Saul Hymes, MD, FAAP
@iddochymes.bsky.social
Pediatric infectious disease division chief at Albany Med in NY. Antibiotic Steward. Pro-science, pro-vaccine, pro-choice. LQBTQIA+ ally. UChicago alum, Columbia alum, worked at Stony Brook Children’s.
My views are my own. He/him. #medsky #pedsidsky #idsky
My views are my own. He/him. #medsky #pedsidsky #idsky
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My friend Melissa will be running in the 2025 TCS NYC Marathon this November to raise funds for Patient Airlift Services. It will be her first time running the NYC marathon!! Please consider supporting her! #tcsnycmarathon
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Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.
November 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.
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Remember, Prasad began his campaign against the pediatric COVID vaccine months before there was a pediatric COVID vaccine.
Here he is spreading fake numbers about the death rate and treating vaccine side effects worse than death.
More...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KROy...
Here he is spreading fake numbers about the death rate and treating vaccine side effects worse than death.
More...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KROy...
November 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Remember, Prasad began his campaign against the pediatric COVID vaccine months before there was a pediatric COVID vaccine.
Here he is spreading fake numbers about the death rate and treating vaccine side effects worse than death.
More...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KROy...
Here he is spreading fake numbers about the death rate and treating vaccine side effects worse than death.
More...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KROy...
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“The fact that children in 2025 are suffering from diseases that should have been consigned to history is not just a public health failure. It is a moral failure. Access to vaccines is not a privilege — it is a human right.”
Or, at least, it should be
#bioethics
Or, at least, it should be
#bioethics
Access to vaccines is not a privilege — it is a human right.
In @statnews.com today, Stefan Peterson and I write about using a human rights-based approach to deal with vaccine denialism and the return of measles, whooping cough and diphtheria
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
In @statnews.com today, Stefan Peterson and I write about using a human rights-based approach to deal with vaccine denialism and the return of measles, whooping cough and diphtheria
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
Kids have a right to vaccinations. Let's bring in the lawyers
Children suffering from diseases that should have been consigned to history is a moral failure. Access to vaccines is a human right.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
“The fact that children in 2025 are suffering from diseases that should have been consigned to history is not just a public health failure. It is a moral failure. Access to vaccines is not a privilege — it is a human right.”
Or, at least, it should be
#bioethics
Or, at least, it should be
#bioethics
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Reposted by Saul Hymes, MD, FAAP
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
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Might be time to update your priors; it might not have been typhus that tore through Napoleon's army on the Russian campaign but rather two other fevers—one foodborne, the other from body lice
phys.org/news/2025-10...
phys.org/news/2025-10...
DNA from Napoleon's 1812 army identifies pathogens likely responsible for the army's demise during retreat from Russia
In the summer of 1812, French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte led about half a million soldiers to invade the Russian Empire. But by December, only a fraction of the army remained alive. Historical records...
phys.org
October 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Might be time to update your priors; it might not have been typhus that tore through Napoleon's army on the Russian campaign but rather two other fevers—one foodborne, the other from body lice
phys.org/news/2025-10...
phys.org/news/2025-10...
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Karoline Leavitt is a complete disgrace.
Her violent and unhinged rhetoric is going to get someone killed.
These extremists are sick people.
Her violent and unhinged rhetoric is going to get someone killed.
These extremists are sick people.
October 16, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Karoline Leavitt is a complete disgrace.
Her violent and unhinged rhetoric is going to get someone killed.
These extremists are sick people.
Her violent and unhinged rhetoric is going to get someone killed.
These extremists are sick people.
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If you are going to a protest this weekend, please remove biometrics for unlocking your phone, and also learn how to instantly lock your phone with your power button.
October 17, 2025 at 12:48 AM
If you are going to a protest this weekend, please remove biometrics for unlocking your phone, and also learn how to instantly lock your phone with your power button.
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Writers Guild protest is starting now at the Disney gate in Burbank….
