Peter Rebeiro, PhD, MHS
@prebeiro.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 Assoc. Prof. of Medicine & Biostatistics & Biomedical Informatics, Director of Epidemiology PhD Program, HIV/TB Epidemiologist @Vanderbilt.
https://tinyurl.com/PeterRebeiro
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A #HealthPolicy & #EpiSky 🧵 (re-posting):
1. With renewed threats to the #ACA, my colleagues & I have a new paper out in #HealthAffairs #HAScholar on the effects of #Medicaid expansion under the ACA on #HIV care continuum outcomes across the US.
academic.oup.com/healthaffair...
1. With renewed threats to the #ACA, my colleagues & I have a new paper out in #HealthAffairs #HAScholar on the effects of #Medicaid expansion under the ACA on #HIV care continuum outcomes across the US.
academic.oup.com/healthaffair...
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bad news for fans of children www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/h...
Kennedy Scales Back the Number of Vaccines Recommended for Children
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:40 PM
bad news for fans of children www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/h...
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1). The US is in the middle of the worst flu season in a decade.
2). Pertussis cases are the highest they have been in 20 years.
3). Measles has rebounded and elimination status has been lost.
RFK.Jr. has not recommended vaccination, instead he is aggressively rolling back vaccine policy.
2). Pertussis cases are the highest they have been in 20 years.
3). Measles has rebounded and elimination status has been lost.
RFK.Jr. has not recommended vaccination, instead he is aggressively rolling back vaccine policy.
January 5, 2026 at 8:42 PM
1). The US is in the middle of the worst flu season in a decade.
2). Pertussis cases are the highest they have been in 20 years.
3). Measles has rebounded and elimination status has been lost.
RFK.Jr. has not recommended vaccination, instead he is aggressively rolling back vaccine policy.
2). Pertussis cases are the highest they have been in 20 years.
3). Measles has rebounded and elimination status has been lost.
RFK.Jr. has not recommended vaccination, instead he is aggressively rolling back vaccine policy.
No matter how some undermine and pervert and obscure the truth, it *remains*. The tragedy to mourn isn't *just* the loss of our anchor to reality, it's the entirely preventable suffering that will now be *promoted* because of it.
www.nytimes.com/.../vaccine-....
www.nytimes.com/.../vaccine-....
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:29 AM
No matter how some undermine and pervert and obscure the truth, it *remains*. The tragedy to mourn isn't *just* the loss of our anchor to reality, it's the entirely preventable suffering that will now be *promoted* because of it.
www.nytimes.com/.../vaccine-....
www.nytimes.com/.../vaccine-....
Acting with all the precision of a dull ax dissecting an earthworm...🙄
And what will the consequence be? My prediction: poorer outbreak response, poorer support for local health departments, poorer public health for Americans.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...
www.wired.com/story/cdc-te...
And what will the consequence be? My prediction: poorer outbreak response, poorer support for local health departments, poorer public health for Americans.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...
www.wired.com/story/cdc-te...
Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error
www.nytimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Acting with all the precision of a dull ax dissecting an earthworm...🙄
And what will the consequence be? My prediction: poorer outbreak response, poorer support for local health departments, poorer public health for Americans.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...
www.wired.com/story/cdc-te...
And what will the consequence be? My prediction: poorer outbreak response, poorer support for local health departments, poorer public health for Americans.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...
www.wired.com/story/cdc-te...
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The Trump administration on Saturday scrambled to rescind layoffs of hundreds of CDC scientists who were mistakenly fired on Friday night in what appeared to be a substantial procedural lapse.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...
Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error
www.nytimes.com
October 12, 2025 at 12:14 AM
The Trump administration on Saturday scrambled to rescind layoffs of hundreds of CDC scientists who were mistakenly fired on Friday night in what appeared to be a substantial procedural lapse.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...
Worth remembering in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's murder (when many of my *Catholic* HS classmates were eager to suspend the legal rights of "leftists"), that we've covered this ground before...& St. Thomas More was pretty clear about the illogic ~500 years ago...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDBi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDBi...
A Man for All Seasons - The Devil Speech
YouTube video by dniete97
www.youtube.com
October 11, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Worth remembering in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's murder (when many of my *Catholic* HS classmates were eager to suspend the legal rights of "leftists"), that we've covered this ground before...& St. Thomas More was pretty clear about the illogic ~500 years ago...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDBi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDBi...
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BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
October 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
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What’s that about waste,fraud, and abuse? THIS IS ABUSE
CDC Inaction Stalls COVID Shots for Low-Income Kids
Meanwhile, vaccines for insured kids are already available
www.medpagetoday.com
October 4, 2025 at 1:41 AM
What’s that about waste,fraud, and abuse? THIS IS ABUSE
Part III: There's still something missing; the *value* of truth-seeking motivates *how* we do good science...but what about *why*? There's a cultural *rot* prizing selfishness & control over other people, mixed with ignorance & pride, that we have to reckon with, too.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/o...
