Bob Lee MD MS
@bobleemd.bsky.social
Critical care physician + palliative care researcher at the University of Washington & Harborview Medical Center. Passionate about improving communication, leveraging informatics for research, and being a dad. DEN➡️PIT➡️IAD➡️DEN➡️SFO➡️SEA. He/him. Views=mine.
Manifestly UNETHICAL experimentation on INFANTS born in an impoverished country with known high burden of Hepatitis B, funded by a RFK/Trump-compromised CDC on INFANTS.
This is wholly unethical pseudoscience being conducted to score political points. 1/
This is wholly unethical pseudoscience being conducted to score political points. 1/
The planned hepatitis B birth-dose trial in Guinea-Bissau raises serious ethical concerns. Withholding a proven, life-saving vaccine from newborns to answer speculative questions is an absence of equipoise with real downstream harms for trust in vaccines.
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How Unethical Research Seeds Medical Mistrust
The absence of equipoise can turn research into harm
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December 19, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Manifestly UNETHICAL experimentation on INFANTS born in an impoverished country with known high burden of Hepatitis B, funded by a RFK/Trump-compromised CDC on INFANTS.
This is wholly unethical pseudoscience being conducted to score political points. 1/
This is wholly unethical pseudoscience being conducted to score political points. 1/
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The planned hepatitis B birth-dose trial in Guinea-Bissau raises serious ethical concerns. Withholding a proven, life-saving vaccine from newborns to answer speculative questions is an absence of equipoise with real downstream harms for trust in vaccines.
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How Unethical Research Seeds Medical Mistrust
The absence of equipoise can turn research into harm
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December 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The planned hepatitis B birth-dose trial in Guinea-Bissau raises serious ethical concerns. Withholding a proven, life-saving vaccine from newborns to answer speculative questions is an absence of equipoise with real downstream harms for trust in vaccines.
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The decision by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to downgrade its recommendations to protect infants from hepatitis B is a dangerous move that will harm children.
Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT
Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT
December 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The decision by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to downgrade its recommendations to protect infants from hepatitis B is a dangerous move that will harm children.
Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT
Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT
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December 5, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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You're the dipshit liver doctor who voted to confirm the dipshit. You owe America an apology, but even then, no apology will ever be enough. #medsky
December 5, 2025 at 10:46 PM
You're the dipshit liver doctor who voted to confirm the dipshit. You owe America an apology, but even then, no apology will ever be enough. #medsky
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After much deliberation and a grueling interview process, I’m pleased to announce that I’ve accepted a new job and will not need any financial support from my parents to cover the high costs of childcare going forward. #AmericanDream #ThisIsYourCity
November 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
After much deliberation and a grueling interview process, I’m pleased to announce that I’ve accepted a new job and will not need any financial support from my parents to cover the high costs of childcare going forward. #AmericanDream #ThisIsYourCity
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"I got a call from the general counsel at the F.B.I. about changing exceptions to the gift rules because his boss, Kash Patel, felt like he should be able to accept more expensive gifts..."
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60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
"I got a call from the general counsel at the F.B.I. about changing exceptions to the gift rules because his boss, Kash Patel, felt like he should be able to accept more expensive gifts..."
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@TheRickWilson : "The Republicans cannot believe their luck. They get to end the shutdown, blame it on Democrats, and go back to the MAGA base and say, “We killed Obamacare at last!”" https://open.substack.com/pub/therickwilson/p/schumer-and-the-hateful-eight-betray?r=2lckc&utm_medium=ios
Schumer and the Hateful Eight Betray America
A new low for the Democratic Senate
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November 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
@TheRickWilson : "The Republicans cannot believe their luck. They get to end the shutdown, blame it on Democrats, and go back to the MAGA base and say, “We killed Obamacare at last!”" https://open.substack.com/pub/therickwilson/p/schumer-and-the-hateful-eight-betray?r=2lckc&utm_medium=ios
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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MSNBC reported Schumer's office felt that the longer that shutdown went on, the more likely it was that people would start to blame the Dems.
My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.
My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.
