PublicHealthSavesLives
@bsmeline.bsky.social
Local public health guy. Hopeful that the damage of the next 4 years will be minimal and something we can come back from and preserve our democracy.
My guess is that it is by design. What Chinese or Russian contracts is Elon going to get for leaving our data open for foreign access?
'Completely slapped together': Musk’s DOGE mocked after members 'left their database open': The website for Elon Musk’s Department for Government Accountability, doge.gov — which tracks their cuts to the federal government — is not secure, 404 Media reported Friday. Musk has been leading a…
'Completely slapped together': Musk’s DOGE mocked after members 'left their database open'
The website for Elon Musk’s Department for Government Accountability, doge.gov — which tracks their cuts to the federal government — is not secure, 404 Media reported Friday. Musk has been leading a Trump-sanctioned push to slash agencies, freeze funding…
www.alternet.org
February 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
My guess is that it is by design. What Chinese or Russian contracts is Elon going to get for leaving our data open for foreign access?
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They…turned off…National Institutes of Health grants? That’s nearly $50 billion of scientific research.
NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
They…turned off…National Institutes of Health grants? That’s nearly $50 billion of scientific research.
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Jeffries: It is unconscionable that Republicans are suggesting imposing right wing partisan conditions in order for California taxpayers to receive their tax dollars. California is one of those states that sends about five times as much to the federal government every year than they get back
January 15, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Jeffries: It is unconscionable that Republicans are suggesting imposing right wing partisan conditions in order for California taxpayers to receive their tax dollars. California is one of those states that sends about five times as much to the federal government every year than they get back
Undocumented immigrants pay their share of taxes. Stop corporate welfare.
January 13, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Undocumented immigrants pay their share of taxes. Stop corporate welfare.
"Patriot* equals white and conservative?
OK Schools Chief Ryan Walters says that public school teachers are the ones responsible for domestic terrorism. He says teachers have turned classrooms into “terrorist training camps” by indoctrinating students to “hate America.”
January 2, 2025 at 10:06 PM
"Patriot* equals white and conservative?
When they want to cut Public Health and other governmental services, remember that Donald Trump blew a nearly $7 TRILLION hole in the debt, so he could give tax cuts to his cronies. We can afford to do anything we want as a country, and giving tax cuts to the richest should never be one of them.
January 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
When they want to cut Public Health and other governmental services, remember that Donald Trump blew a nearly $7 TRILLION hole in the debt, so he could give tax cuts to his cronies. We can afford to do anything we want as a country, and giving tax cuts to the richest should never be one of them.
Everyone should read this.
This is the single-most on-point interview I've ever read about Covid. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Five years of the COVID-19 pandemic: An interview with Dr. Arijit Chakravarty
In this interview, Dr. Chakravarty discusses the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic and public health globally five years after the initial outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Wuhan, China.
www.wsws.org
January 2, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Everyone should read this.
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This highlights the complexity of public health messaging. The public wasn’t lied to. The messaging changed because the data kept compiling and new recommendations were needed. In my view there was one enormous mistake in messaging in 2021, and that was when the CDC said you didn’t need a mask.
January 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
This highlights the complexity of public health messaging. The public wasn’t lied to. The messaging changed because the data kept compiling and new recommendations were needed. In my view there was one enormous mistake in messaging in 2021, and that was when the CDC said you didn’t need a mask.
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People still like to claim that public health misled the U.S. population over the effectiveness of the COVID19 vaccine. They conveniently forget that the first data that were released from randomized clinical trials showed 94% efficacy. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Efficacy and Safety of the mRNA-1273 SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine | NEJM
Vaccines are needed to prevent coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) and to protect
persons who are at high risk for complications. The mRNA-1273 vaccine is a lipid nanoparticle–encapsulated
mRNA-bas...
www.nejm.org
January 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
People still like to claim that public health misled the U.S. population over the effectiveness of the COVID19 vaccine. They conveniently forget that the first data that were released from randomized clinical trials showed 94% efficacy. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
The richest Americans are done paying into social security for 2025, already. They have reached the contribution/income cap after a day or two of earnings. SCRAP THE CAP to help social security be sustainable.
January 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The richest Americans are done paying into social security for 2025, already. They have reached the contribution/income cap after a day or two of earnings. SCRAP THE CAP to help social security be sustainable.
This can't be anything but a 'just die already' denial.
January 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This can't be anything but a 'just die already' denial.
