Dr Kelsey
@drkelsey.bsky.social
Yes. I’m that doctor with the rainbow glasses. Family med/enthusiast of questionable adventures/mama/🏳️🌈/celebrate 🏳️⚧️ youth
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americans watching as the rest of the world uses our fascist as a lesson to vote out their fascists
a little girl is looking out of a window and waving her hand
Alt: a little girl is looking out of a window and banging her hands on it
media.tenor.com
May 3, 2025 at 8:44 AM
americans watching as the rest of the world uses our fascist as a lesson to vote out their fascists
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we survived janice raymond and that was before we had reams of evidence backing the necessity of gender-affirming care.
we will survive this ridiculous news cycle, too. don’t lose your head over it.
we will survive this ridiculous news cycle, too. don’t lose your head over it.
May 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
we survived janice raymond and that was before we had reams of evidence backing the necessity of gender-affirming care.
we will survive this ridiculous news cycle, too. don’t lose your head over it.
we will survive this ridiculous news cycle, too. don’t lose your head over it.
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Just to be clear, this is a violation of the fundamental ethical principle in clinical trial design called "equipoise."
Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically *why* vaccine trials don't use placebo arms.
Ethical violation as POLICY.
Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically *why* vaccine trials don't use placebo arms.
Ethical violation as POLICY.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr will require all new vaccines to undergo placebo testing, WaPo reports
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr intends to shift the way vaccines are tested, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing a spokesperson from the HHS.
www.reuters.com
May 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Just to be clear, this is a violation of the fundamental ethical principle in clinical trial design called "equipoise."
Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically *why* vaccine trials don't use placebo arms.
Ethical violation as POLICY.
Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically *why* vaccine trials don't use placebo arms.
Ethical violation as POLICY.
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The program currently receives over two thousand calls per day
Fuck these people. Just that simple.
May their names live in infamy for decades tocome.
May their names live in infamy for decades tocome.
HHS plans to cut the national suicide hotline’s program for LGBTQ youth
In February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.
www.motherjones.com
April 22, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The program currently receives over two thousand calls per day
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President Trump and his administration are coming after Minnesota, threatening to cut off our federal funding unless we turn our backs on trans kids. This is bullying, plain and simple.
And today, April 22, I filed a lawsuit to stop them.
Learn more: bit.ly/mn-v-trump-lawsuit
And today, April 22, I filed a lawsuit to stop them.
Learn more: bit.ly/mn-v-trump-lawsuit
April 22, 2025 at 6:15 PM
President Trump and his administration are coming after Minnesota, threatening to cut off our federal funding unless we turn our backs on trans kids. This is bullying, plain and simple.
And today, April 22, I filed a lawsuit to stop them.
Learn more: bit.ly/mn-v-trump-lawsuit
And today, April 22, I filed a lawsuit to stop them.
Learn more: bit.ly/mn-v-trump-lawsuit
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Tonight is the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere’s midnight ride. May his memory remind us all to resist the tyranny forming in our government.
April 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Tonight is the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere’s midnight ride. May his memory remind us all to resist the tyranny forming in our government.
Happy spring?
Poisoning Pigeons in the Park (Stereo Mix)
Tom Lehrer · The Conducted Tom Lehrer · Song · 2023
open.spotify.com
April 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Happy spring?
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Why doom scroll when you can escape read?
5 Books to Help You Ignore the Fact That the Country’s On Fire ⬇️
5 Books to Help You Ignore the Fact That the Country’s On Fire ⬇️
5 Escapist Books to Help You Ignore the Fact That the Country's On Fire
The administration is fundamentally changing the shape of our democracy — but to get away, you can crack open a book (for now)!
rollingstone.com
April 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Why doom scroll when you can escape read?
5 Books to Help You Ignore the Fact That the Country’s On Fire ⬇️
5 Books to Help You Ignore the Fact That the Country’s On Fire ⬇️
Sure would be terrible to flood this portal with bogus reports
Doctors warn of ‘terrifying’ consequences as Trump HHS creates snitch line to report people who get gender-affirming care
Under the administration’s latest guidance, reporting a trans patient’s care may no longer violate HIPAA — and that’s exactly the problem, providers say.
www.advocate.com
April 18, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Sure would be terrible to flood this portal with bogus reports
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As someone who experienced threats and harassment from armed extremists for over a decade, I have empathy for anyone who feels afraid of retaliation for free speech. But at the end of the day, we all must make a choice: back down or double down.
