Tom Cooney MD
@pdxtom.bsky.social
Internal Medicine physician and educator | #IMProud | @acpinternist | Health Policy | environmental and climate health.| built infrastructure and micro mobility
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Portland woman testifies that police lied about ICE activity in Oregon when 12 to 15 agents surrounded her vehicle, and she called 911 for help on December 10th. "I have a question for the police. If you refuse to do your job, are you prepared for us to do it for you?"
December 19, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Portland woman testifies that police lied about ICE activity in Oregon when 12 to 15 agents surrounded her vehicle, and she called 911 for help on December 10th. "I have a question for the police. If you refuse to do your job, are you prepared for us to do it for you?"
Really terrifying that there are people who voted to make this guy #POTUS...and even more terrifying that he is...
This is a great example that the US president is a lunatic. Listen carefully 🙈
December 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Really terrifying that there are people who voted to make this guy #POTUS...and even more terrifying that he is...
Here, I'll make the headline more accurate @cnn.com
Fact check: Trump lied repeatedly in prime-time address
#Trump #GOP #MAGA
www.cnn.com/2025/12/17/p...
Fact check: Trump lied repeatedly in prime-time address
#Trump #GOP #MAGA
www.cnn.com/2025/12/17/p...
Fact check: Trump repeats numerous false claims in prime-time address | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump made a series of false claims during his prime-time address from the White House on Wednesday night. Here is a fact check.
www.cnn.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Here, I'll make the headline more accurate @cnn.com
Fact check: Trump lied repeatedly in prime-time address
#Trump #GOP #MAGA
www.cnn.com/2025/12/17/p...
Fact check: Trump lied repeatedly in prime-time address
#Trump #GOP #MAGA
www.cnn.com/2025/12/17/p...
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Usually, when I need an appointment at the VA, I can get one within 2 weeks. Today, I called for an appointment and the next available is in May, 2026. Firing 35K people will do that. The Trump administration hates veterans.
December 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Usually, when I need an appointment at the VA, I can get one within 2 weeks. Today, I called for an appointment and the next available is in May, 2026. Firing 35K people will do that. The Trump administration hates veterans.
"“The vast majority of these positions have not been filled for more than a year, underscoring how they are no longer needed,”
Truth: Sec Collins made it very difficult to recruit every level of healthcare staff with initial threats of draconian #VA cuts. #Veterans #healthcare
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Truth: Sec Collins made it very difficult to recruit every level of healthcare staff with initial threats of draconian #VA cuts. #Veterans #healthcare
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VA plans to abruptly eliminate tens of thousands of health care jobs
Strains on the Veterans Affairs system could grow with the elimination of as many as 35,000 mostly unfilled health care positions, including doctors and nurses.
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December 15, 2025 at 11:45 PM
"“The vast majority of these positions have not been filled for more than a year, underscoring how they are no longer needed,”
Truth: Sec Collins made it very difficult to recruit every level of healthcare staff with initial threats of draconian #VA cuts. #Veterans #healthcare
wapo.st/3KRCbLk
Truth: Sec Collins made it very difficult to recruit every level of healthcare staff with initial threats of draconian #VA cuts. #Veterans #healthcare
wapo.st/3KRCbLk
Can confirm. Newark #EWR is a complete mess today after snow overnight.
#EWR-#PDX is delayed 7 hours. 😡 #FlySky
#EWR-#PDX is delayed 7 hours. 😡 #FlySky
The ground delay at Newark Liberty International #Airport (#EWR) has increased and now has an average delay of 4 hours and 5 minutes and a maximum delay of 24 hours and 7 minutes. #AirportStatusBot
December 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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COVID vaccines slashed ER visits by 76% in kids 9 mos-4 yrs, and 56% in older kids, CDC's latest MMWR report found: www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
Effectiveness of 2024–2025 COVID-19 Vaccines in Children...
This report describes COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness among children ages 9 months to 17 years.
www.cdc.gov
December 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
COVID vaccines slashed ER visits by 76% in kids 9 mos-4 yrs, and 56% in older kids, CDC's latest MMWR report found: www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
"high-quality scientific evidence indicates that #vaccines, including those with thiomersal or aluminium or both, do not cause #autism." #health #MedSky
“studies that suggested a possible link were deemed to have major methodological flaws and a high risk of #bias"
www.who.int/news/item/11...
