Jessica Weaver MD PhD
@jweaves32.bsky.social
Trauma and critical care surgeon at UCSD, former Penn fellow, Wahoo for life. I post about trauma surgery, tennis, travel, and cute dogs.
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Spot-on by @subletteweather.com - huge mistake by the Virginia State Corporation Commission bluevirginia.us/2025/11/virg...
November 27, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Spot-on by @subletteweather.com - huge mistake by the Virginia State Corporation Commission bluevirginia.us/2025/11/virg...
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NEW: A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other neurodevelopmental diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to stop recommending the vaccine to pregnant women.
Amid Confusing CDC Guidance About Vaccines, Study Highlights New Risk of COVID-19 During Pregnancy
A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to stop recommending the vaccine to pregnant women.
www.propublica.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM
NEW: A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other neurodevelopmental diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to stop recommending the vaccine to pregnant women.
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Oh. My. God.
Read this whole thread and weep.
The MAGA/MAHA/Great Barrington Declaration/anti-vaxx world has promoted & elevated the utterly disgraced Wakefield to new heights 😢
Read this whole thread and weep.
The MAGA/MAHA/Great Barrington Declaration/anti-vaxx world has promoted & elevated the utterly disgraced Wakefield to new heights 😢
Remember Andrew Wakefield?
Here he is with his friend RFK Jr. in 2020.
Wakefield is the guy behind the fraudulent, retracted MMR–autism study. He lost his medical license for subjecting autistic children to unnecessary invasive procedures.
Now, with Kennedy in power, he’s getting a second act.
Here he is with his friend RFK Jr. in 2020.
Wakefield is the guy behind the fraudulent, retracted MMR–autism study. He lost his medical license for subjecting autistic children to unnecessary invasive procedures.
Now, with Kennedy in power, he’s getting a second act.
November 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Oh. My. God.
Read this whole thread and weep.
The MAGA/MAHA/Great Barrington Declaration/anti-vaxx world has promoted & elevated the utterly disgraced Wakefield to new heights 😢
Read this whole thread and weep.
The MAGA/MAHA/Great Barrington Declaration/anti-vaxx world has promoted & elevated the utterly disgraced Wakefield to new heights 😢
I watched ER and when things were really bad they usually called a surgeon
November 23, 2025 at 7:16 AM
I watched ER and when things were really bad they usually called a surgeon
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11 years ago today, 12 year old Tamir Rice was gunned down by police officers on Cleveland’s west side.
The officer shot him within seconds of arriving at the park he was playing in.
Tamir’s life mattered. It still does. My thoughts are with his family today.
The officer shot him within seconds of arriving at the park he was playing in.
Tamir’s life mattered. It still does. My thoughts are with his family today.
November 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
11 years ago today, 12 year old Tamir Rice was gunned down by police officers on Cleveland’s west side.
The officer shot him within seconds of arriving at the park he was playing in.
Tamir’s life mattered. It still does. My thoughts are with his family today.
The officer shot him within seconds of arriving at the park he was playing in.
Tamir’s life mattered. It still does. My thoughts are with his family today.
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Get your own adorable #HCWvsHunger swag at www.bonfire.com/hcwvshunger-...
November 21, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Get your own adorable #HCWvsHunger swag at www.bonfire.com/hcwvshunger-...
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Decades of rigorous and scientifically sound research have proven that vaccines do not cause autism. CDC’s decision to change language on its website reversing that finding is reckless & harmful.
Our statement w/ @hivma.bsky.social, APIC, @sheaepi.bsky.social & @sidpharm.bsky.social: bit.ly/3XEc0KH
Our statement w/ @hivma.bsky.social, APIC, @sheaepi.bsky.social & @sidpharm.bsky.social: bit.ly/3XEc0KH
November 21, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Decades of rigorous and scientifically sound research have proven that vaccines do not cause autism. CDC’s decision to change language on its website reversing that finding is reckless & harmful.
Our statement w/ @hivma.bsky.social, APIC, @sheaepi.bsky.social & @sidpharm.bsky.social: bit.ly/3XEc0KH
Our statement w/ @hivma.bsky.social, APIC, @sheaepi.bsky.social & @sidpharm.bsky.social: bit.ly/3XEc0KH
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According to the Trump admin, nursing isn’t a profession so they won’t qualify for student loans 🤬
We’re barely recovering from the last RN shortage and they want to create another one 😫
Literally zero patients survive the ICU without outstanding RN care.
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
We’re barely recovering from the last RN shortage and they want to create another one 😫
Literally zero patients survive the ICU without outstanding RN care.
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
Nursing is no longer counted as a 'professional degree' by Trump admin
The Department of Education has excluded nursing as a "professional degree" program as it implements various changes to student loans.
www.newsweek.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 AM
According to the Trump admin, nursing isn’t a profession so they won’t qualify for student loans 🤬
We’re barely recovering from the last RN shortage and they want to create another one 😫
Literally zero patients survive the ICU without outstanding RN care.
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
We’re barely recovering from the last RN shortage and they want to create another one 😫
Literally zero patients survive the ICU without outstanding RN care.