September 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Writers Guild protest is starting now at the Disney gate in Burbank….
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🚨ICYMI: Last week, Florida became the first US state to end all vaccine mandates 💉
IDSA President Tina Tan warns this could heighten risks of vaccine-preventable diseases, leaving vulnerable groups most at risk #IDsky #MEDsky #PEDssky
Listen to our interview: www.contagionlive.com/view/florida...
IDSA President Tina Tan warns this could heighten risks of vaccine-preventable diseases, leaving vulnerable groups most at risk #IDsky #MEDsky #PEDssky
Listen to our interview: www.contagionlive.com/view/florida...
September 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
🚨ICYMI: Last week, Florida became the first US state to end all vaccine mandates 💉
IDSA President Tina Tan warns this could heighten risks of vaccine-preventable diseases, leaving vulnerable groups most at risk #IDsky #MEDsky #PEDssky
Listen to our interview: www.contagionlive.com/view/florida...
IDSA President Tina Tan warns this could heighten risks of vaccine-preventable diseases, leaving vulnerable groups most at risk #IDsky #MEDsky #PEDssky
Listen to our interview: www.contagionlive.com/view/florida...
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Dr. Pranita Tamma discusses how an analysis of infection source and treatment patterns found no evidence that combination therapy improves outcomes in patients with drug-resistant Pseudomonas, consistent with prior studies and clinical trials. #IDsky #Medsky
Are There Benefits to Combination Therapy for Drug-Resistant Pseudomonas Infections?
Pranita Tamma, MD, MHS, continues her conversation about a study she was involved in that compared ceftolozane-tazobactam and ceftazidime-avibactam. She discusses how an analysis of infection source a...
www.contagionlive.com
September 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion, after getting $1.2 trillion richer over the past year alone.
Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.
The system is broken.
Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.
The system is broken.
September 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion, after getting $1.2 trillion richer over the past year alone.
Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.
The system is broken.
Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.
The system is broken.
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Federal agents violently detained a food delivery driver as he emerged from a D.C. coffee shop Saturday morning.
The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
August 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Federal agents violently detained a food delivery driver as he emerged from a D.C. coffee shop Saturday morning.
The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
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The moment he named his platform “Truth Social” we were headed this way.
August 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The moment he named his platform “Truth Social” we were headed this way.
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Epstein victims lawyer Spencer Kuvin: "We now know from the words of the President himself that Virginia was right all along, and that she was trafficked out of Mar-a-Lago.”
July 31, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Epstein victims lawyer Spencer Kuvin: "We now know from the words of the President himself that Virginia was right all along, and that she was trafficked out of Mar-a-Lago.”
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#MartyMakary is a peddler of misinformation. A study came out on Monday saying: "In this nationwide cohort study, no increased risk of 29 adverse events was observed after vaccination with the updated COVID-19 mRNA vaccine [...] in approximately 1 million adults." Trust the data, not this fool. 1/
"I know of one friend who lost a parent from the covid vaccine" -- FDA Commissioner Makary
July 31, 2025 at 10:30 AM
#MartyMakary is a peddler of misinformation. A study came out on Monday saying: "In this nationwide cohort study, no increased risk of 29 adverse events was observed after vaccination with the updated COVID-19 mRNA vaccine [...] in approximately 1 million adults." Trust the data, not this fool. 1/
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Virginia Giuffre’s brother: I think we were shocked by it—especially the use of the term “stolen.” Because she’s not an object. She’s a person. Someone who was recruited at Mar-a-Lago—his property… it just kind of makes us wonder… how much he knew
July 31, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Virginia Giuffre’s brother: I think we were shocked by it—especially the use of the term “stolen.” Because she’s not an object. She’s a person. Someone who was recruited at Mar-a-Lago—his property… it just kind of makes us wonder… how much he knew
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“The president cut your health care so he could build himself a golden ballroom” is a pretty easy message to sell
July 31, 2025 at 11:55 PM
“The president cut your health care so he could build himself a golden ballroom” is a pretty easy message to sell
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What an important point by @jkbjournalist.bsky.social back in February and ever more relevant.
