Lucinda Dykes
@lucinda25.bsky.social
Physician (MD), retired
I like science
I love animals and outdoors, especially oceans and beaches.
I like science
I love animals and outdoors, especially oceans and beaches.
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Fact-check: true
December 14, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Fact-check: true
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Measles cases in the US:
2020 - 13 cases
2025 - 1912 cases so far and 3 deaths
This is a 147x increase.
There's no spin DHHS can put on this explosion of measles cases that will make this justifiable or acceptable.
2020 - 13 cases
2025 - 1912 cases so far and 3 deaths
This is a 147x increase.
There's no spin DHHS can put on this explosion of measles cases that will make this justifiable or acceptable.
December 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Measles cases in the US:
2020 - 13 cases
2025 - 1912 cases so far and 3 deaths
This is a 147x increase.
There's no spin DHHS can put on this explosion of measles cases that will make this justifiable or acceptable.
2020 - 13 cases
2025 - 1912 cases so far and 3 deaths
This is a 147x increase.
There's no spin DHHS can put on this explosion of measles cases that will make this justifiable or acceptable.
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🔥 @rolandsmartin.bsky.social : “Black women voted highest against Trump, Black men 2nd highest— so yeah Donald, you’re right. We know a scam. We know a crook. We know a con man.”
@desilydic.bsky.social : “You only won 13% of Black people. My potato salad polls higher with Black people.”
@desilydic.bsky.social : “You only won 13% of Black people. My potato salad polls higher with Black people.”
December 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
🔥 @rolandsmartin.bsky.social : “Black women voted highest against Trump, Black men 2nd highest— so yeah Donald, you’re right. We know a scam. We know a crook. We know a con man.”
@desilydic.bsky.social : “You only won 13% of Black people. My potato salad polls higher with Black people.”
@desilydic.bsky.social : “You only won 13% of Black people. My potato salad polls higher with Black people.”
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I really enjoyed speaking with Kent Anderson and Joy Moore on their podcast @disruptedscience.bsky.social.
They are working on a book about how the Internet is undermining science at every turn.
They are working on a book about how the Internet is undermining science at every turn.
December 10, 2025 — Interview with Elizabeth Jacobs of "Defend Public Health"
YouTube video by Disrupted Science
m.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I really enjoyed speaking with Kent Anderson and Joy Moore on their podcast @disruptedscience.bsky.social.
They are working on a book about how the Internet is undermining science at every turn.
They are working on a book about how the Internet is undermining science at every turn.
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Pay attention
December 11, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Pay attention
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In Trump Administration, everything Is for sale.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
Trump Administration Opens Applications for Million-Dollar Visas
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
In Trump Administration, everything Is for sale.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
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Aaron Siri Says No One Has Identified Errors in His ACIP Presentation. Here Are Several. Mr. Siri is not looking at the total data and misunderstands or misrepresents much of what he does address. open.substack.com/pub/jakescot... via @jakescottmd.bsky.social
Aaron Siri Says No One Has Identified Errors in His ACIP Presentation. Here Are Several.
He's auditing regulatory paperwork, not science.
open.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Aaron Siri Says No One Has Identified Errors in His ACIP Presentation. Here Are Several. Mr. Siri is not looking at the total data and misunderstands or misrepresents much of what he does address. open.substack.com/pub/jakescot... via @jakescottmd.bsky.social
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Truth
Remembering several pithy Asimov quotes, but this will have to serve:
"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom."
"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom."
It would be a mistake to assume that RFK Jr. wouldn’t dare take COVID19 vaccines off the market in the U.S. It is, after all, his organization that is demanding it.
H/t: @texasgeologist.bsky.social for the heads up
H/t: @texasgeologist.bsky.social for the heads up
December 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Truth
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It’s always the oil. 🇺🇸 🇻🇪
December 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
It’s always the oil. 🇺🇸 🇻🇪
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Already this year, anti-vaccine activists have downplayed the risks of measles and polio.
Now, they’re adding whooping cough to the list, even as cases of the disease surge, killing at least ten babies over the past two years.
