Geeta Sood MD ScM
@geetasood.bsky.social
Assoc Hospital Epidemiologist, Assistant Prof Johns Hopkins, ID doc, New York State medical director, public health advocate, opinions my own
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Thank you! California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced today that the state will send its own observers to keep an eye on federal election monitors sent out by the Trump administration before the upcoming election.
Attorney General Rob Bonta says California will have its own observers on Trump's election monitors
As the Trump administration's Department of Justice prepares to send election monitors to California for next week's election, California's attorney general on Monday said the state will have its own ...
www.kcra.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Thank you! California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced today that the state will send its own observers to keep an eye on federal election monitors sent out by the Trump administration before the upcoming election.
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Thank you New York!
BREAKING: New York Governor Kathy Hochul is set to sign an executive order allowing pharmacists to prescribe and administer Covid-19 vaccines to anyone who requests them, regardless of age or underlying conditions.
September 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Thank you New York!
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🚨8 New England & Mid-Atlantic states have formed their own coalition to address CDC shortfalls led by RFK Jr misinformation & lies: Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey & Pennsylvania. What State is really missing? NEW HAMPSHIRE!
vtdigger.org/2025/08/28/w...
vtdigger.org/2025/08/28/w...
With CDC in chaos, Vermont joins regional coalition to navigate public health challenges - VTDigger
Eight Northeast states band together to prep for uncertainties amid sudden departures of high-level federal officials and concerns about the CDC’s vaccine recommendations.
vtdigger.org
September 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
🚨8 New England & Mid-Atlantic states have formed their own coalition to address CDC shortfalls led by RFK Jr misinformation & lies: Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey & Pennsylvania. What State is really missing? NEW HAMPSHIRE!
vtdigger.org/2025/08/28/w...
vtdigger.org/2025/08/28/w...
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Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, until recently head of NIAID and Dr. Kathy Neuzil (incredible public servants and scientists!) document the extent of political interference with science at NIAID. Whistle-Blower Complaints Detail Tension Over Vaccines at N.I.H. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/h...
Whistle-Blower Complaints Detail Tension Over Vaccines at N.I.H.
www.nytimes.com
September 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, until recently head of NIAID and Dr. Kathy Neuzil (incredible public servants and scientists!) document the extent of political interference with science at NIAID. Whistle-Blower Complaints Detail Tension Over Vaccines at N.I.H. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/h...
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A federal judge in Boston said she found it "difficult to conclude anything other than that [the Trump administration] used antisemitism as a smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault on this country's premier universities, and did so in a way that runs afoul of [federal law]."
Trump administration illegally froze billions in Harvard funds, judge rules
The ruling is a legal victory for Harvard but the White House says it will appeal the decision.
n.pr
September 4, 2025 at 12:03 AM
A federal judge in Boston said she found it "difficult to conclude anything other than that [the Trump administration] used antisemitism as a smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault on this country's premier universities, and did so in a way that runs afoul of [federal law]."
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Everyone in Congress should read this statement.
September 3, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Everyone in Congress should read this statement.
That is pretty powerful coming from so many professional societies. Thank you @idsainfo.bsky.social
Opposition to RFKJr is ramping up.
Joint statement from Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and 21 other organizations 👇
Joint statement from Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and 21 other organizations 👇
September 3, 2025 at 11:14 PM
That is pretty powerful coming from so many professional societies. Thank you @idsainfo.bsky.social
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As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people. Read our statement: asm.org/press-releas...
Joint Statement Calling for Secretary Kennedy Resignation
The American Society for Microbiology released a joint statement calling for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
asm.org
September 3, 2025 at 11:10 PM
As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people. Read our statement: asm.org/press-releas...
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More of this.
September 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
More of this.
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California, Oregon and Washington State have launched a west coast health alliance to uphold the integrity of science and public health.
With CDC compromised states are taking matters into their hands to safe guard the health of their populations.
www.gov.ca.gov/2025/09/03/c...
