Lex Luthor
@tyrannosaurid.bsky.social
Probably not an evil genius. Or a dinosaur.
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ACIP has posted a draft agenda for their upcoming meeting on 12/4 and 12/5.
Alarm bells are blaring. They are going to spend the entire first day talking about the vaccine schedule.
There is no evidence whatsoever that there is any danger whatsoever with the current vaccine schedule.
Alarm bells are blaring. They are going to spend the entire first day talking about the vaccine schedule.
There is no evidence whatsoever that there is any danger whatsoever with the current vaccine schedule.
November 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
ACIP has posted a draft agenda for their upcoming meeting on 12/4 and 12/5.
Alarm bells are blaring. They are going to spend the entire first day talking about the vaccine schedule.
There is no evidence whatsoever that there is any danger whatsoever with the current vaccine schedule.
Alarm bells are blaring. They are going to spend the entire first day talking about the vaccine schedule.
There is no evidence whatsoever that there is any danger whatsoever with the current vaccine schedule.
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eating vegetables will not in fact protect you from smallpox.
also, you can't undisable yourself by drinking protein shakes.
this sounds like hippie good health common sense, but in fact it's eugenics.
also, you can't undisable yourself by drinking protein shakes.
this sounds like hippie good health common sense, but in fact it's eugenics.
Jay Bhattacharya's plan for a new pandemic is for everyone to suddenly be healthy.
November 15, 2025 at 4:22 AM
eating vegetables will not in fact protect you from smallpox.
also, you can't undisable yourself by drinking protein shakes.
this sounds like hippie good health common sense, but in fact it's eugenics.
also, you can't undisable yourself by drinking protein shakes.
this sounds like hippie good health common sense, but in fact it's eugenics.
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"The fact that children in 2025 are suffering from diseases that should have been consigned to history is not just a public health failure. It is a moral failure." — @stefanswartpet.bsky.social & @madhupai.bsky.social argue children have the right to be vaccinated. www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
Kids have a right to vaccinations. Let's bring in the lawyers
Children suffering from diseases that should have been consigned to history is a moral failure. Access to vaccines is a human right.
www.statnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"The fact that children in 2025 are suffering from diseases that should have been consigned to history is not just a public health failure. It is a moral failure." — @stefanswartpet.bsky.social & @madhupai.bsky.social argue children have the right to be vaccinated. www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
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SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO NOTE. This new research calls into question the idea that younger individuals and those without risk factors don’t need the vaccine. INSTEAD the data shows that, while the vaccine is MOST effective for older individuals and those with comorbidities, it was ALSO protective in
November 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO NOTE. This new research calls into question the idea that younger individuals and those without risk factors don’t need the vaccine. INSTEAD the data shows that, while the vaccine is MOST effective for older individuals and those with comorbidities, it was ALSO protective in
I will never not be mad that the FDA and CDC tried to appease antivaxxers by ensuring that young kids would all be infected before the covid vaccine was authorized for their age group.
Teens need access to COVID vaccinations to help prevent Long COVID as well as acute COVID infection.
➡️New study shows 36% reduction in Long COVID for teens who had been vaccinated prior to infection. buff.ly/oaW4SIA
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
➡️New study shows 36% reduction in Long COVID for teens who had been vaccinated prior to infection. buff.ly/oaW4SIA
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
November 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I will never not be mad that the FDA and CDC tried to appease antivaxxers by ensuring that young kids would all be infected before the covid vaccine was authorized for their age group.
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Important study
Children & adolescents are "far more likely to experience rare but serious heart & inflammatory conditions after a COVID-19 infection than after being vaccinated–and the risks after infection lasted much longer"
Next post has link to study itself
1/3
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
Children & adolescents are "far more likely to experience rare but serious heart & inflammatory conditions after a COVID-19 infection than after being vaccinated–and the risks after infection lasted much longer"
Next post has link to study itself
1/3
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
COVID-19 infection poses higher, longer heart risks to children than vaccination
A comprehensive analysis of English health records finds higher risk of rare heart complications in children and adolescents who caught COVID-19 compared to those who received an mRNA-based COVID vacc...
www.gavi.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Important study
Children & adolescents are "far more likely to experience rare but serious heart & inflammatory conditions after a COVID-19 infection than after being vaccinated–and the risks after infection lasted much longer"
Next post has link to study itself
1/3
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
Children & adolescents are "far more likely to experience rare but serious heart & inflammatory conditions after a COVID-19 infection than after being vaccinated–and the risks after infection lasted much longer"
Next post has link to study itself
1/3
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
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Covid in pregnancy linked to #autism.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Good thing RFK Jr doesn't want pregnant women to be vaccinated and protected.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Good thing RFK Jr doesn't want pregnant women to be vaccinated and protected.
Covid in pregnancy tied to autism, developmental issues, study says
A study published in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology analyzed more than 18,100 births in Massachusetts of children born to women who contracted the virus starting in the early months of the pand...
www.washingtonpost.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Covid in pregnancy linked to #autism.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Good thing RFK Jr doesn't want pregnant women to be vaccinated and protected.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Good thing RFK Jr doesn't want pregnant women to be vaccinated and protected.
