Anita Henderson MD, FAAP
@babydocanita.bsky.social
Past President Mississippi Chapter of the AAP
The Pediatric Clinic/Hattiesburg Clinic/Forrest General Hospital
MSMA Board of Trustees
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MSMA Board of Trustees
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If RFK Jr. is confirmed. @donttreadonkids.bsky.social
As a pediatrician who has practiced for 30 years, can confirm this is why I am terrified about RFK Jr. 😢
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there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
RFK Jr.’s damage to the CDC is ‘past the point of no return,’ Dr. Demetre Daskalakis warns
“The CDC you knew is over,” the infectious diseases doctor told The Advocate. “Unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged.”
www.advocate.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
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It would be great to push RFK out now. Also: If we had pushed RFK out after the CDC shooting, we wouldn't have to worry about four open leadership positions at CDC with whoever steps in next. Every crisis where we wait to make this the objective means the damage will be worse when we regain power
August 28, 2025 at 1:31 AM
It would be great to push RFK out now. Also: If we had pushed RFK out after the CDC shooting, we wouldn't have to worry about four open leadership positions at CDC with whoever steps in next. Every crisis where we wait to make this the objective means the damage will be worse when we regain power
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It’s continues to be despicable how the media has spent a decade normalizing the orange felon so much so that they are reporting on his authoritarian militarization of Washington DC as if it were a routine military exercise. They deliberately failed democracy for clickbait.
August 27, 2025 at 2:43 AM
It’s continues to be despicable how the media has spent a decade normalizing the orange felon so much so that they are reporting on his authoritarian militarization of Washington DC as if it were a routine military exercise. They deliberately failed democracy for clickbait.
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Blue states that sued kept most CDC grants, while red states that didn't now feel the brunt of the Trump administrations clawbacks.
www.cnn.com/2025/08/26/h...
www.cnn.com/2025/08/26/h...
Blue states that sued kept most CDC grants, while red states feel brunt of Trump clawbacks | CNN
The Trump administration’s cuts of public health funds to state and local health departments had vastly uneven effects depending on the political leanings of where someone lives, a new KFF Health News...
www.cnn.com
August 27, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Blue states that sued kept most CDC grants, while red states that didn't now feel the brunt of the Trump administrations clawbacks.
www.cnn.com/2025/08/26/h...
www.cnn.com/2025/08/26/h...
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Mississippi infant mortality rate, the highest in the nation, rises to the highest in a decade😢
Mississippi infant mortality rate, the highest in the nation, rises to the highest in a decade😢
Mississippi declares public health emergency over infant mortality rate
More than 3,500 babies in the state have died before the age of 1 since 2014, according to Mississippi state health officials.
abcnews.go.com
August 23, 2025 at 3:03 AM
abcnews.go.com/GMA/Wellness...
Mississippi infant mortality rate, the highest in the nation, rises to the highest in a decade😢
Mississippi infant mortality rate, the highest in the nation, rises to the highest in a decade😢
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NEWS: DNC Chair Ken Martin says TX State Rep. Nicole Collier was threatened with a FELONY charge for speaking on a press call with him, Cory Booker, and Gavin Newsom.
August 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
NEWS: DNC Chair Ken Martin says TX State Rep. Nicole Collier was threatened with a FELONY charge for speaking on a press call with him, Cory Booker, and Gavin Newsom.
Fantastic article. Well worth the read. And be sure to read to the end to see where she is going when she leaves....
This superintendent took a failing Delta school district to a ‘B’ rating. Now, she’s leaving
Davis, a native of the Mississippi Delta, soon learned she had a particular gift for turning failing schools around.
Davis, a native of the Mississippi Delta, soon learned she had a particular gift for turning failing schools around.
This superintendent took a failing Delta school district to a ‘B’ rating. Now, she’s leaving
Davis, a native of the Mississippi Delta, soon learned she had a particular gift for turning failing schools around.
mississippitoday.org
August 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Fantastic article. Well worth the read. And be sure to read to the end to see where she is going when she leaves....
