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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 13h

🧵RFK "HIV-doesn't-cause-AIDS" Jr. is now linking circumcision with autism.

This nonsense was posted by his anti-vax group Children's Health Defense years ago, and I looked into it.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS9D...

SHOCK CLAIM: RFK Jr. Says Children Circumcised Early Have Twice The Autism Rate Due To Tylenol Use

YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News

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Andy Pasternak @tubadrew.bsky.social · 1d

Congrats @hyponaqueen.bsky.social !!!! I'm incredibly excited to start working with you at Western States!

www.wser.org/2025/10/08/h...

Hew-Butler Named WSER Medical Research Director – WSER

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Andy Pasternak @tubadrew.bsky.social · 2d

I've hated these places and have gotten the @NVStateMedical to pass a resolution against these "spas". It's a waste of money and potentially dangerous: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

State Policies and Facility Practices of IV Hydration Spas in the US

This mixed-methods study examines variation in US state-level policies regarding the oversight and regulation of intravenous hydration spas as well as their product offerings, claims, and practices.

jamanetwork.com

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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 2d

“Secretary Kennedy is entitled to his views. But he is not entitled to put people’s health at risk.”

Six former surgeons general condemn RFK Jr.

Opinion | Six surgeons general: RFK Jr. is a threat to the health of Americans

It was our duty in office to warn of dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Andy Pasternak @tubadrew.bsky.social · 3d

So I can blame my dad 🤣

Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 3d

Exercising fathers, enhanced endurance and metabolic heath in offspring, through sperm microRNAs (as demonstrated in mice)
www.cell.com/cell-metabol...

Paternal exercise confers endurance capacity to offspring through sperm microRNAs

Yin et al. show that paternal exercise improves offspring endurance capacity and metabolic health via sperm microRNAs that reprogram gene expression in early embryos, revealing how exercise benefits c...

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Seth M. Fisher @mgoseth.bsky.social · 5d

a cartoon tiger is holding a sign that says detroit tigers on it

ALT: a cartoon tiger is holding a sign that says detroit tigers on it

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 6d

Here’s where to get it. It’s also on Amazon, but directly from the publisher is best.

I promise every page will shock and horrify you.

redhawkpublications.com/EVERYONE-ELS...

EVERYONE ELSE IS LYING TO YOU: How the medical establishment weaponized doubt to spread COVID, normalize quackery, and undermine public health.

Trade paperback, 6x9, 671 pages of text, Notes and Index are available as separate digital downloads. Please see the QR code in the book for details. In his sobering follow-up to the provocative We W...

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 6d

Kind words from @jonathanstea.bsky.social @adamratnermd.bsky.social and John Moore

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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 6d

This ostentatious Christian with the big cross around her neck is really saying that people who cannot prove their citizenship in an emergency room should be left on the sidewalk to die. And that's what she believes.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Leavitt: "When an illegal alien goes to the emergency room, who's paying for it? The American taxpayer."

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Andy Pasternak @tubadrew.bsky.social · 6d

Hot take, having just been in Europe: Their method for standardizing allergies on menus is something we should do in the US: www.efsa.europa.eu/en/safe2eat/...

Food allergens

Where to find information if you have an allergic reaction to foodA food allergy occurs when the body's immune system reacts to specific foods. Although allergic reactions are often mild, they can be ...

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Andy Pasternak @tubadrew.bsky.social · 7d

Is the Pope still an American citizen? Does he get to vote in Chicago?

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👻 Boo!-ver Street Rag @hooverstreetrag.org · 7d

The first Tigers catcher to homer in a postseason game since the legend himself, Lance Parrish (also #13) in Game 5 of the 1984 World Series?!?

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Science Magazine @science.org · 7d

Exclusive: Four institute directors at NIH and another top agency official who have been in professional limbo since being placed on administrative leave in the spring have now been fired, ScienceInsider has learned. https://scim.ag/4nIyF3S

After months in limbo, four NIH institute directors fired

Two leaders removed by Trump administration had hoped to stay at agency as in-house investigators

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Andy Pasternak @tubadrew.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks @UltraRunningMag for publishing the article I co-wrote with @hyponaqueen.bsky.social on the harms of IV hydration spas for endurance athletes. At best, these are a waste of money, and at worst, can be dangerous. subscriber.ultrarunning.com/archive/arti.... #ultrarunning #trailruning

IV Hydration: Science or Pseudoscience?

