Andrea J Zimmer, MD
@andreajzimmer.bsky.social
UNMC l Omaha, NE l Onc ID/TXID l Med Ed l Faculty Development l Twin mom
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Views=mine, do not reflect my employer
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DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
February 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
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Crockett: "Down in Alabama, who's broke. Down in Louisiana, who's broke. I can go through pretty much the entire south and tell you that they're broke and rely on a lot of welfare from the government. To be perfectly honest, it is tax dollars from these big blue states...we're in the find out phase"
February 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Crockett: "Down in Alabama, who's broke. Down in Louisiana, who's broke. I can go through pretty much the entire south and tell you that they're broke and rely on a lot of welfare from the government. To be perfectly honest, it is tax dollars from these big blue states...we're in the find out phase"
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The opposite of DEI is NOT "color-blind, hire-the-best-qualified." It's "continue to hire the incompetent white male just because he's a white male." And the entire Trump administration proves that point.
February 20, 2025 at 4:16 AM
The opposite of DEI is NOT "color-blind, hire-the-best-qualified." It's "continue to hire the incompetent white male just because he's a white male." And the entire Trump administration proves that point.
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🚨 Yesterday was a true Valentine’s Day massacre for public health.
💔 Over 5,200 jobs cut at NIH & CDC
💔 EIS program slashed at CDC
💔 Federal funding cut for schools and universities with COVID-19 vaccine mandates
We are gutting public health, with repercussions that will last for generations.
💔 Over 5,200 jobs cut at NIH & CDC
💔 EIS program slashed at CDC
💔 Federal funding cut for schools and universities with COVID-19 vaccine mandates
We are gutting public health, with repercussions that will last for generations.
February 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
🚨 Yesterday was a true Valentine’s Day massacre for public health.
💔 Over 5,200 jobs cut at NIH & CDC
💔 EIS program slashed at CDC
💔 Federal funding cut for schools and universities with COVID-19 vaccine mandates
We are gutting public health, with repercussions that will last for generations.
💔 Over 5,200 jobs cut at NIH & CDC
💔 EIS program slashed at CDC
💔 Federal funding cut for schools and universities with COVID-19 vaccine mandates
We are gutting public health, with repercussions that will last for generations.
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Doing great 👍
February 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Doing great 👍
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Gutting the CDC right as we’re on the cusp of major outbreaks of transmissible diseases is a very bad idea.
February 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Gutting the CDC right as we’re on the cusp of major outbreaks of transmissible diseases is a very bad idea.
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NEW: The CDC is currently removing all the influenza resources from their website during the worst flu season in decades.
February 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
NEW: The CDC is currently removing all the influenza resources from their website during the worst flu season in decades.
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This is so important - the line of defense is at the state level.
Seeing changes in LA and WV are examples of moving in the wrong direction
Seeing changes in LA and WV are examples of moving in the wrong direction
Months ago I started posting about the importance of monitoring state childhood vaccine requirements for school entry. I cannot emphasize this enough. States decide which vaccines are required. Anti-vaxxers are organized and will appear at state legislative hearings and repeat lies with hubris.
February 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
This is so important - the line of defense is at the state level.
Seeing changes in LA and WV are examples of moving in the wrong direction
Seeing changes in LA and WV are examples of moving in the wrong direction
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📌CDC EMPLOYEE RESOURCES📌
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SAVE DOCS (eOPF, mypay, benefeds, PMAS, CV, telework agreement, contacts). Save/BCC termination email.
Opening a termination email triggers lockout countdown. DO NOT OPEN until ready.
Thread organized by topic. Reply with resources/requests. Resources not fully vetted.
SAVE DOCS (eOPF, mypay, benefeds, PMAS, CV, telework agreement, contacts). Save/BCC termination email.
Opening a termination email triggers lockout countdown. DO NOT OPEN until ready.
February 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
📌CDC EMPLOYEE RESOURCES📌
Thread organized by topic. Reply with resources/requests. Resources not fully vetted.
SAVE DOCS (eOPF, mypay, benefeds, PMAS, CV, telework agreement, contacts). Save/BCC termination email.
Opening a termination email triggers lockout countdown. DO NOT OPEN until ready.
Thread organized by topic. Reply with resources/requests. Resources not fully vetted.
SAVE DOCS (eOPF, mypay, benefeds, PMAS, CV, telework agreement, contacts). Save/BCC termination email.
