Holly Olson, BCPA
@hollyolsonbcpa.bsky.social
I help people get the healthcare they need and deserve. I became a Board Certified Patient Advocate after seeing people struggle trying to navigate the US healthcare system.
Family, dogs, writing, beekeeping, books, National Parks & Alzheimer's awarness
Family, dogs, writing, beekeeping, books, National Parks & Alzheimer's awarness
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The RFK, jr effect.
December 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The RFK, jr effect.
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In this video & column, led by the one & only @angierasmussen.bsky.social (one of the bravest, most inspirational people I’ve had the good fortune to work with), we explain why we—a group of public health researchers, epidemiologists, clinicians, virologists, lawyers & more—are fighting against MAHA
Proud to be part of @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social & grateful to my amazing, courageous colleagues for speaking up on behalf of vaccines and public health. Trump/MAHA efforts to overhaul the childhood vaccine schedule endangers our families & our health.
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December 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
In this video & column, led by the one & only @angierasmussen.bsky.social (one of the bravest, most inspirational people I’ve had the good fortune to work with), we explain why we—a group of public health researchers, epidemiologists, clinicians, virologists, lawyers & more—are fighting against MAHA
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When I post about RFK Jr. undermining vaccines, I’m noticing more and more comments saying things like “I am glad my state is part of a coalition that is not listening to him”.
That’s great, but I ask you to bear in mind the following:
1. Pathogens don’t care about lines on a map
That’s great, but I ask you to bear in mind the following:
1. Pathogens don’t care about lines on a map
December 10, 2025 at 12:29 AM
When I post about RFK Jr. undermining vaccines, I’m noticing more and more comments saying things like “I am glad my state is part of a coalition that is not listening to him”.
That’s great, but I ask you to bear in mind the following:
1. Pathogens don’t care about lines on a map
That’s great, but I ask you to bear in mind the following:
1. Pathogens don’t care about lines on a map
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“Leading medical societies and many state health officials say Kennedy is trying to dismantle a vaccine program that prevents disease and saves lives based on his beliefs rather than scientific evidence.”
Exclusive: US FDA launches fresh safety scrutiny of approved RSV therapies for infants reut.rs/48JXrL2
Exclusive: US FDA launches fresh safety scrutiny of approved RSV therapies for infants
U.S. health regulators informed senior executives at Merck, Sanofi and AstraZeneca last week that their approved protective RSV treatments for infants would be subject to fresh safety scrutiny following concerns raised by vaccine skeptics, multiple sources familiar with the situation told Reuters.
reut.rs
December 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
“Leading medical societies and many state health officials say Kennedy is trying to dismantle a vaccine program that prevents disease and saves lives based on his beliefs rather than scientific evidence.”
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RFK Jr keeps telling us that his MAHA movement will be good for kids’ health, but the actions of the MAGA/MAHA administration are consistently putting child health at risk
the EPA just approved two new PFAs for pesticide use
Mothers in New Hampshire who were downstream of sites contaminated with “forever chemicals” experienced triple the rate of infant deaths and had more premature births or babies with low birth weights, according to a new study.
December 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
RFK Jr keeps telling us that his MAHA movement will be good for kids’ health, but the actions of the MAGA/MAHA administration are consistently putting child health at risk
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concerning that ohio’s government doesn’t appear to have the ability to handle something as basic as timely, safe removal of HPAI bird carcasses from schoolgrounds. where kids will do kid things. like mess with them
"The Ohio Department of Agriculture says two of the 72 black vulture carcasses cleaned up from a Clermont County elementary school’s campus tested presumptive positive for bird flu."
Bird flu found in 2 dead vultures at Cincinnati-area school
Ohio Department of Agriculture confirms bird flu in dead vultures found at Clermont County school. Ohio wildlife officials initially refused to help.
www.wishtv.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
concerning that ohio’s government doesn’t appear to have the ability to handle something as basic as timely, safe removal of HPAI bird carcasses from schoolgrounds. where kids will do kid things. like mess with them
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I was going to just share an excerpt of this great @donmoyn.bsky.social piece, but there are too many excerpts worth sharing. Just read the whole thing. If you care about governance, democracy, and the rule of law, these issues are crucial. open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
At will? Whose will?
Removing independent agency heads is part of a broader assault on a nonpartisan government
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I was going to just share an excerpt of this great @donmoyn.bsky.social piece, but there are too many excerpts worth sharing. Just read the whole thing. If you care about governance, democracy, and the rule of law, these issues are crucial. open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
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This plan doesn't extend the expiring enhanced Marketplace credits at all & instead contributes $ to HSAs for enrollees who may not even have HSAs & can't use that $ for premiums. By appropriating cost-sharing reductions, it further lowers underlying credit amounts & raises premium costs even more.