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Andy Pasternak @tubadrew.bsky.social · 7d

It's a tension I face running a small family medicine office. Money isn't our primary motivator, but it is for so many of the companies/insurance companies we are forced to work with. I've really had to silo my thinking in working with them to avoid burnout

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Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine @jabfm.bsky.social · Jul 21

Many patients don’t ask for or understand the Medicare Annual Wellness Visit, making it harder for them to participate meaningfully. New research explores how this limits its effectiveness despite database analyses showing benefits. www.jabfm.org/content/38/2...

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Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 8d

Folks who signed the Great Barrington Declaration must be really thrilled to see their guys (Drs Kulldorff, Bhattacharya) holding such senior MAGA/MAHA positions in the Trump Administration, delivering RFK Jr's anti-vaxx agenda, pushing for mass infection instead of mass vaccination (the GBD 'way')

Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 21d

Measles cases hit record highs with RFK Jr. in charge.

Now, his hand-picked vaccine panel just voted to make it harder for little babies to get vaccinated for measles and other diseases.

How does that keep our kids safe?

CDC advisers vote to recommend against combined measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox vaccine for young children | CNN

Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted Thursday to recommended against using the combined measles, mumps, rubella and varicella vaccine for young children.

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Andy Pasternak @tubadrew.bsky.social · 8d

Similar to the folks who pushed back against anti-vaccine legislation, I'd love to hear from pro-vaccine rural physicians about how they are dealing with patients in the office, especially in counties where COVID vaccine rates were very, very low

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Andy Pasternak @tubadrew.bsky.social · 12d

That just shows you their devotion to the dollar over the health of people.

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Andy Pasternak @tubadrew.bsky.social · 12d

And the worst twist: Meanwhile, Semler is now pivoting to bitcoin and "The company announced on Monday that Strive, a bitcoin treasury company backed by former biotech executive and Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, would buy Semler for $1.3 billion in stock"

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Andy Pasternak @tubadrew.bsky.social · 12d

This pisses me off that the DOJ is dropping charges against United Health Care. Every primary care clinician I know could tell you how United and a number of other insurance companies were using the bogus test to bilk Medicare out of lots of money. www.statnews.com/2025/09/26/u...

Unsealed court documents reveal a whistleblower suit over UnitedHealth use of an artery disease test

Whistleblowers are suing UnitedHealth Group over its use of a peripheral artery disease test, called QuantaFlo, to increase Medicare payments

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🦋Dr. Natalia🕊🌻🪬 @solnatamd.medsky.social · 13d

Totally missed this article when it was published. But I am glad somebody wrote about this. I read both books when they were released - by Ladapo & by his wife 🤯. She does write about angels speaking to her, intuition, aura. I think it is important to know that her vision affects what he does in FL.

Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 26d

The Florida Surgeon General's anti-vax wife claims she has "gifts" entrusted by her husband, including visions and angels who have visited her regularly.

She also claimed there are chemtrails outside their house put there by dark forces out to get them

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Guided by angels, pursued by chemtrails: the weird world of Florida health chief’s influential wife

Brianna Ladapo, the wife of Florida surgeon general Dr Joseph Ladapo, claims her husband won’t work with anyone she hasn’t vetted

www.theguardian.com

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Andy Pasternak @tubadrew.bsky.social · 13d

Dude is missing out on some great food in Dearborn. Al-Amer is worth a set of earplugs if the sounds really bother him that much

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Andy Pasternak @tubadrew.bsky.social · 13d

Exactly- All it takes is one insurance company to not reimburse for any of the new vacccines that cost $150+ and you've wiped out any profit margin for at least 5-10 vaccines. We started using a third party company because we were losing money

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Kenny Lin, MD, MPH @kennylinafp.bsky.social · 13d

But RFK Jr. gets rich off of being anti-vaccine.

Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 13d

No, doctors don't get rich off vaccines.

www.npr.org/2025/09/25/n...

No, your doctor isn't getting rich off of vaccines : The Indicator from Planet Money

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Junior says doctors are pushing vaccines onto their patients in order to make profits. Healthcare in the US is a business … but does that mean ...

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