Vanessa
@vlamers.bsky.social
Here for public health. Somewhere in Maryland. She/her
Have you worked more than 20 days since June? Congrats, call your representative and suggest they do so as well.
November 8, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Have you worked more than 20 days since June? Congrats, call your representative and suggest they do so as well.
People . . . Think . . . That’s what it means? What? Didn’t all the post Super Bowl think pieces clear this up for the room?
November 8, 2025 at 3:52 AM
People . . . Think . . . That’s what it means? What? Didn’t all the post Super Bowl think pieces clear this up for the room?
Both US citizens. What is to stop them from doing anything at all if they kidnap US citizens and drive off with children instead of following protocol?
November 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Both US citizens. What is to stop them from doing anything at all if they kidnap US citizens and drive off with children instead of following protocol?
These situations are rampant across Maryland right now.
Here in Atlanta yesterday, more than 2,000 people waited in their cars—one woman for 14 hours—for a box of food. The giveaway ended early; there wasn't enough to go around.
Multiply this scene by countless others across the country, and you get a sense of how crushing the desperation is right now.
Multiply this scene by countless others across the country, and you get a sense of how crushing the desperation is right now.
November 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
These situations are rampant across Maryland right now.
All the Nextdoor posts on my feed are people asking how they can help people with food or donations for their loss of SNAP benefits or people posting they are recently laid off or furloughed and asking for work or odd jobs like power washing and house cleaning 💔
November 3, 2025 at 1:43 AM
All the Nextdoor posts on my feed are people asking how they can help people with food or donations for their loss of SNAP benefits or people posting they are recently laid off or furloughed and asking for work or odd jobs like power washing and house cleaning 💔
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Plans to halt food stamps Nov. 1 will impact more than 1 million veterans
www.stripes.com/veterans/202...
www.stripes.com/veterans/202...
Plans to halt food stamps Nov. 1 will impact more than 1 million veterans
Monthly food stamps to low-income veterans will end Nov. 1, as funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is scheduled to run out.
www.stripes.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Plans to halt food stamps Nov. 1 will impact more than 1 million veterans
www.stripes.com/veterans/202...
www.stripes.com/veterans/202...
This sounds like the Borg.
The Trump administration says more difficult questions, and other changes to the naturalization process, will ensure only immigrants who are "fully assimilated" will gain citizenship.
The test for U.S. citizenship is about to get harder
The Trump administration says more difficult questions, and other changes to the naturalization process, will ensure only immigrants who are "fully assimilated" will gain citizenship.
n.pr
October 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
This sounds like the Borg.
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A pregnant woman in Alberta, Canada contracted measles.
This led to her baby being born prematurely.
The baby died.
Another preventable tragedy.
This led to her baby being born prematurely.
The baby died.
Another preventable tragedy.
Premature baby dies of measles in Alberta outbreak's 1st death | CBC News
Alberta is reporting its first measles death since outbreaks of the highly contagious illness began in March. The province says a baby, who was born prematurely after the mother became sick, died shor...
www.cbc.ca
October 2, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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Currently, millions of children are unable to access COVID-19 vaccines through the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program, a program that provides free vaccines to families that are unable to afford them. Read the full story in AAP News. publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...
Pediatricians express frustrations over delay in COVID vaccines for children in federal program
Millions of children are unable to access COVID-19 vaccines through the Vaccines for Children program because federal health officials have not finalized recommendations on who should get vaccinated.
publications.aap.org
October 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Currently, millions of children are unable to access COVID-19 vaccines through the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program, a program that provides free vaccines to families that are unable to afford them. Read the full story in AAP News. publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...
We knew this, but it’s important to study and document on a mass scale.
COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy conferred benefits for mother and baby without increased risk, according to an umbrella review of meta-analyses comprising more than 1.2 million women.
www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcover...
www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcover...
Mom's COVID Shot Aided Baby, Too, Large Review Confirmed
Vaccination during pregnancy was safe for both mom and baby
www.medpagetoday.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:18 AM
We knew this, but it’s important to study and document on a mass scale.