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I'd love to say lots of nice things about this invaluable preventable disease tracker from @monscience.bsky.social and team at Think Global Health. It's an incredible resource.
But I can't get over my anger & sadness that this resource is even needed.
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/vacc...
But I can't get over my anger & sadness that this resource is even needed.
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/vacc...
Vaccine-Preventable Disease: A Global Tracker | Think Global Health
This map is updated weekly and visualizes outbreaks of nine childhood diseases in collaboration with the International Society for Infectious Diseases
www.thinkglobalhealth.org
October 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I'd love to say lots of nice things about this invaluable preventable disease tracker from @monscience.bsky.social and team at Think Global Health. It's an incredible resource.
But I can't get over my anger & sadness that this resource is even needed.
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/vacc...
But I can't get over my anger & sadness that this resource is even needed.
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/vacc...
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NEW: The entire staff supporting ACIP was laid off, and most working groups haven't met in months.
That means the US may not make routine vaccine recommendations for more than half of children in 2026, and it could halt new vaccines in the pipeline. My latest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
That means the US may not make routine vaccine recommendations for more than half of children in 2026, and it could halt new vaccines in the pipeline. My latest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Threat to US vaccines as CDC staff supporting key advisory panel laid off
Critics say scientists ‘held hostage’ by RFK Jr as changes mean vaccine development and guidance in peril
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
NEW: The entire staff supporting ACIP was laid off, and most working groups haven't met in months.
That means the US may not make routine vaccine recommendations for more than half of children in 2026, and it could halt new vaccines in the pipeline. My latest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
That means the US may not make routine vaccine recommendations for more than half of children in 2026, and it could halt new vaccines in the pipeline. My latest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Every grandparent needs a Tdap before we see our new grandchildren
Alaska’s whooping cough outbreak infected hundreds, with infants suffering the most alaskabeacon.com/briefs/alask... via @alaskabeacon.com @yjrosen.bsky.social
Alaska’s whooping cough outbreak infected hundreds, with infants suffering the most | Alaska Beacon
The highly contagious disease caused hospitalizations and one baby's death, but the spead slowed after a vaccination push.
alaskabeacon.com
October 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Every grandparent needs a Tdap before we see our new grandchildren
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New ACIP is incompetent, secretive, unaccountable, & totally unqualified to make vaccine policy that will put millions of Americans at risk. Thanks to the integrity and commitment to public health of the Former ACIP, we now know exactly how bad New ACIP is at their mandated job.
October 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
New ACIP is incompetent, secretive, unaccountable, & totally unqualified to make vaccine policy that will put millions of Americans at risk. Thanks to the integrity and commitment to public health of the Former ACIP, we now know exactly how bad New ACIP is at their mandated job.
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“oh so you think the east wing being demolished is worse than-“ it’s a synecdoche, man. a visual metaphor. there’s a reason the aliens in Independence Day don’t aim a huge laser at SNAP benefits
October 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
“oh so you think the east wing being demolished is worse than-“ it’s a synecdoche, man. a visual metaphor. there’s a reason the aliens in Independence Day don’t aim a huge laser at SNAP benefits
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Terrifying. An Associated Press investigation found more than 420 bills attacking longstanding public health protections such as vaccines, milk safety and fluoride have been introduced in statehouses across the US so far this year. Around 30 bills in 12 states have already been enacted or adopted.
October 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Terrifying. An Associated Press investigation found more than 420 bills attacking longstanding public health protections such as vaccines, milk safety and fluoride have been introduced in statehouses across the US so far this year. Around 30 bills in 12 states have already been enacted or adopted.
You don’t use a backhoe for demolition if you’re planning to leave part of the structure standing. Once they started ripping into the East Wing it was never going to be just the facade.
October 22, 2025 at 8:14 PM
You don’t use a backhoe for demolition if you’re planning to leave part of the structure standing. Once they started ripping into the East Wing it was never going to be just the facade.
Michigan is conspicuously absent from this list of states joining efforts in the Public Health Alliance to protect people. What gives, Gov. Whitmer?
15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.
Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.
Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.
October 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Michigan is conspicuously absent from this list of states joining efforts in the Public Health Alliance to protect people. What gives, Gov. Whitmer?
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"a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority"
The phrasing you're looking for is that he's suspending parts of the Constitution by decree.
The phrasing you're looking for is that he's suspending parts of the Constitution by decree.
President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.
Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money
The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.
nyti.ms
October 15, 2025 at 11:40 PM
"a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority"
The phrasing you're looking for is that he's suspending parts of the Constitution by decree.
The phrasing you're looking for is that he's suspending parts of the Constitution by decree.
Everything you never previously needed to know about the Anti-Deficiency Act:
Taken together with impoundments, this would break everything. The president is claiming the power to not spend money he doesn't want to and now also to spend money where it's not allowed. And SCOTUS might say no one has standing to stop him. That would make him an appropriations king.
