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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · Jan 2

So, I am no stranger to bipartisan cooperation. But RFK Jr. is an ideologue. He's never going to operate in good faith and this is the mistake of those touting the need to "work with him." 25/

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · Mar 22

I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases)

projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim

You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...

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Tara Haelle @tarahaelle.bsky.social · Dec 6

It is utterly *essential* that reporters + influencers, podcasters & other new-mainstream media content producers accurately convey #RFK Jr.'s beliefs about #vaccines. Coverage of his #anti-vaccine advocacy must be continuous up to & thru confirmation hearings.
healthjournalism.org/blog/2024/12...

What to know about Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s anti-vaccine advocacy

Audiences need ongoing, accurate information about Kennedy's beliefs on vaccines and health policy — and what he could do as HHS Secretary.

healthjournalism.org

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Lindsay Diamond @neurdy.bsky.social · Dec 6

Thank you for sharing. Gray’s quote says it all, “And without remembering it, we cannot make amends & we cannot go forward.” I never wish for the TSE to drift into quiet history. The idea of using it to spread targeted mis/disinformation that creates additional barriers to healthcare is abhorrent.

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Lindsay Diamond @neurdy.bsky.social · Dec 3

Great chat with The Guardian’s Jessica Glenza about RFK Jr, vaccine hesitancy, and “wellness” in Colorado!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Even in blue Colorado, vaccine advocates worry about RFK Jr’s appeal and ‘medical freedom’ movement

Growing rates of infectious disease in state’s most populous region could indicate increased ‘vaccine hesitancy’

www.theguardian.com

Lindsay Diamond @neurdy.bsky.social · Nov 30

Vaccines are tremendously powerful at preventing disease - including cancer.

When working with hesitant parents & families, I consistently find that redirecting the emphasis from *how* HPV is spread to focusing on cancer prevention in both sexes for long-term health helps move the needle. 💉

Paul Guinnessy @paulguinnessy.bsky.social · Jan 24

The number of cases of cervical cancer reported in Scotland among women given the HPV vaccine at 12-13 years of age is now zero. A remarkable achievement.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

No cervical cancer cases in fully HPV-vaccinated women in Scotland

A study published by Public Health Scotland finds that the HPV vaccine is "highly effective".

www.bbc.com

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Lindsay Diamond @neurdy.bsky.social · Nov 28

He’s a wood turner and potato peeler. 💯

Lindsay Diamond @neurdy.bsky.social · Nov 27

It never ceases to amaze me how quickly an obsession with “wellness” can turn into actual health risk. Pasteurization is a good thing. 💯

Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · Nov 27

I wonder how big a batch of product of raw milk from Raw Farms LLC is, ie how many units it entails? This is a list of known retailers in LA County that sold this batch, recalled because a unit tested positive for #H5N1 #birdflu. LA Public Health suggests this may be an incomplete list.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · Nov 26

When I said Kennedy Jr. could eventually kill millions, I meant it. As ever, Trump privileged money and power over everything else in promising DHHS to a madman in exchange for his endorsement.

The death toll America could experience due to the greed of Donald Trump is staggering. Read this report.

Opinion | I Ran Operation Warp Speed. I’m Concerned About Bird Flu.

Avian influenza might mutate to enable human-to-human transmission.

www.nytimes.com

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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · Nov 26

Not sure this is on the incoming administration's radar, but it ought to be. #H5N1 #birdflu in dairy cows — and poultry, and people — isn't going away. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/o...

Opinion | I Ran Operation Warp Speed. I’m Concerned About Bird Flu.

Avian influenza might mutate to enable human-to-human transmission.

www.nytimes.com

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Lindsay Diamond @neurdy.bsky.social · Nov 26

A little elephant’s toothpaste fun when school is out! Next time, I need to find my narrower glassware and stronger hydrogen peroxide! 😀 🧪

Here’s an easy at-home recipe, if you’d like to make some!
aglab.ars.usda.gov/let-s-get-to...

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · Nov 25

The stories will keep coming as long as doctors, nurses, & hospitals are told that they have to worry about the courts instead of to their medical judgement.

Abortion is healthcare.

ProPublica @propublica.org · Nov 25

NEW: Porsha Ngumezi is the fifth case we've reported on in which a woman died after not receiving a D&C or its second-trimester equivalent in time, or at all.

Her case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.

A Third Woman Died Under Texas’ Abortion Ban. Doctors Are Avoiding D&Cs and Reaching for Riskier Miscarriage Treatments.

