My books on poliovirus and the race between Salk, Sabin, Kiprowski on the vaccine
September 4, 2026 at 1:22 AM
My books on poliovirus and the race between Salk, Sabin, Kiprowski on the vaccine
Poliovirus detection in Melbourne wastewater www.health.vic.gov.au/health-advis...
Poliovirus detection in Melbourne wastewater
The Department of Health has been notified of a detection of vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (VDPV2) in routine wastewater sampling in the Melbourne metropolitan area.
www.health.vic.gov.au
December 26, 2024 at 6:36 AM
Poliovirus detection in Melbourne wastewater www.health.vic.gov.au/health-advis...
My replies are perpetually full of anti-vaxxers these days telling me about polio vaccines.
Not shockingly, most of what they are saying is wrong. Luckily, I trained with Vincent Racaniello & he taught me a few things about poliovirus.
So let’s discuss the king of the Picornaviridae👇🏻
Not shockingly, most of what they are saying is wrong. Luckily, I trained with Vincent Racaniello & he taught me a few things about poliovirus.
So let’s discuss the king of the Picornaviridae👇🏻
December 18, 2024 at 1:07 PM
My replies are perpetually full of anti-vaxxers these days telling me about polio vaccines.
Not shockingly, most of what they are saying is wrong. Luckily, I trained with Vincent Racaniello & he taught me a few things about poliovirus.
So let’s discuss the king of the Picornaviridae👇🏻
Not shockingly, most of what they are saying is wrong. Luckily, I trained with Vincent Racaniello & he taught me a few things about poliovirus.
So let’s discuss the king of the Picornaviridae👇🏻
Poliovirus transmits better when it's hot, is all.
September 4, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Poliovirus transmits better when it's hot, is all.
WA: Poliovirus detected in Perth wastewater.
🔹Poliovirus has been detected in a sample from the Subiaco wastewater treatment plant in Perth.
🔹Health officials say it is a vaccine-derived strain, likely someone who has travelled overseas, poses very low risk due to WA’s high vaccination rates.
🔹Poliovirus has been detected in a sample from the Subiaco wastewater treatment plant in Perth.
🔹Health officials say it is a vaccine-derived strain, likely someone who has travelled overseas, poses very low risk due to WA’s high vaccination rates.
Poliovirus detected in Perth wastewater
Poliovirus has been detected in a sample taken from a wastewater in Perth, the Health Department reveals.
www.abc.net.au
May 1, 2026 at 5:56 AM
WA: Poliovirus detected in Perth wastewater.
🔹Poliovirus has been detected in a sample from the Subiaco wastewater treatment plant in Perth.
🔹Health officials say it is a vaccine-derived strain, likely someone who has travelled overseas, poses very low risk due to WA’s high vaccination rates.
🔹Poliovirus has been detected in a sample from the Subiaco wastewater treatment plant in Perth.
🔹Health officials say it is a vaccine-derived strain, likely someone who has travelled overseas, poses very low risk due to WA’s high vaccination rates.
Four countries report new polio cases
Afghanistan and Pakistan report new wild poliovirus cases, while Algeria and Guinea confirm cases of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/p...
Afghanistan and Pakistan report new wild poliovirus cases, while Algeria and Guinea confirm cases of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/p...
Four countries report new polio cases
Afghanistan and Pakistan report new wild poliovirus cases, while Algeria and Guinea confirm cases of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus.
www.cidrap.umn.edu
February 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Four countries report new polio cases
Afghanistan and Pakistan report new wild poliovirus cases, while Algeria and Guinea confirm cases of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/p...
Afghanistan and Pakistan report new wild poliovirus cases, while Algeria and Guinea confirm cases of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/p...
Erneut ist das Poliovirus im Abwasser deutscher Städte aufgetaucht. Womöglich zirkuliert es schon unter Menschen. Das könnte zum Problem werden, wie Daten des RKI zeigen.
Kinderlähmung: "Ich gehe davon aus, dass Menschen unbemerkt mit Polio infiziert sind"
Erneut ist das Poliovirus im Abwasser deutscher Städte aufgetaucht. Womöglich zirkuliert es schon unter Menschen. Das könnte zum Problem werden, wie Daten des RKI zeigen.
www.zeit.de
July 12, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Erneut ist das Poliovirus im Abwasser deutscher Städte aufgetaucht. Womöglich zirkuliert es schon unter Menschen. Das könnte zum Problem werden, wie Daten des RKI zeigen.
