@bpatten.bsky.social
Retired RN, Nurse Educator, Nana, Believer in science, Reader, Women’s sports enthusiast
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Horrific. mRNA vaccines have saved millions of lives and could save millions more.
“I don’t think I’ve seen a more dangerous decision in public health in my 50 years in the business,” said Mike Osterholm, a UMN expert on infectious diseases & pandemic preparations.
www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-va...
“I don’t think I’ve seen a more dangerous decision in public health in my 50 years in the business,” said Mike Osterholm, a UMN expert on infectious diseases & pandemic preparations.
www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-va...
August 6, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Horrific. mRNA vaccines have saved millions of lives and could save millions more.
“I don’t think I’ve seen a more dangerous decision in public health in my 50 years in the business,” said Mike Osterholm, a UMN expert on infectious diseases & pandemic preparations.
www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-va...
“I don’t think I’ve seen a more dangerous decision in public health in my 50 years in the business,” said Mike Osterholm, a UMN expert on infectious diseases & pandemic preparations.
www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-va...
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Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪
Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science
These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults
www.scientificamerican.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪
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Thirty years after a truck bomb detonated outside a federal building in the nation’s heartland, deep scars still remain from the deadliest homegrown attack on U.S. soil.
The Oklahoma City bombing was 30 years ago. Some survivors worry America didn’t learn the lesson
Thirty years after a truck bomb detonated outside a federal building in the nation’s heartland, deep scars still remain from the deadliest homegrown attack on U.S. soil.
bit.ly
April 16, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Thirty years after a truck bomb detonated outside a federal building in the nation’s heartland, deep scars still remain from the deadliest homegrown attack on U.S. soil.
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Our rising seas. This is only going to get harder to ignore.
This NASA visualization was created by svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5520/
This NASA visualization was created by svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5520/
April 13, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Our rising seas. This is only going to get harder to ignore.
This NASA visualization was created by svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5520/
This NASA visualization was created by svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5520/
Impeachment and/or 25th amendment now! Where are our courageous leaders? Save what can still be saved
April 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Impeachment and/or 25th amendment now! Where are our courageous leaders? Save what can still be saved
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When they gut Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security on top of the HHS firings today, there won’t be any more healthcare or hospitals in the US. There’s no plan after the destruction. The destruction is the plan
April 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM
When they gut Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security on top of the HHS firings today, there won’t be any more healthcare or hospitals in the US. There’s no plan after the destruction. The destruction is the plan
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If these men had any sense of honor, they would already have resigned. The fact that they are all still in their jobs is just as damning as their terrifying and lawless incompetence.
March 25, 2025 at 12:43 PM
If these men had any sense of honor, they would already have resigned. The fact that they are all still in their jobs is just as damning as their terrifying and lawless incompetence.
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The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
benefit.me
March 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
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Just so you know, up to 60,000 children go blind from measles every year
March 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Just so you know, up to 60,000 children go blind from measles every year
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So here’s the deal- want to know the scope of Medicaid & CHIP coverage in your state? Want to spread the word of what this healthcare coverage means to kids and families? The AAP has prepared these state by state fact sheets www.aap.org/en/advocacy/...
Children's Health Care Coverage Fact Sheets
AAP's state fact sheets highlight how Medicaid, CHIP and the ACA protections work to support and improve children's health.
www.aap.org
March 3, 2025 at 2:05 AM
So here’s the deal- want to know the scope of Medicaid & CHIP coverage in your state? Want to spread the word of what this healthcare coverage means to kids and families? The AAP has prepared these state by state fact sheets www.aap.org/en/advocacy/...
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The goal is to terrorize federal workers into quitting. That’s it. Constant changes. Canceling work from home then closing offices. Laying off probationary employees. It’s designed to break the government. Then privatize it for profit. It’s not efficiency. It’s collapse. Only peasants will suffer.
February 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The goal is to terrorize federal workers into quitting. That’s it. Constant changes. Canceling work from home then closing offices. Laying off probationary employees. It’s designed to break the government. Then privatize it for profit. It’s not efficiency. It’s collapse. Only peasants will suffer.
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Things pediatricians are scared of:
Grapes
Hot dogs
Lawn mowers
Unmounted TVs
Babies on laps in cars
Riders without helmets
Ungated pools
Crib bumpers
Trampolines
Hot tubs
Guns
Things pediatricians are not scared of:
Any/all the vaccines
Grapes
Hot dogs
Lawn mowers
Unmounted TVs
Babies on laps in cars
Riders without helmets
Ungated pools
Crib bumpers
Trampolines
Hot tubs
Guns
Things pediatricians are not scared of:
Any/all the vaccines
February 20, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Things pediatricians are scared of:
Grapes
Hot dogs
Lawn mowers
Unmounted TVs
Babies on laps in cars
Riders without helmets
Ungated pools
Crib bumpers
Trampolines
Hot tubs
Guns
Things pediatricians are not scared of:
Any/all the vaccines
Grapes
Hot dogs
Lawn mowers
Unmounted TVs
Babies on laps in cars
Riders without helmets
Ungated pools
Crib bumpers
Trampolines
Hot tubs
Guns
Things pediatricians are not scared of:
Any/all the vaccines
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The fired staffers were tasked with making sure medications given to animals work well and are safe.
