Susan Schwartz
@drsusanschwartz.bsky.social
Population Health Nursing Professor, Climate Change impact on health, President of Council on Nursing and Anthropology, Triple Nine Society, MSH6 mutant, gardener, mom, outdoors enthusiast
This is reckless, dangerous, indefensible. Trump ordered the CDC to immediately cut all communications with the WHO. This will cripple disease surveillance, weaken outbreak response, and endanger global health. NINE BILLION LIVES on this planet are at risk. That is not hyperbole.
Effective immediately: CDC can't talk to WHO. What will that mean for world health?
Staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been told to halt all communication with the World Health Organization.
www.npr.org
January 30, 2025 at 1:56 AM
This is reckless, dangerous, indefensible. Trump ordered the CDC to immediately cut all communications with the WHO. This will cripple disease surveillance, weaken outbreak response, and endanger global health. NINE BILLION LIVES on this planet are at risk. That is not hyperbole.
Trump halted disbursement funds to PEPFAR, which supplies the majority of H.I.V. treatment globally for 90 days and up to 180 days.
That's right, MILLIONS will now wait 3-6 months for their antiretrovirals.
How many new infections?
How many deaths?
How many babies born with HIV?
That's right, MILLIONS will now wait 3-6 months for their antiretrovirals.
How many new infections?
How many deaths?
How many babies born with HIV?
Trump pauses funding for anti-HIV program that prevented 26 million AIDS deaths
On Friday, a memorandum signed by Marco Rubio called for a 90-day cessation of foreign aid. That would likely put on hold the work of PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
www.npr.org
January 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Trump halted disbursement funds to PEPFAR, which supplies the majority of H.I.V. treatment globally for 90 days and up to 180 days.
That's right, MILLIONS will now wait 3-6 months for their antiretrovirals.
How many new infections?
How many deaths?
How many babies born with HIV?
That's right, MILLIONS will now wait 3-6 months for their antiretrovirals.
How many new infections?
How many deaths?
How many babies born with HIV?
Optimist: The cup is half full.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty.
Professor: The syllabus clearly states the cup should be completely full by now.
Student: Does the cup count toward my final grade?
Pessimist: The cup is half empty.
Professor: The syllabus clearly states the cup should be completely full by now.
Student: Does the cup count toward my final grade?
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Climate communicator: Important to remember the 20 year average cup level relative to the cup target
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Climate communicator: Important to remember the 20 year average cup level relative to the cup target
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Artist: Sounds like I fucked up the perspective.
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Artist: Sounds like I fucked up the perspective.
January 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Optimist: The cup is half full.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty.
Professor: The syllabus clearly states the cup should be completely full by now.
Student: Does the cup count toward my final grade?
Pessimist: The cup is half empty.
Professor: The syllabus clearly states the cup should be completely full by now.
Student: Does the cup count toward my final grade?
Trump's Excellent Plan to crush higher ed, halt science, devastate university budgets, trash public health and tank the future.
We knew he wanted to undermine higher ed, but we forgot to 👀 the back door.
We knew he wanted to undermine higher ed, but we forgot to 👀 the back door.
The Chaos in Higher Ed Is Only Getting Started
Grant reviews have been suspended at the NIH. This could be an omen.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Trump's Excellent Plan to crush higher ed, halt science, devastate university budgets, trash public health and tank the future.
We knew he wanted to undermine higher ed, but we forgot to 👀 the back door.
We knew he wanted to undermine higher ed, but we forgot to 👀 the back door.
A more nuanced approach to motivating people into climate action is needed. Hope doesn't motivate everyone-some are driven by fear or anxiety. Moderate stress motivates; extreme stress deters. Health care models show this, too: Perceived threats drive action if paired with perceived benefits.
Climate change psychological distress is associated with increased collective climate action in the U.S. - npj Climate Action
npj Climate Action - Climate change psychological distress is associated with increased collective climate action in the U.S.
www.nature.com
December 10, 2024 at 8:11 PM
A more nuanced approach to motivating people into climate action is needed. Hope doesn't motivate everyone-some are driven by fear or anxiety. Moderate stress motivates; extreme stress deters. Health care models show this, too: Perceived threats drive action if paired with perceived benefits.
Reposted by Susan Schwartz
At least 75 Nobel Laureates urge the U.S. Senate to Turn Down Kennedy's Nomination.
It would "put the public's health in jeopardy."
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/h...
It would "put the public's health in jeopardy."
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/h...
Nobel Laureates Urge Senate to Turn Down Kennedy’s Nomination
Elevating Mr. Kennedy to secretary of H.H.S. “would put the public’s health in jeopardy,” more than 75 laureates wrote.
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2024 at 10:51 PM
At least 75 Nobel Laureates urge the U.S. Senate to Turn Down Kennedy's Nomination.
It would "put the public's health in jeopardy."
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/h...
It would "put the public's health in jeopardy."
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/h...
Reposted by Susan Schwartz
Terrible news today:
This year, one-third of coral cover has been destroyed in two northern sections of the Great Barrier reef due to anthropogenic heating.
Results for the southern sections (which were even hotter) have not been officially released.
www.aims.gov.au/information-...
This year, one-third of coral cover has been destroyed in two northern sections of the Great Barrier reef due to anthropogenic heating.
Results for the southern sections (which were even hotter) have not been officially released.
www.aims.gov.au/information-...
November 18, 2024 at 11:47 PM
Terrible news today:
This year, one-third of coral cover has been destroyed in two northern sections of the Great Barrier reef due to anthropogenic heating.
Results for the southern sections (which were even hotter) have not been officially released.
www.aims.gov.au/information-...
This year, one-third of coral cover has been destroyed in two northern sections of the Great Barrier reef due to anthropogenic heating.
Results for the southern sections (which were even hotter) have not been officially released.
www.aims.gov.au/information-...
Reposted by Susan Schwartz
I was getting very frustrated by the male-dominated punditry about the election, and very little space being given to women, and the rage that so many of us feel right now. So I wrote something: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Of misogyny, Musk, and men
Women are not okay. We're furious.
www.motherjones.com
November 15, 2024 at 7:51 PM
I was getting very frustrated by the male-dominated punditry about the election, and very little space being given to women, and the rage that so many of us feel right now. So I wrote something: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...