Alina MSN, RN
@alinanmsnrn.bsky.social
Registered Nurse. Over a decade of research experience. #LongCovid research + advocacy
Formerly:Columbia, Mount Sinai, NYU & HSS
Formerly:Columbia, Mount Sinai, NYU & HSS
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Southern and Eastern oregonians, call Rep. Cliff Bentz and tell him to cancel the Trump Tariffs.
D.C. (202)225-6730
S. Oregon : (541)776-4646
E. Oregon : (541)709-2040
D.C. (202)225-6730
S. Oregon : (541)776-4646
E. Oregon : (541)709-2040
If you have a Republican representing you in the House or Senate, call them to demand they undo Trump's tariffs.
They're already shaken by the 20 point shift in Florida and the Wisconsin loss. You can fuel that feeling.
They're already shaken by the 20 point shift in Florida and the Wisconsin loss. You can fuel that feeling.
April 3, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Southern and Eastern oregonians, call Rep. Cliff Bentz and tell him to cancel the Trump Tariffs.
D.C. (202)225-6730
S. Oregon : (541)776-4646
E. Oregon : (541)709-2040
D.C. (202)225-6730
S. Oregon : (541)776-4646
E. Oregon : (541)709-2040
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The amount of pro misinformation, pro musk, anti intellectual AI fueled garbage accounts being forced onto my Facebook timeline has increased dramatically. This must be coordinated. How hard is it to just let us see the people we like. It's astounding how intent they are to destroy their product
February 27, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The amount of pro misinformation, pro musk, anti intellectual AI fueled garbage accounts being forced onto my Facebook timeline has increased dramatically. This must be coordinated. How hard is it to just let us see the people we like. It's astounding how intent they are to destroy their product
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Make a huge mistake. Then make a false claim about how you fixed it.
They did it for PEPFAR.
Now Ebola.
I follow this particular topic VERY closely, so here's what really happened and why this isn't true AT ALL...🧵
They did it for PEPFAR.
Now Ebola.
I follow this particular topic VERY closely, so here's what really happened and why this isn't true AT ALL...🧵
Elon Musk: "We will make mistakes. We won't be perfect ... so for example, with USAID, one of the things we accidentally canceled very briefly was ebola prevention."
February 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Make a huge mistake. Then make a false claim about how you fixed it.
They did it for PEPFAR.
Now Ebola.
I follow this particular topic VERY closely, so here's what really happened and why this isn't true AT ALL...🧵
They did it for PEPFAR.
Now Ebola.
I follow this particular topic VERY closely, so here's what really happened and why this isn't true AT ALL...🧵
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Actually, a measles outbreak IS an unusual occurrence. Especially in a country like the US, which had eliminated the disease thanks to vaccination until recently.
It's so unusual that most physicians in the U.S. have NEVER seen a case!
www.nbcnews.com/now/video/-i...
It's so unusual that most physicians in the U.S. have NEVER seen a case!
www.nbcnews.com/now/video/-i...
'It's not unusual': RFK Jr. comments on growing Texas measles outbreak
When questioned about a growing measles outbreak in West Texas that has claimed at least one life, Health & Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told reporters "we have measles outbreaks eve...
www.nbcnews.com
February 26, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Actually, a measles outbreak IS an unusual occurrence. Especially in a country like the US, which had eliminated the disease thanks to vaccination until recently.
It's so unusual that most physicians in the U.S. have NEVER seen a case!
www.nbcnews.com/now/video/-i...
It's so unusual that most physicians in the U.S. have NEVER seen a case!
www.nbcnews.com/now/video/-i...
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Arizona AG Kris Mayes, New Mexico AG Raul Torrez, and Oregon AG Dan Rayfield will begin holding Community Impact Hearings — a national series of townhalls "to hear from the public about the impact of federal firings and DOGE funding freezes across the country."
The first will be in Phoenix March 5.
The first will be in Phoenix March 5.
February 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Arizona AG Kris Mayes, New Mexico AG Raul Torrez, and Oregon AG Dan Rayfield will begin holding Community Impact Hearings — a national series of townhalls "to hear from the public about the impact of federal firings and DOGE funding freezes across the country."
The first will be in Phoenix March 5.
The first will be in Phoenix March 5.
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It is really hard to watch people willfully tear down an infrastructure that allowed us to double lifespans, drastically reduce poverty, and become one of the richest countries in the world.
February 26, 2025 at 11:16 PM
It is really hard to watch people willfully tear down an infrastructure that allowed us to double lifespans, drastically reduce poverty, and become one of the richest countries in the world.
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I take care of children who DIE of conditions that we can’t prevent and that despite our very best efforts we cannot cure.
The fact that CHILDREN DIE of diseases that can be completely eradicated with safe and effective vaccines makes me LIVID.
