nine former CDC directors who served under Republican and Democratic presidents warn that the damage RFK Jr is doing to America's public health system is "unlike anything our country has ever experienced."

Nine former CDC directors who served under Republican and Democratic presidents warn that the damage RFK Jr is doing to America's public health system is "unlike anything our country has ever experienced."
Jake Scott, MD (@jakescottmd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

So the theory is that CDC, FDA, NIH, DoD, EMA, ECDC, WHO, MHRA (UK), Health Canada, TGA (Australia), PMDA (Japan), Paul-Ehrlich-Institut (Germany), ANSM (France), Swissmedic (Switzerland), and regulators across Asia, along with NEJM, JAMA, Lancet, BMJ, Nature Medicine, Science,

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (@senbillcassidy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

People objecting to hepatitis B vaccination apparently have never treated patients like this. Their life ending with a terrible liver disease or else requiring a transplantation. This is about preventing illnesses like this. I have the experience of treating patients infected

People objecting to hepatitis B vaccination apparently have never treated patients like this. Their life ending with a terrible liver disease or else requiring a transplantation. This is about preventing illnesses like this. I have the experience of treating patients infected
Jason Shepherd (@jasonsynaptic) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Whatever you may think about DEI. The bottom line is that every NIH grant goes through a rigorous peer review process to vet the science and the people doing it. Only the top scored grants get funded. The funding cuts/ chaos are stopping research programs. People are losing jobs.

Dr. Lucky Tran (@luckytran) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In response to the dismantling of the CDC, California, Oregon, and Washington have launched the West Coast Health Alliance, which will make their own science-based vaccine guidelines, and make sure vaccines are accessible to everyone.

In response to the dismantling of the CDC, California, Oregon, and Washington have launched the West Coast Health Alliance, which will make their own science-based vaccine guidelines, and make sure vaccines are accessible to everyone.
Dr. Catharine Young (@catgyoung) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Wow. California, Oregon and Washington have joined forces to create their own health alliance saying that the CDC has become “a political tool that increasingly peddles ideology instead of science.”

Wow. California, Oregon and Washington have joined forces to create their own health alliance saying that the CDC has become “a political tool that increasingly peddles ideology instead of science.”
Dr. Tom Frieden (@drtomfrieden) 's Twitter Profile Photo

During his tenure, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has followed a consistent playbook: deny, distract, and destroy. Every American, regardless of political belief, should be alarmed at the assault that’s taking place against our health protections.

Jake Scott, MD (@jakescottmd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Florida eliminated vaccine requirements for polio, measles, and other diseases that will now cause preventable suffering for children and many others. They're destroying one of humanity's greatest public health triumph for absolutely no reason. us.cnn.com/2025/09/03/hea…

Max Kozlov 🇺🇦 (@maxdkozlov) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The former NIH infectious-diseases and the international-research chiefs allege in a whistleblower complaint they were demoted after objecting to Trump's efforts to undermine vaccines, flout court orders, and withhold research money, NYT reports. nytimes.com/2025/09/04/hea…

Jake Scott, MD (@jakescottmd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

As I told CNN last night, RFK Jr. never should have been confirmed. He’s already done immense damage to public health infrastructure and trust in vaccines. The stakes are too high to let this continue. He needs to go.

Dr. Lynda Coughlan 🔬 (@virusnerdette) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Worth a read. Very proud to have worked with Kathleen Neuzil in the past and so thankful to both of these incredible #scientists for standing up for #vaccines and #publichealth. Whistle-Blower Complaints Detail Tension Over Vaccines at N.I.H. nytimes.com/2025/09/04/hea…

Chris Murphy 🟧 (@chrismurphyct) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It's like we're living a nightmare. We have conspiracy wackos running our nation's most important health agencies. And people are going to die. This shouldn't be another left/right, red/blue issue. RFK Jr. has to go. And Republicans should just say what they know is true.

Senator Patty Murray (@pattymurray) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We need a Secretary of Health and Human Services. Not a Secretary of Conspiracies. Not a Secretary of Measles and Food Poisoning. Not a Secretary of Cancelled Research and Chemtrail Nonsense. RFK Jr. is burning down our public health system from the inside. Fire him.

Daniel Di Martino 🇺🇸🇻🇪 (@danieldimartino) 's Twitter Profile Photo

SUMMARY OF H-1B EXECUTIVE ORDER - ENTRY BAN: No H-1B visa holder may enter the United States beginning Sunday September 21st, including current visa holders, unles they pay $100K to enter. - VISA FEE: New H-1B and H-1B extensions must pay 100K to be processed and 100K per year

Florian Krammer (@florian_krammer) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Registration for our fabulous ISIRV Correlates of Protection for Influenza meeting in Vienna closes on September 30th. Register! isrv.global/featured-event…

Dr. Lynda Coughlan 🔬 (@virusnerdette) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Finally got some good grant news last week as Cosette Schneider's F31 was awarded (only 5 months after submitting JIT & 10months after a fundable score). Better late than never I guess! Congrats Cosette, we are super proud of you & thankful to fantastic co-mentors/collaborators🎉

Finally got some good grant news last week as <a href="/cosettegrace/">Cosette Schneider</a>'s F31 was awarded (only 5 months after submitting JIT &amp; 10months after a fundable score). Better late than never I guess! Congrats Cosette, we are super proud of you &amp; thankful to fantastic co-mentors/collaborators🎉