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Eli Perencevich

@eliowa.bsky.social

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doc+epidemiologist in Iowa studying antimicrobial resistance. Columbus Crew ignore the noise, always forward opinions are mine aren’t medical advice

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Eli Perencevich @eliowa.bsky.social · Feb 13

Do Americans want safe food?

Which Departments are responsible for food safety?

USDA
HHS -> FDA and CDC
Commerce -> NOAA (fisheries)

If one Department is disabled, we don’t have safe food

Enjoy your dinner 🍲

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1d

Pope to Chicago Labor Leaders: “Please know of my appreciation for your welcome of immigrants and refugees, especially your support of food pantries and shelters….I encourage you to continue to advocate for society to respect the human dignity of the most vulnerable.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

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JAMA @jama.com · 4d

Emergency Medicaid accounts for less than 1% of total #Medicaid spending, even in states with large undocumented populations.

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A JAMA "Research Letter" published online October 9, 2025, shows a US map depicting 'Emergency Medicaid Spending for Undocumented Immigrants.' States are color-coded to show the percentage of spending, ranging from 1 to 2%.

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 1d

20th time I’ve posted this Doonesbury since 2105.

I’m supposed to get a free set of (Trump) steak knives now.

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Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH, SM @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social · 1d

Some of these people have now been fired and rehired TWICE since January. The current state of dysfunction is mind boggling.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

OOOPS! UPDATE: Two HHS officials tell me that disease detectives, measles response officers, global health officials and the MMWR staff were laid off by mistake and will be reinstated. But Washington office is still RIFed

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 1d

Seeing a lot of celebration of this as a win.

But at NIH we have seen this exact play before.

It looks like it is the Vought strategy -and to stop the lawless firings we have to see the bigger picture.
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Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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MSNBC @msnbc.com · 1d

'CDC is over': RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre

"CDC is over": RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre

Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data.

www.msnbc.com

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Josh Busby @busbyj2.bsky.social · 1d

No way to run a government. Fired. Not fired. Fired again. Not fired. Pants on fire.

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Some of the layoffs at CDC are being REVERSED.
Here is my updated story.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

More than 1,000 CDC staff receive layoff notices during government shutdown

Another round of mass layoffs has struck CDC. The agency had already been cut during a reorganization this year, and more employees are now being shed amid the government shutdown.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 1d

So if Russ Vought and Bob Kennedy were deliberately trying on behalf of an enemy to sicken and kill Americans by destroying the public health structure - what would they be doing differently?

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 1d

Just got back from Normal, IL for a lecture at Illinois State University. Established in 1857 after this small town lawyer named Abe secured the funding. Was reminded once again that US public universities are the triumph of civilization

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Dan Chibnall @bookowl.bsky.social · 1d

Baseball: it's seismic!
Also the Polanco P-Wave is a brilliant name for this. Nice work, scientists.

Infield Fly Girl @infieldflygrl.online · 1d

Confirmed! We shook the earth last night!

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 2d

No shit…

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Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 2d

1. My father's funeral was this week. This morning, I attended my first @nihvigils.bsky.social with my family. I shared my father's story. My father immigrated from South Korea. This was possible with #NSF funding. I know we are sister agencies, but science is under attack in multiple departments.

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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 2d

Dr. @angierasmussen.bsky.social has the must-read of the week, but you're not going to like it: The Death of Public Health open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...

The Death of Public Health

Another Friday night massacre, but this time it's not just an essential federal public health agency that will die

open.substack.com

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Eli Perencevich @eliowa.bsky.social · 2d

What should be done with the land now that there’s no more market for soybeans? Maybe a combination of wind and solar could turn some land into energy farms to prevent bankruptcy

Elinor A. Levin @levinforiowa.bsky.social · 2d

Iowa farmland deserves to be treated as the finite natural resource that it is.
Iowa farmers and farm families deserve to have a predictable market for the work they do.

Stewardship, not extraction. Markets, not bailouts.

It's that simple.

www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Trump considers $10 billion bailout for farmers as tariffs disrupt the market

President Trump is said to be preparing a bailout package of at least $10 billion that could provide relief to farmers facing the financial pain of tariffs on China. To discuss what this means for far...

www.pbs.org

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Julia Raifman, ScD @juliaraifman.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks to Julia Dennett, Evan Soltas, @gsgoda.bsky.social,
Thomas A. Thornhill; @kevinwerner.bsky.social , & @gregggonsalves.bsky.social for this important study in @jamanetworkopen.com

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Julia Raifman, ScD @juliaraifman.bsky.social · 2d

“Workers continued to see elevated health-related absences linked to COVID-19…

[which] has likely raised the value to workers of paid-leave policies & existing social safety net programs.

Measures to reduce COVID-19 transmission in the workplace may also mitigate these new exposure risks”

Enduring Outcomes of COVID-19 Work Absences on the US Labor Market

This cohort study examines the extent to which COVID-19 continues to generate work absences and decrease labor force participation beyond the pandemic period in the US.

jamanetwork.com

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cindyunger.bsky.social @cindyunger.bsky.social · 2d

Rob Sand doesn’t want to claim democrats very willingly so it’s hard claim him, but if it gets the job done- sigh- I guess.

Art Cullen @artcullen.bsky.social · 6d

Here’s my latest column. Thanks for reading!

www.stormlake.com/stories/sand...?

Sand definitely is onto something - Storm Lake Times Pilot

Rob Sand appears to be in tune with a wide swath of Iowans who aren’t happy with the way things are going. Substantial crowds are showing up across the state to hear the state auditor …

www.stormlake.com

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Eli Perencevich @eliowa.bsky.social · 2d

It’s definitely hard to get excited. Tribal politics is destroying this country, and the beauty of 50 states is we can all experiment. There are going to be many messes after so much destruction and we’re all going to need to work together to clean them up. Maybe this is the way

Eli Perencevich @eliowa.bsky.social · 2d

I’m texting this to several friends and relatives. It’s an excellent opportunity to encourage vaccine hesitant folks to get their fall covid and flu vaccines
www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/p...

Trump received Covid vaccine and flu shot during second physical of the year | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump received a Covid vaccine and flu shot during his visit to Walter Reed Medical Center on Friday, his physician said in a memo released by the White House.

www.cnn.com

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Eli Perencevich @eliowa.bsky.social · 2d

It only makes sense to shut down the CDC journal MMWR if CDC is no longer doing public health

CDC DOB: July 1, 1946
CDC died: October 10, 2025

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 2d

“Leaves have fallen for millions of years, so of course plants and animals have come to expect or even rely on them to complete their life cycles,” said Rebecca McMackin… “It’s our job as ecological gardeners to figure out how to incorporate these natural processes into our landscapes”

Why Leaving the Leaves Is Better for Your Yard

www.nytimes.com

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Eli Perencevich @eliowa.bsky.social · 2d

Been an amazing season

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Citizen Cohn / Jonathan Cohn @citizencohn.bsky.social · 2d

Sorry Tigers fans 😢

Was a great game -- and a great season too

(Despite the late collapse)

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Eli Perencevich @eliowa.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you Seattle. And congrats on overcoming 25 years of suffering

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Eli Perencevich @eliowa.bsky.social · 2d

It’s a shame that one of these teams is going to lose