Sarah Holstein
@drsarahholstein.bsky.social
Physician-scientist specializing in multiple myeloma.
She/her. 💙 🇺🇸🇺🇦
#WearAMask #N95 #CleanAir #CovidIsNotOver #MasksInHealthcare
#MedSky #mmsm #WomenInMedicine #WomenInScience
Cat & dog mom
Free time: flute, gardening, baking, yoga
Views are my own
She/her. 💙 🇺🇸🇺🇦
#WearAMask #N95 #CleanAir #CovidIsNotOver #MasksInHealthcare
#MedSky #mmsm #WomenInMedicine #WomenInScience
Cat & dog mom
Free time: flute, gardening, baking, yoga
Views are my own
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I've just seen some staggering data on how badly infections are affecting urgent care here *now*.
It's hard to comprehend.
It's hard to get your head round it.
You need to see it to believe it.
👀
It's hard to comprehend.
It's hard to get your head round it.
You need to see it to believe it.
👀
April 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I've just seen some staggering data on how badly infections are affecting urgent care here *now*.
It's hard to comprehend.
It's hard to get your head round it.
You need to see it to believe it.
👀
It's hard to comprehend.
It's hard to get your head round it.
You need to see it to believe it.
👀
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Do you wonder why you haven’t heard much about this massive TB outbreak recently? Cuz the CDC can’t hold any press conferences or issue public statements of any kind.
abcnews.go.com/Health/kansa...
abcnews.go.com/Health/kansa...
Kansas faces one of the largest tuberculosis outbreaks in US history
Kansas is currently facing one the largest tuberculosis outbreaks in U.S. history with 67 confirmed active cases and 79 confirmed latent cases.
abcnews.go.com
January 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Do you wonder why you haven’t heard much about this massive TB outbreak recently? Cuz the CDC can’t hold any press conferences or issue public statements of any kind.
abcnews.go.com/Health/kansa...
abcnews.go.com/Health/kansa...
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Anyone can be at risk of long-term effects from Covid. It doesn't matter how old you are, how fit you are, whether you eat healthy, exercise or get lots of sun. You can still develop long covid and post-viral organ damage
January 18, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Anyone can be at risk of long-term effects from Covid. It doesn't matter how old you are, how fit you are, whether you eat healthy, exercise or get lots of sun. You can still develop long covid and post-viral organ damage
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Jeffries: It is unconscionable that Republicans are suggesting imposing right wing partisan conditions in order for California taxpayers to receive their tax dollars. California is one of those states that sends about five times as much to the federal government every year than they get back
January 15, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Jeffries: It is unconscionable that Republicans are suggesting imposing right wing partisan conditions in order for California taxpayers to receive their tax dollars. California is one of those states that sends about five times as much to the federal government every year than they get back
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It's been such an honor building this pro-democracy community of 667K+ strong here on Bluesky. We've noticed more people than ever joining after recent moves by Meta. To those who are new, make sure to check out our Starter Pack to follow all MeidasTouch staff and contributors with one click!
January 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM
It's been such an honor building this pro-democracy community of 667K+ strong here on Bluesky. We've noticed more people than ever joining after recent moves by Meta. To those who are new, make sure to check out our Starter Pack to follow all MeidasTouch staff and contributors with one click!
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@defendpublichealth.bsky.social is composed of some of the leading scientists, public health experts, clinicians and patient advocates in the US. Our press release, see first comment, gives you a sense of the breadth of expertise of our membership. All of us are opposed to the RFK Jr. nomination. 1/
Scientists and doctors are mobilizing both for and against RFK. A new group says his confirmation would "significantly undermine" public health. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/u...
RFK Jr. Would ‘Significantly Undermine’ Public Health, a Group of Experts Says
A coalition opposing the nominee for health secretary includes faculty members from leading U.S. academic institutions, including public health schools at Yale and Havard.
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2025 at 11:07 AM
@defendpublichealth.bsky.social is composed of some of the leading scientists, public health experts, clinicians and patient advocates in the US. Our press release, see first comment, gives you a sense of the breadth of expertise of our membership. All of us are opposed to the RFK Jr. nomination. 1/
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We need you to call your Senators now. RFK Jr. is a clear and present danger to the health of all Americans. This is not a drill. Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to your member of Congress. end/ docs.google.com/document/d/1...
DPH Press Release.docx
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 13, 2025 Healthcare, Public Health, and Scientific Experts Call on the Senate to Reject RFK Jr. Nomination to Lead HHS CONTACT: Julie Scofield, 301-455-2558, jscofie...
docs.google.com
January 14, 2025 at 11:08 AM
We need you to call your Senators now. RFK Jr. is a clear and present danger to the health of all Americans. This is not a drill. Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to your member of Congress. end/ docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Did you know?
