Seth Trueger
@mdaware.org
ER doc at Northwestern & @BedsideMedNU.bsky.social
interests include social media for medical journals and medical education, health policy, and airway management
amateur guitar gear nerd
opinions are mine, arent medical advice
ja.ma/seth
interests include social media for medical journals and medical education, health policy, and airway management
amateur guitar gear nerd
opinions are mine, arent medical advice
ja.ma/seth
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Seth Trueger
@mdaware.org
· Feb 4
Here is how we know that vaccines do not cause autism
The facts are available, if you look for them
🛟 medsky 🧪 😷 idsky sociology
The facts are available, if you look for them
🛟 medsky 🧪 😷 idsky sociology
Here is how we know that vaccines do not cause autism
Vaccines do not cause autism. You’ve almost certainly read that before — but often without a full explanation of how we know it to be true. Here's how we know.
www.statnews.com
I don’t think non physicians realize how for real physicians, vaccines is a controversy like flat earth or creationism or birds aren’t real
"No true Scotsman" actually holds here
it's hard to really describe how baffling this is, how frustrating its been to see grow and how high the price will be
"No true Scotsman" actually holds here
it's hard to really describe how baffling this is, how frustrating its been to see grow and how high the price will be
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RFK Jr. is all over the place today seeming to imply that low-fat milk is the cause of childhood obesity and diabetes, whole milk will fix that problem.
January 15, 2026 at 12:49 AM
RFK Jr. is all over the place today seeming to imply that low-fat milk is the cause of childhood obesity and diabetes, whole milk will fix that problem.
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As it happens though, the framers of the US constitution did say it: in the 4th amendment, the 5th, the 10th, etc.
What they didn’t provide for is federal immigration enforcement of any kind, only “a uniform rule of naturalization.” Nor did they give the federal government a plenary police power.
What they didn’t provide for is federal immigration enforcement of any kind, only “a uniform rule of naturalization.” Nor did they give the federal government a plenary police power.
It goes without saying that in the US you’re not supposed to have a masked secret police that snatches people off the streets without knowing if they’ve committed a crime. That’s about as basic a requirement for a democracy as exists.
Having seen several abductions up close, it is really hard to convey how much the thing they’re doing is roaming in military convoys until they see someone who is alone and isn’t white, and then jumping out in large numbers, pulling them into a van, and screeching off, all in 90 seconds or so.
January 14, 2026 at 5:12 PM
As it happens though, the framers of the US constitution did say it: in the 4th amendment, the 5th, the 10th, etc.
What they didn’t provide for is federal immigration enforcement of any kind, only “a uniform rule of naturalization.” Nor did they give the federal government a plenary police power.
What they didn’t provide for is federal immigration enforcement of any kind, only “a uniform rule of naturalization.” Nor did they give the federal government a plenary police power.
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It goes without saying that in the US you’re not supposed to have a masked secret police that snatches people off the streets without knowing if they’ve committed a crime. That’s about as basic a requirement for a democracy as exists.
Having seen several abductions up close, it is really hard to convey how much the thing they’re doing is roaming in military convoys until they see someone who is alone and isn’t white, and then jumping out in large numbers, pulling them into a van, and screeching off, all in 90 seconds or so.
"“They specifically asked me if I knew where the Hmong families lived on my street & in the neighborhood.” Lugert-Thom responded, “I don’t know anything about that” & she said they then asked, “Well, what about the Asian families?”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
January 14, 2026 at 4:48 PM
It goes without saying that in the US you’re not supposed to have a masked secret police that snatches people off the streets without knowing if they’ve committed a crime. That’s about as basic a requirement for a democracy as exists.
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so help me, I believe it fundamentally matters to try to understand what American people think about their country, regardless of the specific effectiveness of their opinions on any given topic
Why hasn’t the press begun to understand that public opinion is no longer a factor in government action?
