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🚨”Speaking out carries real risks…It’s natural to feel exhausted,anxious,or concerned that raising your voice could jeopardize work communities rely on.But when scientific independence&integrity are under attack,defending #science is not a political act;it’s a professional obligation & a civic duty”
Many thanks @ucs.org Union of Concerned Scientists for your supportive remarks today, means a lot
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How the Scientific Community Can Defend Itself — and Our Democracy
Science is not an apolitical enterprise sealed off from society; it is an independent one, and fiercely so.
blog.ucs.org
December 23, 2025 at 6:37 PM
🚨”Speaking out carries real risks…It’s natural to feel exhausted,anxious,or concerned that raising your voice could jeopardize work communities rely on.But when scientific independence&integrity are under attack,defending #science is not a political act;it’s a professional obligation & a civic duty”
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Thank you @cdelawalla.bsky.social for @standupforscience.bsky.social and asking the hard questions. Thanks for all that you are doing!
We gave Jay Bhattacharya an opportunity to clarify his vaccine stance: does he REALLY believe that the vaccine is worse than the disease? Instead, he launched into a defense of MAHA as the future of scientific inquiry, and never really gave us a straight answer...
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December 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Thank you @cdelawalla.bsky.social for @standupforscience.bsky.social and asking the hard questions. Thanks for all that you are doing!
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I called Shomari Figures, my congressman, and asked him to support RFK’s impeachment. As a scientist and a parent and a human in this world, I am horrified by the daily damage this man has done to research and medicine. He should never have gotten the job and it’s time to send him packing.
Our Click to Call is set up! Let's get these phones ringing off the hook with voters demanding that our representatives take a stand, and give Bobby the Boot! There is not a moment too soon to #impeachrfkjr
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standupforscience.net/impeac...
December 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I called Shomari Figures, my congressman, and asked him to support RFK’s impeachment. As a scientist and a parent and a human in this world, I am horrified by the daily damage this man has done to research and medicine. He should never have gotten the job and it’s time to send him packing.
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There is no way I can trust any part of the federal government until Cheeto piggy and every single one of his toadies are held accountable.
November 29, 2025 at 11:12 PM
There is no way I can trust any part of the federal government until Cheeto piggy and every single one of his toadies are held accountable.
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⚖️ No vaccine is 100% safe. The job is to ensure it’s very safe and highly effective — protecting us from a disease that’s far more dangerous.
⚰️ And Covid IS deadly, for kids too.
1597 children died from covid (2020-2022).
⚖️ No vaccine is 100% safe. The job is to ensure it’s very safe and highly effective — protecting us from a disease that’s far more dangerous.
⚰️ And Covid IS deadly, for kids too.
1597 children died from covid (2020-2022).
About the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)
VAERS accepts and analyzes reports of possible health problems that happen after vaccination.
www.cdc.gov
November 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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⚖️ No vaccine is 100% safe. The job is to ensure it’s very safe and highly effective — protecting us from a disease that’s far more dangerous.
⚰️ And Covid IS deadly, for kids too.
1597 children died from covid (2020-2022).
⚖️ No vaccine is 100% safe. The job is to ensure it’s very safe and highly effective — protecting us from a disease that’s far more dangerous.
⚰️ And Covid IS deadly, for kids too.
1597 children died from covid (2020-2022).
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📊🤷♀️ If covid vaccines harmed kids, show us evidence! Prasad, FDA top vax regulator, asks us to just trust him.
We prefer data.
🗂️ Even after approval, we cont to monitor vax safety. VAERS is an early-warning system where anyone can report anything. CDC/FDA then investigate what’s real vs noise
📊🤷♀️ If covid vaccines harmed kids, show us evidence! Prasad, FDA top vax regulator, asks us to just trust him.
We prefer data.
🗂️ Even after approval, we cont to monitor vax safety. VAERS is an early-warning system where anyone can report anything. CDC/FDA then investigate what’s real vs noise
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safety-systems/vaers/index.html⚖️
November 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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📊🤷♀️ If covid vaccines harmed kids, show us evidence! Prasad, FDA top vax regulator, asks us to just trust him.
