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Deborah Greenhouse @greenhousemd.bsky.social · 23d

VAERS database reports will likely be used by RFK Jr to try to show a link between COVID vaccines and child deaths.
But VAERS reports are neither data nor research.
They are reports that anyone can submit on anything at any time in any place.
They do not and cannot show causation.

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Deborah Greenhouse @greenhousemd.bsky.social · Sep 11

A conservative activist was shot in Utah today. Children were shot at school in Colorado today. Both events were horrific and should never have happened. But we can't react to one as a great national tragedy and remain virtually silent about the other. That is what I see happening right now.

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Deborah Greenhouse @greenhousemd.bsky.social · Sep 2

Please read this essay to the end. These are the previous directors of the CDC who served under both Republican and Democratic presidents. If you don't believe me, please believe them. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health

www.nytimes.com

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Deborah Greenhouse @greenhousemd.bsky.social · Aug 28

Pretty cool that RFK Jr, with no medical education or experience, can diagnose "mitochondrial challenges" or "inflammation" just by looking at children. I can't do that after med school and many years in pediatric practice. Then again, maybe he's just lying....again.

RFK Jr, who doesn’t have a medical degree, says he can diagnose children just by just looking at them

Kennedy has often raised concerns about the increasing juvenile diabetes and autism rates

www.yahoo.com

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Deborah Greenhouse @greenhousemd.bsky.social · Aug 27

Today's PSA from your friendly neighborhood, science based, evidence driven pediatrician:
If someone says they are going to find and announce the "certain" cause of a medical or developmental condition by a specific date, that's not science.
That's propaganda, regardless of what their "finding" is.

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Deborah Greenhouse @greenhousemd.bsky.social · Aug 23

And RFK Jr is now threatening pediatricians with liability if they follow evidence based vaccine recommendations. He is threatening the people who spend their lives protecting the health and safety of children. We are living in a dystopian alternate reality.
www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/v...

RFK Jr. Warns Docs of Liability if They Stray From CDC on Vaccines

'Misleading,' expert says

www.medpagetoday.com

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Deborah Greenhouse @greenhousemd.bsky.social · Aug 14

My opinion piece in The State on the defunding of mRNA vaccine research. Actions have consequences and the consequences of this one will extend far beyond access to current mRNA vaccines.

How South Carolina will suffer from mRNA vaccine research funding cuts | Opinion

Pediatrician Deborah Greenhouse writes that South Carolina is at risk because of the U.S. government’s decision to defund almost $500 million in mRNA vaccine research funding.

www.thestate.com

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Deborah Greenhouse @greenhousemd.bsky.social · Jul 7

As the US hits a catastrophic milestone with the highest number of measles cases since the disease was declared eradicated, it is a step in the right direction to see the AAP and others stand up to say that this is not OK and we won't pretend that it is.
publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...

AAP suing HHS over vaccine policy ‘because we believe children deserve better’

The AAP and other leading medical groups are suing HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for making unilateral, unscientific changes to federal vaccine policy they say are an “assault on science, public...

publications.aap.org

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Deborah Greenhouse @greenhousemd.bsky.social · Jul 2

Today's Call to Action:
I can't make it any simpler than this. CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE TODAY!
Call this morning and ask them to vote no on the Big, Horrifically Bad Bill which will strip health care and healthy food from millions of children and families.
Ask them to protect children.

AAP calls on U.S. House to reject cuts to Medicaid, SNAP

The budget reconciliation legislation cuts about $1 trillion from Medicaid, and AAP leaders said it will harm children, families and communities.

publications.aap.org

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Deborah Greenhouse @greenhousemd.bsky.social · Jul 1

My Senators Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott just voted to take health care access away from many of my patients and their families.
They voted to strip health care from thousands of their own constituents.
I'm having a really hard time coming to grips with that.

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Reposted by Deborah Greenhouse

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jun 24

RUIZ: Did you read the report & fact-check its sources prior to publication?

RFK JR: I did not fact check

RUIZ: It included citations to sources that don't exist. How does that happen?

RFK JR: All of the foundational assertions are accurate

RUIZ: They did not exist. How can they be accurate?

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Deborah Greenhouse @greenhousemd.bsky.social · Jun 25

The Zombie "ACIP" meeting this week will include a presentation on Thimerosol which cites a study on the dangers of vaccines containing Thimerosol. Except oops, the study didn't exist.
Welcome to "ACIP" 2025.

Exclusive-US CDC vaccine presentation cites study that does not exist, author says

(Reuters) -A review on the use of the preservative thimerosal in vaccines slated to be presented on Thursday to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's outside vaccine committee cites a ...

www.yahoo.com

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Deborah Greenhouse @greenhousemd.bsky.social · Jun 17

We had hoped that the Senate version of the "Big Beautiful Bill" would reign in the devastating cuts to Medicaid that put children and children's hospitals at great risk. Instead, the Senate bill makes these cuts more catastrophic. This is an all hands on deck moment. Reach out to your Senators now!

