Lynn Burmeister
@butterflythyroid.bsky.social
MD, thyroidologist, opposed to fraud
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Anti-vaxxers are making excuses for the CDC shooter www.motherjones.com/politics/202... via @motherjones.com @kieraevebutler.bsky.social
Anti-vaxxers are making excuses for the CDC shooter
RFK Jr. isn't helping.
www.motherjones.com
August 17, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Anti-vaxxers are making excuses for the CDC shooter www.motherjones.com/politics/202... via @motherjones.com @kieraevebutler.bsky.social
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HHS is in the process of putting together a new vaccine advisory panel.
The team:
Barney the Dinosaur
Kid Rock
The QAnon Shaman guy from Jan. 6th
Hulk Hogan
Inspector Gadget
The team:
Barney the Dinosaur
Kid Rock
The QAnon Shaman guy from Jan. 6th
Hulk Hogan
Inspector Gadget
June 10, 2025 at 3:11 AM
HHS is in the process of putting together a new vaccine advisory panel.
The team:
Barney the Dinosaur
Kid Rock
The QAnon Shaman guy from Jan. 6th
Hulk Hogan
Inspector Gadget
The team:
Barney the Dinosaur
Kid Rock
The QAnon Shaman guy from Jan. 6th
Hulk Hogan
Inspector Gadget
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Lyft driver picked me up from UNC, turned out he was a medicinal chemistry post-doc in a building near mine, until his grant got cut last month.
Worked on novel antivirals.
Worked on novel antivirals.
June 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Lyft driver picked me up from UNC, turned out he was a medicinal chemistry post-doc in a building near mine, until his grant got cut last month.
Worked on novel antivirals.
Worked on novel antivirals.
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The US will be very lucky to survive the next four years without a major public health catastrophe and I mean a large outbreak of some sort because I don't see how this self sabotage ends well.
Measles is only the beginning.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Measles is only the beginning.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
US CDC cancels science group workshop on preventing human bird flu infections
The National Academy of Sciences has canceled a workshop on preventing human bird flu infections after being told to stop work on the event by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to an email sent to one of the workshop presenters and seen by Reuters.
www.reuters.com
April 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The US will be very lucky to survive the next four years without a major public health catastrophe and I mean a large outbreak of some sort because I don't see how this self sabotage ends well.
Measles is only the beginning.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Measles is only the beginning.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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Sickness continues!! They are actively trashing science in the US which will adversely affect everyone. Science is under siege. Gotta stop!!!!!
20yo DOGE tech bros entered NSF and cut funding to my ACTIVE grant. I am 3 YEARS into a 5 year grant, that was awarded to me by NSF. I have teams of science teachers doing climate justice units in their classrooms, grad students collecting data. Effective immediately. breach of contract at a minimum
April 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Sickness continues!! They are actively trashing science in the US which will adversely affect everyone. Science is under siege. Gotta stop!!!!!
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In terminating hundreds of NIH grants, the Trump administration dumped years of investment down the drain. In my latest @opinion.bloomberg.com column, we analyzed the cancelled projects & talked to scientists to understand just how much the public loses out. It's a lot: tinyurl.com/bdey86su
April 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
In terminating hundreds of NIH grants, the Trump administration dumped years of investment down the drain. In my latest @opinion.bloomberg.com column, we analyzed the cancelled projects & talked to scientists to understand just how much the public loses out. It's a lot: tinyurl.com/bdey86su
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Here we go again… Texas mask ban in the works.
Masks should never be criminalized. They’re an essential public health tool. They allow disabled people to safely access public spaces.
Mask bans disproportionately harm the disabled, marginalized & people of colour.
See below for ways to fight back
Masks should never be criminalized. They’re an essential public health tool. They allow disabled people to safely access public spaces.
Mask bans disproportionately harm the disabled, marginalized & people of colour.
See below for ways to fight back
Charlotte urges people to submit public comments to the Senate hearing on Monday 2/14. Go to bit.ly/StopMaskBans Texas section for info.
Read more:
www.instagram.com/p/DIWdh-JMJ16/
Personalize your letter to officials with bit.ly/SaveMyRightToMask.
Read more:
www.instagram.com/p/DIWdh-JMJ16/
Personalize your letter to officials with bit.ly/SaveMyRightToMask.
#StopMaskBans.docx
Take Action Together to Defend Our Human Right to Mask Protection. Link to This Doc bit.ly/StopMaskBans Letter Campaign on Action Network bit.ly/SaveMyRightToMask Table of Contents Link to This ...
bit.ly
April 13, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Here we go again… Texas mask ban in the works.
Masks should never be criminalized. They’re an essential public health tool. They allow disabled people to safely access public spaces.
Mask bans disproportionately harm the disabled, marginalized & people of colour.
See below for ways to fight back
Masks should never be criminalized. They’re an essential public health tool. They allow disabled people to safely access public spaces.
Mask bans disproportionately harm the disabled, marginalized & people of colour.
See below for ways to fight back
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This isn’t research. It’s weaponized ignorance.
They are dismantling public health, endangering children, and dragging us back into a dark age where conspiracy theories replace science.