Opinion | Why Young Men Are Losing Faith in Science
www.nytimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Part III: There's still something missing; the *value* of truth-seeking motivates *how* we do good science...but what about *why*? There's a cultural *rot* prizing selfishness & control over other people, mixed with ignorance & pride, that we have to reckon with, too.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/o...
Part II: more to be said about how academics often miss the point, following Bloom's piece...
{https://www.chronicle.com/article/why-arent-professors-braver}
But I think there's a lot more going on than what another academic (a sociologist) notes here: *values*...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...
{https://www.chronicle.com/article/why-arent-professors-braver}
But I think there's a lot more going on than what another academic (a sociologist) notes here: *values*...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...
Opinion | What 20 Years of Listening to Vaccine-Hesitant Parents Has Taught Me
www.nytimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Part II: more to be said about how academics often miss the point, following Bloom's piece...
{https://www.chronicle.com/article/why-arent-professors-braver}
But I think there's a lot more going on than what another academic (a sociologist) notes here: *values*...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...
{https://www.chronicle.com/article/why-arent-professors-braver}
But I think there's a lot more going on than what another academic (a sociologist) notes here: *values*...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...
Part I: *All* academics should read this & reflect, as I will. What's the role of academic culture in stifling healthy & necessary confrontation...and how do we shift it?
#AcademicSky #MedSky
www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
#AcademicSky #MedSky
www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
Why Aren’t Professors Braver?
Fear and self-censorship in academe.
www.chronicle.com
October 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Part I: *All* academics should read this & reflect, as I will. What's the role of academic culture in stifling healthy & necessary confrontation...and how do we shift it?
#AcademicSky #MedSky
www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
#AcademicSky #MedSky
www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
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What is Pam Bondi actually doing in today’s “ending political violence against ICE” memo?
I take you through it, tonight at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/a-rather-b...
I take you through it, tonight at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/a-rather-b...
September 30, 2025 at 1:13 AM
What is Pam Bondi actually doing in today’s “ending political violence against ICE” memo?
I take you through it, tonight at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/a-rather-b...
I take you through it, tonight at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/a-rather-b...
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If they can do it under far worse conditions than we have here, so can you.
apnews.com/article/mold...
Moldova’s pro-EU party wins clear parliamentary majority, defeating pro-Russian groups
apnews.com/article/mold...
Moldova’s pro-EU party wins clear parliamentary majority, defeating pro-Russian groups
Moldova’s pro-EU party wins clear parliamentary majority, defeating pro-Russian groups
Moldova’s pro-Western governing party has won a clear parliamentary majority, defeating pro-Russian groups in an election that was widely viewed as a stark choice between East and West.
https://apnews.com/article/moldova-election-parliament-eu-russia-3c4b0ff91143e129ea3ddb73d11ae93b?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=share <br>Moldova’s
September 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
If they can do it under far worse conditions than we have here, so can you.
apnews.com/article/mold...
Moldova’s pro-EU party wins clear parliamentary majority, defeating pro-Russian groups
apnews.com/article/mold...
Moldova’s pro-EU party wins clear parliamentary majority, defeating pro-Russian groups
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WATCH: “They’re not strong. If you’re strong you don’t feel the need to do this level of suppression of dissent. When you’re confident in what you’re presenting you don’t need to do this stuff.”
Hasan & @timheidecker.bsky.social on the Trump regime’s authoritarian crackdown
Hasan & @timheidecker.bsky.social on the Trump regime’s authoritarian crackdown
September 28, 2025 at 4:54 AM
WATCH: “They’re not strong. If you’re strong you don’t feel the need to do this level of suppression of dissent. When you’re confident in what you’re presenting you don’t need to do this stuff.”
Hasan & @timheidecker.bsky.social on the Trump regime’s authoritarian crackdown
Hasan & @timheidecker.bsky.social on the Trump regime’s authoritarian crackdown
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Icymi the first time this ran, here’s a refresher: Vaccines today are more efficient and contain far fewer stimulants to the immune system than some used decades ago
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/h...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/h...
Are Childhood Vaccines ‘Overloading’ the Immune System? No.
www.nytimes.com
September 22, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Icymi the first time this ran, here’s a refresher: Vaccines today are more efficient and contain far fewer stimulants to the immune system than some used decades ago
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/h...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/h...
