Scott Krugman
@drscottk.medsky.social
Pediatrician, educator, administrator, dad and brewer. Speaking up for children who have no voice. Skeets are my own and not advice. #vaccineswork #safesleep #OreoMedSky #PedSky
Just hanging around in Costa Rica. #manuelantonio
January 2, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Just hanging around in Costa Rica. #manuelantonio
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If you told me back in medical school that someday I would be running for the Senate and my campaign slogan would be “It’s me or the measles” I WOULD DEFINITELY NOT HAVE BELIEVED YOU.
But here we are. It’s me or the measles. South Carolina, the choice is yours. 💙🇺🇸
But here we are. It’s me or the measles. South Carolina, the choice is yours. 💙🇺🇸
January 2, 2026 at 7:51 PM
If you told me back in medical school that someday I would be running for the Senate and my campaign slogan would be “It’s me or the measles” I WOULD DEFINITELY NOT HAVE BELIEVED YOU.
But here we are. It’s me or the measles. South Carolina, the choice is yours. 💙🇺🇸
But here we are. It’s me or the measles. South Carolina, the choice is yours. 💙🇺🇸
Epic work @joho.bsky.social !
Love it. A must-read from @joho.bsky.social, reminding Prasad, Bhattacharya, Makary et al., reminding us that the U.S. is facing several disease outbreaks, so they have a great opportunity to show the rest of us how their way is “better”.
We’re waiting…
We’re waiting…
The Murray Hill Declaration
It's the responsibility of our medical establishment to protect the vulnerable and keep schools open.
sciencebasedmedicine.org
January 2, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Epic work @joho.bsky.social !
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Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026.
Let's. Go.
Let's. Go.
January 1, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026.
Let's. Go.
Let's. Go.
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This OpEd, by the inspirational @drdemetre.bsky.social in today’s @washingtonpost.com, is one of the best pieces of science writing of 2025
I’ll be assigning it to my students next semester in my class on ‘policy writing—turning evidence into public health action’
Thx Ed, for the free access link👇
I’ll be assigning it to my students next semester in my class on ‘policy writing—turning evidence into public health action’
Thx Ed, for the free access link👇
December 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This OpEd, by the inspirational @drdemetre.bsky.social in today’s @washingtonpost.com, is one of the best pieces of science writing of 2025
I’ll be assigning it to my students next semester in my class on ‘policy writing—turning evidence into public health action’
Thx Ed, for the free access link👇
I’ll be assigning it to my students next semester in my class on ‘policy writing—turning evidence into public health action’
Thx Ed, for the free access link👇
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December 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Replacing the US child vaccine schedule with Denmark’s schedule is negligence, writes @drdemetre.bsky.social
“When a jet engine fails at 30,000 feet, it’s not the manual writer who pays the price. It’s the passengers — in this case, America’s children.”
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
“When a jet engine fails at 30,000 feet, it’s not the manual writer who pays the price. It’s the passengers — in this case, America’s children.”
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | The U.S. vaccine schedule is a jet engine. Denmark’s is a toy plane.
Replacing the U.S. vaccine schedule with one like Denmark’s would be negligence.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 29, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Replacing the US child vaccine schedule with Denmark’s schedule is negligence, writes @drdemetre.bsky.social
“When a jet engine fails at 30,000 feet, it’s not the manual writer who pays the price. It’s the passengers — in this case, America’s children.”
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
“When a jet engine fails at 30,000 feet, it’s not the manual writer who pays the price. It’s the passengers — in this case, America’s children.”
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Traveled all night to get here. Worth it. #puravida #CostaRica
December 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Traveled all night to get here. Worth it. #puravida #CostaRica
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It’s not just pediatricians who are dealing with this. I wrote about my experience when it comes to trying to get patients vaccines
It’s not only difficult but it is causing a rift in the patient-doctor relationship
www.statnews.com/2025/12/10/a...
It’s not only difficult but it is causing a rift in the patient-doctor relationship
www.statnews.com/2025/12/10/a...
Rise of anti-science rhetoric has fundamentally changed the relationship between doctors and patients
“The rise of anti-science and anti-vaccine rhetoric has fundamentally changed the relationship between clinicians and patients.”
www.statnews.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
It’s not just pediatricians who are dealing with this. I wrote about my experience when it comes to trying to get patients vaccines
It’s not only difficult but it is causing a rift in the patient-doctor relationship
www.statnews.com/2025/12/10/a...
It’s not only difficult but it is causing a rift in the patient-doctor relationship
www.statnews.com/2025/12/10/a...