We prefer data.
🗂️ Even after approval, we cont to monitor vax safety. VAERS is an early-warning system where anyone can report anything. CDC/FDA then investigate what’s real vs noise
📊🤷♀️ If covid vaccines harmed kids, show us evidence! Prasad, FDA top vax regulator, asks us to just trust him.
We prefer data.
🗂️ Even after approval, we cont to monitor vax safety. VAERS is an early-warning system where anyone can report anything. CDC/FDA then investigate what’s real vs noise
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FDA is supposed to protect us from unsafe and ineffective medicines and vaccines.
And yet 🫠...just like at CDC, it's the political appointed leadership holding the agency hostage...
FDA is failing in its mission as it turns a political hammer to the covid vaccines.
A few points in next post 👉
FDA is supposed to protect us from unsafe and ineffective medicines and vaccines.
And yet 🫠...just like at CDC, it's the political appointed leadership holding the agency hostage...
FDA is failing in its mission as it turns a political hammer to the covid vaccines.
A few points in next post 👉
FDA to raise hurdles for vaccines, faulting COVID shots for 10 kids' deaths
Food and Drug Administration officials say they will ratchet up requirements for vaccine studies, citing concerns about COVID shots for kids. But public health experts question the agency's analysis.
www.npr.org
November 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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FDA is supposed to protect us from unsafe and ineffective medicines and vaccines.
And yet 🫠...just like at CDC, it's the political appointed leadership holding the agency hostage...
FDA is failing in its mission as it turns a political hammer to the covid vaccines.
A few points in next post 👉
FDA is supposed to protect us from unsafe and ineffective medicines and vaccines.
And yet 🫠...just like at CDC, it's the political appointed leadership holding the agency hostage...
FDA is failing in its mission as it turns a political hammer to the covid vaccines.
A few points in next post 👉
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And let’s stop attacking parents. They’re doing their best with the info they have (and believe).
The real problem is an epidemic of mistrust — fueled by HHS “leaders," social-media fraudsters and others.
We need to work to rebuild trust, and parents will have what they need to protect their kids.
The real problem is an epidemic of mistrust — fueled by HHS “leaders," social-media fraudsters and others.
We need to work to rebuild trust, and parents will have what they need to protect their kids.
November 29, 2025 at 11:22 PM
And let’s stop attacking parents. They’re doing their best with the info they have (and believe).
The real problem is an epidemic of mistrust — fueled by HHS “leaders," social-media fraudsters and others.
We need to work to rebuild trust, and parents will have what they need to protect their kids.
The real problem is an epidemic of mistrust — fueled by HHS “leaders," social-media fraudsters and others.
We need to work to rebuild trust, and parents will have what they need to protect their kids.
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National public health “leadership” (hi RFK Jr 🙄) keeps poisoning public health with lies.
Vaccines prevent needless childhood deaths.
No baby in America should be dying of whooping cough — not when we have safe, effective vaccines literally ready to go.
This is a national tragedy
Vaccines prevent needless childhood deaths.
No baby in America should be dying of whooping cough — not when we have safe, effective vaccines literally ready to go.
This is a national tragedy
Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough • Kentucky Lantern
A third unvaccinated infant in Kentucky has died of pertussis as public health officials urge Kentuckians to get vaccinated against the disease.
kentuckylantern.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM
National public health “leadership” (hi RFK Jr 🙄) keeps poisoning public health with lies.
Vaccines prevent needless childhood deaths.
No baby in America should be dying of whooping cough — not when we have safe, effective vaccines literally ready to go.
This is a national tragedy
Vaccines prevent needless childhood deaths.
No baby in America should be dying of whooping cough — not when we have safe, effective vaccines literally ready to go.
This is a national tragedy
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More info on whooping cough 👇
Who should get vaccinated?