My first lead author paper is out with Ben Kerr and @alisonfeder.bsky.social! We found that making an antiviral too strong can sometimes make resistance easier to evolve. This has implications for how we design drugs, choose doses, and think about viral evolution in the face of treatment. (1/n)
Intracellular interactions shape antiviral resistance outcomes in poliovirus via eco-evolutionary feedback - Nature Ecology & Evolution
A model of intrahost poliovirus replication shows that, after several rounds of replication, pocapavir, a poliovirus capsid inhibitor, collapses viral density, preventing intracellular interactions th...
www.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
My first lead author paper is out with Ben Kerr and @alisonfeder.bsky.social! We found that making an antiviral too strong can sometimes make resistance easier to evolve. This has implications for how we design drugs, choose doses, and think about viral evolution in the face of treatment. (1/n)
RFK Jr.: “I’m not going to pick sides between humans and the poliovirus. They’ve both got good arguments.”
RFK Jr refuses to say if he would vaccinate his children today for polio
May 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
RFK Jr.: “I’m not going to pick sides between humans and the poliovirus. They’ve both got good arguments.”
Diseases/conditions eliminated or eradicated in the U.S thanks to vaccines and public health in the last century:
- Smallpox
- Polio (Wild Poliovirus)
- Measles
- Rubella (German Measles)
- Congenital Rubella Syndrome
- Diphtheria – eliminated through vaccination
- Neonatal Tetanus
- Malaria
- Smallpox
- Polio (Wild Poliovirus)
- Measles
- Rubella (German Measles)
- Congenital Rubella Syndrome
- Diphtheria – eliminated through vaccination
- Neonatal Tetanus
- Malaria
March 3, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Diseases/conditions eliminated or eradicated in the U.S thanks to vaccines and public health in the last century:
- Smallpox
- Polio (Wild Poliovirus)
- Measles
- Rubella (German Measles)
- Congenital Rubella Syndrome
- Diphtheria – eliminated through vaccination
- Neonatal Tetanus
- Malaria
- Smallpox
- Polio (Wild Poliovirus)
- Measles
- Rubella (German Measles)
- Congenital Rubella Syndrome
- Diphtheria – eliminated through vaccination
- Neonatal Tetanus
- Malaria
It's pronounced poliovirus.
March 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
It's pronounced poliovirus.
It often seems like they are “so close to getting it,” but in actuality they are choosing to deny obvious facts because they’re pathologically selfish weirdos. I’d love to see Siggy spend 24 hrs sharing a room with someone with active poliovirus and see if she still thinks vaccines are unnecessary
May 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM
It often seems like they are “so close to getting it,” but in actuality they are choosing to deny obvious facts because they’re pathologically selfish weirdos. I’d love to see Siggy spend 24 hrs sharing a room with someone with active poliovirus and see if she still thinks vaccines are unnecessary
Five countries report new polio cases
The reports include 3 wild poliovirus cases in Pakistan.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/p...
The reports include 3 wild poliovirus cases in Pakistan.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/p...
Five countries report new polio cases
The reports include 3 wild poliovirus cases in Pakistan.
www.cidrap.umn.edu
March 7, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Five countries report new polio cases
The reports include 3 wild poliovirus cases in Pakistan.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/p...
The reports include 3 wild poliovirus cases in Pakistan.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/p...
the beauty of early detection of virus through wastewater surveillance: the case for poliovirus. As only a small fraction of infected persons develop paralytic disease, this virus can spread under the radar before being picked up. Guidance on actions here www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-even...
Detections of poliovirus in sewage samples require enhanced routine and catch-up vaccination and increased surveillance
Between September and December 2024, four countries in the EU/EEA (Finland, Germany, Poland, Spain) and the United Kingdom reported detections of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2)...
www.ecdc.europa.eu
February 2, 2025 at 11:42 AM
the beauty of early detection of virus through wastewater surveillance: the case for poliovirus. As only a small fraction of infected persons develop paralytic disease, this virus can spread under the radar before being picked up. Guidance on actions here www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-even...
Vaccine derived poliovirus type 2 found in Western Australia's wastewater.
-likely shedding from someone picking up virus while on an overseas trip.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...
-likely shedding from someone picking up virus while on an overseas trip.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...
Poliovirus detected in Perth wastewater
Poliovirus has been detected in a sample taken from a wastewater in Perth, the Health Department reveals.
www.abc.net.au
May 1, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Vaccine derived poliovirus type 2 found in Western Australia's wastewater.
-likely shedding from someone picking up virus while on an overseas trip.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...
-likely shedding from someone picking up virus while on an overseas trip.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...
And I will DIE MAD ABOUT IT, because that's why we haven't managed to eradicate wild poliovirus yet
February 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
And I will DIE MAD ABOUT IT, because that's why we haven't managed to eradicate wild poliovirus yet
Soon the poliovirus will have more rights in the US than women.
December 13, 2024 at 12:10 PM
Soon the poliovirus will have more rights in the US than women.