January 14, 2026 at 5:37 PM
so help me, I believe it fundamentally matters to try to understand what American people think about their country, regardless of the specific effectiveness of their opinions on any given topic
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remember this every time they use mental health issues to justify their policies
Last night with no warning, RFK Jr. cancelled up to $2 billion in funding for mental health and substance abuse research and programs administered through SAMHSA.
He and his minions did so because “they no longer believe the defunded programs align with the Trump administration's priorities”.
He and his minions did so because “they no longer believe the defunded programs align with the Trump administration's priorities”.
Trump administration sends letter wiping out addiction, mental health grants
The Trump administration sent hundreds of letters Tuesday terminating federal grants supporting mental health and drug addiction services.
www.npr.org
January 14, 2026 at 3:42 PM
remember this every time they use mental health issues to justify their policies
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Last night with no warning, RFK Jr. cancelled up to $2 billion in funding for mental health and substance abuse research and programs administered through SAMHSA.
He and his minions did so because “they no longer believe the defunded programs align with the Trump administration's priorities”.
He and his minions did so because “they no longer believe the defunded programs align with the Trump administration's priorities”.
Trump administration sends letter wiping out addiction, mental health grants
The Trump administration sent hundreds of letters Tuesday terminating federal grants supporting mental health and drug addiction services.
www.npr.org
January 14, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Last night with no warning, RFK Jr. cancelled up to $2 billion in funding for mental health and substance abuse research and programs administered through SAMHSA.
He and his minions did so because “they no longer believe the defunded programs align with the Trump administration's priorities”.
He and his minions did so because “they no longer believe the defunded programs align with the Trump administration's priorities”.
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There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
FDA deletes warning on bogus autism therapies touted by RFK Jr.‘s allies
The agency used to warn of chelation, used by RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine ally David Geier.
arstechnica.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:30 AM
There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
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Many days, I ride an acoustic bike to work.
January 14, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Many days, I ride an acoustic bike to work.
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Not the key part of this story, obviously... but they *sold* his phone? WTF?
This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
January 14, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Not the key part of this story, obviously... but they *sold* his phone? WTF?
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This is pretty much how I respond when presented with a creaky arthritic dog and I recommend an NSAID and the owner says, “can we try supplements before we try drugs?”
I mean, you can pick the chemicals that I understand and can vouch for, or the chemicals that are basically a mystery.
I mean, you can pick the chemicals that I understand and can vouch for, or the chemicals that are basically a mystery.
January 13, 2026 at 7:04 PM
This is pretty much how I respond when presented with a creaky arthritic dog and I recommend an NSAID and the owner says, “can we try supplements before we try drugs?”
I mean, you can pick the chemicals that I understand and can vouch for, or the chemicals that are basically a mystery.
I mean, you can pick the chemicals that I understand and can vouch for, or the chemicals that are basically a mystery.
too old for the internet to have everything to entertain me in my preteen years
old enough to walk home from middle school and stop in the library or a book store and read a Calvin and Hobbes compendium
old enough to walk home from middle school and stop in the library or a book store and read a Calvin and Hobbes compendium
why did so many millennials read so many newspaper comics? easily 60 percent of my reading diet in elementary/middle school was collected editions of calvin and hobbes, farside, dilbert, peanuts, doonesbury (!), foxtrot (?!?) and i know im not alone. historically unique phenomenon
rather than talk about Scott Adams I want to talk about something weirder (me). Who else was really into Dilbert when you were 12. Who else was like, boy, I can't wait to work a cubicle job
January 13, 2026 at 5:21 PM
too old for the internet to have everything to entertain me in my preteen years
old enough to walk home from middle school and stop in the library or a book store and read a Calvin and Hobbes compendium
old enough to walk home from middle school and stop in the library or a book store and read a Calvin and Hobbes compendium
Mega Maid
Without saying Gundam, name a giant robot
January 13, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Mega Maid
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And honestly, that makes me wonder how much I can take the rest of the video at face value.
When the thing you have the most knowledge about is presented in a way that's somewhere in the misleading and/or wrong zone, how much credibility to do you give to the rest of the piece?
