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Whopper of the Week: Kennedy's “Unbiased” Vaccine Panel is actually packed with Anti-vaxxers | Defend Public Health
ACIP will meet in December and is considering some major changes to childhood vaccines. In June Secretary Kennedy fired the panel of experts and installed a group of vaccine cynics. To justify this ch...
www.defendpublichealth.org
Kennedy says his CDC panel is “unbiased.” But he fired all of the prior vaccine experts and replaced them with vaccine critics and cranks that will advance his anti-vaccine agenda.
👉 www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...
#PublicHealth #Vaccines #WhopperOfTheWeek
👉 www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...
#PublicHealth #Vaccines #WhopperOfTheWeek
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Nice overview here by @drjudystone.bsky.social regarding discussions in professional society forums on the current state of affairs for US and global public health...
🛟 medsky 🧪 health policy sociology demography 😷 polisky 📉
🛟 medsky 🧪 health policy sociology demography 😷 polisky 📉
Reminders Of What Our Losses From CDC And USAID Mean
With the loss of USAID and much of CDC, our ability to respond to pandemics is at risk. Global health issues are a growing threat.
www.forbes.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Nice overview here by @drjudystone.bsky.social regarding discussions in professional society forums on the current state of affairs for US and global public health...
🛟 medsky 🧪 health policy sociology demography 😷 polisky 📉
🛟 medsky 🧪 health policy sociology demography 😷 polisky 📉
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The childhood Hep B vaccine can prevent cancer. As an HPV oropharyngeal cancer survivor, it is beyond me to understand why anyone could be so cruel as to take away this vital anti-cancer vaccine from babies.
Opinion | My Father Died of Hepatitis B Before the Vaccine. We Must Not Go Back.
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The childhood Hep B vaccine can prevent cancer. As an HPV oropharyngeal cancer survivor, it is beyond me to understand why anyone could be so cruel as to take away this vital anti-cancer vaccine from babies.
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Make America great again!
www.ft.com/content/beec...
“We already have some of the most abysmal infant mortality rates in the country, with some areas at third-world levels,” she said. “This is going to make it that much worse.”
on.ft.com/4paW2nK
@keubiko.bsky.social #Murica
www.ft.com/content/beec...
“We already have some of the most abysmal infant mortality rates in the country, with some areas at third-world levels,” she said. “This is going to make it that much worse.”
on.ft.com/4paW2nK
@keubiko.bsky.social #Murica
‘A full-blown crisis’: Americans brace for a surge in healthcare costs
West Virginia is at the epicentre of a looming disaster over rising insurance premiums as affordability concerns soar
on.ft.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Make America great again!
www.ft.com/content/beec...
“We already have some of the most abysmal infant mortality rates in the country, with some areas at third-world levels,” she said. “This is going to make it that much worse.”
on.ft.com/4paW2nK
@keubiko.bsky.social #Murica
www.ft.com/content/beec...
“We already have some of the most abysmal infant mortality rates in the country, with some areas at third-world levels,” she said. “This is going to make it that much worse.”
on.ft.com/4paW2nK
@keubiko.bsky.social #Murica
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Justice for blogger after 5 yrs of 'relentless' efforts by HHS Sec. Kennedy to silence him. “I wrote a 5 sentence blog in 2020, & he claimed I wrote it to derail his presidential campaign.. even though he didn’t declare until 3 yrs later,” Vickrey said. www.importantcontext.news/p/robert-ken...
Robert Kennedy Jr. ‘Absolutely Tried to Silence Me’: Blogger Sued by HHS Secretary Speaks Out
David Vickrey spoke with Important Context about the legal battle that consumed the last five years of his life.
www.importantcontext.news
November 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Justice for blogger after 5 yrs of 'relentless' efforts by HHS Sec. Kennedy to silence him. “I wrote a 5 sentence blog in 2020, & he claimed I wrote it to derail his presidential campaign.. even though he didn’t declare until 3 yrs later,” Vickrey said. www.importantcontext.news/p/robert-ken...
From @angelarasmussen.bsky.social:
Prasad forced FDA scientists to withdraw a paper that showed that COVID vaccine benefits outweigh risks for anyone 6 mos- 64 years. (Contradicting FDA's new restrictions on vaccine approvals).
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/do-unvacci...
Prasad forced FDA scientists to withdraw a paper that showed that COVID vaccine benefits outweigh risks for anyone 6 mos- 64 years. (Contradicting FDA's new restrictions on vaccine approvals).
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/do-unvacci...
November 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
From @angelarasmussen.bsky.social:
Prasad forced FDA scientists to withdraw a paper that showed that COVID vaccine benefits outweigh risks for anyone 6 mos- 64 years. (Contradicting FDA's new restrictions on vaccine approvals).
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/do-unvacci...
