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Beatrice Winkler

@beatricew.bsky.social

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Science geek, DV survivor, Deutsch/français, Swiss immigrant, childless cat lady still wearing a mask and salting the vibes. No longer at the Bad Place.

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Beatrice Winkler @beatricew.bsky.social · Oct 20

Feeling like the only one who still cares about trying not to get or spread COVID, is hard. I'm grateful to @1goodtern.bsky.social for writing this. It helps me understand what motivates the denial and why persisting in spite of it, still matters.

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@1goodtern: This is going to be a messy complicated thread... ...but there are several massive hurdles in the paths of most people that prevent them accepting that Covid infections are responsible for...

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Beatrice Winkler @beatricew.bsky.social · 10h

Trump blamed the public health response to COVID for his loss in 2020. So now, using the government shutdown as cover, he is making sure there can be no public health response next time.

‘It’s a massacre’: CDC battered by government shutdown firings

The White House’s mass firing of CDC staff on Friday has decimated offices related to injury prevention, respiratory disease surveillance, and chronic disease, according to four people familiar with t...

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Oni Blackstock, MD MHS @oniblackstock.bsky.social · 14h

The first reports of what would eventually be called AIDS and its causative agent identified as HIV were published in the MMWR in 1981 alerting health care and public health systems across the country. A tremendous loss for public health.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 6d

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One Eyed Jack @one-eyed-jack.bsky.social · 6d

There are days when it can feel like it’s already over and the bad guys won. That’s how they want us to feel. But it isn’t. Not by a long shot. Let’s not make it easy for them.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 6d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 8d

"I think in a free country we should be able to post onto the internet, 'hey, there are masked agents on Broadway and Vine and not have the government or the tech oligarchs prevent us from doing that.' Shame on you, Tim Cook."

@radiofreetom.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social:

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Beatrice Winkler @beatricew.bsky.social · 8d

It seems like the regular kind is already too long-acting. Calling @rubinallergy.bsky.social

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COVID Chronicles @covidchronicles.bsky.social · Sep 8

"You're not building immunity. You're accumulating injury" Most succinct brief I've heard in a while. Well done, @david.notesforfriends.com.

For those who want a well-written breakdown of what SARS CoV-2 is (and isn't), read up:
www.notesforfriends.com/p/covid-isnt...

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Beatrice Winkler @beatricew.bsky.social · 12d

So proud of @indivisbatonrouge.bsky.social fearless leaders on Talk Louisiana with Jim Engster this morning. Give a listen, they start around 32:50. Great job!!💪

Talk Louisiana

Talk Louisiana with Jim Engster airs weekdays at 9am and 9pm on WRKF.

www.wrkf.org

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Beatrice Winkler @beatricew.bsky.social · 23d

Reducing vaccine uptake in 2 ways: make it harder for those who still want them; create doubt and confusion to grow the number who don’t want them anymore.

Both serve same goal: eliminate the use of vaccines by collapsing the market. Same outcome as a ban, but they can blame the manufacturers.

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 24d

Former CDC Director Susan Monarez testified that RFK Jr. told her to only deal with political appointees and to avoid working with career scientists.

For the sake of public health, RFK Jr. must resign.

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Beatrice Winkler @beatricew.bsky.social · 26d

Positive dog content (and beautiful pictures from Thailand) is exactly why I come here & your Insta every single day. It’s so easy to lose hope nowadays, but seeing dogs make incredible comebacks from horrific circumstances, and all the good people who help them, gives me reason to hope every day 🙏

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Beatrice Winkler @beatricew.bsky.social · 26d

Note there’s no information on the respective population sizes. There are far more vaccinated than unvaccinated people, so there will also be more deaths in the vaccinated group just because there are more of them.

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Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 26d

Who will be the 218 signatory?

This is about trust in our government to serve us. 90% feel we have a rigged system, protecting the powerful, & politicians cannot be trusted. We must prove that the powerful will be held to account. That we can wage this battle across party lines.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 27d

"You are being musically mean to me and it's hurting my feelings so I am going to call the police department that we are supposed to be supporting to report a feels violation."

