Kurtzer_MD
@kurtzermd.bsky.social
Activist doc vs interpersonal violence violence. Med Dir #TraumaInformedCare GYN Northwestern Chicago. Long COVID Mar ‘2020
#AMWA-PATH
#DoctorsForAmerica
#MomsDemandAction
#LongCOVID Doc
TIC gynecology
sexmedmenopause.nm.org
Posts my own & not employer’s
#AMWA-PATH
#DoctorsForAmerica
#MomsDemandAction
#LongCOVID Doc
TIC gynecology
sexmedmenopause.nm.org
Posts my own & not employer’s
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Nothing says "public service" like telling millions to just get over dying without health care. Truly inspiring leadership.
June 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Nothing says "public service" like telling millions to just get over dying without health care. Truly inspiring leadership.
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🚨🚨🚨 CBO: " #MAGAMurderBill will kick 8.2M ACA enrollees off their coverage!"
Wakely Consulting: "Hold our beer."
New white paper projects up to *~14 MILLION* losing ACA exchange or BHP coverage between House GOP budget bill + IRA subsidy expiration:
acasignups.net/25/06/24/mag...
Wakely Consulting: "Hold our beer."
New white paper projects up to *~14 MILLION* losing ACA exchange or BHP coverage between House GOP budget bill + IRA subsidy expiration:
acasignups.net/25/06/24/mag...
MAGA Murder Bill: CBO: "8.2M will lose ACA coverage!" Wakely: "Hold our beer."
A few weeks ago, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued their official projection of just how much damage the combined effect of the House GOP's budget reconciliation bill (officially the "One B...
acasignups.net
June 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
🚨🚨🚨 CBO: " #MAGAMurderBill will kick 8.2M ACA enrollees off their coverage!"
Wakely Consulting: "Hold our beer."
New white paper projects up to *~14 MILLION* losing ACA exchange or BHP coverage between House GOP budget bill + IRA subsidy expiration:
acasignups.net/25/06/24/mag...
Wakely Consulting: "Hold our beer."
New white paper projects up to *~14 MILLION* losing ACA exchange or BHP coverage between House GOP budget bill + IRA subsidy expiration:
acasignups.net/25/06/24/mag...
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3 years after Dobbs, the harm is undeniable—but so is the resilience. Physicians & clinicians are stepping up, even as they face legal risk for providing evidence-based care that conflicts with restrictive state laws. DFA is proud to help lead the fight—through mobilization, litigation, & education.
June 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
3 years after Dobbs, the harm is undeniable—but so is the resilience. Physicians & clinicians are stepping up, even as they face legal risk for providing evidence-based care that conflicts with restrictive state laws. DFA is proud to help lead the fight—through mobilization, litigation, & education.
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If you want to avoid long term health issues, wear a mask
If you care about disabled people, wear a mask
If you care about being able to resist & fight back, wear a mask
If you know that raw milk, vitamin A and green juice aren’t cures, wear a mask
If you want to fight fascism, wear a mask
If you care about disabled people, wear a mask
If you care about being able to resist & fight back, wear a mask
If you know that raw milk, vitamin A and green juice aren’t cures, wear a mask
If you want to fight fascism, wear a mask
May 9, 2025 at 2:55 AM
If you want to avoid long term health issues, wear a mask
If you care about disabled people, wear a mask
If you care about being able to resist & fight back, wear a mask
If you know that raw milk, vitamin A and green juice aren’t cures, wear a mask
If you want to fight fascism, wear a mask
If you care about disabled people, wear a mask
If you care about being able to resist & fight back, wear a mask
If you know that raw milk, vitamin A and green juice aren’t cures, wear a mask
If you want to fight fascism, wear a mask
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It took decades for us to reach a place where people were comfortable talking about their autism. Where diagnosis became achievable because awareness & advocacy efforts were successful
This move will undo all of that. People will fear being diagnosed & mask themselves more
The cruelty is the point
This move will undo all of that. People will fear being diagnosed & mask themselves more
The cruelty is the point
The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.
RFK Jr. says autism database will use Medicare and Medicaid info
The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.
www.npr.org
May 9, 2025 at 8:38 AM
It took decades for us to reach a place where people were comfortable talking about their autism. Where diagnosis became achievable because awareness & advocacy efforts were successful
This move will undo all of that. People will fear being diagnosed & mask themselves more
The cruelty is the point
This move will undo all of that. People will fear being diagnosed & mask themselves more
The cruelty is the point
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We are fighting for funding for the ME/CFS Research Roadmap.
We have a letter urging Dr. Bhattacharya to allocate $50 million to fund the ME/CFS Research Roadmap.
