Matt Motta
@mattmotta.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Health Law, Policy, & Management. Boston University School of Public Health.
Author of Anti-Scientific Americans: https://a.co/d/7oSVhwP
Author of Anti-Scientific Americans: https://a.co/d/7oSVhwP
The new face of CDC's public health emergency response is someone who:
-- Promoted hydroxychloroquine & ivermectin as COVID-19 remedies
-- Eliminated vaccine promotion campaigns in Louisiana
-- Believes COVID-19 vaccines cause significant bodily injury
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
-- Promoted hydroxychloroquine & ivermectin as COVID-19 remedies
-- Eliminated vaccine promotion campaigns in Louisiana
-- Believes COVID-19 vaccines cause significant bodily injury
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
Doctor Critical of Vaccines Quietly Appointed as C.D.C.’s Second in Command
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The new face of CDC's public health emergency response is someone who:
-- Promoted hydroxychloroquine & ivermectin as COVID-19 remedies
-- Eliminated vaccine promotion campaigns in Louisiana
-- Believes COVID-19 vaccines cause significant bodily injury
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
-- Promoted hydroxychloroquine & ivermectin as COVID-19 remedies
-- Eliminated vaccine promotion campaigns in Louisiana
-- Believes COVID-19 vaccines cause significant bodily injury
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
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My @nytimes.com op-ed: The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o... (gift link)
The key point: "The absence of young people from conventional protests is both a problem and a warning."
The key point: "The absence of young people from conventional protests is both a problem and a warning."
Opinion | The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z?
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
My @nytimes.com op-ed: The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o... (gift link)
The key point: "The absence of young people from conventional protests is both a problem and a warning."
The key point: "The absence of young people from conventional protests is both a problem and a warning."
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I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
A maddening double standard from Kennedy's CDC.
RFK Jr. believes that NO studies are good enough to show that vaccines do not cause autism.
But he'll cite just about *anything* showing that vaccines might cause injury.
CDC exploits sci. uncertainty when convenient, and ignores it otherwise.
RFK Jr. believes that NO studies are good enough to show that vaccines do not cause autism.
But he'll cite just about *anything* showing that vaccines might cause injury.
CDC exploits sci. uncertainty when convenient, and ignores it otherwise.
November 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
A maddening double standard from Kennedy's CDC.
RFK Jr. believes that NO studies are good enough to show that vaccines do not cause autism.
But he'll cite just about *anything* showing that vaccines might cause injury.
CDC exploits sci. uncertainty when convenient, and ignores it otherwise.
RFK Jr. believes that NO studies are good enough to show that vaccines do not cause autism.
But he'll cite just about *anything* showing that vaccines might cause injury.
CDC exploits sci. uncertainty when convenient, and ignores it otherwise.
Today in @jhppl.bsky.social, we show that few Americans express strong concern about H5N1 health risks.
That's a problem, because public apathy may impede an already-sluggish policy response to a potential pandemic (as @propublica.org documented this week).
read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...
That's a problem, because public apathy may impede an already-sluggish policy response to a potential pandemic (as @propublica.org documented this week).
read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...
November 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Today in @jhppl.bsky.social, we show that few Americans express strong concern about H5N1 health risks.
That's a problem, because public apathy may impede an already-sluggish policy response to a potential pandemic (as @propublica.org documented this week).
read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...
That's a problem, because public apathy may impede an already-sluggish policy response to a potential pandemic (as @propublica.org documented this week).
read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...
Political expedience doesn't magically transform correlation into causation.
November 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Political expedience doesn't magically transform correlation into causation.
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Check out my op-ed in @thehill.com on why now is the time for the GOP to embrace the public option @bridgingthegap.bsky.social @buceid.bsky.social @bucas.bsky.social @dadakim.bsky.social @mattmotta.bsky.social @thcallaghan.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social @apsa.bsky.social @whitehouse-47.bsky.social
In this @thehill.com op-ed, @josephharrisbu.bsky.social (Boston University) argues that offering a “public option” could reduce health care costs for millions of Americans and explains why Republican lawmakers could view the idea as a viable strategy for 2026.
Read the piece:
Read the piece:
How Republicans can rescue the party and do something good for Americans
The Republican Party needs to offer a “public option” in the American health care system to provide relief to Americans facing soaring health care premiums and to avoid a midterm electi…
thehill.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Check out my op-ed in @thehill.com on why now is the time for the GOP to embrace the public option @bridgingthegap.bsky.social @buceid.bsky.social @bucas.bsky.social @dadakim.bsky.social @mattmotta.bsky.social @thcallaghan.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social @apsa.bsky.social @whitehouse-47.bsky.social
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@marydwillis.bsky.social and I published a paper published today in Environmental Research Letters! iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... We found that about 46.6 million people in the US, or about 14.1% of the US population, live within a mile of a piece of energy infrastructure. Why do we care? 🛟 |💡🔌
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@marydwillis.bsky.social and I published a paper published today in Environmental Research Letters! iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... We found that about 46.6 million people in the US, or about 14.1% of the US population, live within a mile of a piece of energy infrastructure. Why do we care? 🛟 |💡🔌
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Donald Trump says the House Oversight Committee should get all files it is "legally entitled to."