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The nearly 80-year-old law that could hamper RFK Jr.’s drive to remake the childhood vaccine schedule. I wrote this for CIDRAP News as an explainer for the general public and public health folks, who may not be familiar with the legal issues involved.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
The nearly 80-year-old law that could hamper RFK Jr.’s drive to remake vaccine schedule
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The nearly 80-year-old law that could hamper RFK Jr.’s drive to remake the childhood vaccine schedule. I wrote this for CIDRAP News as an explainer for the general public and public health folks, who may not be familiar with the legal issues involved.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
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BREAKING:
Here’s the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don’t Want You to See
Video (no paywall): bit.ly/4qn6Jn5
Here’s the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don’t Want You to See
Video (no paywall): bit.ly/4qn6Jn5
December 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM
BREAKING:
Here’s the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don’t Want You to See
Video (no paywall): bit.ly/4qn6Jn5
Here’s the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don’t Want You to See
Video (no paywall): bit.ly/4qn6Jn5
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We dodged a vaccine disaster (for now): HHS gave up limiting vaccine access for U.S. citizens - for now. And a quick virus weather report before the break., by @kkjetelina.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
We dodged a vaccine disaster (for now). And a quick virus weather report before the break.
The Dose (December 22)
open.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:13 PM
We dodged a vaccine disaster (for now): HHS gave up limiting vaccine access for U.S. citizens - for now. And a quick virus weather report before the break., by @kkjetelina.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
Check out Ryan’s latest article in the @bostonglobe.com - if you can’t access it I’ll post it when it comes out on @insideclimatenews.org
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/21/s...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/21/s...
Folk songs about climate change? Yup, people in Maine are listening. - The Boston Globe
Singing about climate change can be a tough sell. But it seems to be working with the group GoldenOak gaining a following.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Check out Ryan’s latest article in the @bostonglobe.com - if you can’t access it I’ll post it when it comes out on @insideclimatenews.org
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/21/s...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/21/s...
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Another excellent article fr @melodyschreiber.com on the glaringly unethical trial RFK Jr is funding of #Hepatitis B vaccine in babies in Guinea-Bissau. This cld make #Tuskegee pale in comparison. Grt comments @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social, @gavinyamey.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
US plan for $1.6m hepatitis B vaccine study in Africa called ‘highly unethical’
Experts decry ‘neocolonialist’ Guinea-Bissau study after Trump administration changed advice for US babies
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Another excellent article fr @melodyschreiber.com on the glaringly unethical trial RFK Jr is funding of #Hepatitis B vaccine in babies in Guinea-Bissau. This cld make #Tuskegee pale in comparison. Grt comments @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social, @gavinyamey.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
How many parents can afford to miss 10 days of work while their child has chickenpox? Do we really want hospitals full of infants with rotavirus diarrhea again? Is this really making America healthy again? I think not.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/h...
Switching to the Danish vaccine schedule in 🇺🇸 would be insanity. (1) The US, unlike Denmark, does not have universal healthcare, and (2) the Danish vaccine schedule is very poor (e.g., no chickenpox & rota vax. I vividly remember having those as a kid in 🇩🇰. Just 👎).
Switching to the Danish vaccine schedule in 🇺🇸 would be insanity. (1) The US, unlike Denmark, does not have universal healthcare, and (2) the Danish vaccine schedule is very poor (e.g., no chickenpox & rota vax. I vividly remember having those as a kid in 🇩🇰. Just 👎).
December 19, 2025 at 10:59 PM
How many parents can afford to miss 10 days of work while their child has chickenpox? Do we really want hospitals full of infants with rotavirus diarrhea again? Is this really making America healthy again? I think not.
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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.
bktitanji.substack.com/p/how-unethi...
bktitanji.substack.com/p/how-unethi...
How Unethical Research Seeds Medical Mistrust
The absence of equipoise can turn research into harm
bktitanji.substack.com
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.
bktitanji.substack.com/p/how-unethi...
bktitanji.substack.com/p/how-unethi...
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What Should You Do About H3N2 Flu? There's a lot to worry about right now on the winter virus front, but get your flu shot anyway. Seriously. Get your flu shot, by @angierasmussen.bsky.social rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/what-you-s...
What You Should Do About H3N2 Flu
There's a lot to worry about right now on the winter virus front, but get your flu shot anyway. Seriously. Get your flu shot.
rasmussenretorts.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM
What Should You Do About H3N2 Flu? There's a lot to worry about right now on the winter virus front, but get your flu shot anyway. Seriously. Get your flu shot, by @angierasmussen.bsky.social rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/what-you-s...
