Jan Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H.
@drjanicekirsch.bsky.social
Medical Oncologist/Hematologist
Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Public health
Climate activist
Universal Health Care Advocate
Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Public health
Climate activist
Universal Health Care Advocate
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Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011.
November 29, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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IT'S ILLEGAL AND LETHAL
Until Trump's illegal, inciting action of sending Guardsmen, DC's violent crime rate was at a 30 year low.
www.axios.com/2025/11/26/n...
Until Trump's illegal, inciting action of sending Guardsmen, DC's violent crime rate was at a 30 year low.
www.axios.com/2025/11/26/n...
Trump wants another 500 National Guard in D.C. after shooting near White House
The White House has not said how long it plans to keep the National Guard members in D.C.
www.axios.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:21 PM
IT'S ILLEGAL AND LETHAL
Until Trump's illegal, inciting action of sending Guardsmen, DC's violent crime rate was at a 30 year low.
www.axios.com/2025/11/26/n...
Until Trump's illegal, inciting action of sending Guardsmen, DC's violent crime rate was at a 30 year low.
www.axios.com/2025/11/26/n...
YOU FAT FELON,
THEY SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN THERE.
A judge ruled that they were illegally stationed in DC
May they make a full and rapid recovery.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
THEY SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN THERE.
A judge ruled that they were illegally stationed in DC
May they make a full and rapid recovery.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
YOU FAT FELON,
THEY SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN THERE.
A judge ruled that they were illegally stationed in DC
May they make a full and rapid recovery.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
THEY SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN THERE.
A judge ruled that they were illegally stationed in DC
May they make a full and rapid recovery.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
WHAT'S THIS I HEAR ABOUT TP? 🤣
November 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
WHAT'S THIS I HEAR ABOUT TP? 🤣
MEASLES ON THE MOVE:
Who needs another MMR?
- Born before 1957: No
- Born between '63 and '67: May have received the killed vaccine, which is less protective. If unsure, check titers.
- High risk: Healthcare worker or near immunocompromised people, check titers.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/utah...
Who needs another MMR?
- Born before 1957: No
- Born between '63 and '67: May have received the killed vaccine, which is less protective. If unsure, check titers.
- High risk: Healthcare worker or near immunocompromised people, check titers.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/utah...
Utah, Arizona confirm more measles cases amid growing outbreaks
The US now has almost 1,800 measles cases.
www.cidrap.umn.edu
November 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
MEASLES ON THE MOVE:
Who needs another MMR?
- Born before 1957: No
- Born between '63 and '67: May have received the killed vaccine, which is less protective. If unsure, check titers.
- High risk: Healthcare worker or near immunocompromised people, check titers.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/utah...
Who needs another MMR?
- Born before 1957: No
- Born between '63 and '67: May have received the killed vaccine, which is less protective. If unsure, check titers.
- High risk: Healthcare worker or near immunocompromised people, check titers.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/utah...
POLLUTERS DON'T PAY -
AS SOME PROTECTIONS GO AWAY
Multiple industries in low-income, fenceline communities suffer excess malignancies.
Benzene is a known cause of leukemia and possibly of lymphoma.
Fine particulates cause lung cancer.
Ethylene dichloride is a probable
cause of several cancer.
AS SOME PROTECTIONS GO AWAY
Multiple industries in low-income, fenceline communities suffer excess malignancies.
Benzene is a known cause of leukemia and possibly of lymphoma.
Fine particulates cause lung cancer.
Ethylene dichloride is a probable
cause of several cancer.
About 90,000 people living near larger chemical plants face an unacceptable risk of developing cancer, the EPA says.
New rules adopted last year could’ve cut that number to 3,000 residents — a drop of 97%.
But Trump has halted those efforts.
New rules adopted last year could’ve cut that number to 3,000 residents — a drop of 97%.
But Trump has halted those efforts.
Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated
The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these pla...
www.propublica.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:30 AM
POLLUTERS DON'T PAY -
AS SOME PROTECTIONS GO AWAY
Multiple industries in low-income, fenceline communities suffer excess malignancies.
Benzene is a known cause of leukemia and possibly of lymphoma.
Fine particulates cause lung cancer.
Ethylene dichloride is a probable
cause of several cancer.
AS SOME PROTECTIONS GO AWAY
Multiple industries in low-income, fenceline communities suffer excess malignancies.
