Making a "V" for 'go vote!'

Or maybe it's a "VU!" for the Ten Win Vandy Commodores!

Either way, get out there Nashville!

TN has a lot work to do to improve childhood literacy, so I'm not sure why a small contingent would try to take over and undermine libraries. (source: Bush Foundation for Family Literacy)

Can't imagine why one would discourage people from recognizing #WorldAIDSday. So many fighters came together t to battle the #HIV crisis, I'd be happy if we saw their stories celebrated, more often, and more visibly. Here's one with personal connection from Wisconsin:

Don't love the idea of living through events that sound like they are pulled from a future Plainly Difficult video.

Among the scariest moments of my intern year of residency, infants with pertussis was definitely near the top. The best defense for kids under two months old is to prevent exposure by making sure everyone in the family is up to date on TDaP.

Okay, time for bed.

In other news, everyone should go watch Drop Dead Gorgeous. Other people have mentioned this, but 1999 was an absolutely wild year in movies. The Matrix, Sixth Sense, The Iron Giant, Fight Club, Magnolia and the Blair Witch Project world ALL change their genres.

BRB, I'm on my way to tell the gang that Vandy Football has 9 regular season wins for the first time since 1915!

Alright, timeline cleanse for the weekend. One of my favorite things about Nashville is the close-up magic you can see at the House of Cards. Here is a very cool old video of an old legend of card tricks that should be watched by any magic nerd.

Just scanned the transcript of first interview with Senator Bill Cassidy since the CDC's credibility collapse: "Live is lived forward" may be a good mantra in recovery, but it abandons the accountability and responsibility I would expect from a physician and leader.

Initial reaction to CDC from @kkjetelina.bsky.social seems reasonable:

[1] General public: avoid the CDC website.
[2] Specifically be dubious of anything receiving attn from political operatives: vaccines, reproductive health, environmental science, or health equity.

Fortunately, despite two recent outbreaks, contamination of infant formulas has been rare over the past three decades. Clostridium botulinum is a surprising pathogen, will be interesting to find root cause.

Confronting what happens to people who have been gripped by misinformation is overwhelming. And it's been on my mind a lot since graduating medical school. I've been thinking about this article a lot over the last two months. I highly recommend it.

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As a board certified pediatrician, I share your frustration and disappointment. The framing used by this outlet is irresponsible, and part of a systemic problem that's made it hard for me to trust their work in other areas where I don't happen to have expertise.

Just pulled up the new page HHS forced onto CDC website. It's more embarrassing than I imagined. Reminds me of when John Krakauer had some YouTube crank posting insane conspiracy theories about 'Into Thin Air' back last winter. Link for those not familiar:

Glad this was released quickly. I literally created this account to amplify this message. Among medical professionals, there is no controversy. There is consensus. There is similar agreement about the value of vaccines in public health and about Bear Bryant being a pretty good football coach.