@Jopdevrieze

Investigative science writer/medical biologist/global health/AAAS Kavli Science journalism Gold Award/NewScientist,Sciencemag/Tweets in English/Dutch:@jopinie

 Amsterdam
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Joined March 2011
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Heartbroken. An enormous loss for her family and friends, and for the global science and public health community. Thank you @HelenBranswell for your extraordinary reporting, rigor, humanity and commitment to helping the world understand complex issues. 1/2
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@statnewsOct 13
Helen Branswell, STAT's infectious disease reporter who earned the respect of experts and public health officials with her accessible, prescient dispatches, has died at age 69. trib.al/3bBswKg

Helen Branswell, whose reporting on infectious diseases and public health drew acclaim, dies at 69

Helen Branswell, STAT's infectious disease reporter who earned the respect of experts and public health officials with her accessible, prescient dispatches, has died at age 69.

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Milena Holdert
@milenaholdertSep 1
Lees hier de reconstructie: hoe VWS overheidsinformatie inzette voor het eigen “narratief”, maar pers en publiek ondertussen achterbleven nos.nl/l/2629202

Hoe VWS overheidsinformatie inzette voor 'eigen verhaal', pers en publiek bleven achter

Het ministerie van VWS voorzag een extern bureau in korte tijd van honderden overheidsdocumenten. Dat was onderdeel van de "crisisbestrijding", zegt de toenmalig hoogste ambtenaar van VWS. Journali...

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Milena Holdert
@milenaholdertSep 1
Erik Gerritsen, tijdens corona de hoogste ambtenaar bij VWS, haalt hard uit naar vrijwel alle organen die het coronabeleid onderzoeken: de Kamer en de OVV zouden bezig met "blame games". De Rekenkamer zou deel uitmaken van hetzelfde "systeem". nos.nl/l/2629201

Top VWS duldde kritiek corona-aanpak nauwelijks, liet 'eigen verhaal' schrijven

Het ministerie schakelde voor zo'n zeven ton een extern bureau in om een "eigen narratief" te schrijven. Dat bureau kreeg honderden interne documenten, jaren voordat de pers en het publiek die zagen.

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Jop de Vrieze@JopinieAug 30
Het is een mooie zondag om de beste freelanceproducties van de afgelopen 2 jaar in te sturen voor de Gouden Freelancer Award. Mag van jezelf zijn, mag ook van een ander. goudenfreelancer.nl
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Jop de Vrieze@JopinieAug 28
Grote verontwaardiging én bijval over de boetes die de IGJ uitdeelde aan media voor berichtgeving over GLP-1 agonisten. Ik dook er diep in voor Villamedia. Wat speelt hier nu precies en hoe nu verder? villamedia.nl/artikel/onrede…
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WIRED Science
@WIREDScienceAug 6
In today’s episode of “Uncanny Valley,” we discuss how ICE has been collecting DNA samples of people with no criminal convictions, including children, which end up in an FBI database indefinitely. wired.com/story/ice-dna-coll…

ICE’s DNA Collection Increases, SpaceX’s Rocket Crashes Into the Moon, and the AI Backlash Grows

In today’s episode of “Uncanny Valley,” we discuss how ICE has been collecting DNA samples of people who have no criminal convictions, including children, which end up in an FBI database indefinitely.

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Lise Eliot@Lise_EliotAug 6
In other words, so called "sex-specific" effects in the brain and behavior are not what they claim, most of the time. Here's an explainer from the Maney lab: maneylab.org/sex-specific-ef…

Sex-specific effect | Donna Maney

Why sex-specific effects often aren't.

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Lise Eliot@Lise_EliotAug 4
Claims of sex-dependent effects in the behavioral and brain sciences are infrequently supported by valid statistical comparisons | PNAS pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.26…

Claims of sex-dependent effects in the behavioral and brain sciences are infrequently supported by...

Interest in precision medicine has accelerated efforts to identify sex-dependent responses to treatments and interventions. Those efforts have, bot...