November 10, 2025 at 2:18 AM
MSNBC reported Schumer's office felt that the longer that shutdown went on, the more likely it was that people would start to blame the Dems.
My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.
My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.
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I heard from a bunch of federal employees last night and this morning. They aren't happy.
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
'A Slap in the Face': Federal Employees Feel Betrayed by Democrats' Shutdown Cave
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something."
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November 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I heard from a bunch of federal employees last night and this morning. They aren't happy.
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
Whyyyyy do web sites prohibit copy-paste for account numbers??! That's literally the *best* place to use copy-paste!!!
November 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Whyyyyy do web sites prohibit copy-paste for account numbers??! That's literally the *best* place to use copy-paste!!!
*chuckle* ... clever tactic
October 31, 2025 at 5:57 AM
*chuckle* ... clever tactic
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heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god
October 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god
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On Monday, RFK posted a rambling video on the HHS X account showing a series of graphs and directly stating that vaccines have had minimal impact on human health and saving lives.
Today, in response, we brought our own graphs.
We will not let his dangerous nonsense go unanswered.
Today, in response, we brought our own graphs.
We will not let his dangerous nonsense go unanswered.
October 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM
On Monday, RFK posted a rambling video on the HHS X account showing a series of graphs and directly stating that vaccines have had minimal impact on human health and saving lives.
Today, in response, we brought our own graphs.
We will not let his dangerous nonsense go unanswered.
Today, in response, we brought our own graphs.
We will not let his dangerous nonsense go unanswered.
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Kimmel: "This show is not important. What is important is that we get to live in a country that allows us to have a show like this."
September 24, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Kimmel: "This show is not important. What is important is that we get to live in a country that allows us to have a show like this."
Sad, how someone who denigrates African nations as “shithole countries” is running the country 100% like an actual shitty dictator—filling public health offices with loyal charlatans, and making policy based on dangerous medical misinformation.
Goodbye, global US leadership. We are the shithole.
Goodbye, global US leadership. We are the shithole.
September 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Sad, how someone who denigrates African nations as “shithole countries” is running the country 100% like an actual shitty dictator—filling public health offices with loyal charlatans, and making policy based on dangerous medical misinformation.
Goodbye, global US leadership. We are the shithole.
Goodbye, global US leadership. We are the shithole.
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Tylenol use is safe in pregnancy, lowest effective dose.
Don’t listen to the utter nonsense emanating from the highest office in the land today.
Speak to your medical provider.
Don’t listen to the utter nonsense emanating from the highest office in the land today.
Speak to your medical provider.
September 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Tylenol use is safe in pregnancy, lowest effective dose.
Don’t listen to the utter nonsense emanating from the highest office in the land today.
Speak to your medical provider.
Don’t listen to the utter nonsense emanating from the highest office in the land today.
Speak to your medical provider.
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If you, like me, are the parent of a neuro-atypical child dreading this autism press conference, please remember: These are the people hurting our kids. Not us. They are the ones stigmatizing and pathologizing them. They are the ones peddling untested science. And we should be very, very angry.
September 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If you, like me, are the parent of a neuro-atypical child dreading this autism press conference, please remember: These are the people hurting our kids. Not us. They are the ones stigmatizing and pathologizing them. They are the ones peddling untested science. And we should be very, very angry.
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The Board of Directors has signed this joint statement by the Infectious Diseases Society of America, joining more than 20 national medical and health organizations.
As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people.
Our statement: https://bit.ly/45LeJHi
Our statement: https://bit.ly/45LeJHi
September 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The Board of Directors has signed this joint statement by the Infectious Diseases Society of America, joining more than 20 national medical and health organizations.
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As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people.
Our statement: https://bit.ly/45LeJHi
Our statement: https://bit.ly/45LeJHi
September 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people.
Our statement: https://bit.ly/45LeJHi
Our statement: https://bit.ly/45LeJHi
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It feels like the door to an entire era of American cinema has been finally and irrevocably closed. RIP.
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Robert Redford, Screen Idol Turned Director and Activist, Dies at 89
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September 16, 2025 at 1:13 PM
It feels like the door to an entire era of American cinema has been finally and irrevocably closed. RIP.
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