Germany's public health agency @rki.de has posted today's update on the discovery of wild #poliovirus in wastewater in Hamburg in English. Vaccination rates in Hamburg are quite high — 81% by age 2, 91% by age 6. It's estimated 80% coverage is needed for herd immunity. www.rki.de/EN/Topics/In...
Wild poliovirus type 1 detected in wastewater sample in Hamburg
The National Reference Center for Poliomyelitis and Enteroviruses (NRZ PE) has detected wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in a wastewater sample collected in Hamburg. Analyses conducted in collaboration w...
www.rki.de
November 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Germany's public health agency @rki.de has posted today's update on the discovery of wild #poliovirus in wastewater in Hamburg in English. Vaccination rates in Hamburg are quite high — 81% by age 2, 91% by age 6. It's estimated 80% coverage is needed for herd immunity. www.rki.de/EN/Topics/In...
#JustPublished:
Detection of wild poliovirus in wastewater in Germany: risk and recommendations.
Germany has reported the detection of wild #poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in a wastewater sample from Hamburg. 𝗡𝗼 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗼-𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲.
#Polio #IDsky #EpiSky
Detection of wild poliovirus in wastewater in Germany: risk and recommendations.
Germany has reported the detection of wild #poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in a wastewater sample from Hamburg. 𝗡𝗼 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗼-𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲.
#Polio #IDsky #EpiSky
Detection of wild poliovirus in wastewater in Germany: risk and recommendations
Germany’s health authorities have reported the detection of wild poliovirus type 1 in one wastewater sample in Hamburg.
bit.ly
November 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
#JustPublished:
Detection of wild poliovirus in wastewater in Germany: risk and recommendations.
Germany has reported the detection of wild #poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in a wastewater sample from Hamburg. 𝗡𝗼 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗼-𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲.
#Polio #IDsky #EpiSky
Detection of wild poliovirus in wastewater in Germany: risk and recommendations.
Germany has reported the detection of wild #poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in a wastewater sample from Hamburg. 𝗡𝗼 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗼-𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲.
#Polio #IDsky #EpiSky
Warsaw expands wastewater testing after poliovirus detection
Warsaw expands wastewater testing after poliovirus detection
Warsaw wants 95% of children and adolescents vaccinated against polio following detection of a mutated polio virus in wastewater.
dlvr.it
November 27, 2024 at 3:39 AM
Warsaw expands wastewater testing after poliovirus detection
Yes! In 2023 there were only 12 global cases detected of wild poliovirus (all in Afghanistan and Pakistan) but 523 cases of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus. But the good news is we've eliminated 2/3 wild poliovirus strains and only one is left!
May 20, 2024 at 12:52 PM
Yes! In 2023 there were only 12 global cases detected of wild poliovirus (all in Afghanistan and Pakistan) but 523 cases of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus. But the good news is we've eliminated 2/3 wild poliovirus strains and only one is left!
Poliovirus keeps popping up in European wastewater, perplexing and worrying scientists www.science.org/content/arti...
Poliovirus keeps popping up in European wastewater, perplexing and worrying scientists
Origins and spread of the vaccine-derived viruses remain mysterious
www.science.org
December 12, 2024 at 5:13 PM
Poliovirus keeps popping up in European wastewater, perplexing and worrying scientists www.science.org/content/arti...
Poliovirus found in wastewater in Spain, Germany and Poland – what you need to know
Poliovirus found in wastewater in Spain, Germany and Poland – what you need to know
Herd immunity will protect people in those countries for now, but this is a concerning find.
dlvr.it
December 11, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Poliovirus found in wastewater in Spain, Germany and Poland – what you need to know
The appeal to nature fallacy is the false belief that "natural" is better.
Natural things that can kill you? Pathogenic microorganisms.
Smallpox virus is natural. So is SARS-CoV-2. And poliovirus. And Rabies virus. So is Yersinia pestis, the bacteria that causes plague.
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Natural things that can kill you? Pathogenic microorganisms.
Smallpox virus is natural. So is SARS-CoV-2. And poliovirus. And Rabies virus. So is Yersinia pestis, the bacteria that causes plague.
1/
December 31, 2024 at 12:33 AM
The appeal to nature fallacy is the false belief that "natural" is better.
Natural things that can kill you? Pathogenic microorganisms.
Smallpox virus is natural. So is SARS-CoV-2. And poliovirus. And Rabies virus. So is Yersinia pestis, the bacteria that causes plague.
1/
Natural things that can kill you? Pathogenic microorganisms.
Smallpox virus is natural. So is SARS-CoV-2. And poliovirus. And Rabies virus. So is Yersinia pestis, the bacteria that causes plague.
1/