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Brad Bigford @mursebigford.bsky.social · 1d

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Brad Bigford @mursebigford.bsky.social · 1d

This is an immigration raid. Several ppl are in custody. They’re asking for papers and putting ppl in zip ties

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Brad Bigford @mursebigford.bsky.social · 1d

A friend of mine sent me these photos of a raid they're witnessing in Wilder, ID. They said "Helicopters, paramilitary vehicles, and likely over a hundred officers are on site of a horse racing facility. Dogs searching cornfields and surrounding property."

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 23d

This was always the funniest conspiracy theory to me — that there are MRI machine-like devices that can cure all known illnesses in seconds, but the government has been hiding them — and Trump just posted an AI generated video of himself announcing they're real. We're cooked!

Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 23d

Trump tonight appears to have pushed the false "medbed" conspiracy theory, which has spread in the far-right internet over the years. www.yahoo.com/news/qanon-c...

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Brad Bigford @mursebigford.bsky.social · 24d

two men are looking at a laptop computer .

ALT: two men are looking at a laptop computer .

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Brad Bigford @mursebigford.bsky.social · 24d

No better sport in America.

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social · Sep 19

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Brad Bigford @mursebigford.bsky.social · Sep 18

Sadly it's easier to get someone to do nothing than it is to get them to do something.
Once these diseases come back and parents see how sick children get with VPDs, they'll vaccinate but kids will be hospitalized/die during that period.

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · Sep 18

I am watching the meeting- this is unequivocally the purpose. It beggars belief that the ACIP could be composed of such thoroughly unqualified ideologues but here we are.

Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · Sep 18

@jakescottmd.bsky.social is not at the ACIP meeting. But he told me that the purpose of ACIP's discussion today -- rehashing a vaccine safety issue that was settled years ago -- seems to be to just create doubts about vaccine safety. Discussion isn't adding anything new here, he said.

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Brad Bigford @mursebigford.bsky.social · Sep 12

Sadly I will because I never got to play 2 and I've been waiting for the re-release of both for a decade 😭 My 7 yo is going to be pumped.

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BoiseDev @boisedev.com · Sep 12

The posts about @JeramiahDickey and the family of Charlie Kirk are fake - AI slop using tragedy to mine attention, clicks, and money.

We confirmed with Dickey this evening

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Post about Jeramiah Dickey & Charlie Kirk's family is fake - BoiseDev

A fast-spreading post claiming Boise State Athletic Director Jeramiah Dickey was “pledging to pay all living expenses for (Charlie) Kirk’s two children” is fake. The fake news story was posted to a lo...

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Brad Bigford @mursebigford.bsky.social · Sep 12

I love the passion. If she wrote that on company time though let's talk about, instead of writing this, she could have used her time better to manage her job responsibilities.

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Brad Bigford @mursebigford.bsky.social · Aug 29

I still recommend you get it. Pharmacies make it really easy to get it. Pediatricians office are amazing. Or you can make an appointment to get it from my clinic (208-338-8900).

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Brad Bigford @mursebigford.bsky.social · Aug 29

Vaccines are one of the greatest inventions in human history. The flu shot is important. It protects the very young and old from complications like pneumonia, respiratory failure, rhabdomyolysis, hospitalizations, and death.

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Brad Bigford @mursebigford.bsky.social · Aug 29

I can't do that; what all of this is required and do my primary care nurse practitioner responsibilities as well. I truly am sorry.

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Brad Bigford @mursebigford.bsky.social · Aug 29

I'd pause my primary business and do flu shots 7 days a week during September and October. I have told my family, "Farmers don't go on vacation during harvest, and I don't go on vacation during flu shots!"

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Brad Bigford @mursebigford.bsky.social · Aug 29

I now work in an office in the mornings and house calls in the afternoon for urgent care. In the past, I would spend all August, every night when I'd get home, prepping the website to create a way to book an appointment, fill out a form, and provide desired times and days for all areas of the valley

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Brad Bigford @mursebigford.bsky.social · Aug 29

"But Brad, you're in the pocket of Big Pharma! You make so much money from them. My insurance paid you $45 for my shot". While some do pay well, a lot do not, and each year their rates went down.

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Brad Bigford @mursebigford.bsky.social · Aug 29

Combine that with decreased reimbursement from various insurance companies made it incredibly challenging. Tricare reimbursed per shot $9. Each vaccine cost me $18! For every Tricare I lost, $9.

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Brad Bigford @mursebigford.bsky.social · Aug 29

I ended up giving 100 the first year. 250 in 2017, 500 in 2018, 1000 in 2019! Last year, I heard from a lot of people that they wanted the flu and COVID booster at the same time, so my demand was way down.

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Brad Bigford @mursebigford.bsky.social · Aug 29

I started offering mobile flu shots in the fall of 2016. I ordered 50 shots. It cost me about $600. I wasn't sure anyone knew about me, and it was a gamble. If you don't give them, they expire within a few months. You can return 10% of your original order, but you have to preorder the previous March

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Brad Bigford @mursebigford.bsky.social · Aug 29

I won't be able to offer mobile flu vaccines this year. I am truly sorry. Thread on why (if you care)

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · Aug 28

It’s outrageous that Sec. Kennedy is trying to fire the CDC Director — after only a few weeks on the job — for her commitment to public health & vaccines.

The Sen. HELP Committee must hold a hearing with Kennedy & the CDC Director as soon as possible.

Vaccines save lives. Period.

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Brad Bigford @mursebigford.bsky.social · Aug 28

Saw this on Eagle Rd. I love this person so much.

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