Dr. Lucky Tran :verified:📢
Scientist and organizer working in public health, climate justice, and science communication
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Dr. Lucky Tran :verified:Antivaxxers love falsely accusing scientists of censorship but in reality they are the ones trying censor science.
RFK Jr just tried bullying a scientific journal into retracting a major study of 1.2 million kids that found that aluminum in vaccines do not increase the risk of autism or asthma. The journal refused.
Dr. Lucky Tran :verified:Article: https://www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/autism/116944
Dr. Lucky Tran :verified:Antivaxxers love falsely accusing scientists of censorship but in reality they are the ones trying censor science.
RFK Jr just tried bullying a scientific journal into retracting a major study of 1.2 million kids that found that aluminum in vaccines do not increase the risk of autism or asthma. The journal refused.
Dr. Lucky Tran :verified:This is so ridiculously corrupt. One of the main reasons for mistrust by some parts of the public is that anti-science figures like Jay and RFK have been consistently spreading lies about vaccines.
Dr. Lucky Tran :verified:Article: https://wapo.st/3HaZ3Um
Dr. Lucky Tran :verified:In case anyone needs some inspiration for the fight for science in 2025, I co-published a book on the signs, slogans, and stories behind the March for Science in 2017: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262038102/science-not-silence/
Dr. Lucky Tran :verified:Though it's honestly heartbreaking to be back at this point again where science is under constant attack, I do love seeing that all the slogans from our signs at the March of Science in 2017 are now a regular feature of lab walls, and that advocacy is far more common in every day scientific spaces.
Dr. Lucky Tran :verified:Article: https://wapo.st/3HaZ3Um
Dr. Lucky Tran :verified:Though it's honestly heartbreaking to be back at this point again where science is under constant attack, I do love seeing that all the slogans from our signs at the March of Science in 2017 are now a regular feature of lab walls, and that advocacy is far more common in every day scientific spaces.
Dr. Lucky Tran :verified:“It should not be partisan to say that political violence is wrong, that corrupting science & manipulating data is wrong and that public service is patriotic. Restoring that shared base line is the only way to safeguard both the health of the public & the health of our democracy.” @celinegounder@bird.makeup
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/opinion/cdc-shooting-vaccine-misinformation.html?unlocked_article_code=1.dk8.4rS1.lFr--HMv5CiZ&smid=url-share
Dr. Lucky Tran :verified:This is what the audience for a Long COVID conference looked like today. Notice anything? 😷
Dr. Lucky Tran :verified:From 2020 to 2022 COVID vaccines prevented over 18.5 million hospitalizations, 3.2 million deaths and saved the US $1.15 trillion.
mRNA vaccines and treatments are being developed for diabetes, HIV, cancer, and more. Imagine how many more lives we could save if we don't defund science.
Dr. Lucky Tran :verified:
Dr. Lucky Tran :verified:From 2020 to 2022 COVID vaccines prevented over 18.5 million hospitalizations, 3.2 million deaths and saved the US $1.15 trillion.
mRNA vaccines and treatments are being developed for diabetes, HIV, cancer, and more. Imagine how many more lives we could save if we don't defund science.