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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 3h

The people getting laid off are some of the highest-trained and most specialized people in healthcare. They don’t just get replaced by hiring some new people when a sane administration takes over. This is a huge loss for America.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 4h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Ian L Morgan @ianlmorgan.bsky.social · 19h

My op-ed just came out discussing how NIH leadership is failing early career researchers and, importantly, how we can push back and take our future into our own hands.

NIH Leadership Is Failing Early Career Researchers

Halted training programs, funding chaos, and hiring freezes jeopardize advancement options for early career researchers.

www.the-scientist.com

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Ruth Ann Crystal @drruth.bsky.social · 9h

The CDC and ACIP quietly updated their recommendations and now specifically include pregnant individuals among those eligible for COVID vaccination.

Under the new policy, insurers are required to cover the vaccine for pregnant people without cost sharing. buff.ly/Id2vJbe

#medsky #obgynsky 🛟😷🧪

Pregnant woman with lovely smile and dark skin, brown hair wearing a burgandy top and jeans and has a bandaid from vaccination. "The CDC and ACIP updated guidance: Pregnant patients are eligible for COVID vaccination."

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Thomas [redacted] DO @tom.medsky.social · 7h

What happens when you don't have enough Asians in your administration.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Trump: "Drug prices are going to be going down 100%, 400%, 600%, 1,000% in some cases."

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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 11h

ACIP Meeting Delayed Indefinitely; COVID-19 Vaccines Continue To Show Benefit in New Study www.biospace.com/policy/acip-...

ACIP Meeting Delayed Indefinitely; COVID-19 Vaccines Continue To Show Benefit in New Study

The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices was scheduled to convene Oct. 22 to 23, but this meeting has been postponed, with no new date specified. The delay comes as the VA published new ...

www.biospace.com

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 14h

Three key points:
1) The admin has been planning mass firings to begin in October since February
2) The work necessary to carry out mass firings is illegal during a shutdown, violating the Antideficiency Act, which carries a criminal penalty
3) This harms America, ridding us of talent and expertise

Russ Vought v @russvought
The RIFs have begun.
12:27 PM • 10/10/25 • 15K Views

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Ferric Fang, MD @fangferric.bsky.social · 8h

“Ladapo realized that fear was the driving force for too many public health decisions…”

Public health officials must live with the fear that their recommendations can affect whether large numbers of people will become seriously ill or die. Is not the official who has lost that fear more dangerous?

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Ferric Fang, MD @fangferric.bsky.social · 8h

This article changed my opinion of Ladapo. I thought he was a cynical con artist who exploited right wing politics to get ahead. Now I think he is a deluded fool who is being exploited by right wing politicians. Florida is screwed either way, I guess.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 11h

Florida’s surgeon general’s anti-vax beliefs are only the tip of a very deeply weird iceberg.

Joseph Ladapo’s guiding voice? His wife, who believes she can talk to “Archangel Michael, Mary Magdalene, and many other beings of light.”

From medicine to mysticism: the radicalization of Florida's top doc

Joseph Ladapo was a normie—until he met his wife and a guru into levitating and communicating with spirits.

www.motherjones.com

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Geoff Garin @geoffgarin.bsky.social · 13h

Only 33% of Americans support mass firings of federal workers, with declining support among Republican voters, per the new Reuters/IPSOS poll. These actions by Trump - a continuation of what happened earlier with Musk and DOGE - will create more blowback against Republicans in the shutdown fight.

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Science Magazine @science.org · 9h

Federal researchers are confronting growing uncertainty about their future, as the 10-day-old shutdown of the U.S. government is now poised to extend into at least next week. https://scim.ag/4n1uy22

As U.S. shutdown drags on, ‘it’s just one blow after another’

Federal researchers confront growing uncertainty about future

scim.ag

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 13h

Eighty-five percent of parents said they trust their child’s pediatrician on vaccine information — a level of confidence that cuts across political divides, including among MAGA Republicans, according to a Washington Post-KFF poll.

In an age of vaccine skepticism, parents trust pediatricians most

A Washington Post-KFF poll finds that pediatricians are the most trusted source for vaccine information and that confidence in them is a strong predictor of vaccination.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 10h

Apart from the massive invasion of academic freedom that this compact demands, MIT simply does not want a special leg up—it wants "open competition for excellence."

"In that free marketplace of ideas, the people of MIT gladly compete with the very best, without preferences."

A stunning rebuke.

Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart

orgchart.mit.edu

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Ferric Fang, MD @fangferric.bsky.social · 10h

The language is problematic. I don’t know any scientist who would say this. It is fine to do a study that you hope will confirm your hypothesis. But you design the experiment so that your bias does not influence the results. “We’re doing the studies to see whether our hypothesis is confirmed.”

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Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 18h

🚨In a new piece that I co-authored with @michaeldgreen.com for @bmj.com, we argue that Trump's war on DEI in medical education will damage the health of Americans

We present research evidence showing that a diverse medical workforce improves population health outcomes

www.bmj.com/content/391/...

Trump’s war on diversity in medical education could shorten Americans’ lives

Building a diverse medical workforce is a crucial step to improving population health outcomes, write Gavin Yamey and Michael D Green The Trump administration and its allies have recently taken seve...

www.bmj.com

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 20h

“with her baby in her placenta”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 20h

Thank you @nytopinion.nytimes.com for publishing this rot. Marc Rowan has run hundreds of companies into the dust to extract profits from their failure and bankruptcies. Now he wants to do the same to American higher education. Do not believe a word this man says. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...

Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Badly Needed

www.nytimes.com

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Ferric Fang, MD @fangferric.bsky.social · 1d

The quality of evidence cited by RFK Jr to suggest that circumcision (as a proxy for Tylenol) at a young age causes autism is very poor.

Not to mention the considerable body of evidence to indicate that autism begins in the developing fetal brain in utero.

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

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Ferric Fang, MD @fangferric.bsky.social · 1d

which is fewer than those who believe the moon landing was faked and far fewer than those who believe the government is housing aliens at Area 51

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Ferric Fang, MD @fangferric.bsky.social · 1d

This must have been written by AI

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Ferric Fang, MD @fangferric.bsky.social · 1d

Only 11% of the public "strongly approve" of the job RFK Jr is doing. That's just 25% of Republicans and 1% of Democrats. LOL.

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Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 1d

Ah yes, creating proof to match your hypothesis. The time-honored method of science.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Ferric Fang, MD @fangferric.bsky.social · 1d

Some of us think he should be fired twice

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Ferric Fang, MD @fangferric.bsky.social · 1d

This study demonstrated safety and immunogenicity. Hopefully efficacy will be shown in subsequent studies.

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 1d

“Democrats say they're relying on professional medical groups, like the American Medical Association. "More than 8 in 10 Democrats say that they trust the AMA or the American Academy of Pediatrics, but among Republicans, it's only about half," Kirzinger says.” A very concerning divide.

59% of Americans disapprove of RFK Jr.'s moves as health secretary, a new poll says

A new poll shows trust in federal health policies is plummeting, and what — or who — people believe increasingly depends on their politics.

www.npr.org

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 1d

“In 1961, when I was just eight years old, I contracted measles. There was no vaccine available at the time. Like many of my classmates, I suffered through dangerously high fevers — mine reached 106 degrees — and nearly died. The disease left me almost totally deaf.” cc @jackiantonovich.bsky.social

Commentary: A plea to protect our children

Vaccination requirements kept our communities safe. Do not listen to anti-vaccine rhetoric. Do not gamble with your child’s health.

www.orlandosentinel.com

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