Patrick Hickey, MD
@pwhickey.bsky.social
Pediatrician. Infectious Diseases. Once a Soldier. Wishing we could all be a little more kind to each other.
2 AmazingDaughters™️ and a BadAssWife™️ My own opinions, typos, and blurry photos. Potty mouth. Needs an edit function but wouldn’t use it.
2 AmazingDaughters™️ and a BadAssWife™️ My own opinions, typos, and blurry photos. Potty mouth. Needs an edit function but wouldn’t use it.
Same Shelby… same.
November 11, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Same Shelby… same.
Reposted by Patrick Hickey, MD
Remember 25 years ago when a photo was taken of a fed pointing a gun at a crying refugee child and the image was so shameful it dominated the news cycle for a year
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Remember 25 years ago when a photo was taken of a fed pointing a gun at a crying refugee child and the image was so shameful it dominated the news cycle for a year
Happy Veterans Day to everyone who can relate to this photo. I hope you get to sleep in tomorrow- you earned it.
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Happy Veterans Day to everyone who can relate to this photo. I hope you get to sleep in tomorrow- you earned it.
Preemptive Veterans Day post - thinking of everyone from DOD Ebola Treatment Training Team (Mobile training team 1 shown here). Representing the best of selfless service & professionalism.
November 11, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Preemptive Veterans Day post - thinking of everyone from DOD Ebola Treatment Training Team (Mobile training team 1 shown here). Representing the best of selfless service & professionalism.
So can we finally be done with ALL of the performative patriotism at sporting events now?
Please?
No? Sigh…
Please?
No? Sigh…
November 10, 2025 at 3:03 AM
So can we finally be done with ALL of the performative patriotism at sporting events now?
Please?
No? Sigh…
Please?
No? Sigh…
Gardening nightmares TFW you recognize that a line of brush and trees is infested with mile-a-minute, and it’s already gone to seed.
November 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Gardening nightmares TFW you recognize that a line of brush and trees is infested with mile-a-minute, and it’s already gone to seed.
BadAssWife™️ and I have made the executive decision that we deserve a lunch of ice cream.
Chocolate Fudge Brownie for me
Carmel Cine Crunch for her
Chocolate Fudge Brownie for me
Carmel Cine Crunch for her
November 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
BadAssWife™️ and I have made the executive decision that we deserve a lunch of ice cream.
Chocolate Fudge Brownie for me
Carmel Cine Crunch for her
Chocolate Fudge Brownie for me
Carmel Cine Crunch for her
Remember when Russel Vought, know the Director of the Office of Management & Budget, said he wanted federal workers to wake up every day feeling traumatized…
Workers on overseas U.S. bases go without pay as some are directed to food pantries www.nbcnews.com/world/europe...
Workers on overseas U.S. bases go without pay as some are directed to food pantries
The U.S. Army said the guidance was for foreign nationals whose pay has been frozen because of the shutdown, not active-duty military personnel.
www.nbcnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Remember when Russel Vought, know the Director of the Office of Management & Budget, said he wanted federal workers to wake up every day feeling traumatized…
This seems to be a seasonal perching spot- thankfully in this area they prefer the stouter loblolly pines. Shelby (my small papillon lap dog) does not approve 😳
This nest is not too far away at the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge - it’s massive
This nest is not too far away at the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge - it’s massive
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This seems to be a seasonal perching spot- thankfully in this area they prefer the stouter loblolly pines. Shelby (my small papillon lap dog) does not approve 😳
This nest is not too far away at the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge - it’s massive
This nest is not too far away at the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge - it’s massive
2 bald eagles in the sycamore tree this morning
November 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
2 bald eagles in the sycamore tree this morning
Shameful
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
November 9, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Shameful
Happy Birthday Marines!
Got a call from a close family friend today and I’ll be helping them put together a uniform for a Marine relative’s funeral- going to a Henderson Hall so we’ll have lots of support, but ya’ll need a uniform accouterments flow diagram…
Got a call from a close family friend today and I’ll be helping them put together a uniform for a Marine relative’s funeral- going to a Henderson Hall so we’ll have lots of support, but ya’ll need a uniform accouterments flow diagram…
November 8, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Happy Birthday Marines!