“studies that suggested a possible link were deemed to have major methodological flaws and a high risk of #bias"
www.who.int/news/item/11...
Statement of the WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) on vaccines and autism
On 27 November 2025, the WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) assessed two new systematic literature reviews, performed using robust methodology, on the potential relationship betwe...
www.who.int
December 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
#RFKjr and his #antivaxxer allies are making #measles great again
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Hundreds quarantined as South Carolina measles outbreak accelerates
A state epidemiologist said the spike in cases came in the wake of Thanksgiving travel and a lack of vaccinations. At least 16 cases were traced to a church.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
#RFKjr and his #antivaxxer allies are making #measles great again
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
"the top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90% combined" "Fewer than 60,000 people – 0.001% of the world’s population – control three times as much #wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity" #inequality #poverty #plutocracy
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
December 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
"the top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90% combined" "Fewer than 60,000 people – 0.001% of the world’s population – control three times as much #wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity" #inequality #poverty #plutocracy
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
Speaking of #cars killing us...
reader.theoregonian.com/senior-in-mo...
"The woman was using her scooter near the intersection of Pacific Avenue and Oak Street on Saturday morning when she was reportedly struck and killed"
1750 ft between cross-walks @oregondot.bsky.social on busy 4-lane road.
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"The woman was using her scooter near the intersection of Pacific Avenue and Oak Street on Saturday morning when she was reportedly struck and killed"
1750 ft between cross-walks @oregondot.bsky.social on busy 4-lane road.
December 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Speaking of #cars killing us...
reader.theoregonian.com/senior-in-mo...
"The woman was using her scooter near the intersection of Pacific Avenue and Oak Street on Saturday morning when she was reportedly struck and killed"
1750 ft between cross-walks @oregondot.bsky.social on busy 4-lane road.
reader.theoregonian.com/senior-in-mo...
"The woman was using her scooter near the intersection of Pacific Avenue and Oak Street on Saturday morning when she was reportedly struck and killed"
1750 ft between cross-walks @oregondot.bsky.social on busy 4-lane road.
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RFK Jr.'s claim that COVID vaccines are deadly? Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. In this new extraordinarily large study, vaccinated individuals had a 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19 and a 25% lower risk of all-cause mortality compared to those unvaccinated. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination and 4-Year All-Cause Mortality Among Adults in France
This cohort study uses the data from all adults aged 18 to 59 years living in France on November 1, 2021, to evaluate whether there is an association of receipt of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine with long-t...
jamanetwork.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
RFK Jr.'s claim that COVID vaccines are deadly? Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. In this new extraordinarily large study, vaccinated individuals had a 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19 and a 25% lower risk of all-cause mortality compared to those unvaccinated. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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We are leaving you tonight we words from Adam Langer aka our fav CDC hero who went toe to toe with ACIP today. 💪
December 6, 2025 at 4:16 AM
We are leaving you tonight we words from Adam Langer aka our fav CDC hero who went toe to toe with ACIP today. 💪
“In 2023, #cars and their drivers killed 8,820 American pedestrians and bicyclists — 7,314 pedestrians and 1,166 cyclists. They injured another 136,281 "nonoccupants,"
@pbotinfo.bsky.social @oregondot.bsky.social @bikeportland.org
www.jalopnik.com/1979666/defe...
www.jalopnik.com/1979666/defe...
@pbotinfo.bsky.social @oregondot.bsky.social @bikeportland.org
www.jalopnik.com/1979666/defe...
www.jalopnik.com/1979666/defe...
No, Defensive Walking Isn't The Solution For Road Deaths - Jalopnik
It's victim-blaming, it's bull, and it's not the solution we need.
www.jalopnik.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:38 AM
“In 2023, #cars and their drivers killed 8,820 American pedestrians and bicyclists — 7,314 pedestrians and 1,166 cyclists. They injured another 136,281 "nonoccupants,"
@pbotinfo.bsky.social @oregondot.bsky.social @bikeportland.org
www.jalopnik.com/1979666/defe...
www.jalopnik.com/1979666/defe...
