Dr. Mike Mendoza
@drmikemendoza.com
Dad, family physician, public health leader, professor. Recovering county health commissioner. COO of Trillium Health. Dedicated to improving population health. Go Cubs! Views my own. 🇺🇸🇵🇭 (he/him)
I can recall a time when many shunned expert recommendations with real consequences.
Today - different pathogen, different circumstances - but recommendations are absent, at best, and expert bodies themselves are questionable.
We can choose how we respond. I’d like to think science will prevail.
Today - different pathogen, different circumstances - but recommendations are absent, at best, and expert bodies themselves are questionable.
We can choose how we respond. I’d like to think science will prevail.
December 30, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I can recall a time when many shunned expert recommendations with real consequences.
Today - different pathogen, different circumstances - but recommendations are absent, at best, and expert bodies themselves are questionable.
We can choose how we respond. I’d like to think science will prevail.
Today - different pathogen, different circumstances - but recommendations are absent, at best, and expert bodies themselves are questionable.
We can choose how we respond. I’d like to think science will prevail.
If there was ever a question that the CDC is no longer lead by an actual scientist, here’s evidence that the CDC is no longer lead by an actual scientist.
November 20, 2025 at 11:35 AM
If there was ever a question that the CDC is no longer lead by an actual scientist, here’s evidence that the CDC is no longer lead by an actual scientist.
The leader of health and human services ran out of the room, and the leader of our country shows no indication of helping. This is not leadership.
November 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The leader of health and human services ran out of the room, and the leader of our country shows no indication of helping. This is not leadership.
“Don’t boo. Vote.”
November 2, 2025 at 9:25 PM
“Don’t boo. Vote.”
Nearly half of those who receive SNAP benefits are employed. Most who don’t work are older adults, have disabilities, or are busy providing care for others. The impending loss of SNAP benefits is exposing what happens when employers aren’t paying workers a living wage.
October 29, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Nearly half of those who receive SNAP benefits are employed. Most who don’t work are older adults, have disabilities, or are busy providing care for others. The impending loss of SNAP benefits is exposing what happens when employers aren’t paying workers a living wage.
Get the facts about PrEP. It's not just for cisgender gay men-it's for people of all genders, sexual orientations, and backgrounds. Let's work together to end stigma and make sure everyone has access to HIV prevention.
#PrEPawarenessweek
#PrEPawarenessweek
October 22, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Get the facts about PrEP. It's not just for cisgender gay men-it's for people of all genders, sexual orientations, and backgrounds. Let's work together to end stigma and make sure everyone has access to HIV prevention.
#PrEPawarenessweek
#PrEPawarenessweek
While the president was presenting the “updated” guidance from the FDA to the public, the head of the FDA made an appeal to his peers in the medical community that is much to the contrary…basically saying “Tylenol is safe in pregnancy and there’s no new evidence to change that.”
September 27, 2025 at 11:14 AM
While the president was presenting the “updated” guidance from the FDA to the public, the head of the FDA made an appeal to his peers in the medical community that is much to the contrary…basically saying “Tylenol is safe in pregnancy and there’s no new evidence to change that.”
If you’re reconsidering your stance on Tylenol please just remember that the source here is also the same source who opined that drinking bleach was actually a thing.
September 23, 2025 at 7:10 AM
If you’re reconsidering your stance on Tylenol please just remember that the source here is also the same source who opined that drinking bleach was actually a thing.
We aren’t talking enough about stimulants - the next wave in the overdose epidemic… #publichealth #harmreduction
September 17, 2025 at 12:38 AM
We aren’t talking enough about stimulants - the next wave in the overdose epidemic… #publichealth #harmreduction
Serious question - how many J6 rioters now work for ICE?
August 16, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Serious question - how many J6 rioters now work for ICE?
Happy Rochester PRIDE! With every year I hope more and more realize why this expression of love and support and community exists, and why it needs to continue to grow and thrive, especially now.
July 22, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Happy Rochester PRIDE! With every year I hope more and more realize why this expression of love and support and community exists, and why it needs to continue to grow and thrive, especially now.
Ignoring disparities in health is not how you eliminate disparities in health.
Trans people deserve to be seen and heard.
Trans people deserve to be seen and heard.
Trump Administration Will End L.G.B.T.Q. Suicide Prevention Service
www.nytimes.com
June 20, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Ignoring disparities in health is not how you eliminate disparities in health.
Trans people deserve to be seen and heard.
Trans people deserve to be seen and heard.
Reposted by Dr. Mike Mendoza
I'll give non-anti-vaxxers a chance but I know what Malone, Kulldorff, Levi, & Pebsworth will do.
They're going after the HPV, HBV, MMR, & polio vaccines. Cancer & child mortality will skyrocket. Kids in iron lungs for the first time in 60 yrs. Make America Dead Again
www.axios.com/2025/06/11/r...
They're going after the HPV, HBV, MMR, & polio vaccines. Cancer & child mortality will skyrocket. Kids in iron lungs for the first time in 60 yrs. Make America Dead Again
www.axios.com/2025/06/11/r...
