Professor of Immunology at Indiana University. TFH cells, TFR cells, germinal center regulation. Dad jokester. Struggling Pianist. Opinions are personal.
Jul 28, 2022 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
My chair is quite the writer-- his out-of-office email text:
"Hi,
I'm on vacation. Like real vacation. Like I threatened people that I wasn't taking my laptop vacation. So I'm pretty unlikely to respond before August 1st. Now if you really, really need something, you can try and
find someone from the list below to deal with your requests, problems, and crises. Note that ... is also off during this time, so honestly, the Department is currently completely lacking in leadership. Like when I'm there.
If you need immediate help you can contact (...)
Jul 28, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Any discussion like this that doesn't bring up the incredible dishonesty and toxicity of FoxNews/rightwing media, and how they have distorted our politics, is largely a waste of time. And of course these talks are limited by nytimes.com/interactive/20…
the understanding of our complex political system by the average voter. Really disturbing there wasn't push back on DeSantis being a strong leader... ugh.
Jul 10, 2022 • 7 tweets • 1 min read
"So, about those gas prices. As economists at the St. Louis Fed recently pointed out, there’s a longstanding phenomenon in the fuel market known as asymmetric pass-through or, more colorfully, rockets and feathers.
When oil prices shoot up, prices at the pump shoot up right along with them (the rocket). And when oil prices plunge, prices at the pump eventually fall, but much more gradually (the feather).
Jul 9, 2022 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
A must-read piece
"And then, watching what happened to the Republican Party really was the bigger surprise — that, wow, they’re doubling down on this almost white supremacist strategy. That’s a losing strategy in a democracy." washingtonpost.com/magazine/2022/…
"So why would they do that? Okay, it’s worked for them since the ’60s & ’70s, but you can’t turn back demographics. And then I was like, Oh my gosh. The only way this is a winning strategy is if you begin to weaken the institutions; this is the pattern we see in other countries."
Feb 13, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Since I'm getting slammed with people promoting "natural immunity" for COVID19 over vaccination, I do want to clarify that the issue is not (and never has been) that people *can't* have protective natural immunity for COVID19. The #1 point is that it is much much more dangerous
to get infected with SARS-CoV-2 than to get vaccinated, because of a much much high rate of severe disease and even death from infection than being vaccinated, even now with all the various treatments we have for the disease. I'm not sure why this isn't super obvious though
Feb 13, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Some guy emailed me at work, presumably inspired by my twitter tirade yesterday, saying that I would get more respect and more positive feedback if I promoted a good diet for health and better resistance to COVID19. So yes, a good diet and exercise will increase your odds of
not dying from COVID19-- if you've done that for long enough time to prevent getting the types of metabolic syndromes and diseases that weaken the immune system and make one susceptible to disease overall. But still that doesn't completely prevent you from getting severely ill or
Feb 12, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
*HB1116* IS BEFORE THE INDIANA SENATE ELECTIONS COMMITTEE
9:00AM, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14TH
ROOM 233
INDIANA STATEHOUSE
This bill restricts even further your ability to request an absentee ballot. If this bill passes,
you'll have to certify on the absentee ballot application that you can't vote in-person at all during early voting, OR on election day.
Life is complicated for all of us & the Indiana Legislature is working to make voting harder.
Now is your chance to rise in opposition to HB1116
