Epi_lady (Amy)
@epilady.bsky.social
Former public health epidemiologist, now in tech. Data is my love language. Puns, cats, and dogs likely to pepper the feed. AI, data integration, equity, MCH, social determinants of health, evaluation. Believer in democracy.
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Epi_lady (Amy)
@epilady.bsky.social
· Nov 20
We are 2 months out from losing our measles elimination status. Things are not looking great for being able to keep it.
February 8, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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Mural of Alex Pretti in Seattle, Washington. Artwork by Topsy.
January 26, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Mural of Alex Pretti in Seattle, Washington. Artwork by Topsy.
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In Opinion
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine schedule is an attack on our social safety net, David Wallace-Wells writes, from “health libertarians whose strategy for making America healthy again appears straightforwardly to mean letting more of the country’s weak and vulnerable suffer and die.”
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine schedule is an attack on our social safety net, David Wallace-Wells writes, from “health libertarians whose strategy for making America healthy again appears straightforwardly to mean letting more of the country’s weak and vulnerable suffer and die.”
Opinion | Kennedy Is Wrong to Make America Like Denmark on Vaccines
Vaccines are a social safety net, too.
nyti.ms
January 28, 2026 at 11:40 PM
In Opinion
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine schedule is an attack on our social safety net, David Wallace-Wells writes, from “health libertarians whose strategy for making America healthy again appears straightforwardly to mean letting more of the country’s weak and vulnerable suffer and die.”
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine schedule is an attack on our social safety net, David Wallace-Wells writes, from “health libertarians whose strategy for making America healthy again appears straightforwardly to mean letting more of the country’s weak and vulnerable suffer and die.”
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Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
January 27, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
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BREAKING: A third case of measles in an unvaccinated child has been confirmed in Mecklenburg County. Officials say the child is recovering in isolation at home and the contact investigation process is ongoing.
January 27, 2026 at 11:22 PM
BREAKING: A third case of measles in an unvaccinated child has been confirmed in Mecklenburg County. Officials say the child is recovering in isolation at home and the contact investigation process is ongoing.
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The Supreme Court’s looming threat to public health
The Supreme Court's looming threat to public health A commentary in JAMA Health Forum warns that upcoming Supreme Court decisions in its 2026 term could significantly damage public health infrastructure. The analysis suggests potential negative…
The Supreme Court's looming threat to public health A commentary in JAMA Health Forum warns that upcoming Supreme Court decisions in its 2026 term could significantly damage public health infrastructure. The analysis suggests potential negative…
The Supreme Court’s looming threat to public health
The Supreme Court's looming threat to public health A commentary in JAMA Health Forum warns that upcoming Supreme Court decisions in its 2026 term could significantly damage public health infrastructure. The analysis suggests potential negative impacts on vaccination rates, firearms control, and the rights of sexual minority individuals, highlighting how judicial rulings can have broad, downstream effects on population health. …
blog.sciencebriefing.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:30 AM
The Supreme Court’s looming threat to public health
The Supreme Court's looming threat to public health A commentary in JAMA Health Forum warns that upcoming Supreme Court decisions in its 2026 term could significantly damage public health infrastructure. The analysis suggests potential negative…
The Supreme Court's looming threat to public health A commentary in JAMA Health Forum warns that upcoming Supreme Court decisions in its 2026 term could significantly damage public health infrastructure. The analysis suggests potential negative…
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It seems clear Alex Pretti, a healthcare worker, was murdered for engaging in the exact kind of community care we hope all care workers to embody: the kind that doesn’t stop at the threshold of the hospital, the clinic, but that aims to care for and support the community where and how they can
January 24, 2026 at 7:05 PM
It seems clear Alex Pretti, a healthcare worker, was murdered for engaging in the exact kind of community care we hope all care workers to embody: the kind that doesn’t stop at the threshold of the hospital, the clinic, but that aims to care for and support the community where and how they can
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There is a lot of darkness right now so please enjoy the wailing and gnashing of teeth from this right wing influencer from the Tucker Carlson network who seems to have gotten the first tip that Bovino was being demoted and removed from Minnesota
January 27, 2026 at 12:17 AM
There is a lot of darkness right now so please enjoy the wailing and gnashing of teeth from this right wing influencer from the Tucker Carlson network who seems to have gotten the first tip that Bovino was being demoted and removed from Minnesota
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“They will lie about you and then kill you and they will kill you and then lie about you.” www.pbump.net/o/the-killin...