Hatch Act exists so neither political party can do this.
BREAKING: Federal agencies are blaming Democrats and leftists/liberals in Congress for the looming shutdown. That appears to violate the Hatch Act -- my latest: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Federal agencies blame Democrats for looming shutdown in apparent Hatch Act violation
Housing and VA departments attack ‘radical left’ despite law limiting political activities of government employees
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Hatch Act exists so neither political party can do this.
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This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important
⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.
The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.
interestingengineering.com/science/chin...
The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.
interestingengineering.com/science/chin...
China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes
A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.
interestingengineering.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important
I think these new “recommendations”/non recommendations open up some fascinating questions about individual choice. Does this mean patients can get vaccinated once a month? Once a week? If it’s just individual choice, can they get two? Are there limits to this choice?
Assuming CDC formally adopts ACIP's recommendations, CVS tells me it will provide Covid vaccines without a prescription in all 50 states and won't require even self-attestation of a qualifying condition — "it’s up to the individual patient."
No confirmation from Walgreens or Walmart yet.
No confirmation from Walgreens or Walmart yet.
I have reached out to CVS, Walgreens and Walmart to ask how they will apply these recommendations to people seeking vaccines at their pharmacies. I cannot provide any info on how this will affect your ability to get a vaccine right now, because I don't know yet.
September 20, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I think these new “recommendations”/non recommendations open up some fascinating questions about individual choice. Does this mean patients can get vaccinated once a month? Once a week? If it’s just individual choice, can they get two? Are there limits to this choice?
For new ACIP members who appear to not understand what their job is, I offer you the video we made in 2022: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWf4...
Understanding the ACIP and How Vaccine Recommendations are Made in the US
YouTube video by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
www.youtube.com
September 20, 2025 at 12:36 AM
For new ACIP members who appear to not understand what their job is, I offer you the video we made in 2022: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWf4...
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In case you’re wondering, it’s barely fall & our children’s hospital is already almost always full with kids boarding in the ER.
And the pediatric workforce is stretched thin.
Our system does not have the capacity to care for the influx of vaccine preventable diseases that is coming.
And the pediatric workforce is stretched thin.
Our system does not have the capacity to care for the influx of vaccine preventable diseases that is coming.
September 19, 2025 at 1:14 AM
In case you’re wondering, it’s barely fall & our children’s hospital is already almost always full with kids boarding in the ER.
And the pediatric workforce is stretched thin.
Our system does not have the capacity to care for the influx of vaccine preventable diseases that is coming.
And the pediatric workforce is stretched thin.
Our system does not have the capacity to care for the influx of vaccine preventable diseases that is coming.
We appreciate you all, but our state government teams had to sit through ACIP, get no credit or bio line, and have to handle the fallout.
September 18, 2025 at 11:14 PM
We appreciate you all, but our state government teams had to sit through ACIP, get no credit or bio line, and have to handle the fallout.
Unclear why anyone would want to be responsible for a policy change that leads to dead babies.
There’s a rumor that Kennedy’s revised, biased ACIP will move hepatitisB age up to 4, creating real access issues to parents that want to to protect babies and setting babies up for lifelong harm.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Kennedy's vaccine panel expected to recommend delaying hepatitis B shot in children
RFK Jr.'s hand-picked panel of vaccine advisors is expected to vote to delay the hepatitis B shot for newborns. Doctors warn that could fuel a return of a disease virtually eradicated in U.S. kids.
www.npr.org
September 17, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Unclear why anyone would want to be responsible for a policy change that leads to dead babies.
Never fear my fellow ecologists, my 6 year old has sent his Mega Latías out to eat all the lantern flies. Problem solved.
September 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Never fear my fellow ecologists, my 6 year old has sent his Mega Latías out to eat all the lantern flies. Problem solved.
Disappointed in the lack of news coverage about this Ebola outbreak - that appears to have a new animal crossover component.
