Josh Barocas, MD ⭕️
@jabarocas.bsky.social
ID physician, but really I care about housing & poverty. I do find infections fascinating. HIV, infections associated with drug use, epidemiology. University of Colorado SOM. Solid evidence matters. #IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky
Lab website: TheMissingUS.org
Lab website: TheMissingUS.org
Healthcare should be a human right.
November 11, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Healthcare should be a human right.
Reposted by Josh Barocas, MD ⭕️
The Erosion of Harm Reduction | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
The Erosion of Harm Reduction | NEJM
The U.S. administration has continuously chipped away at public health interventions
addressing substance use disorders and the opioid crisis, including vital harm-reduction
activities.
www.nejm.org
November 8, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The Erosion of Harm Reduction | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Josh Barocas, MD ⭕️
“Undermining harm reduction and cutting related programs isn’t merely a funding decision; it is an assault on an approach to health care that prioritizes evidence, compassion, and dignity — values that are central to the medical profession.”
Great piece @jabarocas.bsky.social
Great piece @jabarocas.bsky.social
The Erosion of Harm Reduction | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
The Erosion of Harm Reduction | NEJM
The U.S. administration has continuously chipped away at public health interventions
addressing substance use disorders and the opioid crisis, including vital harm-reduction
activities.
www.nejm.org
November 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
“Undermining harm reduction and cutting related programs isn’t merely a funding decision; it is an assault on an approach to health care that prioritizes evidence, compassion, and dignity — values that are central to the medical profession.”
Great piece @jabarocas.bsky.social
Great piece @jabarocas.bsky.social
Reposted by Josh Barocas, MD ⭕️
“The target may not have clear boundaries, but the intent is clear: to defund, stigmatize, and weaken an array of strategies that have been proven to save lives.”
The Erosion of Harm Reduction | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
The Erosion of Harm Reduction | NEJM
The U.S. administration has continuously chipped away at public health interventions
addressing substance use disorders and the opioid crisis, including vital harm-reduction
activities.
www.nejm.org
November 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
“The target may not have clear boundaries, but the intent is clear: to defund, stigmatize, and weaken an array of strategies that have been proven to save lives.”
The Erosion of Harm Reduction | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
The Erosion of Harm Reduction | NEJM
The U.S. administration has continuously chipped away at public health interventions
addressing substance use disorders and the opioid crisis, including vital harm-reduction
activities.
www.nejm.org
November 8, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The Erosion of Harm Reduction | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Tomorrow, the good people of #Colorado have the opportunity to vote for things that people need: access to healthy school lunches, bonds to improve housing opportunities. Now is the time to affect change and help your neighbors with you #vote.
Your vote matters (esp in non-election years).
Your vote matters (esp in non-election years).
November 4, 2025 at 1:22 AM
We are building a ballroom and handing out MREs to hungry families in our own country. #broken
600,000 Coloradans are about to lose SNAP food benefits. 300,000 of them are children. @marshallglasses.bsky.social reports on Colorado's poorest county preparing to hand out MREs.
October 31, 2025 at 2:54 PM
We are building a ballroom and handing out MREs to hungry families in our own country. #broken
Reposted by Josh Barocas, MD ⭕️
600,000 Coloradans are about to lose SNAP food benefits. 300,000 of them are children. @marshallglasses.bsky.social reports on Colorado's poorest county preparing to hand out MREs.
October 30, 2025 at 1:55 AM
600,000 Coloradans are about to lose SNAP food benefits. 300,000 of them are children. @marshallglasses.bsky.social reports on Colorado's poorest county preparing to hand out MREs.
The most disturbing thing about this is that more than a tenth of the population of the US is food insecure.
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'Uncharted territory': Ongoing shutdown threatens food aid for 42 million people — NPR
SNAP, the country’s largest anti-hunger program, dates back to the Great Depression and has never been disrupted this way. Most recipients are seniors, families with kids, and those with disabilities.
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October 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The most disturbing thing about this is that more than a tenth of the population of the US is food insecure.
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Put another way, approximately 0.048% of the massively peaceful protest were arrested. The headline should be that 99.952% of the 25,000 protesters were NOT arrested. Headlines matter.
12 arrested during Denver’s ‘No Kings’ protests, police say trib.al/fx3pw4R
12 arrested during Denver’s ‘No Kings’ protests, police say
Eleven people were arrested in downtown Denver during a wave of secondary marches after the afternoon’s main “No Kings” protest disbanded, police said.
trib.al
October 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Put another way, approximately 0.048% of the massively peaceful protest were arrested. The headline should be that 99.952% of the 25,000 protesters were NOT arrested. Headlines matter.
Reposted by Josh Barocas, MD ⭕️
October 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
He had nothing to do with the deal.
October 13, 2025 at 10:43 PM
He had nothing to do with the deal.
Reposted by Josh Barocas, MD ⭕️
No honey, we criticize you for free because you lie.