With CDC compromised states are taking matters into their hands to safe guard the health of their populations.
www.gov.ca.gov/2025/09/03/c...
California, Oregon, and Washington to launch new West Coast Health Alliance to uphold scientific integrity in public health as Trump destroys CDC’s credibility | Governor of California
www.gov.ca.gov
September 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
California, Oregon and Washington State have launched a west coast health alliance to uphold the integrity of science and public health.
With CDC compromised states are taking matters into their hands to safe guard the health of their populations.
www.gov.ca.gov/2025/09/03/c...
With CDC compromised states are taking matters into their hands to safe guard the health of their populations.
www.gov.ca.gov/2025/09/03/c...
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Over 1,000 colleagues across Health and Human Services (HHS) have signed a letter demanding RFK Jr’s resignation.
When your own staff lines up to say you’re bad at your job… that’s not “health freedom,” that’s just failure.
#SaveHHS
#DemandRFKJrResign
#USAnotRFK
Over 1,000 colleagues across Health and Human Services (HHS) have signed a letter demanding RFK Jr’s resignation.
When your own staff lines up to say you’re bad at your job… that’s not “health freedom,” that’s just failure.
#SaveHHS
#DemandRFKJrResign
#USAnotRFK
More than 1,000 health workers urge Kennedy to quit over anti-vax policies
Letter says Kennedy installed ideologues, endangered US health and ignored pleas as resignations mounted at CDC
www.theguardian.com
September 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Over 1,000 colleagues across Health and Human Services (HHS) have signed a letter demanding RFK Jr’s resignation.
When your own staff lines up to say you’re bad at your job… that’s not “health freedom,” that’s just failure.
#SaveHHS
#DemandRFKJrResign
#USAnotRFK
Over 1,000 colleagues across Health and Human Services (HHS) have signed a letter demanding RFK Jr’s resignation.
When your own staff lines up to say you’re bad at your job… that’s not “health freedom,” that’s just failure.
#SaveHHS
#DemandRFKJrResign
#USAnotRFK
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NEWS: Harvard University scored a major legal victory in its battle with the Trump administration after a court ruled that the US illegally froze more than $2 billion in research funding. (Bloomberg)
Harvard $2 Billion Funding Freeze by US Was Illegal, Judge Says
Harvard University scored a major legal victory in its battle with the Trump administration after a court ruled that the US illegally froze more than $2 billion in research funding.
www.bloomberg.com
September 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
NEWS: Harvard University scored a major legal victory in its battle with the Trump administration after a court ruled that the US illegally froze more than $2 billion in research funding. (Bloomberg)
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Angus: I’m saying we need to start building progressive media that people actually listen to.
I’ll give you an example: MeidasTouch. Wherever I go in Canada, working-class people listen to MeidasTouch because they talk about what’s happening in a practical way. They give facts.
I’ll give you an example: MeidasTouch. Wherever I go in Canada, working-class people listen to MeidasTouch because they talk about what’s happening in a practical way. They give facts.
August 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Angus: I’m saying we need to start building progressive media that people actually listen to.
I’ll give you an example: MeidasTouch. Wherever I go in Canada, working-class people listen to MeidasTouch because they talk about what’s happening in a practical way. They give facts.
I’ll give you an example: MeidasTouch. Wherever I go in Canada, working-class people listen to MeidasTouch because they talk about what’s happening in a practical way. They give facts.
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“I am unable to serve in an environment that treats CDC as a tool to generate policies and materials that do not reflect scientific reality and are designed to hurt rather than to improve the public’s health.”
That’s from the resignation of CDC’s Demetre Daskalakis @drdemetre.bsky.social (on X)
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That’s from the resignation of CDC’s Demetre Daskalakis @drdemetre.bsky.social (on X)
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August 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM
“I am unable to serve in an environment that treats CDC as a tool to generate policies and materials that do not reflect scientific reality and are designed to hurt rather than to improve the public’s health.”
