Jack Iwashyna
@iwashyna.bsky.social
I work at Johns Hopkins to help patients + their loved ones heal from critical illness. I mentor clinicians and other scholars to become exceptional scientists.
Democracy is a Social Determinant of Health (#SDoH). Preserve it
Also #GreenlandIsInNATO, ffs
Democracy is a Social Determinant of Health (#SDoH). Preserve it
Also #GreenlandIsInNATO, ffs
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Jack Iwashyna
@iwashyna.bsky.social
· Jun 26
On Not Betraying Our Trainees, Especially Now | American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine | Articles in Press
www.atsjournals.org
“On Not Betraying Our Trainees, Especially Now”
I won an Extraordinary Achievement Award from the Critical Care Assembly last month
The @atscommunity.bsky.social premier journal @atsblueeditor.bsky.social TODAY published the remarks I made on that occasion
www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1164/...
I won an Extraordinary Achievement Award from the Critical Care Assembly last month
The @atscommunity.bsky.social premier journal @atsblueeditor.bsky.social TODAY published the remarks I made on that occasion
www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1164/...
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The real “domestic terrorists” are in the White House.
The victim, Alex Jeffrey Pretti, was reportedly a law abiding US citizen & an ICU nurse at the VA. He was licensed to carry a firearm.
Trump & Miller are responsible for his killing & are now lying to the American people.
The victim, Alex Jeffrey Pretti, was reportedly a law abiding US citizen & an ICU nurse at the VA. He was licensed to carry a firearm.
Trump & Miller are responsible for his killing & are now lying to the American people.
Another brutal killing by Trump’s ICE agents.
Trump, Vance, Noem, Miller, & the whole morally depraved crew have blood on their hands. These killings are happening at their direction. They must be held accountable.
Congress must cut-off funding for these heinous acts NOW!
Trump, Vance, Noem, Miller, & the whole morally depraved crew have blood on their hands. These killings are happening at their direction. They must be held accountable.
Congress must cut-off funding for these heinous acts NOW!
January 24, 2026 at 8:45 PM
The real “domestic terrorists” are in the White House.
The victim, Alex Jeffrey Pretti, was reportedly a law abiding US citizen & an ICU nurse at the VA. He was licensed to carry a firearm.
Trump & Miller are responsible for his killing & are now lying to the American people.
The victim, Alex Jeffrey Pretti, was reportedly a law abiding US citizen & an ICU nurse at the VA. He was licensed to carry a firearm.
Trump & Miller are responsible for his killing & are now lying to the American people.
@vanhollen.senate.gov @alsobrooks.senate.gov — can you confirm that you know killing nurses is bad?
(From a voting constituent)
(From a voting constituent)
“Don’t kill nurses” is I thought something we all agreed on
January 24, 2026 at 8:35 PM
@vanhollen.senate.gov @alsobrooks.senate.gov — can you confirm that you know killing nurses is bad?
(From a voting constituent)
(From a voting constituent)
“Don’t kill nurses” is I thought something we all agreed on
January 24, 2026 at 8:33 PM
“Don’t kill nurses” is I thought something we all agreed on
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/5 This will not be the last death. The people of MN are unbowed, and that will further enrage the Gestapo. The administration will escalate. They want violence. They WANT to murder people who disagree with them. They are empty without it.
January 24, 2026 at 7:33 PM
/5 This will not be the last death. The people of MN are unbowed, and that will further enrage the Gestapo. The administration will escalate. They want violence. They WANT to murder people who disagree with them. They are empty without it.
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/4 Usually they are standing up for people who don’t even know - but people who are their neighbors, as defined by the Jesus whose words the cruel Trump supporters cynically profane. They are Americans. If they don’t give up, how can we? Be more like them.
January 24, 2026 at 7:28 PM
/4 Usually they are standing up for people who don’t even know - but people who are their neighbors, as defined by the Jesus whose words the cruel Trump supporters cynically profane. They are Americans. If they don’t give up, how can we? Be more like them.
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/3 In this moment of horror, look at the people of MN. They’re not an army. Few are trained for urban combat, through there are many veterans. They are young and old and rich and poor. They are standing up at great personal danger, defying a despicable Gestapo government and its vile apologists.
January 24, 2026 at 7:27 PM
/3 In this moment of horror, look at the people of MN. They’re not an army. Few are trained for urban combat, through there are many veterans. They are young and old and rich and poor. They are standing up at great personal danger, defying a despicable Gestapo government and its vile apologists.
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Walz: "It's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of our state, and today that campaigned claimed another life. I've seen the video from several angles and it's sickening. But I have a strong statement here for our federal govt: Minnesota's justice system will have the last word."
