Tracy Vettese
@tvettese.bsky.social
emory@grady internist, teacher, mom, wife of @jrhollberg 🏳️🌈❤️
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For us ID doctors, the CDC has been a rock. Data, guidelines, surveillance, travel advice -- all there, vetted by experts, referenced, reliable. Perfect? No. But watching its dismantling now breaks my heart. Some thoughts: blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
Watching the Chaos at the CDC -- with Sadness and Alarm
Throughout my career as an infectious diseases doctor, the CDC has been a rock-solid source. Need reliable data on an outbreak? The CDC. Need thoughtful, evidence-based guidelines? The CDC. Need an au...
blogs.jwatch.org
August 30, 2025 at 5:30 AM
For us ID doctors, the CDC has been a rock. Data, guidelines, surveillance, travel advice -- all there, vetted by experts, referenced, reliable. Perfect? No. But watching its dismantling now breaks my heart. Some thoughts: blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
While I appreciate the author’s thoughtful opinion piece, it left me profoundly sad knowing that I will never understand or accept it. I don’t think the gap is possible to bridge at this point. 😞
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/o...
Opinion | I Live Near the Texas Measles Outbreak. Here’s How We Got Here. (Gift Article)
An important lesson amid a measles outbreak in America.
www.nytimes.com
March 31, 2025 at 6:03 PM
While I appreciate the author’s thoughtful opinion piece, it left me profoundly sad knowing that I will never understand or accept it. I don’t think the gap is possible to bridge at this point. 😞
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/o...