Kirk Fetters, MD
@kirkfetters.bsky.social
Infectious disease fellow at University of Colorado. I call CA, CO, and NZ home but only live in one. 🏳️🌈
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This Administration is callous and cruel to its own citizens and to many more around the world. From dismantling food, housing, and medical aid globally to fighting courts to avoid being forced to deliver food aid within the country, they are showing a clear disdain for people living in poverty.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
This Administration is callous and cruel to its own citizens and to many more around the world. From dismantling food, housing, and medical aid globally to fighting courts to avoid being forced to deliver food aid within the country, they are showing a clear disdain for people living in poverty.
“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
Methadone access is essential for many people with opioid use disorder to reduce overdose, the impacts of injection use, and the chaos many experience with addiction—and no surprise Medicaid helps increase access! Great use of national data
www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/...
www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/...
Medicaid And Methadone For Opioid Use Disorder: Expanded Coverage Increased Distribution In 10 States, 2019–24 | Health Affairs Journal
Methadone is a vital medication for opioid use disorder, yet it remains underused because of restrictive federal and state regulations. Before 2018, not all state Medicaid programs covered methadone t...
www.healthaffairs.org
August 20, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Methadone access is essential for many people with opioid use disorder to reduce overdose, the impacts of injection use, and the chaos many experience with addiction—and no surprise Medicaid helps increase access! Great use of national data
www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/...
www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/...
Beyond the horrendous human suffering due to these ICE actions, it makes me think of a story from Heather McGhee’s The Sum of Us—draining neighborhood pools rather than desegregating. We favor shooting ourselves in the foot rather than making things better for all. bit.ly/4l1NMna
ICE Took Half Their Work Force. What Do They Do Now?
www.nytimes.com
July 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Beyond the horrendous human suffering due to these ICE actions, it makes me think of a story from Heather McGhee’s The Sum of Us—draining neighborhood pools rather than desegregating. We favor shooting ourselves in the foot rather than making things better for all. bit.ly/4l1NMna
Trump signed an EO calling for an end to Housing First policies and harm reduction, as well as criminalization of homelessness and mental health. This is a terrible idea. Read here for more: bit.ly/417vr0E
Advocating for Maintaining Housing First Policies
This Viewpoint discusses advocating for maintaining Housing First policies.
bit.ly
July 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Trump signed an EO calling for an end to Housing First policies and harm reduction, as well as criminalization of homelessness and mental health. This is a terrible idea. Read here for more: bit.ly/417vr0E
Reposted by Kirk Fetters, MD
“Of the interventions that have been tested & implemented, helping people into stable housing without precondition of sobriety, otherwise known as the Housing First model, is a compassionate way to decrease homelessness, reduce health care use, & possibly improve health outcomes.“
Advocating for Maintaining Housing First Policies
This Viewpoint discusses advocating for maintaining Housing First policies.
jamanetwork.com
July 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
“Of the interventions that have been tested & implemented, helping people into stable housing without precondition of sobriety, otherwise known as the Housing First model, is a compassionate way to decrease homelessness, reduce health care use, & possibly improve health outcomes.“
Reposted by Kirk Fetters, MD
Mapping the Geographic Distribution of Dimorphic Mycoses Using a US Commercial Insurance Database
@julioczuniga1.bsky.social @fungaldoc.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/ofid/advance...
More data to show that the geographic range of dimorphic fungal infections is much wider than taught in med school
@julioczuniga1.bsky.social @fungaldoc.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/ofid/advance...
More data to show that the geographic range of dimorphic fungal infections is much wider than taught in med school
December 28, 2024 at 9:03 PM
Mapping the Geographic Distribution of Dimorphic Mycoses Using a US Commercial Insurance Database
@julioczuniga1.bsky.social @fungaldoc.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/ofid/advance...
More data to show that the geographic range of dimorphic fungal infections is much wider than taught in med school
@julioczuniga1.bsky.social @fungaldoc.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/ofid/advance...
More data to show that the geographic range of dimorphic fungal infections is much wider than taught in med school
Reposted by Kirk Fetters, MD
The actual synthesis between the GOP’s pro business commitments and RFK’s various crunchy instincts isn’t food system reform, it’s going easier on scammy supplements.
December 9, 2024 at 1:24 PM
The actual synthesis between the GOP’s pro business commitments and RFK’s various crunchy instincts isn’t food system reform, it’s going easier on scammy supplements.
Reposted by Kirk Fetters, MD
With the publication of PURPOSE 2 for PrEP in @nejm.org, and the stellar results, I wonder what’s going to happen once it gets approved for this indication. Should be interesting, to say the least! blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
Who's Going to Get Lenacapavir for HIV Prevention?
At the International AIDS Conference this past summer, Dr. Linda-Gail Bekker brought down the house presenting the results of the PURPOSE 1 trial of twice-yearly injectable lenacapavir for prevention ...
blogs.jwatch.org
December 9, 2024 at 9:27 AM
With the publication of PURPOSE 2 for PrEP in @nejm.org, and the stellar results, I wonder what’s going to happen once it gets approved for this indication. Should be interesting, to say the least! blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...