Benzene is a known cause of leukemia and possibly of lymphoma.
Fine particulates cause lung cancer.
Ethylene dichloride is a probable
cause of several cancer.
PLAQUED BY NONPREVENTION
An infant in Kentucky who was unvaccinated against pertussis, has died, the third death from the deadly bacteria in the state this year. Kentucky had last recorded an infant whooping cough death in 2018.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/pertussis/th...
An infant in Kentucky who was unvaccinated against pertussis, has died, the third death from the deadly bacteria in the state this year. Kentucky had last recorded an infant whooping cough death in 2018.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/pertussis/th...
Third infant in Kentucky dies of whooping cough as national cases stay high for second year in a row
www.cidrap.umn.edu
November 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
PLAQUED BY NONPREVENTION
An infant in Kentucky who was unvaccinated against pertussis, has died, the third death from the deadly bacteria in the state this year. Kentucky had last recorded an infant whooping cough death in 2018.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/pertussis/th...
An infant in Kentucky who was unvaccinated against pertussis, has died, the third death from the deadly bacteria in the state this year. Kentucky had last recorded an infant whooping cough death in 2018.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/pertussis/th...
UNREPENTANT BILL CASSIDY
He unleashed RFK, Jr.
-First he says that patients don't look at the CDC website.
In another clip he extolls that site's importance
-He refuses to say anything negative about Bobby, despite the deaths he has and will continue to cause.
youtu.be/ZJ-jI6i1kzo?...
He unleashed RFK, Jr.
-First he says that patients don't look at the CDC website.
In another clip he extolls that site's importance
-He refuses to say anything negative about Bobby, despite the deaths he has and will continue to cause.
youtu.be/ZJ-jI6i1kzo?...
Sen. Cassidy reacts to RFK Jr.'s changes to the CDC website
YouTube video by CNN
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
UNREPENTANT BILL CASSIDY
He unleashed RFK, Jr.
-First he says that patients don't look at the CDC website.
In another clip he extolls that site's importance
-He refuses to say anything negative about Bobby, despite the deaths he has and will continue to cause.
youtu.be/ZJ-jI6i1kzo?...
He unleashed RFK, Jr.
-First he says that patients don't look at the CDC website.
In another clip he extolls that site's importance
-He refuses to say anything negative about Bobby, despite the deaths he has and will continue to cause.
youtu.be/ZJ-jI6i1kzo?...
HORRORS OF SOCIALISM?
The House of Representatives passed a concurrent resolution, H. Con. Res. 58, on November 21, 2025, denouncing "the horrors of socialism".
I understand why.
If we learned class consciousness we'd throw their asses out, rather than turning against our allies of every color.
The House of Representatives passed a concurrent resolution, H. Con. Res. 58, on November 21, 2025, denouncing "the horrors of socialism".
I understand why.
If we learned class consciousness we'd throw their asses out, rather than turning against our allies of every color.
November 25, 2025 at 4:24 AM
HORRORS OF SOCIALISM?
The House of Representatives passed a concurrent resolution, H. Con. Res. 58, on November 21, 2025, denouncing "the horrors of socialism".
I understand why.
If we learned class consciousness we'd throw their asses out, rather than turning against our allies of every color.
The House of Representatives passed a concurrent resolution, H. Con. Res. 58, on November 21, 2025, denouncing "the horrors of socialism".
I understand why.
If we learned class consciousness we'd throw their asses out, rather than turning against our allies of every color.
AN UNDECLARED WAR BEGINS
The fentanyl doesn't come from Venezuela.
The Cartel de los Soles is a group that doesn't exist.
But MAGA influencers have been crowing about the fact that regime change would be great for our oil industry.
Not really incomprehensible.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
The fentanyl doesn't come from Venezuela.
The Cartel de los Soles is a group that doesn't exist.
But MAGA influencers have been crowing about the fact that regime change would be great for our oil industry.
Not really incomprehensible.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
Opinion | The Incomprehensible March Toward Regime Change in Venezuela
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:43 AM
AN UNDECLARED WAR BEGINS
The fentanyl doesn't come from Venezuela.
The Cartel de los Soles is a group that doesn't exist.
But MAGA influencers have been crowing about the fact that regime change would be great for our oil industry.