October 12, 2025 at 10:16 PM
No honey, we criticize you for free because you lie.
Infectious diseases hit red states. Overdoses too. And cancer. And traffic injuries. And congenital diseases. In some of these cases, red states are affected more heavily bc they lack Medicaid expansion and/or protective laws.
Destroying the CDC serves no one. No one.
Destroying the CDC serves no one. No one.
NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4
October 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Infectious diseases hit red states. Overdoses too. And cancer. And traffic injuries. And congenital diseases. In some of these cases, red states are affected more heavily bc they lack Medicaid expansion and/or protective laws.
Destroying the CDC serves no one. No one.
Destroying the CDC serves no one. No one.
RIFs of federal employees is not leadership.
Storming US cities with masked henchmen is not leadership.
Indicting people for political reasons is not leadership.
Criminalizing poverty is not leadership.
These demonstrate lack of leadership skills. These are actions of ppl without actual plans.
Storming US cities with masked henchmen is not leadership.
Indicting people for political reasons is not leadership.
Criminalizing poverty is not leadership.
These demonstrate lack of leadership skills. These are actions of ppl without actual plans.
October 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
RIFs of federal employees is not leadership.
Storming US cities with masked henchmen is not leadership.
Indicting people for political reasons is not leadership.
Criminalizing poverty is not leadership.
These demonstrate lack of leadership skills. These are actions of ppl without actual plans.
Storming US cities with masked henchmen is not leadership.
Indicting people for political reasons is not leadership.
Criminalizing poverty is not leadership.
These demonstrate lack of leadership skills. These are actions of ppl without actual plans.
Man, cancer sucks.
October 10, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Man, cancer sucks.
Reposted by Josh Barocas, MD ⭕️
The acting CDC Director has no knowledge, training or experience in science/public health. Trump has no knowledge, training or experience in science/public health.
Both are calling to make the MMR vaccine into 3 separate shots, which makes absolutely no scientific or public health sense.
Both are calling to make the MMR vaccine into 3 separate shots, which makes absolutely no scientific or public health sense.
Acting CDC boss wants to break up MMR vaccine into three shots
Jim O’Neill joins President Donald Trump’s call for three distinct measles, mumps and rubella shots, claiming a separation would ‘reduce the risk of side effects’ and ‘maximize parental choice’
www.independent.co.uk
October 9, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The acting CDC Director has no knowledge, training or experience in science/public health. Trump has no knowledge, training or experience in science/public health.
Both are calling to make the MMR vaccine into 3 separate shots, which makes absolutely no scientific or public health sense.
Both are calling to make the MMR vaccine into 3 separate shots, which makes absolutely no scientific or public health sense.
I’m going to try to be a little bit more like Dr Morgan Goheen going forward.
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I Sat Next To An Anti-Vax Conspiracy Theorist On A Plane. Then I Told Him What I Do For A Living. — HuffPost
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October 1, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I’m going to try to be a little bit more like Dr Morgan Goheen going forward.
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None of this is leadership. It’s abdication of responsibility to the US.
October 1, 2025 at 12:20 AM
None of this is leadership. It’s abdication of responsibility to the US.
Reposted by Josh Barocas, MD ⭕️
💉New study of HPV vaccine shows “robust population-level effectiveness & herd protection in adolescent girls & young women”
From 2006-2023:
➡️ Proportion of vaxxed women positive for high-risk HPV-16 & -18 types fell 98.4%, proportion of unvaxxed women fell 71.6%
1/2
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
From 2006-2023:
➡️ Proportion of vaxxed women positive for high-risk HPV-16 & -18 types fell 98.4%, proportion of unvaxxed women fell 71.6%
1/2
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Population-Level Effectiveness and Herd Protection 17 Years After HPV Vaccine
This cross-sectional study investigates population-level effectiveness and herd protection in the first 17 years after human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among adolescent girls and young women at ...
jamanetwork.com
September 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
💉New study of HPV vaccine shows “robust population-level effectiveness & herd protection in adolescent girls & young women”
From 2006-2023:
➡️ Proportion of vaxxed women positive for high-risk HPV-16 & -18 types fell 98.4%, proportion of unvaxxed women fell 71.6%
1/2
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
From 2006-2023:
➡️ Proportion of vaxxed women positive for high-risk HPV-16 & -18 types fell 98.4%, proportion of unvaxxed women fell 71.6%
1/2
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Maybe having a small panel of people select replacement Representatives isn’t actually a process that facilitates representation
NEW: Colorado election officials reject GOP vacancy committee’s pick for state legislature, saying law wasn’t followed coloradosun.com/2025/09/29/a... #copolitics #coleg
Colorado election officials reject GOP vacancy committee’s pick for state legislature, saying law wasn’t followed
The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office told the GOP vacancy committee in House District 14 that its members did not get 10 days of notice ahead of making their appointment as is required by state la...
coloradosun.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Maybe having a small panel of people select replacement Representatives isn’t actually a process that facilitates representation