👶 Children - at ages 2,4,6, and 15-18 months and at 4-6 yrs (don't delay, safer to protect asap)
🧒 Preteens - age 11-12
🤰 All pregnant women (gives immunity to newborn)
👵👴🧑🧑🧒 Anyone who will be around a newborn (need 💉 once every 10 years)
Who should get vaccinated?
👶 Children - at ages 2,4,6, and 15-18 months and at 4-6 yrs (don't delay, safer to protect asap)
🧒 Preteens - age 11-12
🤰 All pregnant women (gives immunity to newborn)
👵👴🧑🧑🧒 Anyone who will be around a newborn (need 💉 once every 10 years)
🧵Measles isn’t the only vaccine-preventable disease making a comeback.
Whooping cough is surging.
Let’s talk about what’s happening and how you can stay safe. Keep reading 👇🧵
Whooping cough is surging.
Let’s talk about what’s happening and how you can stay safe. Keep reading 👇🧵
'Fighting to breathe': Whooping cough surges as vaccination rate falters
There have been 8,064 reported cases of whooping cough in the U.S., compared with 3,835 for the same time in 2024, according to CDC data.
www.nbcnews.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:17 PM
More info on whooping cough 👇
Who should get vaccinated?
👶 Children - at ages 2,4,6, and 15-18 months and at 4-6 yrs (don't delay, safer to protect asap)
🧒 Preteens - age 11-12
🤰 All pregnant women (gives immunity to newborn)
👵👴🧑🧑🧒 Anyone who will be around a newborn (need 💉 once every 10 years)
Who should get vaccinated?
👶 Children - at ages 2,4,6, and 15-18 months and at 4-6 yrs (don't delay, safer to protect asap)
🧒 Preteens - age 11-12
🤰 All pregnant women (gives immunity to newborn)
👵👴🧑🧑🧒 Anyone who will be around a newborn (need 💉 once every 10 years)
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PBS: “A poll from the journal "Nature" found 75% of researchers are considering leaving 🇺🇸— including a man dubbed the Mozart of Math… a scientific brain drain.”
The Trump Effect. The opposite of Making America Great Again. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
The Trump Effect. The opposite of Making America Great Again. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
November 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
PBS: “A poll from the journal "Nature" found 75% of researchers are considering leaving 🇺🇸— including a man dubbed the Mozart of Math… a scientific brain drain.”
The Trump Effect. The opposite of Making America Great Again. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
The Trump Effect. The opposite of Making America Great Again. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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These guys are watching earth from a galaxy far far away and going bro what the fuck are they doooooinggggg?
November 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
These guys are watching earth from a galaxy far far away and going bro what the fuck are they doooooinggggg?
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This story, phrased as always in vague obfuscations about the horror involved, interposed with the timeline’s other RFK Jr. storyline is quite something this morning.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
This story, phrased as always in vague obfuscations about the horror involved, interposed with the timeline’s other RFK Jr. storyline is quite something this morning.
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For more context on why fluoride matters, see our prior thread on one of the greatest public health achievements of the 20th century:
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For more context on why fluoride matters, see our prior thread on one of the greatest public health achievements of the 20th century:
bsky.app/profile/altc...
Utah just banned fluoride in drinking water, undoing decades of science-based public health progress.
Time for a fluoride #factcheckfriday:
Time for a fluoride #factcheckfriday:
November 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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For more context on why fluoride matters, see our prior thread on one of the greatest public health achievements of the 20th century:
bsky.app/profile/altc...
For more context on why fluoride matters, see our prior thread on one of the greatest public health achievements of the 20th century:
bsky.app/profile/altc...
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Our boss 🧠🪱 keeps pushing his anti-fluoride crusade. FDA limits fluoride supplements for kids under 3 and low-risk older kids, citing safety concerns.
The ADA (American Dental Association) strongly disagrees: benefits outweigh risks. Rural kids face higher cavity risk and will suffer the most.
Our boss 🧠🪱 keeps pushing his anti-fluoride crusade. FDA limits fluoride supplements for kids under 3 and low-risk older kids, citing safety concerns.
The ADA (American Dental Association) strongly disagrees: benefits outweigh risks. Rural kids face higher cavity risk and will suffer the most.
