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I’m an emergency medicine and addiction medicine physician interested in health policy and advocacy. I post about harm reduction and the intersection between politics and health and healthcare, and my otherwise meandering thoughts of political despair.
Don't use their language, @newyorker.com that is not even a real word. What the hell is wrong with "flee" or like. "Flee this godforsaken country"
“Even in the wake of the shooting, we came back. We foolishly thought that was the low point. We thought an attack on the agency fueled by anti-vaccine conspiracy theories would be a wake-up call for our health secretary and for Congress; it was not.”
“Even in the wake of the shooting, we came back. We foolishly thought that was the low point. We thought an attack on the agency fueled by anti-vaccine conspiracy theories would be a wake-up call for our health secretary and for Congress; it was not.”
We actually had a pretty good Lyme vaccine but antivaxxers lied & said it gave people knee pain (it didn’t but knee pain?) & got manufacturer to pull it in 2002.
There are several in late stages of development.
Will you promote them so we can get “children back into the woods” as you say?
We actually had a pretty good Lyme vaccine but antivaxxers lied & said it gave people knee pain (it didn’t but knee pain?) & got manufacturer to pull it in 2002.
Just as the Kennedy Center was always intended.
Just as the Kennedy Center was always intended.
Last week, Marco Rubio and the State Department revoked visas for five Europeans—including Imran Ahmed, a legal permanent resident in the US married to a US citizen—because they don't like their speech about disinformation. The State…
Last week, Marco Rubio and the State Department revoked visas for five Europeans—including Imran Ahmed, a legal permanent resident in the US married to a US citizen—because they don't like their speech about disinformation. The State…
@aanmember.bsky.social voiced "significant concern over the abrupt decision" by the NIH to terminate its contract with Koroshetz.
www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/ge...
@aanmember.bsky.social voiced "significant concern over the abrupt decision" by the NIH to terminate its contract with Koroshetz.
www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/ge...
They were NOT vaccinated-they didn’t think they needed it.
Get vaccinated. It could mean the difference between life and death.
people.com/alabama-boy-...
They were NOT vaccinated-they didn’t think they needed it.
Get vaccinated. It could mean the difference between life and death.
When I asked why, they said, "because of our homeless population," adding that most hotels here have similar policies.
This is outrageous.
When I asked why, they said, "because of our homeless population," adding that most hotels here have similar policies.
This is outrageous.
It can’t distinguish prescribed stims from illegal ones.
It can’t know if you’re impaired by opioids or feeling normal on your daily methadone.
And given how long cannabis stays in the body, it can’t know if you’re currently baked or smoked last weekend.
It can’t distinguish prescribed stims from illegal ones.
It can’t know if you’re impaired by opioids or feeling normal on your daily methadone.
And given how long cannabis stays in the body, it can’t know if you’re currently baked or smoked last weekend.
people.com/alabama-boy-...
people.com/alabama-boy-...
Revisit one of The Atlantic’s most-read stories of 2025: theatln.tc/yADSKik3?lin...
Using sanitized language, I basically reach the same conclusion as Dr. Dahly.
My latest for SBM.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/mahajpai/
Using sanitized language, I basically reach the same conclusion as Dr. Dahly.
My latest for SBM.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/mahajpai/
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
They are the medical establishment now.
Let them dazzle us all with their real world competence and prowess.
They are the medical establishment now.
Let them dazzle us all with their real world competence and prowess.
He promoted COVID lab leak conspiracy nonsense, giving liberals the permission structure needed to embrace it.
This fits squarely in with that. Dude clearly internalized a lot of bad info.
He promoted COVID lab leak conspiracy nonsense, giving liberals the permission structure needed to embrace it.
This fits squarely in with that. Dude clearly internalized a lot of bad info.
The idea that journalists cannot accurately or fully report on topics they have strong feelings about is silly.
The idea that journalists cannot accurately or fully report on topics they have strong feelings about is silly.