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Alina Chan
@AyjchanJul 29
Under Biden, FBI, CIA, Dept Energy leaned towards lab origin of covid. People are skeptical of US intel agencies. Ok. Germany's foreign intel service assessed a lab origin with 80-95% certainty. We should ask for at least a redacted assessment so we can put this issue to rest.
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Journalist @Jopdevrieze van @DeGroene heeft een vervolg geschreven over covid vaccinatieschade getroffenen in Nederland. In 2022 werd ik benaderd door hem, maar ik haakte af, dit keer ben ik wel met hem in zee gegaan. Dankje Jop, dat je mijn platform The Long Shot hebt genoemd 🙏
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The Netherlands may soon have the most right-wing government it has ever had. That's bad news for scientists. My story: science.org/content/article/…

New Dutch right-wing coalition to cut research, innovation, and environmental protections

Four parties hammer out agreement filled with bad news for scientists

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Replying to @pash22 @Foreman1David @TomPMarshall @StuartJRitchie
I would highlight this paper I like very much: « The metawars » in @aaas Science, by @Jopdevrieze. science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…

The metawars

Meta-analyses were supposed to end scientific debates. Often, they only cause more controversy.

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More fun 'first job' stories from @NatureCareers readers-including rugby refereeing and tv and film extra! Reporting by @Jopdevrieze My brief appearance in Downton Abbey: Nature readers share stories of side gigs nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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Jop de Vrieze@Jopdevrieze2 Dec 2023
My wrapup of what worries scientists in the Netherlands about the far right party PVV's election victory
ScienceInsider@ScienceInsider1 Dec 2023
Shock election win by the far right worries academics in the Netherlands. If Geert Wilder’s party can form government, it could restrict foreign students & scrap climate policies science.org/content/article/…

Shock election win by the far right worries academics in the Netherlands

If Geert Wilders’s party can form government, it could restrict international students and scrap key climate policies

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Wellicht een idee voor @villamedia (cc @slatsje @thomasbruning @nvj) om deze beide artikelen van @Jopdevrieze over 'De journalistieke lessen van de coronapandemie' voor iedereen (tijdelijk) beschikbaar te stellen? (villamedia.nl/artikel/onderz…) & (villamedia.nl/artikel/lessen…)
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NTR Wetenschap@Wetenschap29 Sep 2023
Volgens het @rivm overlijden omwonenden van Tata Steel gemiddeld 2,5 maand eerder. Hoe kwam het RIVM hier achter? En hoe onderzoek je zo'n politiek gevoelig onderwerp? @Jopdevrieze en @BouweVanStraten vragen het aan RIVM-onderzoeker Janneke Elberse. nporadio1.nl/podcasts/kennis…

Kennis & Co

Hoe kwam wetenschap in het nieuws deze week, hoe werd het gebracht, en wat viel eraan op? En wat gebeurde er in de wetenschap dat níet in het nieuws kwam, maar toch de moeite waard is om te weten?...

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Putrino Lab@PutrinoLab28 Sep 2023
Recently there have been members of the #LongCOVID community on this app who have expressed a significant dislike/dissatisfaction of me generally and the content that I share. A lot of people ask me why I don't respond to these comments, so here is my response: I get it. 1/
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This story of scientists in covid-19 times is the result of an investigation that took me five months, tens of interviews and reading piles of documents. Read on and get (disturbingly) surprised: science.org/content/article/… @science_news

Costly invite? Scientists hit with massive bills after speaking at COVID-19 ‘webinars’

Researchers are fighting back against a mysterious conference organizer and an arbitration court that may not exist

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Extremely irresponsible reporting. This is a tickborne disease, that is present in some parts of europe, causing a rare but severe disease. Lockdowns are nonsense in this context. Tick protection is gbnews.com/health/britain-lo…

Britain on lockdown alert as new killer virus which kills 40% of victims 'certain' to reach UK

'Risk of spread' warning over CCHF which causes severe viral haemorrhagic fever outbreaks

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Jop de Vrieze@Jopdevrieze5 Jul 2023
Still looking for one or two academics who have fun or inspiring pre academic (side)job adventures to share in a piece for @NatureCareers. Are you or do you know a person who fits this description? Respond or DM!
Jop de Vrieze@Jopdevrieze10 May 2023
For a (light) piece in an international science publication I am looking for scientists who had a funny/interesting/surprisingly relevant (side) job before they started their academic career. Are you or do you know such a person? Let me know!
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Kai Kupferschmidt
@kakape29 Jun 2023
I spoke to @WHO's new chief scientist @JeremyFarrar about why he decided to take the job, what new technologies the world needs to prepare for and how dangerous #SARSCoV2 remains. Q&A is here (and short thread coming in a bit): science.org/content/article/…

AI? Brain manipulation? WHO’s new chief scientist aims to anticipate global challenges

Still wary of COVID-19, Jeremy Farrar wants to bring a “sense of tomorrow” to health agency and countries

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