Now, they’re adding whooping cough to the list, even as cases of the disease surge, killing at least ten babies over the past two years.
The new CDC leader’s whooping cough scandal
“It continues to be appalling, the type of people RFK Jr. is putting into high-level positions in CDC.”
www.motherjones.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Already this year, anti-vaccine activists have downplayed the risks of measles and polio.
Now, they’re adding whooping cough to the list, even as cases of the disease surge, killing at least ten babies over the past two years.
Now, they’re adding whooping cough to the list, even as cases of the disease surge, killing at least ten babies over the past two years.
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Rinse and Repeat
#trumpsamerica #trumprecession #trumpeconomy #trumptariffs #trumptax #maganomics #trumpflation
#trumpsamerica #trumprecession #trumpeconomy #trumptariffs #trumptax #maganomics #trumpflation
December 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Rinse and Repeat
#trumpsamerica #trumprecession #trumpeconomy #trumptariffs #trumptax #maganomics #trumpflation
#trumpsamerica #trumprecession #trumpeconomy #trumptariffs #trumptax #maganomics #trumpflation
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The EPA has removed references about humans causing climate change from its website.
No US government website can be trusted for science information.
No US government website can be trusted for science information.
December 10, 2025 at 7:52 AM
The EPA has removed references about humans causing climate change from its website.
No US government website can be trusted for science information.
No US government website can be trusted for science information.
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December 9, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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I was pleased to again partner with virologist @jimalwine.bsky.social on this piece about the continued, insidious assault on public health by RFK Jr.
We are truly on a bullet train back to the dark ages; prisoners to Kennedy’s bizarre whims.
He is contemptible.
We are truly on a bullet train back to the dark ages; prisoners to Kennedy’s bizarre whims.
He is contemptible.
RFK Jr.’s Deepening Threat to Public Health
The current HHS Secretary is the most dangerous in U.S. history.
progressive.org
December 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I was pleased to again partner with virologist @jimalwine.bsky.social on this piece about the continued, insidious assault on public health by RFK Jr.
We are truly on a bullet train back to the dark ages; prisoners to Kennedy’s bizarre whims.
He is contemptible.
We are truly on a bullet train back to the dark ages; prisoners to Kennedy’s bizarre whims.
He is contemptible.
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This is excellent. But when will we be able to get it? The filter I mean. Someone will try to sell you a washing-machine fish, don't fall for it.
Fish-inspired filter removes 99% of microplastics from washing machine wastewater
Wastewater from washing machines is considered a major source of microplastics—tiny plastic particles that are suspected of harming human and animal health. Researchers at the University of Bonn have ...
techxplore.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
This is excellent. But when will we be able to get it? The filter I mean. Someone will try to sell you a washing-machine fish, don't fall for it.
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This never fails to fool all the dumb ones. It’s worked for centuries now.
December 8, 2025 at 6:28 AM
This never fails to fool all the dumb ones. It’s worked for centuries now.
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It was only a matter of time…
December 8, 2025 at 9:53 AM
It was only a matter of time…
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since we're doing USPS discourse again, a reminder of what Dems should be saying
"the USPS is a miracle. it's in the constitution. for the price of a single stamp you can send a letter across the country, from Hawaii to Maine. Trump is trying to take that away from you. He's attacking Christmas cards and wedding invitations. It's un-American and it has to stop."
December 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
since we're doing USPS discourse again, a reminder of what Dems should be saying
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Malone now says that ACIP merely makes recommendations to the director of the CDC.
He is correct, but the problem is that the current CDC director has no education, training or experience in any area of science, medicine, or public health.
He is correct, but the problem is that the current CDC director has no education, training or experience in any area of science, medicine, or public health.
December 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Malone now says that ACIP merely makes recommendations to the director of the CDC.
He is correct, but the problem is that the current CDC director has no education, training or experience in any area of science, medicine, or public health.
He is correct, but the problem is that the current CDC director has no education, training or experience in any area of science, medicine, or public health.