“More than 20 million egg-laying chickens in the U.S. died last quarter because of bird flu, data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows, marking the worst toll inflicted on America's egg supply since the outbreak began.”
www.kpax.com/news/nationa...
“More than 20 million egg-laying chickens in the U.S. died last quarter because of bird flu, data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows, marking the worst toll inflicted on America's egg supply since the outbreak began.”
www.kpax.com/news/nationa...
U.S. egg industry sees record chicken deaths from bird flu outbreak
Data from the USDA shows more than 20 million egg-laying chickens in the U.S. died last quarter because of bird flu.
www.kpax.com
January 14, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Did you know?
“More than 20 million egg-laying chickens in the U.S. died last quarter because of bird flu, data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows, marking the worst toll inflicted on America's egg supply since the outbreak began.”
www.kpax.com/news/nationa...
“More than 20 million egg-laying chickens in the U.S. died last quarter because of bird flu, data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows, marking the worst toll inflicted on America's egg supply since the outbreak began.”
www.kpax.com/news/nationa...
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Not going to pretend to be surprised about this because I wrote a book about January 6. But yes—if you were wondering—the most malevolent criminal in US political history is about to be POTUS in 6 days. It's an unimaginable situation, essentially a living nightmare, and very few fully comprehend it.
January 14, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Not going to pretend to be surprised about this because I wrote a book about January 6. But yes—if you were wondering—the most malevolent criminal in US political history is about to be POTUS in 6 days. It's an unimaginable situation, essentially a living nightmare, and very few fully comprehend it.
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#DemVoice1
One of my favorite columnists, Jennifer Rubin, has resigned from the Washington Post and launched a publication with Norm Eisen. As mainstream media declines, let the independent voice of reason thrive.
I subscribed
contrarian.substack.com
www.cnn.com/2025/01/13/m...
One of my favorite columnists, Jennifer Rubin, has resigned from the Washington Post and launched a publication with Norm Eisen. As mainstream media declines, let the independent voice of reason thrive.
I subscribed
contrarian.substack.com
www.cnn.com/2025/01/13/m...
Jen Rubin exits Washington Post, joins Norm Eisen to launch new outlet countering ‘authoritarian threat’ | CNN Business
Veteran opinion columnist Jennifer Rubin is becoming the latest in a long list of Washington Post figures to leave the troubled institution.
www.cnn.com
January 14, 2025 at 1:53 AM
#DemVoice1
One of my favorite columnists, Jennifer Rubin, has resigned from the Washington Post and launched a publication with Norm Eisen. As mainstream media declines, let the independent voice of reason thrive.
I subscribed
contrarian.substack.com
www.cnn.com/2025/01/13/m...
One of my favorite columnists, Jennifer Rubin, has resigned from the Washington Post and launched a publication with Norm Eisen. As mainstream media declines, let the independent voice of reason thrive.
I subscribed
contrarian.substack.com
www.cnn.com/2025/01/13/m...
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BREAKING: Merrick Garland has released volume one of the Jack Smith report
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
Report-of-Special-Counsel-Smith-Volume-1-January-2025
www.documentcloud.org
January 14, 2025 at 5:45 AM
BREAKING: Merrick Garland has released volume one of the Jack Smith report
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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The NIH have sent out a press release. Hopefully this will lead to a lot of coverage.
"NIH-funded study finds cases of ME/CFS increase following SARS-CoV-2"
www.nih.gov/news-events/...
#MEcfs #LongCovid
The NIH have sent out a press release. Hopefully this will lead to a lot of coverage.
"NIH-funded study finds cases of ME/CFS increase following SARS-CoV-2"
www.nih.gov/news-events/...
#MEcfs #LongCovid
January 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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The NIH have sent out a press release. Hopefully this will lead to a lot of coverage.
"NIH-funded study finds cases of ME/CFS increase following SARS-CoV-2"
www.nih.gov/news-events/...
#MEcfs #LongCovid
The NIH have sent out a press release. Hopefully this will lead to a lot of coverage.
"NIH-funded study finds cases of ME/CFS increase following SARS-CoV-2"
www.nih.gov/news-events/...