April 18, 2025 at 2:48 AM
As someone who experienced threats and harassment from armed extremists for over a decade, I have empathy for anyone who feels afraid of retaliation for free speech. But at the end of the day, we all must make a choice: back down or double down.
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The entire CDC lead program has been eliminated.
Lead exposure can lead to many issues including anemia & irreversible brain damage in young children.
It was <10 years ago we learned that 99,000 people in Flint Michigan had been exposed.
If only eliminating programs eliminated the risk.
Lead exposure can lead to many issues including anemia & irreversible brain damage in young children.
It was <10 years ago we learned that 99,000 people in Flint Michigan had been exposed.
If only eliminating programs eliminated the risk.
April 11, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The entire CDC lead program has been eliminated.
Lead exposure can lead to many issues including anemia & irreversible brain damage in young children.
It was <10 years ago we learned that 99,000 people in Flint Michigan had been exposed.
If only eliminating programs eliminated the risk.
Lead exposure can lead to many issues including anemia & irreversible brain damage in young children.
It was <10 years ago we learned that 99,000 people in Flint Michigan had been exposed.
If only eliminating programs eliminated the risk.
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Misinformation about #trans kids is spreading like wildfire
I’m a Harvard-trained psychiatrist & researcher who has spent a decade working in this space
My new book Free to Be: Understanding [The Science Medicine & Politics of] Kids & Gender Identity is available now:
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I’m a Harvard-trained psychiatrist & researcher who has spent a decade working in this space
My new book Free to Be: Understanding [The Science Medicine & Politics of] Kids & Gender Identity is available now:
allstora.com/products/fre...
March 9, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Misinformation about #trans kids is spreading like wildfire
I’m a Harvard-trained psychiatrist & researcher who has spent a decade working in this space
My new book Free to Be: Understanding [The Science Medicine & Politics of] Kids & Gender Identity is available now:
allstora.com/products/fre...
I’m a Harvard-trained psychiatrist & researcher who has spent a decade working in this space
My new book Free to Be: Understanding [The Science Medicine & Politics of] Kids & Gender Identity is available now:
allstora.com/products/fre...
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I wonder if economists feel like we did during the pandemic…or actually still do?
#medsky
#publichealth
#econsky
#medsky
#publichealth
#econsky
April 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I wonder if economists feel like we did during the pandemic…or actually still do?
#medsky
#publichealth
#econsky
#medsky
#publichealth
#econsky
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You probably saw pictures (or live) of the huge numbers of protestors across the country yesterday. Over a million!
Which coincidentally is about the annual death toll from tuberculosis, a curable bacterial infection.
Seems like a much bigger deal when you can visualize the impact like that.
Which coincidentally is about the annual death toll from tuberculosis, a curable bacterial infection.
Seems like a much bigger deal when you can visualize the impact like that.
April 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
You probably saw pictures (or live) of the huge numbers of protestors across the country yesterday. Over a million!
Which coincidentally is about the annual death toll from tuberculosis, a curable bacterial infection.
Seems like a much bigger deal when you can visualize the impact like that.
Which coincidentally is about the annual death toll from tuberculosis, a curable bacterial infection.
Seems like a much bigger deal when you can visualize the impact like that.
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If you need a reminder of why the tariffs are a public health issue as well:
▶️About *80%* of our active pharmaceutical ingredients are produced abroad.
▶️About *50%* of our generic drugs are manufactured overseas
This means increased costs in an inevitably strained generic drug supply. Not good
▶️About *80%* of our active pharmaceutical ingredients are produced abroad.
▶️About *50%* of our generic drugs are manufactured overseas
This means increased costs in an inevitably strained generic drug supply. Not good
April 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
If you need a reminder of why the tariffs are a public health issue as well:
▶️About *80%* of our active pharmaceutical ingredients are produced abroad.
▶️About *50%* of our generic drugs are manufactured overseas
This means increased costs in an inevitably strained generic drug supply. Not good
▶️About *80%* of our active pharmaceutical ingredients are produced abroad.
▶️About *50%* of our generic drugs are manufactured overseas
This means increased costs in an inevitably strained generic drug supply. Not good
That’s our guy!