"Pam Bondi was Florida's attorney general 2011-2109 ... So questions should be asked about why she didn't take up the [Epstein] case -- or launch a probe -- when she was attorney general in Florida."
"Pam Bondi was Florida's attorney general 2011-2109 ... So questions should be asked about why she didn't take up the [Epstein] case -- or launch a probe -- when she was attorney general in Florida."
July 18, 2025 at 9:24 PM
What an important point by @jkbjournalist.bsky.social back in February and ever more relevant.
"Pam Bondi was Florida's attorney general 2011-2109 ... So questions should be asked about why she didn't take up the [Epstein] case -- or launch a probe -- when she was attorney general in Florida."
"Pam Bondi was Florida's attorney general 2011-2109 ... So questions should be asked about why she didn't take up the [Epstein] case -- or launch a probe -- when she was attorney general in Florida."
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On NPR’s 1A podcast, Dr Rachel Bender-Ignacio discusses the future of US HIV funding…
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The Future Of US Funding For HIV Treatment And Prevention
Podcast Episode · 1A · 07/17/2025 · 33m
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July 18, 2025 at 11:38 PM
On NPR’s 1A podcast, Dr Rachel Bender-Ignacio discusses the future of US HIV funding…
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... The Future Of US Funding For H… - 1A - Apple Podcasts
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... The Future Of US Funding For H… - 1A - Apple Podcasts
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it's remarkably bleak that Trump has been accused of sexual misconduct by dozens of women, including an allegation that was adjudicated and in which he was found liable for sexual assault, and yet the American public needs still MORE evidence of his depraved character and unfitness.
July 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
it's remarkably bleak that Trump has been accused of sexual misconduct by dozens of women, including an allegation that was adjudicated and in which he was found liable for sexual assault, and yet the American public needs still MORE evidence of his depraved character and unfitness.
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Trump has had a lot of cognitive mishaps this week with evidence of his medical issues (bruised hand from an IV and an edematous ankle(s)).
At his age, with the poor state of his brain and cognition, all it takes is a metabolic imbalance or UTI to throw him into a delirium.
At his age, with the poor state of his brain and cognition, all it takes is a metabolic imbalance or UTI to throw him into a delirium.
July 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Trump has had a lot of cognitive mishaps this week with evidence of his medical issues (bruised hand from an IV and an edematous ankle(s)).
At his age, with the poor state of his brain and cognition, all it takes is a metabolic imbalance or UTI to throw him into a delirium.
At his age, with the poor state of his brain and cognition, all it takes is a metabolic imbalance or UTI to throw him into a delirium.
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Exclusive: For Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday, friends created a book of bawdy letters. One was from Donald Trump.
Jeffrey Epstein’s Friends Sent Him Bawdy Letters for a 50th Birthday Album. One Was From Donald Trump.
The leather-bound book was compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell. The president says the letter ‘is a fake thing.’
on.wsj.com
July 17, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Exclusive: For Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday, friends created a book of bawdy letters. One was from Donald Trump.
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Anti-vaccine organization tries to target a journalist's child to either punish her for her reporting on misinformation or cower her into silence.
It won't work. Brandy Zadrozny has more courage than that. It just shows them in a bad light.
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It won't work. Brandy Zadrozny has more courage than that. It just shows them in a bad light.
x.com/ChildrensHD/...
July 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Anti-vaccine organization tries to target a journalist's child to either punish her for her reporting on misinformation or cower her into silence.
It won't work. Brandy Zadrozny has more courage than that. It just shows them in a bad light.
x.com/ChildrensHD/...
It won't work. Brandy Zadrozny has more courage than that. It just shows them in a bad light.
x.com/ChildrensHD/...