FDA restricts use of kids' fluoride supplements citing emerging health risks
The Food and Drug Administration is restricting the use of fluoride supplements used to strengthen children’s teeth.
apnews.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Our boss 🧠🪱 keeps pushing his anti-fluoride crusade. FDA limits fluoride supplements for kids under 3 and low-risk older kids, citing safety concerns.
The ADA (American Dental Association) strongly disagrees: benefits outweigh risks. Rural kids face higher cavity risk and will suffer the most.
Our boss 🧠🪱 keeps pushing his anti-fluoride crusade. FDA limits fluoride supplements for kids under 3 and low-risk older kids, citing safety concerns.
The ADA (American Dental Association) strongly disagrees: benefits outweigh risks. Rural kids face higher cavity risk and will suffer the most.
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1,500 measels cases in 42 states. Worst outbreak since 1992. Thank you Donald Trump.
October 14, 2025 at 9:58 PM
1,500 measels cases in 42 states. Worst outbreak since 1992. Thank you Donald Trump.
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The Trump administration has now reversed the layoffs of a lot of federal employees. At the CDC, officials said some staff were mistakenly terminated due to a procedural error.
October 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The Trump administration has now reversed the layoffs of a lot of federal employees. At the CDC, officials said some staff were mistakenly terminated due to a procedural error.
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We need the CDC and the science .
🎃 This Halloween, the real horror? A future without trusted public health agencies. When the CDC and science are under attack, even the skeletons start protesting.
Trust science 🔬,
not scare ☠️ tactics.
Share your Halloween decorations with us.
Trust science 🔬,
not scare ☠️ tactics.
Share your Halloween decorations with us.
October 13, 2025 at 2:26 AM
We need the CDC and the science .
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CDC scientists purged so no-one contradicts these clowns
October 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
CDC scientists purged so no-one contradicts these clowns
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Republicans are trying to give their rich donors more tax cuts while your health care costs double.
October 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Republicans are trying to give their rich donors more tax cuts while your health care costs double.
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CDC has endorsed RFK Jr.'s vaccine panel recommendations.
The Trump administration’s move formalizes advice to soften or eliminate previous Covid and MMRV shot guidance.
The Trump administration’s move formalizes advice to soften or eliminate previous Covid and MMRV shot guidance.
CDC endorses RFK Jr. vaccine panel recommendations
The Trump administration’s move formalizes advice to soften or eliminate previous policies.
www.politico.com
October 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
CDC has endorsed RFK Jr.'s vaccine panel recommendations.
The Trump administration’s move formalizes advice to soften or eliminate previous Covid and MMRV shot guidance.
The Trump administration’s move formalizes advice to soften or eliminate previous Covid and MMRV shot guidance.
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention signed off on a recommendation that patients must consult a health care provider to get a Covid-19 vaccine, although they don’t necessarily need a prescription. https://cnn.it/3IWGRhQ
October 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention signed off on a recommendation that patients must consult a health care provider to get a Covid-19 vaccine, although they don’t necessarily need a prescription. https://cnn.it/3IWGRhQ
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Trump once suggested that injecting bleach could help cure COVID.
RFK has a long, long history of peddling medical misinformation to enrich himself.
Please talk to your doctor.
Please talk to your doctor.
Please talk to your doctor.
RFK has a long, long history of peddling medical misinformation to enrich himself.
Please talk to your doctor.
Please talk to your doctor.
Please talk to your doctor.
BREAKING: President Trump promotes unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without new evidence.
Trump promotes unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without new evidence
President Donald Trump is using the platform of the presidency to promote unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without giving new evidence.
bit.ly
September 23, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Trump once suggested that injecting bleach could help cure COVID.
RFK has a long, long history of peddling medical misinformation to enrich himself.
Please talk to your doctor.
Please talk to your doctor.
Please talk to your doctor.
RFK has a long, long history of peddling medical misinformation to enrich himself.
Please talk to your doctor.
Please talk to your doctor.
Please talk to your doctor.