Seth Trueger
@mdaware.org
ER doc at Northwestern & @BedsideMedNU.bsky.social
interests include social media for medical journals and medical education, health policy, and airway management
amateur guitar gear nerd
opinions are mine, arent medical advice
ja.ma/seth
interests include social media for medical journals and medical education, health policy, and airway management
amateur guitar gear nerd
opinions are mine, arent medical advice
ja.ma/seth
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Seth Trueger
@mdaware.org
· Feb 4
Here is how we know that vaccines do not cause autism
The facts are available, if you look for them
🛟 medsky 🧪 😷 idsky sociology
The facts are available, if you look for them
🛟 medsky 🧪 😷 idsky sociology
Here is how we know that vaccines do not cause autism
Vaccines do not cause autism. You’ve almost certainly read that before — but often without a full explanation of how we know it to be true. Here's how we know.
www.statnews.com
I don’t think non physicians realize how for real physicians, vaccines is a controversy like flat earth or creationism or birds aren’t real
"No true Scotsman" actually holds here
it's hard to really describe how baffling this is, how frustrating its been to see grow and how high the price will be
"No true Scotsman" actually holds here
it's hard to really describe how baffling this is, how frustrating its been to see grow and how high the price will be
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at my new job i now get to turn my phone off after 5pm and there is no expectation of performing after hours work unless i am specifically on-call as contracted in my schedule. i cannot overstate how much the certainty of “you don’t have to worry about this right now” has improved my mental health
Ok I actually read the article and I’m even more pissed off lol fuck this! Fuck all of it!
!["You might be [at your kid's] soccer game, but you happen to look at a few emails," Morris says. Maybe you're chatting with your boss via text while waiting for an appointment, or tying up a few loose ends at work before you put the kids to bed.
That doesn't necessarily mean you're a workaholic who lacks boundaries — rather, you find ways to combine your personal and professional duties that work for you, instead of being strict and inflexible with your time.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:of56nmyuqzvjta7qlf7gwht6/bafkreigk5xa3xal7ymzlb7nm5uwn7aygagemqo3cxhduwjhzjvv5sqg5ba@jpeg)
November 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
at my new job i now get to turn my phone off after 5pm and there is no expectation of performing after hours work unless i am specifically on-call as contracted in my schedule. i cannot overstate how much the certainty of “you don’t have to worry about this right now” has improved my mental health
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Black women are three times more likely to die from pregnancy related issues because of blatant and systemic racism and this is an example of how and why hospitals need to do better
Mercedes Wells, the mother who gave birth on the side of the road minutes after she was discharged from a hospital, has been hospitalized with post-birth health issues
Mom Who Was Turned Away While in Active Labor Back in Hospital with Post-Birth Health Issues, Family Says
The mom who gave birth on the side of the road minutes after she was discharged from an Indiana hospital has been hospitalized with post-birth health issues.
people.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Black women are three times more likely to die from pregnancy related issues because of blatant and systemic racism and this is an example of how and why hospitals need to do better
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A *huge* vaccine victory. I've been writing on this for years; Australia has seen remarkable progress in cervical cancer prevention with the HPV vaccine. I love seeing science triumph like this.
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A *huge* vaccine victory. I've been writing on this for years; Australia has seen remarkable progress in cervical cancer prevention with the HPV vaccine. I love seeing science triumph like this.
thankful for all the little people who live in my phone
November 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
thankful for all the little people who live in my phone
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very thankful for all the friends I have made on this app
for all that social media is not great for society at large it has been good for me and that’s because of all of you
I hope you’re all having a good day, whether it’s a holiday for you or not
for all that social media is not great for society at large it has been good for me and that’s because of all of you
I hope you’re all having a good day, whether it’s a holiday for you or not
November 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
very thankful for all the friends I have made on this app
for all that social media is not great for society at large it has been good for me and that’s because of all of you
I hope you’re all having a good day, whether it’s a holiday for you or not
for all that social media is not great for society at large it has been good for me and that’s because of all of you
I hope you’re all having a good day, whether it’s a holiday for you or not
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Thankful for my colleagues Dan Jernigan and @drdemetre.bsky.social; for the media and partners who continue to sound the alarm about public health; and most of all to those on the frontlines every day at CDC and in health departments. Our Lancet commentary re CDC: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
US CDC: a public health agency in critical condition
For almost 80 years, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been
the nation's immune system, detecting threats early, coordinating rapid responses,
and safeguarding population hea...
www.thelancet.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Thankful for my colleagues Dan Jernigan and @drdemetre.bsky.social; for the media and partners who continue to sound the alarm about public health; and most of all to those on the frontlines every day at CDC and in health departments. Our Lancet commentary re CDC: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
November 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
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fraudsters out here like “we’ve created the tragedy of the commons from the classic moral dilemma, ‘how to avoid the tragedy of the commons.’”
Stop submitting AI slop to journals and preprint servers
This is anti-social behavior. It is making life harder for everyone involved except for the person submitting the slop
This is anti-social behavior. It is making life harder for everyone involved except for the person submitting the slop
In light of record submission rates and a large volume of AI-generated slop, SocArXiv recently implemented a policy requiring ORCIDs linked in the OSF profile of submitting authors, and narrowing our focus to social science subjects. Today we are taking two more steps:
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November 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
fraudsters out here like “we’ve created the tragedy of the commons from the classic moral dilemma, ‘how to avoid the tragedy of the commons.’”
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The US government support of cancer research via NCI
has been severely cut.
And of June 2025, "There were 181 individual terminated NCI funded grants, with a total award amount of $640,867, 956."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
has been severely cut.
