Susan Conrad
@sconrad11.bsky.social
Physician | Medical writer and editor
💛 books, dogs, outdoors, science
• Bend, OR
💛 books, dogs, outdoors, science
• Bend, OR
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Getting ready for the upcoming ACIP meeting, I see. If your kids haven’t had their first MMR dose, get it as soon as you can.
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Getting ready for the upcoming ACIP meeting, I see. If your kids haven’t had their first MMR dose, get it as soon as you can.
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"If we lose hope, we're doomed."
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
October 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"If we lose hope, we're doomed."
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
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This is what happens without vaccinations.
The ducks are adorable.
The hospitalized child with a respirator is tragic.
And now preventable.
The ducks are adorable.
The hospitalized child with a respirator is tragic.
And now preventable.
September 18, 2025 at 2:36 AM
This is what happens without vaccinations.
The ducks are adorable.
The hospitalized child with a respirator is tragic.
And now preventable.
The ducks are adorable.
The hospitalized child with a respirator is tragic.
And now preventable.
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The true purpose of Bluesky has been revealed and it's Michael Stipe telling us the lyrics to It's The End Of The World As We Know It
Ok its ‘feed it off an aux, speak, grunt no strength, the ladder start to clatter with fear fight down height, wire in a fire representing seven games, a government for hire and a combat site’.
September 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
The true purpose of Bluesky has been revealed and it's Michael Stipe telling us the lyrics to It's The End Of The World As We Know It
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Americans will visit Japan and post on social media, “Japan is living in 2075,” and meanwhile they’re just talking about a functioning public transportation system and healthcare not bankrupting people.
August 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Americans will visit Japan and post on social media, “Japan is living in 2075,” and meanwhile they’re just talking about a functioning public transportation system and healthcare not bankrupting people.
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I hope you all are up to date on your vaccines. I predict that, as soon as RFK Jr.’s new ACIP (packed with antivax cranks) is up and running, the CDC schedule will be shedding vaccines faster than antivaxxers think those vaccinated with COVID-19 vaccines shed spike protein.
June 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I hope you all are up to date on your vaccines. I predict that, as soon as RFK Jr.’s new ACIP (packed with antivax cranks) is up and running, the CDC schedule will be shedding vaccines faster than antivaxxers think those vaccinated with COVID-19 vaccines shed spike protein.
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Treating a new Covid strain like a crime and not a public health issue is deranged.
May 28, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Treating a new Covid strain like a crime and not a public health issue is deranged.
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Baby Is Healed With World’s First Personalized Gene-Editing Treatment. Technique used on a 9½-month-old boy with rare condition CPS1 deficiency has the potential to help people with thousands of other uncommon genetic diseases, by Gina Kolata www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h... via @nytimes.com
Baby Is Healed With World’s First Personalized Gene-Editing Treatment
www.nytimes.com
May 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Baby Is Healed With World’s First Personalized Gene-Editing Treatment. Technique used on a 9½-month-old boy with rare condition CPS1 deficiency has the potential to help people with thousands of other uncommon genetic diseases, by Gina Kolata www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h... via @nytimes.com
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My take on the "Biden aides thought he needed a wheelchair" is I hate how much stigma stops people of all ages to use mobility devices when it could help them.
May 13, 2025 at 1:29 PM
My take on the "Biden aides thought he needed a wheelchair" is I hate how much stigma stops people of all ages to use mobility devices when it could help them.
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The rats have chosen a new pope.
May 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The rats have chosen a new pope.
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Back by popular demand ... Hope it's not too early to gear up for the next Peepal Conclave 🐤 🐤
April 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Back by popular demand ... Hope it's not too early to gear up for the next Peepal Conclave 🐤 🐤
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"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
May 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
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So we aren’t getting Liberated now?
What about Liberation Day?
What about Liberation Day?
April 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
So we aren’t getting Liberated now?
What about Liberation Day?
What about Liberation Day?
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A little while ago, my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the weeks dragged on, they became extremely worried. My dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up in some of art and music's most iconic scenes.
April 6, 2025 at 10:24 AM
A little while ago, my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the weeks dragged on, they became extremely worried. My dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up in some of art and music's most iconic scenes.
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I should have made more AOCs.
April 4, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I should have made more AOCs.
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Idaho school district orders middle school teacher to take down a classroom sign showing hands of different skin colors with "everyone is welcome here" written on it, saying it "creates division or controversy." www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/e...
March 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Important thread about the likely impacts of the cuts to Medicaid. TLDR: It won’t just hit the 37 million children on Medicaid but could collapse the whole pediatric care system. Imagine pulling the bottom blocks out in Jenga. @miafarrow.bsky.social: seems of interest to you.
Headed home from the meeting of medical school pediatric chairs - many of them also Chief Medical Officers for children’s hospitals.
so much at stake for the health of children- all children
so much at stake for the health of children- all children
March 2, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Important thread about the likely impacts of the cuts to Medicaid. TLDR: It won’t just hit the 37 million children on Medicaid but could collapse the whole pediatric care system. Imagine pulling the bottom blocks out in Jenga. @miafarrow.bsky.social: seems of interest to you.
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HPV vaccine has been shown to reduce cervical cancer incidence by at least 90%. A new report (below) shows that the incidence of precancerous lesions has dropped by about 80% since 2008 as well. The Secretary of HHS, Mr. Kennedy, claims that HPV vaccines *cause* cancer.
February 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
HPV vaccine has been shown to reduce cervical cancer incidence by at least 90%. A new report (below) shows that the incidence of precancerous lesions has dropped by about 80% since 2008 as well. The Secretary of HHS, Mr. Kennedy, claims that HPV vaccines *cause* cancer.
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So much for his Hippocratic oath.
February 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
So much for his Hippocratic oath.
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November 26, 2024 at 11:01 PM
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In recent weeks, there have been reports of increasing bird flu hospitalizations, new mpox strains, deadly foodborne bacterial outbreaks, measles cases up 20%, and Long COVID prevalence may be much higher.
And yet the US plans to appoint an anti-vaxxer as its top health official.
And yet the US plans to appoint an anti-vaxxer as its top health official.
November 18, 2024 at 7:45 PM
In recent weeks, there have been reports of increasing bird flu hospitalizations, new mpox strains, deadly foodborne bacterial outbreaks, measles cases up 20%, and Long COVID prevalence may be much higher.
And yet the US plans to appoint an anti-vaxxer as its top health official.
And yet the US plans to appoint an anti-vaxxer as its top health official.
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