Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🦟🧀

mackayim.bsky.social

24 August 2026 09:36

Media really does it's best to mangle virus and disease nomenclature. It's not Australia's H5 bird flu. It's Australia's H5N1 bird flu. The full subtype name matters.

Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🦟🧀

mackayim.bsky.social

23 August 2026 13:02

Cleaning up photos before some travel later in the year and have come across the pandemic lab phase of my life. Organised chaos. Sometimes barely organised, but still organised! What an amazing group of humans I was able to work for. What. A. Team.

Ed Maibach

maibached.bsky.social

21 August 2026 21:55

A helpful review of all peer-reviewed research on the effectiveness of communicating the health implications of global environmental change. Bottom line: Just do it! @docsforclimate.bsky.social @gchalliance.bsky.social @mason4c.bsky.social @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social @who.int

Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting

healthpolicywatch.bsky.social

21 August 2026 21:55

The UN’s pandemic declaration has changed ahead of September’s high-level meeting. Most edits are minor — but tuberculosis has been dropped, while the timeline for reviewing preparedness has been cut from five years to three. ✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social @theelders.bsky.social @rani.co 📖 ⬇️ & 🔁🙏

Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🦟🧀

mackayim.bsky.social

21 August 2026 21:52

Why do we suddenly need all these new data centres? We can search the internet now. What is the use case for speeding up heating, mining & water loss? Shitty images & answering lazy questions? Surveillance & facial recognition in supermarkets? What else is all this *newly added* capacity for?