New Yorker Staff Writer. Author of “Denialism, “Fauci” & "Higher Animals" on life in a world where biology moves at the speed of light. Visiting Scholar MIT.
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26 Mar 2023
News alert: "Higher Animals," my audiobook about a world where biology moves at the speed of light - which is both miraculous and terrifying - will be released this Tuesday. Produced by the amazing team at @pushkinpods, you can get it wherever audiobooks are sold.
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4 Apr 2025
Gee. This is SO surprising. If only we had some way to prevent measles infections. As of today: "There are 607 confirmed measles cases in the U.S. so far this year, according to CDC , far surpassing the 285 measles cases recorded in the entirety of 2024."
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25 Mar 2025
David Geier will study autism and vaccines for RFK. Great choice: Geier and his father have testified as expert witnesses in vaccine suits more than 100 times; they have been reprimanded repeatedly by Judges who have stated they are wholly unqualified to speak on the subject
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25 Mar 2025
I wrote about them and RFK in my 2009 book, Denialism. Nothing has changed - other than the fact that they now have the power to harm people with their lies.
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25 Mar 2025
True. He was that way when he walked in the door
25 Mar 2025
40 years ago a young Washington Post reporter stumbled on the DC police marching 100 prostitutes across the 14th ST bridge in the middle of the night. The reporter’s name? Jeffrey Goldberg. LEGEND
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15 Jan 2025
I should have read Fire Weather by @JohnVaillant when it was published. I didn’t but I have now. Anyone who has any interested in why Los Angeles - and to some degree - the rest of our planet is burning needs to read this brilliant (and terrifying) book.
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31 Jul 2023
Design, build, work… nature.com/articles/s41467-0… @NatureComms @joncalles @akshaywari #SB #syntheticbiology
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25 Jul 2023
Gee. You know what is much more likely to cause myocarditis than the covid vaccine? COVID heart.org/en/news/2022/08/22…
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4 Jul 2023
Tough to watch RFKJr's campaign video (um, don't).
Sickening to hear him constantly reference his family (who have consistently rejected all he stands for) legacy in order to support a hateful, alt-right-ish, conspiracy theory-filled, & evidence-free agenda.
#DeathCultDarkAge
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10 Jun 2023
Why does the @nytimes refer to @RobertKennedyJr as a vaccine "skeptic?" A skeptic questions the validity of ideas or assertions put forth as facts. Nothing wrong with healthy skepticism. RFK is an anti-vaccine activist. Facts don't matter to him.He is dangerous- even deadly.
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Michael Specter retweeted
19 Apr 2023
#GinkgoFerment starting at 930ET - tune in!!! 😃😃😃🧬🧬🧬🎉🎉🎉
youtube.com/live/E8uc5X0tDBs…
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10 Apr 2023
Worth remembering that in the frenzy of stories about how AI will kill us all it might cure us all first.
9 Apr 2023
After a patient saw multiple physicians and neurologists over 6 months and was assigned a diagnosis of #LongCovid, a relative entered her symptoms into #ChatGPT with the correct output. Diagnosis was confirmed by antibody testing and therapy has been initiated.
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7 Apr 2023
Changing the game: @specterm's 'Higher Animals' reveals how synthetic biology is transforming the future of vaccines and more on.msnbc.com/3Mr51Rd
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6 Apr 2023
"It is long past time to acknowledge that some experiments simply should not be carried out," writes @specterm in @statnews statnews.com/2023/04/06/synt…
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6 Apr 2023
I have a piece about the implications of living in a world where biology moves at the speed of light in @statnews today. They are great. Except when they are not. Adapted from my new audiobook from @pushkinpods , Higher Animals: shorturl.at/yFIMX
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31 Mar 2023
Tomorrow night we’re hosting a fireside chat between @DrewEndy and @VitalikButerin. What questions should they be asking each other?
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1 Mar 2023
The published scientific data convincingly shows that covid was a natural zoonosis
The DOE favors the lab leak theory on the basis of classified secrets
Pandemic surveillance is too important for “trust me bro.” Data transparency or gtfo
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