Opening a termination email triggers lockout countdown. DO NOT OPEN until ready.
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Elon Musk’s staffers have been going through data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), which oversees healthcare coverage for over 160 million people through Medicare, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and the Health Insurance Marketplace.
February 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Elon Musk’s staffers have been going through data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), which oversees healthcare coverage for over 160 million people through Medicare, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and the Health Insurance Marketplace.
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A judge just blocked Elon Musk and co-president Donald Trump from firing the financial cops at the CFPB who protect consumers from Wall Street scams.
There's power in fighting back.
There's power in fighting back.
Judge temporarily halts mass firings at CFPB, preserves agency data
The order also blocks acting CFPB Director Russ Vought from taking steps to defund the agency.
www.politico.com
February 14, 2025 at 11:09 PM
A judge just blocked Elon Musk and co-president Donald Trump from firing the financial cops at the CFPB who protect consumers from Wall Street scams.
There's power in fighting back.
There's power in fighting back.
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This needs to be emphasized. Public health capacity is being rapidly destroyed and this cannot be undone. The expertise and institutional memory will be gone, and it will take years or even decades to restore.
February 15, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This needs to be emphasized. Public health capacity is being rapidly destroyed and this cannot be undone. The expertise and institutional memory will be gone, and it will take years or even decades to restore.
A free, independent press is a cornerstone of democracy and functions to hold those in power accountable. When journalists are coerced into reporting using only government-sanctioned language and information, the press is no longer free. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
White House bans AP journalists from Oval Office amid continued Gulf dispute
News agency, which has declined to use ‘Gulf of America’ name in stories, also barred from Air Force One
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
A free, independent press is a cornerstone of democracy and functions to hold those in power accountable. When journalists are coerced into reporting using only government-sanctioned language and information, the press is no longer free. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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The wide-ranging nature of the federal workforce cuts will leave all of us more vulnerable to disease and other safety threats, including from outside the United States, says IDSA President Tina Tan, MD, FIDSA, FPIDS, FAAP.
Our statement: https://buff.ly/40UK0E8
Our statement: https://buff.ly/40UK0E8
February 12, 2025 at 11:38 PM
The wide-ranging nature of the federal workforce cuts will leave all of us more vulnerable to disease and other safety threats, including from outside the United States, says IDSA President Tina Tan, MD, FIDSA, FPIDS, FAAP.
Our statement: https://buff.ly/40UK0E8
Our statement: https://buff.ly/40UK0E8
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In a joint statement, IDSA and HIVMA reaffirmed our core mission and values and emphasized that inclusion, diversity, access and equity — and an unwavering commitment to health equity — are essential to improving health outcomes for all.
Read: https://buff.ly/3WXIfVA
Read: https://buff.ly/3WXIfVA
February 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
In a joint statement, IDSA and HIVMA reaffirmed our core mission and values and emphasized that inclusion, diversity, access and equity — and an unwavering commitment to health equity — are essential to improving health outcomes for all.
Read: https://buff.ly/3WXIfVA
Read: https://buff.ly/3WXIfVA
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www.aamc.org/news/press-r... thanks @aamctoday.bsky.social for finally speaking up! @germhuntermd.bsky.social @boghuma.bsky.social
AAMC Statement on Drastic Cuts to NIH-Funded Research
Drastic cuts to NIH-funded research will diminish the nation’s research capacity, slow scientific progress, and deprive patients, families, and communities.
www.aamc.org
February 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
www.aamc.org/news/press-r... thanks @aamctoday.bsky.social for finally speaking up! @germhuntermd.bsky.social @boghuma.bsky.social
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NIH doesn’t just support infectious disease research—it drives breakthroughs in cancer, childhood diseases, heart disease, diabetes & more.
Thanks to NIH, we have:
💉 Cancer immunotherapy
❤️ Cholesterol-lowering statins
🩸 Insulin for diabetes
Investing in NIH = investing in life-saving discoveries.
Thanks to NIH, we have:
💉 Cancer immunotherapy
❤️ Cholesterol-lowering statins
🩸 Insulin for diabetes
Investing in NIH = investing in life-saving discoveries.
February 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
NIH doesn’t just support infectious disease research—it drives breakthroughs in cancer, childhood diseases, heart disease, diabetes & more.
Thanks to NIH, we have:
💉 Cancer immunotherapy
❤️ Cholesterol-lowering statins
🩸 Insulin for diabetes
Investing in NIH = investing in life-saving discoveries.
