Anne Blackerby
@anneblackerby.bsky.social
More-retired-than-not pediatrician, wife, mom, Gr’Anne, food-lover, Redbone Hound + dark/brown tabby, cradle Episcopalian voting her Baptismal Covenant. And 🥒-ball!
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This is missing the second page of her poem:
January 9, 2026 at 2:21 PM
This is missing the second page of her poem:
And then anyone else still pursuing this UnConstitutional perversion of our laws, not to mention our values.
It would take only a handful of Republican votes in the Senate and even fewer in the House to impeach, convict, and remove Trump. Only a handful.
January 8, 2026 at 7:39 PM
And then anyone else still pursuing this UnConstitutional perversion of our laws, not to mention our values.
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The Whopper of the Week from @defendpublichealth.bsky.social is out!
This week we discuss RFK Jr.’s false claims about a lack of informed consent with childhood vaccines.
This week we discuss RFK Jr.’s false claims about a lack of informed consent with childhood vaccines.
Whopper of the Week: RFK, Jr. Cloaks Anti-vaxx Quackery in the Language of Informed Consent | Defend Public Health
On January 5, 2026, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that the CDC will no longer recommend six of the seventeen vaccines previously on the United States (U.S.) childhood immunization sche...
www.defendpublichealth.org
January 8, 2026 at 6:59 PM
The Whopper of the Week from @defendpublichealth.bsky.social is out!
This week we discuss RFK Jr.’s false claims about a lack of informed consent with childhood vaccines.
This week we discuss RFK Jr.’s false claims about a lack of informed consent with childhood vaccines.
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what you clearly see, CLEARLY, is a driver who is spooked by the agents grabbing her door, takes steps to drive away, and is immediately shot as moves her vehicle *away* from the agents.
Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
January 8, 2026 at 1:12 PM
what you clearly see, CLEARLY, is a driver who is spooked by the agents grabbing her door, takes steps to drive away, and is immediately shot as moves her vehicle *away* from the agents.
Please read this from @pauloffit.
You need to know about the old Tuskegee experiment - shockingly unethical and still compounding health inequity - and how it’s relevant today.
You need to know about the old Tuskegee experiment - shockingly unethical and still compounding health inequity - and how it’s relevant today.
@pauloffit.bsky.social saying the quiet part out loud - Kennedy putting the US in the company of amoral experimenters of the past - where human lives are treated as inconsequential.
Medical professionals have a duty to understand and to speak out.
@drsforamerica.bsky.social
Medical professionals have a duty to understand and to speak out.
@drsforamerica.bsky.social
RFK Jr.’s Tuskegee Experiment
RFK Jr. recently directed the CDC to fund a study in West Africa that lays bare his cruelty and dishonesty
open.substack.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Please read this from @pauloffit.
You need to know about the old Tuskegee experiment - shockingly unethical and still compounding health inequity - and how it’s relevant today.
You need to know about the old Tuskegee experiment - shockingly unethical and still compounding health inequity - and how it’s relevant today.
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This is so important.
I’ve taken care of children who didn’t die from their vaccine preventable illness but instead
-lost limbs
-developed kidney failure requiring dialysis
-had strokes and permanent deficits
Death isn’t the only bad outcome.
And sometimes it may not be the worst one.
I’ve taken care of children who didn’t die from their vaccine preventable illness but instead
-lost limbs
-developed kidney failure requiring dialysis
-had strokes and permanent deficits
Death isn’t the only bad outcome.
And sometimes it may not be the worst one.
The narrative over the last few years has increasingly been, “Either it kills you or you’re fine.”
That narrative is dumb. Infectious diseases can (and do!) do all sorts of horrible, non-fatal damage. Which is also very bad and worth preventing.
That narrative is dumb. Infectious diseases can (and do!) do all sorts of horrible, non-fatal damage. Which is also very bad and worth preventing.
The CDC changed the universal vaccine schedule & no longer recommends
Rotavirus
Hepatitis A & B
Meningitis
Influenza
RSV
I’ve cared for previously healthy kids who died from RSV, influenza and meningitis.