Not really incomprehensible.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
The fentanyl doesn't come from Venezuela.
The Cartel de los Soles is a group that doesn't exist.
But MAGA influencers have been crowing about the fact that regime change would be great for our oil industry.
Not really incomprehensible.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
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November 25, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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THEY'RE FUCKING ADMITTING IT
Overtly calling for blood for oil
Overtly calling for blood for oil
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
THEY'RE FUCKING ADMITTING IT
Overtly calling for blood for oil
Overtly calling for blood for oil
IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS
That visions of something dance in heads....
That visions of something dance in heads....
November 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS
That visions of something dance in heads....
That visions of something dance in heads....
MY PITCH FOR A REALITY SHOW
November 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
MY PITCH FOR A REALITY SHOW
BARBIE-GOYLE UPHOLDS HARM
AGAINST KIDS
Charges dismissed against a doctor who threw away vaccines against SARS-COV-2 and gave children saline instead.
Keep in mind that more than 2,000 children have died of covid-19 and countless more have long covid.
apnews.com/article/utah...
AGAINST KIDS
Charges dismissed against a doctor who threw away vaccines against SARS-COV-2 and gave children saline instead.
Keep in mind that more than 2,000 children have died of covid-19 and countless more have long covid.
apnews.com/article/utah...
Charges dropped against Utah doctor accused of throwing away $28,000 in COVID vaccine doses
The federal government has dismissed charges against a Utah plastic surgeon accused of throwing away COVID-19 vaccines worth thousands of dollars during the pandemic.
apnews.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 AM
BARBIE-GOYLE UPHOLDS HARM
AGAINST KIDS
Charges dismissed against a doctor who threw away vaccines against SARS-COV-2 and gave children saline instead.
Keep in mind that more than 2,000 children have died of covid-19 and countless more have long covid.
apnews.com/article/utah...
AGAINST KIDS
Charges dismissed against a doctor who threw away vaccines against SARS-COV-2 and gave children saline instead.
Keep in mind that more than 2,000 children have died of covid-19 and countless more have long covid.
apnews.com/article/utah...
While RFK, Jr. cut billions in research funding.
Tatiana Schlossberg, his cousin has been fighting a very resistant form of leukemia with bone marrow transplant and, recently, more innovative therapies.
She worries for others.
Her brave and beautiful essay here.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Tatiana Schlossberg, his cousin has been fighting a very resistant form of leukemia with bone marrow transplant and, recently, more innovative therapies.
She worries for others.
Her brave and beautiful essay here.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:25 AM
While RFK, Jr. cut billions in research funding.
Tatiana Schlossberg, his cousin has been fighting a very resistant form of leukemia with bone marrow transplant and, recently, more innovative therapies.
She worries for others.
Her brave and beautiful essay here.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Tatiana Schlossberg, his cousin has been fighting a very resistant form of leukemia with bone marrow transplant and, recently, more innovative therapies.
She worries for others.
Her brave and beautiful essay here.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS
A perfume blend with an intensely white vanilla base, just a touch of boozy leather, woody notes of deer in headlights, and only the barest hint of musk.
A perfume blend with an intensely white vanilla base, just a touch of boozy leather, woody notes of deer in headlights, and only the barest hint of musk.
November 23, 2025 at 4:18 AM
JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS
A perfume blend with an intensely white vanilla base, just a touch of boozy leather, woody notes of deer in headlights, and only the barest hint of musk.
A perfume blend with an intensely white vanilla base, just a touch of boozy leather, woody notes of deer in headlights, and only the barest hint of musk.
NEW BIRD FLU.
IF WE ONLY HAD AN HHS...
H5N5 is a different subtype of bird flu than the circulating H5N1 strain.
The concern is reassortment (2 different flu strains infect the same host and swap genetic material) resulting in a new virus that is both highly lethal and transmissible among humans.
IF WE ONLY HAD AN HHS...
H5N5 is a different subtype of bird flu than the circulating H5N1 strain.
The concern is reassortment (2 different flu strains infect the same host and swap genetic material) resulting in a new virus that is both highly lethal and transmissible among humans.