When the thing you have the most knowledge about is presented in a way that's somewhere in the misleading and/or wrong zone, how much credibility to do you give to the rest of the piece?
January 13, 2026 at 12:17 AM
And honestly, that makes me wonder how much I can take the rest of the video at face value.
When the thing you have the most knowledge about is presented in a way that's somewhere in the misleading and/or wrong zone, how much credibility to do you give to the rest of the piece?
When the thing you have the most knowledge about is presented in a way that's somewhere in the misleading and/or wrong zone, how much credibility to do you give to the rest of the piece?
Scoop: The EPA will no longer estimate the lives saved by reducing air pollution when writing clean-air regulations, according to documents reviewed by @nytimes.com.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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JUST IN: A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore $12 million in grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics, saying the terminations appear to be retaliation for the group's view points re: vaccine safety/efficacy. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
January 12, 2026 at 4:29 AM
JUST IN: A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore $12 million in grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics, saying the terminations appear to be retaliation for the group's view points re: vaccine safety/efficacy. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
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FUCK YES! THANK YOU! A FUCKING WIN FOR THE AAP!
VACCINES FUCKING WORK! GET VACCINATED! GET YOUR KIDS VACCINATED! GET YOUR PETS VACCINATED! GET YOUR LOVED ONES VACCINATED!
VACCINES FUCKING WORK! GET VACCINATED! GET YOUR KIDS VACCINATED! GET YOUR PETS VACCINATED! GET YOUR LOVED ONES VACCINATED!
JUST IN: A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore $12 million in grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics, saying the terminations appear to be retaliation for the group's view points re: vaccine safety/efficacy. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
January 12, 2026 at 6:00 AM
FUCK YES! THANK YOU! A FUCKING WIN FOR THE AAP!
VACCINES FUCKING WORK! GET VACCINATED! GET YOUR KIDS VACCINATED! GET YOUR PETS VACCINATED! GET YOUR LOVED ONES VACCINATED!
VACCINES FUCKING WORK! GET VACCINATED! GET YOUR KIDS VACCINATED! GET YOUR PETS VACCINATED! GET YOUR LOVED ONES VACCINATED!
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#dammitseth I knew this sounded familiar
wait
Bruce Springsteen and the Edim Street Band
Bruce Springsteen and the Edim Street Band
Bruce Springsteen and the D Street Band
January 12, 2026 at 3:37 AM
#dammitseth I knew this sounded familiar
Slightly diminish a band
The Edim Street Band
(sorry)
The Edim Street Band
(sorry)
Slightly diminish a band
The E minor Street Band
The E minor Street Band
slightly diminish a band
Linkin Playground
Linkin Playground
January 12, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Slightly diminish a band
The Edim Street Band
(sorry)
The Edim Street Band
(sorry)
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Insurance companies should be held liable for coverage denied. See this story and listen to the powerful words of my colleague @mirandayaver.bsky.social.
Here is the CBS Sunday Morning piece for which I was interviewed about findings from my book Coverage Denied. Health insurance barriers ration health care by inconvenience, imposing hurdles to get prescribed care with administratively burdensome appeals many can’t navigate. youtu.be/SRPOoPDN-7w?...
State of denial: How insurance companies impact health care today
YouTube video by CBS Sunday Morning
youtu.be
January 11, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Insurance companies should be held liable for coverage denied. See this story and listen to the powerful words of my colleague @mirandayaver.bsky.social.
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Slightly diminish a game.
Major Ketchup, in the mud room, with a letter opener.
Major Ketchup, in the mud room, with a letter opener.
Slightly diminish a game.
Oligopoly
Oligopoly
Slightly diminish a game.
Snakes and Step stools.
Snakes and Step stools.
January 11, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Slightly diminish a game.
Major Ketchup, in the mud room, with a letter opener.
Major Ketchup, in the mud room, with a letter opener.
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according to the creator of beauty and the beast it's actually pronounced jaston
January 11, 2026 at 8:17 PM
according to the creator of beauty and the beast it's actually pronounced jaston