Karen Ernst
@stpkernst.bsky.social
OPINIONS ARE MY OWN. Your favorite fun-sized St Paul girl. Often watching Dateline, concocting adventures, or trying to make flowers grow. Cookie enthusiast.
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Karen Ernst
@stpkernst.bsky.social
· Apr 6
Shot in the Arm
Explore vaccine hesitancy historically and in the context of COVID-19.
www.pbs.org
Watch this film featuring me, RFK Jr., and a bunch of vaccine nerds. www.pbs.org/video/shot-i...
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Bannon’s like, “What can I say to make people forget that I knowingly coached a sexual predator to help him repair his image?”
Steve Bannon reportedly said: 'You raised a kid that slit your throat!' about the late Rob Reiner.
A reminder that not a single prominent Democrat or liberal pundit said anything even vaguely akin to this when Charlie Kirk was murdered.
Oh the hypocrisy.
A reminder that not a single prominent Democrat or liberal pundit said anything even vaguely akin to this when Charlie Kirk was murdered.
Oh the hypocrisy.
Turning Point crowd boos Rob Reiner: 'You raised a kid that slit your throat!'
A crowd at Turning Point USA's AmFest event booed slain Hollywood director Rob Reiner after MAGA influencer Steve Bannon said liberals believed he had a larger impact on culture than Charlie Kirk."Jus...
www.rawstory.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Bannon’s like, “What can I say to make people forget that I knowingly coached a sexual predator to help him repair his image?”
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Tell candidates you won’t vote for them in the primary if they don’t promise this on Day One
There's a series of things (like the ballroom, Gulf of America) that we're going to have to *undo* the moment this guy is out of office.
And yet I can already hear future Democrat presidents saying "I'm focused on the people's work, not the knucklehead stuff" and just leave this man's shit up.
And yet I can already hear future Democrat presidents saying "I'm focused on the people's work, not the knucklehead stuff" and just leave this man's shit up.
The president's name was added to the sign outside the performing arts center.
December 20, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Tell candidates you won’t vote for them in the primary if they don’t promise this on Day One
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The Danish physician “said he was struck by the irony of Mr. Kennedy and his associates holding Denmark up as an ideal because many of the studies that disproved Mr. Kennedy’s theories of vaccine harm were led by Danish health officials.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/h...
R.F.K. Jr. Likely to Swap U.S. Childhood Vaccine Schedule for Denmark’s
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:57 AM
The Danish physician “said he was struck by the irony of Mr. Kennedy and his associates holding Denmark up as an ideal because many of the studies that disproved Mr. Kennedy’s theories of vaccine harm were led by Danish health officials.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/h...
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HHS appoints anti-vaccine activists to IACC.
Reminder: HHS also cut disability services and rescinded an AAP grant for early identification of autism.
It's no friend to autistics and their families.
subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025... via @politico.com @laurengardner.bsky.social
Reminder: HHS also cut disability services and rescinded an AAP grant for early identification of autism.
It's no friend to autistics and their families.
subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025... via @politico.com @laurengardner.bsky.social
POLITICO Pro: Kennedy appoints members to autism panel who tout possible vaccines link
The three new panelists were named to Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee before the deadline for nominations
subscriber.politicopro.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
HHS appoints anti-vaccine activists to IACC.
Reminder: HHS also cut disability services and rescinded an AAP grant for early identification of autism.
It's no friend to autistics and their families.
subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025... via @politico.com @laurengardner.bsky.social
Reminder: HHS also cut disability services and rescinded an AAP grant for early identification of autism.
It's no friend to autistics and their families.
subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025... via @politico.com @laurengardner.bsky.social
If we move to a Danish vaccine schedule for kids, next spring hospitals will be filled with babies severely dehydrated from rotavirus. Likely the first will be babies without a primary care provider and who attend childcare. The health and economic impacts will be immediate.
December 20, 2025 at 1:35 AM
If we move to a Danish vaccine schedule for kids, next spring hospitals will be filled with babies severely dehydrated from rotavirus. Likely the first will be babies without a primary care provider and who attend childcare. The health and economic impacts will be immediate.
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Children will die because of RFK Jr. & Høeg. No longer recommending vaccines is a 5-alarm fire for public health with far-reaching implications.
The best time to reject this dangerous anti-vax agenda was back in January. The next best time is to impeach RFK is NOW.
wapo.st/4aXfzn5
The best time to reject this dangerous anti-vax agenda was back in January. The next best time is to impeach RFK is NOW.
wapo.st/4aXfzn5
U.S. plans to stop recommending most childhood vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
wapo.st
December 20, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Children will die because of RFK Jr. & Høeg. No longer recommending vaccines is a 5-alarm fire for public health with far-reaching implications.
The best time to reject this dangerous anti-vax agenda was back in January. The next best time is to impeach RFK is NOW.
wapo.st/4aXfzn5
The best time to reject this dangerous anti-vax agenda was back in January. The next best time is to impeach RFK is NOW.
wapo.st/4aXfzn5
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The Kennedy Center is a living memorial to a fallen president and named for President Kennedy by federal law. It can no sooner be renamed than can someone rename the Lincoln Memorial, no matter what anyone says.
Breaking news: The board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has voted to rename the storied arts institution the “Trump-Kennedy Center,” according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.
Kennedy Center board votes to rename ‘Trump-Kennedy Center’
Kennedy Center trustees, installed earlier this year by President Trump, have voted to rename the center after him, said Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The Kennedy Center is a living memorial to a fallen president and named for President Kennedy by federal law. It can no sooner be renamed than can someone rename the Lincoln Memorial, no matter what anyone says.
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Might recall that MDE also tried to stop paying Feeding Our Future but were sued and lost.