#MEcfs #LongCovid
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"The FBI background check on Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for defense secretary, does not include interviews with Hegseth’s ex-wives or with the woman who accused him of sexual assault in a California hotel room in 2017."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Pete Hegseth's FBI background check does not include interviews with key women from his past
The report doesn't have material from his ex-wives or a woman who accused Hegseth of sexual assault in 2017. Hegseth has said that encounter was consensual, and prosecutors never filed charges.
www.nbcnews.com
January 14, 2025 at 12:54 AM
"The FBI background check on Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for defense secretary, does not include interviews with Hegseth’s ex-wives or with the woman who accused him of sexual assault in a California hotel room in 2017."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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Want to know why egg prices are soaring? It’s because U.S. egg industry sees record chicken deaths from bird flu outbreak. USDA data shows more than 20 million egg-laying chickens in the U.S. died last quarter because of H5N1 bird flu.
www.kpax.com/news/nationa...
www.kpax.com/news/nationa...
U.S. egg industry sees record chicken deaths from bird flu outbreak
Data from the USDA shows more than 20 million egg-laying chickens in the U.S. died last quarter because of bird flu.
www.kpax.com
January 13, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Want to know why egg prices are soaring? It’s because U.S. egg industry sees record chicken deaths from bird flu outbreak. USDA data shows more than 20 million egg-laying chickens in the U.S. died last quarter because of H5N1 bird flu.
www.kpax.com/news/nationa...
www.kpax.com/news/nationa...
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This should be standard across all health care settings. Otherwise people will go in to treat one ailment only to go out with an illness
January 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This should be standard across all health care settings. Otherwise people will go in to treat one ailment only to go out with an illness
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For folks who may be missing a pet in the recent LA wildfires, you can search through this database to see if your pet was picked up and currently with Pasadena Humane!
I saw other animals such as a turtle, tortoise, and chickens as well ✨💖
👉: 24petconnect.com/psdn?sb=days...
I saw other animals such as a turtle, tortoise, and chickens as well ✨💖
👉: 24petconnect.com/psdn?sb=days...
January 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
For folks who may be missing a pet in the recent LA wildfires, you can search through this database to see if your pet was picked up and currently with Pasadena Humane!
I saw other animals such as a turtle, tortoise, and chickens as well ✨💖
👉: 24petconnect.com/psdn?sb=days...
I saw other animals such as a turtle, tortoise, and chickens as well ✨💖
👉: 24petconnect.com/psdn?sb=days...
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Sorry for the paywall, but the gist of the story is fireworks caused a fire on NYE, then winds may have reignited it.
It’s time to ban incendiary fireworks. Their benefit to society is far outstripped by the risks they pose to life, limb, property, pets, wildlife and the environment.
It’s time to ban incendiary fireworks. Their benefit to society is far outstripped by the risks they pose to life, limb, property, pets, wildlife and the environment.
What caused the Palisades blaze? Visual evidence points to a recent fire nearby.
The Post’s analysis offers evidence that the Palisades Fire started in the area where firefighters had spent hours using helicopters to knock down a blaze six days earlier.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 13, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Sorry for the paywall, but the gist of the story is fireworks caused a fire on NYE, then winds may have reignited it.
It’s time to ban incendiary fireworks. Their benefit to society is far outstripped by the risks they pose to life, limb, property, pets, wildlife and the environment.
It’s time to ban incendiary fireworks. Their benefit to society is far outstripped by the risks they pose to life, limb, property, pets, wildlife and the environment.
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#Trump anti-science loyalists #Project2025 🚫 working with #corp #polluters to intimidate #scientists & sideline #science 🔭 endangering communities and #earth 🌎
We have to stop attacks NOW! 🛑
DON'T let #LAFires happen again!
#demcast #bluecrew
PLEASE SIGN & SHARE
sign.moveon.org/petitions/de...
We have to stop attacks NOW! 🛑
DON'T let #LAFires happen again!
#demcast #bluecrew
PLEASE SIGN & SHARE
sign.moveon.org/petitions/de...
Defend the science and scientists that keep the public safe!
Please join science supporters, scientists, and experts in signing an open letter asking Congress to stand up against attempts to politicize or eliminate scientific roles, agencies, and federal resear...
sign.moveon.org
January 13, 2025 at 12:52 AM
#Trump anti-science loyalists #Project2025 🚫 working with #corp #polluters to intimidate #scientists & sideline #science 🔭 endangering communities and #earth 🌎
We have to stop attacks NOW! 🛑
DON'T let #LAFires happen again!
#demcast #bluecrew
PLEASE SIGN & SHARE
sign.moveon.org/petitions/de...
We have to stop attacks NOW! 🛑
DON'T let #LAFires happen again!
#demcast #bluecrew
PLEASE SIGN & SHARE
sign.moveon.org/petitions/de...
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Gift link to this long article about California home insurance.