We all are going to be caring for a lot more now.
In our already overflowing hospitals
Rotavirus
Hepatitis A & B
Meningitis
Influenza
RSV
I’ve cared for previously healthy kids who died from RSV, influenza and meningitis.
We all are going to be caring for a lot more now.
In our already overflowing hospitals
January 6, 2026 at 1:24 AM
This is so important.
I’ve taken care of children who didn’t die from their vaccine preventable illness but instead
-lost limbs
-developed kidney failure requiring dialysis
-had strokes and permanent deficits
Death isn’t the only bad outcome.
And sometimes it may not be the worst one.
I’ve taken care of children who didn’t die from their vaccine preventable illness but instead
-lost limbs
-developed kidney failure requiring dialysis
-had strokes and permanent deficits
Death isn’t the only bad outcome.
And sometimes it may not be the worst one.
This is now a really bad situation, says the mostly-retired, old-fashioned lap-sitting primary-care-pediatrician.
January 5, 2026 at 9:41 PM
This is now a really bad situation, says the mostly-retired, old-fashioned lap-sitting primary-care-pediatrician.
Come on, GA and AL friends! Let’s find this sweet boi a good home, ASAP.
My senior hound and rescued cat won’t tolerate new addition, so I can’t be his person. But you could? Or someone you know!
My senior hound and rescued cat won’t tolerate new addition, so I can’t be his person. But you could? Or someone you know!
January 5, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Come on, GA and AL friends! Let’s find this sweet boi a good home, ASAP.
My senior hound and rescued cat won’t tolerate new addition, so I can’t be his person. But you could? Or someone you know!
My senior hound and rescued cat won’t tolerate new addition, so I can’t be his person. But you could? Or someone you know!
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Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country.
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
January 3, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country.
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
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BREAKING NEWS: Actual facts appear for the first time on "Truth" Social.
December 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Actual facts appear for the first time on "Truth" Social.
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The story was always already about an impoverished unmarried couple facing a pitiless bureaucracy, having a baby in a barn, and then having to hide from a tyrant. The baby grew up to say that the poor were blessed and the neighbor is he who shows mercy. You can’t hide from the politics of all that.
This year, statues of tall men clad in all black with masks drawn up to hide their faces are disrupting the serenity of a Charlotte church's Nativity scene.
The figures are depicted approaching the Holy Family and the Wise Men with handcuffs as if preparing to make an arrest.
The figures are depicted approaching the Holy Family and the Wise Men with handcuffs as if preparing to make an arrest.
As anti-ICE Nativity scenes spark outrage, faith leaders grapple with politics at the pulpit | CNN
As Nativity scenes depicting ICE draw attention and outrage, faith leaders are grappling with politics in religion and urging a closer reading of the Christmas story.
www.cnn.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The story was always already about an impoverished unmarried couple facing a pitiless bureaucracy, having a baby in a barn, and then having to hide from a tyrant. The baby grew up to say that the poor were blessed and the neighbor is he who shows mercy. You can’t hide from the politics of all that.
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Opinion | One of America’s Most Successful Experiments Is Coming to a Shuddering Halt
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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Get your flu shot. ASAP if you haven’t already.
And get your updated Covid while you’re at it.
And get your updated Covid while you’re at it.
December 31, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Get your flu shot. ASAP if you haven’t already.
And get your updated Covid while you’re at it.
And get your updated Covid while you’re at it.
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December 26, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Pathogens are not privy to this conspiracy. They lie in wait for a spillover event and then off they go.
This is why placing conspiracy theorists in charge of US science and healthcare puts the entire globe in danger.
Ignoring scientific facts while clinging to a comfort conspiracy is deadly.
This is why placing conspiracy theorists in charge of US science and healthcare puts the entire globe in danger.
Ignoring scientific facts while clinging to a comfort conspiracy is deadly.
December 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Pathogens are not privy to this conspiracy. They lie in wait for a spillover event and then off they go.