The fact that CHILDREN DIE of diseases that can be completely eradicated with safe and effective vaccines makes me LIVID.
February 27, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I take care of children who DIE of conditions that we can’t prevent and that despite our very best efforts we cannot cure.
The fact that CHILDREN DIE of diseases that can be completely eradicated with safe and effective vaccines makes me LIVID.
The fact that CHILDREN DIE of diseases that can be completely eradicated with safe and effective vaccines makes me LIVID.
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Lmao. Hey Dems maybe you can hold town halls in these red places and let Trump voters ask you questions make your own viral content
House Republican leadership has advised caucus members to avoid in-person town halls, fearing that voter backlash may become viral if circulated online.
🐔 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
🐔 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
February 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Lmao. Hey Dems maybe you can hold town halls in these red places and let Trump voters ask you questions make your own viral content
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With the next FDA vaccine meeting cancelled, concerns are rising about whether flu vaccine will be ready on time for next year. w/ @sherylnyt.bsky.social
The stakes are high: 86 kids and 19,000 adults died so far this flu season.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
The stakes are high: 86 kids and 19,000 adults died so far this flu season.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
F.D.A. Cancels Meeting of Vaccine Experts Scheduled to Advise on Flu Shots (Gift Article)
The cancellation plays into fears among scientists who worry that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will use his position as health secretary to sow doubts about vaccines.
www.nytimes.com
February 26, 2025 at 11:53 PM
With the next FDA vaccine meeting cancelled, concerns are rising about whether flu vaccine will be ready on time for next year. w/ @sherylnyt.bsky.social
The stakes are high: 86 kids and 19,000 adults died so far this flu season.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
The stakes are high: 86 kids and 19,000 adults died so far this flu season.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
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Here's my latest on the very grim happenings inside NIH
What Can The Worst Person In the World Do With Access to NIH's Grant Software System?
Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.
www.splinter.com
February 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Here's my latest on the very grim happenings inside NIH
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well that seems sorted then
The White House said Elon Musk will determine if there are conflicts of interest between his work reviewing federal spending and his overlapping empire of six companies
White House Says Musk Will Police His Own Conflicts of Interest
The White House said Elon Musk, the billionaire leading President Donald Trump’s government cost-cutting efforts, will determine if there are conflicts of interest between his work reviewing federal s...
www.bloomberg.com
February 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
well that seems sorted then
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There's "being wrong in early in a pandemic" wrong and then there's "doubling down over and over again until you find yourself in bed with RFK Jr. and founding a whole-ass journal to discredit all of academic publishing along with all of medicine" wrong.
publichealth.realclearjournals.org
publichealth.realclearjournals.org
Journal of the Academy of Public Health
publichealth.realclearjournals.org
February 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM
There's "being wrong in early in a pandemic" wrong and then there's "doubling down over and over again until you find yourself in bed with RFK Jr. and founding a whole-ass journal to discredit all of academic publishing along with all of medicine" wrong.
publichealth.realclearjournals.org
publichealth.realclearjournals.org
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5 confirmed measles cases in southern Manitoba connected to Ontario outbreak www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
February 5, 2025 at 3:28 AM
5 confirmed measles cases in southern Manitoba connected to Ontario outbreak www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
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Hey, guess what has suddenly disappeared from the HHS website?
Any mention of this $306M investment in pandemic flu preparedness that was approved in the last days of the Biden administration.
Not DEI. Not USAID. Our surveillance & response program around H5N1.
Any mention of this $306M investment in pandemic flu preparedness that was approved in the last days of the Biden administration.
Not DEI. Not USAID. Our surveillance & response program around H5N1.
Biden administration allocates $306m in its final days for bird flu response
‘Critical’ funding comes as H5N1 outbreak intensifies and will go toward developing a response to the virus
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Hey, guess what has suddenly disappeared from the HHS website?
Any mention of this $306M investment in pandemic flu preparedness that was approved in the last days of the Biden administration.
Not DEI. Not USAID. Our surveillance & response program around H5N1.
Any mention of this $306M investment in pandemic flu preparedness that was approved in the last days of the Biden administration.
Not DEI. Not USAID. Our surveillance & response program around H5N1.
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I think it already is.
But seriously. Don’t call them names. We want the door open for them when they realize the mistake they made.
We are for a better America. Not a vindictive America
But seriously. Don’t call them names. We want the door open for them when they realize the mistake they made.
We are for a better America. Not a vindictive America
Hey Mark do you think voters remorse will ever hit the magat crowd
I Doubt It
I Doubt It
January 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I think it already is.
But seriously. Don’t call them names. We want the door open for them when they realize the mistake they made.
We are for a better America. Not a vindictive America
But seriously. Don’t call them names. We want the door open for them when they realize the mistake they made.
We are for a better America. Not a vindictive America
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February 5, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I'm not ok. Not at all.
February 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I'm not ok. Not at all.
