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Mack Guthrie @mackgu3.bsky.social · 17h

Sadly missing the No Kings rally to study for midterms, but it occurred to me that I could just hold up my Epi textbook and it would work fine as a denouncement of this administration.

A laptop open on a coffee shop table with a textbook “Essentials of Epidemiology in Public Health” by Ann Aschengrau and George Seage.

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J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · 2d

I’m surprised Minnesota isn’t part of this tbh

Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 3d

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.

Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Map: Governors Public Health Alliance
* Guam is also a member of the alliance
Updated October 15, 2025
Map: @luckytran • Created with Datawrapper

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 4d

NHANES runs mobile clinics that travel the country measuring height, weight, & blood pressure while collecting blood and urine samples. These samples are our only national source for tracking everything from blood sugar to hormones, heavy metals, and more.

The entire operation has been eliminated.

Kevin C Klatt, PhD, RD @kcklatt.bsky.social · 4d

Everyone across biomedicine should be very loud about this so this team's RIF status gets reversed. Nhanes has been key for tracking obesity & diabetes rates, identifying high blood lead levels in kids in the 70s, tracking progress on cholesterol lowering, guiding nutrient fortification programs etc

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Mack Guthrie @mackgu3.bsky.social · 4d

Crazy working on my problem set for class and using NHANES data, knowing that we might not have this resource moving forward :(

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Mack Guthrie @mackgu3.bsky.social · 4d

Americans collectively have forgotten that yellow fever and malaria were once endemic in our country. To be fair, it’s not something we’re ever taught in school; I had no idea until I started studying public health!

And now, especially w/ climate change, there’s little stopping it from coming back.

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Mack Guthrie @mackgu3.bsky.social · 4d

You can also ask your pharmacist! They are truly an underutilized (and yet overworked) community health resource.

Mack Guthrie @mackgu3.bsky.social · 4d

Eventually, everything will be a podcast

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Mack Guthrie @mackgu3.bsky.social · 4d

Americans collectively have forgotten that yellow fever and malaria were once endemic in our country. To be fair, it’s not something we’re ever taught in school; I had no idea until I started studying public health!

And now, especially w/ climate change, there’s little stopping it from coming back.

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 4d

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Mack Guthrie @mackgu3.bsky.social · 4d

The fact that even Marjorie Taylor Greene has come out in favor of extending the ACA subsidies and the GOP leadership refuses to negotiate is crazy.

I hope more families will check their premiums and call or email their reps & senators!

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Mack Guthrie @mackgu3.bsky.social · 4d

Making milk great again! (Bringing back the borax and formaldehyde)

Mack Guthrie @mackgu3.bsky.social · 5d

Would love to see nuclear taking on a bigger chunk here as well, so we can further phase out fossil fuels.

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Mack Guthrie @mackgu3.bsky.social · 5d

What horrible news. I supposed firings in other agencies have been somewhat overshadowed by those at CDC.

The inability of this administration to consider the relevance of health preparedness to national security will leave us so vulnerable.

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Mack Guthrie @mackgu3.bsky.social · 6d

What could go wrong ….

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Mack Guthrie @mackgu3.bsky.social · 6d

Really love this plain language breakdown on the reality behind House of Dynamite (no jargon, minimal acronyms).

I enjoyed this film, and it's a great reminder of the need for nuclear de-escalation and disarmament. I'd say it's worth seeing on the big screen, if you can.

Nuclear Threat Initiative @nti.org · 8d

If you leave the theaters with questions, check out our film breakdown. ⤵️
www.nti.org/a-house-of-d...

Breaking Down A House of Dynamite

NTI breaks down the nuclear themes in "A House of Dynamite," a new film from Academy Award-winning director Kathryn Bigelow, opening in theaters October 10, 2025 and available on Netflix on October…

www.nti.org

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Mack Guthrie @mackgu3.bsky.social · 6d

Really enjoyed seeing this one in theaters! Like so many, I think it benefits from being on the big screen, with a good sound system.

Mack Guthrie @mackgu3.bsky.social · 7d

Even if it’s no longer an official CDC campaign, this is definitely how I’ll be framing flu shots when my friends and family ask.

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Mack Guthrie @mackgu3.bsky.social · 7d

Can’t believe some of the EIS officers have been through this twice now.

Is CDC hiring a new class this year? I know many of the fellowships are on hold. The longer these programs are suspended, the more they will atrophy and become harder to re-boot to their current quality.

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Mack Guthrie @mackgu3.bsky.social · 7d

Can’t believe we’re doing this whole routine again …

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Mack Guthrie @mackgu3.bsky.social · 7d

Absolutely crushing for all the staff who are going through this for a second time.

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Mack Guthrie @mackgu3.bsky.social · 8d

What powers exactly does a governor have to act here? The national guard, once federalized, is out of his control. And state officials can’t impede federal law enforcement, I’m pretty sure.

It seems that the state is fighting these actions rather vigorously in the courts, which they should.

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Mack Guthrie @mackgu3.bsky.social · 8d

A challenge to say the very very least

Mack Guthrie @mackgu3.bsky.social · 8d

Very few, if any, states are prepared to raise taxes and spending to the degree that would be required to replace CDC resources (not to mention all the other federal functions being damaged/neglected/destroyed)

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Mack Guthrie @mackgu3.bsky.social · 8d

The state health departments themselves receive hundreds of millions of dollars from the CDC in grants and cooperative agreements.

States would have to majorly shift their fiscal policies to even come close to replacing what will be lost.

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Mack Guthrie @mackgu3.bsky.social · 8d

The infosec team at CDC as well (along with many many other important teams and divisions)

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