Kari Jerge, MD FACS💙🏴☠️
@karijerge.bsky.social
Mother of 🐺 Daughter/Fun Aunt 🤷🏼♀️ General and Trauma Surgeon 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🪷🇺🇦🌊💙 (she/her) Radicalized by empathy
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Tragically, we are now seeing utterly kooky, damaging, dangerous, anti-science, anti-vaccine animus from governmental officials (folks like RFK Jr, Marty Makary, Jay Bhattacharya, Vinay Prasad, Tracy Beth Høeg) 😢
“We are seeing a very familiar playbook, but we are now seeing it from the highest levels of our government’s health agencies rather than the margins of the anti-vaccine conversation.” www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
May 25, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Tragically, we are now seeing utterly kooky, damaging, dangerous, anti-science, anti-vaccine animus from governmental officials (folks like RFK Jr, Marty Makary, Jay Bhattacharya, Vinay Prasad, Tracy Beth Høeg) 😢
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well i am sure this administration will take strong action to make sure food safety is a top priority going forwa…
hold on i am getting an update
hold on i am getting an update
NBC News EXCLUSIVE: A deadly E. coli outbreak hit 15 states, but the FDA chose not to publicize it
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
A deadly E. coli outbreak hit 15 states, but the FDA chose not to publicize it
The outbreak linked to romaine lettuce killed one person and sickened at least 88 more, including a 9-year-old boy who nearly died of kidney failure.
www.nbcnews.com
April 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
well i am sure this administration will take strong action to make sure food safety is a top priority going forwa…
hold on i am getting an update
hold on i am getting an update
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I think researchers and policymakers in prominent positions who pushed mass infection with SARS-CoV-2, said the pandemic was over, and claimed Covid was a flu/cold, helped to embolden the anti-science and anti-vax movements they decry. A bit late to speak up now.
April 12, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I think researchers and policymakers in prominent positions who pushed mass infection with SARS-CoV-2, said the pandemic was over, and claimed Covid was a flu/cold, helped to embolden the anti-science and anti-vax movements they decry. A bit late to speak up now.
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They are snatching people off the street and sending them away to brutal prisons in foreign lands with zero due process - and they won't even bring them back when they realize a mistake was made.
That's frightening stuff for any American who actually loves their country.
#StopTrumpsTerror
That's frightening stuff for any American who actually loves their country.
#StopTrumpsTerror
April 8, 2025 at 9:50 AM
They are snatching people off the street and sending them away to brutal prisons in foreign lands with zero due process - and they won't even bring them back when they realize a mistake was made.
That's frightening stuff for any American who actually loves their country.
#StopTrumpsTerror
That's frightening stuff for any American who actually loves their country.
#StopTrumpsTerror
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"Who could have predicted this?" say the people who spent the past year dismissing or mocking those who predicted this.
April 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
"Who could have predicted this?" say the people who spent the past year dismissing or mocking those who predicted this.
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At last!
@peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social has joined BlueSky!!!!! Welcome, Dr. Hotez!!!!!
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1
@peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social has joined BlueSky!!!!! Welcome, Dr. Hotez!!!!!
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1
Excited to return to Yale SPH on April 24
April 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
At last!
@peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social has joined BlueSky!!!!! Welcome, Dr. Hotez!!!!!
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1
@peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social has joined BlueSky!!!!! Welcome, Dr. Hotez!!!!!
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1
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Just in case you missed this from Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker:
"Bullies respond to one thing, and one thing only: a punch in the face."
"Bullies respond to one thing, and one thing only: a punch in the face."
March 31, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Just in case you missed this from Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker:
"Bullies respond to one thing, and one thing only: a punch in the face."
"Bullies respond to one thing, and one thing only: a punch in the face."
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This gives me hope.
Since Election Day—and especially after Schumer announced he was voting yes on the Republican CR bill—there’s been a surge of people stepping up to run for office. 🔥
Check out these numbers.
Since Election Day—and especially after Schumer announced he was voting yes on the Republican CR bill—there’s been a surge of people stepping up to run for office. 🔥
Check out these numbers.
March 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
This gives me hope.
Since Election Day—and especially after Schumer announced he was voting yes on the Republican CR bill—there’s been a surge of people stepping up to run for office. 🔥
Check out these numbers.
Since Election Day—and especially after Schumer announced he was voting yes on the Republican CR bill—there’s been a surge of people stepping up to run for office. 🔥
Check out these numbers.
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This is a great article by @ericreinhart.bsky.social that summarizes what I have been posting for years. I have brought up examples such as the German Medical Association and German doctors, the Tuskegee trial, and others. All of these are mentioned here—and more.
Health workers face a stark choice: become collaborators or resisters
“Authoritarian regimes often rely on doctors and other health workers to provide a facade of legitimacy and willing hands armed with scalpels, syringes, pens, or simply locks on doors,” writes Eric Re...
www.statnews.com
March 11, 2025 at 5:06 AM
This is a great article by @ericreinhart.bsky.social that summarizes what I have been posting for years. I have brought up examples such as the German Medical Association and German doctors, the Tuskegee trial, and others. All of these are mentioned here—and more.
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JFC. 🧐
March 31, 2025 at 2:12 AM
JFC. 🧐
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I'm still gobsmacked that the media is calling "signalgate" the first scandal of Trump 2.0. You mean bringing in an un-elected billionaire and a bunch of teenagers to ravage the govt. isn't one? Abducting students off the streets isn't one? Threatening to seize Greenland and so much more? WTF???
