Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon)
@PeterHotez
Texas Medical Center (TMC) Professor-Vaccine Scientist-Author; Member, Philosophical Society of Texas and TAMEST; Dallas Morning News Texan of the Year 2022
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Actually no, the Roman Empire was undone by two types of malaria, vivax and falciparum that made the Romans chronically ill and growth stunted, followed by a third hit from the Antonine plague (most likely smallpox) 166-180 CE introduced by returning Roman armies from Seleucia (Mesopotamia). Two additional plagues didn’t help. Bottom line it was failure to control pandemic threats, which undid the Roman Empire, and now we’re making the identical mistake.
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There was no misuse: Covid mRNA vaccines saved 3.2 million American lives during the pandemic. Instead of 1.2 million Americans dying from Covid it would have been 4.4 million deaths. As it is 200,000-300,000 Americans died needlessly bc they refused Covid vaccines 2021-22. They were victims of a terrible disinformation campaign as detailed in our recent book #ScienceUnderSiege# @MichaelEMann @PeterHotez
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It's no mystery. History tells us that President Trump’s executive order calling for the MMR to be split into separate shots could do real harm.
No European country splits the MMR vaccine as 3 separate shots.
The closest historical exceptions were Russia and Tajikistan who used partial combinations
They both now have moved to full MMR
6 dialogues to begin reading Plato
1. Apology
Socrates defends himself before an
Athenian jury.
2. Crito
Socrates explains why he will not
escape from prison.
3. Meno
Socrates asks whether virtue can be
taught.
4. Republic
Plato examines justice in the city and
in the human soul.
5. Symposium
A group of Athenians give speeches
on the nature of love.
6. Phaedo
Socrates discusses death and the
immortality of the soul on the day of
his execution.
tolle lege
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CIDRAP Op-Ed: What the vaccine executive order gets wrong, and what it will cost us
President Trump said nothing bad can happen. Bad things have already happened, and more are coming.
Full Op-Ed by @jakescottMD:
📷: Wellcome / Wikimedia Commons
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Houston’s population growth continues to drive housing demand while the region remains more affordable than many major U.S. metros.
Partnership research shows the metro added 126,720 residents from July 2024 to July 2025, supported by continued housing development across the region.
🏘️Read more:
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Good morning, Houston! We’re looking at sunny to partly cloudy skies with scattered afternoon thunderstorms across the area and a high temp of 92 degrees. Go out and make today count. Have a great Tuesday.
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Required reading.📚☕️
Yes, Trump's push to split up the MMR vaccine could do real harm.
So I want to tell you some things. I want to tell you what happened when an MMR vaccine was withdrawn for safety reasons in Japan. I want to tell you what scientists say will happen if measles vaccination rates drop.
But mostly I want to tell you about a father making a mumps vaccine we still use today from virus taken from his daughter's throat. I want to tell you about Maurice Hilleman.
Here's the piece.
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The bad news: Our nation’s health system is collapsing and MAHA pseudoscience has erased decades of progress and triumphs in American biomedicine
The good news: The @astros are in first place in the AL West
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Isaac Paredes with a significant two-run double to give the Astros a three-run lead in the 10th.
With measles outbreaks threatening communities across the country, we cannot afford to make vaccination more complicated.
@PeterHotez Well said. 😎👏🏼
@PeterHotez @ElsevierConnect Make TORCH pathogens great again?
I've seen this in real life in a 14yo female. Such a highly preventable debilitating disease. 😢
5/n so we went from vaccinating vs 8 diseases to 17 and in so doing mostly stopped the deaths and hospitalizations from children infections. I ask HHS, tell me the diseases you want to bring back?
@PeterHotez @ElsevierConnect That will be super-useful, since younger colleagues will have never seen these (also include skin symptoms that may present differently in children with darker skin).
I've met a girl with fullblown CRS, blind, deaf, CP. Anti-vaccine activists are criminals in my opinion.
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Given DHHS/MAHA’s determination to halt vaccine access and bring back ancient childhood diseases such as congenital rubella syndrome (pictured here), together with a colleague I’m working with @ElsevierConnect to go back to the old pediatric literature and republish classic descriptions of these illnesses. More to follow on our forthcoming book
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As the President and @seckennedy say things that are demonstrably false about the MMR vaccine and its ability to safely prevent disease, measles cases rise.
This.
