Lisa H. Merck MD MPH
@fiddlehead.bsky.social
Emergency Medicine physician, clinical trialist, mom.
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Florida’s latest attempt at a data dashboard reveals a familiar, yet chilling pattern: citizens caught in ICE operations, data quietly deleted, and a government once again manipulating the truth to fit its narrative.
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NEW: Florida caught fudging immigration data
Florida’s latest dashboard exposed a chilling pattern: citizens caught in ICE operations, data quietly deleted, and a government once again manipulating the truth to fit its narrative.
open.substack.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Florida’s latest attempt at a data dashboard reveals a familiar, yet chilling pattern: citizens caught in ICE operations, data quietly deleted, and a government once again manipulating the truth to fit its narrative.
open.substack.com/pub/rebekahj...
open.substack.com/pub/rebekahj...
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Check out this crowd shot we got in Portland.
What a hellhole, amirite?
What a hellhole, amirite?
October 18, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Check out this crowd shot we got in Portland.
What a hellhole, amirite?
What a hellhole, amirite?
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Reposted by Lisa H. Merck MD MPH
Only 25% of countries include neurological disorders in universal health coverage packages.
Critical services are often out of reach in low- & middle-income countries, incl.:
📂 Stroke units & neurointensive care units
📂 Paediatric neurology
📂 Rehabilitation
📂 Palliative care
🔗 bit.ly/4oj81yH
Critical services are often out of reach in low- & middle-income countries, incl.:
📂 Stroke units & neurointensive care units
📂 Paediatric neurology
📂 Rehabilitation
📂 Palliative care
🔗 bit.ly/4oj81yH
October 18, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Only 25% of countries include neurological disorders in universal health coverage packages.
Critical services are often out of reach in low- & middle-income countries, incl.:
📂 Stroke units & neurointensive care units
📂 Paediatric neurology
📂 Rehabilitation
📂 Palliative care
🔗 bit.ly/4oj81yH
Critical services are often out of reach in low- & middle-income countries, incl.:
📂 Stroke units & neurointensive care units
📂 Paediatric neurology
📂 Rehabilitation
📂 Palliative care
🔗 bit.ly/4oj81yH
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We recognize Persons Day in Canada is October 18
It marks the day in 1929 when the historic decision to include women in the legal definition of “persons”.
#PersonsDay #WomenArePersons #EqualityInAction #WomenInPolitics #CanadianHistory #GenderEquality #WomenEmpowerment #NSFM
It marks the day in 1929 when the historic decision to include women in the legal definition of “persons”.
#PersonsDay #WomenArePersons #EqualityInAction #WomenInPolitics #CanadianHistory #GenderEquality #WomenEmpowerment #NSFM
October 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
We recognize Persons Day in Canada is October 18
It marks the day in 1929 when the historic decision to include women in the legal definition of “persons”.
#PersonsDay #WomenArePersons #EqualityInAction #WomenInPolitics #CanadianHistory #GenderEquality #WomenEmpowerment #NSFM
It marks the day in 1929 when the historic decision to include women in the legal definition of “persons”.
#PersonsDay #WomenArePersons #EqualityInAction #WomenInPolitics #CanadianHistory #GenderEquality #WomenEmpowerment #NSFM
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'Morning conversation', linocut by Olesya Dzhurayeva, contemporary Ukrainian printmaker #WomensArt
August 10, 2025 at 4:56 AM
'Morning conversation', linocut by Olesya Dzhurayeva, contemporary Ukrainian printmaker #WomensArt
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Texas prepares for war as invasion of flesh-eating flies appears imminent https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/08/texas-prepares-for-war-as-invasion-of-flesh-eating-flies-appears-imminent/
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
August 9, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Texas prepares for war as invasion of flesh-eating flies appears imminent https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/08/texas-prepares-for-war-as-invasion-of-flesh-eating-flies-appears-imminent/
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
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Our hearts are broken for David Rose’s wife, 2 kids and his baby on the way. He was only 33 and died protecting CDC and ATL.
We don’t have words to do justice to his sacrifice right now. We are looking for ways to support the family. 💔
We don’t have words to do justice to his sacrifice right now. We are looking for ways to support the family. 💔
Remembering Officer David Rose | FOX 5 News
YouTube video by FOX 5 Atlanta
youtu.be
August 9, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Our hearts are broken for David Rose’s wife, 2 kids and his baby on the way. He was only 33 and died protecting CDC and ATL.
