Jerrica L. Werner
@jerricawerner.bsky.social
Infectious Disease Fellow
Health Policy Advocate
Health Policy Advocate
In a time when American academia is under one of the greatest threats of our time, we could all stand to understand how it has succeeded becoming the powerhouse it currently is.
May 3, 2025 at 2:28 AM
In a time when American academia is under one of the greatest threats of our time, we could all stand to understand how it has succeeded becoming the powerhouse it currently is.
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The Princeton Politics Department is showing up for this fight.
March 20, 2025 at 3:16 AM
The Princeton Politics Department is showing up for this fight.
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VA research is THE reason we have all kinds of medical breakthroughs, from the pacemaker to the nicotine patch.
Veterans like Shawn know the value of VA research and how it saves lives, but Trump and Elon are decimating this work and firing VA researchers in droves.
Veterans like Shawn know the value of VA research and how it saves lives, but Trump and Elon are decimating this work and firing VA researchers in droves.
March 19, 2025 at 12:16 AM
VA research is THE reason we have all kinds of medical breakthroughs, from the pacemaker to the nicotine patch.
Veterans like Shawn know the value of VA research and how it saves lives, but Trump and Elon are decimating this work and firing VA researchers in droves.
Veterans like Shawn know the value of VA research and how it saves lives, but Trump and Elon are decimating this work and firing VA researchers in droves.
Wonderful news. Now dreading the announcement that this will be yet another court order that is willfully ignored.
BREAKING: A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction blocking Elon Musk & DOGE from dismantling USAID
"An unelected billionaire with massive conflicts of interest cannot usurp federal authority,” said SDDF Executive Chair, Norm Eisen
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"An unelected billionaire with massive conflicts of interest cannot usurp federal authority,” said SDDF Executive Chair, Norm Eisen
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March 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Wonderful news. Now dreading the announcement that this will be yet another court order that is willfully ignored.
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I sincerely think that universities should suspend their productivity standards for scientists and ask them instead to hold town halls in schools, public libraries, museums, shopping malls, and anywhere else and communicate what is being lost with the collapse of the research ecosystem.
“The ecosystem of research and the creation of new knowledge in universities has been so powerful for American prosperity, American freedom, American ingenuity. To have that disrupted by government overreach is a disaster for this country.” —Wesleyan University President Michael Roth on
@msnbc.com
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March 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I sincerely think that universities should suspend their productivity standards for scientists and ask them instead to hold town halls in schools, public libraries, museums, shopping malls, and anywhere else and communicate what is being lost with the collapse of the research ecosystem.
A reminder that public servants provide so much value to our lives and our country, real people doing thankless work that keeps our society running.
March 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
A reminder that public servants provide so much value to our lives and our country, real people doing thankless work that keeps our society running.
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My area of research is convict leasing. In the USA, when labor is forced outside of a punishment, such as before a guilty verdict, it is called slavery. This isn’t hyperbole…
“He said that the inmates would perform forced labor for at least a year, possibly more, and that the “United States will pay a very low fee for them.””
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Trump sends more than 200 alleged gang members to prison in El Salvador
The administration won’t identify those moved — or say whether the Alien Enemies Act, which briefly sped up some deportations, played any role.
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March 17, 2025 at 12:03 AM
My area of research is convict leasing. In the USA, when labor is forced outside of a punishment, such as before a guilty verdict, it is called slavery. This isn’t hyperbole…
To be clear: I know a LOT of early career physicians who are considering their exit routes from the chaos, and this is one of them.
No one WANTS to leave, but they feel they must do what is right for their families, and go where they feel they can truly care for patients.
No one WANTS to leave, but they feel they must do what is right for their families, and go where they feel they can truly care for patients.
Bravo to British Columbia.
Young American doctors deserve better, as do all Canadians.
There’s a lot of common ground here. 🇨🇦
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Young American doctors deserve better, as do all Canadians.
There’s a lot of common ground here. 🇨🇦
@canadahealthwatch.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 7:19 AM
To be clear: I know a LOT of early career physicians who are considering their exit routes from the chaos, and this is one of them.
No one WANTS to leave, but they feel they must do what is right for their families, and go where they feel they can truly care for patients.
No one WANTS to leave, but they feel they must do what is right for their families, and go where they feel they can truly care for patients.