This isn’t just negligence; it’s an attack on truth, medicine, and basic human decency.
They are dismantling public health, endangering children, and dragging us back into a dark age where conspiracy theories replace science.
This isn’t just negligence; it’s an attack on truth, medicine, and basic human decency.
April 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This isn’t research. It’s weaponized ignorance.
They are dismantling public health, endangering children, and dragging us back into a dark age where conspiracy theories replace science.
This isn’t just negligence; it’s an attack on truth, medicine, and basic human decency.
They are dismantling public health, endangering children, and dragging us back into a dark age where conspiracy theories replace science.
This isn’t just negligence; it’s an attack on truth, medicine, and basic human decency.
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Every decent, thinking person should be furious. This is state-sanctioned abuse masquerading as science.
Trump and RFK Jr. just handed a government vaccine study to a man who practiced unlicensed medicine on autistic kids, pushed banned, dangerous treatments, and lied about vaccines.
Trump and RFK Jr. just handed a government vaccine study to a man who practiced unlicensed medicine on autistic kids, pushed banned, dangerous treatments, and lied about vaccines.
Head of New RFK Jr. Vaccine Study Practiced Unlicensed Medicine on Autistic Kids
The man tapped by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to run a clinical trial looking to tie vaccines to autism has been charged with practicing medicine without a license, given...
www.yahoo.com
April 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Every decent, thinking person should be furious. This is state-sanctioned abuse masquerading as science.
Trump and RFK Jr. just handed a government vaccine study to a man who practiced unlicensed medicine on autistic kids, pushed banned, dangerous treatments, and lied about vaccines.
Trump and RFK Jr. just handed a government vaccine study to a man who practiced unlicensed medicine on autistic kids, pushed banned, dangerous treatments, and lied about vaccines.
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“NY Academy of Family Physicians (NYSAFP), which represents nearly 6,000 physicians, residents & students in family medicine, is deeply concerned by the news of a proposal to ban face masks & coverings in public that is now being pushed for inclusion in the NYS Budget” www.nysafp.org/2025/03/27/f...
Family Physicians Call on NYS Leaders to Ensure the Protection of New Yorkers’ Right to Wear a Mask and Safeguard Public Health – NYSAFP
www.nysafp.org
April 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM
“NY Academy of Family Physicians (NYSAFP), which represents nearly 6,000 physicians, residents & students in family medicine, is deeply concerned by the news of a proposal to ban face masks & coverings in public that is now being pushed for inclusion in the NYS Budget” www.nysafp.org/2025/03/27/f...
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Today would be a great day to ban members of Congress and their families from trading stocks.
April 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Today would be a great day to ban members of Congress and their families from trading stocks.
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Update: The House just passed the Republican voter suppression measure that threatens voting access for millions of Americans, including 69 million women whose married names don't match their birth certificates.
Make sure your senators know you expect them to stand against it.
Make sure your senators know you expect them to stand against it.
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 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Update: The House just passed the Republican voter suppression measure that threatens voting access for millions of Americans, including 69 million women whose married names don't match their birth certificates.
Make sure your senators know you expect them to stand against it.
Make sure your senators know you expect them to stand against it.
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They're eating the 401ks!
They're eating the Social Security!
They're eating the retirements of the people who live here!
They're eating the Social Security!
They're eating the retirements of the people who live here!
April 5, 2025 at 10:18 PM
They're eating the 401ks!
They're eating the Social Security!
They're eating the retirements of the people who live here!
They're eating the Social Security!
They're eating the retirements of the people who live here!
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The NIH distributes approximately $37B in external grants/awards in FY 2024. These grants/awards have a force-magnifying effect, generating $2.56 of economic activity for each $1 supported, i.e., more than $94B in activity and more than 400K jobs
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/annual-econo...
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/annual-econo...
March 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
The NIH distributes approximately $37B in external grants/awards in FY 2024. These grants/awards have a force-magnifying effect, generating $2.56 of economic activity for each $1 supported, i.e., more than $94B in activity and more than 400K jobs
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/annual-econo...
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/annual-econo...
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HHS's Office of Long COVID Research and Practice has been DOGEd. Closing this week.
March 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
HHS's Office of Long COVID Research and Practice has been DOGEd. Closing this week.
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This seems like a good time to remind folks of what Hannah Arendt once wrote:
March 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
This seems like a good time to remind folks of what Hannah Arendt once wrote:
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This breakthrough study shows the antiviral drug obeldesivir administered once daily orally was effective against a lethal challenge of Ebola in non human primates.
This is an NIH funded study, the likes of which are being cut by the current administration.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
This is an NIH funded study, the likes of which are being cut by the current administration.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The oral drug obeldesivir protects nonhuman primates against lethal Ebola virus infection
Oral treatment with obeldesivir protects macaques from lethal infection with Ebola virus.
www.science.org
March 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This breakthrough study shows the antiviral drug obeldesivir administered once daily orally was effective against a lethal challenge of Ebola in non human primates.