Again: it's only in politics that climate change is considered a "debate." Where people actually have to deal with its effects, such as in the insurance industry, it's simply a fact. It'll be bad; what's unknown is just how bad.
Again: it's only in politics that climate change is considered a "debate." Where people actually have to deal with its effects, such as in the insurance industry, it's simply a fact. It'll be bad; what's unknown is just how bad.
Climate Change Risks Cracking California’s Insurance Market Wide Open
As the fires continue to rage, the disaster threatens to forever alter home insurance.
www.bloomberg.com
January 13, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Gift link to this long article about California home insurance.
Again: it's only in politics that climate change is considered a "debate." Where people actually have to deal with its effects, such as in the insurance industry, it's simply a fact. It'll be bad; what's unknown is just how bad.
Again: it's only in politics that climate change is considered a "debate." Where people actually have to deal with its effects, such as in the insurance industry, it's simply a fact. It'll be bad; what's unknown is just how bad.
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Research conducted in Los Angeles schools in 2022-23: in classrooms with HEPA air cleaners, average school-year PM2.5 was 39.9% lower and infiltration of outdoor PM2.5 into classrooms was 13.8–82.4% lower than non-HEPA classrooms, depending on the school.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Classroom air quality in a randomized crossover trial with portable HEPA air cleaners - Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology
Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology - Classroom air quality in a randomized crossover trial with portable HEPA air cleaners
www.nature.com
January 12, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Research conducted in Los Angeles schools in 2022-23: in classrooms with HEPA air cleaners, average school-year PM2.5 was 39.9% lower and infiltration of outdoor PM2.5 into classrooms was 13.8–82.4% lower than non-HEPA classrooms, depending on the school.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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"For those trying to avoid infection, it’s important to remember that measles is airborne and a N95 is protective against infection regardless of what you think your vaccine protection may be."
#MaskUp
#MaskUp
Measles has landed in Canada and there is a flash flood of questions
by @maryfernando.bsky.social
canadahealthwatch.ca/2024/03/27/m...
by @maryfernando.bsky.social
canadahealthwatch.ca/2024/03/27/m...
Measles has landed in Canada and there is a flash flood of questions
Canada Healthwatch | The most important health news, in one place.
canadahealthwatch.ca
January 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
"For those trying to avoid infection, it’s important to remember that measles is airborne and a N95 is protective against infection regardless of what you think your vaccine protection may be."
#MaskUp
#MaskUp
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N95 masks protect against wildfire smoke, airborne viruses, and more. They are an essential public health tool. Like condoms and many other public health tools, the government should make N95 masks free and easily accessible to the public throughout the year.
January 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
N95 masks protect against wildfire smoke, airborne viruses, and more. They are an essential public health tool. Like condoms and many other public health tools, the government should make N95 masks free and easily accessible to the public throughout the year.
Reposted by Sarah Holstein
The craziest thing is that these interventions actually save money.
Catching cancer early, preventing infectious disease and pregnancy are all so much more cost effective than their alternatives.
Not to mention BETTER FOR PATIENTS
Catching cancer early, preventing infectious disease and pregnancy are all so much more cost effective than their alternatives.
Not to mention BETTER FOR PATIENTS
The Supreme Court said Friday it will review the constitutionality of a provision of the Affordable Care Act that requires health plans to provide no-cost preventive care, including cancer screenings, immunizations and contraception, to millions of Americans.
Supreme Court to hear case challenging Obamacare’s preventive coverage
At issue is a provision requiring health-care plans to cover no-cost preventive care, including cancer screenings, immunizations and contraception. A Christian-owned business has challenged it.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The craziest thing is that these interventions actually save money.
Catching cancer early, preventing infectious disease and pregnancy are all so much more cost effective than their alternatives.
Not to mention BETTER FOR PATIENTS
Catching cancer early, preventing infectious disease and pregnancy are all so much more cost effective than their alternatives.
Not to mention BETTER FOR PATIENTS
Reposted by Sarah Holstein
Cats have up to a 67% mortality rate if they catch H5N1. It has already killed clusters of big cats in reserves and a lot of pet cats.
www.petmd.com/cat/conditio...
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www.petmd.com/cat/conditio...
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USDA Reported H5N1 Bird Flu Detections in Poultry
In February 2022, USDA’s APHIS announced an HPAI A(H5N1) virus outbreak in commercial poultry.
www.cdc.gov
January 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Cats have up to a 67% mortality rate if they catch H5N1. It has already killed clusters of big cats in reserves and a lot of pet cats.
www.petmd.com/cat/conditio...
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www.petmd.com/cat/conditio...
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