Cynthia Gilbert
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Cynthia Gilbert
@cindygilbertpac.bsky.social
Retired Physician Assistant - Urgent Care. Medicine Geek/Music Lover/Nerdy Knitter/Intrepid Traveler/Obsessed Gardener. Moderate in most things except coffee. Lover of libraries! Southern MN
Sun Dog is a beautiful reminder that it is -10 degrees outside after a blizzard weekend.
December 29, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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For those of us warning about democracy's potential disintegration, the decision by CBS to pull an exhaustively researched 60 Minutes piece, critical of Trump, is another red alert moment.

When truth disappears as the media gets coopted by the regime, there's little left.
December 22, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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A new Double Take video reviews evidence-based recommendations on measles prevention and management and explores commonly asked questions about the measles virus and infection. Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/PI6M680p9i0
Measles | NEJM
YouTube video by NEJM Group
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
So angry we are returning to the diseases of my childhood - the misery, complications, and deaths. It was bad enough as HCW when it was people resisting the influenza vaccine,but then completely crazy when they turned against the Covid vaccine. We are failing kids.😥
It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.

It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.

And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
December 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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John Deere got this video taken off our YouTube for two weeks. It took our lawyers reaching out to YouTube to get it back up.

The video lays out how a handful of corporations took control of the agriculture industry, bankrupting farmers and screwing us all over.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl02...
We Went to Arkansas. The Farm Crisis Will Shock You
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
www.youtube.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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These people care about nothing, believe in nothing, love nothing. They're soulless, miserable creatures who think money or power is going to fill the gnawing void within them but it never will and we're the ones who are going to pay for it.
Utah Sen. Mike Lee has proposed changes to the Senate appropriations bill that could open the door for the sale of national parks, according to national park advocacy groups.

via @thatsmohrlikeit.bsky.social
www.sfgate.com/national-par...
'Nobody wants this': Senator axes language protecting national parks
A Utah Senator cut an amendment protecting parks in the appropriations bill.
www.sfgate.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Good Trouble 🔥
December 13, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Why would anyone go to this measles infected hellhole?
NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors.

The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.

Below is the full, mind-blowing list.

🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨

1/
December 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Acting CDER Director Tracy Beth Høeg is not wasting any time ensuring that babies are as vulnerable as possible to preventable diseases that kill them.

Now she's going after preventive RSV meds based on unverified claims from an anti-vax blogger.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Exclusive: US FDA launches fresh safety scrutiny of approved RSV therapies for infants
U.S. health regulators informed senior executives at Merck, Sanofi and AstraZeneca last week that their approved protective RSV treatments for infants would face fresh safety scrutiny following concer...
www.reuters.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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I need you to listen to and share this story - of how Trump is preparing to abandon Ukraine in exchange for Russian money for his billionaire friends.

It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
December 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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A package that passed out of the Senate Banking, Housing Committee UNANIMOUSLY, mind you!
December 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Yet House Republicans just killed the first comprehensive (and bipartisan!!) housing package of the last few DECADES
More than 75% of homes across the U.S. are unaffordable, study finds
Homeownership can feel like a luxury when only a sliver of the country's housing market is affordable for most Americans, Bankrate analyst says.
www.cbsnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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This ACIP meeting set a historic precedent for the erosion and destruction of science-based vaccine programs in our country.
Special Osterholm Update podcast edition! @mtosterholm & @cvdall discuss the recent decision by ACIP (CDC's vaccine advisers) to end universal hepatitis B birth dose recommendations and the impact it will have on public health

www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
December 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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ICE stormed a residence hall at Augsburg University, detained an undergrad, and aimed rifles at students and staff then admitted they had no warrant to be on campus.

This is state violence. This is terror. And this is exactly what Trump’s America unleashes on our communities.
December 8, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Friends, Yesterday and today, I watched many hours of the CDC’s meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).

It was painful.

But we learned a lot.

That bad news is that our kids are going to pay the price for RFK jr’s views.

insidemedicine.substack.com/p/analysis-o...
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.
insidemedicine.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S.
'Nobody wants to come': What if the U.S. can no longer attract immigrant physicians?
Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S.
n.pr
November 30, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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OK #Kidvengers🦄: We have some catching up to do.
Today in #DonationMatching:
🍎 care.org: 5x
🍎 Feed the Children: 8x
🍎 Save the Children: 5x
🍎 Heifer International: 5x
🍎 No Kid Hungry: 3x
🍎 Chicago Food Bank 3x
🍎 Greater Boston Food Bank 2x

YOU choose, everyone wins!
hcwvshunger.org/how-to-donate/
How to contribute
How to Contribute Donate between 6 pm EST on November 27 and 11:59 pm EST December 2, 2025 to an organization of your choice fighting hunger– any amount helps! Feeding America can help you choose l…
hcwvshunger.org
November 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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There's an urgent recall on a subset of FreeStyle Libre 3 and FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus — they show FALSE LOW GLUCOSE READINGS.

The website to check the serial number of your sensors is

www.freestylecheck.com/us-en/home.h...
Home | FreeStyle - Abbott
www.freestylecheck.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Full guide with detailed answers to every question: drcraigcanapari.com/holiday-trav...

🦃 Enjoy your Thanksgiving. The sleep will sort itself out.

(And if you found this helpful, share it with that parent who's been freaking out about traveling to the in-laws)
Holiday Travel Sleep Guide: Real Parents, Real Solutions
Worried about holiday travel ruining your child's sleep? Here's the truth: most of what you're stressing about doesn't actually matter. Real parent questions answered.
drcraigcanapari.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES

DAY 22 NOVEMBER 2025

THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES

Not Professional, are you serious ?

NURSES..!!
The lifeline of medical care

And so many more social workers, physician asst., physical therapy, audiolgy, speech, and more

Please call your Representatives 202 224-3121
November 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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NEWS: Libraries WIN in federal court!

A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.

Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)
November 21, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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I had terrifying conversations with four former CDC officials, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, Dr. Debra Houry, Dr. Dan Jernigan, and Dr. Nikki Romanik, about the formerly prestigious public health agency.

All of them told me that any information coming out of the CDC can no longer be trusted.
November 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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The link to the segment is up...

It's powerful. And may be useful to share with others, including students.

@brian-goldstone.bsky.social

www.cbsnews.com/video/when-t...
November 16, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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CDC published the latest epidemiology on alpha gal syndrome early this year in @jamanetworkopen.com (open access) jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
November 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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In an unforgettable Veterans Day moment, former President Barack Obama surprised dozens of Korean and Vietnam War veterans as their Honor Flight landed in Washington, D.C. The veterans, fresh off their flight from Madison, Wisconsin, were greeted by President Obama himself.
November 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM