Björn Meyer

Making the communication of this dramatically better: Shamonda virus belongs to the Orthobunyaviruses. www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-even...

Welp... www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-even...

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Kenya has announced a second Ebola case, a family member of the first case, who was already under quarantine.

I mean sure, but what so do you plan on doing with all the plaque cases that occur in the US? Banning all flights from and to the US? www.cdc.gov/plague/maps-...

Periodic reminder to get vaccinated.

Mistakes happen

SARS-CoV-2 phenotypic trajectory and the Omicron Paradox. Discussion of the following pre-print and the complex intertwined pathways that have dictated phenotypic outcomes for SARS-CoV-2. This can be otherwise termed the pandemic to endemic trajectory: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

What's behind this tidal wave of epidemics? In the largest study ever conducted on emerging infectious diseases, we show that the popular explanation - "our relationship with nature is out of balance" - doesn't hold up. Out now in Nature, after half a decade of work: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

ob der Kanzler es einfach mal versucht hat, jetzt härter und länger zu arbeiten?

Vaccination has transformed public health in Europe. But keeping that protection in place takes continued effort. When routine vaccinations are missed, gaps in immunity can build up and diseases brought under control can spread again. #Vaccination #VaccinesSaveLives #VaccinesWork

Imagine you received supposedly one of the best educations in the world, went to grad school or medic school in the US, paid 40.000 - 70.000 USD per year for it, and in the end you just quietly go along with all this. Probably money well spent

Tjoa, und nun?

Knapp zwei Wochen vor der Landtagswahl in Sachsen-Anhalt: Forschung ist international. Unser Team, unsere Kollaborationen, die Millionen an Fördergeldern - alles ist international. Eine nationalistische Politik ist damit unvereinbar. Somit wird Forschung hier extrem erschwert bis unmöglich gemacht.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro says RFK Jr. offered federal help after two unvaccinated people died from measles, the first U.S. deaths this year. Shapiro declined, saying PA could handle it, and confronted Kennedy, telling him: “There’s real life consequences to spreading misinformation.”

Politics has consequences

When people don't want to support science, but just want to cash in on it afterward, in 1 picture

1/ Covid vaccines and miscarriage has been studied repeatedly, at national scale. Here's that evidence, one study per post. The CDC's came first: vaccinated women miscarried at the same rate as everyone else, about 1 in 8. NEJM, Sept 2021. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Looks like you can undo 60 years of science, research and medicine in a 2 year presidency. Pretty much with no resistance at all.

Das läuft hier bei uns etwas unter dem Radar, weil gerade so viele andere Ereignisse im Vordergrund stehen, aber es ist ein ungeheuerlicher Vorgang, und ich kann mir ungefähr vorstellen, wie Naturwissenschaftler auch hierzulande das verfolgen und wahrnehmen.

The first volunteer has been dosed with the world's first BDBV vaccine. www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-07...

Guess the general outbreak response to anything in the US currently is a should shrug followed by let it rip

Biologists pinpoint how common virus triggers multiple sclerosis www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Getting vaccinated saves lives. New data shows that global immunization coverage has moved forward in 2025. 85% or 110 million infants were immunized in 2025—nearly 1 million more infants than the previous year. Let’s make sure children don’t miss out living healthy & joyful lives: bit.ly/4pvS1uX

How much corruption in FIFA does it need and take for changes?

Update of the Ebola virus disease outbreak in DRC & Uganda - 3 July: --- DRC: On 2 July, DRC reported a total of 1460 confirmed cases and 452 deaths. 54 new cases & 14 deaths were reported since the last update. --- EU/EEA: 1 confirmed case reported in France on 24 June.

Keine Überraschung. Dennoch gute Nachrichten, die man wiederholen kann und verbreiten sollte

Ebola virus disease outbreak in DRC & Uganda - 10 June: -- DRC: On 9 June, DRC reported a total of 598 confirmed cases, including 115 deaths & 297 suspected cases. 48 new cases & 14 deaths reported since the previous update. --- Risk assessment for EU/EEA stays unchanged - VERY LOW.

Das Problem ist einfach bereits in Begrifflichkeiten wie "Freiwillig" oder "Taschengeld". Es ist einfach harte Arbeit zu Dumpingpreisen. Bereits zu meiner Zeit habe ich umgerechnet etwa 1,13 EUR die Stunde bekommen, außerhalb vom FSJ 12 EUR/Stunde www.tagesschau.de/inland/innen...

I would expect a less lazy Daisy use of "pandemic", when he likely meant "epidemic" thehill.com/policy/healt...

Ich find ja schonmal gut, dass ARD eigentlich Filovirus Forscher fragt. Scheint mit anders zu sein als zB RTL

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Aktuell gibt es erneut einen Ausbruch von Ebola Viren in der Demokratischen Republik Kongo. Es ist bereits der 17. bekannte Ebola-Ausbruch in diesem Land – und einer von mehreren Ausbrüchen in Zentral- und Ostafrika in den letzten Jahren. (CR) africacdc.org/news-item/eb...

TECHNICAL GUIDANCE: Advice on laboratory testing of Andes virus (ANDV) for high-risk contacts under the MV Hondius outbreak. Full text: www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publicati... #IDsky #EpiSky #PublicHealth #AndesHantavirus #LaboratoryTesting #ANDV

🧵 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗿𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸: 𝗘𝗖𝗗𝗖 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗘𝗨 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀. 𝗦𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 On 10 May, the cruise ship MV Hondius arrived to Tenerife. Today passengers & crew continue to disembark & to be medically evacuated to their countries of origin. #IDsky #EpiSky

1/3 Statement from the International #Hantavirus Society regarding #Andes virus

First genome sequence from Andes hantavirus strain from ongoing ship outbreak posted on Virological: virological.org/t/complete-s... courtesy Swiss National Reference Centre for Emerging Viral Infections, Geneva University Hospitals, University of Zurich

So far, 8 cases of #hantavirus have been reported, incl. 3 deaths. While this is a serious incident, @who.int assesses the public health risk as low We will continue to work with relevant govts to provide care for those affected, protect the safety of passengers & prevent onward spread of the virus

#JustPublished Cruise ship hantavirus outbreak: ECDC response activated. #ECDC has deployed an expert from the EU Health Task Force to the cruise ship affected by the Andes hantavirus outbreak, as part of a joint effort to investigate the outbreak and coordinate the public health response. 🧵 1/7

Among adults 50 years of age or older, fewer cases of confirmed influenza-like illness were observed with an mRNA influenza vaccine than with standard vaccines. Reactogenicity was higher with the mRNA vaccine. Full phase 3 Fluent trial results: https://nej.md/4nfu2z8 #InfectiousDisease