March 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I'm still gobsmacked that the media is calling "signalgate" the first scandal of Trump 2.0. You mean bringing in an un-elected billionaire and a bunch of teenagers to ravage the govt. isn't one? Abducting students off the streets isn't one? Threatening to seize Greenland and so much more? WTF???
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Why do we, the most powerful nation on Earth, act like the most weak and shortsighted?
March 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Why do we, the most powerful nation on Earth, act like the most weak and shortsighted?
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Terminated parks employee in Alaska warns of the danger and cruelty of job cuts — a commentary by Gregory D. Larsen for Atmos, republished by @alaskabeacon.com: alaskabeacon.com/2025/03/05/t...
Terminated parks employee in Alaska warns of the danger and cruelty of job cuts • Alaska Beacon
The commentary author was terminated from a job that included collecting, analyzing and sharing data on the ecosystems of four national parks.
alaskabeacon.com
March 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Terminated parks employee in Alaska warns of the danger and cruelty of job cuts — a commentary by Gregory D. Larsen for Atmos, republished by @alaskabeacon.com: alaskabeacon.com/2025/03/05/t...
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In light of the firing of FBI and other security personnel, I am suspicious of the leaders of our Intel agencies. Something smells.
Russia hitting the hotel filled with foreign volunteers immediately after Trump cut intelligence to Ukraine is probably not a coincidence.
March 8, 2025 at 6:32 AM
In light of the firing of FBI and other security personnel, I am suspicious of the leaders of our Intel agencies. Something smells.
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Buliles never expect their targets to fight back. Keep fighting back.
March 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Buliles never expect their targets to fight back. Keep fighting back.
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And there will be no course correction because either he will never admit he was wrong and will die saying his economy was the best in the history of economies or he is doing this on purpose. Probably both.
March 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
And there will be no course correction because either he will never admit he was wrong and will die saying his economy was the best in the history of economies or he is doing this on purpose. Probably both.
Ugh. I’m doomscrolling and life is insanely hard right now… so this is what I have to share with the world until further notice.
The sweetest, clingiest marshmallow mommas boy who ever lived. The love-iest love of my life 💙💙💙
#dogsofbluesky #germanshepherd #gsd #dogsky
The sweetest, clingiest marshmallow mommas boy who ever lived. The love-iest love of my life 💙💙💙
#dogsofbluesky #germanshepherd #gsd #dogsky
March 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Ugh. I’m doomscrolling and life is insanely hard right now… so this is what I have to share with the world until further notice.
The sweetest, clingiest marshmallow mommas boy who ever lived. The love-iest love of my life 💙💙💙
#dogsofbluesky #germanshepherd #gsd #dogsky
The sweetest, clingiest marshmallow mommas boy who ever lived. The love-iest love of my life 💙💙💙
#dogsofbluesky #germanshepherd #gsd #dogsky
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Never underestimate the power of wearing a mask. It’s a simple and safe act of compassion, resistance & self care
Sick of being sick? Wear a mask.
Want to keep a vulnerable loved one safe? Wear a mask.
Want to show solidarity with disabled people? Wear a mask.
Want to fight fascism? Wear a mask.
Sick of being sick? Wear a mask.
Want to keep a vulnerable loved one safe? Wear a mask.
Want to show solidarity with disabled people? Wear a mask.
Want to fight fascism? Wear a mask.
March 7, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Never underestimate the power of wearing a mask. It’s a simple and safe act of compassion, resistance & self care
Sick of being sick? Wear a mask.
Want to keep a vulnerable loved one safe? Wear a mask.
Want to show solidarity with disabled people? Wear a mask.
Want to fight fascism? Wear a mask.
Sick of being sick? Wear a mask.
Want to keep a vulnerable loved one safe? Wear a mask.
Want to show solidarity with disabled people? Wear a mask.
Want to fight fascism? Wear a mask.
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Violence against women demands urgent attention.
One in three women faces physical or sexual violence, and nearly 25% of workplace violence happens in hospitals or clinics — and women are most affected.
#BeijingPlus30 #IWD2025
One in three women faces physical or sexual violence, and nearly 25% of workplace violence happens in hospitals or clinics — and women are most affected.
#BeijingPlus30 #IWD2025
March 7, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Violence against women demands urgent attention.
One in three women faces physical or sexual violence, and nearly 25% of workplace violence happens in hospitals or clinics — and women are most affected.
#BeijingPlus30 #IWD2025
One in three women faces physical or sexual violence, and nearly 25% of workplace violence happens in hospitals or clinics — and women are most affected.
#BeijingPlus30 #IWD2025
Measles is back. Thanks antivaxxers and science illiterates.
The Texas-New Mexico #measles outbreak has claimed a second life. Unvaccinated adult. Measles is not a benign ailment. The only way to prevent it is vaccination. www.nmhealth.org/news/alert/2...
Lea County resident tests positive for measles after death
www.nmhealth.org
March 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Measles is back. Thanks antivaxxers and science illiterates.
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BREAKING: Entire Human Race Flagged By DEI Purge Because of “Homo” in “Homo Sapiens”
March 7, 2025 at 3:01 AM
BREAKING: Entire Human Race Flagged By DEI Purge Because of “Homo” in “Homo Sapiens”