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Lutheran Social Services is one of the largest employers in South Dakota, operating senior living facilities across the state. Republicans are shutting it down
Perhaps more concerning is Mike Flynn, known foreign asset, having access to this data?
Perhaps more concerning is Mike Flynn, known foreign asset, having access to this data?
February 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Lutheran Social Services is one of the largest employers in South Dakota, operating senior living facilities across the state. Republicans are shutting it down
Perhaps more concerning is Mike Flynn, known foreign asset, having access to this data?
Perhaps more concerning is Mike Flynn, known foreign asset, having access to this data?
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Several conversations today w people in the key executive departments. And while the particulars are hard to pin down my impression is that the Musk take over stuff is considerably worse than is being presented in the press. By this I don’t necessarily things they *done* yet but the level of …
February 2, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Several conversations today w people in the key executive departments. And while the particulars are hard to pin down my impression is that the Musk take over stuff is considerably worse than is being presented in the press. By this I don’t necessarily things they *done* yet but the level of …
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PSA: looking for a recently destroyed government dataset (CDC SVI, EJI, etc.)?
Check here: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/ca...
Folks @climatehealthcafe.bsky.social have downloaded several destroyed and at-risk datasets. They're actively posting them now. A few to start (see below), more to come.
Check here: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/ca...
Folks @climatehealthcafe.bsky.social have downloaded several destroyed and at-risk datasets. They're actively posting them now. A few to start (see below), more to come.
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dataverse.harvard.edu
February 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
PSA: looking for a recently destroyed government dataset (CDC SVI, EJI, etc.)?
Check here: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/ca...
Folks @climatehealthcafe.bsky.social have downloaded several destroyed and at-risk datasets. They're actively posting them now. A few to start (see below), more to come.
Check here: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/ca...
Folks @climatehealthcafe.bsky.social have downloaded several destroyed and at-risk datasets. They're actively posting them now. A few to start (see below), more to come.
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I don’t have a definitive source on this yet but it looks like NSF review panels have been canceled.
Sixty-some years ago, Eisenhower transformed higher education because he viewed a science education gap as the single greatest threat to national security.
This is absolutely an act of sabotage.
Sixty-some years ago, Eisenhower transformed higher education because he viewed a science education gap as the single greatest threat to national security.
This is absolutely an act of sabotage.
January 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I don’t have a definitive source on this yet but it looks like NSF review panels have been canceled.
Sixty-some years ago, Eisenhower transformed higher education because he viewed a science education gap as the single greatest threat to national security.
This is absolutely an act of sabotage.
Sixty-some years ago, Eisenhower transformed higher education because he viewed a science education gap as the single greatest threat to national security.
This is absolutely an act of sabotage.
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From a source inside the National Cancer Institute:
“Everyone is scrambling to figure out how we’re supposed to work to serve the public when we can’t engage at all.”
“Everyone is scrambling to figure out how we’re supposed to work to serve the public when we can’t engage at all.”
January 27, 2025 at 6:13 PM
From a source inside the National Cancer Institute:
“Everyone is scrambling to figure out how we’re supposed to work to serve the public when we can’t engage at all.”
“Everyone is scrambling to figure out how we’re supposed to work to serve the public when we can’t engage at all.”
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no one is capable of perfect behavior and expecting perfection leaves you vulnerable to liars and predators; it is a manipulation tactic
the people in power want us to fight each other
Stop
Do not lose sight of the actual enemies, do not leave yourself so incredibly vulnerable and weak
the people in power want us to fight each other
Stop
Do not lose sight of the actual enemies, do not leave yourself so incredibly vulnerable and weak
The secular morality of the social media left has created a culture of virtual stonings, and I DO know how overwrought this sounds but I still don't think I'm wrong.
January 27, 2025 at 10:54 PM
no one is capable of perfect behavior and expecting perfection leaves you vulnerable to liars and predators; it is a manipulation tactic
the people in power want us to fight each other
Stop
Do not lose sight of the actual enemies, do not leave yourself so incredibly vulnerable and weak
the people in power want us to fight each other
Stop
Do not lose sight of the actual enemies, do not leave yourself so incredibly vulnerable and weak
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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers have discovered a vulnerability in drug-resistant bacteria: zinc- OR a lack thereof. Depriving bacteria of certain nutrients can cause important physiological changes, rendering them VULNERABLE to antibiotics, INCLUDING those they once resisted! Let’s talk about that! 🧪🧵⬇️
January 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
THIS IS HUGE! Researchers have discovered a vulnerability in drug-resistant bacteria: zinc- OR a lack thereof. Depriving bacteria of certain nutrients can cause important physiological changes, rendering them VULNERABLE to antibiotics, INCLUDING those they once resisted! Let’s talk about that! 🧪🧵⬇️
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Science is under attack.
January 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Science is under attack.