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Ryan Bethencourt
RyanBethencourt
1/ Did you know that anti-vaxxers aren't a new thing? It actually has deep origins in the anti-science movements of the 1600's.. a thread 2/William Blake in the 1700's-1800's reacted
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Tweeting Historians
Tweetistorian
Welcome back! I'm @khowaga, and we're discussing public health in 19th century Egypt. (1/24) With the establishment of a national health corps, consisting of men and women--hakims and hakimas--who were
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Stephanie Melchor, PhD
sjmelchor
Okay, boys and girls and non-binary darlings, circle up. IT'S STORY-TIME. I've learned some things in the last 48 hrs re: the history of immunology that, not once during the
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IndigenousXca - Mike Gouldhawke @M_Gouldhawke
IndigenousXca
"...biological warfare occurred in 1763, during Pontiac’s rebellion. At this time, the French had been defeated and Amherst was commander-in-chief of all British forces in N. America."https://mgouldhawke.wordpress.com/2020/05/19
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Lindsay Wiley
ProfLWiley
Confusion over various endpoints for the covid pandemic is flaring up again. Eradication, elimination, containment, suppression, transition to seasonal/endemic covid, etc. are terms that even scientists use in inconsistent ways.
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Peter Kolchinsky
PeterKolchinsky
This one might tweak your brain. There would be MORE interest in developing new antibiotics if NO ONE needed them today. Huh? Yep... let’s think about it. Today, no one
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Jason Marianna
jwmarianna
These same arguments were made with smallpox, the Spanish Flu and with Polio. They were wrong then and they’re wrong now.https://twitter.com/interpolated/status/1327453770918359040 Your immune system isn’t magic. Sure, over time our
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Cab Davidson #FBPE
gnomeicide
So a few rambling thoughts in a thread I'll be returning to in between work this afternoon. Why vaccination for Covid-19 is, in world history, completely unprecedented. (1) We've had
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Gertrud Rey PhD (Trudy)
GertrudRey
What does the word "eradicate" mean in the context of infectious disease? Short thread. (1/n) It means to completely eliminate an infectious agent or disease from the planet and it
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Dr Jenner’s House
DrJennersHouse
To mark the anniversary of Edward Jenner's death we are celebrating his legacy of lives saved through vaccination and asking you to share how vaccines bring you hope. To start
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Olivia Smith
OliviaSmithHist
Following the great news that the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine is approved for use today, here is a thread of women who helped modern vaccines get to where they are today:
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Ndzavi Derrick .CBA
NdzaviDerrick
The Story Behind Vaccination and Vaccines.[Thread] The practice of immunisation dates back hundreds of years. Buddhist monks drank snake venom to confer immunity to snake bite and variolation (smearing of
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Jason Crawford
jasoncrawford
Smallpox was one of the worst diseases humanity has ever faced—and also the only human disease we have ever eradicated. It was also the first disease with a vaccine.You may
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Anurag Shukla
Anuraag_Shukla
Throughout the 18th century, members of the British East India Company reported their discoveries of native scientific and technological practices to the Royal Society. Here, listing out some of those
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Simon Lancaster
bespokespeeches
One of the most powerful forces of persuasion is historic analogy. See both sides on the vaccine debate getting their analogies ready. Enthusiasts say this’ll be like smallpox/typhoid. Sceptics say
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Anil Dash
anildash
Found myself surprisingly emotional about my parents both having gotten their vaccine shots. (Fully acknowledging how fortunate we are, and the pain of so many for whom this all comes
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