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camilleandros.bsky.social
Camille Andros
@camilleandros.bsky.social
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Children’s book author 📚
Public Health/Infectious disease nerd
Obsessed with ending tuberculosis💉, equitable access to healthcare 🩻, and Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿.
North Carolina
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johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
A great reminder that the U.S. TB epidemic remains within living memory: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/h...
Sanitariums and Stigma: When TB Was Common in the U.S.
www.nytimes.com
July 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
camilleandros.bsky.social
Emily Brontë—as on pointe in 2025 as she was in 1845.
“Shedders of blood, shedders of tears
Self cursers avid of distress;
Yet mocking Heaven with senseless prayers,
For mercy on the merciless.”
—Emily Brontë
July 24, 2025 at 7:49 PM
camilleandros.bsky.social
Just in time for #TBHillDay happening this Wednesday.
treatmentactiongroup.org TAG - Treatment Action Group @treatmentactiongroup.org · Apr 7
TAG just released the brief, “Tuberculosis Research at the National Institutes of Health.’ The subhead says it all: “Saving Lives, Shrinking Costs, Fueling American Jobs and Innovation.” www.treatmentactiongroup.org/publication/...
April 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
camilleandros.bsky.social
Hi friends, I’m looking for resources for creating curriculum tie-ins from books. Do you do this or know anyone who does?
Thank you!
March 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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pronounced-ing.bsky.social
One man is responsible for getting 100s of books (including mine!) banned in Clay County, FL. One sad dude! Sitting there filling out form after form with false claims about books he hasn't even read!

The loudest voices have an outsize impact. We need to be loud--and persistent--too.

5calls.org
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
5calls.org
January 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
camilleandros.bsky.social
2025: 🔥🔥🔥

1848 Emily Brontë:
Power-worshippers from earliest time,
Foot-kissers of triumphant crime
Crushers of helpless misery,
Crushing down Justice,
Honoring Wrong:
If that be feeble, this be strong.
March 12, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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tbcommunityhub.bsky.social
ATTN #ENDTB advocates! Our initial summary report of findings from our #TB specific survey looking at the impact of US stop work orders is now available 👇 Within you can access links to Power BI for data visualizations.
#FundTBNow #FundingCutsCostsLives

drive.google.com/file/d/1gqrT...
TB Specific Impact Survey Initial Summary Report (1).pdf
drive.google.com
March 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
camilleandros.bsky.social
This. Interrupting and/or cutting treatment funding for multi-drug resistant #TB 🧪 HIV, malaria, is not efficient. It will cause a completely avoidable global mass casualty event and set back decades of progress.
pih.org Partners In Health @pih.org · Feb 28
In just 48 hours, decades of global health progress have been ignored and put at risk.

The U.S. terminated 90% of USAID foreign aid contracts—including lifesaving services once considered safe from the freeze.

Let’s talk about why this matters and how we can fight back: youtube.com/shorts/U0mLg...
Take Action For Foreign Aid!
YouTube video by Partners In Health
youtube.com
March 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
camilleandros.bsky.social
Let’s keep moving forward on the road to #EndTB. Not backward.
March 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
camilleandros.bsky.social
A year ago I started writing what I thought was a dystopian book about a group of kids at a fascist government boarding school. Their top scientist parents disappear under mysterious circumstances when a new untreatable strain of tuberculosis starts to spread.
It feels like non-fiction now.🫠
#TB
March 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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grainne.bsky.social
My friends I have had tb. It is so hard to get out of your body once in. You must must stop this from happening.
February 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
“People will die, but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...
U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World
Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
camilleandros.bsky.social
Happening now!🥳
Help raise money for global health with @partnersinhealth.bsky.social and @savethechildrenus.bsky.social
projectforawesome.bsky.social Project for Awesome @projectforawesome.bsky.social · Dec 18
The Project for Awesome 2025 livestream will be February 14-16, but what is P4A? #P4A2025
Purple text on a purple grid background "What is Project for Awesome?" with the P4A play button and like button mascots. Purple text on a green grid background "During the Project for Awesome (P4A), hundreds of people post videos advocating for charities that try to make the world a little better. We raise funds as a community and vote on where our donations will go! The P4A 2025 livestream will be February 14-16!" with the P4A play button and like button mascots.
February 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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peiferlabunc.bsky.social
Informative update about the Federal funding freeze from a thoughtful and effective politician: NC's new Attorney General, Jeff Jackson
Federal Funding Freeze One time, many years ago, President Nixon announced that he wasn’t going to spend the money Congress had appropriated for some clean water programs. And the Supreme Court unanimously said he couldn’t do that. If Congress passes a law that says, “Spend $100 on this,” the president can’t decide, “I’d rather spend $50.” The Constitution gives spending power to Congress - there’s no getting around that simply by declining to spend what they’ve appropriated. Clinton tried something similar, though on a smaller scale, and the Supreme Court blocked him, too. He used a line-item veto - which Congress had explicitly given him! - to strike certain spending provisions from the budget. The Court ruled that violated the Constitution. Why? Because not even Congress can delegate its power to the president without amending the Constitution. Congress has certain power reserved to it, whether it likes it or not. So when a president says, “Hey, freeze hundreds of billions that Congress appropriated,” it’s not a close constitutional call. It goes much further than Nixon and Clinton went, and it’s obviously not going to hold up in court. And it didn’t. On Sunday night, just as I was sitting down to dinner with my family, I got a text about the president’s order to freeze a massive chunk of federal funding. I read the order - just a page and a half long - and it was immediately clear that it was unlawful. First thing the next morning, I spoke with my team and we all agreed: Based on clear precedent, this violated the Constitution. So we joined the lawsuit to challenge it, and the court quickly put the freeze on hold, pending a full hearing. Now the order has been withdrawn entirely. The administration said it “didn’t go through the proper approval process.” Now we’re waiting to see if funding freeze version 2.0 appears. If it does, I assume they’ll take a more tailored approach in the hope of surviving a court challenge. Here’s what I take from all of this: The rule of law still holds. When power is overstepped, there are mechanisms to pull it back. And it’s important to hold the line, not for politics, but to defend the constitutional order on which civil society depends.
February 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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cdmitpih.bsky.social
A lot of historically grounded wisdom in this piece, including from former KS State Health Secretary on protecting the public’s health, “More information is better than no information.” Stark contrast to countless health info sites being shut down to restrict information & consolidate power. #TBSky
February 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
camilleandros.bsky.social
Congrats to pal Henry!🥂🎈🥳
January 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
The wait is almost over! Join us this morning for the announcement of the 2025 ALA Youth Media Awards.
#ALAYMA
amlibraryassoc.bsky.social American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · Jan 26
📚The #KidLit event of the year is almost here! Join us for the live announcement of the 2025 ALA Youth Media Awards!

