@fussam.bsky.social
Practitioner of medicine. Vaccines save lives. Husband and dad. History geek. Central New Jerseyan by birth. He/him.
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I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
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🔥 COACH SULLY: “Let’s see what $4.3 TRILLION looks like when each party gets their hands on it… the oligarchs are laughing all the way to the bank (with Republicans)…”
October 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
🔥 COACH SULLY: “Let’s see what $4.3 TRILLION looks like when each party gets their hands on it… the oligarchs are laughing all the way to the bank (with Republicans)…”
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After yesterday’s rambling press conference on acetaminophen and autism, I wrote for TIME about the disastrous medical guidance offered by the president and why this was even worse than the ‘inject bleach’ press conference during Covid
OpEd and accompanying video interview👇
time.com/7319680/crai...
OpEd and accompanying video interview👇
time.com/7319680/crai...
Trump Is Breaking Americans’ Trust in Doctors
"The President riffed on claims so easily disproven that they bordered on absurd," writes Dr. Craig Spencer.
time.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:46 PM
After yesterday’s rambling press conference on acetaminophen and autism, I wrote for TIME about the disastrous medical guidance offered by the president and why this was even worse than the ‘inject bleach’ press conference during Covid
OpEd and accompanying video interview👇
time.com/7319680/crai...
OpEd and accompanying video interview👇
time.com/7319680/crai...
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October 22, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.
October 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.
It’s taken 7 months to ruin the CDC - the world authority in public health and identifying/managing emerging infections - in the effort to legitimize pseudoscience. What a loss for this country.
In Atlanta, staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gathered to applaud colleagues who resigned following the firing of Director Susan Monarez. With four top officials stepping down, many now feel that the CDC is effectively finished.
US CDC chief fired after weeks in role, challenges ouster as four top officials resign
Susan Monarez has been fired less than a month after being sworn in, and four senior officials have resigned amid growing tensions over vaccine policies and public health directives.
www.reuters.com
August 29, 2025 at 1:31 AM
It’s taken 7 months to ruin the CDC - the world authority in public health and identifying/managing emerging infections - in the effort to legitimize pseudoscience. What a loss for this country.
I am disappointed in the MGW and Eze outcomes but #THFC was done dirty by both Forest and CP. First club somehow was able to not honor a release clause and the second strung us along while awaiting a call from Arsenal. I hope our disdain for them will fuel us to smashing victory when we play.
August 21, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I am disappointed in the MGW and Eze outcomes but #THFC was done dirty by both Forest and CP. First club somehow was able to not honor a release clause and the second strung us along while awaiting a call from Arsenal. I hope our disdain for them will fuel us to smashing victory when we play.
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It has taken medical science 200 years to advance humans to the point where people are so healthy and living so long that they can deny that science and medicine is what got us here.
July 30, 2025 at 11:57 AM
It has taken medical science 200 years to advance humans to the point where people are so healthy and living so long that they can deny that science and medicine is what got us here.
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And yet Joe Rogan puts guests on who say "Vaccines aren't actually responsible for the reduction in infectious diseases.”
March 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
And yet Joe Rogan puts guests on who say "Vaccines aren't actually responsible for the reduction in infectious diseases.”
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For those supporting this obscene violation of due process and expansion of governmental overreach to detain and deport legal residents without due process, please research authoritarian regimes.
Today they'll use it against a group you don't like, but it will be turned on you tomorrow.
Today they'll use it against a group you don't like, but it will be turned on you tomorrow.
March 10, 2025 at 3:18 AM
For those supporting this obscene violation of due process and expansion of governmental overreach to detain and deport legal residents without due process, please research authoritarian regimes.
Today they'll use it against a group you don't like, but it will be turned on you tomorrow.
Today they'll use it against a group you don't like, but it will be turned on you tomorrow.
The WH meeting today where Ukrainian President Zelensky was browbeaten was wrong. The behavior of the American President, VP, and assorted officials was an embarrassment to this country.
February 28, 2025 at 10:24 PM
The WH meeting today where Ukrainian President Zelensky was browbeaten was wrong. The behavior of the American President, VP, and assorted officials was an embarrassment to this country.
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When I was a child, I learned that the Constitution didn’t apply to people like us. I said the Pledge of Allegiance from inside a barbed wire camp, the words “with liberty and justice for all” wholly meaningless.
But I did not give up on America. I’ve spent my life fighting for its ideals.
But I did not give up on America. I’ve spent my life fighting for its ideals.
When we were children, we were taught that no matter how you reached, no matter much wealth and power you accumulated, you were not above the law.
We can no longer teach our children that.
And that's really fucking tragic.
We can no longer teach our children that.
And that's really fucking tragic.
November 24, 2024 at 9:57 AM
When I was a child, I learned that the Constitution didn’t apply to people like us. I said the Pledge of Allegiance from inside a barbed wire camp, the words “with liberty and justice for all” wholly meaningless.
But I did not give up on America. I’ve spent my life fighting for its ideals.
But I did not give up on America. I’ve spent my life fighting for its ideals.