That phrase is critical.
I suspect he will use that phrase to block most of the files not already release now that he has re-opened an investigation into Jeffry Epstein.
That phrase is critical.
I suspect he will use that phrase to block most of the files not already release now that he has re-opened an investigation into Jeffry Epstein.
November 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Donald Trump says the House Oversight Committee should get all files it is "legally entitled to."
That phrase is critical.
I suspect he will use that phrase to block most of the files not already release now that he has re-opened an investigation into Jeffry Epstein.
That phrase is critical.
I suspect he will use that phrase to block most of the files not already release now that he has re-opened an investigation into Jeffry Epstein.
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I can't tell you how many interviews I've done where I've been asked: If Trump's policies are so problematic, why are U.S. stocks rising so rapidly.
A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.
U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.
U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I can't tell you how many interviews I've done where I've been asked: If Trump's policies are so problematic, why are U.S. stocks rising so rapidly.
A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.
U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.
U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
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Trump just got massively booed and flipped off by the crowd at the Commanders game.
(Video: Marisa Schultz)
(Video: Marisa Schultz)
November 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Trump just got massively booed and flipped off by the crowd at the Commanders game.
(Video: Marisa Schultz)
(Video: Marisa Schultz)
"The deal would include a promised vote on extending Obamacare tax credits in December, the sources said."
November 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"The deal would include a promised vote on extending Obamacare tax credits in December, the sources said."
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"overwhelming defeat" is when you lose by a point and a half (historically narrow) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
"overwhelming defeat" is when you lose by a point and a half (historically narrow) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
This is how Pres. Obama responded when Karmel Allison fainted on stage.
He caught her and said: “You’re OK. I’m right here. I got you."
The idea that the president could -- as a natural impulse -- display genuine concern and empathy for another person feels completely unrecognizable today.
He caught her and said: “You’re OK. I’m right here. I got you."
The idea that the president could -- as a natural impulse -- display genuine concern and empathy for another person feels completely unrecognizable today.
November 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This is how Pres. Obama responded when Karmel Allison fainted on stage.
He caught her and said: “You’re OK. I’m right here. I got you."
The idea that the president could -- as a natural impulse -- display genuine concern and empathy for another person feels completely unrecognizable today.
He caught her and said: “You’re OK. I’m right here. I got you."
The idea that the president could -- as a natural impulse -- display genuine concern and empathy for another person feels completely unrecognizable today.
I can't believe that this needs to be said, but...
Oz's confident assertion that Americans will lose 125 *billion* pounds (up from 125 million, just moments before!) is why we need people running HHS who actually know what they're doing.
Oz's confident assertion that Americans will lose 125 *billion* pounds (up from 125 million, just moments before!) is why we need people running HHS who actually know what they're doing.
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I can't believe that this needs to be said, but...
Oz's confident assertion that Americans will lose 125 *billion* pounds (up from 125 million, just moments before!) is why we need people running HHS who actually know what they're doing.
Oz's confident assertion that Americans will lose 125 *billion* pounds (up from 125 million, just moments before!) is why we need people running HHS who actually know what they're doing.
Sports betting & legalized gambling are major public health problems.
Excited to be part of BUSPH's team to study this issue for the Mass. Gaming Commission over the next three years. (w/ @thcallaghan.bsky.social @jencornacc.bsky.social & more!)
More about our work 👇
www.bu.edu/articles/202...
Excited to be part of BUSPH's team to study this issue for the Mass. Gaming Commission over the next three years. (w/ @thcallaghan.bsky.social @jencornacc.bsky.social & more!)
More about our work 👇
www.bu.edu/articles/202...
Boston University Researchers to Examine Impact of Legalized Gambling in $2.5M Study
Funding from Massachusetts Gaming Commission will drive research on social and economic impacts, including student behavior
www.bu.edu
November 5, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Sports betting & legalized gambling are major public health problems.
Excited to be part of BUSPH's team to study this issue for the Mass. Gaming Commission over the next three years. (w/ @thcallaghan.bsky.social @jencornacc.bsky.social & more!)
More about our work 👇
www.bu.edu/articles/202...
Excited to be part of BUSPH's team to study this issue for the Mass. Gaming Commission over the next three years. (w/ @thcallaghan.bsky.social @jencornacc.bsky.social & more!)
More about our work 👇
www.bu.edu/articles/202...
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Among the many amazing things about Adams pleading his case here is that he openly supports and now is asking for help from… people who cancelled funding for cancer research.