And of June 2025, "There were 181 individual terminated NCI funded grants, with a total award amount of $640,867, 956."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Disrupted Federal Funding for Extramural Cancer Research
This cross-sectional study assesses the scale and scope of terminated cancer research grants from the National Cancer Institute.
jamanetwork.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The US government support of cancer research via NCI
has been severely cut.
And of June 2025, "There were 181 individual terminated NCI funded grants, with a total award amount of $640,867, 956."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
has been severely cut.
And of June 2025, "There were 181 individual terminated NCI funded grants, with a total award amount of $640,867, 956."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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I know most of the focus is on RFK Jr.'s weird horny texts, but the news that he used to spam Bill Nye with anti-vax weirdness and Bill was like, "Dude, you're you're confusing correlation for causation" is the only RFK text-message news I will ever need.
November 27, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I know most of the focus is on RFK Jr.'s weird horny texts, but the news that he used to spam Bill Nye with anti-vax weirdness and Bill was like, "Dude, you're you're confusing correlation for causation" is the only RFK text-message news I will ever need.
…probably
DOORDASH: imagine a $12 sandwich
ME: oh dang that sounds so good
DOORDASH: now imagine that it could be yours for just $37
ME: oh dang that sounds so good
DOORDASH: now imagine that it could be yours for just $37
November 27, 2025 at 4:30 AM
…probably
I don’t really think everyone *must* work retail or food service in late teens/early adulthood but I am very happy I did both
If you work in an industry where you need to know the bar *code* even if the barcode is unreadable the numbers and letters are written below so you can manually enter them in an emergency.
just watched the latest episode and i feel like i should make a public service announcement about the nature of barcode scanners
Barcode scanners are just weird looking keyboards where instead of typing you scan things.
barcodes just decode to some numbers and letters
Barcode scanners are just weird looking keyboards where instead of typing you scan things.
barcodes just decode to some numbers and letters
November 27, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I don’t really think everyone *must* work retail or food service in late teens/early adulthood but I am very happy I did both
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If you work in an industry where you need to know the bar *code* even if the barcode is unreadable the numbers and letters are written below so you can manually enter them in an emergency.
just watched the latest episode and i feel like i should make a public service announcement about the nature of barcode scanners
Barcode scanners are just weird looking keyboards where instead of typing you scan things.
barcodes just decode to some numbers and letters
Barcode scanners are just weird looking keyboards where instead of typing you scan things.
barcodes just decode to some numbers and letters
So far Pluribus keeps getting better
November 27, 2025 at 4:24 AM
If you work in an industry where you need to know the bar *code* even if the barcode is unreadable the numbers and letters are written below so you can manually enter them in an emergency.
how im rolling up to thanksgiving
November 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
how im rolling up to thanksgiving
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Frikkin amazing stuff.
November 26, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Frikkin amazing stuff.
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“it’s called the salmon of meat” will stick with me for a while lol
November 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
“it’s called the salmon of meat” will stick with me for a while lol
instead i hoard avocado toast
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
instead i hoard avocado toast
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Just in time for Thanksgiving Republicans are pro-roasted children left in hot cars.
November 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Just in time for Thanksgiving Republicans are pro-roasted children left in hot cars.
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nirav shah not mincing words re: the new principle deputy director of CDC. good report from @apoorvanyt.bsky.social
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
November 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
nirav shah not mincing words re: the new principle deputy director of CDC. good report from @apoorvanyt.bsky.social
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
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I ran across this 1896 editorial in a medical journal.
The author is discussing a smallpox outbreak in Gloucester, England (pop 42,000). The town was a hotbed of anti-vaxxers until there was a massive outbreak.
At that point, 25,000 people lined up for smallpox vaccines.
The author is discussing a smallpox outbreak in Gloucester, England (pop 42,000). The town was a hotbed of anti-vaxxers until there was a massive outbreak.
At that point, 25,000 people lined up for smallpox vaccines.
An Object Lesson for Antivaccinists
An official website of the United States government
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I ran across this 1896 editorial in a medical journal.
The author is discussing a smallpox outbreak in Gloucester, England (pop 42,000). The town was a hotbed of anti-vaxxers until there was a massive outbreak.
At that point, 25,000 people lined up for smallpox vaccines.
The author is discussing a smallpox outbreak in Gloucester, England (pop 42,000). The town was a hotbed of anti-vaxxers until there was a massive outbreak.
At that point, 25,000 people lined up for smallpox vaccines.
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Getting vaccinated is the real punk rock.
Getting vaccinated is the real counter cultural move.
Getting vaccinated is the real counter cultural move.
CDC’s new top deputy had ordered his state health department to stop promoting mass vaccinations amid a flu surge www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Louisiana health official who halted state vaccine campaign tapped as CDC’s No. 2
Ralph Abraham, a Louisiana health official who stopped promoting mass vaccination vaccines, has been appointed as the CDC's principal deputy director
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Getting vaccinated is the real punk rock.
Getting vaccinated is the real counter cultural move.
Getting vaccinated is the real counter cultural move.
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"The agency also announced plans to relax a rule requiring companies to report all products containing PFAS and has proposed weakening drinking water standards for the chemicals."
The EPA is starting to allow the use of pesticides containing PFAS on food. The move is part of an effort to roll back the regulation of PFAS — also known as "forever chemicals" because they don't break down easily in the environment.
November 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"The agency also announced plans to relax a rule requiring companies to report all products containing PFAS and has proposed weakening drinking water standards for the chemicals."
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absolutely incredible -- CNN host introduces a segment about Trump's "new healthcare proposal," but less than two minutes later breaks into her script to announce "breaking news" that Trump's healthcare proposal is being postponed
November 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
absolutely incredible -- CNN host introduces a segment about Trump's "new healthcare proposal," but less than two minutes later breaks into her script to announce "breaking news" that Trump's healthcare proposal is being postponed