Christina VandePol
christinavandepol.bsky.social
Christina VandePol
@christinavandepol.bsky.social
writer, physician, former coroner
Love this: local transparency matters
April 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Reposted by Christina VandePol
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!

Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!

#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
February 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Months to Years magazine published my essay "Guilty Verdict" today. A story about what it was like to be a coroner in April 2020.
"...families of the dead wanted certainty, not assumptions; science, not circumstantial evidence."
Now science is on the defense again.
monthstoyears.org/guilty-verdi...
Guilty Verdict - Months To Years
In April 2020, nursing homes, hospitals, and funeral homes in the county where I was coroner were struggling: what to do with the bodies of COVID-19 victims? I was in panic mode myself: my county had ...
monthstoyears.org
February 14, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Last night's crash is within the jurisdictions of large medical examiner offices, but what if it happened in rural Pennsylvania (for instance)? Will federal disaster response agencies like DMORT (Disaster Mortuary Response Team) survive under Trump?

christinavandepol.com/dmort-past-p...
DMORT: Past, Present, Future - Christina VandePol
DMORT can provide federal assistance in a mass fatality incident if a major disaster has been declared. What is DMORT and what is its future?
christinavandepol.com
January 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Censorship is shutting down health news from CDC, FDA, NIH and who knows who/what else.

I downloaded recommended vaccination schedules from CDC today (in case they disappear) and am looking for alternate sources of health and safety information.

Here's one: www.paho.org/en.
PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health Organization
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) works with the countries of the Americas to improve the health and quality of life of their populations. Founded in 1902, it is the world’s oldest internati...
www.paho.org
January 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
New here: just moved from you-know-where. I'm a writer looking for other writers, journalists, coroners/medical examiners, and fellow truth-tellers. Former coroner, still a physician.
December 13, 2024 at 2:24 AM