October 16, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Everything you never previously needed to know about the Anti-Deficiency Act:
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Meanwhile in TX the AG is telling Drs how to practice medicine:
Ignorance is believing in the science that makes organ transplantation possible while rejecting the science of vaccines which ensure that transplant recipients can enjoy the increase in lifespan made possible by the transplanted organ.
Ignorance is believing in the science that makes organ transplantation possible while rejecting the science of vaccines which ensure that transplant recipients can enjoy the increase in lifespan made possible by the transplanted organ.
October 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Meanwhile in TX the AG is telling Drs how to practice medicine:
Ignorance is believing in the science that makes organ transplantation possible while rejecting the science of vaccines which ensure that transplant recipients can enjoy the increase in lifespan made possible by the transplanted organ.
Ignorance is believing in the science that makes organ transplantation possible while rejecting the science of vaccines which ensure that transplant recipients can enjoy the increase in lifespan made possible by the transplanted organ.
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Our VFC COVID vaccines arrived on Friday a full 23 days after our private insurance ones.
A meaningless delay that is 100% the result of RFK Jr and Jim O'Neill's incompetence.
A meaningless delay that is 100% the result of RFK Jr and Jim O'Neill's incompetence.
October 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Our VFC COVID vaccines arrived on Friday a full 23 days after our private insurance ones.
A meaningless delay that is 100% the result of RFK Jr and Jim O'Neill's incompetence.
A meaningless delay that is 100% the result of RFK Jr and Jim O'Neill's incompetence.
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"In North Carolina and other states, low-income families who normally get no-cost Covid-19 vaccines for their kids have been told those shots aren’t available because states have been unable to order Covid-19 vaccines through the VFC program."
www.cnn.com/2025/10/08/h...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/08/h...
Low-income families are still waiting on Covid-19 vaccines for kids, but states say they’re coming | CNN
Many low-income families who normally get no-cost Covid-19 vaccines for their kids through the Vaccines for Children program have been told those shots aren’t available because states have been unable...
www.cnn.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:13 AM
"In North Carolina and other states, low-income families who normally get no-cost Covid-19 vaccines for their kids have been told those shots aren’t available because states have been unable to order Covid-19 vaccines through the VFC program."
www.cnn.com/2025/10/08/h...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/08/h...
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“A study, published on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed that last season’s 2024–2025 mRNA COVID vaccines reduced people’s risk of emergency department visits by 29%, their risk of hospitalizations by 39% & their risk of death by 64%”
Benefits were seen even if 0 risk factors
Benefits were seen even if 0 risk factors
Annual COVID Vaccines Protect People against Severe Disease, Even with Prior Immunity
"The new research also “calls into question the idea that younger individuals and those without risk factors don’t need the vaccine,” Viswanathan says."
"The new research also “calls into question the idea that younger individuals and those without risk factors don’t need the vaccine,” Viswanathan says."
Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows
A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination
www.scientificamerican.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:48 AM
“A study, published on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed that last season’s 2024–2025 mRNA COVID vaccines reduced people’s risk of emergency department visits by 29%, their risk of hospitalizations by 39% & their risk of death by 64%”
Benefits were seen even if 0 risk factors
Benefits were seen even if 0 risk factors
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The GOP justices are highly intentional operators. Their approach of total solicitousness to Trump on procedural motions, while punting merits rulings for years, will allow them to time rulings to tie Democrats’ hands, if they see partisan winds shifting. www.offmessage.net/p/the-suprem...
October 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The GOP justices are highly intentional operators. Their approach of total solicitousness to Trump on procedural motions, while punting merits rulings for years, will allow them to time rulings to tie Democrats’ hands, if they see partisan winds shifting. www.offmessage.net/p/the-suprem...
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This one's for all the parents who have told me they're going through hell trying to find Covid vaccines for their children: It's not just you! Gift link:
Seeking Covid Shots for Their Children, Some Parents Hit a Wall
www.nytimes.com
October 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This one's for all the parents who have told me they're going through hell trying to find Covid vaccines for their children: It's not just you! Gift link:
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Are you pregnant or breastfeeding and having trouble getting a Covid vaccine? I'd love to hear from you! melodyschreiber@pm.me
October 6, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Are you pregnant or breastfeeding and having trouble getting a Covid vaccine? I'd love to hear from you! melodyschreiber@pm.me
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The acting CDC director has finally signed off on the vaccine advisory panel's recommendations for the COVID vaccines.
While the CDC is trying to sell this as a win for antivaxxers, in reality this means that COVID vaccines will be more accessible than they have been in recent weeks.
While the CDC is trying to sell this as a win for antivaxxers, in reality this means that COVID vaccines will be more accessible than they have been in recent weeks.
October 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The acting CDC director has finally signed off on the vaccine advisory panel's recommendations for the COVID vaccines.
While the CDC is trying to sell this as a win for antivaxxers, in reality this means that COVID vaccines will be more accessible than they have been in recent weeks.
While the CDC is trying to sell this as a win for antivaxxers, in reality this means that COVID vaccines will be more accessible than they have been in recent weeks.