@profvrr Not quite a mole of infections per sec but still a BIG NUMBER!

@profvrr What a great photo and accomplishment. Glad Chris Suspect was there to capture the moment!

RT @profvrr: Another photo from the amazing event Saturday night that was TWiV 1000. The photographer is Chris Suspect who is well known fo…

This is an article that requires your careful reading and then reflection or as Aldus Huxley said "You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad". Research with exotic viruses risks a deadly outbreak, scientists warn

@profvrr I agree with many of my colleagues who have commented similarly to @profvrr... organic chemistry teaches you how to think and integrate the abstract to achieve a desired response... important skills for anyone who is going to care for something as complicated as a person.

RT @profvrr: One cause of the 'death of expertise' is the failure of higher education to train students to think critically. It's not easy.…

RT @profvrr: In today's NYTimes article on #poliovirus in NY, an expert is quoted as saying vaccinated people are protected against the vi…

@DanielGriffinMD Yep, the paper appearing in Journal of Bacteriology brings a whole new meaning to how one needs to consider the topic of antimicrobial stewardship, given how antipsychotics may facilitate the development of antimicrobial resistance.

RT @DanielGriffinMD: We now have expert guidance from the Environmental Protection Agency, with two pages of recommendations that codify th…

Bacterial Species In the Age of Next-Generation Sequencing |

@DanielGriffinMD Great data! Will help us make sense out of isolation

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RT @DanielGriffinMD: Can I point out how critical it is to get the answer to the impact of vaccination on transmission. We are just amount…

My colleague from TWiM and the host of TWiV has recently released this treatment consensus for COVID-19 that Dan Griffin and 30 other health professionals released. Thank you for such a tremendous service!

At the end of June, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by the former chairman of Google, Dr. Eric Schmidt on his new podcast REIMAGINE. Now it's up to us to get busy.

RT @profvrr: This pediatrician's license to practice should be revoked for publishing this rubbish ignores the age-…

RT @edyong209: Well this was an honour!

@profvrr @lukejerram @alandove @RichCondit @VirusProfSings @umichMichele @elios179 @ElEarlyBird @Orilieberman @JasonSynaptic @bendesky @TheErinCalipari @DanielGriffinMD Thank you for all the podcast adventures

This is a consequence of cost of sequencing dropping from $100M to $500 per human genome... is this signaling the end of need for us to write in our food diaries? Discuss over dinner tonight.