Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix)
@alyssaburgart.com
😷Stanford Bioethics, Peds Anesthesiology, Feminist Gender & Sexuality
🧭Writes about bioethics @
Poppies & Propofol poppiesandpropofol.com
❤️🩹 Founder, The Moral Injury Clinic
(She/her/they/them)
🧭Writes about bioethics @
Poppies & Propofol poppiesandpropofol.com
❤️🩹 Founder, The Moral Injury Clinic
(She/her/they/them)
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Today, Dr Jenn Conti and I wrote about Adriana Smith’s brain death diagnosis and how Georgia’s anti-abortion law treats women as little more than fetal incubators.
Having a uterus shouldn’t mean you get treated less human.
www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...
Having a uterus shouldn’t mean you get treated less human.
www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...
Reposted by Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix)
New ‘swag’!
Two T-shirt options
Neither says “awkword”
Both symbolize the movement
Only $20 each
And 25% goes to @onepeoplesproject.bsky.social
thisisawkword.com/store
Two T-shirt options
Neither says “awkword”
Both symbolize the movement
Only $20 each
And 25% goes to @onepeoplesproject.bsky.social
thisisawkword.com/store
October 22, 2025 at 11:30 PM
New ‘swag’!
Two T-shirt options
Neither says “awkword”
Both symbolize the movement
Only $20 each
And 25% goes to @onepeoplesproject.bsky.social
thisisawkword.com/store
Two T-shirt options
Neither says “awkword”
Both symbolize the movement
Only $20 each
And 25% goes to @onepeoplesproject.bsky.social
thisisawkword.com/store
Reposted by Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix)
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October 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Reposted by Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix)
Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.
October 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.
Reposted by Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix)
A little snippet from this week’s episode of The Present Illness, where @alyssaburgart.com and I discuss current events with rationality, facts, and a dash of humor. Available wherever you get your podcasts!
October 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
A little snippet from this week’s episode of The Present Illness, where @alyssaburgart.com and I discuss current events with rationality, facts, and a dash of humor. Available wherever you get your podcasts!
What I thought would solve moral injury:
-Working harder
-Caring less
-Quitting my job
What actually leads to healing:
-Connecting with others who share my values
-Making tiny choices that align with who I am
-Seeking moments of ethical clarity amid the chaos
We can't fix broken systems alone.
-Working harder
-Caring less
-Quitting my job
What actually leads to healing:
-Connecting with others who share my values
-Making tiny choices that align with who I am
-Seeking moments of ethical clarity amid the chaos
We can't fix broken systems alone.
October 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
What I thought would solve moral injury:
-Working harder
-Caring less
-Quitting my job
What actually leads to healing:
-Connecting with others who share my values
-Making tiny choices that align with who I am
-Seeking moments of ethical clarity amid the chaos
We can't fix broken systems alone.
-Working harder
-Caring less
-Quitting my job
What actually leads to healing:
-Connecting with others who share my values
-Making tiny choices that align with who I am
-Seeking moments of ethical clarity amid the chaos
We can't fix broken systems alone.
Reposted by Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix)
The sequel to We Want Them Infected is done!
COVID killed 1.2 million Americans while vaccines saved millions.
Yet, disinformation superspreaders were empowered, where they are taking a wrecking ball to science & medicine.
How did that happen?🧵
sciencebasedmedicine.org/everyone-els...
COVID killed 1.2 million Americans while vaccines saved millions.
Yet, disinformation superspreaders were empowered, where they are taking a wrecking ball to science & medicine.
How did that happen?🧵
sciencebasedmedicine.org/everyone-els...
Everyone Else is Lying to You: My Book is Done!
The pandemic’s biggest disinformation superspreaders are now in charge. How did this happen?
sciencebasedmedicine.org
October 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The sequel to We Want Them Infected is done!
COVID killed 1.2 million Americans while vaccines saved millions.
Yet, disinformation superspreaders were empowered, where they are taking a wrecking ball to science & medicine.
How did that happen?🧵
sciencebasedmedicine.org/everyone-els...
COVID killed 1.2 million Americans while vaccines saved millions.
Yet, disinformation superspreaders were empowered, where they are taking a wrecking ball to science & medicine.
How did that happen?🧵
sciencebasedmedicine.org/everyone-els...
Reposted by Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix)
Full-time advocacy for full-time change.
Want to help me stay in the fight? I’ll put myself out there for this message as long as I can. We need to warn people now.
gofund.me/c7cda7fd8
#sick #motivation #mentalhealth #covid #longcovid #longcovidkids
Want to help me stay in the fight? I’ll put myself out there for this message as long as I can. We need to warn people now.
gofund.me/c7cda7fd8
#sick #motivation #mentalhealth #covid #longcovid #longcovidkids
September 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Full-time advocacy for full-time change.