Prasad forced FDA scientists to withdraw a paper that showed that COVID vaccine benefits outweigh risks for anyone 6 mos- 64 years. (Contradicting FDA's new restrictions on vaccine approvals).
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/do-unvacci...
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There are many ways to do this. Typically, one will do a Masters or PhD that will use the knowledge gained during their undergrad and apply that to study of aerosol.
In the UK, we have set up the Centre for Doctoral Training in Aerosol Science.
www.aerosol-cdt.ac.uk
In the UK, we have set up the Centre for Doctoral Training in Aerosol Science.
www.aerosol-cdt.ac.uk
Aerosol Science CDT | Centre for Doctoral Training in Aerosol Science
www.aerosol-cdt.ac.uk
November 30, 2025 at 6:22 PM
There are many ways to do this. Typically, one will do a Masters or PhD that will use the knowledge gained during their undergrad and apply that to study of aerosol.
In the UK, we have set up the Centre for Doctoral Training in Aerosol Science.
www.aerosol-cdt.ac.uk
In the UK, we have set up the Centre for Doctoral Training in Aerosol Science.
www.aerosol-cdt.ac.uk
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We are supposed to believe that FDA paused and removed the J&J vaccine immediately after 6 cases of clotting, but they hid 10 kids dying from the mRNA vaccines until Prasad and Hoeg, who were always antivaxx, revealed the truth.
Checks out.
Checks out.
November 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
We are supposed to believe that FDA paused and removed the J&J vaccine immediately after 6 cases of clotting, but they hid 10 kids dying from the mRNA vaccines until Prasad and Hoeg, who were always antivaxx, revealed the truth.
Checks out.
Checks out.
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#dentistry #PedSky #MedSky #EpiSky #policysky #polisky #addictionsci 🧪🛟
More and more reports describing adverse oral health effects of nicotine pouches.
Localized gingival recession and leukoplakia associated with nicotine pouch use: two clinical case reports
More and more reports describing adverse oral health effects of nicotine pouches.
Localized gingival recession and leukoplakia associated with nicotine pouch use: two clinical case reports
Localized gingival recession and leukoplakia associated with nicotine pouch use: two clinical case reports - BMC Oral Health
BMC Oral Health - Nicotine pouches, a tobacco-free alternative to smokeless tobacco, have grown rapidly in popularity since 2019. Despite being marketed as safer than cigarettes, their effects on...
link.springer.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:22 AM
#dentistry #PedSky #MedSky #EpiSky #policysky #polisky #addictionsci 🧪🛟
More and more reports describing adverse oral health effects of nicotine pouches.
Localized gingival recession and leukoplakia associated with nicotine pouch use: two clinical case reports
More and more reports describing adverse oral health effects of nicotine pouches.
Localized gingival recession and leukoplakia associated with nicotine pouch use: two clinical case reports
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"With the news that the administration plans to link the COVID vaccine to child deaths using data from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), it’s worth revisiting how we actually detect whether a vaccine is causing harm."
Excellent explainer from @drjenndowd.bsky.social from 9/2025😷🛟🧪
Excellent explainer from @drjenndowd.bsky.social from 9/2025😷🛟🧪
When “Stuff Happens” After Vaccination
How scientists separate coincidence from true side effects
jenndowd.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:10 AM
"With the news that the administration plans to link the COVID vaccine to child deaths using data from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), it’s worth revisiting how we actually detect whether a vaccine is causing harm."
Excellent explainer from @drjenndowd.bsky.social from 9/2025😷🛟🧪
Excellent explainer from @drjenndowd.bsky.social from 9/2025😷🛟🧪
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The Times adjusted it's headlines, but not until after other media started reporting the links as factual using the Times.
How comfortable should editors be with headlines that amplify the claims of an unverified claim, not subject to peer review, by a known vaccine skeptic?
How comfortable should editors be with headlines that amplify the claims of an unverified claim, not subject to peer review, by a known vaccine skeptic?
November 29, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The Times adjusted it's headlines, but not until after other media started reporting the links as factual using the Times.
How comfortable should editors be with headlines that amplify the claims of an unverified claim, not subject to peer review, by a known vaccine skeptic?
How comfortable should editors be with headlines that amplify the claims of an unverified claim, not subject to peer review, by a known vaccine skeptic?
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This article from September contained an important quote.
I trust this over Prasad, Hoeg, and Makary any day of the week.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
I trust this over Prasad, Hoeg, and Makary any day of the week.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
November 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This article from September contained an important quote.
I trust this over Prasad, Hoeg, and Makary any day of the week.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
I trust this over Prasad, Hoeg, and Makary any day of the week.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
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Anywho…
If you do public health you are now in the “lifestyle medicine” business, I guess.
Seems like this is the MD MAHA rebrand. They are no longer “frontline doctors” or “alternative”.
