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Seth Boo!-ger Trueger

@mdaware.org

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ER doc at Northwestern & @BedsideMedNU.bsky.social interests include social media for medical journals and medical education, health policy, and airway management amateur guitar gear nerd opinions are mine, arent medical advice ja.ma/seth

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Seth Boo!-ger Trueger @mdaware.org · Feb 4

I don’t think non physicians realize how for real physicians, vaccines is a controversy like flat earth or creationism or birds aren’t real

"No true Scotsman" actually holds here

it's hard to really describe how baffling this is, how frustrating its been to see grow and how high the price will be

Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · Feb 4

Here is how we know that vaccines do not cause autism
The facts are available, if you look for them
🛟 medsky 🧪 😷 idsky sociology

Here is how we know that vaccines do not cause autism

Vaccines do not cause autism. You’ve almost certainly read that before — but often without a full explanation of how we know it to be true. Here's how we know.

www.statnews.com

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 3h

Dr. Jennifer Caputo-Seidler “began noticing many doctors asking how to treat polio.
"Today, the people who are training to be pediatricians, they're not taught how to recognize a case of acute polio when it comes in… the doctors practicing today have never managed it." @jackiantonovich.bsky.social

Florida's plan to end vaccine mandates elicits concerns about diagnosing polio

Health experts worry the policy change could lower vaccination rates and lead to a rise in preventable diseases — like polio, which most U.S. doctors have little experience spotting or treating.

www.wusf.org

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 7h

NHANES runs mobile clinics that travel the country measuring height, weight, & blood pressure while collecting blood and urine samples. These samples are our only national source for tracking everything from blood sugar to hormones, heavy metals, and more.

The entire operation has been eliminated.

Kevin C Klatt, PhD, RD @kcklatt.bsky.social · 12h

Everyone across biomedicine should be very loud about this so this team's RIF status gets reversed. Nhanes has been key for tracking obesity & diabetes rates, identifying high blood lead levels in kids in the 70s, tracking progress on cholesterol lowering, guiding nutrient fortification programs etc

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JAMA Network Open @jamanetworkopen.com · 2d

Between 2023 and 2024, the number of Black medical school matriculants declined by 11.6% and Hispanic matriculants by 10.8%, while the proportion of Asian and White matriculants increased. ja.ma/4n3nou6

A JAMA Network Open article titled "Affirmative Action Repeal and Racial and Ethnic Diversity in US Medical School Admissions" by Natalie Florescu, Andrea Lin, Samantha Temucin, et al. Published online October 10, 2025.

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JAMA Network Open @jamanetworkopen.com · 11h

RCT: Rapid induction of extended-release buprenorphine was associated with higher retention rates than standard induction, with similar safety, especially in patients using fentanyl. ja.ma/47piLpp

Infographic from JAMA Network Open comparing rapid vs standard induction to extended-release buprenorphine injection. It shows population, intervention, findings, settings, and primary outcome.

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JAMA Network Open @jamanetworkopen.com · 10h

High social adversity is associated with a higher incidence of triple-negative #breastcancer among Black women in the US, with risk greatest in neighborhoods facing the most socioeconomic disadvantage. ja.ma/4n3oSVa

Map of the USA with county-level data visualized. Incidence rate and poverty levels are represented using a color gradient. Key cities like New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago are labeled.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 7h

I have long believed that we should be WAY more vocal about how police and ICE constantly murder dogs, and I think this is great messaging actually.

The reality is that you can mobilize a whole lot of usually tuned-out Americans around a “someone is being mean to hecking doggos” cause.

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 7h

it's almost like it was never about crime and democrats who blustered about deporting "violent criminals" instead of standing firmly against trump's racist agenda only paved the way for this to happen

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7h

Trump claims ICE’s reign of terror in Chicago is targeting the “worst of the worst.”

But out of the 1,000 undocumented immigrants that have swept up, the agency has only cited 10 men with a criminal background.

Don’t believe his lies for a second.
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

Trump says migrants drive violent crime in Illinois. But ICE can’t find many violent criminals.

Masked ICE agents and other federal forces showed up in Chicago to go after gangsters. Instead, they keep catching people who are just living their lives.

www.msnbc.com

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Kevin C Klatt, PhD, RD @kcklatt.bsky.social · 12h

MMWR stole the show in the first round of headlines about CDC cuts but in the chaos, many missed that the NHANES mobile team remains RIF'd. This is the backbone of this key survey that contains some of the only representative anthropometric, biochemical, clinical and dietary data on the country.

STAT @statnews.com · 14h

Protecting the nation’s public health demands data, whether it be new measles cases, a surge in ER visits, or shifting patterns in obesity. The most recent job cuts at the CDC threaten the mostly unseen foundation of that research enterprise.
www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/c...

CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off

NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.

www.statnews.com

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 14h

Private equity acquisition of hospitals have led to an increase in deaths among emergency department patients receiving Medicare, according to a recent study published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Private equity takeover of hospitals led to rise in Medicare emergency patient deaths, says study

Study found seven more deaths per 10,000 patients in private equity hospitals’ versus non-private equity hospitals

www.theguardian.com

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onion person @junlper.beer · 9h

these people know how extreme they are

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Seth Boo!-ger Trueger @mdaware.org · 9h

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"(Ameerican" ? thanks seth

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almost always Thank you

with , - or ! depending on level of professionalism/friendship, sometimes Thanks (- or !) for v casual

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Seth Boo!-ger Trueger @mdaware.org · 10h

fall out boy falling on hard times

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 10h

There is no "joking" way to say Nazi shit.
They say it because they mean it.
And we should stop letting them pretend its "just a joke"

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 11h

'“Can we fix the showers? Gas chambers don’t fit the Hitler aesthetic,” Joe Maligno...wrote'

'Many of the chat members already work inside government or party politics, and one serves as a state senator.'

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 11h

"Bobby Walker, the vice chair of the NY State Young Republicans at the time, referred to rape as `epic.'... 'Can we fix the showers? Gas chambers don’t fit the Hitler aesthetic,' Joe Maligno, who previously identified himself as the general counsel for the New York State Young Republicans, wrote."

Politico @politico.com · 11h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Seth Boo!-ger Trueger @mdaware.org · 11h

this is… concerning

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Seth Boo!-ger Trueger @mdaware.org · 11h

cromulent

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Lauren @laur705.bsky.social · 11h

The NHANES team is along those who've been RIFed over the weekend 🛟🩺 @episky

STAT @statnews.com · 14h

CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off

NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.

www.statnews.com

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Seth Boo!-ger Trueger @mdaware.org · 11h

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 12h

Is it true that debt is "soaring" & "crushing"? (educationdata.org/student-loan...)

Is it true that "degrees" "don't yield jobs"? (bsky.app/profile/mcop...)

Don't. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers (Or. The. Magazines).

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Seth Boo!-ger Trueger @mdaware.org · May 14

1 year ago ~to the day~

Seth Trueger @mdaware.org

who will get bigger bonuses, the execs who rebranded HBO into Max? or the execs who will someday return Max to their HBO roots?

May 14, 2024 at 1:25 PM.

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 16h

If you’re a parent of a child with a disability, you’re worried about how your family will be impacted by SpecEd Department of Education layoffs and you want to talk to a journalist about it, please DM, email (sluterman at 19thnews dot org) or Signal (slooterman.18).

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