Ryan McCormick, M.D.
@examined.bsky.social
I am a practicing family physician. I write EXAMINED - a Substack synthesizing medical ideas and actual clinical experience.
https://mccormickmd.substack.com
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THIS MOTHERFUCKER HELD A GREAT GATSBY PARTY WHILE 43 MILLION PEOPLE GO HUNGRY AND HEALTHCARE COSTS KEEP RISING.
November 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
THIS MOTHERFUCKER HELD A GREAT GATSBY PARTY WHILE 43 MILLION PEOPLE GO HUNGRY AND HEALTHCARE COSTS KEEP RISING.
In an interview on Fox News, anchor Jesse Watters mocks Dr. Anthony Fauci, Kid Rock mocks the public health tool of masking, then both devolve into fits of laughter at Kid’s gleeful use of the disability slur “retard.”
Here’s one way to think about it:
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Here’s one way to think about it:
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October 31, 2025 at 12:26 AM
In an interview on Fox News, anchor Jesse Watters mocks Dr. Anthony Fauci, Kid Rock mocks the public health tool of masking, then both devolve into fits of laughter at Kid’s gleeful use of the disability slur “retard.”
Here’s one way to think about it:
mccormickmd.substack.com/p/how-to-und...
Here’s one way to think about it:
mccormickmd.substack.com/p/how-to-und...
We should be drawing up plans now for how to retrofit the grotesque White House Billionaires’ Ballroom.
In the future it needs to be repurposed as a National Civic Center. Galas honoring teachers, first responders, military, scientists, etc. Town halls. The people’s house returned to the people.
In the future it needs to be repurposed as a National Civic Center. Galas honoring teachers, first responders, military, scientists, etc. Town halls. The people’s house returned to the people.
Ryan McCormick, M.D. (@mccormickmd)
I’m glad they are building the monstrously garish White House Billionaires’ Ballroom. Someday, when we the people regain and improve our American democracy, The People’s House can be returned to the p...
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October 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
We should be drawing up plans now for how to retrofit the grotesque White House Billionaires’ Ballroom.
In the future it needs to be repurposed as a National Civic Center. Galas honoring teachers, first responders, military, scientists, etc. Town halls. The people’s house returned to the people.
In the future it needs to be repurposed as a National Civic Center. Galas honoring teachers, first responders, military, scientists, etc. Town halls. The people’s house returned to the people.
At the end of your primary care visit, Dr. Strong thinks it’s funny as he jokes about dumping liquid feces on you and your family. Sound familiar?
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The fascist doctor will see you now
Monday morning after a No Kings weekend
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October 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
At the end of your primary care visit, Dr. Strong thinks it’s funny as he jokes about dumping liquid feces on you and your family. Sound familiar?
mccormickmd.substack.com/p/the-fascis...
mccormickmd.substack.com/p/the-fascis...
This was my favorite canine protester of the day at No Kings in Philly. Absolutely no American hate from anyone on display. Just a plea for more Americans, especially some Republicans, to say “no kings” to the people who twist their values, take away their affordable healthcare (continued) #nokings
October 19, 2025 at 12:36 AM
This was my favorite canine protester of the day at No Kings in Philly. Absolutely no American hate from anyone on display. Just a plea for more Americans, especially some Republicans, to say “no kings” to the people who twist their values, take away their affordable healthcare (continued) #nokings
Do you find this propaganda art inspiring? Did you know our President just got his Covid and flu shots?
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October 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Do you find this propaganda art inspiring? Did you know our President just got his Covid and flu shots?
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EXCLUSIVE: Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.
www.msnbc.com
September 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
Let me know your experience in your state if you have one!
In PA CVS pharmacists cannot give Covid shots/flu shots, which they have in stock now, without a doctor’s prescription.
For anyone!
Never dreamed this would happen for flu shots. Without ACIP meeting, many states can’t dispense shots.
In PA CVS pharmacists cannot give Covid shots/flu shots, which they have in stock now, without a doctor’s prescription.
For anyone!
Never dreamed this would happen for flu shots. Without ACIP meeting, many states can’t dispense shots.
September 3, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Let me know your experience in your state if you have one!
