Druv Bhagavan
@druvbhagavan.bsky.social
Eternal Student 🩺🔬 | BME | 🫀👨🏿🔬 | Tinker, Tenor, Doctor (to be), Scientist | Health Policy & Advocacy | Obligate Archivist | Busy, Tired, Surviving | Opinions ⊆ {Mine} ⋂ {¬⚕️ Advice} | L/F/RT ≠ Endorse | 時々日本語
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For the first time in my career, I can’t tell people to trust what the CDC website says. And that is an incredibly sad and devastating place for this country to be.
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 AM
For the first time in my career, I can’t tell people to trust what the CDC website says. And that is an incredibly sad and devastating place for this country to be.
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If you are curious to know who has followed you, unfollowed you, or blocked you, there is a very useful tool which is highly recommended. It’s called therapy.
October 17, 2025 at 12:44 AM
If you are curious to know who has followed you, unfollowed you, or blocked you, there is a very useful tool which is highly recommended. It’s called therapy.
The most annoying part of daylight savings time is having to get up at 2 AM to locate and manually adjust all of the clocks you own. There are much better ways to spend an hour, IMO.
November 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The most annoying part of daylight savings time is having to get up at 2 AM to locate and manually adjust all of the clocks you own. There are much better ways to spend an hour, IMO.
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Firing everyone at the CDC because I love diseases. I think they are great. Big fan of diseases. We should have more diseases.
October 11, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Firing everyone at the CDC because I love diseases. I think they are great. Big fan of diseases. We should have more diseases.
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You know how there’s been this big push towards encouraging older people to do puzzles, cognitive games, and to learn new things to keep them from succumbing to dementia?
Wonder where that’s gonna go with the rise of “outsource your cognitive functions to AI, it’ll be convenient” culture
Wonder where that’s gonna go with the rise of “outsource your cognitive functions to AI, it’ll be convenient” culture
Cognition is like strength. Use is required to not just gain, but maintain. The more thinking and cognitive work we offload, the duller we become as a result.
It's like deciding you'll use a mobility scooter without need and then figuring out a year later that you can no longer walk.
It's like deciding you'll use a mobility scooter without need and then figuring out a year later that you can no longer walk.
October 9, 2025 at 9:52 PM
You know how there’s been this big push towards encouraging older people to do puzzles, cognitive games, and to learn new things to keep them from succumbing to dementia?
Wonder where that’s gonna go with the rise of “outsource your cognitive functions to AI, it’ll be convenient” culture
Wonder where that’s gonna go with the rise of “outsource your cognitive functions to AI, it’ll be convenient” culture
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This is called policy-based evidence making (the antipode of evidence-based policymaking, a thing we should all want)
This perfectly encapsulates how right-wing politics works and why it is so dangerous.
Rather than observing the world as it is and proposing changes, right-wing politics start with an idealized conception of the world and go about reshaping reality to confirm to that vision.
Rather than observing the world as it is and proposing changes, right-wing politics start with an idealized conception of the world and go about reshaping reality to confirm to that vision.
RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."
October 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This is called policy-based evidence making (the antipode of evidence-based policymaking, a thing we should all want)
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Druv ‘The Bookmark’ Bhagavan
I'm not even using the bookmarks. I don't need 'em. 😂
October 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Druv ‘The Bookmark’ Bhagavan
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October 8, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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I'm at the intersection of "we needed this rain" and "this is great napping weather"
September 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I'm at the intersection of "we needed this rain" and "this is great napping weather"
Gomez Addams would never do this.
My boss told me he wrote his wife's birthday card with chat gpt
September 18, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Gomez Addams would never do this.
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I'd like to announce the formation of my new band.
September 16, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I'd like to announce the formation of my new band.
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Claiming that routine immunization requirements for school are an issue of parental rights dehumanizes children. Kids have intrinsic rights just as anyone, and parents are obligated to provide the best care possible for them. That includes providing them with indicated medical interventions.