Thune says Republicans will hold a vote on the Cassidy-Crapo health care plan Thursday as a counterproposal to Dems three-year extension of ACA tax credits
December 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This plan doesn't extend the expiring enhanced Marketplace credits at all & instead contributes $ to HSAs for enrollees who may not even have HSAs & can't use that $ for premiums. By appropriating cost-sharing reductions, it further lowers underlying credit amounts & raises premium costs even more.
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Vitamin K Shot Given at Birth Prevents Lethal Brain Bleeds, but More Parents Are Opting Out | Scientific American www.scientificamerican.com/article/vita...
A Vitamin Shot Given at Birth Prevents Lethal Brain Bleeds, but More Parents Are Opting Out
Vitamin K injections have prevented deadly brain bleeds in infants for more than 60 years. New research shows refusal rates have recently jumped nearly 80 percent
www.scientificamerican.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Vitamin K Shot Given at Birth Prevents Lethal Brain Bleeds, but More Parents Are Opting Out | Scientific American www.scientificamerican.com/article/vita...
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I was pleased to again partner with virologist @jimalwine.bsky.social on this piece about the continued, insidious assault on public health by RFK Jr.
We are truly on a bullet train back to the dark ages; prisoners to Kennedy’s bizarre whims.
He is contemptible.
We are truly on a bullet train back to the dark ages; prisoners to Kennedy’s bizarre whims.
He is contemptible.
RFK Jr.’s Deepening Threat to Public Health
The current HHS Secretary is the most dangerous in U.S. history.
progressive.org
December 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I was pleased to again partner with virologist @jimalwine.bsky.social on this piece about the continued, insidious assault on public health by RFK Jr.
We are truly on a bullet train back to the dark ages; prisoners to Kennedy’s bizarre whims.
He is contemptible.
We are truly on a bullet train back to the dark ages; prisoners to Kennedy’s bizarre whims.
He is contemptible.
Heather Cox Richardson quoting Justice Jackson
“[H]aving a president come in and fire all the scientists, and the doctors, and the economists and the PhDs, and replacing them with loyalists and people who don’t know anything is actually not in the best interest of the citizens of the United States,”
“[H]aving a president come in and fire all the scientists, and the doctors, and the economists and the PhDs, and replacing them with loyalists and people who don’t know anything is actually not in the best interest of the citizens of the United States,”
December 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Heather Cox Richardson quoting Justice Jackson
“[H]aving a president come in and fire all the scientists, and the doctors, and the economists and the PhDs, and replacing them with loyalists and people who don’t know anything is actually not in the best interest of the citizens of the United States,”
“[H]aving a president come in and fire all the scientists, and the doctors, and the economists and the PhDs, and replacing them with loyalists and people who don’t know anything is actually not in the best interest of the citizens of the United States,”
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👋 Breastfeeding & infant feeding expert here! All babies need safe, accessible nutrition. Most people already want to breastfeed and 84% start out doing so but can’t realize their goals. What we need are *policies* that make it possible to breastfeed for all who desire to do so and…
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
👋 Breastfeeding & infant feeding expert here! All babies need safe, accessible nutrition. Most people already want to breastfeed and 84% start out doing so but can’t realize their goals. What we need are *policies* that make it possible to breastfeed for all who desire to do so and…
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Missouri Nurses Association Urges Action After Education Department Downgrades Graduate Nursing Degrees
Missouri Nurses Association Urges Action After Education Department Downgrades Graduate Nursing Degrees - Missourinet
The Missouri Nurses Association is speaking out after a recent decision by the U.S. Department of Education to classify graduate nursing degrees at a lower level than other medical degrees in the fede...
www.missourinet.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Missouri Nurses Association Urges Action After Education Department Downgrades Graduate Nursing Degrees
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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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If you want gold standard science you don't fire the ethics office or the Institutional Review Board- my continued discussions on ACIP this week with ABC abcnews.go.com/Health/video...
Video CDC vaccine panel votes to end universal recommendation for hepatitis B birth dose
ABC News' Stephanie Ramos spoke with former CDC Chief Medical Officer Dr. Debra Houry about an advisory panel's vote to stop recommending universal hepatitis B vaccinations at birth.
abcnews.go.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:36 AM
If you want gold standard science you don't fire the ethics office or the Institutional Review Board- my continued discussions on ACIP this week with ABC abcnews.go.com/Health/video...
