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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH
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Professor, University of California, Riverside School of Public Policy. Faculty Director, Science to Policy (S2P). Public health scientist & sociologist keen on population health & community issues. Sometimes in the news, often for troubling topics. πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ .. more

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social Β· Nov 9
Welcome new followers! About me beyond my profile: I post on a range of public health, sociological, & policy topics in my expertise areas (e.g., vaccinations, misinformation, health disparities) & other stuff I find important, intriguing, or fun/funny. Journalists: happy to chat (part of my job).

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social Β· 1h
Or a literal rock...
ceej.online ceej @ceej.online Β· Jul 28
absolutely no question in my mind he's married to a chatbot
razzball.bsky.social Razzball @razzball.bsky.social Β· Jul 28
Gushing over mystery wife

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CHOAM Nomsky (thankful) @samthielman.com Β· 2h
β€œwhatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
Tweet by Joyce Carol Oates: "wherever he goes, he wants to leave"--that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation. QT of @avidreader1000 Wherever he goes, he wants to leave: SA, Canada, ultimately the U.S. in the long run, based on his behavior. This also includes Earth. A continuous disavowal of your home is odd, to say the least. He seems to have no c...

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social Β· 2h
Bad news: Pan Amer. Health Org. strips Canada of its measles elimination status after ~3 decades due to its failure to curb a yr-long outbreak. Canada has recorded more than **5000** cases in 9 of its 10 provinces & 1 territory. Note: many US states have lax school reqs, but Canada's are worse. πŸ›ŸπŸ˜·
Canada loses measles elimination status after three decades, health agency says
Canada has lost its measles elimination status after nearly three decades due to its failure to curb a year-long outbreak, the country's public health agency said on Monday.
www.reuters.com

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social Β· 4h
That the virus was more dangerous than the vaccine was pretty clear 4.5 years ago, though an enormous propaganda machine led by our current medical establishment claimed otherwise.

sciencebasedmedicine.org/covid-19-and...

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Derek Beres @derekberes.bsky.social Β· 7h
As predicted, they’re going after the entire childhood vaccination schedule (second slide, from WaPo).

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social Β· 8h
Amazing how such a post conveys how "unmanly" he is in the classic hetero macho way he's trying to project.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social Β· 9h
Oh for sure. The guy tweeted to tell the world he got an F in urination logic. If I follow right, he seems to view the act as only risking his hands coming into contact w/ urine. His hand(s) somehow do not come into contact with anything else that requires handwashing? How does that work?🀦

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social Β· 9h
*on line

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social Β· 9h
Let's see how Mr. Macho Influencer reacts when he is standing online at some take-out place and has his own thesis endorsed by a guy behind the counter who is in the midst of preparing his food. I think it's safe to guess he won't be preaching against such "sexual Puritanism" then.

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social Β· 1d
Tomorrow, Mike Johnson will go through a veritable Simone Biles level of verbal gymnastics to *justify* why he can’t seat Adelita Grijalva. And the gaslighting will continue.

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social Β· 1d
Everyone is saying it. Literally everyone
Matthew Yglesias V @mattyglesias I was sympathetic ex ante to the view that Senate Dems were being pushed by an angry base into a tactically unwise course of action, *but in fact it's worked just fine* and both the polling and election results confirm that β€” bizarre to give up now for peanuts. 1:41 PM β€’ Nov 9, 2025 β€’ 11.6K Views

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social Β· 1d
I don't really understand what just happened but it seems like checking the news was a bad idea

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social Β· 1d
The coordinated nature of thisβ€”none are facing voters in 2026β€”means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.

Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
unavaleable.bsky.social Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social Β· 1d
so currently defectors are:

Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social Β· 1d
Where have you gone, Steve Perry...?

Hadn't heard this gem in a while and, while listening with earphones on and not paying attention, it pulled me out of what I was focused on to remind me just how terrific Perry sounds here.
Journey - The Party's Over (Hopelessly In Love) (Official Audio)
YouTube video by journeyVEVO
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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social Β· 1d
Add to the list of "Grist for another Jake Tapper book"...
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Chuck Grassley is struggling to read on the Senate floor

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social Β· 1d
so currently defectors are:

Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Β· 1d
Chuck Grassley is struggling to read on the Senate floor

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov Β· 1d
I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.

We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.

A vote for this bill is a mistake.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social Β· 1d
I've looked at all the details of this deal to end the shutdown reached by a small group of Senate Democrats. I've talked to a number of friends on the Hill to see if there's anything I'm missing. Sadly, I am not.

This is a shit deal. It's a betrayal. It's cowardice.

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Scott Shapiro @scottjshapiro.bsky.social Β· 1d
After their resounding victory in Tuesday’s elections, the Democrats had no choice but to surrender.

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social Β· 1d
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social Β· 1d
Senate Democrats voting to dismantle the ACA to avoid any problems with their Thanksgiving travel is tragically on brand.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social Β· 1d
"'People read Foucault' ...David Brooks once wrote... 'and develop an alienated view of the world.' ...Not by, like, trying to pay rent or having an insurance claim deniedβ€”no, no, it was probably the Foucault you read in 2003."

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Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social Β· 1d
Let me get this right… a sufficient number Senate Democrats appear to be willing to reopen government to alleviate air travel for upper & upper-middle income people at the expense of access to healthcare for lower income people. Yes?

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social Β· 1d
Quite a read. While eyes are on RFK Jr., there's Vought operating in the background... πŸ›ŸπŸ˜· Health policy laws KY polisky sociology medsky
Wielding Obscure Budget Tools, Trump’s β€˜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.
kffhealthnews-org.cdn.ampproject.org

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com Β· 1d
Grateful for this Delta flight attendant for providing some clarity on the upcoming changes to flights during the holidays.

Listen in ⬇️

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social Β· 2d
These men claimed the ability to bend COVID to their will.

Now that we’ve had some time to assess their competency leading the NIH and ACIP, we should all now recognize these were delusions of grandeur.

It was a bad idea to elevate people based on imagined feats of glory.

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Anne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social Β· 2d
My old pal Pete Coviello β€”Β one of the best writers and thinkers I've ever known β€”Β wrote the piece of the moment

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Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institutionβ€”the term they tend to prefer is β€œelite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social Β· 4d
Cha-ching!