Got a call from a close family friend today and I’ll be helping them put together a uniform for a Marine relative’s funeral- going to a Henderson Hall so we’ll have lots of support, but ya’ll need a uniform accouterments flow diagram…
Got a call from a close family friend today and I’ll be helping them put together a uniform for a Marine relative’s funeral- going to a Henderson Hall so we’ll have lots of support, but ya’ll need a uniform accouterments flow diagram…
ICE doing the lord’s work to make a papal visit to Chicago happen sooner rather than later
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
ICE doing the lord’s work to make a papal visit to Chicago happen sooner rather than later
Wait. So hateful homophobic and transphobic “prayer” in sight of military funerals is protected 1st amendment speech…. But someone thinks this will fly?
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Wait. So hateful homophobic and transphobic “prayer” in sight of military funerals is protected 1st amendment speech…. But someone thinks this will fly?
An amazing day for birding if you know how to listen 🤩
[I don’t really know how to listen but I do love my Merlin App 🤗]
[I don’t really know how to listen but I do love my Merlin App 🤗]
November 8, 2025 at 12:59 PM
An amazing day for birding if you know how to listen 🤩
[I don’t really know how to listen but I do love my Merlin App 🤗]
[I don’t really know how to listen but I do love my Merlin App 🤗]
Reposted by Patrick Hickey, MD
The Trump administration’s quiet constraints on public health funds have usurped efforts to provide medical care, respond to measles, and prevent HIV.
@amymaxmen.bsky.social reports ⤵️ ⤵️
https://bit.ly/4qMABKL
@amymaxmen.bsky.social reports ⤵️ ⤵️
https://bit.ly/4qMABKL
Wielding Obscure Budget Tools, Trump’s ‘Reaper’ Vought Sows Turmoil in Public Health - KFF Health News
Through shrouded bureaucratic maneuvers, White House budget director Russell Vought and DOGE have quietly upended outbreak response, HIV treatment, and dementia care in communities across America.
bit.ly
November 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The Trump administration’s quiet constraints on public health funds have usurped efforts to provide medical care, respond to measles, and prevent HIV.
@amymaxmen.bsky.social reports ⤵️ ⤵️
https://bit.ly/4qMABKL
@amymaxmen.bsky.social reports ⤵️ ⤵️
https://bit.ly/4qMABKL
Reposted by Patrick Hickey, MD
This made me laugh. And the replies are adorable. 😻
Look I get publishing a broad spectrum of opinions but I already fed them this morning
November 7, 2025 at 5:33 AM
This made me laugh. And the replies are adorable. 😻
Reposted by Patrick Hickey, MD
Writing about Elon Musk’s pay package without leading with this is like profiling John Wayne Gacy’s booming party clown career.
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 7, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Writing about Elon Musk’s pay package without leading with this is like profiling John Wayne Gacy’s booming party clown career.
Reposted by Patrick Hickey, MD
There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
There are no words for how evil this is
Reposted by Patrick Hickey, MD
The man who ended USAID is the world's first trillionaire
November 7, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The man who ended USAID is the world's first trillionaire
Those of us who worked with USAID and in global health more broadly warned of this- shouting, screaming into the void. The administration- at every level- understood this would happen. It’s unconscionable.
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 7, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Those of us who worked with USAID and in global health more broadly warned of this- shouting, screaming into the void. The administration- at every level- understood this would happen. It’s unconscionable.
Reposted by Patrick Hickey, MD
One of the great tragedies of our time. Completely foreseeable, preventable, and irreversible. Pure moral cowardice on the part of our political leaders.
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 7, 2025 at 2:42 AM
One of the great tragedies of our time. Completely foreseeable, preventable, and irreversible. Pure moral cowardice on the part of our political leaders.
This came across my TikTok feed and gotta say that I love it
November 7, 2025 at 3:01 AM
This came across my TikTok feed and gotta say that I love it
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The Vaccine Integrity Project @CIDRAP is conducting an independent review of the evidence supporting the long-standing recommendation for universal #HepatitisB vaccination at birth.
In Sept, CDC’s vaccine advisers tabled a vote on the birth dose and asked for more data.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4sy3wwa7
In Sept, CDC’s vaccine advisers tabled a vote on the birth dose and asked for more data.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4sy3wwa7
ACIP tables vote to delay hepatitis B vaccine birth dose
tinyurl.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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