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Alyson Smith @pedsaly.bsky.social · 23h

…and @drjaimefriedman.bsky.social @drscottk.medsky.social @deannamarie208.bsky.social @tphammd.bsky.social and of course @tom.medsky.social 🙂

MANY more pediatricians that bring hope, facts, and clarity. If you’re a parent or grandparent, or just want solid info on child health, search #PedSky 👶🏼💕👧🏽

Thomas [redacted] DO @tom.medsky.social · 1d

This list from the AAP on pediatricians to follow for trustworthy content is great but also missing @drelizabethmurray.bsky.social, @shematologist.medsky.social, @oligoclonalband.medsky.social, and @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social.

It's too biased towards Instagram creators IMO.

A flyer from the AAP which lists 9 pediatric social media follows.

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 1d

I wrote a thing about how this split the MMR up into monovalents is bullshit that Andrew Wakefield cooked up. It will be used to strip access to the MMR.

The MAHA movement continues to destroy public health.

open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...

The Monovalent Mirage

A pretend alternative to the MMR exists, just ask Andrew Wakefield

open.substack.com

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Scott Krugman @drscottk.medsky.social · 4d

Seems like detaining US citizens violates some document that our country drafted a couple hundred years ago.

Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 5d

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

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Scott Krugman @drscottk.medsky.social · 5d

Check out Ryan’s first paid article! It will also be in Sunday’s Boston Globe if you are in the area!

insideclimatenews.org/news/0310202...

Boston’s Food Forests Take Root as a Climate Equity Strategy - Inside Climate News

A decade of organizing has turned trash-strewn lots into edible parks. Now Boston is expanding food forests as part of its climate action plan.

insideclimatenews.org

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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 6d

Newborns have pencil-thin airways that can swell shut because of pertussis. Moms can get vaccinated while pregnant to protect babies until they get their first pertussis vaccine at 2 months

CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 6d

Quick takes: Mississippi pertussis death, fatal New York EEE case, chikungunya in Cuba

Mississippi has recorded 115 pertussis cases this year, sharply higher than 2024.

Quick takes: Mississippi pertussis death, fatal New York EEE case, chikungunya in Cuba

Mississippi has recorded 115 pertussis cases this year, sharply higher than 2024.

www.cidrap.umn.edu

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Scott Krugman @drscottk.medsky.social · 6d

No hint!

Plagdle 2025-10-02
Solved in 2/2 🦠

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Plagdle - Daily Infectious Disease Puzzle Game

Test your medical knowledge! Guess the daily infectious disease based on symptoms, treatment, and characteristics. A new puzzle every day!

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Plenary Popehat Power @kenwhite.bsky.social · 6d

Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.

harpers.org/archive/1941...

Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson

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Scott Krugman @drscottk.medsky.social · 6d

Someone explain to me how insurance companies can just down code our bills for higher level care based on diagnosis without even reviewing the documentation. What an absolute load of crap. Aetna and Cigna truly suck.

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Scott Krugman @drscottk.medsky.social · 8d

A long but must-read summary of #autism - hint, it has nothing to do with Tylenol or vaccines…..

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...

Opinion | Autism Has Always Existed. We Haven’t Always Called It Autism.

www.nytimes.com

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Scott Krugman @drscottk.medsky.social · 10d

Deafness. Congenital anomalies. Intellectual disability. Miscarriages. Seems like those are things to be avoided. And 100% preventable by the MMR vaccine. #vaccineswork

Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 10d

“If you think Tylenol is bad for babies, wait until you hear about rubella virus”

@angierasmussen.bsky.social

rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/the-poison...

The Poison Pill to End the MMR is Tylenol

If you think Tylenol is bad for babies, wait until you hear about rubella virus

rasmussenretorts.substack.com

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Scott Krugman @drscottk.medsky.social · 10d

Michelle Fiscus caught it on video!

www.facebook.com/share/v/16xF...

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Scott Krugman @drscottk.medsky.social · 11d

15,000 screaming pediatricians. Just like @infinitescream.bsky.social

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Scott Krugman @drscottk.medsky.social · 11d

So many unicorn hats!!!

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Scott Krugman @drscottk.medsky.social · 11d

Massive turnout for the opening plenary to see @glaucomflecken.bsky.social #AAP2025

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DrJaimeFriedman @drjaimefriedman.bsky.social · 11d

First session of the day is learning how to prevent food allergies by the one and only Dave Stukus (@AllergyKidsDoc on IG).
Say what you want about the ills of social media, but I have learned so much by following him. Stay tuned!
#AAP2025

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Scott Krugman @drscottk.medsky.social · 11d

You would think we would want to do something about a condition that kills 7 kids per day. Thoughts and prayers are not public heath interventions for #gunviolence
It’s time for #gunsense legislation and legislators. Need @drannieandrews.com in the senate! #AAPNCE25

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EerilyPhD 👻 @ejwillingham.bsky.social · 16d

Hellloooooo, journalists! Covering the Mon announcement abt #autism? CHECK OUT the last 3 @thinkingautism.com newsletters for background on the loooong trail of grift in mitochondria-autism industry, starting w/a man who co-authored entire study abt his own daughter w/o disclosing the relationship.🧵

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Scott Krugman @drscottk.medsky.social · 12d

Current state- #allcaps Let’s go Caps!

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Scott Krugman @drscottk.medsky.social · 12d

Check out my new @ameracadpeds.bsky.social blog on #safesleep and how to prevent deaths in these challenging times.

publications.aap.org/journal-blog...

Reducing Sudden Infant Deaths in Challenging Times

For 20 years we have tried without success to further reduce the rate of sudden unexpected infant deaths (SUID) after dramatic initial success with the “Back to Sleep” campaign in the early 1990s. Get...

publications.aap.org

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Scott Krugman @drscottk.medsky.social · 14d

It’s almost like #vaccineswork.

Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 14d

Advances Drive ‘Stunning’ Drop in Infant RSV Hospitalizations
2023 marked the debut of groundbreaking innovations to prevent severe RSV infections in infants. Now protected babies are way less likely to develop severe infections or to end up in the ICU
www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...

A Turning Point in Infant Health—How 2023 Changed the Fight Against RSV

The year 2023 marked the debut of groundbreaking innovations to prevent severe RSV infections in infants. Now protected babies are way less likely to develop severe infections or to end up in the ICU

www.scientificamerican.com

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 14d

“The long history of trying to ‘cure’ or eliminate autism has been a history of terrible abuse and dangerous sham treatments."

I spoke to @autisticadvocacy.org's Greg Robinson and @drstevenkapp.bsky.social about the awful autism presser yesterday. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Disgust, horror, and "elimination": Trump and RFK Jr.'s eugenicist autism conference

The most striking omission from Monday's White House pageant: autistic people.

www.motherjones.com

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 15d

These attacks on vaccines, tylenol, fluoridation of water, masks, etc is to keep everyone so distracted that nobody has the energy to ask

- why are so many lacking access to medical care?
- why is gun violence #1 cause of death in kids?
- why is life expectancy falling?
- why are meds unaffordable?

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Scott Krugman @drscottk.medsky.social · 19d

Ditto.

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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 19d

Anti-vaccine activists often “elevate one flawed study, ignore millions of children in rigorous databases, manufacture doubt,” said @jakescottmd.bsky.social

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Scott Krugman @drscottk.medsky.social · 20d

This is the summary of the clown show that is the ACIP.

Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 20d

@jakescottmd.bsky.social questions "why a new committee appointed by Kennedy is revisiting a policy that's been working well for two decades. This feels like using a known, disclosed, managed risk to undermine confidence in the entire schedule." #ACIP

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