I'm still baffled that the plan is to spend billions and billions of dollars per year to arrest and deport people, but still attack Medicare and Social Security as not sustainable.
December 27, 2024 at 7:52 PM
I'm still baffled that the plan is to spend billions and billions of dollars per year to arrest and deport people, but still attack Medicare and Social Security as not sustainable.
NATO NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING!!
Yes, this is an attack on NATO countries by Russia.
December 27, 2024 at 7:47 PM
NATO NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING!!
Not surprising at all.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Infamous paper that popularized unproven COVID-19 treatment finally retracted
Study on hydroxychloroquine by Didier Raoult and colleagues gets pulled on ethical and scientific grounds
www.science.org
December 17, 2024 at 8:09 PM
Not surprising at all.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
If Trump some how thinks he can run for a third term in 2028, who do you think would win between Barack Obama and Donald Trump, for a third term runoff?
December 17, 2024 at 8:07 PM
If Trump some how thinks he can run for a third term in 2028, who do you think would win between Barack Obama and Donald Trump, for a third term runoff?
So, Obama could run against him?
Not a single Trump biographer doubted he was serious about becoming a tyrant
And not a single media outlet credited the idea Trump would seek a third term
And here we are—more than a month before he even takes over—and not only is it being floated, but Trumpist attorney Mike Davis is working on it
And not a single media outlet credited the idea Trump would seek a third term
And here we are—more than a month before he even takes over—and not only is it being floated, but Trumpist attorney Mike Davis is working on it
December 16, 2024 at 3:13 PM
So, Obama could run against him?
What are we doing here, people? www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/h...
RFK Jr.’s Lawyer Has Asked the FDA to Revoke Polio Vaccine Approval
Aaron Siri, who specializes in vaccine lawsuits, has been at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s side reviewing candidates for top jobs at the Department of Health and Human Services.
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2024 at 3:15 PM
What are we doing here, people? www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/h...
Yep! Hypocrisy is the GOP.
I'm old enough to remember the Tea Party freaks screaming that evil elitist liberals like Michelle Obama should keep their hands off their 2,000 calorie sandwiches and extra sugary full calorie sodas.
Rand Paul on RFK Jr: "One of the things I plan on talking to him about is the idea that food stamps shouldn't cover unhealthy food. I don't think that food stamps should pay for full sugar Coca-Cola, Pepsi, full sugar anything."
December 12, 2024 at 7:21 PM
Yep! Hypocrisy is the GOP.
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"Repeat after me: there was no 'landslide'. There was no 'blowout'. There was no 'sweeping' mandate given to Trump by the electorate. The numbers don’t lie."
My new Guardian op-ed on the new GOP election lie - and why it's important to rebut it! I brought (lots of) receipts:
My new Guardian op-ed on the new GOP election lie - and why it's important to rebut it! I brought (lots of) receipts:
Donald Trump didn’t win by a historic landslide. It’s time to nip that lie in the bud | Mehdi Hasan
In 2024, we have a new post-election lie – Trump didn’t just win, Republicans say, but he won big. He won a landslide. That’s false
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2024 at 4:02 PM
"Repeat after me: there was no 'landslide'. There was no 'blowout'. There was no 'sweeping' mandate given to Trump by the electorate. The numbers don’t lie."
My new Guardian op-ed on the new GOP election lie - and why it's important to rebut it! I brought (lots of) receipts:
My new Guardian op-ed on the new GOP election lie - and why it's important to rebut it! I brought (lots of) receipts:
And it is only going to get worse!!
December 3, 2024 at 7:54 PM
And it is only going to get worse!!
Not Public Healthy, but imagine if an American President had us in a war that cost 2,000 lives per day. That is what Putin is doing and Donald Trump is a fan.
December 3, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Not Public Healthy, but imagine if an American President had us in a war that cost 2,000 lives per day. That is what Putin is doing and Donald Trump is a fan.
Concluding that majority of evidence points to a lab leak? oversight.house.gov/release/fina...
FINAL REPORT: COVID Select Concludes 2-Year Investigation, Issues 500+ Page Final Report on Lessons Learned and the Path Forward - United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability
United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability
oversight.house.gov
December 3, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Concluding that majority of evidence points to a lab leak? oversight.house.gov/release/fina...
The incoming administration is talking about invading Mexico. Insanity.
November 27, 2024 at 5:33 PM
The incoming administration is talking about invading Mexico. Insanity.