Brandon Gaetino
@bgaetino.bsky.social
Husband to a badass bride, father of four amazing people, physician, ally, dog enthusiast.
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Brandon Gaetino
@bgaetino.bsky.social
· Jan 26
Trump Dismantles Healthcare in Real-Time vajenda.substack.com/p/trump-dism... by @drjengunter.bsky.social
Get weekly updates: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
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As a physician, I recommend finding reliable and reputable sources for epidemiology and other health alerts (in this dis-/mal-/un-information age).
This site is one of them, now with an additional American scope.
This site is one of them, now with an additional American scope.
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Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married?
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
April 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married?
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
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Excuse me, Senator?
MAGA Senator Just Said The Quiet Part Out Loud With Epic Freudian Slip About Medicare
Come again, Senator?
www.comicsands.com
April 2, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Excuse me, Senator?
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March 31, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Republicans are gearing up to slash Medicaid. That will mean hospitals closing, higher costs and millions without care. All so they can reward Elon Musk and other billionaire donors with another huge tax cut.
Medicaid cuts in Michigan potentially ‘catastrophic’
A proposal in Washington would slash trillions of dollars from the Medicaid program that provides health care coverage to low-income and disabled people.
www.ourmidland.com
March 31, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Republicans are gearing up to slash Medicaid. That will mean hospitals closing, higher costs and millions without care. All so they can reward Elon Musk and other billionaire donors with another huge tax cut.
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For years the right has fed on conspiracy theories about the “globalist billionaire” Soros buying our democracy. Yet when Musk actually does it, it’s crickets.
March 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
For years the right has fed on conspiracy theories about the “globalist billionaire” Soros buying our democracy. Yet when Musk actually does it, it’s crickets.
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Trump is sending a signal of fear. But he’s afraid too. My latest on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/jimacost...
The Signal Trump Is Sending
Trump wants fear but he is starting to show some
open.substack.com
March 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Trump is sending a signal of fear. But he’s afraid too. My latest on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/jimacost...
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The situation at the NIH and for all biomedical and cancer cure research in the United States is MUCH MUCH WORSE than you realize.
Ruining studies and potentially harming research subjects...
Abruptly terminating clinical trials...
Ignorant and evil
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Abruptly terminating clinical trials...
Ignorant and evil
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
The NIH’s Most Reckless Cuts Yet
Ending clinical trials with no warning can put patients at risk.
www.theatlantic.com
March 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
The situation at the NIH and for all biomedical and cancer cure research in the United States is MUCH MUCH WORSE than you realize.
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In CA-36, over 110,000 Californians are at risk of losing health care because of the Republican attack on Medicaid (Medi-Cal) to give tax cuts to billionaires.
This includes 32,000 children and 21,000 seniors.
We’re fighting with everything we’ve got to stop this.
This includes 32,000 children and 21,000 seniors.
We’re fighting with everything we’ve got to stop this.
March 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
In CA-36, over 110,000 Californians are at risk of losing health care because of the Republican attack on Medicaid (Medi-Cal) to give tax cuts to billionaires.
This includes 32,000 children and 21,000 seniors.
We’re fighting with everything we’ve got to stop this.
This includes 32,000 children and 21,000 seniors.
We’re fighting with everything we’ve got to stop this.
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RFK's org. So dangerous.
🧵NEW: A CDC clone website is filled with false and misleading vaccine claims against a backdrop of false balance. The NGO (Children's Health Defense) led by the current HHS Secretary until December 2024 is hosting content for the CDC clone.
infoepi.substack.com/p/cdc-clone...
infoepi.substack.com/p/cdc-clone...
March 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
RFK's org. So dangerous.
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This is a Very Encouraging statement, but it MUST be backed up with action. Like starting disbarment proceedings when lawyers pose ridiculous interpretations of law and especially when lawyers act more like fixers for thugs.
Great start - KEEP GOING!!!
Great start - KEEP GOING!!!
An important statement from the American Bar Association. www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
March 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This is a Very Encouraging statement, but it MUST be backed up with action. Like starting disbarment proceedings when lawyers pose ridiculous interpretations of law and especially when lawyers act more like fixers for thugs.
Great start - KEEP GOING!!!
Great start - KEEP GOING!!!
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By retracting foreign aid, President Trump could make the world’s deadliest infectious disease untreatable again, @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social writes.
