Redmalicious
@redmalicious.bsky.social
Public health/disease prevention analyst. SF/F and TTRPG nerd. Sewist. She/her
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Once again in human history, the mother of the next pandemic will be hunger.
February 26, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Once again in human history, the mother of the next pandemic will be hunger.
I’ve seen multiple articles now framing this report around risk of feline to human spread. So can we just be clear that there’s no reasonable reading of the situation to support that feline to human transmission occurred, and it’s dangerous?
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) ...
This report describes highly pathogenic avian influenza virus infection among two indoor cats living in homes of dairy workers.
www.cdc.gov
February 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I’ve seen multiple articles now framing this report around risk of feline to human spread. So can we just be clear that there’s no reasonable reading of the situation to support that feline to human transmission occurred, and it’s dangerous?
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One of the questions after my talk today was about scientists refusing to buck the administration because they fear losing their jobs.
I said that a lot of self-styled apolitical scientists lost their jobs this week, so silence will not save them. Respond and keep your values and dignity.
I said that a lot of self-styled apolitical scientists lost their jobs this week, so silence will not save them. Respond and keep your values and dignity.
February 15, 2025 at 7:33 PM
One of the questions after my talk today was about scientists refusing to buck the administration because they fear losing their jobs.
I said that a lot of self-styled apolitical scientists lost their jobs this week, so silence will not save them. Respond and keep your values and dignity.
I said that a lot of self-styled apolitical scientists lost their jobs this week, so silence will not save them. Respond and keep your values and dignity.
“it's likely that 200-300 residents of West Texas are infected and untested.”
Hundreds of people feared infected with measles in Texas
The outbreak of measles in a small West Texas community may be worse than officials originally thought. They are scrambling to promote vaccinations.
www.chron.com
February 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
“it's likely that 200-300 residents of West Texas are infected and untested.”
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i am going to put a finer point on this: executive orders are not laws. and they certainly are not royal decrees. they are interpretations of existing law for the purposes of enforcement. the fact that so many people are treating them as laws is actually driving me a bit insane.
i mean, the president's executive order isn't a goddamn law! as far as this doctor is concerned, who cares what the president says!
A New York City doctor said he will continue providing gender-affirming treatments to his patients younger than 19 despite President Donald Trump’s executive order aiming to ban such care.
February 12, 2025 at 2:48 AM
i am going to put a finer point on this: executive orders are not laws. and they certainly are not royal decrees. they are interpretations of existing law for the purposes of enforcement. the fact that so many people are treating them as laws is actually driving me a bit insane.
We have FluView. Flu season still going strong, no new human detections of avian influenza (but one swine flu? Sure why not it’s 2025). I’m so relieved when we get any useful CDC updates anymore, appreciate everyone doing this critical work with no assurance that it will even be seen.
Weekly US Influenza Surveillance Report: Key Updates for Week 5, ending February 1, 2025
Key Updates for Week 5, ending February 1, 2025
www.cdc.gov
February 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
We have FluView. Flu season still going strong, no new human detections of avian influenza (but one swine flu? Sure why not it’s 2025). I’m so relieved when we get any useful CDC updates anymore, appreciate everyone doing this critical work with no assurance that it will even be seen.
Rage enlightenment is maybe useful right now.
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@brennanleemulligan.bsky.social and the @worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social gang dropping some hopeful truth.
February 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Rage enlightenment is maybe useful right now.
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Huge thanks to my sister for helping put these together.
February 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Huge thanks to my sister for helping put these together.
This unfortunately doesn’t get easier. I’m 39 with a masters degree and 12 years experience in my field (which is currently being dismantled, thisisfine.gif). I don’t make much as a public servant, but without connections or turning myself into a brand, finding other options hasn’t gone well.
February 2, 2025 at 3:47 PM
This unfortunately doesn’t get easier. I’m 39 with a masters degree and 12 years experience in my field (which is currently being dismantled, thisisfine.gif). I don’t make much as a public servant, but without connections or turning myself into a brand, finding other options hasn’t gone well.
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If you’re in the US and you’d like to know what projects and vital services federal grants currently fund in your state, you can search here: www.usaspending.gov
And you can find the contact information for your elected representatives here: www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
They need to hear from you.
And you can find the contact information for your elected representatives here: www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
They need to hear from you.
USAspending.gov
www.usaspending.gov
January 28, 2025 at 4:59 AM
If you’re in the US and you’d like to know what projects and vital services federal grants currently fund in your state, you can search here: www.usaspending.gov
And you can find the contact information for your elected representatives here: www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
They need to hear from you.
And you can find the contact information for your elected representatives here: www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
They need to hear from you.
All of this is devastating. Some of it will be challenged, maybe even successfully, but even short interruptions and the anxiety generated are interrupting care, halting research, causing civil servants to leave the field. The consequences will last far beyond this administration.
American science and medicine has been thrown into chaos and uncertainty over the past week. Here are some stories to get up to speed. 1/12
January 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
All of this is devastating. Some of it will be challenged, maybe even successfully, but even short interruptions and the anxiety generated are interrupting care, halting research, causing civil servants to leave the field. The consequences will last far beyond this administration.
uhm. So MMWR. Any HAN advisories. Public health law news. Preventing Chronic Diseases. What else are we going to be missing?