This is an NIH funded study, the likes of which are being cut by the current administration.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
This is an NIH funded study, the likes of which are being cut by the current administration.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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So the antivax nonprofit previously (?) run by our current HHS secretary has created a fake CDC clone website full of vaccine misinformation
infoepi.substack.com/p/cdc-clone-...
infoepi.substack.com/p/cdc-clone-...
CDC Clone Site, Rife with False Vaccine Claims, Hosted by Group Previously Led by HHS Secretary
A CDC clone site with false vaccine claims is hosted by an NGO once led by the current HHS Secretary. With CDC logos, real social media links, and a near-identical design, it may violate federal laws.
infoepi.substack.com
March 23, 2025 at 4:32 AM
So the antivax nonprofit previously (?) run by our current HHS secretary has created a fake CDC clone website full of vaccine misinformation
infoepi.substack.com/p/cdc-clone-...
infoepi.substack.com/p/cdc-clone-...
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@rbreich.bsky.social @georgetakei.bsky.social
@aoc.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov
A state whose voters trusted him in 2024 👇
@aoc.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov
A state whose voters trusted him in 2024 👇
University of Arizona stops work on $300M Phoenix biomedical hub amid federal funding uncertainty
The University of Arizona is pausing construction of its $300 million biomedical hub in downtown Phoenix.
www.abc15.com
March 23, 2025 at 4:52 AM
@rbreich.bsky.social @georgetakei.bsky.social
@aoc.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov
A state whose voters trusted him in 2024 👇
@aoc.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov
A state whose voters trusted him in 2024 👇
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If you want to help disabled people fight New York's proposed mask ban... wear a mask.
If more people would mask up in solidarity, these important accessibility tools would be harder to ban.
Help us normalize masking and protect your health in the process!
If more people would mask up in solidarity, these important accessibility tools would be harder to ban.
Help us normalize masking and protect your health in the process!
March 21, 2025 at 11:08 PM
If you want to help disabled people fight New York's proposed mask ban... wear a mask.
If more people would mask up in solidarity, these important accessibility tools would be harder to ban.
Help us normalize masking and protect your health in the process!
If more people would mask up in solidarity, these important accessibility tools would be harder to ban.
Help us normalize masking and protect your health in the process!
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We are this way because our institutions worked. We assumed that professionals would take care of things. We don’t have terrible diseases because scientists could do their work. People forgot. Sad they have to learn the hard way.
Americans have bystander syndrome. Most just stand around waiting for someone else to do something. No is coming to save us.
March 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
We are this way because our institutions worked. We assumed that professionals would take care of things. We don’t have terrible diseases because scientists could do their work. People forgot. Sad they have to learn the hard way.
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A nonsensical threat to:
One of the most important advances in biotechnology of our time, already being used to successfully treat refractory cancers, enable genome editing, develop vaccines for infectious diseases for which there are none, treat autoimmune diseases, and more.
One of the most important advances in biotechnology of our time, already being used to successfully treat refractory cancers, enable genome editing, develop vaccines for infectious diseases for which there are none, treat autoimmune diseases, and more.
Exclusive: NIH officials have advised scientists to remove reference to mRNA vaccines from their grant applications, in expectation the Trump administration intends to abandon most research in the field.
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants - KFF Health News
Two senior scientists say National Institutes of Health officials advised them to remove references to mRNA vaccines in grant applications, and they fear the Trump administration will abandon a promis...
kffhealthnews.org
March 17, 2025 at 11:01 AM
A nonsensical threat to:
One of the most important advances in biotechnology of our time, already being used to successfully treat refractory cancers, enable genome editing, develop vaccines for infectious diseases for which there are none, treat autoimmune diseases, and more.
One of the most important advances in biotechnology of our time, already being used to successfully treat refractory cancers, enable genome editing, develop vaccines for infectious diseases for which there are none, treat autoimmune diseases, and more.
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It won’t make up for the loss of science funding and positions in the US, but other countries would be stupid not to try to lure American scientists to their institutions right now.
Netherlands launches fund to lure top scientists, like those fleeing the U.S.
As political pressures and funding cuts drive some researchers out of the United States, the Netherlands is moving to position itself as a refuge for top scientific talent. Education Minister Eppo Bru...
nltimes.nl
March 21, 2025 at 2:36 AM
It won’t make up for the loss of science funding and positions in the US, but other countries would be stupid not to try to lure American scientists to their institutions right now.
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This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
March 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
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This country relies on immigrant doctors. Doctors who completed their medical school abroad & then did residency/fellowship in the US represent 25% of the US workforce. If the US stops bringing these doctors, some regions will have no doctors at all.
SICKENING—Trump’s DHS just deported a surgeon from Brown—who is here legally on an H1B visa that doesn’t expire until 2027, & committed no crimes. Trained in the U.S. at Ohio State, University of Washington, and Yale as a **transplant surgeon**, she is a highly trained doctor on kidney transplants.
March 16, 2025 at 2:44 AM
This country relies on immigrant doctors. Doctors who completed their medical school abroad & then did residency/fellowship in the US represent 25% of the US workforce. If the US stops bringing these doctors, some regions will have no doctors at all.