Gail Hansen
@gailrhansendvm.bsky.social
Public health veterinarian/epi concentrating on AMR, One Health, and humane treatment of animals. And a theater lover.
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Trump officials reveal plan to roll back regulations in Endangered Species Act
Trump officials reveal plan to roll back regulations in Endangered Species Act
Experts fear plan, one of many attempts Trump’s made to dismantle wildlife protection, will speed up extinction crisis
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Trump officials reveal plan to roll back regulations in Endangered Species Act
🧪CDC’s former statements on vaccines were based on science, not whims.
This is quite possibly the most damaging headline I think I’ve ever seen from the @nytimes.com
It’s not merely “CDC’s position,” it is established scientific fact
Portraying RFK Jr as a brave, swashbuckling maverick—out there challenging “scientific orthodoxy”—is astoundingly irresponsible
It’s not merely “CDC’s position,” it is established scientific fact
Portraying RFK Jr as a brave, swashbuckling maverick—out there challenging “scientific orthodoxy”—is astoundingly irresponsible
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.
November 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
🧪CDC’s former statements on vaccines were based on science, not whims.
So does that mean they are against Medicare, the VA, and USDA commodity supports (among many other socialist policies in the US)?
BREAKING: The House of Representatives voted 285–98 in favor of a resolution condemning socialism.
Eighty-six Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
Eighty-six Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
November 21, 2025 at 10:51 PM
So does that mean they are against Medicare, the VA, and USDA commodity supports (among many other socialist policies in the US)?
Stupid people will smuggle anything. www.cidrap.umn.edu/chronic-wast...
2 deer infected on Texas farm linked to CWD-testing violations, deer smuggling
The detections were the first for Tom Green County, in the west-central part of the state.
www.cidrap.umn.edu
November 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Stupid people will smuggle anything. www.cidrap.umn.edu/chronic-wast...
Screening pregnant people alone will not be nearly as effective as providing first Hep B dose at birth. So worse public health outcomes. Proposed CDC recommendations are from people who do not understand epidemiology or infectious disease.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/hepatitis/cd...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/hepatitis/cd...
CDC outlines new initiatives such as expanded hepatitis B screening with potential vaccine policy impacts
www.cidrap.umn.edu
November 21, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Screening pregnant people alone will not be nearly as effective as providing first Hep B dose at birth. So worse public health outcomes. Proposed CDC recommendations are from people who do not understand epidemiology or infectious disease.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/hepatitis/cd...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/hepatitis/cd...
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The Supreme Court should not even be entertaining this. The fact that we’ve reached a point where the basic, bedrock promise of America birthright citizenship is up for “discussion” is a national disgrace.
Supreme Court meets to weigh Trump's birthright citizenship restrictions, blocked by lower courts
The Supreme Court is to meet in private Friday with a high-profile issue on its agenda — President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship order declaring that children born to parents who are in the Un...
www.yahoo.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The Supreme Court should not even be entertaining this. The fact that we’ve reached a point where the basic, bedrock promise of America birthright citizenship is up for “discussion” is a national disgrace.
"secure" and "private are not absolutes.
Signal compromised? #AnimalActivist and #FOIA guru, Ryan Shapiro, discovered that the #FBI spied on a private #Signal group chat of immigrants’ rights activists organizing “courtwatch” efforts in NYC. Read: tinyurl.com/FBI-Signal
November 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"secure" and "private are not absolutes.
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Gov. Beshear: “The president has both the funding and the authority to fund SNAP during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.”
November 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Gov. Beshear: “The president has both the funding and the authority to fund SNAP during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.”
So sad that it has come to this (and so quickly), but it has. CDC used to be my go-to for accurate and true information. I'm using Health Canada more often.
good advice from YLE yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/i/179508318/...
November 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
So sad that it has come to this (and so quickly), but it has. CDC used to be my go-to for accurate and true information. I'm using Health Canada more often.
Reframe the argument.
Note for Democratic politicians: you don't have to start your condemnations of ICE raids with "We all want to catch violent criminals, but..." Just say "These raids have nothing to do with catching criminals and everything to do with terrorizing innocent minority groups."
November 21, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Reframe the argument.
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Congratulations, Department of Education. You’ve officially outdone yourself. In a move so absurd it almost feels like satire, the DOE has decided that nursing is no longer a “professional degree.”
Department of Education says nursing is no longer a professional degree
The education department no longer considers nursing as a professional degree program, which can weaken funding for students wanting to enter the health care field.
www.statesman.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Congratulations, Department of Education. You’ve officially outdone yourself. In a move so absurd it almost feels like satire, the DOE has decided that nursing is no longer a “professional degree.”
Wtaf!
Chiropractors are now considered more professional than nurses by the Department of Education? All I know is I've never dissected a patient's vertebral artery or sold overpriced wellness supplements that do absolutely nothing except make your pee smell bad
I’m sorry that I don’t have anything intelligent to say right now because I am so fucking angry
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
November 21, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Wtaf!
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Rep. Jason Crow: “Karoline Leavitt is outright lying. Actually, what she said from the podium is that there was an encouragement of disobeying lawful orders. We actually said the exact opposite.”
November 20, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Rep. Jason Crow: “Karoline Leavitt is outright lying. Actually, what she said from the podium is that there was an encouragement of disobeying lawful orders. We actually said the exact opposite.”
