Abby Banks, MPH
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Abby Banks, MPH
@abby-said-so.bsky.social
My opinions, posts, and reposts are my own. They do not reflect my employer’s views. No official endorsement implied.
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October 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
June 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This is on Bill Cassidy…and this will increase deaths from entirely preventable illnesses
June 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
At least someone is looking out for us…eternally grateful for Canada, yet again
April 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Guess this is what being “pro-life” means…
Everyone who works for PRAMS (the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System) at CDC was terminated today. That appears to be the end of a critical program which monitored infant and maternal health nationwide across pregnancy, childbirth & postpartum. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/prams...
PRAMS Shuttered for Good
In the first weeks of the administration I wrote a number of...
talkingpointsmemo.com
April 1, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Hello,

The current administration will be shutting down the federal website for ordering free COVID tests (four per order) at midnight tonight

It's a quick and easy process.

Last call.
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covidtests.gov

Please share.
February 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Every. Single. Time.

The way people felt in March 2020…? It’ll be that much worse with all of the public health workers and scientists employed by the feds missing this time around.
February 16, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Reposted by Abby Banks, MPH
The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.
February 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Not a good look for a country at risk for multiple outbreaks (TB, measles) and a potential pandemic (HPAI)…
CDC to lose one-tenth of workforce under Trump administration probationary job cuts
Nearly 1,300 employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are being forced out under the Trump administration’s move to get rid of all probationary employees.
apnews.com
February 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I freaking love JB. He has consistently been a a bright spot in a dark time these last few weeks
🚨 BREAKING: Illinois Governor JB Pritzker says he’s going to rename Lake Michigan to “Lake Illinois.”

EPIC TRUMP TROLL!!! 🤣
February 7, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Reposted by Abby Banks, MPH
"Public health practitioners warn such outbreaks will become more common because of scores of laws around the U.S. — pending and passed — that ultimately lower vaccine rates."
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Measles Outbreak Mounts Among Children in One of Texas’ Least Vaccinated Counties - KFF Health News
With hospitalizations and at least nine confirmed cases, health officials race to contain a growing outbreak in a community with low vaccination.
kffhealthnews.org
February 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
A big thanks to our neighbors up north for helping to keep us informed!
February 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Reposted by Abby Banks, MPH
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
January 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Reposted by Abby Banks, MPH
But you know what else they are doing that is not getting attention? The Trump Administration has ordered all Health agencies to stop all communications- such as regular scientific reports, updates to websites and health advisories. That's pretty scary!!
January 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM