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Dr. Lucky Tran
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Scientist, science communicator, public health and climate justice advocate. WHO Fides member, Grist 50 Fixer, Creative Change alum. New Yorker/Aussie. Opinions my own & do not reflect employer. http://linktr.ee/luckytran
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 10h
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Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 10h
So now the Administration are saying that the mass firing of CDC scientists, including many responsible for preventing outbreaks, was an “error” and many will be brought back.

Whether by intention or incompetence, dismantling public health will kill people.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 11h
Tens of millions of people have died from Covid.

Every country should have responded with record investments in public health infrastructure.

Instead the US government is putting us all at greater risk of more catastrophes by firing hundreds of top scientists whose job is to prevent outbreaks.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 15h
More info:
March for Health and Science
911hs.org
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 15h
There’s a March for Health and Science being organized in DC for Wednesday, November 5.
MARCH FOR HEALTH & SCIENCE Washington DC, November 5@4PM
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 16h
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Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials
www.nytimes.com
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 16h
They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world.

I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 2d
What??
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 2d
Halloween in NYC 🐀
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 2d
Pop-up roller skating rink near the Chelsea section of the High Line celebrating LGBTQ+ activists like Marsha P. Johnson
Pop-up roller skating rink near the Chelsea section of the High Line celebrating LGBTQ+ activists like Marsha P Johnson
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 2d
All we are saying, is give peace a chance
Imagine mosaic in central park nyc
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 3d
🎵 They did the Monster Slash 😭 @ellecordova.bsky.social
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 4d
when you try and get your PhD advisor to review your manuscript 😂
Nobel committee unable to reach prize winner who is ‘living his best life’ hiking off grid Fred Ramsdell was among those honoured with a 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine but might not know because he is somewhere in Idaho and uncontactable
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 4d
"Secretary Kennedy is entitled to his views. But he is not entitled to put people’s health at risk. This is bigger than politics. It’s about putting the health of Americans first."

- Six former U.S. surgeons general, who have served under both Republican and Democratic administrations
Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.
We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.
www.washingtonpost.com
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 5d
You gotta love Queens
Map of Queens showing 60th Ave, 60th Ct, 60th Dr, 60th Ln, 60th Pl, 60th St
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 5d
Bad news: Anti-vaxxers have been given leadership positions at US health agencies and are doing everything they can to take away vaccines.

Good news: Despite all their spin, in reality they have been too incompetent to do anything effective to restrict vaccine access in any meaningful way so far.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 5d
Social media sites where people in the US get their news from:

Facebook 38%
YouTube 35%
Instagram 20%
TikTok 20%
X 12%
Reddit 9%
Nextdoor 6%
WhatsApp 5%
Threads 3%
Rumble 2%
Truth Social 2%
Bluesky 2%

Source: www.pewresearch.org/journalism/f...
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 5d
There is no evidence that breaking up the MMR shot would make the immunization safer or more effective.

The reason why the acting CDC director wants to separate the MMR shot is to discourage people from getting vaccinated by creating larger hurdles.
@HHS_Jim Thank you @POTUS for your leadership. I call on vaccine manufacturers to develop safe monovalent vaccines to replace the combined MMR and “break up the MMR shot into three totally separate shots.”
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 5d
Re: Insurance, HHS has stated that Medicare, Medicaid and other government health programs will continue to cover the shots at no cost, and AHIP, a health insurance industry trade group, said that private plans will continue to cover all CDC-recommended vaccines.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 5d
Sources:

HHS
www.hhs.gov/press-room/c...

Washington Post
wapo.st/3ITlAWj
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 5d
With misinformation coming directly from federal health agencies, it's more important than ever that each of us are active public health advocates and spread awareness about the availability and importance of COVID vaccines to our family, friends, and communities.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 5d
Anti-vax officials are hoping that the “shared clinical decision-making" stipulation causes confusion for individuals, pharmacies, and states, who may misinterpret the updated guidelines to mean you need a doctors presciption, therefore lowering COVID vaccine uptake.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 5d
The new CDC guidelines recommend COVID vaccines under “shared clinical decision-making,” meaning people should first consult a medical professional.

But this doesn't mean you need a doctor’s appointment, pharmacists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and registered nurses can do this too.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 5d
Several states have still been requiring a prescription for COVID vaccines as the CDC had not officially adopted the vaccine advisory panel guidelines yet despite the panel meeting over two weeks ago. That should now change.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 5d
You’ll now be able to get an updated coronavirus shot in every state without a prescription, according to the American Pharmacists Association.

CVS and Walgreens have stated you won’t need to attest to any underlying conditions and the questions will be removed from their online booking system.
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