A Elm
@annalei.bsky.social
Don't Look Up! Here to follow trusted sources re. public health, climate, etc.
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"The COVID pandemic began with a myth –that children are spared its ill effects. In contrast,many children were sick with COVID, & we now have a new chronic illness emerging"
Lawrence Kleinman, Professor &Vice Chair, Pediatrics, Rutgers Robert W.Johnson Med School &Professor of Global Public Health
Lawrence Kleinman, Professor &Vice Chair, Pediatrics, Rutgers Robert W.Johnson Med School &Professor of Global Public Health
July 28, 2025 at 12:33 AM
"The COVID pandemic began with a myth –that children are spared its ill effects. In contrast,many children were sick with COVID, & we now have a new chronic illness emerging"
Lawrence Kleinman, Professor &Vice Chair, Pediatrics, Rutgers Robert W.Johnson Med School &Professor of Global Public Health
Lawrence Kleinman, Professor &Vice Chair, Pediatrics, Rutgers Robert W.Johnson Med School &Professor of Global Public Health
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As the parent of a type-I diabetic, I would like to invite the ignorant piece of shit currently directing the FDA to kiss my ass.
May 26, 2025 at 4:09 AM
As the parent of a type-I diabetic, I would like to invite the ignorant piece of shit currently directing the FDA to kiss my ass.
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In other airborne news, here's a fabulous visual explanation of what measles does once it floats into your body. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How Measles Attacks an Unvaccinated Child (Gift Article)
With falling vaccination rates and outbreaks that have caused more than 580 U.S. cases and at least one death, health experts expect hundreds or even thousands more to be infected in the coming months...
www.nytimes.com
April 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
In other airborne news, here's a fabulous visual explanation of what measles does once it floats into your body. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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#MedSky #IDSky & everyone who provides patient care, this is must read.
“#LongCovid Showed Me the Bottom of American Health Care”
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
“#LongCovid Showed Me the Bottom of American Health Care”
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Long COVID Showed Me the Bottom of American Health Care
Access to clinics has only gotten patchier as attention to the disease has faded.
www.theatlantic.com
April 1, 2025 at 10:58 PM
#MedSky #IDSky & everyone who provides patient care, this is must read.
“#LongCovid Showed Me the Bottom of American Health Care”
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
“#LongCovid Showed Me the Bottom of American Health Care”
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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Yes exactly.
NEW: There's no reason to act like Trump is pursuing a trade policy or an industrial revitalization strategy.
These are just sanctions, imposed to intimidate countries and companies into submission like they're universities or law firms. They're what a mob boss would do.
prospect.org/economy/2025...
These are just sanctions, imposed to intimidate countries and companies into submission like they're universities or law firms. They're what a mob boss would do.
prospect.org/economy/2025...
They’re Not Tariffs, They’re Sanctions
Stop trying to place coherence on a policy that’s really just a mob boss breaking legs and asking for protection money.
prospect.org
April 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Yes exactly.
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The contained rage here is incredible. You have to think, hope, this is going to rise across America.
The former ambassador to Denmark for the United States, Rufus Gifford, posted this video on his Facebook account:
Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social
Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social
March 31, 2025 at 3:38 AM
The contained rage here is incredible. You have to think, hope, this is going to rise across America.
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China, Russia and India have dispatched emergency teams and supplies to earthquake-ravaged Myanmar. So have Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam. The U.S., the richest country in the world and once its most generous provider of foreign aid, has sent nothing.
Trump’s U.S.A.I.D. Cuts Hobble Earthquake Response in Myanmar
While China, Russia and other nations have rushed emergency response teams to the devastated country, the U.S., once a leader in foreign aid, has been slow to act.
www.nytimes.com
March 31, 2025 at 4:31 AM
China, Russia and India have dispatched emergency teams and supplies to earthquake-ravaged Myanmar. So have Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam. The U.S., the richest country in the world and once its most generous provider of foreign aid, has sent nothing.
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I'm a goalie and also very aware of covid's airborne and deadly/disabling nature.
I approve of this message.
@furnesscolin.bsky.social
I approve of this message.
@furnesscolin.bsky.social
March 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I'm a goalie and also very aware of covid's airborne and deadly/disabling nature.
I approve of this message.
@furnesscolin.bsky.social
I approve of this message.
@furnesscolin.bsky.social
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A Florida college just fired a Professor who teaches Chinese language and culture…because he is Chinese. Kevin Wang’s firing was “not based on any misconduct and does not constitute a dismissal for cause or disciplinary action”. It’s just because he’s Chinese. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Florida college fires Chinese professor under state’s ‘countries of concern’ law
New College of Florida fired Kevin Wang, a professor who sought asylum and is authorized to work in the US
www.theguardian.com
March 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
A Florida college just fired a Professor who teaches Chinese language and culture…because he is Chinese. Kevin Wang’s firing was “not based on any misconduct and does not constitute a dismissal for cause or disciplinary action”. It’s just because he’s Chinese. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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So many smart people are continuing to try to collaborate and negotiate with the Trump regime and RFK. Friends, these are fascists and eugenicists. You do not want to collaborate with them. If you do so, regardless of your intentions, you will only become a tool for mass harm.
March 29, 2025 at 1:59 AM
So many smart people are continuing to try to collaborate and negotiate with the Trump regime and RFK. Friends, these are fascists and eugenicists. You do not want to collaborate with them. If you do so, regardless of your intentions, you will only become a tool for mass harm.