In PA CVS pharmacists cannot give Covid shots/flu shots, which they have in stock now, without a doctor’s prescription.
For anyone!
Never dreamed this would happen for flu shots. Without ACIP meeting, many states can’t dispense shots.
In PA CVS pharmacists cannot give Covid shots/flu shots, which they have in stock now, without a doctor’s prescription.
For anyone!
Never dreamed this would happen for flu shots. Without ACIP meeting, many states can’t dispense shots.
Here’s a new logo for the institution formerly known as CDC, now rebranded as the CFD. Dropped “prevention”, because that takes work, expertise, scientists. Used a Cracker Barrel style that harkens back to the good old days of unchecked polio, measles, and other diseases. What do y’all think?
September 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Here’s a new logo for the institution formerly known as CDC, now rebranded as the CFD. Dropped “prevention”, because that takes work, expertise, scientists. Used a Cracker Barrel style that harkens back to the good old days of unchecked polio, measles, and other diseases. What do y’all think?
An apparently healthy child born today WILL NEED TO WAIT UNTIL AGE 65 for their first COVID shot (if you listen to the captured CDC).
Fortunately the AAP is lead by actual pediatricians. They remind us that “Infants and children 6 through 23 months of age are at the highest risk for severe COVID
Fortunately the AAP is lead by actual pediatricians. They remind us that “Infants and children 6 through 23 months of age are at the highest risk for severe COVID
August 30, 2025 at 10:31 PM
An apparently healthy child born today WILL NEED TO WAIT UNTIL AGE 65 for their first COVID shot (if you listen to the captured CDC).
Fortunately the AAP is lead by actual pediatricians. They remind us that “Infants and children 6 through 23 months of age are at the highest risk for severe COVID
Fortunately the AAP is lead by actual pediatricians. They remind us that “Infants and children 6 through 23 months of age are at the highest risk for severe COVID
Breaking news on the updated COVID shots for this year. It’s not great, but it could have been worse. Here’s a table I made with the goods, click through for bigger version and details of who can and can’t get the COVID shots, according to the gatekeepers:
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August 27, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Breaking news on the updated COVID shots for this year. It’s not great, but it could have been worse. Here’s a table I made with the goods, click through for bigger version and details of who can and can’t get the COVID shots, according to the gatekeepers:
mccormickmd.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
mccormickmd.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
The next time you’re feeling defeated by fascism, climate apocalypse, anti-science capture of our instituitons,and Sydney Sweeney jeans… just think of how this blue monkey’s got your back.
You’re welcome 😂
You’re welcome 😂
August 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The next time you’re feeling defeated by fascism, climate apocalypse, anti-science capture of our instituitons,and Sydney Sweeney jeans… just think of how this blue monkey’s got your back.
You’re welcome 😂
You’re welcome 😂
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Our medical establishment, Vinay Prasad and Marty Makary have devoted most of their energy to limiting an MRI abnormality in 1 in 61,500 young men.
Is this a good use of their time?
The latest episode with @wendyorent.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
Is this a good use of their time?
The latest episode with @wendyorent.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
Did Vaccine Myocarditis Destroy Trust in Public Health?
Podcast Episode · We Want Them Infected Podcast · 07/20/2025 · 1h 25m
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July 20, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Our medical establishment, Vinay Prasad and Marty Makary have devoted most of their energy to limiting an MRI abnormality in 1 in 61,500 young men.
Is this a good use of their time?
The latest episode with @wendyorent.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
Is this a good use of their time?
The latest episode with @wendyorent.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
Outrage and anger drive engagement and attention. But we need a break, and a construct that allows us to feel joy, happiness, and connection even as the world is being shredded. Let me know if this essay helps you for today!
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Granting ourselves permission to be alive while the world burns
Or, have a great weekend.
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July 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Outrage and anger drive engagement and attention. But we need a break, and a construct that allows us to feel joy, happiness, and connection even as the world is being shredded. Let me know if this essay helps you for today!
mccormickmd.substack.com/p/granting-o...
mccormickmd.substack.com/p/granting-o...
The next time someone parrots something about:
“Current vaccines haven’t been tested in randomized controlled trials.”
