AndyM
@andymeiman.bsky.social
Emerg med PA (ret.). Advocate for Public Health and science. Mets/Jets fan, UCONN BB fan. Posts are a hodgepodge.
Watched the entire speech and following Q&A. What would it take to coax him to run for President here?
January 22, 2026 at 4:00 PM
“Americans who understand the strategic value of NATO to the United States — and there are many — should speak up now. They should remind their leaders that America’s strength has always been amplified, not constrained, by strong allies.”
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Opinion | Trump’s Greenland Threats Will Boomerang on America
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January 18, 2026 at 2:39 PM
“Americans who understand the strategic value of NATO to the United States — and there are many — should speak up now. They should remind their leaders that America’s strength has always been amplified, not constrained, by strong allies.”
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I started banging this gong about 8+ years ago. Glad to see it’s still getting attention, but disappointing it’s still necessary.
“A negative test for leukocyte esterase is exceptionally good at excluding a UTI, but the converse isn’t true: Detection of white blood cells… and or nitrite alone cannot differentiate a benign and prevalent condition termed asymptomatic bacteriuria from an actual infection.”
The complicated truth about urinary tract infections in the elderly
Overdiagnosis of UTIs in elderly patients leads to unnecessary antibiotics.
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December 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I started banging this gong about 8+ years ago. Glad to see it’s still getting attention, but disappointing it’s still necessary.
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Why is the independence of the Fed so important? Former Fed chairs Ben Bernanke & Janet Yellen answer in a short @brookings.edu video. youtu.be/xeIAlIEzlI8?...
The Independence of the Federal Reserve: Why It Matters
YouTube video by Brookings Institution
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December 18, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Why is the independence of the Fed so important? Former Fed chairs Ben Bernanke & Janet Yellen answer in a short @brookings.edu video. youtu.be/xeIAlIEzlI8?...
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American citizens are not required to have “their papers” on them.
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 9:48 PM
American citizens are not required to have “their papers” on them.
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Steve Cropper, the soulful guitarist and songwriter who helped anchor the celebrated Memphis backing band Booker T. and the M.G.’s at Stax Records and co-wrote the classics “Green Onions,” “(Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay” and “In the Midnight Hour,” has died. He was 84. https://to.pbs.org/48fgEoM
Steve Cropper, masterful guitarist and member of Stax Records' Booker T and the M.G.'s, has died at age 84
Cropper also became known to younger fans as member of the group backing Blues Brothers John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Steve Cropper, the soulful guitarist and songwriter who helped anchor the celebrated Memphis backing band Booker T. and the M.G.’s at Stax Records and co-wrote the classics “Green Onions,” “(Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay” and “In the Midnight Hour,” has died. He was 84. https://to.pbs.org/48fgEoM
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RFK wrong AGAIN www.scientificamerican.com/article/mass... 🧪 #medsky
Massive Study Finds No Link Between Fluoride in Tap Water and Lower Child IQ
Researchers tracked thousands of Americans for decades, finding no links between ingesting recommended levels of fluoride and lower cognitive skills
www.scientificamerican.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:39 AM
RFK wrong AGAIN www.scientificamerican.com/article/mass... 🧪 #medsky
“Dr. Abraham spent decades as a physician and a veterinarian before winning a congressional seat representing Louisiana in 2014.”
Doctor Critical of Vaccines Quietly Appointed as C.D.C.’s Second in Command www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
Doctor Critical of Vaccines Quietly Appointed as C.D.C.’s Second in Command www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
Doctor Critical of Vaccines Quietly Appointed as C.D.C.’s Second in Command
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November 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
“Dr. Abraham spent decades as a physician and a veterinarian before winning a congressional seat representing Louisiana in 2014.”
Doctor Critical of Vaccines Quietly Appointed as C.D.C.’s Second in Command www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
Doctor Critical of Vaccines Quietly Appointed as C.D.C.’s Second in Command www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
The first 4 comments on this AP post.
November 14, 2025 at 11:42 PM
The first 4 comments on this AP post.
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The White House has been boasting about the revenue that its tariffs are raising.
And now their argument to the Supremes is that the President has imposed regulatory tariffs, not revenue-generating tariffs, and so case isn't about the power to tax. (Nonsense, obv.)
Here's a leading economics text.
And now their argument to the Supremes is that the President has imposed regulatory tariffs, not revenue-generating tariffs, and so case isn't about the power to tax. (Nonsense, obv.)
Here's a leading economics text.
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The White House has been boasting about the revenue that its tariffs are raising.
And now their argument to the Supremes is that the President has imposed regulatory tariffs, not revenue-generating tariffs, and so case isn't about the power to tax. (Nonsense, obv.)