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
The AI bubble can’t burst fast enough
The AI tech revolution is making us rich and unhappy, writes WSJ’s Greg Ip.
The Most Joyless Tech Revolution Ever: AI Is Making Us Rich and Unhappy
Discomfort around artificial intelligence helps explain the disconnect between a solid economy and an anxious public.
on.wsj.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The AI bubble can’t burst fast enough
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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Kevin Curry, a food influencer and a former SNAP recipient, explains where SNAP recipients can get the most up-to-date information on their benefits, and how anyone can find free or affordable food. n.pr/47Awavd
9 strategies to find free or low-cost food when money is tight
Kevin Curry, a food influencer and a former SNAP recipient, explains where SNAP recipients can get the most up-to-date information on their benefits, and how anyone can find free or affordable food.
n.pr
November 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Kevin Curry, a food influencer and a former SNAP recipient, explains where SNAP recipients can get the most up-to-date information on their benefits, and how anyone can find free or affordable food. n.pr/47Awavd
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I'm single. No kids, no claims, no pre-existing conditions. The cataclysmic leap from paying $50 a month to $1,228.28 a month is a level of devastation the depth of which I'm struggling to articulate. I wasn't going to be able to afford when I thought it was going up to $350 a month. And now...😵
I thought my new health insurance premium was going to be $350 per month until I got this letter informing me that it would be $1,228.28 PER MONTH. I CURRENTLY PAY $50. Is my math mathing? Is that.... a 2,356.42% increase?
2256.42%????
TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY SIX POINT FORTY TWO PERCENT😩
2256.42%????
TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY SIX POINT FORTY TWO PERCENT😩
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I'm single. No kids, no claims, no pre-existing conditions. The cataclysmic leap from paying $50 a month to $1,228.28 a month is a level of devastation the depth of which I'm struggling to articulate. I wasn't going to be able to afford when I thought it was going up to $350 a month. And now...😵
Interestingly, you get the same image with “she smiles and says, ‘I’m going to kill you’ “
Elon has never experienced this and neither have his biggest fans but now they can create these visuals with the help of a computermachine
November 9, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Interestingly, you get the same image with “she smiles and says, ‘I’m going to kill you’ “
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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Those of us who worked with USAID and in global health more broadly warned of this- shouting, screaming into the void. The administration- at every level- understood this would happen. It’s unconscionable.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Those of us who worked with USAID and in global health more broadly warned of this- shouting, screaming into the void. The administration- at every level- understood this would happen. It’s unconscionable.
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Exclusive: The parents of a man who killed himself are suing the company that created ChatGPT, claiming the product encouraged him to commit suicide.
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Exclusive: The parents of a man who killed himself are suing the company that created ChatGPT, claiming the product encouraged him to commit suicide.
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November 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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The Trump administration is decimating public health and safety services—and domestic violence survivors are paying the price.
https://19thnews.org/2025/10/domestic-violence-protections-federal-funding/
https://19thnews.org/2025/10/domestic-violence-protections-federal-funding/
Without the federal government, almost no money exists to fight domestic violence
Work to prevent intimate partner violence, feed families in shelters fleeing abuse or help survivors file for legal protection would not exist on the scale it does today if the federal government step...
19thnews.org
November 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The Trump administration is decimating public health and safety services—and domestic violence survivors are paying the price.
https://19thnews.org/2025/10/domestic-violence-protections-federal-funding/
https://19thnews.org/2025/10/domestic-violence-protections-federal-funding/
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Seeing increasing media coverage about unpaid feds who are still working, so resharing my post detailing how NOAA's #Melissa forecasting relied on recent retirees working as volunteers and scientists working through trying conditions with no idea when they will be paid.
tinyurl.com/3e8bf9d6
tinyurl.com/3e8bf9d6
Federal weather enterprise rises to the occasion again with Melissa - thanks to volunteers and unpaid employees
When a federal government "shutdown" is not really a shutdown. And also looking at the continued longer term impacts of ongoing and threatened budget cuts.
tinyurl.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Seeing increasing media coverage about unpaid feds who are still working, so resharing my post detailing how NOAA's #Melissa forecasting relied on recent retirees working as volunteers and scientists working through trying conditions with no idea when they will be paid.
tinyurl.com/3e8bf9d6
tinyurl.com/3e8bf9d6
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Apparently there was a Gatsby party at Mar a Lago, while Trump is trying to kick 42 million off SNAP
November 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Apparently there was a Gatsby party at Mar a Lago, while Trump is trying to kick 42 million off SNAP
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The Trump administration firing nearly all of the Special Education workers at the Department of Education sends a clear message:
They don’t believe that children with disabilities deserve an equal education.
The cruelty is staggering.
They don’t believe that children with disabilities deserve an equal education.
The cruelty is staggering.
November 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The Trump administration firing nearly all of the Special Education workers at the Department of Education sends a clear message:
They don’t believe that children with disabilities deserve an equal education.
The cruelty is staggering.
They don’t believe that children with disabilities deserve an equal education.
The cruelty is staggering.