Paige Perriello
@paigeperriello.bsky.social
Mother of 3. Pediatrician. Fighting to protect health care access for all kids & teens & their families. #PedSky
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What children in poverty could lose from the 'Big Beautiful Bill'
Republicans want to change or reduce key social safety net programs that provide health care, food benefits and financial assistance for millions of children.
www.npr.org
If you're wondering why all the pediatricians you know are feeling worried and angry - this is it right here. I really encourage you to read the article and use these facts to help advocate for our children.
www.npr.org/2025/06/20/n...
www.npr.org/2025/06/20/n...
This article is absolutely devoid of context and the irony of the head of the group who insisted on delineating deaths with Covid versus by Covid now suggesting with no data included that these deaths were by the Covid shot is unsurprising but 😡😡😡😡
Vinay Prasad’s desperate need for Twitter relevance during a viral pandemic will ultimately cause untold numbers of preventable deaths
NEW: The F.D.A. announced in an internal memo that 10 children died "because of" the Covid shot. Other experts want to see proof.
“This is a profound revelation,” Dr. Prasad's memo said. “For the first time, the U.S. F.D.A. will acknowledge that Covid-19 vaccines have killed American children.”
“This is a profound revelation,” Dr. Prasad's memo said. “For the first time, the U.S. F.D.A. will acknowledge that Covid-19 vaccines have killed American children.”
November 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This article is absolutely devoid of context and the irony of the head of the group who insisted on delineating deaths with Covid versus by Covid now suggesting with no data included that these deaths were by the Covid shot is unsurprising but 😡😡😡😡
We would love money, time & resources to learn more about autism. We need to know more about causes & therapies. One thing that HAS been answered clearly and scientifically is that vaccines do not cause autism- confusing and misleading people is a distraction and a waste of time we can’t afford. 
November 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
We would love money, time & resources to learn more about autism. We need to know more about causes & therapies. One thing that HAS been answered clearly and scientifically is that vaccines do not cause autism- confusing and misleading people is a distraction and a waste of time we can’t afford. 
Sending extra love and support to the trans & gender expansive students at Western today and those who love them. YOU ARE LOVED!
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November 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Sending extra love and support to the trans & gender expansive students at Western today and those who love them. YOU ARE LOVED!
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New paper reminds us yet again: HOMICIDE is the leading cause of death for pregnant women.
Gun violence & partner violence are related.
All-cause homicide & firearm homicide of pregnant women are higher, in states w/ higher calculated firearm ownership (1/x 🧵
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Gun violence & partner violence are related.
All-cause homicide & firearm homicide of pregnant women are higher, in states w/ higher calculated firearm ownership (1/x 🧵
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Firearm Homicide in Pregnant Women and State-Level Firearm Ownership
This cross-sectional study examines firearm homicide rates in pregnant compared with nonpregnant women and whether estimated state-level firearm ownership is associated with homicide deaths among preg...
jamanetwork.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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More details here:
Trans Day of Remembrance 2025 — Indivisible Charlottesville
At 6pm on the 20th, queer folks and allies are invited to gather on the Downtown Mall in front of The Beautiful Idea where we will light candles and read the names of our trans siblings who have been ...
www.indivisiblecharlottesville.org
November 16, 2025 at 12:47 PM
More details here:
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One week from today! #TDOR We will NOT comply with fascist attempts to demonize trans people. We stand with and protect our trans community members with FIERCE LOVE!
Trans Day of Remembrance 2025 — Indivisible Charlottesville
At 6pm on the 20th, queer folks and allies are invited to gather on the Downtown Mall in front of The Beautiful Idea where we will light candles and read the names of our trans siblings who have been ...
www.indivisiblecharlottesville.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:41 AM
One week from today! #TDOR We will NOT comply with fascist attempts to demonize trans people. We stand with and protect our trans community members with FIERCE LOVE!
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3/ The U.S. also spends far more on health care than any other wealthy nation, yet Americans live shorter, sicker lives. Infant & maternal mortality, chronic disease, and preventable deaths all rank near the worst. A key reason is that we underinvest in primary care and social supports.
November 13, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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Such an important thread….
1/ We might be nearing the end of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. But even if Congress extends #ACAsubsidies, the debate in Washington is way too small. The real issue isn’t actually the subsidies, it’s how completely insane our health care system has become. 🧵
November 13, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Such an important thread….
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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And if they aren’t your senators, call *your* senators and tell them to pressure their colleagues
WE HAVE ABOUT AN HOUR!
They may cave!
@rosen.senate.gov - NV
@baldwin.senate.gov -WI
@fetterman.senate.gov - PA
@hassan.senate.gov - NH
@ossoff.senate.gov - GA
@senangusking.bsky.social -ME
@peters.senate.gov - MI
@durbin.senate.gov - IL
@shaheen.senate.gov - NH
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They may cave!
@rosen.senate.gov - NV
@baldwin.senate.gov -WI
@fetterman.senate.gov - PA
@hassan.senate.gov - NH
@ossoff.senate.gov - GA
@senangusking.bsky.social -ME
@peters.senate.gov - MI
@durbin.senate.gov - IL
@shaheen.senate.gov - NH
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November 9, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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This weekend SNAP benefits ended for 42 million Americans who are now at risk of going hungry and not being able to feed themselves or their children. What can you do to help?
November 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This weekend SNAP benefits ended for 42 million Americans who are now at risk of going hungry and not being able to feed themselves or their children. What can you do to help?