Sign our new letter now: bit.ly/MEcfsRoadmap
The more signatures we gather, the louder our call for action.
#PwME #MECFS #NIH
We have a letter urging Dr. Bhattacharya to allocate $50 million to fund the ME/CFS Research Roadmap.
Sign our new letter now: bit.ly/MEcfsRoadmap
The more signatures we gather, the louder our call for action.
#PwME #MECFS #NIH
May 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
We are fighting for funding for the ME/CFS Research Roadmap.
We have a letter urging Dr. Bhattacharya to allocate $50 million to fund the ME/CFS Research Roadmap.
Sign our new letter now: bit.ly/MEcfsRoadmap
The more signatures we gather, the louder our call for action.
#PwME #MECFS #NIH
We have a letter urging Dr. Bhattacharya to allocate $50 million to fund the ME/CFS Research Roadmap.
Sign our new letter now: bit.ly/MEcfsRoadmap
The more signatures we gather, the louder our call for action.
#PwME #MECFS #NIH
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World ME Day - May 12, 2025
I have suffered from ME/CFS since 2009.
We need good health care, up-to-date medical education and immediate research funding!
This bipartisan issue impacts people of all ages.
Please help us find the cure soon.
#StandByMEcfs #StillSickStillFighting #MEcfs #EndMEcfs
I have suffered from ME/CFS since 2009.
We need good health care, up-to-date medical education and immediate research funding!
This bipartisan issue impacts people of all ages.
Please help us find the cure soon.
#StandByMEcfs #StillSickStillFighting #MEcfs #EndMEcfs
May 4, 2025 at 11:56 PM
World ME Day - May 12, 2025
I have suffered from ME/CFS since 2009.
We need good health care, up-to-date medical education and immediate research funding!
This bipartisan issue impacts people of all ages.
Please help us find the cure soon.
#StandByMEcfs #StillSickStillFighting #MEcfs #EndMEcfs
I have suffered from ME/CFS since 2009.
We need good health care, up-to-date medical education and immediate research funding!
This bipartisan issue impacts people of all ages.
Please help us find the cure soon.
#StandByMEcfs #StillSickStillFighting #MEcfs #EndMEcfs
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ICYMI: As kids keep getting sicker, media ignores scientific papers pointing to immune dysregulation and damage after COVID. Instead, parents are urged to “watch out” for unusual waves of RSV, flu, and more, while masks, clean air & COVID go unmentioned.
www.thegauntlet.news/p/kids-keep-...
www.thegauntlet.news/p/kids-keep-...
Kids keep getting sicker as evidence for COVID immune damage builds
As the press pushes "immunity debt" past the breaking point of believability, are parents ready to wake up to the illness crisis?
www.thegauntlet.news
May 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
ICYMI: As kids keep getting sicker, media ignores scientific papers pointing to immune dysregulation and damage after COVID. Instead, parents are urged to “watch out” for unusual waves of RSV, flu, and more, while masks, clean air & COVID go unmentioned.
www.thegauntlet.news/p/kids-keep-...
www.thegauntlet.news/p/kids-keep-...
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In the U.S., a study with 108,237 COVID survivors reveals that post-COVID conditions (PCCs) significantly reduce quality of life.
Survivors with PCCs report poorer general, mental, and physical health, especially in middle age.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Survivors with PCCs report poorer general, mental, and physical health, especially in middle age.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
The health-related quality of life among survivors with post-COVID conditions in the United States
Background Even after a mild initial SARS-CoV-2 infection, a considerable proportion of patients experience long-lasting symptoms. However, there is scarce data on how post-COVID conditions (PCCs) are...
journals.plos.org
May 6, 2025 at 1:53 AM
In the U.S., a study with 108,237 COVID survivors reveals that post-COVID conditions (PCCs) significantly reduce quality of life.
Survivors with PCCs report poorer general, mental, and physical health, especially in middle age.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Survivors with PCCs report poorer general, mental, and physical health, especially in middle age.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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Greyhound, I promise I will never talk smack about you ever again.
Bravo
Bravo
May 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Greyhound, I promise I will never talk smack about you ever again.
Bravo
Bravo
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The next time you hear RFK Jr talk about how he wants to “make America healthy” and end the chronic illness epidemic … remember that he just chose to cut the entire NIOSH department.
A group of people whose sole purpose is to help prevent sickness, death and disability.
A group of people whose sole purpose is to help prevent sickness, death and disability.
May 4, 2025 at 3:30 AM
The next time you hear RFK Jr talk about how he wants to “make America healthy” and end the chronic illness epidemic … remember that he just chose to cut the entire NIOSH department.
A group of people whose sole purpose is to help prevent sickness, death and disability.