University leaders need to step up together and fight this. Columbia was an example that cannot be allowed to stand. No one wants to be next, but being quiet ensures that someone somewhere will be, and again, and again.
And our university leaders are totally absent from the public square, with no media or political strategy & no plan for collective action, while it’s happening. Total failure.
March 14, 2025 at 6:54 AM
University leaders need to step up together and fight this. Columbia was an example that cannot be allowed to stand. No one wants to be next, but being quiet ensures that someone somewhere will be, and again, and again.
Science for science's sake, and for the improvement of human health and level of understanding. But also, science for economic return's sake as well.
March 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Science for science's sake, and for the improvement of human health and level of understanding. But also, science for economic return's sake as well.
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The detention of Mahmoud Khalil puts all Americans fundamental rights at risk. And if you can’t see that because you oppose his politics, well that’s exactly the reaction Trump and his cronies are counting on. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Mahmoud Khalil’s Detention Is a Trial Run
The pro-Palestine student was arrested without due process for exercising his right to free speech. He will not be the last.
www.theatlantic.com
March 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The detention of Mahmoud Khalil puts all Americans fundamental rights at risk. And if you can’t see that because you oppose his politics, well that’s exactly the reaction Trump and his cronies are counting on. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
An important reading on the dangers and ultimate futility of anticipatory obedience
Opinion | The Chilling Consequences of Going Along With Trump (Gift Article)
The voluntarily surrender of the public’s power is how autocracies are built.
www.nytimes.com
March 8, 2025 at 8:37 AM
An important reading on the dangers and ultimate futility of anticipatory obedience
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Really wish people would stop talking about the problem with Science under Trump as “budget cuts”.
No. Budgets are set deliberatively by elected members of congress. Budgets haven’t been cut.
What’s happening are *purges* and *censorship*.
No. Budgets are set deliberatively by elected members of congress. Budgets haven’t been cut.
What’s happening are *purges* and *censorship*.
March 8, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Really wish people would stop talking about the problem with Science under Trump as “budget cuts”.
No. Budgets are set deliberatively by elected members of congress. Budgets haven’t been cut.
What’s happening are *purges* and *censorship*.
No. Budgets are set deliberatively by elected members of congress. Budgets haven’t been cut.
What’s happening are *purges* and *censorship*.
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This person has no idea how many people have died, or will die, as a result of shattering our entire global infrastructure for providing lifesaving assistance.
He did no analysis of those impacts before the reckless and illegal obliteration of USAID. These statements are made-up assertions.
He did no analysis of those impacts before the reckless and illegal obliteration of USAID. These statements are made-up assertions.
March 3, 2025 at 9:28 PM
This person has no idea how many people have died, or will die, as a result of shattering our entire global infrastructure for providing lifesaving assistance.
He did no analysis of those impacts before the reckless and illegal obliteration of USAID. These statements are made-up assertions.
He did no analysis of those impacts before the reckless and illegal obliteration of USAID. These statements are made-up assertions.
Sums up my beliefs quite nicely.
February 10, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Sums up my beliefs quite nicely.
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February 5, 2025 at 11:10 AM
If you are not familiar with the concept of soft power, I beg of you to look it up. It is the most sustainable form of influence we had as the United States, and now we are throwing that influence away willingly. And who will step in to fill that role?
For what it’s worth, when I spent years in Afghanistan and Iraq, the most powerful thing I ever saw was USAID digging wells & repairing schools. The most effective power we will ever have.
February 6, 2025 at 3:53 AM
If you are not familiar with the concept of soft power, I beg of you to look it up. It is the most sustainable form of influence we had as the United States, and now we are throwing that influence away willingly. And who will step in to fill that role?
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For what it’s worth, when I spent years in Afghanistan and Iraq, the most powerful thing I ever saw was USAID digging wells & repairing schools. The most effective power we will ever have.
February 5, 2025 at 1:38 AM
For what it’s worth, when I spent years in Afghanistan and Iraq, the most powerful thing I ever saw was USAID digging wells & repairing schools. The most effective power we will ever have.
This absolutely cannot be constitutional.
Rubio says El Salvador offers to accept deportees from US of any nationality, including Americans
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says El Salvador’s president has offered to accept deportees from the U.S. of any nationality, including violent American criminals now imprisoned in the United Sta...
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February 4, 2025 at 7:56 AM
This absolutely cannot be constitutional.