Tell them here are 276 studies and counting, as compiled by a few real doctors:
www.bradspellberg.com/vaccine-rcts
Expanded note about this below:
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“Current vaccines haven’t been tested in randomized controlled trials.”
Tell them here are 276 studies and counting, as compiled by a few real doctors:
www.bradspellberg.com/vaccine-rcts
Expanded note about this below:
substack.com/@mccormickmd...
Ryan McCormick, M.D. on Substack
The next time someone parrots something about:
“Current vaccines haven’t been tested in randomized controlled trials.”
“Nobody knows the risk profiles of these vaccines.”
Like say… a friend, a fami...
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June 20, 2025 at 4:30 AM
The next time someone parrots something about:
“Current vaccines haven’t been tested in randomized controlled trials.”
Tell them here are 276 studies and counting, as compiled by a few real doctors:
www.bradspellberg.com/vaccine-rcts
Expanded note about this below:
substack.com/@mccormickmd...
“Current vaccines haven’t been tested in randomized controlled trials.”
Tell them here are 276 studies and counting, as compiled by a few real doctors:
www.bradspellberg.com/vaccine-rcts
Expanded note about this below:
substack.com/@mccormickmd...
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Trump’s $45 million birthday parade with its tanks and helicopters is an authoritarian ego trip. But the real show of force this weekend won't take place in D.C., it’ll happen in the streets as protesters gather nationwide to declare "No Kings in America!"
If You Think We Can’t Beat Trump, Remember The 3.5% Rule
History shows autocrats are vulnerable to massive nonviolent resistance
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June 12, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Trump’s $45 million birthday parade with its tanks and helicopters is an authoritarian ego trip. But the real show of force this weekend won't take place in D.C., it’ll happen in the streets as protesters gather nationwide to declare "No Kings in America!"
Know your rights.
Go to your local No Kings protest this Saturday. Especially as a US Senator is on his stomach in handcuffs.
There are 343 million Americans with rights. They can’t take these away all at once:
aclu.org/know-your-righ…
Stay strong. American. Peaceful.
Duty and honor.
nokings.org
Go to your local No Kings protest this Saturday. Especially as a US Senator is on his stomach in handcuffs.
There are 343 million Americans with rights. They can’t take these away all at once:
aclu.org/know-your-righ…
Stay strong. American. Peaceful.
Duty and honor.
nokings.org
https://aclu.org/know-your-righ…
June 12, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Know your rights.
Go to your local No Kings protest this Saturday. Especially as a US Senator is on his stomach in handcuffs.
There are 343 million Americans with rights. They can’t take these away all at once:
aclu.org/know-your-righ…
Stay strong. American. Peaceful.
Duty and honor.
nokings.org
Go to your local No Kings protest this Saturday. Especially as a US Senator is on his stomach in handcuffs.
There are 343 million Americans with rights. They can’t take these away all at once:
aclu.org/know-your-righ…
Stay strong. American. Peaceful.
Duty and honor.
nokings.org
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Going out the way he came in (high off his ass)
May 30, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Going out the way he came in (high off his ass)
I just watched this video and love this brave woman. My wife is ok with that 😂. We are going to send her campaign $100 today.
I'm Dr. Annie Andrews. I’m a pediatrician, not a politician. But either way I know how to handle people who are full of sh*t.
Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...
Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...
Annie Andrews Launch Video: "Unafraid"
YouTube video by Annie Andrews
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May 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I just watched this video and love this brave woman. My wife is ok with that 😂. We are going to send her campaign $100 today.
WTF FDA.
We don’t approve of your disapproval of Covid vaccines for people who want/need them this fall and beyond.
I know, it’s Drs. Prasad/Makary, not really you.
This is better: Everyone can get one, but high-risk groups should.
Then insurance still covers shots, and we keep studying them.
We don’t approve of your disapproval of Covid vaccines for people who want/need them this fall and beyond.
I know, it’s Drs. Prasad/Makary, not really you.
This is better: Everyone can get one, but high-risk groups should.
Then insurance still covers shots, and we keep studying them.
Here's what's up with the fall Covid shot fail
Two guys and a power grab
mccormickmd.substack.com
May 22, 2025 at 3:30 AM
WTF FDA.