Dr. Hougas has been teaching family medicine residents how to do the procedure at St. John’s Hospital since 2017. It’s the state’s only colonoscopy training program for family medicine residents.
Training program at M Health Fairview hospital expanding access to colon cancer screening
Dr. Hougas has been teaching family medicine residents how to do the procedure at St. John’s Hospital since 2017. It’s the state’s only colonoscopy training program for family medicine residents.
kstp.com
April 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
That’s our guy!
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As former center director at AHRQ, it is devastating to watch it be dismantled. With amazing staff, AHRQ catalyzed improvement in safety, quality, equity, etc. The US Preventive Services Task Force must be preserved.
Thanks to @kffhealthnews.org for this excellent write-up.
#StandwithAHRQ
Thanks to @kffhealthnews.org for this excellent write-up.
#StandwithAHRQ
What’s Lost: Trump Whacks Tiny Agency That Works To Make the Nation's Health Care Safer - KFF Health News
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality helped improve health care safety in a country where thousands die of medical errors each year. It was effectively dissolved Tuesday.
kffhealthnews.org
April 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
As former center director at AHRQ, it is devastating to watch it be dismantled. With amazing staff, AHRQ catalyzed improvement in safety, quality, equity, etc. The US Preventive Services Task Force must be preserved.
Thanks to @kffhealthnews.org for this excellent write-up.
#StandwithAHRQ
Thanks to @kffhealthnews.org for this excellent write-up.
#StandwithAHRQ
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The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP - the legit one) has started a web page to fact check some claims relevant to pediatric health, meant for pediatricians, parents and media seeking the best information.
#PedSky #PedsID
www.aap.org/en/news-room...
#PedSky #PedsID
www.aap.org/en/news-room...
Fact Checked
Pediatricians weigh in to address the latest misinformation by providing clear, science-backed messaging to support children and families.
www.aap.org
April 4, 2025 at 2:44 AM
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP - the legit one) has started a web page to fact check some claims relevant to pediatric health, meant for pediatricians, parents and media seeking the best information.
#PedSky #PedsID
www.aap.org/en/news-room...
#PedSky #PedsID
www.aap.org/en/news-room...
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My @nehgov.bsky.social grant “In the Shadow of the Holocaust: Short Fiction by Jewish Writers from the Soviet Union” was canceled by “DOGE.” The project doesn’t support "the furtherance of the President's agenda.” Jews surviving genocide: out of step w/ the agenda of using Jews to destroy higher ed.
April 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
My @nehgov.bsky.social grant “In the Shadow of the Holocaust: Short Fiction by Jewish Writers from the Soviet Union” was canceled by “DOGE.” The project doesn’t support "the furtherance of the President's agenda.” Jews surviving genocide: out of step w/ the agenda of using Jews to destroy higher ed.
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👇👇👇(& find a march near you THIS weekend: www.fiftyfifty.one)
Chief justice really thoroughly reading the finding that Yoon undermined democracy and ignored the constitution, and that the lawmakers were only able to overturn his decree because members of the public stood up for democracy
April 4, 2025 at 2:29 AM
👇👇👇(& find a march near you THIS weekend: www.fiftyfifty.one)
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definitely not the ideal time for this approach
April 4, 2025 at 2:32 AM
definitely not the ideal time for this approach
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The problem is: they've mistaken correlation for causation. They think their parents and grandparents had a good life *because* of manufacturing jobs. When, in reality, their parents and grandparents had a good life *despite* manufacturing jobs, because of unions, high taxes, and social policies.
April 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The problem is: they've mistaken correlation for causation. They think their parents and grandparents had a good life *because* of manufacturing jobs. When, in reality, their parents and grandparents had a good life *despite* manufacturing jobs, because of unions, high taxes, and social policies.
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You know what's cool about all of this is climate change. We're still cooking the planet but giving it zero attention
April 3, 2025 at 5:18 AM
You know what's cool about all of this is climate change. We're still cooking the planet but giving it zero attention
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Said it before, gonna keep saying it: the atmosphere doesn’t give a fuck about politics www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer
Action urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets – and civilisation itself – can operate, says senior Allianz figure
www.theguardian.com
April 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Said it before, gonna keep saying it: the atmosphere doesn’t give a fuck about politics www.theguardian.com/environment/...