@pbotinfo.bsky.social @oregondot.bsky.social @bikeportland.org
www.jalopnik.com/1979666/defe...
www.jalopnik.com/1979666/defe...
#COVID-19 #mRNA #Vaccination and 4-Year All-Cause Mortality Among Adults. #vaccines #health @fda.gov
"Vaccinated individuals had a 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19 and a 25% lower risk of all-cause mortality"
Yet more #safety data- sorry Vinay #Prasad
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
"Vaccinated individuals had a 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19 and a 25% lower risk of all-cause mortality"
Yet more #safety data- sorry Vinay #Prasad
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination and 4-Year All-Cause Mortality Among Adults in France
This cohort study uses the data from all adults aged 18 to 59 years living in France on November 1, 2021, to evaluate whether there is an association of receipt of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine with long-t...
jamanetwork.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
#COVID-19 #mRNA #Vaccination and 4-Year All-Cause Mortality Among Adults. #vaccines #health @fda.gov
"Vaccinated individuals had a 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19 and a 25% lower risk of all-cause mortality"
Yet more #safety data- sorry Vinay #Prasad
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
"Vaccinated individuals had a 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19 and a 25% lower risk of all-cause mortality"
Yet more #safety data- sorry Vinay #Prasad
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Laura Lexx, welcome to The War on Cars.
Sometimes, someone throws something out that hits a nerve so irritating to me that if I'm totally honest with myself I put trying to be funny second and my desire to deal with the irritating things come out as top priority.
December 5, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Laura Lexx, welcome to The War on Cars.
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Bike-lanes don’t cause traffic congestion.
Car dependency, dumb land-use sprawl, too many (& bigger) cars being driven too much taking up too much space, highly subsidized driving costs, and not enough choices in how to get around, ALL cause traffic congestion.
Think about it. THAT’S common sense.
Car dependency, dumb land-use sprawl, too many (& bigger) cars being driven too much taking up too much space, highly subsidized driving costs, and not enough choices in how to get around, ALL cause traffic congestion.
Think about it. THAT’S common sense.
December 5, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Bike-lanes don’t cause traffic congestion.
Car dependency, dumb land-use sprawl, too many (& bigger) cars being driven too much taking up too much space, highly subsidized driving costs, and not enough choices in how to get around, ALL cause traffic congestion.
Think about it. THAT’S common sense.
Car dependency, dumb land-use sprawl, too many (& bigger) cars being driven too much taking up too much space, highly subsidized driving costs, and not enough choices in how to get around, ALL cause traffic congestion.
Think about it. THAT’S common sense.
"Nationally, annual #pedestrian #deaths surged 70 percent from 2010 to 2023, as authorities have continued to prioritize the flow of motor #vehicle #traffic."
Our auto-centric culture and policies are literally killing us.
@thewaroncars.bsky.social @pbotinfo.bsky.social #cars
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Our auto-centric culture and policies are literally killing us.
@thewaroncars.bsky.social @pbotinfo.bsky.social #cars
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America’s plan to protect pedestrians failed. A young woman’s death reveals why.
U.S. officials adopted Europe's Vision Zero initiative, but many cities have seen an increase in pedestrian fatalities despite efforts to improve road safety.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:13 AM
"Nationally, annual #pedestrian #deaths surged 70 percent from 2010 to 2023, as authorities have continued to prioritize the flow of motor #vehicle #traffic."
Our auto-centric culture and policies are literally killing us.
@thewaroncars.bsky.social @pbotinfo.bsky.social #cars
wapo.st/49WM4BI
Our auto-centric culture and policies are literally killing us.
@thewaroncars.bsky.social @pbotinfo.bsky.social #cars
wapo.st/49WM4BI
Our utterly corrupt and partisan #SCOTUS never met a #Trump #MAGA case it couldn't find some tortured reasoning to approve. And they, more than anyone own our slide into authoritarianism, protecting #Trump from legal consequences at every step along the way.
BREAKING: Supreme Court sides with Texas Republicans in fight over congressional map. The new gerrymandered map will be used in the 2026 midterms. The vote is 6–3, with the Republican appointees siding with Texas.
December 4, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Smartphone ownership was associated with depression, obesity, and insufficient sleep in early adolescence
publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...