Thanks to NIH, we have:
💉 Cancer immunotherapy
❤️ Cholesterol-lowering statins
🩸 Insulin for diabetes
Investing in NIH = investing in life-saving discoveries.
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Under fascism, no one is safe.
Universities stayed quiet as the admin targeted DEI & foreign aid, censored research, etc.
Now, they face devastating cuts to indirect cost rates, threatening research & operations.
Silence won’t protect institutions. It won’t protect people; it never does.
Universities stayed quiet as the admin targeted DEI & foreign aid, censored research, etc.
Now, they face devastating cuts to indirect cost rates, threatening research & operations.
Silence won’t protect institutions. It won’t protect people; it never does.
February 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Under fascism, no one is safe.
Universities stayed quiet as the admin targeted DEI & foreign aid, censored research, etc.
Now, they face devastating cuts to indirect cost rates, threatening research & operations.
Silence won’t protect institutions. It won’t protect people; it never does.
Universities stayed quiet as the admin targeted DEI & foreign aid, censored research, etc.
Now, they face devastating cuts to indirect cost rates, threatening research & operations.
Silence won’t protect institutions. It won’t protect people; it never does.
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I am deeply disappointed by the subdued response of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (@idsainfo.bsky.social) to the dismantling of public health structures, both in the US & globally
Here's what I wrote in the closed listserv (response: 🦗) in hopes of stimulating discussion here #IDSky
Here's what I wrote in the closed listserv (response: 🦗) in hopes of stimulating discussion here #IDSky
February 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I am deeply disappointed by the subdued response of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (@idsainfo.bsky.social) to the dismantling of public health structures, both in the US & globally
Here's what I wrote in the closed listserv (response: 🦗) in hopes of stimulating discussion here #IDSky
Here's what I wrote in the closed listserv (response: 🦗) in hopes of stimulating discussion here #IDSky
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Moving defense of childhood #vaccines by Vanderbilt vaccine expert Kathy Edwards in JAMA. Stunning that so many people fear the tools that prevent children from dying and being maimed, rather than the pathogens that resurge when vaccine use declines. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Reflections on the Successes of Pediatric Vaccines
This Viewpoint discusses the importance of early and continued vaccine use in the US.
jamanetwork.com
February 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Moving defense of childhood #vaccines by Vanderbilt vaccine expert Kathy Edwards in JAMA. Stunning that so many people fear the tools that prevent children from dying and being maimed, rather than the pathogens that resurge when vaccine use declines. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Meanwhile... we the people have spent 7 million dollars on Elon and his stooges for a weeks worth of "work". Make it make sense. rollcall.com/2025/02/04/w...
White House opens funding spigot for DOGE expenses - Roll Call
Nearly $7 million over the past week has gone to cover the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency’s expenses.
rollcall.com
February 7, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Meanwhile... we the people have spent 7 million dollars on Elon and his stooges for a weeks worth of "work". Make it make sense. rollcall.com/2025/02/04/w...
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Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
February 6, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
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Farmers slammed. “American farms… supply about about 41 percent of the food aid that the agency sends around the world.” And “hundreds of tons of American-grown wheat stranded in Houston alone.”
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Gutting USAID threatens billions of dollars for U.S. farms, businesses
U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and soybeans.
wapo.st
February 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Farmers slammed. “American farms… supply about about 41 percent of the food aid that the agency sends around the world.” And “hundreds of tons of American-grown wheat stranded in Houston alone.”
wapo.st/3WSo7nI
wapo.st/3WSo7nI
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Rubio claims that @USAID lifesaving assistance for health and humanitarian needs will continue. But his team just communicated that the entire agency will be imminently reduced from 14,000 to 294 people. Just 12 in Africa.
February 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Rubio claims that @USAID lifesaving assistance for health and humanitarian needs will continue. But his team just communicated that the entire agency will be imminently reduced from 14,000 to 294 people. Just 12 in Africa.
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“We are witnessing one of the worst and most costly foreign policy blunders in U.S. history.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/o...
Opinion | Samantha Power: Killing U.S.A.I.D. Is a Win for Autocrats Everywhere (Gift Article)
The attacks on the agency are cruel and counterproductive.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 3:43 AM
“We are witnessing one of the worst and most costly foreign policy blunders in U.S. history.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/o...