A group of people whose sole purpose is to help prevent sickness, death and disability.
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The executive functioning required to make these decisions is considerable, and ironically also has a negative impact on our baseline. It’s exhausting having to be on high alert all the time. Unfortunately the alternative, throwing caution to the wind, is far more dangerous to our health.
Maintaining a Baseline Means Everything When You're Chronically Ill
So why is it so hard to do? And how can we make it a bit easier?
www.disabledginger.com
April 27, 2025 at 2:57 AM
The executive functioning required to make these decisions is considerable, and ironically also has a negative impact on our baseline. It’s exhausting having to be on high alert all the time. Unfortunately the alternative, throwing caution to the wind, is far more dangerous to our health.
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abc missing the point... again
its not "dating pressure" is violence, assault, misogyny, death threats, stalking, revenge pr0n, r*pe, murder
its not "dating pressure" is violence, assault, misogyny, death threats, stalking, revenge pr0n, r*pe, murder
April 24, 2025 at 3:36 AM
abc missing the point... again
its not "dating pressure" is violence, assault, misogyny, death threats, stalking, revenge pr0n, r*pe, murder
its not "dating pressure" is violence, assault, misogyny, death threats, stalking, revenge pr0n, r*pe, murder
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“You’re already sick so why not take the risk?”
Non disabled people act like because our level of functioning is reduced, we should be ok taking extra risks.
It’s the opposite. We know the pain of losing health & independence. We know help isn’t coming. We protect what we have left at all costs.
Non disabled people act like because our level of functioning is reduced, we should be ok taking extra risks.
It’s the opposite. We know the pain of losing health & independence. We know help isn’t coming. We protect what we have left at all costs.
April 24, 2025 at 4:57 AM
“You’re already sick so why not take the risk?”
Non disabled people act like because our level of functioning is reduced, we should be ok taking extra risks.
It’s the opposite. We know the pain of losing health & independence. We know help isn’t coming. We protect what we have left at all costs.
Non disabled people act like because our level of functioning is reduced, we should be ok taking extra risks.
It’s the opposite. We know the pain of losing health & independence. We know help isn’t coming. We protect what we have left at all costs.
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181 992 matched pairs:
Paxlovid use associated with a significant reduced risk of ischemic & hemorrhagic stroke (HR 0.85) and all-cause mortality (HR 0.68) during the long COVID period, defined as more than 90 days post-diagnosis
Tschüss Psychosomatik
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Paxlovid use associated with a significant reduced risk of ischemic & hemorrhagic stroke (HR 0.85) and all-cause mortality (HR 0.68) during the long COVID period, defined as more than 90 days post-diagnosis
Tschüss Psychosomatik
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Long‐Term Stroke and Mortality Risk Reduction Associated With Acute‐Phase Paxlovid Use in Mild‐to‐Moderate COVID‐19
This retrospective cohort study investigated whether Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir/ritonavir) use during the acute phase of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 reduces the risk of ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke occur....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 21, 2025 at 8:42 PM
181 992 matched pairs:
Paxlovid use associated with a significant reduced risk of ischemic & hemorrhagic stroke (HR 0.85) and all-cause mortality (HR 0.68) during the long COVID period, defined as more than 90 days post-diagnosis
Tschüss Psychosomatik
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Paxlovid use associated with a significant reduced risk of ischemic & hemorrhagic stroke (HR 0.85) and all-cause mortality (HR 0.68) during the long COVID period, defined as more than 90 days post-diagnosis
Tschüss Psychosomatik
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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It will never cease to amaze me that wearing a mask was a deal breaker for many people.
It’s a powerful public health tool. It’s one of the most effective ways to avoid mass disablement. It keeps you & your community healthy. It shows you prioritize self care, disability justice & bodily autonomy.
It’s a powerful public health tool. It’s one of the most effective ways to avoid mass disablement. It keeps you & your community healthy. It shows you prioritize self care, disability justice & bodily autonomy.
April 12, 2025 at 8:17 AM
It will never cease to amaze me that wearing a mask was a deal breaker for many people.
It’s a powerful public health tool. It’s one of the most effective ways to avoid mass disablement. It keeps you & your community healthy. It shows you prioritize self care, disability justice & bodily autonomy.
It’s a powerful public health tool. It’s one of the most effective ways to avoid mass disablement. It keeps you & your community healthy. It shows you prioritize self care, disability justice & bodily autonomy.
This is no surprise to many of us who work in long COVID. The poor lack access to good care; the poor can’t take time off to rest when they need to; the poor often work in higher exposure risk jobs (healthcare and teaching and essential workers) and are women.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/stu...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/stu...