Bird flu: first ever death from rare H5N5 strain is recorded in US | Bird flu
https://www.europesays.com/uk/586237/
A person in the US is believed to be the first human to die from a rare strain…
https://www.europesays.com/uk/586237/
A person in the US is believed to be the first human to die from a rare strain…
Bird flu: first ever death from rare H5N5 strain is recorded in US | Bird flu - United Kingdom
A person in the US is believed to be the first human to die from a rare strain of bird flu, but state health officials said on Friday the risk to the public
www.europesays.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:18 AM
NEW BIRD FLU.
IF WE ONLY HAD AN HHS...
H5N5 is a different subtype of bird flu than the circulating H5N1 strain.
The concern is reassortment (2 different flu strains infect the same host and swap genetic material) resulting in a new virus that is both highly lethal and transmissible among humans.
IF WE ONLY HAD AN HHS...
H5N5 is a different subtype of bird flu than the circulating H5N1 strain.
The concern is reassortment (2 different flu strains infect the same host and swap genetic material) resulting in a new virus that is both highly lethal and transmissible among humans.
MAYOR-ELECT OF THE CITY THAT DOESN'T SLEEP
With the POTUS who usually sleeps.
And Stephen who only sleeps in daytime
With the POTUS who usually sleeps.
And Stephen who only sleeps in daytime
November 22, 2025 at 4:46 AM
MAYOR-ELECT OF THE CITY THAT DOESN'T SLEEP
With the POTUS who usually sleeps.
And Stephen who only sleeps in daytime
With the POTUS who usually sleeps.
And Stephen who only sleeps in daytime
SWEET DREAMS, MY FRIENDS 💗
November 22, 2025 at 4:09 AM
SWEET DREAMS, MY FRIENDS 💗
In other news...
November 22, 2025 at 2:07 AM
In other news...
THE PUBLIC SHOULDN'T GET HEALTH ADVICE FROM CDC SITE
ALTERNATIVES HERE:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/w...
ALTERNATIVES HERE:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/w...
5 Places to Turn for Accurate Health Information
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
THE PUBLIC SHOULDN'T GET HEALTH ADVICE FROM CDC SITE
ALTERNATIVES HERE:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/w...
ALTERNATIVES HERE:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/w...
CONCERNED???
You fucking unleashed this, Bill.
You fucking unleashed this, Bill.
Senator Bill Cassidy is concerned that the new non-expert ACIP, appointed by the anti-vaccine Secretary he voted for, may undermine access to hepatitis B vaccines. www.cbsnews.com/news/bill-ca... via @kaiahubbard.bsky.social @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy
Sen. Cassidy says he's "very concerned" about possible hepatitis B vaccine schedule change
Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, a physician whose medical practice focused on hepatitis B, said he's "very concerned" about a potential change to the hepatitis B vaccine schedule for infant...
www.cbsnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
CONCERNED???
You fucking unleashed this, Bill.
You fucking unleashed this, Bill.
JUNIOR: "NO PROOF VACCINES DON'T CAUSE AUTISM.
SCIENCE: "WTF?"
www.vaccinesafety.edu/do-vaccines-...
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
en.ssi.dk/news/news/20...
And on and on...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
SCIENCE: "WTF?"
www.vaccinesafety.edu/do-vaccines-...
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
en.ssi.dk/news/news/20...
And on and on...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
Kennedy Says He Told C.D.C. to Change Website’s Language on Autism and Vaccines
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
JUNIOR: "NO PROOF VACCINES DON'T CAUSE AUTISM.
SCIENCE: "WTF?"
www.vaccinesafety.edu/do-vaccines-...
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
en.ssi.dk/news/news/20...
And on and on...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
SCIENCE: "WTF?"
www.vaccinesafety.edu/do-vaccines-...
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
en.ssi.dk/news/news/20...
And on and on...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
HATS, SHIRTS, WATCHES...
And 168 other merch items.
Now this.
In honor of what he can do to someone on 5th Avenue?
www.citizensforethics.org/reports-inve...
And 168 other merch items.
Now this.
In honor of what he can do to someone on 5th Avenue?
www.citizensforethics.org/reports-inve...
Honestly surprised this wasn't one of his first grifts. (Yes, it's real.)
November 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
HATS, SHIRTS, WATCHES...
And 168 other merch items.
Now this.
In honor of what he can do to someone on 5th Avenue?
www.citizensforethics.org/reports-inve...
And 168 other merch items.
Now this.
In honor of what he can do to someone on 5th Avenue?
www.citizensforethics.org/reports-inve...