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On the same day he stripped AAP of millions in grant funding in retaliation, RFK Jr awarded $1.6M to Tracy Høeg's Danish friends for a grossly unethical study that will expose African babies to hep B for no reason than it's politically expedient.
Steal from American taxpayers, give to MAHA cronies.
Steal from American taxpayers, give to MAHA cronies.
CDC awards $1.6 million for new hepatitis B vaccine study in Guinea-Bissau. Although the award recipients aren't named, the grant seems tailored to Danish researchers whose work is championed by anti-vaxxers but challenged by mainstream scientists.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
CDC awards $1.6 million for hepatitis B vaccine study, likely to controversial Danish researchers
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
On the same day he stripped AAP of millions in grant funding in retaliation, RFK Jr awarded $1.6M to Tracy Høeg's Danish friends for a grossly unethical study that will expose African babies to hep B for no reason than it's politically expedient.
Steal from American taxpayers, give to MAHA cronies.
Steal from American taxpayers, give to MAHA cronies.
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There was so much about this meeting that bothered me, but this was particularly appalling.
The rhetoric consistently othered immigrants, particularly those from Asia, spoke about them as though they were not part of the US population, and then went overtly polemical.
The rhetoric consistently othered immigrants, particularly those from Asia, spoke about them as though they were not part of the US population, and then went overtly polemical.
Racially charged language on mothers, babies taints vaccine advisory meeting
by @LizSzabo
Throughout the 2-day meeting, speakers and ACIP members singled out immigrants and people from Asia as potential sources of hepatitis B infection
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
by @LizSzabo
Throughout the 2-day meeting, speakers and ACIP members singled out immigrants and people from Asia as potential sources of hepatitis B infection
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
December 15, 2025 at 7:46 PM
There was so much about this meeting that bothered me, but this was particularly appalling.
The rhetoric consistently othered immigrants, particularly those from Asia, spoke about them as though they were not part of the US population, and then went overtly polemical.
The rhetoric consistently othered immigrants, particularly those from Asia, spoke about them as though they were not part of the US population, and then went overtly polemical.
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starting to think this MAHA thing is not entirely in good faith
The Trump administration has nearly doubled the amount of formaldehyde considered safe to inhale under EPA regulations.
Formaldehyde causes far more cancer than any other chemical in the air.
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
Formaldehyde causes far more cancer than any other chemical in the air.
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
Under Former Chemical Industry Insiders, Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Amount of Formaldehyde Considered Safe to Inhale
Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
starting to think this MAHA thing is not entirely in good faith
Kids should have the right to grow up free of dying from preventable diseases and preventable causes. Policy makers need to start with this frame and not the one that protects guns and treating children like property. #childrights
December 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Kids should have the right to grow up free of dying from preventable diseases and preventable causes. Policy makers need to start with this frame and not the one that protects guns and treating children like property. #childrights
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As we remember the Sandy Hook shooting today, as I reflect on how we have failed our children by failing to do more since then, as I sit here thinking about my daughter Jaime & all victims of gun violence, my only question is when will this country have had enough?
www.wmur.com/article/brow...
www.wmur.com/article/brow...
Video: Students huddle together in library after fatal shooting at Brown University
The video was captured during a shelter-in-place order that followed the shooting, which killed two students and injured nine others.
www.wmur.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
As we remember the Sandy Hook shooting today, as I reflect on how we have failed our children by failing to do more since then, as I sit here thinking about my daughter Jaime & all victims of gun violence, my only question is when will this country have had enough?
www.wmur.com/article/brow...
www.wmur.com/article/brow...
Things students should do finals week:
Studying
Midnight breakfast
Packing up to go home
Things students shouldn’t be doing:
Sheltering in place
Placing tourniquets
CPR on their classmates
#gunsense laws need to be passed now.
Studying
Midnight breakfast
Packing up to go home
Things students shouldn’t be doing:
Sheltering in place
Placing tourniquets
CPR on their classmates
#gunsense laws need to be passed now.
December 14, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Things students should do finals week:
Studying
Midnight breakfast
Packing up to go home
Things students shouldn’t be doing:
Sheltering in place
Placing tourniquets
CPR on their classmates
#gunsense laws need to be passed now.
Studying
Midnight breakfast
Packing up to go home
Things students shouldn’t be doing:
Sheltering in place
Placing tourniquets
CPR on their classmates
#gunsense laws need to be passed now.