Laura McCaskill
@lauraingalls.bsky.social
Passionate about medical science, nature, and social justice
#MedSky #ClimateSky #BirdSky
#MedSky #ClimateSky #BirdSky
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We Stan Cheryl Crow
February 16, 2025 at 12:32 AM
We Stan Cheryl Crow
This quilt circa 1935, tiny stitches of a flower garden pattern, lovingly made for a baby boy. He was breech and my grandmother almost died. Then whooping cough and he almost died. And now it seems unbelievable there are some who are against science and what it has given to reduce human suffering.
January 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This quilt circa 1935, tiny stitches of a flower garden pattern, lovingly made for a baby boy. He was breech and my grandmother almost died. Then whooping cough and he almost died. And now it seems unbelievable there are some who are against science and what it has given to reduce human suffering.
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Well, well, well...🙄
January 18, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Well, well, well...🙄
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The spread of health misinformation and disinformation poses a serious threat to public health.
How can we respond to the danger and combat the tide of misinformation and disinformation to protect public health?
Find out more in our latest Editorial: tinyurl.com/mtf95p25
How can we respond to the danger and combat the tide of misinformation and disinformation to protect public health?
Find out more in our latest Editorial: tinyurl.com/mtf95p25
January 17, 2025 at 12:11 PM
The spread of health misinformation and disinformation poses a serious threat to public health.
How can we respond to the danger and combat the tide of misinformation and disinformation to protect public health?
Find out more in our latest Editorial: tinyurl.com/mtf95p25
How can we respond to the danger and combat the tide of misinformation and disinformation to protect public health?
Find out more in our latest Editorial: tinyurl.com/mtf95p25
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New game show: Kiss the ring, get a pardon www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/n...
Eric Adams Heads to Mar-a-Lago to Meet With Trump
The New York mayor, who is under federal indictment, has spoken warmly about President-elect Donald J. Trump in recent weeks and has said he is open to receiving a pardon from him.
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2025 at 12:11 AM
New game show: Kiss the ring, get a pardon www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/n...
Gift from my late grandmother. What would she be thinking...
December 31, 2024 at 2:13 PM
Gift from my late grandmother. What would she be thinking...
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There have been at least 16 outbreaks of gastrointestinal illness on cruise ships this year, the CDC says, the most in over a decade.
Cruise ships report worst year for stomach sickness in over a decade
There have been at least 16 outbreaks of gastrointestinal illness on cruise ships this year, the CDC says, the most in over a decade.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 31, 2024 at 1:23 PM
There have been at least 16 outbreaks of gastrointestinal illness on cruise ships this year, the CDC says, the most in over a decade.
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This remains, and I say this advisedly, one of the best exchanges I have ever seen on social media
December 27, 2024 at 8:27 PM
This remains, and I say this advisedly, one of the best exchanges I have ever seen on social media
Don't think it won't happen that RFK might be confirmed. We have thought that before... Listen to our On Medical Grounds podcast series "Polio Confidential." OMG - Polio Confidential: Stories from Those Who Lived It
www.onmedicalgrounds.com/PremiumConte... #polio #vaccines
www.onmedicalgrounds.com/PremiumConte... #polio #vaccines
Polio Confidential: Stories from Those Who Lived It
The continued path toward polio prevention
www.onmedicalgrounds.com
December 27, 2024 at 6:01 PM
Don't think it won't happen that RFK might be confirmed. We have thought that before... Listen to our On Medical Grounds podcast series "Polio Confidential." OMG - Polio Confidential: Stories from Those Who Lived It
www.onmedicalgrounds.com/PremiumConte... #polio #vaccines
www.onmedicalgrounds.com/PremiumConte... #polio #vaccines
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It’s really something to watch the Party whose supporters poop on the floor in the Capitol and wipe their feces on the wall tell us which bathrooms to use.
November 20, 2024 at 6:31 PM
It’s really something to watch the Party whose supporters poop on the floor in the Capitol and wipe their feces on the wall tell us which bathrooms to use.
This is a photo of the cemetery at George Washington Carver National Monument in Diamond, Missouri. I took my son there when he was 6. He did the math. He asked me what so many babies and children had died... I then explained what life was like before vaccines....
@voices4vaccines.bsky.social
@voices4vaccines.bsky.social
November 16, 2024 at 2:37 AM
This is a photo of the cemetery at George Washington Carver National Monument in Diamond, Missouri. I took my son there when he was 6. He did the math. He asked me what so many babies and children had died... I then explained what life was like before vaccines....
@voices4vaccines.bsky.social
@voices4vaccines.bsky.social
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Who made this? Ahahaha
November 15, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Who made this? Ahahaha
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If anyone needs convincing, tell them to go check out an older cemetery and look for the sharp decline in childhood deaths with the advent of vaccinations.
November 14, 2024 at 11:32 PM
If anyone needs convincing, tell them to go check out an older cemetery and look for the sharp decline in childhood deaths with the advent of vaccinations.
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Anyone doing patient education should keep this in mind.
Reminder for all the healthcare providers out there who want to educate your patients: 🧵
54% of U.S. adults have reading level at 5th grade or less (equivalent of a 10-11 year old or younger).
45 million are below 5th grade and considered functionally illiterate.
20% are fully illiterate.
54% of U.S. adults have reading level at 5th grade or less (equivalent of a 10-11 year old or younger).
45 million are below 5th grade and considered functionally illiterate.
20% are fully illiterate.
November 15, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Anyone doing patient education should keep this in mind.
Surely they won't confirm him. Tell me this isn't happening...
Breaking News: President-elect Donald Trump will nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has spread false information about vaccines and publicly contradicted the CDC’s recommendation that communities fluoridate their water, to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. nyti.ms/3UREkbK
November 14, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Surely they won't confirm him. Tell me this isn't happening...
It's been almost 20 years since Medavera was launched. Why such a name? It was important to me to convey what we would do and stand for, medical + truth. Never did I foresee such an attack on science. Our role is going to become even more important. #MedSky
November 14, 2024 at 1:37 PM
It's been almost 20 years since Medavera was launched. Why such a name? It was important to me to convey what we would do and stand for, medical + truth. Never did I foresee such an attack on science. Our role is going to become even more important. #MedSky
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Shitty science communication in news headlines causes more total vaccine hesitancy than outright nonsense:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Quantifying the impact of misinformation and vaccine-skeptical content on Facebook
Low uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine in the US has been widely attributed to social media misinformation. To evaluate this claim, we introduce a framework combining lab experiments (total N = 18,725), c...
www.science.org
November 13, 2024 at 3:29 AM
Shitty science communication in news headlines causes more total vaccine hesitancy than outright nonsense:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Well, it's that time, y'all. Officially deleting my personal bird app account and we will also be deleting our account for the On Medical Grounds podcast on Wednesday. I'll be here more often, and we will be starting a bluesky account for the podcast. 🧪⚕️🩺👩🔬
November 19, 2023 at 6:23 PM
Well, it's that time, y'all. Officially deleting my personal bird app account and we will also be deleting our account for the On Medical Grounds podcast on Wednesday. I'll be here more often, and we will be starting a bluesky account for the podcast. 🧪⚕️🩺👩🔬