FDA staff handling drug safety for pets and livestock lost jobs in Trump firings
The fired staffers were tasked with making sure medications given to animals work well and are safe.
www.npr.org
February 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The fired staffers were tasked with making sure medications given to animals work well and are safe.
You or someone you love has served in the military and used VA health services
And/or is
Native American and used Indian health services
Healthcare matters
Access matters
And/or is
Native American and used Indian health services
Healthcare matters
Access matters
February 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
You or someone you love has served in the military and used VA health services
And/or is
Native American and used Indian health services
Healthcare matters
Access matters
And/or is
Native American and used Indian health services
Healthcare matters
Access matters
You or someone you love has attended public school, preschool, community college, received a student loan, grant or financial assistance, had a 504 plan, an ESL class, or used the numerous other services provided by the Dept of Education currently being gutted or eliminated. Education matters
February 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
You or someone you love has attended public school, preschool, community college, received a student loan, grant or financial assistance, had a 504 plan, an ESL class, or used the numerous other services provided by the Dept of Education currently being gutted or eliminated. Education matters
You or someone you love has been protected from illness, injury or dying by CDC, FDA, USDA, FAA, OSHA, EPA or another government org that is now being gutted or eliminated
February 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
You or someone you love has been protected from illness, injury or dying by CDC, FDA, USDA, FAA, OSHA, EPA or another government org that is now being gutted or eliminated
You or someone you love may have used Medicaid, CHIP, SNAP, WIC, free school lunch to survive
February 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
You or someone you love may have used Medicaid, CHIP, SNAP, WIC, free school lunch to survive
You or someone you love have received a vaccine that prevented a disease and it’s consequences, perhaps even death
February 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
You or someone you love have received a vaccine that prevented a disease and it’s consequences, perhaps even death
You or someone you love has used NIH funded research at some time in your life. Science matters
February 12, 2025 at 9:33 PM
You or someone you love has used NIH funded research at some time in your life. Science matters
With everything being done to our government computers, who doesn’t believe Elon fixed the election?
February 3, 2025 at 11:12 PM
With everything being done to our government computers, who doesn’t believe Elon fixed the election?
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(NYT) - More than 8,000 web pages across more than a dozen U.S. government websites have been taken down since Friday afternoon, a New York Times analysis has found ..
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...
Thousands of U.S. Government Web Pages Have Been Taken Down Since Friday
Federal agencies moved to satisfy Trump’s orders to remove topics like diversity initiatives and “gender ideology.”
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
(NYT) - More than 8,000 web pages across more than a dozen U.S. government websites have been taken down since Friday afternoon, a New York Times analysis has found ..
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...
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Trump promised to end the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 24 hours and stop the senseless killing, and he would do it easily with one phone call.
He hasn’t gotten around to that yet but he is teaching Canada a lesson for selling us lumber, oil & maple syrup.
America First! MAGA!
He hasn’t gotten around to that yet but he is teaching Canada a lesson for selling us lumber, oil & maple syrup.
America First! MAGA!
February 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Trump promised to end the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 24 hours and stop the senseless killing, and he would do it easily with one phone call.
He hasn’t gotten around to that yet but he is teaching Canada a lesson for selling us lumber, oil & maple syrup.
America First! MAGA!
He hasn’t gotten around to that yet but he is teaching Canada a lesson for selling us lumber, oil & maple syrup.
America First! MAGA!
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WIC. They are pausing WIC.
That's the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. Last time I checked (a while ago), every dollar spent on WIC produced over a dollar in savings *in the same fiscal year.* For most people, though, feeding infants and mothers is enough.
That's the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. Last time I checked (a while ago), every dollar spent on WIC produced over a dollar in savings *in the same fiscal year.* For most people, though, feeding infants and mothers is enough.
Broader agreement that it to applies to discretionary spending payments (Head Start, WIC, etc).
January 28, 2025 at 4:30 AM
WIC. They are pausing WIC.
That's the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. Last time I checked (a while ago), every dollar spent on WIC produced over a dollar in savings *in the same fiscal year.* For most people, though, feeding infants and mothers is enough.
That's the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. Last time I checked (a while ago), every dollar spent on WIC produced over a dollar in savings *in the same fiscal year.* For most people, though, feeding infants and mothers is enough.