Ryan Macht MD
@ryanmachtmd.bsky.social
Sequoia Hospital General Surgeon specializing in Bariatric Surgery and Obesity Medicine, avid BravoTV fan (he/him/his) 🏳️🌈
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Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
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Did we all take organic chemistry & the MCAT & miss the social part of our early 20’s and work 80 hours a week for 3+ years for the brain worm guy who doesn’t know what a p-value is to destroy our nation’s public health system? No.
Time to lean into our expertise and speak up.
Time to lean into our expertise and speak up.
September 19, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Did we all take organic chemistry & the MCAT & miss the social part of our early 20’s and work 80 hours a week for 3+ years for the brain worm guy who doesn’t know what a p-value is to destroy our nation’s public health system? No.
Time to lean into our expertise and speak up.
Time to lean into our expertise and speak up.
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The only hope of uniting this country is in our shared hatred of health insurance companies. We should lean into that.
September 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The only hope of uniting this country is in our shared hatred of health insurance companies. We should lean into that.
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Emergency departments across the country are already breaking at the seams as things stand because too many people utilize them for primary care. The system we have cannot absorb 11.8 million people losing coverage. People will die.
www.statnews.com/2025/06/29/1...
www.statnews.com/2025/06/29/1...
11.8 million to lose health insurance under Senate Republican tax bill, CBO projects
Senate GOP version of the tax bill would strip 11.8 million people of health insurance over the next decade, CBO estimated.
www.statnews.com
June 30, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Emergency departments across the country are already breaking at the seams as things stand because too many people utilize them for primary care. The system we have cannot absorb 11.8 million people losing coverage. People will die.
www.statnews.com/2025/06/29/1...
www.statnews.com/2025/06/29/1...
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RFK Jr.‘s extreme anti-vax views — and his related conflicts of interest — were a huge problem during his confirmation process.
So he promised not to change the vaccine advisory panel.
Today, he fired every single expert on that panel. It's a public health disaster.
So he promised not to change the vaccine advisory panel.
Today, he fired every single expert on that panel. It's a public health disaster.
RFK Jr. ousts entire CDC vaccine advisory committee
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use vaccines.
apnews.com
June 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
RFK Jr.‘s extreme anti-vax views — and his related conflicts of interest — were a huge problem during his confirmation process.
So he promised not to change the vaccine advisory panel.
Today, he fired every single expert on that panel. It's a public health disaster.
So he promised not to change the vaccine advisory panel.
Today, he fired every single expert on that panel. It's a public health disaster.
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I really tough to watch everything you value and fight for be attacked:
Science
Medicine
Academic Excellence
Respecting LGBT People
Science
Medicine
Academic Excellence
Respecting LGBT People
May 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I really tough to watch everything you value and fight for be attacked:
Science
Medicine
Academic Excellence
Respecting LGBT People
Science
Medicine
Academic Excellence
Respecting LGBT People
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Trixie Mattel talks about attending Beyoncé’s ‘COWBOY CARTER’ tour:
“It’s the only thing that’s made me proud to be an American in a long time.”
“It’s the only thing that’s made me proud to be an American in a long time.”
May 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Trixie Mattel talks about attending Beyoncé’s ‘COWBOY CARTER’ tour:
“It’s the only thing that’s made me proud to be an American in a long time.”
“It’s the only thing that’s made me proud to be an American in a long time.”
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Exactly
This is the dumbest NIMBY/recall fight SF has had yet. Studies have found that closing the road—which is being swallowed by dunes anyway—added a few minutes to commutes. Businesses have seen an increase in revenue. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
This California Highway Is Now a Park. The Cars Are Gone, but Not the Anger.
www.nytimes.com
May 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Exactly
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The misconception at the heart of “the left needs its own Joe Rogan” is that Rogan himself is a right-wing voice.
He’s not. He’s a gullible man with a huge platform who’s popular with the right because he doesn’t push back on even the dumbest of claims.
The left does not need one of those.
He’s not. He’s a gullible man with a huge platform who’s popular with the right because he doesn’t push back on even the dumbest of claims.
The left does not need one of those.
May 6, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The misconception at the heart of “the left needs its own Joe Rogan” is that Rogan himself is a right-wing voice.