January 24, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Walz: "It's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of our state, and today that campaigned claimed another life. I've seen the video from several angles and it's sickening. But I have a strong statement here for our federal govt: Minnesota's justice system will have the last word."
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This means we all need to embrace a new identity: SCIENCE ACTIVIST.
At this point it is a moral imperative. We’ve all read what happens next…when governments leverage science as a tool to promote pseudoscience that harms our neighbors.
We cannot allow this to happen.
At this point it is a moral imperative. We’ve all read what happens next…when governments leverage science as a tool to promote pseudoscience that harms our neighbors.
We cannot allow this to happen.
January 24, 2026 at 2:07 PM
This means we all need to embrace a new identity: SCIENCE ACTIVIST.
At this point it is a moral imperative. We’ve all read what happens next…when governments leverage science as a tool to promote pseudoscience that harms our neighbors.
We cannot allow this to happen.
At this point it is a moral imperative. We’ve all read what happens next…when governments leverage science as a tool to promote pseudoscience that harms our neighbors.
We cannot allow this to happen.
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This is where science and human rights and politics collide.
We MUST stand up together and refuse to allow our scientific ecosystem to be turned into a weapon of the state that is used to wicked purposes.
As scientists, we ALL have a responsibility to say “NO!” 4/
@standupforscience.bsky.social
We MUST stand up together and refuse to allow our scientific ecosystem to be turned into a weapon of the state that is used to wicked purposes.
As scientists, we ALL have a responsibility to say “NO!” 4/
@standupforscience.bsky.social
January 24, 2026 at 2:07 PM
This is where science and human rights and politics collide.
We MUST stand up together and refuse to allow our scientific ecosystem to be turned into a weapon of the state that is used to wicked purposes.
As scientists, we ALL have a responsibility to say “NO!” 4/
@standupforscience.bsky.social
We MUST stand up together and refuse to allow our scientific ecosystem to be turned into a weapon of the state that is used to wicked purposes.
As scientists, we ALL have a responsibility to say “NO!” 4/
@standupforscience.bsky.social
January 24, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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Nothing complicated or subtle or hard to understand about what is happening:
-"forcibly entered homes without a judge’s warrant"
-"interrogated people because of their ethnicity or accents"
-"broke windows and dragged occupants from their cars"
-"used force on people who were already restrained"
-"forcibly entered homes without a judge’s warrant"
-"interrogated people because of their ethnicity or accents"
-"broke windows and dragged occupants from their cars"
-"used force on people who were already restrained"
Videos From Minnesota Show How Aggressive ICE Has Gotten During Arrests and Encounters With Protesters
For weeks, residents have documented the impact of President Trump’s mass deportation campaign and captured many violent confrontations on camera.
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Nothing complicated or subtle or hard to understand about what is happening:
-"forcibly entered homes without a judge’s warrant"
-"interrogated people because of their ethnicity or accents"
-"broke windows and dragged occupants from their cars"
-"used force on people who were already restrained"
-"forcibly entered homes without a judge’s warrant"
-"interrogated people because of their ethnicity or accents"
-"broke windows and dragged occupants from their cars"
-"used force on people who were already restrained"
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ICU culture varies across units… & uptake of EBM varies… but are they related? 🤔
Out today in #journal_CHESTCritCare, @chadhoc.bsky.social & colleagues show us they may be… at least for lung protective vent:
www.chestcc.org/article/S294...
@accpchest.bsky.social
@iwashyna.bsky.social
Out today in #journal_CHESTCritCare, @chadhoc.bsky.social & colleagues show us they may be… at least for lung protective vent:
www.chestcc.org/article/S294...
@accpchest.bsky.social
@iwashyna.bsky.social
January 24, 2026 at 1:42 PM
ICU culture varies across units… & uptake of EBM varies… but are they related? 🤔
Out today in #journal_CHESTCritCare, @chadhoc.bsky.social & colleagues show us they may be… at least for lung protective vent:
www.chestcc.org/article/S294...
@accpchest.bsky.social
@iwashyna.bsky.social
Out today in #journal_CHESTCritCare, @chadhoc.bsky.social & colleagues show us they may be… at least for lung protective vent:
www.chestcc.org/article/S294...
@accpchest.bsky.social
@iwashyna.bsky.social
#Baltimore warming centers
And I got my Michigan jacket out for the first time in a while
(Might even need the long-retired flannel jeans)
And I got my Michigan jacket out for the first time in a while
(Might even need the long-retired flannel jeans)
January 24, 2026 at 1:36 PM
#Baltimore warming centers
And I got my Michigan jacket out for the first time in a while
(Might even need the long-retired flannel jeans)
And I got my Michigan jacket out for the first time in a while
(Might even need the long-retired flannel jeans)
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A constant need to humiliate and compel.