That’s from the resignation of CDC’s Demetre Daskalakis @drdemetre.bsky.social (on X)
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That’s from the resignation of CDC’s Demetre Daskalakis @drdemetre.bsky.social (on X)
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Thank you
Grateful for amazing lawyers like @markzaidesq.bsky.social and Abbe Lowell who are fighting for truth and transparency. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:
August 28, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Thank you
Thank you!
August 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Thank you!
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There is no solace for NIH funded researchers in this Supreme Court decision. Grants that were ripped away on dubious grounds, restored by a reasonable judge are now again terminated by an out-of-control Supreme Court. Labs will shutter, people will lose jobs. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US Supreme Court lets Trump cut diversity-related NIH grants
The U.S. Supreme Court let President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday proceed with sweeping cuts to National Institutes of Health grants for research related to racial minorities or LGBT people, part of his crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and transgender identity.
www.reuters.com
August 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
There is no solace for NIH funded researchers in this Supreme Court decision. Grants that were ripped away on dubious grounds, restored by a reasonable judge are now again terminated by an out-of-control Supreme Court. Labs will shutter, people will lose jobs. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
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This is an absolutely horrifying headline to read ❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹
Everyone deserves help accessing mental health support and treatment.
If you know or think someone is struggling, please try getting them help or resources. Mental Health silent battles are brutal and often unseen.
Everyone deserves help accessing mental health support and treatment.
If you know or think someone is struggling, please try getting them help or resources. Mental Health silent battles are brutal and often unseen.
Farmers are dying by suicide at the third-highest rate by vocation in Utah.
But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.
(Published April w/ @sltrib.com)
But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.
(Published April w/ @sltrib.com)
Utah Farmers Signed Up for Federally Funded Therapy. Then the Money Stopped.
Farmers are dying by suicide at the third-highest rate by vocation in Utah. But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.
www.propublica.org
August 21, 2025 at 11:51 PM
This is an absolutely horrifying headline to read ❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹
Everyone deserves help accessing mental health support and treatment.
If you know or think someone is struggling, please try getting them help or resources. Mental Health silent battles are brutal and often unseen.
Everyone deserves help accessing mental health support and treatment.
If you know or think someone is struggling, please try getting them help or resources. Mental Health silent battles are brutal and often unseen.
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A patient with type 1 diabetes has begun producing his own insulin after receiving a transplant of pancreatic cells. For the first time, islet cells have been edited so they wouldn't be rejected by the patient, removing the need for immunosuppressant drugs.
www.sciencealert.com/first-of-its...
www.sciencealert.com/first-of-its...
First-Of-Its-Kind Cell Transplant Brings a Cure For Diabetes Closer
A patient with type 1 diabetes has begun producing his own insulin after receiving a transplant of pancreatic cells.
www.sciencealert.com
August 17, 2025 at 11:44 PM
A patient with type 1 diabetes has begun producing his own insulin after receiving a transplant of pancreatic cells. For the first time, islet cells have been edited so they wouldn't be rejected by the patient, removing the need for immunosuppressant drugs.
www.sciencealert.com/first-of-its...
www.sciencealert.com/first-of-its...
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People in Los Angeles have been protesting 24 hours for 2 weeks straight and no news outlet is covering it!
8/8/25
8/8/25
August 9, 2025 at 12:33 AM
People in Los Angeles have been protesting 24 hours for 2 weeks straight and no news outlet is covering it!
8/8/25
8/8/25
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To say that "the data show these vaccines fail" in regards to the mRNA plaform is unforgivable.
For those of you that don't remember - this is the data from a SINGLE dose. In December 2020. So good I cried in grateful tears.
For those of you that don't remember - this is the data from a SINGLE dose. In December 2020. So good I cried in grateful tears.
August 5, 2025 at 10:19 PM
To say that "the data show these vaccines fail" in regards to the mRNA plaform is unforgivable.
For those of you that don't remember - this is the data from a SINGLE dose. In December 2020. So good I cried in grateful tears.
For those of you that don't remember - this is the data from a SINGLE dose. In December 2020. So good I cried in grateful tears.