November 2, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Among the many amazing things about Adams pleading his case here is that he openly supports and now is asking for help from… people who cancelled funding for cancer research.
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ANES Data Release! electionstudies.org/data-center/...
The 3-wave ANES panel is now available. It merges data from 3 election studies (2016-2020-2024), the first time the ANES has collected interviews of the same respondents across 3 presidential elections.
The 3-wave ANES panel is now available. It merges data from 3 election studies (2016-2020-2024), the first time the ANES has collected interviews of the same respondents across 3 presidential elections.
2016-2020-2024-panel-merged-study - ANES | American National Election Studies
electionstudies.org
November 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
ANES Data Release! electionstudies.org/data-center/...
The 3-wave ANES panel is now available. It merges data from 3 election studies (2016-2020-2024), the first time the ANES has collected interviews of the same respondents across 3 presidential elections.
The 3-wave ANES panel is now available. It merges data from 3 election studies (2016-2020-2024), the first time the ANES has collected interviews of the same respondents across 3 presidential elections.
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“.. the Times editorial board has compiled a list of 12 markers of democratic erosion .. The sobering reality is that the United States has regressed, to different degrees, on all 12.”
@nytopinion.nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
@nytopinion.nytimes.com
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October 31, 2025 at 9:00 PM
“.. the Times editorial board has compiled a list of 12 markers of democratic erosion .. The sobering reality is that the United States has regressed, to different degrees, on all 12.”
@nytopinion.nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
@nytopinion.nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The reality TV star who runs NASA for the reality TV star in the White House is pushing back on the reality TV star who thinks that we didn't land on the moon. 🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠
October 31, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The reality TV star who runs NASA for the reality TV star in the White House is pushing back on the reality TV star who thinks that we didn't land on the moon. 🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠
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This is the sound of candidates losing the struggle against the crushing weight of partisan gravity.
This is nationalization and polarization and presidentialization swallowing everything else.
This is the dangerous collapse of dimensionality, in one chart
leedrutman.substack.com/p/the-modera...
This is nationalization and polarization and presidentialization swallowing everything else.
This is the dangerous collapse of dimensionality, in one chart
leedrutman.substack.com/p/the-modera...
October 30, 2025 at 12:34 PM
This is the sound of candidates losing the struggle against the crushing weight of partisan gravity.
This is nationalization and polarization and presidentialization swallowing everything else.
This is the dangerous collapse of dimensionality, in one chart
leedrutman.substack.com/p/the-modera...
This is nationalization and polarization and presidentialization swallowing everything else.
This is the dangerous collapse of dimensionality, in one chart
leedrutman.substack.com/p/the-modera...
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Excuse me? So the company the President currently owns is teaming up with a cryptocurrency company to create a prediction market, which will take bets... on things the President himself has quite a lot of control over?
Gosh, I'm sure nothing bad will happen.
www.ft.com/content/4855...
Gosh, I'm sure nothing bad will happen.
www.ft.com/content/4855...
October 29, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Excuse me? So the company the President currently owns is teaming up with a cryptocurrency company to create a prediction market, which will take bets... on things the President himself has quite a lot of control over?
Gosh, I'm sure nothing bad will happen.
www.ft.com/content/4855...
Gosh, I'm sure nothing bad will happen.
www.ft.com/content/4855...
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As @gelliottmorris.com notes, the welcomePAC report on Dems shows that the least popular parts of the Dem agenda are things not on the Dem agenda, while the least popular parts of the GOP agenda are things Trump has done this year. open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
October 28, 2025 at 11:48 AM
As @gelliottmorris.com notes, the welcomePAC report on Dems shows that the least popular parts of the Dem agenda are things not on the Dem agenda, while the least popular parts of the GOP agenda are things Trump has done this year. open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
As I and several others (including @simonfhaeder.bsky.social) discuss with NYT today, pet parent vaccine hesitancy isn't just a health risk for our four-legged friends. It's a complex health policy challenge with important public health implications.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/s...
Vaccine Skepticism Comes for Pet Owners, Too
www.nytimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
As I and several others (including @simonfhaeder.bsky.social) discuss with NYT today, pet parent vaccine hesitancy isn't just a health risk for our four-legged friends. It's a complex health policy challenge with important public health implications.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/s...
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@thcallaghan.bsky.social & @mattmotta.bsky.social evaluate the challenge that polarization poses for our health and importantly, they propose a three-pronged path for better understanding and overcoming polarization in health and medicine. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...
Runaway Polarization Is Making Us Sick; Social Science Could Offer an Antidote | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press
read.dukeupress.edu
October 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
@thcallaghan.bsky.social & @mattmotta.bsky.social evaluate the challenge that polarization poses for our health and importantly, they propose a three-pronged path for better understanding and overcoming polarization in health and medicine. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...