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 27d

A man in Washington, DC, plays the Imperial March from Star Wars while following patrolling soldiers. One of the soldiers threatens to call the police.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 28d

Every politician, every brand, and every celebrity should delete their Twitter accounts RIGHT NOW.

Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 28d

Elon sharing the name of 66 random not-famous people to his many millions of followers because this person said they said things she didn’t like about Charlie Kirk.

I erased the names and employers from the screenshot but you can see their jobs. Nurses, teachers etc.

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Beatrice Winkler @beatricew.bsky.social · 29d

"vaccine-leery"🙄

RFK Jr. has been an anti-vax zealot for 20 years, and Dr. Cassidy knew that when he gave a Senate floor speech advocating for his confirmation.

Now we have a DHHS Secretary who has to be pleaded with to recommend vaccination in the face of an outbreak in which children are dying.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · Sep 4

The US is the sickest country in the world because of income inequality. Lack of healthcare. Food deserts and extreme poverty.

It’s not vaccines. It’s not going to be solved by gutting the CDC & pushing raw milk.

Give people healthcare, housing, food & a basic income.

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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · Sep 4

A partial list of politicians and organizations that have called for RFK Jr to resign

Who has called for RFK Jr. to resign
Dan Diamond
Here's a partial list of politicians and organizations that have called for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to resign as health secretary, with many issuing new statements or re-upping their past warnings during this hearing.
• Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-New York)
• Sen. Patty Murray (D-Washington)
• Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont)
• Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-Maryland)
• Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Georgia)
• Sen. Raphael G. Warnock (D-Georgia)
• Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon)
• Congressional Doctors Caucus - Reps. Ami Bera (D-California), Herb Conaway Jr. (D-New Jersey), Maxine Dexter (D-Oregon), Kelly Morrison (D-Minnesota), Raul Ruiz (D-
California), Kim Schrier (D-Washington)
• American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology

• American Academy of HIV Medicine
• American Association of Immunologists
• American Public Health Association
• American Society for Microbiology
• American Society for Virology
• Association for Professionals in Infection Control and
Epidemiology
• HIV Medicine Association
• ID Care
• Infectious Diseases Society of America
• International Association of Providers of AIDS Care
• Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
• Peggy Lillis Foundation
• Seattle Children's Research Institute
• Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
• Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP)
• Stop TB USA
• Treatment Action Group

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Beatrice Winkler @beatricew.bsky.social · Sep 1

Reminds me of when 2-3 years ago she platformed a self-described “public health fact-checker” whose social media content made clear her agenda to discredit public health and PH professionals. Seems to think “collaborating” with people trying to destroy public health, will somehow make them stop.

Beatrice Winkler @beatricew.bsky.social · Sep 1

His cousin Caroline called him a predator. He’s a sociopath who craves power and control, and “health” is simply the angle he uses to achieve that. Holding on to power requires discrediting the people and institutions who threaten to expose him as the fraud he is.

Beatrice Winkler @beatricew.bsky.social · Aug 31

That's a really important part of the story that could be emphasized more. Such a good example of what 1 person can do, & can be an effective antidote for hopelessness & despair.
Weekly event growing across the state started by 1 person holding a sign, sounds tailor-made for @maddow.msnbc.com

Beatrice Winkler @beatricew.bsky.social · Aug 31

We should remind people to notice that real experts don’t spend time smearing other experts because, unlike RFK Jr., they don’t feel threatened by expertise.

They welcome it because that’s how they learn, unlike RFK Jr., who is desperately trying to keep from being exposed as the charlatan he is.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · Aug 30

JD Vance: “Trump is a really bad candidate and frankly, I think, a really bad person.”

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · Aug 30

JD Vance on Donald Trump: “I’m a Never Trump guy. I never liked him. I don’t think he’s the person. I don’t think he cares about folks. I think that he’s noxious and is leading the white working class to a very dark place.”

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