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For tomorrows round of horror @wendyorent.bsky.social
March 29, 2025 at 2:01 AM
For tomorrows round of horror @wendyorent.bsky.social
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Tucson, Arizona today.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
March 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Tucson, Arizona today.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
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So look at that. DOGE has cost the US Treasury fucking half a trillion dollars. HALF A TRILLION DOLLARS. This is your cost savings.
To review what we from @washingtonpost.com are reporting out of the IRS today:
- Projected tax revenue this year is down 10% ($500 billion) as Trump's downsizing is emboldening tax cheats
- IRS is nearing an agreement with ICE to assist on mass deportations
- Projected tax revenue this year is down 10% ($500 billion) as Trump's downsizing is emboldening tax cheats
- IRS is nearing an agreement with ICE to assist on mass deportations
March 22, 2025 at 9:20 PM
So look at that. DOGE has cost the US Treasury fucking half a trillion dollars. HALF A TRILLION DOLLARS. This is your cost savings.
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Five years ago today, COVID was declared a pandemic. Everything that has followed has been exhausting--and I know you're tired of thinking about COVID. But I still hope you read this: 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/five...
COVID Pandemic Fatigue Has Left the U.S. Vulnerable to New Threats
The “quarantine fatigue” of 2020 became an ongoing “pandemic fatigue,” a complex set of emotions that continues to affect the nation
www.scientificamerican.com
March 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Five years ago today, COVID was declared a pandemic. Everything that has followed has been exhausting--and I know you're tired of thinking about COVID. But I still hope you read this: 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/five...
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This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
March 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
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A United Nations health agency has called the spread of H5N1 #birdflu unprecedented and calls on world leaders to coordinate a global response.
www.upi.com/Top_News/Wor...
www.upi.com/Top_News/Wor...
U.N. agency warns bird flu spreading at 'unprecedented' scale, calls for global response - UPI.com
A United Nations health agency has called the spread of H5N1 bird flu "unprecedented" and called on world leaders to coordinate a global response.
www.upi.com
March 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
A United Nations health agency has called the spread of H5N1 #birdflu unprecedented and calls on world leaders to coordinate a global response.
www.upi.com/Top_News/Wor...
www.upi.com/Top_News/Wor...
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“essentially closing research operations in my group” = no new experiments save 1 recently funded grant. Spending freezes limit our ability to order supplies and reagents. We need to focus remaining funding on maintaining personnel + analyzing existing samples w whatever’s left in the cabinet
This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
March 15, 2025 at 11:37 PM
“essentially closing research operations in my group” = no new experiments save 1 recently funded grant. Spending freezes limit our ability to order supplies and reagents. We need to focus remaining funding on maintaining personnel + analyzing existing samples w whatever’s left in the cabinet
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I love science!!
A vaccine targeting mutations created by pancreatic cancer!!
Can’t wait for this to mature and get trialed
www.cbsnews.com/news/pancrea...
A vaccine targeting mutations created by pancreatic cancer!!
Can’t wait for this to mature and get trialed
www.cbsnews.com/news/pancrea...
Vaccine targeting pancreatic cancer shows promise in new study of clinical trial
A clinical trial from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center looked at the effects of a targeted mRNA vaccine on early-stage pancreatic cancer patients.
www.cbsnews.com
February 21, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I love science!!
A vaccine targeting mutations created by pancreatic cancer!!
Can’t wait for this to mature and get trialed
www.cbsnews.com/news/pancrea...
A vaccine targeting mutations created by pancreatic cancer!!
Can’t wait for this to mature and get trialed
www.cbsnews.com/news/pancrea...
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“Many of those interviewed broke down in tears as they described the rapid destruction of decades of work.
The programs that have frozen or folded over the past six days supported frontline care for infectious disease, providing treatments and preventive measures that help avert millions of deaths”
The programs that have frozen or folded over the past six days supported frontline care for infectious disease, providing treatments and preventive measures that help avert millions of deaths”
Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid
Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work.
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
“Many of those interviewed broke down in tears as they described the rapid destruction of decades of work.
The programs that have frozen or folded over the past six days supported frontline care for infectious disease, providing treatments and preventive measures that help avert millions of deaths”
The programs that have frozen or folded over the past six days supported frontline care for infectious disease, providing treatments and preventive measures that help avert millions of deaths”
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About 20% of children died before their 5th birthday in 1900. hashtag#RFKJr wants to bring this all back. He doesn't believe in germ theory--really, read his book--and hates vaccines. He's a menace to children everywhere. www.nber.org/system/files...
www.nber.org
January 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
About 20% of children died before their 5th birthday in 1900. hashtag#RFKJr wants to bring this all back. He doesn't believe in germ theory--really, read his book--and hates vaccines. He's a menace to children everywhere. www.nber.org/system/files...
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This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.
January 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.
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NEW—Trump WH has blocked all CDC science reports (eg MMWR) & suspended all CDC / FDA / NIH external communications of all HHS agencies until further notice... including all FDA & CDC Health Alert warnings & all social media. Public health be damned.
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Trump officials pause health agencies’ communications, citing review
The agencies are charged with making decisions that touch the lives of every American and are the source of crucial information to health-care providers.
wapo.st
January 22, 2025 at 2:02 AM
NEW—Trump WH has blocked all CDC science reports (eg MMWR) & suspended all CDC / FDA / NIH external communications of all HHS agencies until further notice... including all FDA & CDC Health Alert warnings & all social media. Public health be damned.
Gift 🎁 link:
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Gift 🎁 link:
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