Good news! Ring vaccinations against #Ebola have begun in DRC, according to @who.int:
“An initial 400 doses of the Ervebo Ebola vaccine—from the country’s stockpile of 2000 doses prepositioned in the capital Kinshasa—have been delivered to Bulape, one of the current hotspots of the outbreak.”
“An initial 400 doses of the Ervebo Ebola vaccine—from the country’s stockpile of 2000 doses prepositioned in the capital Kinshasa—have been delivered to Bulape, one of the current hotspots of the outbreak.”
Ebola vaccination begins in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Bulape, Democratic Republic of the Congo—Vaccination of frontline health workers and contacts of people infected with Ebola virus disease has begun in Bulape health zone in the Democratic Republic of ...
www.afro.who.int
September 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Disappointed in the lack of news coverage about this Ebola outbreak - that appears to have a new animal crossover component.
This research is supporting vaccines that prevent various cancers as well as HIV. This is tremendous and impactful work. House Reps want cancer cures for themselves and their kids also!
GOOD NEWS: Despite RFK Jr saying he would cancel $500 million in mRNA research, the House Committee on Appropriations has passed a spending package, that includes $1.1 billion for “advanced research and development” at BARDA, which includes research on mRNA vaccines.
September 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
This research is supporting vaccines that prevent various cancers as well as HIV. This is tremendous and impactful work. House Reps want cancer cures for themselves and their kids also!
I believe that gun violence is gun violence is gun violence.
I was a high schooler during Columbine and taught elementary students during Sandy Hook. I will never accept this.
I was a high schooler during Columbine and taught elementary students during Sandy Hook. I will never accept this.
September 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I believe that gun violence is gun violence is gun violence.
I was a high schooler during Columbine and taught elementary students during Sandy Hook. I will never accept this.
I was a high schooler during Columbine and taught elementary students during Sandy Hook. I will never accept this.
I imagine it’s hard to fathom how much vaccination plays into the US economy. I would suggest looking back a few years when millions of people were sick and died from a circulating virus and we had to bail out multiple sectors and budgets still failed to recover.
That’s a pretty good idea.
That’s a pretty good idea.
September 8, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I imagine it’s hard to fathom how much vaccination plays into the US economy. I would suggest looking back a few years when millions of people were sick and died from a circulating virus and we had to bail out multiple sectors and budgets still failed to recover.
That’s a pretty good idea.
That’s a pretty good idea.
This is so gross. Seaworld is a shameful and disgusting enterprise for this behavior.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Legal capture of endangered manta ray sparks bipartisan outrage in Florida
Haul for Abu Dhabi aquarium leads state officials to agree to review the issuing of ‘marine special activity licenses’
www.theguardian.com
September 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This is so gross. Seaworld is a shameful and disgusting enterprise for this behavior.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Got my kiddo’s COVID vaccine today! 🩷🩷🩷🎉🎉🎉
September 6, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Got my kiddo’s COVID vaccine today! 🩷🩷🩷🎉🎉🎉
I am dying over how much of a badass Esteban is! Donate if you can for ALS!
Making history for a great cause‼️
I am swimming the Chicago River on Sept 21 - FIRST TIME IN 100 YEARS - for ALS research & swim lessons for Chicago kids.
🙏🏼 Help me reach my goal 💪🏼 Donte & repost 🔂
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#ChicagoRiverSwim #ALS #ChicagoKids 🏊♂️🌊🏙️
I am swimming the Chicago River on Sept 21 - FIRST TIME IN 100 YEARS - for ALS research & swim lessons for Chicago kids.
🙏🏼 Help me reach my goal 💪🏼 Donte & repost 🔂
runsignup.com/EJQ-CRS-ALS
#ChicagoRiverSwim #ALS #ChicagoKids 🏊♂️🌊🏙️
Chicago River Swim
The Chicago River Swim is the signature event of [1]A Long Swim, a 501(c)3 charitable organization that raises funds for ALS collaborative research through Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of...
runsignup.com
September 6, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I am dying over how much of a badass Esteban is! Donate if you can for ALS!