When someone uses “Lifestyle” know what that signifies.
Crap article, @medscape.com
If you do public health you are now in the “lifestyle medicine” business, I guess.
Seems like this is the MD MAHA rebrand. They are no longer “frontline doctors” or “alternative”.
When someone uses “Lifestyle” know what that signifies.
Crap article, @medscape.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Anywho…
If you do public health you are now in the “lifestyle medicine” business, I guess.
Seems like this is the MD MAHA rebrand. They are no longer “frontline doctors” or “alternative”.
When someone uses “Lifestyle” know what that signifies.
Crap article, @medscape.com
If you do public health you are now in the “lifestyle medicine” business, I guess.
Seems like this is the MD MAHA rebrand. They are no longer “frontline doctors” or “alternative”.
When someone uses “Lifestyle” know what that signifies.
Crap article, @medscape.com
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Prasad likes to thinks he's brilliant. But emails like this demonstrate he's essentially operating solo, unable to write professional memos, has no trusted support to polish his very rough ideas.
This is NOT a normal way to roll out policy changes. It's nuts.
www.washingtonpost.com/documents/30...
This is NOT a normal way to roll out policy changes. It's nuts.
www.washingtonpost.com/documents/30...
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Prasad likes to thinks he's brilliant. But emails like this demonstrate he's essentially operating solo, unable to write professional memos, has no trusted support to polish his very rough ideas.
This is NOT a normal way to roll out policy changes. It's nuts.
www.washingtonpost.com/documents/30...
This is NOT a normal way to roll out policy changes. It's nuts.
www.washingtonpost.com/documents/30...
Lifestyle Medicine propaganda. Brought to you by MAHA sympathizers.
Claim they are “leaders” and also “represent” 400,000 healthcare workers
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
Claim they are “leaders” and also “represent” 400,000 healthcare workers
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
November 30, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Lifestyle Medicine propaganda. Brought to you by MAHA sympathizers.
Claim they are “leaders” and also “represent” 400,000 healthcare workers
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
Claim they are “leaders” and also “represent” 400,000 healthcare workers
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
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NEW: I profiled a powerful Democratic woman you’ve likely never heard of: Terri McCullough, @pelosi.house.gov’s longtime outgoing chief of staff, who reshaped the policy + political landscape for women and made history of her own alongside Pelosi 19thnews.org/2025/11/terr...
The woman who made history with Nancy Pelosi
Terri McCullough, the first woman to serve in a formal role as chief of staff to a House speaker, worked alongside Pelosi on big policy wins and broke a marble ceiling of her own.
19thnews.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
NEW: I profiled a powerful Democratic woman you’ve likely never heard of: Terri McCullough, @pelosi.house.gov’s longtime outgoing chief of staff, who reshaped the policy + political landscape for women and made history of her own alongside Pelosi 19thnews.org/2025/11/terr...
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Under the Trump Regime, Theology is a professional degree but public health and nursing aren’t.
@drjudystone.bsky.social explains the implications of this and why it will cause harm in her latest.
@drjudystone.bsky.social explains the implications of this and why it will cause harm in her latest.
What Is A “Professional Degree” And Why Does It Matter?
Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the Dept of Education proposes redefining "professional degrees" to exclude degrees in nursing, NP/PA, Public Health, PT/OT and more
www.forbes.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Under the Trump Regime, Theology is a professional degree but public health and nursing aren’t.
@drjudystone.bsky.social explains the implications of this and why it will cause harm in her latest.
@drjudystone.bsky.social explains the implications of this and why it will cause harm in her latest.
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Recall when pharma did "publication by press release" for COVID vaccines & hit business news channels as stock market opened? This is a variant of that move.
Prasad's memo
-no public
-no details of claims
-findings unpublished in a peer-reviewed sci journal
-released bf next wk’s CDC’s ACIP mtg
🛟😷
Prasad's memo
-no public
-no details of claims
-findings unpublished in a peer-reviewed sci journal
-released bf next wk’s CDC’s ACIP mtg
🛟😷
F.D.A. Seeks More Oversight of Vaccine Trials and Approvals
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Recall when pharma did "publication by press release" for COVID vaccines & hit business news channels as stock market opened? This is a variant of that move.
Prasad's memo
-no public
-no details of claims
-findings unpublished in a peer-reviewed sci journal
-released bf next wk’s CDC’s ACIP mtg
🛟😷
Prasad's memo
-no public
-no details of claims
-findings unpublished in a peer-reviewed sci journal
-released bf next wk’s CDC’s ACIP mtg
🛟😷
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And thanks to the magic of the Wayback Machine, here they are!
web.archive.org/web/20080623...
web.archive.org/web/20080623...