Thirty-five-year-old Porsha Ngumezi’s case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.

www.propublica.org

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · Nov 24

Republican support for school vaccine requirements dropped from 79% in 2019 to 57% in 2023.
www.pewresearch.org/science/2023... 🧪🌐

Chart shows a decline in the share of Republicans who support vaccine requirement for children to attend public schools.

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Emily R Smith, ScD, MPH @dremilyrsmith.bsky.social · Nov 22

Great explainer on hepatitis B vaccine at birth!

This paper suggests scaling up HepB birth dose vaccination to 90% of newborns in 110 LMICs could prevent 710,000 deaths in the 2020-30 birth cohorts. Delays in planned scale-up ➡️ additional 580,000 deaths globally.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Nov 21

This is your friendly neighborhood marine biologist with a regularly scheduled reminder:

Megalodon was real, but is unequivocally super-duper extinct now.

Mermaids are not real.

Narwhals and giant squid are real.

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · Nov 22

National COVID-19 vaccination rate less than 20 percent: CDC survey
thehill.com/policy/healt...

National COVID-19 vaccination rate less than 20 percent: CDC survey

Just 17.9 percent of U.S. adults have gotten a COVID-19 vaccine, and 34.7 percent have received an influenza vaccine during the 2024-25 respiratory disease season, according to a new report from th…

thehill.com

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Grace R @candidkitten.bsky.social · Nov 10

Since everyone’s finding old and new friends, take a moment to read my story, I’m a 32yo polio survivor because I was not vaccinated. Pass on my story, repeat it, tell it to any vaccine hesitate parent. No kid deserves vaccine preventable diseases

www.voicesforvaccines.org/as-a-polio-s...

I’m a Polio Survivor. I Don’t Want You to Get It.

Polio is once again a public health threat in the United States. Grace is disappointed, though not surprised.

www.voicesforvaccines.org

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Lindsay Diamond @neurdy.bsky.social · Nov 19

An example of what was happening during this time - the false equivalence of COVID vaccines with the Tuskegee Syphilis Study (an inexcusable chapter in our history).

Woman at vaccine protest holding sign that reads, “remember Tuskegee - this vax equals racism. Stop the mandates.”

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Jessica Cataldi @jesscataldi.bsky.social · Nov 19

And the 95% target isn’t just a random goal. It’s the level of community protection that is needed to stop a single case of measles from turning into an outbreak.

Dr. Nahid Bhadelia @bhadeliamd.bsky.social · Nov 19

Over Three-Quarters of States Had MMR Vaccination Coverage Rates For Kindergarteners Below the Healthy People Target of 95% During the 2023-2024 School Year
www.kff.org/policy-watch...

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Lindsay Diamond @neurdy.bsky.social · Nov 19

It’s a good time to remind folks to peel below RFK Jr’s superficial attempts to appear as a BIPOC ally. He sits atop an organization & movement that directly targeted the Black Twitter community with disinfo invoking medical racism during the pandemic.

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Screenshot of a 2022 academic paper in CHI entitled “The polyvocality of Online COVID-19 Vaccine Narratives that Invoke Medical Racism.”

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Tara Haelle @tarahaelle.bsky.social · Nov 17

Recently join BlueSky and looking for good folks to follow? Check out this fantastic vaccines & public health starter pack by @stpkernst.bsky.social

bsky.app/start/did:pl...

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Peter Rebeiro, PhD, MHS @prebeiro.bsky.social · Nov 17

If you’re sexually active & in a higher risk group (MSM), now’s a great time to get your #mpox vaccine!

💉 #VaccinesWork

mpoxvaccine.cdc.gov

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Tommy Siegel @tommysiegel.bsky.social · Nov 16

bird sounds

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Lindsay Diamond @neurdy.bsky.social · Nov 15

@kylec.bsky.social - you’re a national treasure. Thank you for this.

Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · Nov 15

2020: Colo. Gov Jared Polis (D) chokes up as anti-vaxxers liken his pandemic orders to the Holocaust

2022: RFK Jr likens pandemic measures to the Holocaust

2023: RFK Jr says COVID could've been genetically engineered to spare Jews

2024: Polis cheers RFK Jr's HHS nod
www.9news.com/article/news...

Polis emotionally responds to comparison between Nazism and stay-home orders

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis was choked up after he was asked about people who compare COVID-19 stay-home orders to Nazism.

www.9news.com