There's a lot to say about the scientific illiteracy, hucksterism, & plain ol' predatory populism here...but before we can better educate the ill-informed, we have to have people who *want* to understand the science (& then, who are *capable* of understanding it). 🤷🏾♂️🙁
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
Trump Ignores Science by Linking Autism to Vaccines and a Common Painkiller
www.nytimes.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:08 AM
There's a lot to say about the scientific illiteracy, hucksterism, & plain ol' predatory populism here...but before we can better educate the ill-informed, we have to have people who *want* to understand the science (& then, who are *capable* of understanding it). 🤷🏾♂️🙁
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
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Withdrawing from the War on Cancer: an extraordinarily successful scientific research system that took decades to build, saved millions of lives and generated billions of dollars in profits is being dismantled in short order. @jonathanmahler.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer
www.nytimes.com
September 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Withdrawing from the War on Cancer: an extraordinarily successful scientific research system that took decades to build, saved millions of lives and generated billions of dollars in profits is being dismantled in short order. @jonathanmahler.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
Kinda hilarious anyone wants to pretend these people are motivated by anything other than barbarous cruelty & violence. It's *grotesque*.
America empowered the worst of its own in electing Trump, and in turn, he has empowered the worst of America.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
America empowered the worst of its own in electing Trump, and in turn, he has empowered the worst of America.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
September 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Kinda hilarious anyone wants to pretend these people are motivated by anything other than barbarous cruelty & violence. It's *grotesque*.
America empowered the worst of its own in electing Trump, and in turn, he has empowered the worst of America.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
America empowered the worst of its own in electing Trump, and in turn, he has empowered the worst of America.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
He should never have been confirmed by the Senate in the first place...& he's unlikely to resign or be fired...but that doesn't mean scientists shouldn't continue stating the facts & calling out this cult of disinformation & death.
Thank you, @idsainfo.bsky.social
www.idsociety.org/news--public...
Thank you, @idsainfo.bsky.social
www.idsociety.org/news--public...
Joint statement calling for Secretary Kennedy resignation
www.idsociety.org
September 4, 2025 at 6:12 AM
He should never have been confirmed by the Senate in the first place...& he's unlikely to resign or be fired...but that doesn't mean scientists shouldn't continue stating the facts & calling out this cult of disinformation & death.
Thank you, @idsainfo.bsky.social
www.idsociety.org/news--public...
Thank you, @idsainfo.bsky.social
www.idsociety.org/news--public...
Whether Americans find the warnings persuasive or not, it doesn't change the terrible *reality* that we all face, or the knowledge, expertise, & credibility of these authors. It's important for scientists to keep speaking truth to power, if only to avoid complicity.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
www.nytimes.com
September 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Whether Americans find the warnings persuasive or not, it doesn't change the terrible *reality* that we all face, or the knowledge, expertise, & credibility of these authors. It's important for scientists to keep speaking truth to power, if only to avoid complicity.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
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The newly ousted director of the CDC refused to fire top agency leaders or approve changes to vaccines from RFK Jr.’s hand-picked panel of advisers.
Monarez refused to fire top CDC leaders, ‘rubber-stamp’ vaccine changes, confidante says
The former CDC director was ousted late Wednesday after refusing to resign despite pressure from Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
www.politico.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The newly ousted director of the CDC refused to fire top agency leaders or approve changes to vaccines from RFK Jr.’s hand-picked panel of advisers.
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Gupta: Here’s why this matters:
1. Because the FDA indications have changed, if I prescribe it to you, I’m opening myself up to a lawsuit. He directly signals that…
2. A pharmacist is no longer able to prescribe and administer a COVID-19 booster that doesn’t meet indications.
1. Because the FDA indications have changed, if I prescribe it to you, I’m opening myself up to a lawsuit. He directly signals that…
2. A pharmacist is no longer able to prescribe and administer a COVID-19 booster that doesn’t meet indications.
August 28, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Gupta: Here’s why this matters:
1. Because the FDA indications have changed, if I prescribe it to you, I’m opening myself up to a lawsuit. He directly signals that…
2. A pharmacist is no longer able to prescribe and administer a COVID-19 booster that doesn’t meet indications.
1. Because the FDA indications have changed, if I prescribe it to you, I’m opening myself up to a lawsuit. He directly signals that…
2. A pharmacist is no longer able to prescribe and administer a COVID-19 booster that doesn’t meet indications.
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New, from me:
America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism.
This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism.
This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
The authoritarian checklist
It is time to admit that America is no longer a functioning democracy
donmoynihan.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
New, from me:
America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism.
This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism.
This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
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This interview, which is also available to listen to as a podcast, provides a useful overview of some of the dangerous trends we’ve been seeing in recent months regarding federalization and militarization of state and local police functions.
Opinion | Trump Is Building His Own Paramilitary Force
www.nytimes.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
This interview, which is also available to listen to as a podcast, provides a useful overview of some of the dangerous trends we’ve been seeing in recent months regarding federalization and militarization of state and local police functions.