The killing in Minnesota
They will lie about you and then kill you and they will kill you and then lie about you. And I don’t mean some ambiguous, imaginary “they” like the one the right invented and blamed for trying to kil...
www.pbump.net
January 25, 2026 at 12:27 AM
“They will lie about you and then kill you and they will kill you and then lie about you.” www.pbump.net/o/the-killin...
Just a reminder that the current #ICE budget is more than 2x the estimated amount to end #homelessness in America.
Our tax dollars could be going for good things, not to harm, detain, and kill people.
Our tax dollars could be going for good things, not to harm, detain, and kill people.
January 25, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Just a reminder that the current #ICE budget is more than 2x the estimated amount to end #homelessness in America.
Our tax dollars could be going for good things, not to harm, detain, and kill people.
Our tax dollars could be going for good things, not to harm, detain, and kill people.
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Sounds like another extremely bad situation in Minneapolis this morning.
January 24, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Sounds like another extremely bad situation in Minneapolis this morning.
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A whopper #storm could soon engulf a 2,000-mile stretch with snow and ice wapo.st/4pQ3xjl
A whopper storm could soon engulf a 2,000-mile stretch with snow and ice
This weekend, hazardous wintry weather from the storm will affect dozens of cities, with the potential for dangerous travel conditions, downed trees and long-lasting power outages.
wapo.st
January 21, 2026 at 7:16 PM
A whopper #storm could soon engulf a 2,000-mile stretch with snow and ice wapo.st/4pQ3xjl
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Local news Fox9 reports:
ICE detains Minnesota city worker, a snow plow driver, and transfers him to detention facility in Texas. Where he remains.
"He had every federal authorization to be here," public works director in interview.
hat tip: @longtimehistory.bsky.social
ICE detains Minnesota city worker, a snow plow driver, and transfers him to detention facility in Texas. Where he remains.
"He had every federal authorization to be here," public works director in interview.
hat tip: @longtimehistory.bsky.social
January 19, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Local news Fox9 reports:
ICE detains Minnesota city worker, a snow plow driver, and transfers him to detention facility in Texas. Where he remains.
"He had every federal authorization to be here," public works director in interview.
hat tip: @longtimehistory.bsky.social
ICE detains Minnesota city worker, a snow plow driver, and transfers him to detention facility in Texas. Where he remains.
"He had every federal authorization to be here," public works director in interview.
hat tip: @longtimehistory.bsky.social
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For those saying “oh but the cabinet are all sycophants.” Yes. We know.
It’s called PRESSURE. You pressure the system until something gives. Micro cracks in the wall until some bricks start to come loose.
It’s called PRESSURE. You pressure the system until something gives. Micro cracks in the wall until some bricks start to come loose.
The 25th Amendment must be invoked by the cabinet. I’m all for pressuring them. Congressional Dems should lead the charge. Not on Bluesky or Threads. Let’s do it.
Invoke the 25th Amendment.
January 19, 2026 at 10:58 PM
For those saying “oh but the cabinet are all sycophants.” Yes. We know.
It’s called PRESSURE. You pressure the system until something gives. Micro cracks in the wall until some bricks start to come loose.
It’s called PRESSURE. You pressure the system until something gives. Micro cracks in the wall until some bricks start to come loose.
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From the beginning of the civil rights era until the day he died, MLK reserved one speech almost exclusively for Black audiences.
It was literally about staying "woke."
It was literally about staying "woke."
Everyone Claims to Know 'What MLK Would Have Wanted.' He Actually Told Black People.
What if I told you that Martin Luther King Jr. talked about diversity, critical race theory and staying "woke" more than anything else?
dlvr.it
January 20, 2026 at 12:28 AM
From the beginning of the civil rights era until the day he died, MLK reserved one speech almost exclusively for Black audiences.
It was literally about staying "woke."
It was literally about staying "woke."