He’s not. He’s a gullible man with a huge platform who’s popular with the right because he doesn’t push back on even the dumbest of claims.
The left does not need one of those.
He’s not. He’s a gullible man with a huge platform who’s popular with the right because he doesn’t push back on even the dumbest of claims.
The left does not need one of those.
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Just a heads up that due to the tariff situation there are a lot of medical supply shortages right now. For example, a lot of the tubes that we use for laboratory testing - like any blood draws - are not made in the United States. Hopefully nobody needed any medical testing or treatment!
May 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Just a heads up that due to the tariff situation there are a lot of medical supply shortages right now. For example, a lot of the tubes that we use for laboratory testing - like any blood draws - are not made in the United States. Hopefully nobody needed any medical testing or treatment!
Not surprised but frustrating nonetheless..
Trump just canceled Biden’s proposed rule to allow Medicare to cover weight loss drugs like Wegovy.
Trump administration drops Biden's proposal of Medicare weight-loss drug coverage
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said on Friday it did not move forward with a proposal put forth by the Biden administration on Medicare coverage of weight-loss drugs such as Novo Nordisk's Wegovy.
www.reuters.com
April 4, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Not surprised but frustrating nonetheless..
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Vaccines. 💪🏻💪🏻
And yet Joe Rogan puts guests on who say "Vaccines aren't actually responsible for the reduction in infectious diseases.”
March 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Vaccines. 💪🏻💪🏻
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gentle reminder to international friends that the American citizens who are most in danger from all this did the most to try and prevent it
March 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
gentle reminder to international friends that the American citizens who are most in danger from all this did the most to try and prevent it
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The United States of America is the only major country on earth that does not guarantee health care as a human right.
The result: We rank dead last among wealthy nations in life expectancy.
We must end that international embarrassment.
Yes. We need Medicare for All.
The result: We rank dead last among wealthy nations in life expectancy.
We must end that international embarrassment.
Yes. We need Medicare for All.
March 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The United States of America is the only major country on earth that does not guarantee health care as a human right.
The result: We rank dead last among wealthy nations in life expectancy.
We must end that international embarrassment.
Yes. We need Medicare for All.
The result: We rank dead last among wealthy nations in life expectancy.
We must end that international embarrassment.
Yes. We need Medicare for All.
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Democratic Senator Chris Murphy on Mahmoud Khalil.
March 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Democratic Senator Chris Murphy on Mahmoud Khalil.
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THIS is the INSULTING BS that the current administration is putting before ANYTHING LGBTQ related on the CDC website. What a shameful time to live in the United States. Thankfully the courts are extremely active . Stay strong, fight hard, & BE the RESISTANCE! @dailybeanspod.bsky.social
February 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
THIS is the INSULTING BS that the current administration is putting before ANYTHING LGBTQ related on the CDC website. What a shameful time to live in the United States. Thankfully the courts are extremely active . Stay strong, fight hard, & BE the RESISTANCE! @dailybeanspod.bsky.social
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I'm just here to say for the 2nd week in a row, the CDC has not released its morbidly and mortality weekly report on schedule. Everyone who provides healthcare to patients in the US is less informed and less up to date as a direct result. This impacts negatively at the population level.
Every week, I check the CDC's Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report. This week for the first time in its 60 years it was not published on schedule. American healthcare workers all over the country are less informed about health crises that affect their patients. CDC led reports matter a 🧵
January 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I'm just here to say for the 2nd week in a row, the CDC has not released its morbidly and mortality weekly report on schedule. Everyone who provides healthcare to patients in the US is less informed and less up to date as a direct result. This impacts negatively at the population level.
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It's not "politicizing a tragedy" to point out the top levels of the federal government aren't functional—the three key leaders here are drunk rapist TV show host at DoD, reality TV star at DoT, and nobody at FAA—and they're doing squat except spreading the same dysfunction down the ladder.
REPORTER: Is there an acting FAA director?
DUFFY: *walks away*
(The FAA director resigned on the day of Trump's inauguration under pressure from Elon Musk)
DUFFY: *walks away*
(The FAA director resigned on the day of Trump's inauguration under pressure from Elon Musk)
January 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
It's not "politicizing a tragedy" to point out the top levels of the federal government aren't functional—the three key leaders here are drunk rapist TV show host at DoD, reality TV star at DoT, and nobody at FAA—and they're doing squat except spreading the same dysfunction down the ladder.