We don’t have words to do justice to his sacrifice right now. We are looking for ways to support the family. 💔
We don’t have words to do justice to his sacrifice right now. We are looking for ways to support the family. 💔
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Pavillin de Thé, 2012 by Lisbon based artist Joana Vasconcelos #womensart
August 9, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Pavillin de Thé, 2012 by Lisbon based artist Joana Vasconcelos #womensart
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Ok, #medsky #lawsky #policysky, so if this is the data, then what do we need to do to make this better?
#meded #obgyn #healthpolicy #publichealth 🧪
#meded #obgyn #healthpolicy #publichealth 🧪
Since Dobbs, 35% of obstetricians have left the state of Idaho
That is a lot
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
That is a lot
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Change in OB/GYN Physicians Practicing Obstetrics After the Dobbs Decision
This cohort study evaluates changes in the number of obstetrics and gynecology physicians practicing in Idaho after the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization Supreme Court decision.
jamanetwork.com
August 1, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Ok, #medsky #lawsky #policysky, so if this is the data, then what do we need to do to make this better?
#meded #obgyn #healthpolicy #publichealth 🧪
#meded #obgyn #healthpolicy #publichealth 🧪
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Dear @stephencolbert.bsky.social,
Thanks for all the years of speaking truth to power & finding the funny in fascism.
Looking forward to following you wherever you land,
Your fan, Mar🐫
Thanks for all the years of speaking truth to power & finding the funny in fascism.
Looking forward to following you wherever you land,
Your fan, Mar🐫
July 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Dear @stephencolbert.bsky.social,
Thanks for all the years of speaking truth to power & finding the funny in fascism.
Looking forward to following you wherever you land,
Your fan, Mar🐫
Thanks for all the years of speaking truth to power & finding the funny in fascism.
Looking forward to following you wherever you land,
Your fan, Mar🐫
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July 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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CamDam shoos an orangespotted filefish up up and away #orangespottedfilefish #filefish #damselfish #camdam #territorial #shoo #scram #getouttahere #upupandaway #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity
July 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
CamDam shoos an orangespotted filefish up up and away #orangespottedfilefish #filefish #damselfish #camdam #territorial #shoo #scram #getouttahere #upupandaway #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity
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Images in quoted post contain body bags. That's the reality of the pandemic that people like to conveniently forget. Healthcare workers coming home exhausted and afraid they'd infect their family, leaving the field because of the mounting trauma and stress, fighting for supplies we take for granted.
What an unserious person. I will never be able to unsee the people suffocating in their own bodies because the virus melted their lungs. Whole families showing up together at the brink of death. Myself & my colleagues putting on garbage bags & months-old N95 to resuscitate them in hospital driveways
June 12, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Images in quoted post contain body bags. That's the reality of the pandemic that people like to conveniently forget. Healthcare workers coming home exhausted and afraid they'd infect their family, leaving the field because of the mounting trauma and stress, fighting for supplies we take for granted.
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'Rising Tides' by contemporary US painter Samantha French #WomensArt
June 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
'Rising Tides' by contemporary US painter Samantha French #WomensArt
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As vezes eu acho que eles gostam um pouco da gente.
Sometimes, I believe they really like us here!
#Birds #Aves #birdphotography #photography
Sometimes, I believe they really like us here!
#Birds #Aves #birdphotography #photography
June 8, 2025 at 2:01 AM
As vezes eu acho que eles gostam um pouco da gente.
Sometimes, I believe they really like us here!
#Birds #Aves #birdphotography #photography
Sometimes, I believe they really like us here!
#Birds #Aves #birdphotography #photography
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Southern stingray (minus a tail barb) glides through Coral City unbothered, moisturized, and it’s in own lane #southernstingray #stingraysofcoralcity #stingray #stingraycity #unbothered #moisturized #inmylane #glide #smoothoperator #coral #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity
June 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Southern stingray (minus a tail barb) glides through Coral City unbothered, moisturized, and it’s in own lane #southernstingray #stingraysofcoralcity #stingray #stingraycity #unbothered #moisturized #inmylane #glide #smoothoperator #coral #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity
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US painter Maria Oakey Dewing,
A Bed of Poppies, (c.1909) #WomensArt
A Bed of Poppies, (c.1909) #WomensArt
June 8, 2025 at 10:46 AM
US painter Maria Oakey Dewing,
A Bed of Poppies, (c.1909) #WomensArt
A Bed of Poppies, (c.1909) #WomensArt
Reposted by Lisa H. Merck MD MPH
Reposted by Lisa H. Merck MD MPH
“Tasted a little tear gas— tasted like fascism”
June 8, 2025 at 4:40 AM
“Tasted a little tear gas— tasted like fascism”