At least half a dozen providers have sued the state Department of Human Services in recent months over suspended payments, which they say have either shut down their businesses or put them at existential risk, harming the clients who depend on their services.
Medicaid service providers sue DHS over withholding payments during fraud investigations • Minnesota Reformer
Three businesses that provide services to autistic and disabled adults sued the Minnesota Department for Human Services last week for withholding Medicaid payments, which they alleged was done illegal...
minnesotareformer.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Might recall that MDE also tried to stop paying Feeding Our Future but were sued and lost.
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Karen from @voices4vaccines.bsky.social reminds us that our real opponents in this fight are germs, not other people, and our allies are communities that don’t want to be sick.
December 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Karen from @voices4vaccines.bsky.social reminds us that our real opponents in this fight are germs, not other people, and our allies are communities that don’t want to be sick.
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Says Karen from @voices4vaccines.bsky.social: Incredible thing happened: Maine taught lobsters to vaccinate.
Antivaccine activists: this is a joke.
Antivaccine activists: this is a joke.
December 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Says Karen from @voices4vaccines.bsky.social: Incredible thing happened: Maine taught lobsters to vaccinate.
Antivaccine activists: this is a joke.
Antivaccine activists: this is a joke.
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If our plan to stop Hep B is to test every mother before vaccinating baby, kids will fall through the gaps. That's millions of moms to screen each year.
By testing AND vaccinating, we prevent the most cases in newborns.
By testing AND vaccinating, we prevent the most cases in newborns.
December 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
If our plan to stop Hep B is to test every mother before vaccinating baby, kids will fall through the gaps. That's millions of moms to screen each year.
By testing AND vaccinating, we prevent the most cases in newborns.
By testing AND vaccinating, we prevent the most cases in newborns.
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General pediatrician here; thanks so much for your efforts.
December 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
General pediatrician here; thanks so much for your efforts.
Tomorrow, this lawyer is presenting about the #vaccine schedule to #ACIP.
www.voicesforvaccines.org?s=Siri&lang=en
www.voicesforvaccines.org?s=Siri&lang=en
Search Results for “Siri”
www.voicesforvaccines.org
December 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Tomorrow, this lawyer is presenting about the #vaccine schedule to #ACIP.
www.voicesforvaccines.org?s=Siri&lang=en
www.voicesforvaccines.org?s=Siri&lang=en
Reposted by Karen Ernst
lots of misinformation in the comments now. For example the "only a few days" myth is debunked here by @aboutpediatrics.bsky.social vaxopedia.org/2019/10/02/a...
Are Vaccines Only Tested for 4 or 5 Days?
It is a common anti-vax myth that vaccines are only tested for four or five days before they are approved.
vaxopedia.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
lots of misinformation in the comments now. For example the "only a few days" myth is debunked here by @aboutpediatrics.bsky.social vaxopedia.org/2019/10/02/a...
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I'm going to sound like a broken record by the way I keep mentioning how 95% of Somalis in the Twin Cities metro area are US citizens, but very few mainstream outlets are pointing this out.
This should be very basic stuff for any news organization.
This should be very basic stuff for any news organization.
December 3, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I'm going to sound like a broken record by the way I keep mentioning how 95% of Somalis in the Twin Cities metro area are US citizens, but very few mainstream outlets are pointing this out.
This should be very basic stuff for any news organization.
This should be very basic stuff for any news organization.
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This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone company that President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., joined as an advisor in Novemb...
popular.info
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
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hepatitis B vaccination is not associated with an increased risk of multiple sclerosis.... an HHS funded study. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12707063/
Vaccinations and risk of central nervous system demyelinating diseases in adults - PubMed
Vaccination against hepatitis B, influenza, tetanus, measles, or rubella is not associated with an increased risk of multiple sclerosis or optic neuritis.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
December 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
hepatitis B vaccination is not associated with an increased risk of multiple sclerosis.... an HHS funded study. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12707063/
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On chronic disease only data from 2005 on.
large decline in infants almost to nothing after universal dose. To try and downplay it she alleges "steep decline before universal birth dose".
large decline in infants almost to nothing after universal dose. To try and downplay it she alleges "steep decline before universal birth dose".
December 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
On chronic disease only data from 2005 on.
large decline in infants almost to nothing after universal dose. To try and downplay it she alleges "steep decline before universal birth dose".
large decline in infants almost to nothing after universal dose. To try and downplay it she alleges "steep decline before universal birth dose".
Reposted by Karen Ernst
Alleges decline due to safe sex programs, blood screening and drug use program - but that won't affect the cases in children, which is the focus here.
This is really bad. #ACIP
This is really bad. #ACIP
December 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Alleges decline due to safe sex programs, blood screening and drug use program - but that won't affect the cases in children, which is the focus here.
This is really bad. #ACIP
This is really bad. #ACIP
#ACIP so far: Most of the drop in Hep B transmission which still leaves some newborns at risk for liver cancer is fine because only 80% of parents wanted the vaccine for their newborn.
December 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
#ACIP so far: Most of the drop in Hep B transmission which still leaves some newborns at risk for liver cancer is fine because only 80% of parents wanted the vaccine for their newborn.
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This is unconvincing on their own evidence, and note they do not at all address the risks of hepatitis B and the benefits of vaccination.
"Some parent groups would like greater flexibility and ability to decide what's best for their child" - they can refuse now. #ACIP.
"Some parent groups would like greater flexibility and ability to decide what's best for their child" - they can refuse now. #ACIP.
December 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This is unconvincing on their own evidence, and note they do not at all address the risks of hepatitis B and the benefits of vaccination.
"Some parent groups would like greater flexibility and ability to decide what's best for their child" - they can refuse now. #ACIP.
"Some parent groups would like greater flexibility and ability to decide what's best for their child" - they can refuse now. #ACIP.