We don’t approve of your disapproval of Covid vaccines for people who want/need them this fall and beyond.
I know, it’s Drs. Prasad/Makary, not really you.
This is better: Everyone can get one, but high-risk groups should.
Then insurance still covers shots, and we keep studying them.
We don’t approve of your disapproval of Covid vaccines for people who want/need them this fall and beyond.
I know, it’s Drs. Prasad/Makary, not really you.
This is better: Everyone can get one, but high-risk groups should.
Then insurance still covers shots, and we keep studying them.
Anyone else pissed about the narrowing of eligibility for the next round of Covid shots?!
If you want to stock up on good quality studies showing that staying up to date with Covid shots, even when healthy, continues to provide net benefits, here’s a timely deep dive:
If you want to stock up on good quality studies showing that staying up to date with Covid shots, even when healthy, continues to provide net benefits, here’s a timely deep dive:
Please stop sabotaging our future Covid vaccines
An evidence-based plea for awareness, if not help
open.substack.com
May 21, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Anyone else pissed about the narrowing of eligibility for the next round of Covid shots?!
If you want to stock up on good quality studies showing that staying up to date with Covid shots, even when healthy, continues to provide net benefits, here’s a timely deep dive:
If you want to stock up on good quality studies showing that staying up to date with Covid shots, even when healthy, continues to provide net benefits, here’s a timely deep dive:
This is why I think doctors, scientists, public health and other good people should be sad about the passing of Pope Francis.
I am.
And I’m thankful he tried, too.
#popefrancis
I am.
And I’m thankful he tried, too.
#popefrancis
Here’s what Pope Francis reminded me about pneumonia, doctoring, and being a world citizen
With my Irish Catholic background mostly put aside...
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April 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This is why I think doctors, scientists, public health and other good people should be sad about the passing of Pope Francis.
I am.
And I’m thankful he tried, too.
#popefrancis
I am.
And I’m thankful he tried, too.
#popefrancis
Anyone else getting in some “good trouble” this Saturday?
Joining up to say hands off our health care, our data, our jobs, our services, our science… our sacred democracy?
Local:
www.mobilize.us/handsoff/eve...
National:
handsoff2025.com
I am. Here’s why:
mccormickmd.substack.com/p/heres-why-...
Joining up to say hands off our health care, our data, our jobs, our services, our science… our sacred democracy?
Local:
www.mobilize.us/handsoff/eve...
National:
handsoff2025.com
I am. Here’s why:
mccormickmd.substack.com/p/heres-why-...
April 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Anyone else getting in some “good trouble” this Saturday?
Joining up to say hands off our health care, our data, our jobs, our services, our science… our sacred democracy?
Local:
www.mobilize.us/handsoff/eve...
National:
handsoff2025.com
I am. Here’s why:
mccormickmd.substack.com/p/heres-why-...
Joining up to say hands off our health care, our data, our jobs, our services, our science… our sacred democracy?
Local:
www.mobilize.us/handsoff/eve...
National:
handsoff2025.com
I am. Here’s why:
mccormickmd.substack.com/p/heres-why-...
Absolutely horrendous. Fellow human beings. Cruelty is the point. Does the spectacle of others’ suffering make our collective sufferings more bearable?
Maybe those progressive ideas which aim to lessen suffering were the right answer after all.
Thanks for highlighting JVL, great live talk today!
Maybe those progressive ideas which aim to lessen suffering were the right answer after all.
Thanks for highlighting JVL, great live talk today!
This little girl is an American citizen. She is fighting for her life. And Donald Trump shipped her out of her own damn country. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-faces-...
The Faces of Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Crusade
The government deported a 10-year-old American citizen with brain cancer.
www.thebulwark.com
March 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Absolutely horrendous. Fellow human beings. Cruelty is the point. Does the spectacle of others’ suffering make our collective sufferings more bearable?
Maybe those progressive ideas which aim to lessen suffering were the right answer after all.
Thanks for highlighting JVL, great live talk today!
Maybe those progressive ideas which aim to lessen suffering were the right answer after all.
Thanks for highlighting JVL, great live talk today!