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Adriana Heguy

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Genomic scientist, animal lover, vegan, born in 🇺🇾, New Yorker by choice. She/her

  1. Alex Padilla just made a point that I don’t think anyone else has made:

    Trump calling Abbott and asking him for 5 more Republican seats is no different than him calling the Georgia Secretary of State to ask for 11,000 more Republican votes.

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  2. Antivaxxers love accusing scientists of censorship but in reality they are the ones trying censor science.

    RFK just tried bullying a scientific journal into retracting a major study of 1.2 M kids that found that aluminum in vaccines do not increase the risk of autism or asthma. The journal refused.

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  3. Kennedy has also tried to get one of the largest studies on the mmr vaccines retracted and the journal have rejected his request which has no scientific merit. Thanks to @profstevegriffin.bsky.social for sharing 🧪

    An influential U.S. medical journal is rejecting a call from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to retract a large Danish study that found that aluminum ingredients in vaccines do not increase health risks for children, the journal's editor told Reuters.

    Exclusive: Medical journal rejects Kennedy's call for retraction of vaccine study

    An influential U.S. medical journal is rejecting a call from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to retract a large Danish study that found that aluminum ingredients in vaccines do not increase health risks for children, the journal's editor told Reuters.

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  4. Shootings in NYC so far in 2025 are at a 30-year low.

    Let’s not pretend this is about public safety.

    This is a mobilization of the military for domestic political purposes. Blatant authoritarianism.

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