Jeffrey B. Benyacar
@drjeffreyb.bsky.social
Health policy thinker | Healthcare economics & innovation nerd | Public policy wonk | Biostats appreciator | Mets & Jets fan| sic labitur ætas
“The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world." Paul Farmer
“The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world." Paul Farmer
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“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.”- Nietzsche
It just keeps getting worse when evidence is ignored and noise is rewarded. Here's a gift link, though not much of a gift.
Louisiana health official who halted state vaccine campaign tapped as CDC’s No. 2
Ralph Abraham has been appointed as the CDC’s principal deputy director.
wapo.st
November 26, 2025 at 12:16 AM
It just keeps getting worse when evidence is ignored and noise is rewarded. Here's a gift link, though not much of a gift.
Just keep the planes in the air and bring back penalties for airline nonsense. This is so far from being a priority that it's risible.
US transportation chief wants healthier snacks on flights reut.rs/48qXbjY
US transportation chief wants healthier snacks on flights
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wants airlines to ditch salty pretzels and calorie-laden cookies in favor of on-board healthier options.
reut.rs
November 26, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Just keep the planes in the air and bring back penalties for airline nonsense. This is so far from being a priority that it's risible.
"Who decided to leave Robert F. Kennedy Jr. home alone at the Health and Human Services Department? Without adults to supervise the Secretary, he’s damaging public trust in immunizations, and now the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been conscripted into his anti-vaccine campaign."
Opinion | RFK Jr. Turns the CDC Against Vaccines
The agency’s website is revised to spread autism fears, despite serious science finding no link.
www.wsj.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
"Who decided to leave Robert F. Kennedy Jr. home alone at the Health and Human Services Department? Without adults to supervise the Secretary, he’s damaging public trust in immunizations, and now the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been conscripted into his anti-vaccine campaign."
The whole grifting, sniveling lot of them should know what awaits them.
November 25, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The whole grifting, sniveling lot of them should know what awaits them.
Damn it! Whooping cough is not a gentle illness. It literally tears the breath out of tiny lungs. Another infant in Kentucky succumbed to it. Three dead in twelve months. All unvaccinated. All preventable. We solved this disease long ago, yet fear peddling monsters keep dragging us backward
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Third infant dies from whooping cough in Kentucky within 12 months
A third infant has died from pertussis in Kentucky within the past 12 months, state health officials announced Monday.
www.wave3.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Damn it! Whooping cough is not a gentle illness. It literally tears the breath out of tiny lungs. Another infant in Kentucky succumbed to it. Three dead in twelve months. All unvaccinated. All preventable. We solved this disease long ago, yet fear peddling monsters keep dragging us backward
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His "work". 🤡
November 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
His "work". 🤡
Splendid article on our HHS Secretary (and of course Galileo pops up as he often does).
Why Is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. So Convinced He’s Right?
How an outsider, once ignored by the public-health establishment, became the most powerful man in science
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Splendid article on our HHS Secretary (and of course Galileo pops up as he often does).
A bit of advice that virtually no one here will appreciate: use your PTO. You're not a hero by forgoing it. You're a chump.
November 24, 2025 at 3:48 AM
A bit of advice that virtually no one here will appreciate: use your PTO. You're not a hero by forgoing it. You're a chump.
This would be hell: freezing and dark.
November 24, 2025 at 3:11 AM
This would be hell: freezing and dark.
🚨Public health with RFK Jr feels like a national stress test where the first organ to fail is the brain. Science is optional, paranoia is policy, and the health care system is melting while the leadership tries to cure it with their vibes and vitamins.
November 24, 2025 at 12:20 AM
🚨Public health with RFK Jr feels like a national stress test where the first organ to fail is the brain. Science is optional, paranoia is policy, and the health care system is melting while the leadership tries to cure it with their vibes and vitamins.
My alma matter crushes Harvard. 🏈
History Made: Bulldogs Take Down Harvard, Capture Ivy Title Share and the League’s First FCS Playoff Bid - Yale University
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – In a historic 141st edition of The Game, Yale delivered a statement at the Yale Bowl, Class of 1954 Field. The Bulldogs toppled previously unbeaten
yalebulldogs.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
My alma matter crushes Harvard. 🏈
Absolutely heartbreaking!
“When you are dying, at least in my limited experience, you start remembering everything.” Tatiana Schlossberg, the daughter of Caroline Kennedy, writes about receiving a terminal diagnosis. 💔
Life is short people. Remember what matters most.
“When you are dying, at least in my limited experience, you start remembering everything.” Tatiana Schlossberg, the daughter of Caroline Kennedy, writes about receiving a terminal diagnosis. 💔
Life is short people. Remember what matters most.
November 22, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Absolutely heartbreaking!