HIV/AIDS Information for the Public Interest
web.archive.org
November 29, 2025 at 11:06 AM
And thanks to the magic of the Wayback Machine, here they are!
web.archive.org/web/20080623...
web.archive.org/web/20080623...
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After Marty Makary claimed, with no evidence, that COVID19 vaccines killed children, Defend Public Health published this report on the topic.
Now Prasad is making the same claims.
These are not “unbiased” people. We don’t trust them & neither should you.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Now Prasad is making the same claims.
These are not “unbiased” people. We don’t trust them & neither should you.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Scientific evidence shows no link between COVID19 vaccines and child deaths | Defend Public Health
In response to claims by the Trump administration that COVID19 vaccines caused 25 pediatric deaths, Defend Public Health reviewed the scientific evidence from rigorous vaccine safety surveillance syst...
www.defendpublichealth.org
November 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
After Marty Makary claimed, with no evidence, that COVID19 vaccines killed children, Defend Public Health published this report on the topic.
Now Prasad is making the same claims.
These are not “unbiased” people. We don’t trust them & neither should you.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Now Prasad is making the same claims.
These are not “unbiased” people. We don’t trust them & neither should you.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Love how WaPo talks about Prasad's "findings" based on an email he sent in which just asserts that his staff deemed 10 deaths to (maybe) have been due to vaccination. Prasad provides no data other than a 2022 paper he wrote with ophthalmologist Hoeg about myocarditis, not deaths, in boys.
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November 29, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Love how WaPo talks about Prasad's "findings" based on an email he sent in which just asserts that his staff deemed 10 deaths to (maybe) have been due to vaccination. Prasad provides no data other than a 2022 paper he wrote with ophthalmologist Hoeg about myocarditis, not deaths, in boys.
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Great article by @drjudystone.bsky.social about why the Trump administration no longer considers of a bunch of allied health degrees as "professional," notably RN and MPH. This limits the amount of the loans students are eligible for, which will limit the # of students which can apply. Crazy.
November 29, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Great article by @drjudystone.bsky.social about why the Trump administration no longer considers of a bunch of allied health degrees as "professional," notably RN and MPH. This limits the amount of the loans students are eligible for, which will limit the # of students which can apply. Crazy.
Re-upping Jessica Steir's explanation of the VAERS data and why it cannot be used to establish causality.
Data on COVID deaths need to be verified, and should come from epidemiological studies with data from health records.
Show your work Prasad.
theunbiasedscipod.substack.com/p/when-we-co...
Data on COVID deaths need to be verified, and should come from epidemiological studies with data from health records.
Show your work Prasad.
theunbiasedscipod.substack.com/p/when-we-co...
When We Confuse the Smoke Alarm with the Fire
How Unverified VAERS Reports Are Being Used to Scare Parents About 25 Child Deaths
theunbiasedscipod.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Re-upping Jessica Steir's explanation of the VAERS data and why it cannot be used to establish causality.
Data on COVID deaths need to be verified, and should come from epidemiological studies with data from health records.
Show your work Prasad.
theunbiasedscipod.substack.com/p/when-we-co...
Data on COVID deaths need to be verified, and should come from epidemiological studies with data from health records.
Show your work Prasad.
theunbiasedscipod.substack.com/p/when-we-co...
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B. Dr. Prasad does not want transparency on this. He is threatening against leaks in the email, he is not suggesting to publish any of these as case studies or give the methodology, and he is upset over previous leaks. We do not know who investigated, career officers or new appointees, either. 3/n
November 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
B. Dr. Prasad does not want transparency on this. He is threatening against leaks in the email, he is not suggesting to publish any of these as case studies or give the methodology, and he is upset over previous leaks. We do not know who investigated, career officers or new appointees, either. 3/n
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A. Dr. Prasad is expressly saying he is not going to do a risk/benefit analysis, even for COVID-19 vaccines, let alone for any other vaccines. Based on this internal investigation of VAERS report, he decided there's a problem. There is no more thorough review of the data across other vaccines. 2/n
November 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A. Dr. Prasad is expressly saying he is not going to do a risk/benefit analysis, even for COVID-19 vaccines, let alone for any other vaccines. Based on this internal investigation of VAERS report, he decided there's a problem. There is no more thorough review of the data across other vaccines. 2/n
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This is the gold standard for presenting VAERS and related safety data. Drs. Shimabukuro, Lee, Hopkins et al did not decline interviews and presented their findings in public forums and peer reviewed publications. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RXA...
January 27, 2021 ACIP Meeting - Vaccine Safety Technical Subgroup (VaST)
YouTube video by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
www.youtube.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:19 PM
This is the gold standard for presenting VAERS and related safety data. Drs. Shimabukuro, Lee, Hopkins et al did not decline interviews and presented their findings in public forums and peer reviewed publications. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RXA...