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it does me no good to sit and read about all the things trump is doing because i have been paying attention. when he showed me who he was i believed him and none of this is a surprise. oklahoma has been living under project 2025 for years. i already know what’s going to happen i live in it.
November 24, 2024 at 8:18 PM
it does me no good to sit and read about all the things trump is doing because i have been paying attention. when he showed me who he was i believed him and none of this is a surprise. oklahoma has been living under project 2025 for years. i already know what’s going to happen i live in it.
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Very well designed study on a really important question 👏🏼 @merellambregts.bsky.social
Inappropriate application of diagnostic tests/thresholds is a major issue in UTI (& clin micro generally).
The mixed culture data confirms what others have shown; they are relevant in this pt grp.
#UTISky
Inappropriate application of diagnostic tests/thresholds is a major issue in UTI (& clin micro generally).
The mixed culture data confirms what others have shown; they are relevant in this pt grp.
#UTISky
Meant to share this study by @merellambregts.bsky.social's team
@cjcrnich.bsky.social 😊 when you & I were on #Breakpoints we were asked whether there was a pyuria cutoff to help differentiate btw infection & colonization
Here may be one (in elderly ♀️ at least) #IDSky
academic.oup.com/cid/article/...
@cjcrnich.bsky.social 😊 when you & I were on #Breakpoints we were asked whether there was a pyuria cutoff to help differentiate btw infection & colonization
Here may be one (in elderly ♀️ at least) #IDSky
academic.oup.com/cid/article/...
Current Pyuria Cutoffs Promote Inappropriate Urinary Tract Infection Diagnosis in Older Women
The degree of pyuria can help distinguish urinary tract infection (UTI) in older women from asymptomatic women with and without bacteriuria. We demonstrate
academic.oup.com
November 24, 2024 at 9:13 AM
Very well designed study on a really important question 👏🏼 @merellambregts.bsky.social
Inappropriate application of diagnostic tests/thresholds is a major issue in UTI (& clin micro generally).
The mixed culture data confirms what others have shown; they are relevant in this pt grp.
#UTISky
Inappropriate application of diagnostic tests/thresholds is a major issue in UTI (& clin micro generally).
The mixed culture data confirms what others have shown; they are relevant in this pt grp.
#UTISky
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Spurs under Postecoglou are much better than they were Precoglou.
November 23, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Spurs under Postecoglou are much better than they were Precoglou.
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Freddy Mercury died of AIDS 33 years ago today. With modern medical technology, he likely would have lived. Never forget how much progress against major infectious disease has been made in a short time. We are at risk now of rolling back much of that progress.
November 23, 2024 at 8:04 PM
Freddy Mercury died of AIDS 33 years ago today. With modern medical technology, he likely would have lived. Never forget how much progress against major infectious disease has been made in a short time. We are at risk now of rolling back much of that progress.
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I think it speaks volumes that right wingers criticize bluesky for being “liberal” and “left wing”, when it’s really just that hate speech isn’t allowed.
November 23, 2024 at 5:29 AM
I think it speaks volumes that right wingers criticize bluesky for being “liberal” and “left wing”, when it’s really just that hate speech isn’t allowed.
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The real secret to the "Mediterranean diet" is eating equal qualities of pasta and antipasto so that they annihilate one another
November 21, 2024 at 1:42 PM
The real secret to the "Mediterranean diet" is eating equal qualities of pasta and antipasto so that they annihilate one another
That is exceptional grace from Sarah McBride.
This is how you do it. Sarah McBride is going to be an extraordinary member of congress.
November 20, 2024 at 10:33 PM
That is exceptional grace from Sarah McBride.
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This is great!
November 20, 2024 at 2:03 AM
This is great!
Hilarious!
I’m trying to re-home a small poodle that barks a LOT. If interested let me know and I'II hop over my neighbor's fence and get it for you.
November 20, 2024 at 12:10 AM
Hilarious!
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I open my Bluesky feed and it is full of really cool people saying really smart things and being really passionate about really interesting stuff.
I like this version of social media, and the world.
Thanks, folks.
I like this version of social media, and the world.
Thanks, folks.
November 19, 2024 at 12:53 PM
I open my Bluesky feed and it is full of really cool people saying really smart things and being really passionate about really interesting stuff.
I like this version of social media, and the world.
Thanks, folks.
I like this version of social media, and the world.
Thanks, folks.
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I am finding it quite unbearable to watch Sarah McBride bear the grotesque attack of her colleagues with so much grace. I know it is what we have been taught to expect of trailblazers, but I am increasingly struggling to accept this.
November 19, 2024 at 2:55 PM
I am finding it quite unbearable to watch Sarah McBride bear the grotesque attack of her colleagues with so much grace. I know it is what we have been taught to expect of trailblazers, but I am increasingly struggling to accept this.
You followed your conscience.
Bullshit. If I had wanted power, I would have kept my mouth shut.
I preferred my conscience.
I preferred my conscience.
November 19, 2024 at 6:53 PM
You followed your conscience.
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Bullshit. If I had wanted power, I would have kept my mouth shut.
I preferred my conscience.
I preferred my conscience.
November 19, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Bullshit. If I had wanted power, I would have kept my mouth shut.
I preferred my conscience.
I preferred my conscience.