RFK Jr. names 8 new members of vaccine advisory panel
Several of the new members appear to have a history of expressing anti-vaccine sentiment.
www.axios.com
June 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I'll give non-anti-vaxxers a chance but I know what Malone, Kulldorff, Levi, & Pebsworth will do.
They're going after the HPV, HBV, MMR, & polio vaccines. Cancer & child mortality will skyrocket. Kids in iron lungs for the first time in 60 yrs. Make America Dead Again
www.axios.com/2025/06/11/r...
They're going after the HPV, HBV, MMR, & polio vaccines. Cancer & child mortality will skyrocket. Kids in iron lungs for the first time in 60 yrs. Make America Dead Again
www.axios.com/2025/06/11/r...
With all that is uncertain in our world, let’s at least all agree that Norm’s wit and one liners can still make us smile.
#RIPNorm #RIPGeorgeWendt
#RIPNorm #RIPGeorgeWendt
Cheers | Every Time Norm Peterson Enters the Bar
YouTube video by Peacock
youtu.be
May 20, 2025 at 11:33 PM
With all that is uncertain in our world, let’s at least all agree that Norm’s wit and one liners can still make us smile.
#RIPNorm #RIPGeorgeWendt
#RIPNorm #RIPGeorgeWendt
This month! AltBar’s featured drink goes to support Willow Domestic Violence Center of Rochester. Learn more about AltBar and its new mural created by long time Willow supporter and super cool human Sarah Rutherford in yesterdays article in Rochester Beacon…
A new floor-to-ceiling mural blooms at AltBar - Rochester Beacon
The non-alcoholic bar in North Winton Village will celebrate the mural’s completion this weekend.
rochesterbeacon.com
May 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
This month! AltBar’s featured drink goes to support Willow Domestic Violence Center of Rochester. Learn more about AltBar and its new mural created by long time Willow supporter and super cool human Sarah Rutherford in yesterdays article in Rochester Beacon…
Our relatively high measles vaccine rates locally in Monroe County make local spread an unlikely way for measles to emerge here. Travel is a far more likely mode of transmission. Vaccination remains the most effective tool to prevent measles morbidity and mortality.
Measles cases in Europe, the Americas skyrocket
www.cidrap.umn.edu
April 29, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Our relatively high measles vaccine rates locally in Monroe County make local spread an unlikely way for measles to emerge here. Travel is a far more likely mode of transmission. Vaccination remains the most effective tool to prevent measles morbidity and mortality.
Tweeted this five years ago - a remarkably simpler time than what we are living through today.
April 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Tweeted this five years ago - a remarkably simpler time than what we are living through today.
Career advice for future dentists: move to Utah.
Utah Becomes First State to Ban Fluoride in Public Water
Medical experts warn the move could have consequences for oral health, especially among children.
www.nytimes.com
March 29, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Career advice for future dentists: move to Utah.
Reposted by Dr. Mike Mendoza
Goldberg in the Signal chat like
March 24, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Goldberg in the Signal chat like
Not OK!
Oklahoma reports first measles cases linked to growing Texas outbreak
www.cidrap.umn.edu
March 12, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Not OK!
Reposted by Dr. Mike Mendoza
Hey everyone, call your Senators! Dave Weldon is an anti-vax extremist who can do a LOT of damage to public health as CDC Director.
Dave #Weldon is up for #CDC Director. His Senate hearings are on Thursday. He thinks vaccines cause autism, doubts the safety of MMR vaccines. CALL YOUR SENATORS: 202-224-3121. We have a call sheet here, with lists of Senators and a script to use: docs.google.com/document/d/1....
March 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Hey everyone, call your Senators! Dave Weldon is an anti-vax extremist who can do a LOT of damage to public health as CDC Director.
This would be “not unusual” if it was 1925.
In reality, by “not unusual” RFK Jr actually means “very unusual”. The US has not seen a death from measles since 2015.
In reality, by “not unusual” RFK Jr actually means “very unusual”. The US has not seen a death from measles since 2015.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. describes major measles outbreak as ‘not unusual’ during Cabinet meeting
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday said the nation's major measles outbreak is "not unusual," as a child who was not vaccinated died from the virus in West Texas.
apnews.com
February 27, 2025 at 9:15 PM
This would be “not unusual” if it was 1925.
In reality, by “not unusual” RFK Jr actually means “very unusual”. The US has not seen a death from measles since 2015.
In reality, by “not unusual” RFK Jr actually means “very unusual”. The US has not seen a death from measles since 2015.
This would be “not unusual” if it was 1925.
In reality, by “not unusual” RFK Jr actually means “very unusual”. The US has not seen a death from measles since 2015.
In reality, by “not unusual” RFK Jr actually means “very unusual”. The US has not seen a death from measles since 2015.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. describes major measles outbreak as ‘not unusual’ during Cabinet meeting
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday said the nation's major measles outbreak is "not unusual," as a child who was not vaccinated died from the virus in West Texas.
apnews.com
February 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM
This would be “not unusual” if it was 1925.
In reality, by “not unusual” RFK Jr actually means “very unusual”. The US has not seen a death from measles since 2015.
In reality, by “not unusual” RFK Jr actually means “very unusual”. The US has not seen a death from measles since 2015.