Want to help me stay in the fight? I’ll put myself out there for this message as long as I can. We need to warn people now.
gofund.me/c7cda7fd8
#sick #motivation #mentalhealth #covid #longcovid #longcovidkids
Want to help me stay in the fight? I’ll put myself out there for this message as long as I can. We need to warn people now.
gofund.me/c7cda7fd8
#sick #motivation #mentalhealth #covid #longcovid #longcovidkids
Reposted by Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix)
Grateful for wonderful colleagues like the lovely @alyssaburgart.com, who generously sent several copies of this book for relief in these dark times. Already it has delighted & amused one of my stressed out students. Things suck right now but small acts of kindness make a big difference.❤️
September 23, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Grateful for wonderful colleagues like the lovely @alyssaburgart.com, who generously sent several copies of this book for relief in these dark times. Already it has delighted & amused one of my stressed out students. Things suck right now but small acts of kindness make a big difference.❤️
Reposted by Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix)
Reposted by Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix)
The @asamonitor.bsky.social is now on Bluesky! Follow us for the latest specialty and industry news, practice-changing clinical information, podcast interviews, special collections, and more.
👉Join us on Bluesky bsky.app/profile/asam...
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September 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The @asamonitor.bsky.social is now on Bluesky! Follow us for the latest specialty and industry news, practice-changing clinical information, podcast interviews, special collections, and more.
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Reposted by Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix)
Join me iwth @maryroach.bsky.social on Wednesday, September 10 from noon to 1pm on the Substack app.
open.substack.com/live-stream/...
open.substack.com/live-stream/...
LIVE SOON: Author Mary Roach on Anatomy!
Starting Sep 10 at 3:00 PM EDT
open.substack.com
September 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Join me iwth @maryroach.bsky.social on Wednesday, September 10 from noon to 1pm on the Substack app.
open.substack.com/live-stream/...
open.substack.com/live-stream/...
I'm stoked to get to chat with the incomparable Mary Roach (@maryroach.bsky.social) about her new book Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy!
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September 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I'm stoked to get to chat with the incomparable Mary Roach (@maryroach.bsky.social) about her new book Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy!
[link in 🧵]
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Reposted by Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix)
The right does not like that Dr. Daskalakis is an outspoken gay man who has the audacity to promote love and acceptance for ALL. So they cast about for lies and Fox News viewers lap it up.
www.politico.com/news/2022/09...
www.politico.com/news/2022/09...
Biden’s monkeypox adviser is trying manage a virus while dodging talk of Satanism
Demetre Daskalakis has become caricatured as a tattooed oddity among buttoned-up bureaucrats. The truth is far different. “I wish I were that interesting,” he says.
www.politico.com
September 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The right does not like that Dr. Daskalakis is an outspoken gay man who has the audacity to promote love and acceptance for ALL. So they cast about for lies and Fox News viewers lap it up.
www.politico.com/news/2022/09...
www.politico.com/news/2022/09...
Reposted by Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix)
They’re walking back the Chicago rhetoric, which illustrates why it’s critical to respond immediately and forcefully against the administration like the public and Governor Pritzker did. We’ll see if it’s enough to keep the National Guard out.
TAPPER: Is President Trump planning to go to war in Chicago?
HOMAN: It's being taken out of context
(Trump's post literally said "Chicago about to find out why it's called the Department of WAR")
HOMAN: It's being taken out of context
(Trump's post literally said "Chicago about to find out why it's called the Department of WAR")
September 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
They’re walking back the Chicago rhetoric, which illustrates why it’s critical to respond immediately and forcefully against the administration like the public and Governor Pritzker did. We’ll see if it’s enough to keep the National Guard out.
The Disneyland measles outbreak lead to CA tightening up vaccine exemption laws.
Florida: hold my beer!
Florida: hold my beer!
a mickey mouse holding a wand in front of a pink castle
Alt: a Mickey Mouse uses a magic wand to welcome a bunch of unvaccinated Floridians and be the nexus of infectious disease outbreaks
media.tenor.com
September 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The Disneyland measles outbreak lead to CA tightening up vaccine exemption laws.
Florida: hold my beer!
Florida: hold my beer!
Reposted by Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix)
This is all predictably a chaotic, uncoordinated mess, and shows why restricting vaccines to people with certain conditions when the vaccine is perfectly safe is so harmful to public health - it makes it unnecessarily complicated to make a vaccine appointment which decreases uptake.
September 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
This is all predictably a chaotic, uncoordinated mess, and shows why restricting vaccines to people with certain conditions when the vaccine is perfectly safe is so harmful to public health - it makes it unnecessarily complicated to make a vaccine appointment which decreases uptake.
Got to meet @glaucomflecken.bsky.social today at the Big Ideas in Medicine conference.
I made him laugh, so I’ll be an insufferable unicorn all day. 🦄 🌈
I made him laugh, so I’ll be an insufferable unicorn all day. 🦄 🌈
September 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Got to meet @glaucomflecken.bsky.social today at the Big Ideas in Medicine conference.