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Glad to see Bertagnolli speaking out 🧪
January 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Glad to see Bertagnolli speaking out 🧪
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As physicians and medical students, we are deeply concerned that this action undermines our ability to protect the health of the nation and puts countless lives at risk.
doctorsforamerica.org/sr-dfa-who/
doctorsforamerica.org/sr-dfa-who/
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America's Statement on President Trump's Withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) - Doctors for America
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Doctors for America PO Box: 21161 2300 18th St NW Lbby Washington, DC 20009-9996 January 23, 2025 Doctors for America’s Statement on President Trump’s Withdrawal from the...
doctorsforamerica.org
January 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
As physicians and medical students, we are deeply concerned that this action undermines our ability to protect the health of the nation and puts countless lives at risk.
doctorsforamerica.org/sr-dfa-who/
doctorsforamerica.org/sr-dfa-who/
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New: Trump officials have paused all external communications at health agencies like CDC, FDA, NIH.
No health alerts and the famed MMWRs; no updates to key websites or social media posts.
And no indication how long the pause will last.
With @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Lena Sun.
No health alerts and the famed MMWRs; no updates to key websites or social media posts.
And no indication how long the pause will last.
With @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Lena Sun.
Trump officials pause health agencies’ communications, citing review
The agencies are charged with making decisions that touch the lives of every American and are the source of crucial information to health-care providers.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 22, 2025 at 12:30 AM
New: Trump officials have paused all external communications at health agencies like CDC, FDA, NIH.
No health alerts and the famed MMWRs; no updates to key websites or social media posts.
And no indication how long the pause will last.
With @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Lena Sun.
No health alerts and the famed MMWRs; no updates to key websites or social media posts.
And no indication how long the pause will last.
With @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Lena Sun.
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Saw another anal cancer related to HPV today. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE get your HPV vaccines …they are approved up to age 45 now!
#hpv #anal #analcancer #gay
#hpv #anal #analcancer #gay
January 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Saw another anal cancer related to HPV today. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE get your HPV vaccines …they are approved up to age 45 now!
#hpv #anal #analcancer #gay
#hpv #anal #analcancer #gay
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The latest #DoxyPEP study out of San Francisco shows an 80% drop in syphilis rates, 79% in chlamydia,& a 12% in gonorrhea rates when 200 mg of doxycycline is taken within 72 hours of non-monogamous unprotected sex. This study was in 2253 PrEP users at Kaiser in Nor Cal. #HoResponsibly #gay #trans
January 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The latest #DoxyPEP study out of San Francisco shows an 80% drop in syphilis rates, 79% in chlamydia,& a 12% in gonorrhea rates when 200 mg of doxycycline is taken within 72 hours of non-monogamous unprotected sex. This study was in 2253 PrEP users at Kaiser in Nor Cal. #HoResponsibly #gay #trans
Wait..where was this letter being circulated?! I want to sign!!
More than 15,000 doctors sign letter urging Senate to reject RFK as health secretary.
“This appointment is a slap in the face to every health care professional who has spent their lives working to protect patients from preventable illness and death.”
“This appointment is a slap in the face to every health care professional who has spent their lives working to protect patients from preventable illness and death.”
More than 15,000 doctors sign letter urging Senate to reject RFK Jr. as health secretary
Their letter calls the choice of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is known for promoting false medical claims, “a slap in the face” to health care professionals.
www.nbcnews.com
January 10, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Wait..where was this letter being circulated?! I want to sign!!
@blueshieldca.bsky.social deciding to drop coverage Jan 1st of GLP1s for patients who they previously approved them for is causing harm to patients and wasting time for pharmacists and doctors trying to figure out why all of a sudden patients can’t get meds they’ve been on for years
January 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
@blueshieldca.bsky.social deciding to drop coverage Jan 1st of GLP1s for patients who they previously approved them for is causing harm to patients and wasting time for pharmacists and doctors trying to figure out why all of a sudden patients can’t get meds they’ve been on for years