Studies: 1 in 7 US working-age adults report long COVID, with heaviest burden on the poor
www.cidrap.umn.edu
April 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
This is no surprise to many of us who work in long COVID. The poor lack access to good care; the poor can’t take time off to rest when they need to; the poor often work in higher exposure risk jobs (healthcare and teaching and essential workers) and are women.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/stu...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/stu...
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This is what they're doing to Dr. Badar Khan Suri.
This is not my America, and the world is aghast.
This is not my America, and the world is aghast.
April 8, 2025 at 9:51 PM
This is what they're doing to Dr. Badar Khan Suri.
This is not my America, and the world is aghast.
This is not my America, and the world is aghast.
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Georges Benjamin, exec director of the American Public Health Assn, calls on Secretary Kennedy to resign, calling him "a danger to the public’s health.”
www.statnews.com/2025/04/09/r...
www.statnews.com/2025/04/09/r...
National public health group calls for RFK Jr. to resign, citing 'complete disregard for science'
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has shown "complete disregard for science” and should resign, says Georges Benjamin of the American Public Health Association.
www.statnews.com
April 9, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Georges Benjamin, exec director of the American Public Health Assn, calls on Secretary Kennedy to resign, calling him "a danger to the public’s health.”
www.statnews.com/2025/04/09/r...
www.statnews.com/2025/04/09/r...
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Thank you so much for being there, @metrauxjulia.bsky.social!
Everyone who couldn't make it, we are hosting another rally next Saturday. Looking forward to seeing you there.
Everyone who couldn't make it, we are hosting another rally next Saturday. Looking forward to seeing you there.
Not all “Hands Off” events were in-person. I attended two virtual events centering chronically ill and disabled people for @motherjones.com, who are terrified about attacks to Medicaid, Section 504, research funding, education and more. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
For some disabled protestors, “Hands Off” went virtual
"We know we have to teach everyone how to include us."
www.motherjones.com
April 6, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Thank you so much for being there, @metrauxjulia.bsky.social!
Everyone who couldn't make it, we are hosting another rally next Saturday. Looking forward to seeing you there.
Everyone who couldn't make it, we are hosting another rally next Saturday. Looking forward to seeing you there.
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Enjoy Dan Rather’s writing!
Hire Clowns, Get a Circus
Trump’s horrible, terrible, no good, very bad week
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March 28, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Enjoy Dan Rather’s writing!
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🚨: RECOVER grants for Long COVID pathobiology studies were rescinded under a new NIH directive this week.
"...there’s going to be an opportunity cost which will reverberate for generations" one pediatric Long COVID researcher told @thesicktimes.bsky.social
thesicktimes.org/2025/03/27/r...
"...there’s going to be an opportunity cost which will reverberate for generations" one pediatric Long COVID researcher told @thesicktimes.bsky.social
thesicktimes.org/2025/03/27/r...
RECOVER grants for Long COVID pathobiology research are among those cut under new NIH directive - The Sick Times
Some grants for Long COVID pathobiology research in the National Institutes of Health’s RECOVER program are among those rescinded by the federal government this week under a new order to cut all fundi...
thesicktimes.org
March 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM
🚨: RECOVER grants for Long COVID pathobiology studies were rescinded under a new NIH directive this week.
"...there’s going to be an opportunity cost which will reverberate for generations" one pediatric Long COVID researcher told @thesicktimes.bsky.social
thesicktimes.org/2025/03/27/r...
"...there’s going to be an opportunity cost which will reverberate for generations" one pediatric Long COVID researcher told @thesicktimes.bsky.social
thesicktimes.org/2025/03/27/r...
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“I don’t know how you do it! I could never be chronically ill!”
We didn’t get a choice. No one asked our permission. Disability just happens. It can happen to you too.
We cope because we have no choice. We can’t trade our bodies in for new ones. We can’t “try harder” our way out of it.
We didn’t get a choice. No one asked our permission. Disability just happens. It can happen to you too.
We cope because we have no choice. We can’t trade our bodies in for new ones. We can’t “try harder” our way out of it.
Why Are Chronically Ill People Forced to Hide Their Pain?
And what would happen if we stopped hiding and showed the world the depths of our suffering?
www.disabledginger.com
March 28, 2025 at 3:06 AM
“I don’t know how you do it! I could never be chronically ill!”
We didn’t get a choice. No one asked our permission. Disability just happens. It can happen to you too.
We cope because we have no choice. We can’t trade our bodies in for new ones. We can’t “try harder” our way out of it.
We didn’t get a choice. No one asked our permission. Disability just happens. It can happen to you too.
We cope because we have no choice. We can’t trade our bodies in for new ones. We can’t “try harder” our way out of it.