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Did we mention that there is a lot happening this weekend? TOMORROW (yes, tomorrow) at 2 pm the People's Activist Series starts again. Yes, a new day, a new time, and a new location!
October 31, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Did we mention that there is a lot happening this weekend? TOMORROW (yes, tomorrow) at 2 pm the People's Activist Series starts again. Yes, a new day, a new time, and a new location!
Annual pass off my least favorite activity to their uncle tradition!!! Happy Halloween 🎃
October 29, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Annual pass off my least favorite activity to their uncle tradition!!! Happy Halloween 🎃
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No one should go have to go hungry - no one. For those in the CVille area looking to donate (and note: cash goes further than cans) or for those needing help, here's a list of local orgs trying to combat food scarcity: bit.ly/4hzEui2
About 850,000 Virginians who depend on SNAP to feed their families are waiting with anxiety, as the program is scheduled to pause Nov. 1. Gov. Youngkin's emergency order offers short-term relief but a prolonged federal impasse threatens to deepen food insecurity. virginiamercury.com/2025/10/27/i...
‘It goes quick’: Virginians stretch dollars and hope as SNAP funding freezes • Virginia Mercury
Each month, when his Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funds arrive, Daniel Garratt stocks up meats and pantry staples like canned goods in bulk at Walmart. He then visits local discount or…
virginiamercury.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:05 AM
No one should go have to go hungry - no one. For those in the CVille area looking to donate (and note: cash goes further than cans) or for those needing help, here's a list of local orgs trying to combat food scarcity: bit.ly/4hzEui2
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People seem to be falsely equating “a calm demeanor” with civility.
A slur said with a smile is still a slur. Dehumanizing language couched within “Hey, friend, agree to disagree…” is still violence. It’s not your tone that dictates civility, it’s your words, actions, and beliefs.
A slur said with a smile is still a slur. Dehumanizing language couched within “Hey, friend, agree to disagree…” is still violence. It’s not your tone that dictates civility, it’s your words, actions, and beliefs.
October 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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“Secretary Kennedy is entitled to his views. But he is not entitled to put people’s health at risk. He has rejected science, misled the public and compromised the health of Americans.”
“Never before have we issued a joint public warning like this. But the profound, immediate and unprecedented threat that Kennedy’s policies and positions pose to the nation’s health cannot be ignored.”
Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.
We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.
wapo.st
October 8, 2025 at 2:27 AM
“Secretary Kennedy is entitled to his views. But he is not entitled to put people’s health at risk. He has rejected science, misled the public and compromised the health of Americans.”
This is an excellentent piece debunking the notion that pediatricians have financial motivation to vaccinate kids and the impact that this particular lie has on children’s’ health and the field of pediatrics.
www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
Pediatricians Can’t Bear These Costs
The Trump administration’s crackdown is turning a difficult profession into an impossible one for some doctors.
www.theatlantic.com
October 4, 2025 at 10:16 PM
This is an excellentent piece debunking the notion that pediatricians have financial motivation to vaccinate kids and the impact that this particular lie has on children’s’ health and the field of pediatrics.
www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
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This literally means additional pokes for young kids and less choice for parents.
Plus likely decreasing vaccination rates.
Hard to see any outcomes of this that don’t involve harming or killing children.
Plus likely decreasing vaccination rates.
Hard to see any outcomes of this that don’t involve harming or killing children.
JUST IN: Vaccine advisers to the CDC have voted to recommended against using the combined measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox vaccine for children under 4. https://cnn.it/3K73pNn
September 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
This literally means additional pokes for young kids and less choice for parents.
Plus likely decreasing vaccination rates.
Hard to see any outcomes of this that don’t involve harming or killing children.
Plus likely decreasing vaccination rates.
Hard to see any outcomes of this that don’t involve harming or killing children.
“This is unacceptable, and it should alarm every American, regardless of political leanings.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
www.nytimes.com
September 2, 2025 at 1:33 AM
“This is unacceptable, and it should alarm every American, regardless of political leanings.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
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CDC employees standing up and walking out in light of the mass shootings, firings, and *waves hands in the air* everything else.
#USAnotRFK
Lets gooooo
#USAnotRFK
Lets gooooo
August 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
CDC employees standing up and walking out in light of the mass shootings, firings, and *waves hands in the air* everything else.
#USAnotRFK
Lets gooooo
#USAnotRFK
Lets gooooo
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Three senior CDC leaders who resigned told The Post they were asked to participate in an unscientific vaccine recommendation process that they believe could harm the health of Americans.
CDC leaders who resigned said RFK Jr. undermined vaccine science, risking lives
As the CDC reels from the firing of its director, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Fox News the agency is “in trouble and we need to fix it.”
www.washingtonpost.com
August 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Three senior CDC leaders who resigned told The Post they were asked to participate in an unscientific vaccine recommendation process that they believe could harm the health of Americans.
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*Policies* can't be the only prescription to heal what's clearly broken in our nation.
While policy change is important, what is needed most is communal solidarity & accountability.
A commitment that won't be dependent on if an issue directly impacts us or our loved ones.
While policy change is important, what is needed most is communal solidarity & accountability.
A commitment that won't be dependent on if an issue directly impacts us or our loved ones.
August 29, 2025 at 2:39 AM
*Policies* can't be the only prescription to heal what's clearly broken in our nation.
While policy change is important, what is needed most is communal solidarity & accountability.
A commitment that won't be dependent on if an issue directly impacts us or our loved ones.
While policy change is important, what is needed most is communal solidarity & accountability.
A commitment that won't be dependent on if an issue directly impacts us or our loved ones.