Here's a leading economics text.
And now their argument to the Supremes is that the President has imposed regulatory tariffs, not revenue-generating tariffs, and so case isn't about the power to tax. (Nonsense, obv.)
Here's a leading economics text.
Not surprisingly, the Rep didn’t answer the question put to him. Hospital EDs are not profit centers. Staffing is bare-boned, supplies cut-rate. The true money is in reimbursable procedures (surgery, endoscopy, colonoscopy, chemo).
His plan is ludicrous.
His plan is ludicrous.
SCARBOROUGH: The Nebraska Rural Health Association says at least 6 rural hospitals would have to close bc of the big beautiful bill
FLOOD: Here's the deal: Some hospitals that are rural hospitals are going to eventually have to transition from being acute bed hospitals into being an ER model
FLOOD: Here's the deal: Some hospitals that are rural hospitals are going to eventually have to transition from being acute bed hospitals into being an ER model
October 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Not surprisingly, the Rep didn’t answer the question put to him. Hospital EDs are not profit centers. Staffing is bare-boned, supplies cut-rate. The true money is in reimbursable procedures (surgery, endoscopy, colonoscopy, chemo).
His plan is ludicrous.
His plan is ludicrous.
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This is delusional. You can't support a hospital on only an ER - they're not the profit center of a hospital! ERs take enormous charity care losses due to EMTALA and have to be cross-subsidized by more profitable service areas.
SCARBOROUGH: The Nebraska Rural Health Association says at least 6 rural hospitals would have to close bc of the big beautiful bill
FLOOD: Here's the deal: Some hospitals that are rural hospitals are going to eventually have to transition from being acute bed hospitals into being an ER model
FLOOD: Here's the deal: Some hospitals that are rural hospitals are going to eventually have to transition from being acute bed hospitals into being an ER model
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This is delusional. You can't support a hospital on only an ER - they're not the profit center of a hospital! ERs take enormous charity care losses due to EMTALA and have to be cross-subsidized by more profitable service areas.
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/3 Here, by the way, is what the Supreme Court ACTUALLY said about Trump’s theory in Texas v. Johnson 36 years ago:
October 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
/3 Here, by the way, is what the Supreme Court ACTUALLY said about Trump’s theory in Texas v. Johnson 36 years ago:
Love this.
The Jane Goodall Institute threatened to sue Gary Larson over this cartoon.
Goodall told them not to be so stupid, sold it on a tshirt, and wrote the introduction to The Far Side Gallery 5. Absolute legend.
Goodall told them not to be so stupid, sold it on a tshirt, and wrote the introduction to The Far Side Gallery 5. Absolute legend.
October 1, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Love this.
I can say there are millions of people who have been given vaccines and who take a variety of medications, including acetaminophen, who do not have autism.
Trump: "I think I can say there are certain groups of people that don't take vaccines and don't take any pills that have no autism. Does that tell you something? Is that a correct statement, by the way? ... I'm not so careful with what I say."
September 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I can say there are millions of people who have been given vaccines and who take a variety of medications, including acetaminophen, who do not have autism.
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Emergency medicine has been the light in the house of medicine that is always on for anyone, anytime for anything. @dennisrenmd.bsky.social @kaymd.bsky.social @acepnation.bsky.social
September 7, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Emergency medicine has been the light in the house of medicine that is always on for anyone, anytime for anything. @dennisrenmd.bsky.social @kaymd.bsky.social @acepnation.bsky.social
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may also cause less common but bad things like long term impaired hearing, vision, dizziness, taste problems, and facial paralysis, and other miserable problems like meningitis and encephalitis
September 4, 2025 at 9:49 PM
may also cause less common but bad things like long term impaired hearing, vision, dizziness, taste problems, and facial paralysis, and other miserable problems like meningitis and encephalitis
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August 7: Trump demands Intel fire its' CEO, Lip-Bu Tan
August 11: Trump meets with Lip-Bu Tan
August 22: Trump announces purchase of 10% of Intel, and that "I negotiated this Deal with Lip-Bu Tan, the Highly Respected Chief Executive Officer of the Company."
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August 11: Trump meets with Lip-Bu Tan
August 22: Trump announces purchase of 10% of Intel, and that "I negotiated this Deal with Lip-Bu Tan, the Highly Respected Chief Executive Officer of the Company."
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August 23, 2025 at 1:40 PM
August 7: Trump demands Intel fire its' CEO, Lip-Bu Tan
August 11: Trump meets with Lip-Bu Tan
August 22: Trump announces purchase of 10% of Intel, and that "I negotiated this Deal with Lip-Bu Tan, the Highly Respected Chief Executive Officer of the Company."