Trump officials ask US health agencies to pause external communications, Washington Post reports
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has instructed federal health agencies to pause all external communications, such as health advisories, weekly scientific reports, updates to websites and social media posts, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday, citing a dozen current and former officials and sources.
www.reuters.com
January 22, 2025 at 2:43 AM
uhm. So MMWR. Any HAN advisories. Public health law news. Preventing Chronic Diseases. What else are we going to be missing?
I’m going to try to stay in my lane and focus on public health nightmare decisions. Which I see they wasted no time with. [insert cursing here]
Trump announces US withdrawal from World Health Organization | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump announced Monday he is withdrawing the US from the World Health Organization, a significant move on his first day back in the White House cutting ties with the United Nations’ p...
www.cnn.com
January 21, 2025 at 5:50 AM
I’m going to try to stay in my lane and focus on public health nightmare decisions. Which I see they wasted no time with. [insert cursing here]
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Georgia suspends all poultry sales and activities after highly pathogenic avian influenza detected on a commercial farm in Elbert County.
Georgia is the nation’s second largest producer of poultry and eggs. Statement for Georgia Ag Dept: https://agr.georgia.gov/pr/highly-pathogenic-avian-influenz…
Georgia is the nation’s second largest producer of poultry and eggs. Statement for Georgia Ag Dept: https://agr.georgia.gov/pr/highly-pathogenic-avian-influenz…
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Confirmed in Commercial Poultry Flock in Georgia, All Poultry Activities in Georgia Suspended
Atlanta, Ga – Today, the Georgia Department of Agriculture and the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed a positive case of Highly Pathogenic…
agr.georgia.gov
January 17, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Georgia suspends all poultry sales and activities after highly pathogenic avian influenza detected on a commercial farm in Elbert County.
Georgia is the nation’s second largest producer of poultry and eggs. Statement for Georgia Ag Dept: https://agr.georgia.gov/pr/highly-pathogenic-avian-influenz…
Georgia is the nation’s second largest producer of poultry and eggs. Statement for Georgia Ag Dept: https://agr.georgia.gov/pr/highly-pathogenic-avian-influenz…
Goofus buddies 🧡
January 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Goofus buddies 🧡
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Once again begging editors to put health reporters on political public health stories.
A health reporter would know that the contention of “diseased migrants” is an old canard and a current fallacy: Migrants’ countries often have better public health than the US.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/u...
A health reporter would know that the contention of “diseased migrants” is an old canard and a current fallacy: Migrants’ countries often have better public health than the US.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/u...
Inside Trump’s Search for a Health Threat to Justify His Immigration Crackdown
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s advisers have spent months trying to identify a disease that will help them build their case for closing the border.
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Once again begging editors to put health reporters on political public health stories.
A health reporter would know that the contention of “diseased migrants” is an old canard and a current fallacy: Migrants’ countries often have better public health than the US.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/u...
A health reporter would know that the contention of “diseased migrants” is an old canard and a current fallacy: Migrants’ countries often have better public health than the US.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/u...
Great. They’ve brought back miasma theory.
New year, new fave conspiracy theory: the global shadow government is spraying infectious fog across the entire northern hemisphere w/ possibly alien drones everyone was seeing a couple weeks ago. The mystery virus has symptoms exactly like seasonal respiratory viruses. (H/t @inkblue01.bsky.social)
January 2, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Great. They’ve brought back miasma theory.
Is there any realistic chance that this confirmation is blocked and the person selected after would be less actively inimical to public health? Because yikes.
Trump to discuss ending childhood vaccination programs with RFK Jr.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in an interview published on Thursday said he will be talking to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his nominee to run the Department of Health and Human Services, about ending childhood vaccination programs.
www.reuters.com
December 13, 2024 at 12:47 PM
Is there any realistic chance that this confirmation is blocked and the person selected after would be less actively inimical to public health? Because yikes.
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It's been the story for decades:
1. Politicians cut public health funding
2. Reduced pandemic preparedness
3. Crisis occurs (HIV, COVID, flu)
4. Public health responds heroically with limited resources
5. Politicians complain about lack of preparedness & throw money at problem
6. Rinse & repeat
1. Politicians cut public health funding
2. Reduced pandemic preparedness
3. Crisis occurs (HIV, COVID, flu)
4. Public health responds heroically with limited resources
5. Politicians complain about lack of preparedness & throw money at problem
6. Rinse & repeat
November 27, 2024 at 6:30 PM
It's been the story for decades:
1. Politicians cut public health funding
2. Reduced pandemic preparedness
3. Crisis occurs (HIV, COVID, flu)
4. Public health responds heroically with limited resources
5. Politicians complain about lack of preparedness & throw money at problem
6. Rinse & repeat
1. Politicians cut public health funding
2. Reduced pandemic preparedness
3. Crisis occurs (HIV, COVID, flu)
4. Public health responds heroically with limited resources
5. Politicians complain about lack of preparedness & throw money at problem
6. Rinse & repeat
These are the kinds of choices you make if you want the entirety of public health infrastructure to collapse. So that’s fun. www.politico.com/news/2024/11...
Trump transition closes in on picks for top health posts
Many of the candidates are allies of RFK Jr. and have maligned the agencies they would oversee.
www.politico.com
November 20, 2024 at 12:55 AM
These are the kinds of choices you make if you want the entirety of public health infrastructure to collapse. So that’s fun. www.politico.com/news/2024/11...