September 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Claiming that routine immunization requirements for school are an issue of parental rights dehumanizes children. Kids have intrinsic rights just as anyone, and parents are obligated to provide the best care possible for them. That includes providing them with indicated medical interventions.
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get someone who can do both 💅
OUT: Demure & mindful
IN: Hootin' & hollerin'
IN: Hootin' & hollerin'
September 3, 2025 at 8:52 PM
get someone who can do both 💅
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OUT: Demure & mindful
IN: Hootin' & hollerin'
IN: Hootin' & hollerin'
September 3, 2025 at 8:49 PM
OUT: Demure & mindful
IN: Hootin' & hollerin'
IN: Hootin' & hollerin'
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A kind reminder that a "politics of you deserved this" (cancer, vaccine-preventable disease, natural disaster, etc) has no place in public health. We can hold bad actors to account without punching down on the groups most harmed by their actions and/or resorting to shame, blame, and stigma.
September 3, 2025 at 10:38 AM
A kind reminder that a "politics of you deserved this" (cancer, vaccine-preventable disease, natural disaster, etc) has no place in public health. We can hold bad actors to account without punching down on the groups most harmed by their actions and/or resorting to shame, blame, and stigma.
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Maybe I’m not overthinking, maybe I’m just regular thinking about stuff that shouldn’t be happening
August 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Maybe I’m not overthinking, maybe I’m just regular thinking about stuff that shouldn’t be happening
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When I accidentally drain the bath water in the middle of my existential crisis
October 4, 2024 at 12:45 AM
When I accidentally drain the bath water in the middle of my existential crisis
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I’m sorry but the “should scientists be activists” train left the station for the last time when we started spending billions to build concentration camps. I feel like you guys are engaging with the science stuff as though the camps thing is like, happening on a different TV show
August 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I’m sorry but the “should scientists be activists” train left the station for the last time when we started spending billions to build concentration camps. I feel like you guys are engaging with the science stuff as though the camps thing is like, happening on a different TV show
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ok
THIS will be the week i figure out my life
i mean it this time
THIS will be the week i figure out my life
i mean it this time
ok
THIS will be the week i figure out my life
THIS will be the week i figure out my life
August 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
ok
THIS will be the week i figure out my life
i mean it this time
THIS will be the week i figure out my life
i mean it this time
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I think if you are doing mental gymnastics trying to justify whether any innocent child should suffer, you're probably pretty evil and should be kept away from society, especially children
August 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I think if you are doing mental gymnastics trying to justify whether any innocent child should suffer, you're probably pretty evil and should be kept away from society, especially children
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TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO DOUBTED ME WHEN I WAS A KID: you called it, congrats
August 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO DOUBTED ME WHEN I WAS A KID: you called it, congrats
This is due to the incredible efforts of a bunch of wonderful people working hard behind the scenes. Super excited to see this new momentum! We're already getting to work. 🔥
AMA has stayed largely quiet as the Trump administration roils the state of science in the U.S. Now the largest group representing physicians is changing course: “We have to stand up for science,” CEO John Whyte tells @theresagaff.bsky.social
www.statnews.com/2025/08/13/a...
www.statnews.com/2025/08/13/a...
Inside the American Medical Association's sudden strategy shift in Washington
The AMA has shifted from a behind-the-scenes lobbying strategy to more forceful public advocacy against President Trump's health care policies.
www.statnews.com
August 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
This is due to the incredible efforts of a bunch of wonderful people working hard behind the scenes. Super excited to see this new momentum! We're already getting to work. 🔥
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It’s about damn time.
AMA has stayed largely quiet as the Trump administration roils the state of science in the U.S. Now the largest group representing physicians is changing course: “We have to stand up for science,” CEO John Whyte tells @theresagaff.bsky.social
www.statnews.com/2025/08/13/a...
www.statnews.com/2025/08/13/a...
Inside the American Medical Association's sudden strategy shift in Washington
The AMA has shifted from a behind-the-scenes lobbying strategy to more forceful public advocacy against President Trump's health care policies.
www.statnews.com
August 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
It’s about damn time.