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NEW: Hundreds of current and former HHS workers have sent a letter to Robert Kennedy Jr. responding to the CDC shooting.
The letter asks that he stop spreading misinformation that endangers their lives.
It also asks NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya to stop undermining mRNA vaccine technology.
The letter asks that he stop spreading misinformation that endangers their lives.
It also asks NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya to stop undermining mRNA vaccine technology.
HHS Employees Demand Changes From Kennedy, NIH Director Bhattacharya in New Response to CDC Shooting
Hundreds of HHS employees are requesting their leaders stop promoting misinformation and endangering their lives.
www.importantcontext.news
August 20, 2025 at 1:04 PM
NEW: Hundreds of current and former HHS workers have sent a letter to Robert Kennedy Jr. responding to the CDC shooting.
The letter asks that he stop spreading misinformation that endangers their lives.
It also asks NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya to stop undermining mRNA vaccine technology.
The letter asks that he stop spreading misinformation that endangers their lives.
It also asks NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya to stop undermining mRNA vaccine technology.
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Texas Senator Roland Gutierrez calling it like he sees it in Austin tonight. #FreeNicole
August 19, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Texas Senator Roland Gutierrez calling it like he sees it in Austin tonight. #FreeNicole
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If you want to put back statues and memorials and names of Confederate traitors while tearing down museum exhibitions on slavery because they don't show the greatness of the nation... the nation whose history you're celebrating is whiteness. The kind of nationalist you are is a white nationalist.
August 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
If you want to put back statues and memorials and names of Confederate traitors while tearing down museum exhibitions on slavery because they don't show the greatness of the nation... the nation whose history you're celebrating is whiteness. The kind of nationalist you are is a white nationalist.
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Trump has made no comment. The White House has found the time to post a video of the arrest of that guy who threw a sandwich at a cop, but nothing about a cop killed defending the government's own employees.
Marjorie Taylor Greene, whose district includes parts of Atlanta, has also said nothing.
Marjorie Taylor Greene, whose district includes parts of Atlanta, has also said nothing.
August 17, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Trump has made no comment. The White House has found the time to post a video of the arrest of that guy who threw a sandwich at a cop, but nothing about a cop killed defending the government's own employees.
Marjorie Taylor Greene, whose district includes parts of Atlanta, has also said nothing.
Marjorie Taylor Greene, whose district includes parts of Atlanta, has also said nothing.
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But a white guy with a COVID conspiracy manifesto isn’t news at this point. After all, that’s who runs the government now!
The CDC is a part of Health & Human Services, headed by RFK Jr., whose conspiracy-addled ideology is indistinguishable from the motivations of this terrorist.
The CDC is a part of Health & Human Services, headed by RFK Jr., whose conspiracy-addled ideology is indistinguishable from the motivations of this terrorist.
The CDC shooting was public health’s Jan. 6
“In RFK Jr.’s America, it will never be safe to practice public health or medicine," write an epidemiologist and a former CDC staffer.
www.statnews.com
August 17, 2025 at 1:47 AM
But a white guy with a COVID conspiracy manifesto isn’t news at this point. After all, that’s who runs the government now!
The CDC is a part of Health & Human Services, headed by RFK Jr., whose conspiracy-addled ideology is indistinguishable from the motivations of this terrorist.
The CDC is a part of Health & Human Services, headed by RFK Jr., whose conspiracy-addled ideology is indistinguishable from the motivations of this terrorist.
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Life comes at you fast
August 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Life comes at you fast
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From vaccine rollbacks to violence at the CDC, the attacks on public health are real, and they're putting lives at risk. Our children deserve protection, not political and ideological differences.
FDA may pull authorization of Pfizer's Covid vaccine for children under 5, company says
The potential move to rescind authorization of Pfizer's vaccine could leave some kids in the U.S. with no available shots against Covid.
www.cnbc.com
August 16, 2025 at 10:53 PM
From vaccine rollbacks to violence at the CDC, the attacks on public health are real, and they're putting lives at risk. Our children deserve protection, not political and ideological differences.