Those cuts to science, culture, medicine? They aren't just about research, they are about power.
Episode Three of Autocracy in America:
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
Episode Three of Autocracy in America:
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
Defund Science, Distort Culture, Mock Education
It’s not just about cuts to research. It’s about power.
www.theatlantic.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:58 PM
A constant need to humiliate and compel.
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I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win.
January 23, 2026 at 10:20 PM
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win.
The sign reads:
“For those who believe in
‘Paid Agitators’:
You couldn’t pay me
to be out in this weather.
But for our neighbors,
we’ll Freeze for Free!”
“For those who believe in
‘Paid Agitators’:
You couldn’t pay me
to be out in this weather.
But for our neighbors,
we’ll Freeze for Free!”
January 23, 2026 at 10:20 PM
The sign reads:
“For those who believe in
‘Paid Agitators’:
You couldn’t pay me
to be out in this weather.
But for our neighbors,
we’ll Freeze for Free!”
“For those who believe in
‘Paid Agitators’:
You couldn’t pay me
to be out in this weather.
But for our neighbors,
we’ll Freeze for Free!”
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I've covered a lot of protests and resistance movements of various kinds in my days on this earth -- I've never seen anything quite like this epic day in Minneapolis today.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
‘Enough Is Enough’: Hundreds of Minnesota Businesses Take Stand Against ICE
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 7:37 PM
I've covered a lot of protests and resistance movements of various kinds in my days on this earth -- I've never seen anything quite like this epic day in Minneapolis today.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
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I didn't say it. The Germans did.
January 23, 2026 at 8:42 PM
I didn't say it. The Germans did.
As a longtime Delta Air Lines customer (and Platinum Medallion), I just had a nice conversation with the reservation desk asking them if Delta has made a public statement supporting the right of clergy to peacefully gather at their Minneapolis hub...
“Roughly 100 clergy” were arrested, according to Trevor Cochlin of Faith in Minnesota, one of the groups organizing the protest at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. They were protesting the involvement of Delta Airlines in the deportation of immigrants.
apnews.com/article/minn...
apnews.com/article/minn...
Police arrest protesters at airport as Minnesota gears up for anti-immigration enforcement protest
Police arrested anti-immigration enforcement demonstrators at Minnesota's largest airport after they overstepped their permit, officials said, as Arctic temperatures seized the state and others protes...
apnews.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:50 PM
As a longtime Delta Air Lines customer (and Platinum Medallion), I just had a nice conversation with the reservation desk asking them if Delta has made a public statement supporting the right of clergy to peacefully gather at their Minneapolis hub...
“Roughly 100 clergy” were arrested, according to Trevor Cochlin of Faith in Minnesota, one of the groups organizing the protest at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. They were protesting the involvement of Delta Airlines in the deportation of immigrants.
apnews.com/article/minn...
apnews.com/article/minn...
Police arrest protesters at airport as Minnesota gears up for anti-immigration enforcement protest
Police arrested anti-immigration enforcement demonstrators at Minnesota's largest airport after they overstepped their permit, officials said, as Arctic temperatures seized the state and others protes...
apnews.com
January 23, 2026 at 7:49 PM
“Roughly 100 clergy” were arrested, according to Trevor Cochlin of Faith in Minnesota, one of the groups organizing the protest at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. They were protesting the involvement of Delta Airlines in the deportation of immigrants.
apnews.com/article/minn...
apnews.com/article/minn...
Seemingly still happening
So we're arresting clergy for praying at an airport
As clergy pray, arrests begin
January 23, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Seemingly still happening
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apparently a whole week of it left but that can't be right
oh my god how is it still january
January 23, 2026 at 7:16 PM
apparently a whole week of it left but that can't be right
Hmmmm
2. Context is critical: The US has confirmed more #measles cases so far in 2026 — not a full month in! — than it recorded in all but 4 of the last 30 years. And this comes after 2025, the biggest measles year in 35 years!
There's a vaccine for this. Works really well.
www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
There's a vaccine for this. Works really well.
www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
January 23, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Hmmmm
So we're arresting clergy for praying at an airport
As clergy pray, arrests begin
January 23, 2026 at 5:16 PM
So we're arresting clergy for praying at an airport
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As clergy pray, arrests begin
January 23, 2026 at 5:00 PM
As clergy pray, arrests begin