Senate Bill Would Make Deep Cuts to Medicaid, Setting Up Fight With House

www.nytimes.com

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Deborah Greenhouse @greenhousemd.bsky.social · Jun 12

As a South Carolina pediatrician who has fought against some of the awful legislation this guy has supported I just want to remind you:
Not trans. Not a drag queen.

Republican SC Rep. RJ May charged with distributing child sex abuse material

South Carolina Rep. RJ May, a Lexington County Republican who cofounded the House Freedom Caucus, was indicted on federal charges of distributing child sex abuse material. Following indictment, House ...

www.southcarolinapublicradio.org

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Deborah Greenhouse @greenhousemd.bsky.social · Jun 9

This one is a gut punch. Four ACIP members receive termination notices. Maybe there is nothing nefarious here. Maybe this is just a clerical issue. Maybe science can somehow still prevail.
But if not, this is our all hands on deck moment. Our nation's health stands in the crossfire.

Four ACIP Members Informed of Role Termination Amid Federal Vaccine Policy Changes - GeneOnline News

Four members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization […]

www.geneonline.com

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Deborah Greenhouse @greenhousemd.bsky.social · Jun 6

Today I #WearOrange for National Gun Violence Awareness Day.
And today I will talk to families about firearm safety and I will give out free gun locks- just like I do every other day.
So please store all firearms locked and unloaded with the ammunition locked elsewhere.Thank you!

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Deborah Greenhouse @greenhousemd.bsky.social · Jun 6

As we all share in the political comedy playing out today, I'd like to take a serious moment to remind everyone in South Carolina that @drannieandrews.com is running for US Senate.
And she actually truly wants to help people in South Carolina.

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Deborah Greenhouse @greenhousemd.bsky.social · May 30

When in doubt, lie. And if you don't have the data to support your lies, simply make up the studies and the data as well. It's the MAHA way.
#MedSky #PedSky

'Make America Healthy Again' report updated to remove nonexistent studies

The White House downplayed questions about its flagship report on children's health, but edited the document Thursday after authors listed in the paper confirmed it cited studies that do not exist.But...

www.yahoo.com

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Deborah Greenhouse @greenhousemd.bsky.social · May 30

Not that I am aware of but this really is out of my wheelhouse so it is certainly possible that someone is studying this.

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Deborah Greenhouse @greenhousemd.bsky.social · May 28

First you ban the funding for the scientific research. Then you ban the products resulting from the scientific research. Finally, you ban the scientists. I used to wonder how we would all survive 4 years of this. Now I understand that many of us won't.

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Deborah Greenhouse @greenhousemd.bsky.social · May 28

I honestly can't respond to the specifics of your question but I can tell you that we typically do see the patient more than once after any significant head impact to ensure that symptoms are resolving and evaluate further if not.

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Deborah Greenhouse @greenhousemd.bsky.social · May 23

The "Big, Beautiful Bill" is anything but. This bill includes devastating cuts to Medicaid and SNAP causing children to lose access to both health care and healthy food.
Please reach out to your Senators and ask them to demand changes to this legislation.
#PedSky #MedSky

AAP Statement on House Passage of H.R. 1

The legislation passed in the U.S. House of Representatives early this morning, H.R. 1, includes sweeping policies that would harm the health of children and families. To invest in our country’s futur...

www.aap.org

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Deborah Greenhouse @greenhousemd.bsky.social · May 11

I am a pediatrician.
Completed a residency.
Board certified.
I have practiced for over 30 years.
Treated thousands of kids.
Many years of local, state and federal advocacy work.
I do not feel qualified to be Surgeon General.
But somehow Casey Means is?

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Deborah Greenhouse @greenhousemd.bsky.social · May 7

Dr. Offit says it better than I ever could. Read the letter. Contact your representatives and senators. Speak up for children. We may not get another chance. carhttps://open.substack.com/pub/pauloffit/p/an-open-letter-to-senator-william?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

An Open Letter to Senator William Cassidy (R, La)

RFK Jr. is scheduled to testify in front of Senator Cassidy’s HELP Committee on May 14. Here is the letter I sent to him on May 1, 2025.

open.substack.com

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Deborah Greenhouse @greenhousemd.bsky.social · May 3

In my now daily quest to combat vaccine misinformation and disinformation, I give you this great article from @HealthyChildren. Data matters. Science matters. Disinformation harms children.
#PedSky #MedSky

Vaccine Ingredients: Frequently Asked Questions

All vaccines contain antigens. Antigens make vaccines work. They prompt the body to create the immune response needed to protect against infection. Antigens come in several forms. The form used in a v...

www.healthychildren.org

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