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Ogles gonna Ogles 🤡
August 17, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Ogles gonna Ogles 🤡
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Do not drink raw milk…regardless of what Bobby Kennedy says. It is dangerous for you, your children, and your unborn baby. Sad and unnecessary suffering.
Do not drink raw milk…regardless of what Bobby Kennedy says. It is dangerous for you, your children, and your unborn baby. Sad and unnecessary suffering.
Florida mom sues dairy farm after claiming raw milk led to her miscarrying
Rachel Maddox launches lawsuit after alleging that she and her toddler became badly ill after coming into contact with bacteria traced back to New Smyrna Beach business by state health officials
www.independent.co.uk
August 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Do not drink raw milk…regardless of what Bobby Kennedy says. It is dangerous for you, your children, and your unborn baby. Sad and unnecessary suffering.
Do not drink raw milk…regardless of what Bobby Kennedy says. It is dangerous for you, your children, and your unborn baby. Sad and unnecessary suffering.
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Yes, I think he's trying to steal the 2026 election. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Trump’s D.C. takeover reflects efforts to expand his authority, attorney says
City officials in Washington are declaring victory after they say the Trump administration backed away from a plan to appoint the nation's DEA chief as an “emergency police commissioner,” a move they ...
www.pbs.org
August 16, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Yes, I think he's trying to steal the 2026 election. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?
August 13, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?
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My heart goes out to the family, friends, and colleagues of police officer David Rose, killed in Friday’s shooting outside CDC’s Roybal Campus in Atlanta, and to everyone at CDC. At least four CDC buildings were hit by gunfire; no CDC staff or children in the agency’s daycare center were harmed.
August 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
My heart goes out to the family, friends, and colleagues of police officer David Rose, killed in Friday’s shooting outside CDC’s Roybal Campus in Atlanta, and to everyone at CDC. At least four CDC buildings were hit by gunfire; no CDC staff or children in the agency’s daycare center were harmed.
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RFK Jr must resign and I believe those of us who work in healthcare, public health, health research, or any related field should demand his resignation
this is a picture of CDC parents waiting to be reunited with their children at 11:00pm after 5 hours of lockdown
August 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
RFK Jr must resign and I believe those of us who work in healthcare, public health, health research, or any related field should demand his resignation
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Yeah JD, we remember. We will never forget your boss was best friends with the guy who ran a literal child sex trafficking ring.
And then that guy was "silenced" forever.
And now we will just not talk about anything else until they...
#ReleaseThe_EPSTEIN_Files
And then that guy was "silenced" forever.
And now we will just not talk about anything else until they...
#ReleaseThe_EPSTEIN_Files
August 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Yeah JD, we remember. We will never forget your boss was best friends with the guy who ran a literal child sex trafficking ring.
And then that guy was "silenced" forever.
And now we will just not talk about anything else until they...
#ReleaseThe_EPSTEIN_Files
And then that guy was "silenced" forever.
And now we will just not talk about anything else until they...
#ReleaseThe_EPSTEIN_Files
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In 1949, Superman told schoolchildren “our country is made up of Americans of MANY different races, religions and national origins. So…
“…if YOU hear anybody talk against anyone else because of his religion, race or national origin — don’t wait: tell him THAT KIND OF TALK IS UN-AMERICAN.”
“…if YOU hear anybody talk against anyone else because of his religion, race or national origin — don’t wait: tell him THAT KIND OF TALK IS UN-AMERICAN.”
August 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
In 1949, Superman told schoolchildren “our country is made up of Americans of MANY different races, religions and national origins. So…
“…if YOU hear anybody talk against anyone else because of his religion, race or national origin — don’t wait: tell him THAT KIND OF TALK IS UN-AMERICAN.”
“…if YOU hear anybody talk against anyone else because of his religion, race or national origin — don’t wait: tell him THAT KIND OF TALK IS UN-AMERICAN.”