“When you are dying, at least in my limited experience, you start remembering everything.” Tatiana Schlossberg, the daughter of Caroline Kennedy, writes about receiving a terminal diagnosis. 💔
Life is short people. Remember what matters most.
“When you are dying, at least in my limited experience, you start remembering everything.” Tatiana Schlossberg, the daughter of Caroline Kennedy, writes about receiving a terminal diagnosis. 💔
Life is short people. Remember what matters most.
Picard Season 2 goes hard with ICE being malevolent monsters when Picard and his lot go back to the 21st century to repair the timeline.
a close up of a man 's face with the words " i don 't want the game to end " below him
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the words " i don 't want the game to end " below him
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Picard Season 2 goes hard with ICE being malevolent monsters when Picard and his lot go back to the 21st century to repair the timeline.
🚨"that number is more than 900—and most of those students don’t fully meet middle-school math standards. Many students struggle with fractions and simple algebra problems....As one Stanford mathematician states, the idea that foundational concepts no longer matter is a recipe for idiocracy."
‘A Recipe for Idiocracy’
What happens when even college students can’t do math anymore?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
🚨"that number is more than 900—and most of those students don’t fully meet middle-school math standards. Many students struggle with fractions and simple algebra problems....As one Stanford mathematician states, the idea that foundational concepts no longer matter is a recipe for idiocracy."
Time to write a strongly worded email to Senator Cassidy.
Cassidy Got Pledges From Kennedy on Vaccines. They Haven’t Stuck.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Time to write a strongly worded email to Senator Cassidy.
This is a GREAT idea! ☀️
A dose of skin cancer prevention
A suntan dispenser on the YSPH campus is a convenient reminder to apply sunscreen to reduce the risk of developing skin cancer, and that sun protection is an
m.yale.edu
November 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
This is a GREAT idea! ☀️
🚨I have an idea: they should all quit including RFK jr. and be replaced with qualified scientists/physicians. 👨⚕️👩⚕️🧑🔬
RFK Jr. is in a power struggle
The health secretary and his FDA chief, Marty Makary, can’t agree on how to proceed with vaccine safety studies.
www.politico.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:02 AM
🚨I have an idea: they should all quit including RFK jr. and be replaced with qualified scientists/physicians. 👨⚕️👩⚕️🧑🔬
Great movie!!🍿🍿🎥📽️👍👍
“LAURA” (1944) dir. Otto Preminger
Gene Tierney #BOTD (1920)
Clifton Webb #BOTD (1889)
Dana Andrews, Vincent Price, Judith Anderson
🎬 20th Century-Fox
🎞 #Noirvember
Gene Tierney #BOTD (1920)
Clifton Webb #BOTD (1889)
Dana Andrews, Vincent Price, Judith Anderson
🎬 20th Century-Fox
🎞 #Noirvember
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Great movie!!🍿🍿🎥📽️👍👍
Are you smarter than an eighth grader from 1899?
November 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Are you smarter than an eighth grader from 1899?
"It is not the critic that counts but the man in the arena." For all the agonists out there, I 🫡 .
November 18, 2025 at 10:26 PM
"It is not the critic that counts but the man in the arena." For all the agonists out there, I 🫡 .
Who cares what he thinks?
November 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Who cares what he thinks?
Definitely worth your consideration. Clinicians will rightfully caution about the dangers of Al and purists will carp about fixing the system. All important and even life saving points, but it's Al or nothing. Or AI because traditional medicine/insurance failed miserably.
Empathetic, Available, Cheap: When A.I. Offers What Doctors Don’t
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Definitely worth your consideration. Clinicians will rightfully caution about the dangers of Al and purists will carp about fixing the system. All important and even life saving points, but it's Al or nothing. Or AI because traditional medicine/insurance failed miserably.
Whatever this means...step back.
Larry Summers to Step Back From Public Commitments After Epstein Emails
The Harvard University professor received public criticism for his correspondence with the sex offender.
www.wsj.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Whatever this means...step back.
Article 1 Section 1: Creates Congress and gives it all legislative power. First among equals
2025: If Congress is coequal,then gravity is optional ffs. Nothing this inert should claim authority on anything. The abdication of basic oversight is breathtakingly dangerous, irresponsible, and cowardly
2025: If Congress is coequal,then gravity is optional ffs. Nothing this inert should claim authority on anything. The abdication of basic oversight is breathtakingly dangerous, irresponsible, and cowardly
November 18, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Article 1 Section 1: Creates Congress and gives it all legislative power. First among equals
2025: If Congress is coequal,then gravity is optional ffs. Nothing this inert should claim authority on anything. The abdication of basic oversight is breathtakingly dangerous, irresponsible, and cowardly
2025: If Congress is coequal,then gravity is optional ffs. Nothing this inert should claim authority on anything. The abdication of basic oversight is breathtakingly dangerous, irresponsible, and cowardly