📅 Mon., Jan. 27
🕖 7am PT | 8am MT | 9am CT | 10:00am ET

Watch at ala.unikron.com or on the ALA Facebook page.
www.facebook.com/AmericanLibr...
Attendees at the 2023 ALA Youth MEdia Awards await the start of the program in a dark auditorium with the Youth Media Awards logo displaying on a bright screen.
January 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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pocketobservatory.org
I wrote about how the simulation myth is making my 7 year old cry. And about how Musk, Andreessen and Altman use the simulation myth’s doctrine of power to justify real harm.

www.pocketobservatory.org/my-kid-is-af...
My kid is afraid we're in a simulation
A techno-optimist creation myth is keeping her up at night.
www.pocketobservatory.org
January 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
camilleandros.bsky.social
Let’s go! Also—U.S. friends—worth mentioning to your senators that RFK opposes infectious disease research and his appointment to Secretary of Health and Human Services is a very bad idea.
#tbsky #tbfighters
tbfighters.org TBFighters @tbfighters.org · Nov 13
Remind your representative that playtime is over, it’s time to pass the #EndTB Now Act. Click here for easy ways to contact your reps: tbfighter.link/end-tb-now-act #TBSky
A yellow background with a child's swing set and slide. "The House is back from recess! They are in session November 12-21. Let your reps know you support the End TB Now Act!"
November 15, 2024 at 11:24 PM
camilleandros.bsky.social
Maybe a hot take, maybe not…Wuthering Heights is not a love story. It’s a warning.
November 15, 2024 at 10:56 PM
camilleandros.bsky.social
There is a special sort of satisfaction when one finishes a book and in the next moment begins another.
July 2, 2024 at 6:58 PM
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patriciatoht.bsky.social
Wonderful post on Picture Book Builders about Katey Howes’ upcoming picture book, The Reindeer Remainders.
#math #friendship #empathy

picturebookbuilders.com/2024/06/the-...
The Reindeer Remainders – a tribute to (and interview with) the late Katey Howes
picturebookbuilders.com
June 18, 2024 at 10:19 PM
camilleandros.bsky.social
Non #kidlit related, but you always have the best ideas so…I desperately need a new mattress and pillow.
Do you love yours? What do you have?
June 20, 2024 at 2:13 PM
camilleandros.bsky.social
Meg.🫶 “I can't stop moving, even when I try. Motion is change and change is time and time will move me away from you.
But when it seems I've gone very still, please remember I can't stop moving even when I try.”

https://www.pocketobservatory.org/guerilla-liturgy/
June 14, 2024 at 4:22 PM
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debbieohi.com
Saddened to hear the news about kidlit author @kateywrites.bsky.social. 😢 Katey's friends have established scholarship fund at the Highlights Foundation: www.highlightsfoundation.org/the-katey-ho...
The Katey Howes Fund - Highlights Foundation
www.highlightsfoundation.org
June 11, 2024 at 1:52 AM