I made him laugh, so I’ll be an insufferable unicorn all day. 🦄 🌈
I made him laugh, so I’ll be an insufferable unicorn all day. 🦄 🌈
Protecting children does not include rounding them up on a plane and sending them back to a country where the same children say they will be harmed.
DEVELOPING: Advocates are seeking a court order to block the Trump administration’s effort to deport hundreds of unaccompanied minor children to Guatemala.
Judge abruptly moved 3 pm hearing up to 12:30 after she was notified that some children “are in the process of being removed" today.
Judge abruptly moved 3 pm hearing up to 12:30 after she was notified that some children “are in the process of being removed" today.
August 31, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Protecting children does not include rounding them up on a plane and sending them back to a country where the same children say they will be harmed.
Reposted by Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix)
New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
August 31, 2025 at 5:04 PM
New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
Worried about the safety of the American transplant system?
Watch out for Jim O’Neill’s dreams for down on their luck Americans to sell their kidneys.
Watch out for Jim O’Neill’s dreams for down on their luck Americans to sell their kidneys.
There are plenty of healthy spare kidneys walking around, unused.” - Jim O’Neill, set to lead the CDC, said in 2009 at a Peter Thiel event.
August 30, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Worried about the safety of the American transplant system?
Watch out for Jim O’Neill’s dreams for down on their luck Americans to sell their kidneys.
Watch out for Jim O’Neill’s dreams for down on their luck Americans to sell their kidneys.
There are plenty of healthy spare kidneys walking around, unused.” - Jim O’Neill, set to lead the CDC, said in 2009 at a Peter Thiel event.
August 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
There are plenty of healthy spare kidneys walking around, unused.” - Jim O’Neill, set to lead the CDC, said in 2009 at a Peter Thiel event.
We need an old school morbidity and mortality report for RFK Jr.
We need every cranky, genius, retired former surgeon to coach Congress on how to do a proper takedown of the unqualified, unhinged, foolish decisions of this administration.
We need every cranky, genius, retired former surgeon to coach Congress on how to do a proper takedown of the unqualified, unhinged, foolish decisions of this administration.
Increased morbidity and mortality.
Don’t worry guys, we now have an investment banker/former political speech writer with no medical, scientific, or public health training heading the CDC.
American will not get healthier with the clown car of unqualified bozos dismantling public health services.
We are fucked.
American will not get healthier with the clown car of unqualified bozos dismantling public health services.
We are fucked.
August 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
We need an old school morbidity and mortality report for RFK Jr.
We need every cranky, genius, retired former surgeon to coach Congress on how to do a proper takedown of the unqualified, unhinged, foolish decisions of this administration.
We need every cranky, genius, retired former surgeon to coach Congress on how to do a proper takedown of the unqualified, unhinged, foolish decisions of this administration.
Don’t worry guys, we now have an investment banker/former political speech writer with no medical, scientific, or public health training heading the CDC.
American will not get healthier with the clown car of unqualified bozos dismantling public health services.
We are fucked.
American will not get healthier with the clown car of unqualified bozos dismantling public health services.
We are fucked.
White House picks Kennedy deputy Jim O’Neill to replace fired CDC chief
Deputy health secretary chosen as agency’s interim director after firing of Susan Monarez
www.theguardian.com
August 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Don’t worry guys, we now have an investment banker/former political speech writer with no medical, scientific, or public health training heading the CDC.
American will not get healthier with the clown car of unqualified bozos dismantling public health services.
We are fucked.
American will not get healthier with the clown car of unqualified bozos dismantling public health services.
We are fucked.
I’ve been gifted with something I didn’t know I needed.
In the last 24 hours, I’ve received texts from two colleagues about how much I helped them because of the way I approach my work.
In the last 24 hours, I’ve received texts from two colleagues about how much I helped them because of the way I approach my work.
August 29, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I’ve been gifted with something I didn’t know I needed.
In the last 24 hours, I’ve received texts from two colleagues about how much I helped them because of the way I approach my work.
In the last 24 hours, I’ve received texts from two colleagues about how much I helped them because of the way I approach my work.
Reposted by Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix)
We asked researchers across the country how federal funding changes have affected them and their labs. Their responses indicate a sense of doom and an existential crisis for science in the US: “The ship is going down and we are powerless.”
Importantly, there’s still time to fix this. 1/2
Importantly, there’s still time to fix this. 1/2
We surveyed hundreds of biomedical researchers about the instability in federal funding. Here’s what they said
“The ship is going down and we are powerless”: What scientists are saying about cuts to federal research funding.
www.statnews.com
August 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
We asked researchers across the country how federal funding changes have affected them and their labs. Their responses indicate a sense of doom and an existential crisis for science in the US: “The ship is going down and we are powerless.”
Importantly, there’s still time to fix this. 1/2
Importantly, there’s still time to fix this. 1/2