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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 1d

A massive study of 18,000+ births found babies exposed to COVID in the womb had higher odds of autism & developmental delays.
Scientists say it doesn’t prove causation —but it’s yet another reason RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine advice for pregnant women is dangerously wrong.
#BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky #ObSky

Covid in pregnancy tied to autism, developmental issues, study says

A study published in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology analyzed more than 18,100 births in Massachusetts of children born to women who contracted the virus starting in the early months of the pand...

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Griffin Cupstid, MD, FAAFP @cupstid.net · 2d

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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 5d

Happy bday physician Jonas Salk b.1914, NYC, developed first safe and effective vaccine for polio.

“Hope lies in dreams, in imagination and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality.”

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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 6d

NEW: The entire staff supporting ACIP was laid off, and most working groups haven't met in months.

That means the US may not make routine vaccine recommendations for more than half of children in 2026, and it could halt new vaccines in the pipeline. My latest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Threat to US vaccines as CDC staff supporting key advisory panel laid off

Critics say scientists ‘held hostage’ by RFK Jr as changes mean vaccine development and guidance in peril

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Griffin Cupstid, MD, FAAFP @cupstid.net · 9d

Technically “Store Drugs” are also “Land Drugs” and you may lose access sooner than you think

Griffin Cupstid, MD, FAAFP @cupstid.net · 9d

The CDC was as easy to tear down as the East Wing.

Partisan banner at the cdc.gov website blaming Democrats for the shutdown.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 11d

The New England Journal of Medicine and the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy will be publishing regular public health alerts to replace the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, which has been paused due to the federal government shutdown.

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Griffin Cupstid, MD, FAAFP @cupstid.net · 11d

That moment in Casablanca when rivals Victor and Rick both realize that nothing else in the world matters except beating the damn Nazis.

Still image from the 1942 movie Casablanca when Victor (Paul Henreid) and Rick (Humphrey Bogart) realize they both have had enough of this Nazi BS.

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 12d

It does somehow sum everything up neatly. Trashy vulgarian unilaterally decides to tear up an iconic American building as though it’s one of his tacky private clubs, rather than a national monument he has very temporarily (and foolishly) been permitted to inhabit.

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 12d

Not sure why this image is so shocking, given everything he’s done but: it’s shocking!

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 12d

Once again, one reason Trump says & does whatever he wants is bc every societal institution, including the media, has totally normalized & internalized the idea that the laws, the Constitution, & the international treaties we have signed & ratified simply don’t apply to this one guy. It’s maddening.

Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 12d

No mention at all of the fact that Trump doesn't have the legal authority to do this, that plans haven't even been reviewed (because the office is closed for the government shutdown), that the size and cost estimates keep changing, etc., etc.

Part of White House Is Reduced to Rubble. Trump’s Ballroom Will Rise in Its Place.

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Griffin Cupstid, MD, FAAFP @cupstid.net · 14d

Deeply weird

Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 14d

Trump is a deeply, deeply sick man.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

Trump posts AI video showing him literally dumping shit on America

Griffin Cupstid, MD, FAAFP @cupstid.net · 14d

Good turnout in Spartanburg

See our photos from the 'No Kings' protest in Spartanburg

PHOTOS: Spartanburg 'No Kings' protest draws crowd

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Griffin Cupstid, MD, FAAFP @cupstid.net · 15d

I cringe when I hear them say the suspect has “lawyered-up” — it’s like cancer saying the patient has “doctored-up”

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 16d

MAGA doctors rise to power warning that measures to limit COVID deaths might lead to a “biomedical security state” and the next Hitler.

Today, they are fine working for a police state.

My latest, quoting @eric-reinhart.com

sciencebasedmedicine.org/doctors-who-...

Doctors Who Glorified Trump Have Permanently Tied Themselves to Everything He Does

The purges, censorship, and politicization in the worlds of medicine and science are not distinct from the corruption and vandalism of the country writ large. We Want Them Infected doctors are part o

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Griffin Cupstid, MD, FAAFP @cupstid.net · 22d

The emperor has no maths

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 22d

The editors of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) were apparently fired today.

The precursor to MMWR began in 1878 to address emerging public health threats rapidly.

We are not “great” without it. We are vulnerable to threats from sporadic foodborne illness to bioterrorism.

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The BMJ @bmj.com · 22d

The Trump administration and its allies have taken several steps to ensure that medical schools in the US dismantle all diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.

It is patients who will be the victims of this, write @gavinyamey.bsky.social and @michaeldgreen.com
www.bmj.com/content/391/...

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Griffin Cupstid, MD, FAAFP @cupstid.net · 22d

This type of acute heart syndrome needs a name and ICD-10 code. I propose: “Kavanaugh attack.”

Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 23d

So this IL Hospital Association memo describes an incident where ICE detained a US citizen, gave them HEART PROBLEMS, took them to a hospital where the fought with medical personnel, then left when they realized they detained a CITIZEN.

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Social Greedia @socialgreedia.bsky.social · 24d

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 23d

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Griffin Cupstid, MD, FAAFP @cupstid.net · 23d

Would that be a pretopic pregnancy?

Griffin Cupstid, MD, FAAFP @cupstid.net · 23d

If Watergate happened today, we would never hear about it and Woodward and Bernstein would have already been fired.

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Griffin Cupstid, MD, FAAFP @cupstid.net · 23d

Does he think babies are inside placentas?

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Griffin Cupstid, MD, FAAFP @cupstid.net · 23d

“We’re doing the studies to make the proof.” — RFK Jr

That is the very definition of scientific misconduct.

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Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 25d

“Kennedy is very effective at using obviously untrue, pseudoscientific garbage to justify wildly irresponsible and dangerous health policies. Lying about monovalent MMR will be one more feather in his cap, with the next generation of Americans paying the price.”

Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 26d

I wrote a thing about how this split the MMR up into monovalents is bullshit that Andrew Wakefield cooked up. It will be used to strip access to the MMR.

The MAHA movement continues to destroy public health.

open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...

The Monovalent Mirage

A pretend alternative to the MMR exists, just ask Andrew Wakefield

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