This is why placing conspiracy theorists in charge of US science and healthcare puts the entire globe in danger.
Ignoring scientific facts while clinging to a comfort conspiracy is deadly.
This is why placing conspiracy theorists in charge of US science and healthcare puts the entire globe in danger.
Ignoring scientific facts while clinging to a comfort conspiracy is deadly.
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Why does this administration keep targeting women, children, pediatricians, vaccines, and funding for children through the AAP?
Because we’re not the wealthiest doctors.
Because they were always pretending to be pro life.
Because everything they do is a distraction from their criminal activity.
Because we’re not the wealthiest doctors.
Because they were always pretending to be pro life.
Because everything they do is a distraction from their criminal activity.
December 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Why does this administration keep targeting women, children, pediatricians, vaccines, and funding for children through the AAP?
Because we’re not the wealthiest doctors.
Because they were always pretending to be pro life.
Because everything they do is a distraction from their criminal activity.
Because we’re not the wealthiest doctors.
Because they were always pretending to be pro life.
Because everything they do is a distraction from their criminal activity.
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Why does this administration keep targeting women, children, pediatricians, vaccines, and funding for children through the AAP?
Because they’re afraid of us.
Because we tell the truth.
Because we didn’t go in this for money.
Because we’re mandatory reporters of abuse.
Because they’re afraid of us.
Because we tell the truth.
Because we didn’t go in this for money.
Because we’re mandatory reporters of abuse.
December 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Why does this administration keep targeting women, children, pediatricians, vaccines, and funding for children through the AAP?
Because they’re afraid of us.
Because we tell the truth.
Because we didn’t go in this for money.
Because we’re mandatory reporters of abuse.
Because they’re afraid of us.
Because we tell the truth.
Because we didn’t go in this for money.
Because we’re mandatory reporters of abuse.
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Another Pediatrician here 🤝👋
One of these choices seems better than the other 👇
One of these choices seems better than the other 👇
Pediatrician Here 👋🏻
Meningitis Infection:
-10% mortality
-20% disability: deafness, loss of limb, cognition
-100% get put in the hospital
Meningitis Vaccine:
-sore arm
-low grade fever
-none of the above risks
Meningitis Infection:
-10% mortality
-20% disability: deafness, loss of limb, cognition
-100% get put in the hospital
Meningitis Vaccine:
-sore arm
-low grade fever
-none of the above risks
December 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Another Pediatrician here 🤝👋
One of these choices seems better than the other 👇
One of these choices seems better than the other 👇
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If you want to be transported to a kinder and gentler world, follow Anne and open an advent calendar window (sometimes two!) each day. It's a little moment of peace and gratitude that may help you feel hope.
The Fifth Window. The Elderly Squirrel was carefully arranging his Christmas cards on the Georgian mantlepiece in his little sitting room. There were five cards in sum.
December 5, 2025 at 12:53 AM
If you want to be transported to a kinder and gentler world, follow Anne and open an advent calendar window (sometimes two!) each day. It's a little moment of peace and gratitude that may help you feel hope.
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“This irresponsible and purposely misleading guidance will lead to more hepatitis B infections in infants and children.” Read our full statement by AAP President Dr. Susan J. Kressly:
www.aap.org/en/news-room...
www.aap.org/en/news-room...
December 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
“This irresponsible and purposely misleading guidance will lead to more hepatitis B infections in infants and children.” Read our full statement by AAP President Dr. Susan J. Kressly:
www.aap.org/en/news-room...
www.aap.org/en/news-room...
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This administration has ventured well beyond acceptable norms, discarding evidence and sound decision making in ways that threaten public health.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Analysis of the latest ACIP meeting at the CDC: Vaccines—and rigorous science—are increasingly under attack.
A close look at how the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee under RFK Jr. again changed high-stakes recommendations without solid evidence.
open.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:14 AM
This administration has ventured well beyond acceptable norms, discarding evidence and sound decision making in ways that threaten public health.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...