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This is deeply disturbing, especially after reports of growing concerns about the conditions at this facility. An investigation must take place.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Man detained in Minneapolis dies in ICE custody in Texas
A man arrested by immigration officials in Minneapolis died in federal detention in Texas.
www.mprnews.org
January 19, 2026 at 12:27 AM
This is deeply disturbing, especially after reports of growing concerns about the conditions at this facility. An investigation must take place.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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The TLDR:
“I'm going to increase taxes on Americans for every second the Europeans won't allow me to waste American taxpayer dollars.”
“I'm going to increase taxes on Americans for every second the Europeans won't allow me to waste American taxpayer dollars.”
New tariff just dropped.
Americans set to pay an additional 10% tax on all goods from Germany, the UK, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland.
It starts in two weeks, rising to 25% by June.
(Aside: A trade war with one EU country is a trade war with the entire EU).
Americans set to pay an additional 10% tax on all goods from Germany, the UK, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland.
It starts in two weeks, rising to 25% by June.
(Aside: A trade war with one EU country is a trade war with the entire EU).
January 17, 2026 at 5:34 PM
The TLDR:
“I'm going to increase taxes on Americans for every second the Europeans won't allow me to waste American taxpayer dollars.”
“I'm going to increase taxes on Americans for every second the Europeans won't allow me to waste American taxpayer dollars.”
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"The fight in New Orleans is one that every city will eventually face. New Orleans is the laboratory for mass surveillance experiments that eventually may spread to the rest of the country."
truthout.org/articles/bat...
truthout.org/articles/bat...
Battle Over Facial Recognition in New Orleans Will Shape Future of Surveillance
Edith Romero, an organizer in New Orleans, discusses the dangers of the growing surveillance state.
truthout.org
January 17, 2026 at 5:52 PM
"The fight in New Orleans is one that every city will eventually face. New Orleans is the laboratory for mass surveillance experiments that eventually may spread to the rest of the country."
truthout.org/articles/bat...
truthout.org/articles/bat...
For just $3 a meal!
January 17, 2026 at 5:57 PM
For just $3 a meal!
Rumor mill is that there is an influx of icy weather here in WA this weekend.
If support is needed, 1-844-724-3737 for the solidarity network. #ice #support #Washington
If support is needed, 1-844-724-3737 for the solidarity network. #ice #support #Washington
January 17, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Rumor mill is that there is an influx of icy weather here in WA this weekend.
If support is needed, 1-844-724-3737 for the solidarity network. #ice #support #Washington
If support is needed, 1-844-724-3737 for the solidarity network. #ice #support #Washington
You know when you are watching a horror movie and you see a character about to blithely go into a room or do something you know is going to end badly and you yell at the screen DON'T DO IT
This feels like that again.
This feels like that again.
January 16, 2026 at 3:14 PM
You know when you are watching a horror movie and you see a character about to blithely go into a room or do something you know is going to end badly and you yell at the screen DON'T DO IT
This feels like that again.
This feels like that again.
#measles map to estimate risk abcnews.go.com/Health/new-m...
New map shows how to spot the measles risk level in your ZIP code
For the first time, a map allows people to type in their ZIP code and determine the risk of measles in their area based on vaccination coverage.
abcnews.go.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:47 AM
#measles map to estimate risk abcnews.go.com/Health/new-m...
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Trump administration rolls back $2 billion mental health, addiction grant cuts
- mental health and addiction programs didn't align with the Trump administration's public health agenda
- A report says they're being restored ..
www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
- mental health and addiction programs didn't align with the Trump administration's public health agenda
- A report says they're being restored ..
www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
Trump administration rolls back $2 billion mental health, addiction grant cuts
Sweeping cuts to mental health and addiction programs worth more than $2 billion are being reversed. After a political backlash from Republicans and Democrats, the grant money will be restored.
www.npr.org
January 15, 2026 at 7:16 AM
Trump administration rolls back $2 billion mental health, addiction grant cuts
- mental health and addiction programs didn't align with the Trump administration's public health agenda
- A report says they're being restored ..
www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
- mental health and addiction programs didn't align with the Trump administration's public health agenda
- A report says they're being restored ..
www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...