Besides the false statemet, CDC removed scientific reviews of vaccines from its website. www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
After unprecedented autism-vaccine messaging change, scientists, advocates say CDC no longer trustworthy
www.cidrap.umn.edu
November 20, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Besides the false statemet, CDC removed scientific reviews of vaccines from its website. www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
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“Since 1998, independent researchers have conducted more than 40 high-quality studies involving over 5.6 million people. The conclusion is clear and unambiguous: There’s no link between vaccines and autism." -Dr. Susan Kressly, AAP President on recent changes to the CDC's website
November 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
“Since 1998, independent researchers have conducted more than 40 high-quality studies involving over 5.6 million people. The conclusion is clear and unambiguous: There’s no link between vaccines and autism." -Dr. Susan Kressly, AAP President on recent changes to the CDC's website
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I wrote about RFK Jr breaking yet another promise to Bill Cassidy in further spreading his vaccine bullshit.
"It's a schoolyard friend saying 'I promise not to tell anyone your secret' and then shouting it from on top of the jungle gym, claiming he didn't tell 'anyone,' he told 'the sky.'"
"It's a schoolyard friend saying 'I promise not to tell anyone your secret' and then shouting it from on top of the jungle gym, claiming he didn't tell 'anyone,' he told 'the sky.'"
In Mangling CDC Vaccine Pages, RFK Jr. Is Laughing In All of Our Faces
It's a schoolyard friend saying "I promise not to tell anyone your secret" and then shouting it from on top of the jungle gym, claiming he didn't tell "anyone," he told "the sky."
www.gravityisgone.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I wrote about RFK Jr breaking yet another promise to Bill Cassidy in further spreading his vaccine bullshit.
"It's a schoolyard friend saying 'I promise not to tell anyone your secret' and then shouting it from on top of the jungle gym, claiming he didn't tell 'anyone,' he told 'the sky.'"
"It's a schoolyard friend saying 'I promise not to tell anyone your secret' and then shouting it from on top of the jungle gym, claiming he didn't tell 'anyone,' he told 'the sky.'"
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Do you really think a Department of Justice that lies to judges about grand jury indictments is going to be open and honest about the Epstein Files?
November 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Do you really think a Department of Justice that lies to judges about grand jury indictments is going to be open and honest about the Epstein Files?
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For the first time in my career, I can’t tell people to trust what the CDC website says. And that is an incredibly sad and devastating place for this country to be.
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 AM
For the first time in my career, I can’t tell people to trust what the CDC website says. And that is an incredibly sad and devastating place for this country to be.
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CIDRAP Op-Ed: RSV prevention—a remarkable medical achievement finally realized
Jake Scott, MD
The transformation to having tools to prevent RSV happened so quickly that many haven't grasped its magnitude
www.cidrap.umn.edu/r...
Jake Scott, MD
The transformation to having tools to prevent RSV happened so quickly that many haven't grasped its magnitude
www.cidrap.umn.edu/r...
November 19, 2025 at 8:53 PM
CIDRAP Op-Ed: RSV prevention—a remarkable medical achievement finally realized
Jake Scott, MD
The transformation to having tools to prevent RSV happened so quickly that many haven't grasped its magnitude
www.cidrap.umn.edu/r...
Jake Scott, MD
The transformation to having tools to prevent RSV happened so quickly that many haven't grasped its magnitude
www.cidrap.umn.edu/r...
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How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy
HEADS UP: CDC website now officially asserts that vaccines may cause autism.“Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.” Also says the “vaccines do not cause autism” header remains b/c of an agreement with Cassidy.
November 20, 2025 at 3:18 AM
How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy
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What’s so pernicious about this is that science works by testing a hypothesis (call it H1) vs the null hypothesis (H0). The burden of proof is on those asserting H1 as correct. This gets our standards of proof completely backwards. This is an attack on the very foundation of scientific epistemology.
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 2:44 AM
What’s so pernicious about this is that science works by testing a hypothesis (call it H1) vs the null hypothesis (H0). The burden of proof is on those asserting H1 as correct. This gets our standards of proof completely backwards. This is an attack on the very foundation of scientific epistemology.
RFK Jr. constantly and consistently defies promises made to Senator Cassidy yet Cassidy sits on his hands. Neither of the oaths that Cassidy has taken (as a physician and a Senator) should let this stand.
RFK Jr had committed to Bill Cassidy, as a condition to win his vote, that he would keep website language.
Cassidy in February: “If confirmed… CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.”
Note the language in second photo.
Cassidy in February: “If confirmed… CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.”
Note the language in second photo.
November 20, 2025 at 3:04 AM
RFK Jr. constantly and consistently defies promises made to Senator Cassidy yet Cassidy sits on his hands. Neither of the oaths that Cassidy has taken (as a physician and a Senator) should let this stand.
I feel for my friends who are still at CDC and are trapped there. They did not sign up for this an dare not happy to watch the downfall of what was once a great and respected agency.
This is completely disgusting. Today, the CDC updated their vaccine safety page. It now says:
“The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism”.
“The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism”.
November 20, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I feel for my friends who are still at CDC and are trapped there. They did not sign up for this an dare not happy to watch the downfall of what was once a great and respected agency.
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Interesting piece on the role wind plays in avian flu transmission. With an appearance from @gailrhansendvm.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/bird...
www.propublica.org/article/bird...
What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vacci...
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Interesting piece on the role wind plays in avian flu transmission. With an appearance from @gailrhansendvm.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/bird...
www.propublica.org/article/bird...
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“More than a decade after the first HPV vaccination programmes rolled out, data from multiple countries reveals a dramatic fall in cervical cancers and precancers, confirming that HPV vaccines are highly effective and extremely safe”
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
The HPV vaccine is erasing cancer – here's the proof
More than a decade after the first HPV vaccination programmes rolled out, data from multiple countries reveals a dramatic fall in cervical cancers and precancers, confirming that HPV vaccines are high...
www.gavi.org
November 19, 2025 at 1:38 AM
“More than a decade after the first HPV vaccination programmes rolled out, data from multiple countries reveals a dramatic fall in cervical cancers and precancers, confirming that HPV vaccines are highly effective and extremely safe”
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...