Dr. Sharon
@drsharon.bsky.social
#speakupforkids
ex-#tweetiatrician
ex-#tweetiatrician
The 2009 swine flu pandemic showed me how devastating and deadly #influenza can be. I still tell those stories today when I discuss arming our immune systems with updated flu shots.
#vaccinessavelives
#vaccinessavelives
2. #CDC reports that of the kids who died who were eligible for vaccine (ie 6 months & older) & for from vaccination status is know, 89% hadn't been vaxed for the 2024-25 season.
There was vaccine available. In 2009, during the pandemic, vaccine became available as the major wave subsided.
Tragic
There was vaccine available. In 2009, during the pandemic, vaccine became available as the major wave subsided.
Tragic
July 23, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The 2009 swine flu pandemic showed me how devastating and deadly #influenza can be. I still tell those stories today when I discuss arming our immune systems with updated flu shots.
#vaccinessavelives
#vaccinessavelives
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UPDATED TODAY: If you're looking to get in touch with us about a specific issue related to the Trump administration, we've got a list of the federal agencies/topics our reporters are covering + their secure contact information 👇
What ProPublica’s Reporters Are Covering During Donald Trump’s Second Presidency — and How to Contact Them
From Trump’s relationships with billionaires to immigration, here are some of the issues and topics our reporters are watching during his second presidency.
www.propublica.org
June 17, 2025 at 2:01 AM
UPDATED TODAY: If you're looking to get in touch with us about a specific issue related to the Trump administration, we've got a list of the federal agencies/topics our reporters are covering + their secure contact information 👇
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NEW: The Trump administration is quietly putting America’s children at risk by cutting funds and manpower for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support payments, providing child care and much more.
The Trump Administration’s War on Children
The administration is quietly putting America’s children at risk by cutting funds and manpower for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support payments, providing child care and much more.
www.propublica.org
April 23, 2025 at 12:30 PM
NEW: The Trump administration is quietly putting America’s children at risk by cutting funds and manpower for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support payments, providing child care and much more.
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Well the NIH has cancelled the Women's Health Initiative, the largest study of women in history
It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women
Unreal
www.science.org/content/arti...
It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women
Unreal
www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
www.science.org
April 23, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Well the NIH has cancelled the Women's Health Initiative, the largest study of women in history
It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women
Unreal
www.science.org/content/arti...
It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women
Unreal
www.science.org/content/arti...
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By defying the Supreme Court’s order to return Abrego Garcia from El Salvador, Trump is laying the groundwork to do the same to U.S. citizens.
Now is the time to speak out — before there is no one left to speak.
We are on a path towards dictatorship.
Now is the time to speak out — before there is no one left to speak.
We are on a path towards dictatorship.
April 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
By defying the Supreme Court’s order to return Abrego Garcia from El Salvador, Trump is laying the groundwork to do the same to U.S. citizens.
Now is the time to speak out — before there is no one left to speak.
We are on a path towards dictatorship.
Now is the time to speak out — before there is no one left to speak.
We are on a path towards dictatorship.
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They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
April 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
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60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
April 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
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This is beautiful - as scientists are fired or lost their federal funding, Silenced Stories generates awareness and advocacy. #CantFireScience
If you have a story, share it here: forms.gle/XnC9kyp9uTaZ...
silencedsciencestories.com/the-scientists
@silencedscience.bsky.social
If you have a story, share it here: forms.gle/XnC9kyp9uTaZ...
silencedsciencestories.com/the-scientists
@silencedscience.bsky.social
April 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This is beautiful - as scientists are fired or lost their federal funding, Silenced Stories generates awareness and advocacy. #CantFireScience
If you have a story, share it here: forms.gle/XnC9kyp9uTaZ...
silencedsciencestories.com/the-scientists
@silencedscience.bsky.social
If you have a story, share it here: forms.gle/XnC9kyp9uTaZ...
silencedsciencestories.com/the-scientists
@silencedscience.bsky.social
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🚨Georgetown University Law Center students are detailing which law firms have caved and which have stood up to the Trump regime. They have created this spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely.
Legal Industry Responses to Fascist Attacks Tracker (Public)
docs.google.com
April 3, 2025 at 4:41 AM
🚨Georgetown University Law Center students are detailing which law firms have caved and which have stood up to the Trump regime. They have created this spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely.
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The lesson of today is: Never let impostor syndrome hold you back. There's almost no way you're actually less competent than some of the people in charge.
April 3, 2025 at 12:40 AM
The lesson of today is: Never let impostor syndrome hold you back. There's almost no way you're actually less competent than some of the people in charge.
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From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA
March 22, 2025 at 10:44 AM
From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA
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Mission Accomplished
March 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Mission Accomplished
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Stand Up for Science
Burlington, Vermont
Burlington, Vermont
March 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Stand Up for Science
Burlington, Vermont
Burlington, Vermont
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Medicaid covers...