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
August 11: Trump meets with Lip-Bu Tan
August 22: Trump announces purchase of 10% of Intel, and that "I negotiated this Deal with Lip-Bu Tan, the Highly Respected Chief Executive Officer of the Company."
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Lincoln Heritage Museum responds to Trump. More of this, please. 🗃️
August 21, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Lincoln Heritage Museum responds to Trump. More of this, please. 🗃️
This is laughable.
1. ‘…so long as you behave…’???
2. Biden’s war?
3. the notion Putin will stop his aggression due to our ‘strong’ President’s involvement. He’ll do what he wants when he wants.
We got nothing from the Alaska meeting. Attacks continue. Listen to Lavrov’s statements.
1. ‘…so long as you behave…’???
2. Biden’s war?
3. the notion Putin will stop his aggression due to our ‘strong’ President’s involvement. He’ll do what he wants when he wants.
We got nothing from the Alaska meeting. Attacks continue. Listen to Lavrov’s statements.
JD Vance on Putin's invasion of Ukraine: "I think this is Joe Biden's war."
August 20, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This is laughable.
1. ‘…so long as you behave…’???
2. Biden’s war?
3. the notion Putin will stop his aggression due to our ‘strong’ President’s involvement. He’ll do what he wants when he wants.
We got nothing from the Alaska meeting. Attacks continue. Listen to Lavrov’s statements.
1. ‘…so long as you behave…’???
2. Biden’s war?
3. the notion Putin will stop his aggression due to our ‘strong’ President’s involvement. He’ll do what he wants when he wants.
We got nothing from the Alaska meeting. Attacks continue. Listen to Lavrov’s statements.
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Why are universities contemplating closing entire humanities and foreign language programs, you ask? This. This is why.
What? You haven't heard about this existential threat to these subjects across Every. Single. R1. Research. University. in the country?
No, I suspect that you haven't:
What? You haven't heard about this existential threat to these subjects across Every. Single. R1. Research. University. in the country?
No, I suspect that you haven't:
It’s not just FLAS. It’s all the Title VI area studies centers. And dozens of labs & postdocs & research opportunities for undergrads funded by NSF and NIH grants. All gone. But the public won’t be aware of the actual consequences unless our leaders loudly & collectively explain to them the crisis.
Again, you cannot unplug 1/4-1/5 of an R1 university's budget & expect the same quantity or quality of "things" on campus. The math simply doesn't work. And pretending it does & we can uphold our "core values," & not talking loudly & publicly about how it doesn't, is not a strategy. It's madness.
August 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Why are universities contemplating closing entire humanities and foreign language programs, you ask? This. This is why.
What? You haven't heard about this existential threat to these subjects across Every. Single. R1. Research. University. in the country?
No, I suspect that you haven't:
What? You haven't heard about this existential threat to these subjects across Every. Single. R1. Research. University. in the country?
No, I suspect that you haven't:
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The mRNA vaccine platform has already been assessed across diverse clinical indications, many with remarkable progress:
—cancer neoantigen vaccines [in patients with refractory disease (e.g. pancreatic)]
—more than 15 infectious diseases
—autoimmune diseases
—rare disease for genome editing
—cancer neoantigen vaccines [in patients with refractory disease (e.g. pancreatic)]
—more than 15 infectious diseases
—autoimmune diseases
—rare disease for genome editing
August 6, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The mRNA vaccine platform has already been assessed across diverse clinical indications, many with remarkable progress:
—cancer neoantigen vaccines [in patients with refractory disease (e.g. pancreatic)]
—more than 15 infectious diseases
—autoimmune diseases
—rare disease for genome editing
—cancer neoantigen vaccines [in patients with refractory disease (e.g. pancreatic)]
—more than 15 infectious diseases
—autoimmune diseases
—rare disease for genome editing
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Heard from #AHRQ that the entire grants staff has been let go! They are unable to issue funds for grants already funded, let alone fund new grants. This is outrageous and will make Americans poorer and sicker. Why? A brief thread about just some recent AHRQ-funded research: #MedSky #HealthPolicy
July 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Heard from #AHRQ that the entire grants staff has been let go! They are unable to issue funds for grants already funded, let alone fund new grants. This is outrageous and will make Americans poorer and sicker. Why? A brief thread about just some recent AHRQ-funded research: #MedSky #HealthPolicy
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June 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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From DHS (verified) Twitter feed.
From DHS (verified) Twitter feed.
June 12, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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From DHS (verified) Twitter feed.
From DHS (verified) Twitter feed.