Steven W. Samuels
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Steven W. Samuels
@stevenwsamuels.bsky.social
Clinical Pharmacist Informaticist | Ambulatory Care | Pharmacy Informatics | Views My Own |
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Hundreds of anti-science bills have hit statehouses, targeting key public health protections such as vaccines, milk safety, fluoride.
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October 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Reposted by Steven W. Samuels
Decades of tolerating & normalizing pseudoscience & health misinformation created the foundation for this horror show...👇

What happens when we don't counter bunk? This.

Trump, questioning vaccine safety, pushes major changes to how kids get shots www.statnews.com/2025/09/22/t...
Trump, questioning vaccine safety, pushes major changes to how kids get shots
At a White House event, Trump linked vaccines to autism and urged major changes in how kids get their shots.
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September 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Bypassing its standard pathways for scientific discussions, FDA has recently held a slew of so-called "expert panels" that sidestep legal procedures and ethics guardrails, raising concern about cherry-picking of experts and evidence.

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FDA 'Expert Panels' Raise Concerns of Evading Regulations, Ethics
Do panels cherry-pick experts and evidence that align with FDA leadership's views?
www.medpagetoday.com
July 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
#Trump “fully fit” physical:
Left out dose of rosuvastatin to de-emphasize previously increased then ezetimibe added due to increasing CAC score to >100. News reporting TC and numbers improved but leaving out plaques likely why they targeted #LDL <55. Physical document omitted prior CAC scores.
April 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Staffers began receiving termination notices this morning as part of a major restructuring at HHS. Some senior leadership are on their way out too.
Widespread firings start at federal health agencies including many in leadership
Staffers began receiving termination notices this morning as part of a major restructuring at HHS. Some senior leadership are on their way out too.
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April 1, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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"But the problem with holding your fire for too long is you risk being overrun. ... Standing at the back of the platform - doing our work in the background despite the chaos at the forefront -- and occasionally self-soothing with a facepalm -- is not a strategy."
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Opinion | Fauci Facepalms Won't Cut It in the Second Trump Administration
Consider what's at stake when leaders in medicine simply watch from the sidelines
www.medpagetoday.com
December 3, 2024 at 7:19 PM
Reposted by Steven W. Samuels
Opinion: RFK Jr. is not just an anti-vaxxer. His X account is one of the most prolific spreaders of anti-vaccine misinformation.
RFK Jr. says he isn’t an anti-vaxxer. He’s wrong
RFK Jr. is not just an anti-vaxxer. His X account is one of the most prolific spreaders of anti-vaccine misinformation.
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November 18, 2024 at 5:30 PM