#MedSky #technology #health #teendepression #youthmentalhealth
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#MedSky #technology #health #teendepression #youthmentalhealth
Smartphone Ownership, Age of Smartphone Acquisition, and Health Outcomes in Early Adolescence
10.1542/6383520259112Video AbstractPEDS-VA_2025-0729416383520259112OBJECTIVES. Given concerns regarding health implications of adolescent smartphone use, we tested associations of smartphone ownership...
publications.aap.org
December 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Smartphone ownership was associated with depression, obesity, and insufficient sleep in early adolescence
publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...
#MedSky #technology #health #teendepression #youthmentalhealth
publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...
#MedSky #technology #health #teendepression #youthmentalhealth
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OK, This NYT Hegseth PR piece is unbelievable, but I want to point out two specific ways why.
1. "As that operation unfolded, they said, Mr. Hegseth did not give any further orders to him."
This sentence says nothing new, and only raises further questions about WHY NOT; it does not clear him.
1. "As that operation unfolded, they said, Mr. Hegseth did not give any further orders to him."
This sentence says nothing new, and only raises further questions about WHY NOT; it does not clear him.
December 2, 2025 at 3:16 AM
OK, This NYT Hegseth PR piece is unbelievable, but I want to point out two specific ways why.
1. "As that operation unfolded, they said, Mr. Hegseth did not give any further orders to him."
This sentence says nothing new, and only raises further questions about WHY NOT; it does not clear him.
1. "As that operation unfolded, they said, Mr. Hegseth did not give any further orders to him."
This sentence says nothing new, and only raises further questions about WHY NOT; it does not clear him.
The @nytimes.com stenographers at work.
December 2, 2025 at 3:26 AM
The @nytimes.com stenographers at work.
#Antidepressants withdrawal effects and duration of use
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
"among people who had been taking antidepressants for more than two years, 63% reported moderate or severe withdrawal effects"
#health #depression #anxiety #MedSky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
"among people who had been taking antidepressants for more than two years, 63% reported moderate or severe withdrawal effects"
#health #depression #anxiety #MedSky
Antidepressants withdrawal effects and duration of use: a survey of patients enrolled in primary care psychotherapy services
Previous studies of antidepressant withdrawal have been limited by short duration of drug exposure or self-selected samples. Our study aimed to estima…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
#Antidepressants withdrawal effects and duration of use
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
"among people who had been taking antidepressants for more than two years, 63% reported moderate or severe withdrawal effects"
#health #depression #anxiety #MedSky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
"among people who had been taking antidepressants for more than two years, 63% reported moderate or severe withdrawal effects"
#health #depression #anxiety #MedSky
F.D.A. Seeks More Oversight of #Vaccine Trials and Approvals www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/h...
But "It did not provide details such as the ages of the #children, whether they had any #health problems or how the agency determined the #vaccine -death link". In other words, 'trust us'
Not credible.
But "It did not provide details such as the ages of the #children, whether they had any #health problems or how the agency determined the #vaccine -death link". In other words, 'trust us'
Not credible.
F.D.A. Seeks More Oversight of Vaccine Trials and Approvals
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
F.D.A. Seeks More Oversight of #Vaccine Trials and Approvals www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/h...
But "It did not provide details such as the ages of the #children, whether they had any #health problems or how the agency determined the #vaccine -death link". In other words, 'trust us'
Not credible.
But "It did not provide details such as the ages of the #children, whether they had any #health problems or how the agency determined the #vaccine -death link". In other words, 'trust us'
Not credible.
This anti-union, anti-collective bargaining @washingtonpost.com Editorial rant almost sounds like #Bezos wrote it...
wapo.st/48pHsBt #union #VA #veterans #healthcare
wapo.st/48pHsBt #union #VA #veterans #healthcare
Opinion | America’s veterans deserve better care than government unions provide
President Franklin D. Roosevelt understood the folly of collective bargaining at Veterans Affairs.
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December 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This anti-union, anti-collective bargaining @washingtonpost.com Editorial rant almost sounds like #Bezos wrote it...
wapo.st/48pHsBt #union #VA #veterans #healthcare
wapo.st/48pHsBt #union #VA #veterans #healthcare