-40% of births nationwide
-50% of kids with special needs
-72 million people in total
Remember this as Republicans move to gut the program to finance tax cuts that will overwhelmingly go to the richest 1% of Americans.
"Party of family values."
-40% of births nationwide
-50% of kids with special needs
-72 million people in total
Remember this as Republicans move to gut the program to finance tax cuts that will overwhelmingly go to the richest 1% of Americans.
"Party of family values."
March 3, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Medicaid covers...
-40% of births nationwide
-50% of kids with special needs
-72 million people in total
Remember this as Republicans move to gut the program to finance tax cuts that will overwhelmingly go to the richest 1% of Americans.
"Party of family values."
-40% of births nationwide
-50% of kids with special needs
-72 million people in total
Remember this as Republicans move to gut the program to finance tax cuts that will overwhelmingly go to the richest 1% of Americans.
"Party of family values."
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You have “good insurance” through your job?
Well your pediatrician’s office could fold and the [oncologist, neonatologist, critical care, pediatric surgeon, pulmonologist, infectious diseases, nephrologist, etc] that your child needs may not be there anymore when half their payment base collapses.
Well your pediatrician’s office could fold and the [oncologist, neonatologist, critical care, pediatric surgeon, pulmonologist, infectious diseases, nephrologist, etc] that your child needs may not be there anymore when half their payment base collapses.
March 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
You have “good insurance” through your job?
Well your pediatrician’s office could fold and the [oncologist, neonatologist, critical care, pediatric surgeon, pulmonologist, infectious diseases, nephrologist, etc] that your child needs may not be there anymore when half their payment base collapses.
Well your pediatrician’s office could fold and the [oncologist, neonatologist, critical care, pediatric surgeon, pulmonologist, infectious diseases, nephrologist, etc] that your child needs may not be there anymore when half their payment base collapses.
March 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Kids are 22% of the US population but 100% of the future.
- AAP President Sue Kressly
#speakupforkids #AAPAdvocacy #AAPAdCon
- AAP President Sue Kressly
#speakupforkids #AAPAdvocacy #AAPAdCon
March 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Kids are 22% of the US population but 100% of the future.
- AAP President Sue Kressly
#speakupforkids #AAPAdvocacy #AAPAdCon
- AAP President Sue Kressly
#speakupforkids #AAPAdvocacy #AAPAdCon
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Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s idea of efficiency is stopping research on curing cancer.
February 14, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s idea of efficiency is stopping research on curing cancer.
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This should really be titled Recognizing Vaccine Preventable Diseases. I think the hardest part is going to be picking these out of the more common diseases we see. Fixed the title and the degrees! #pedsICU
February 14, 2025 at 3:10 AM
This should really be titled Recognizing Vaccine Preventable Diseases. I think the hardest part is going to be picking these out of the more common diseases we see. Fixed the title and the degrees! #pedsICU
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A measles outbreak in Gaines County, Texas, is growing, with 24 cases and at least 14 hospitalizations—mainly among children. Low vaccination rates are fueling the crisis. Outbreaks like this will become more common as vaccine misinformation spreads and laws weaken immunization requirements.
Measles Outbreak Mounts Among Children in One of Texas’ Least Vaccinated Counties - KFF Health News
With hospitalizations and at least nine confirmed cases, health officials race to contain a growing outbreak in a community with low vaccination.
kffhealthnews.org
February 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
A measles outbreak in Gaines County, Texas, is growing, with 24 cases and at least 14 hospitalizations—mainly among children. Low vaccination rates are fueling the crisis. Outbreaks like this will become more common as vaccine misinformation spreads and laws weaken immunization requirements.
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I've met with many cabinet nominees across many admins, and my meeting with RFK Jr. was by far the most troubling.
He rattled off debunked conspiracy theories & lied to my face—denying his own statements he'd made on record. We cannot confirm an anti-vaxxer as Secretary of Health.
He rattled off debunked conspiracy theories & lied to my face—denying his own statements he'd made on record. We cannot confirm an anti-vaxxer as Secretary of Health.
"He threw out so many nonsense, nonsensical questions and statements that it was head-spinning," Washington's senator said of her private meeting with Kennedy.
Patty Murray says RFK Jr. meeting was most troubling she's had in 32 years
"He threw out so many nonsense, nonsensical questions and statements that it was head-spinning," Washington's senator said of her private meeting with Kennedy.
www.seattletimes.com
February 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I've met with many cabinet nominees across many admins, and my meeting with RFK Jr. was by far the most troubling.
He rattled off debunked conspiracy theories & lied to my face—denying his own statements he'd made on record. We cannot confirm an anti-vaxxer as Secretary of Health.
He rattled off debunked conspiracy theories & lied to my face—denying his own statements he'd made on record. We cannot confirm an anti-vaxxer as Secretary of Health.
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this is the sort of thing you post when you’re ramping up to defying lawful court orders
February 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
this is the sort of thing you post when you’re ramping up to defying lawful court orders
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Welcome to the Dark Ages.
February 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Welcome to the Dark Ages.