The World’s Deadliest Infectious Disease Is About to Get Worse
By retracting foreign aid, President Trump could make tuberculosis untreatable again.
www.theatlantic.com
March 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM
By retracting foreign aid, President Trump could make the world’s deadliest infectious disease untreatable again, @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social writes.
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March 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Today is the 5th anniversary of the COVID pandemic. The stories in my article is what I will always remember most about this time period. Not the "ordeal" of isolating at home, but all the individuals lost. #medsky www.huffpost.com/entry/covid-...
I'm An ICU Doctor. I’m Haunted By What I’ve Seen During The Recent COVID-19 Surge.
“I can’t stop thinking about the 40-something man who told me, ‘I can’t die like this. I just got engaged and have a 6-month-old baby.’ I encouraged him to be positive, but that didn’t stop him from d...
www.huffpost.com
March 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Today is the 5th anniversary of the COVID pandemic. The stories in my article is what I will always remember most about this time period. Not the "ordeal" of isolating at home, but all the individuals lost. #medsky www.huffpost.com/entry/covid-...
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'I'd rather believe hard enough to think I'm right about stuff I don't understand, than to believe the scientists who actually know what they're doing and have the proof.
And I'm willing to stake the life of my child on this approach of accepting demonstrably false ideas instead of reality.'
And I'm willing to stake the life of my child on this approach of accepting demonstrably false ideas instead of reality.'
March 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
'I'd rather believe hard enough to think I'm right about stuff I don't understand, than to believe the scientists who actually know what they're doing and have the proof.
And I'm willing to stake the life of my child on this approach of accepting demonstrably false ideas instead of reality.'
And I'm willing to stake the life of my child on this approach of accepting demonstrably false ideas instead of reality.'
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Absolutely. Universities have to be very clear that cuts to research funding do not just affect faculty - they will drive up tuition costs. There will also be direct effects on patient care in universities with hospitals and clinical trials. These two outcomes are important to spell out.
Of course this may backfire if done poorly
But the connection between funding cuts and our teaching mission is, at the moment, at best hazy in people’s minds
Universities need to do better in making these connections
But the connection between funding cuts and our teaching mission is, at the moment, at best hazy in people’s minds
Universities need to do better in making these connections
March 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Absolutely. Universities have to be very clear that cuts to research funding do not just affect faculty - they will drive up tuition costs. There will also be direct effects on patient care in universities with hospitals and clinical trials. These two outcomes are important to spell out.
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they get it. good for them.
Jewish students at Columbia university today organized a demonstration in solidarity with anti-war student organizer Mahmoud Khalil and to denounce Trump's attacks on public education and protest. Photo via @/Columbia_psc
March 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
they get it. good for them.
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Every day I visit Savannah's Colonial Cemetery & pass a family grave from the 1800s that has 6 infant children buried there.
Infant Children of Thomas & Eliza Jane Purse.
Imagine the pain of giving birth to 6 children who never lived long enough to say, "mama."
Vaccines protect us from this fate.
Infant Children of Thomas & Eliza Jane Purse.
Imagine the pain of giving birth to 6 children who never lived long enough to say, "mama."
Vaccines protect us from this fate.
February 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Every day I visit Savannah's Colonial Cemetery & pass a family grave from the 1800s that has 6 infant children buried there.
Infant Children of Thomas & Eliza Jane Purse.
Imagine the pain of giving birth to 6 children who never lived long enough to say, "mama."
Vaccines protect us from this fate.
Infant Children of Thomas & Eliza Jane Purse.
Imagine the pain of giving birth to 6 children who never lived long enough to say, "mama."
Vaccines protect us from this fate.
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Great crowd at #standupforscience NYC! @standupforscience.bsky.social
March 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Great crowd at #standupforscience NYC! @standupforscience.bsky.social
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Martin Makary cast doubt on the safety and effectiveness of Mifepristone, despite decades of scientific evidence and FDA approval. This is deeply concerning—politicizing medication access undermines public health and reproductive rights. #TrustScience #ReproductiveHealth
March 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Martin Makary cast doubt on the safety and effectiveness of Mifepristone, despite decades of scientific evidence and FDA approval. This is deeply concerning—politicizing medication access undermines public health and reproductive rights. #TrustScience #ReproductiveHealth