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Brilliant statement
I’ve been very impressed with how @ameracadpeds.bsky.social has been fighting the horrific misinformation and science denialism peddled by RFK Jr & his minions
I’ve been very impressed with how @ameracadpeds.bsky.social has been fighting the horrific misinformation and science denialism peddled by RFK Jr & his minions
“This irresponsible and purposely misleading guidance will lead to more hepatitis B infections in infants and children.” Read our full statement by AAP President Dr. Susan J. Kressly:
www.aap.org/en/news-room...
www.aap.org/en/news-room...
December 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Brilliant statement
I’ve been very impressed with how @ameracadpeds.bsky.social has been fighting the horrific misinformation and science denialism peddled by RFK Jr & his minions
I’ve been very impressed with how @ameracadpeds.bsky.social has been fighting the horrific misinformation and science denialism peddled by RFK Jr & his minions
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💉💊 It’s a triumph of public health & scientific research that US life expectancy at birth has increased by 30 years over the last 100 years—from measures like vaccination, antibiotics, & improved prevention & treatment of diseases like heart disease, diabetes, & cancer
RFK Jr is torpedoing this 😢
RFK Jr is torpedoing this 😢
December 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
💉💊 It’s a triumph of public health & scientific research that US life expectancy at birth has increased by 30 years over the last 100 years—from measures like vaccination, antibiotics, & improved prevention & treatment of diseases like heart disease, diabetes, & cancer
RFK Jr is torpedoing this 😢
RFK Jr is torpedoing this 😢
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The death of children due to an unsafe vaccine is a serious allegation. What the FDA is saying about the Covid vax is not based on fact.
Article by a pediatric cardiologist who's studied the link between Covid vaccines & heart-related side effects such as myocarditis in children. No pay wall.
Article by a pediatric cardiologist who's studied the link between Covid vaccines & heart-related side effects such as myocarditis in children. No pay wall.
FDA claims on COVID-19 vaccine safety are unsupported by reliable data – and could severely hinder vaccine access
The agency’s plan to change the well-established process for safety testing vaccines is not realistic.
theconversation.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The death of children due to an unsafe vaccine is a serious allegation. What the FDA is saying about the Covid vax is not based on fact.
Article by a pediatric cardiologist who's studied the link between Covid vaccines & heart-related side effects such as myocarditis in children. No pay wall.
Article by a pediatric cardiologist who's studied the link between Covid vaccines & heart-related side effects such as myocarditis in children. No pay wall.
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The CDC is compromised and is advocating against evidence-based public health.
This is a pro-death and pro-disease recommendation.
This is a pro-death and pro-disease recommendation.
This regressive move will literally kill people. It's making kids' liver cancer great again. And it's a sign of more harm to come.
CDC panel recommends delaying birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/c... via @statnews.com
CDC panel recommends delaying birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/c... via @statnews.com
CDC panel recommends delaying birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine
The CDC's ACIP panel voted to recommend delaying the birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine, ending a policy that has reined in the virus.
www.statnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The CDC is compromised and is advocating against evidence-based public health.
This is a pro-death and pro-disease recommendation.
This is a pro-death and pro-disease recommendation.
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Voted yes on RFK Jr when he could have voted no.
Continues to hedge, when he could act.
Continues to hedge, when he could act.
December 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Voted yes on RFK Jr when he could have voted no.
Continues to hedge, when he could act.
Continues to hedge, when he could act.
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The effects of the ACIP poisoned recommendations may not be seen clearly at scale for years.
But every child that unnecessarily develops HepB-associated chronic liver disease and cancer is the fault of those on that committee, the HHS Secretary, and those that capitulated to put him in power.
But every child that unnecessarily develops HepB-associated chronic liver disease and cancer is the fault of those on that committee, the HHS Secretary, and those that capitulated to put him in power.
December 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The effects of the ACIP poisoned recommendations may not be seen clearly at scale for years.
But every child that unnecessarily develops HepB-associated chronic liver disease and cancer is the fault of those on that committee, the HHS Secretary, and those that capitulated to put him in power.
But every child that unnecessarily develops HepB-associated chronic liver disease and cancer is the fault of those on that committee, the HHS Secretary, and those that capitulated to put him in power.
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CDC vaccine advisors again postponed their vote on changes to the hepatitis B vaccine schedule for infants, this time delaying it by 1 day after raising concerns about the precise wording of the measure they are considering.
www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/v...
www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/v...
CDC Advisors Delay Hepatitis B Vaccine Vote Again
Decision pushed back amid questions about proposal's precise phrasing
www.medpagetoday.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:39 PM
CDC vaccine advisors again postponed their vote on changes to the hepatitis B vaccine schedule for infants, this time delaying it by 1 day after raising concerns about the precise wording of the measure they are considering.
www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/v...
www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/v...