Hiro Protagonist
@esotericdoctor.bsky.social
Primary Care Physician | Medical Educator | Innovator | Abortion Provider | Healthcare Policy Nerd | Cynic
This makes me think about the how the future will go: we cut NOAA, more people get hurt. We cut FEMA, more people lose everything. We cut HHS, those hurt can't access care. End result: more death, more starvation, more poverty. It's pretty simple, actually. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/c...
Critical Hurricane Monitoring Data Is Going Offline
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June 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
This makes me think about the how the future will go: we cut NOAA, more people get hurt. We cut FEMA, more people lose everything. We cut HHS, those hurt can't access care. End result: more death, more starvation, more poverty. It's pretty simple, actually. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/c...
I see this, and my first thought is, "let's crowdfund a shitton of money and sue the crap out of any hospital that negligently refuses to provide an abortion": www.beckershospitalreview.com/legal-regula...
Pulled EMTALA guidance stirs confusion for hospitals: 6 updates - Becker's Hospital Review | Healthcare News & Analysis
CMS’ rescindment of a 2022 guidance that clarified hospitals’ obligations to provide emergency abortion care is spurring additional confusion amid an already complicated legal landscape, health and le...
www.beckershospitalreview.com
June 10, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I see this, and my first thought is, "let's crowdfund a shitton of money and sue the crap out of any hospital that negligently refuses to provide an abortion": www.beckershospitalreview.com/legal-regula...
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“No children are dying on my watch,” said Rubio. It's blatantly false. Credible estimates count 190K deaths so far.
In Kenya, I am seeing devastating impact, incl this child's starvation & many deaths directly caused by Rubio’s actions. More in my @msnbc.com clip. www.instagram.com/atul.gawande...
In Kenya, I am seeing devastating impact, incl this child's starvation & many deaths directly caused by Rubio’s actions. More in my @msnbc.com clip. www.instagram.com/atul.gawande...
Atul Gawande on Instagram: "“No children are dying on my watch,” said Rubio. It's blatantly false.
So far, 190,000 children and 90,000 adults have died due to the dismantling of USAID (even assuming...
9 likes, 0 comments - atul.gawande on May 24, 2025: "“No children are dying on my watch,” said Rubio. It's blatantly false.
So far, 190,000 children and 90,000 adults have died due to the dismantlin...
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May 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
“No children are dying on my watch,” said Rubio. It's blatantly false. Credible estimates count 190K deaths so far.
In Kenya, I am seeing devastating impact, incl this child's starvation & many deaths directly caused by Rubio’s actions. More in my @msnbc.com clip. www.instagram.com/atul.gawande...
In Kenya, I am seeing devastating impact, incl this child's starvation & many deaths directly caused by Rubio’s actions. More in my @msnbc.com clip. www.instagram.com/atul.gawande...
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Primary care, the foundation of the state’s health care industry, is crumbling, and Massachusetts is running out of time to fix it, according to a report published Thursday by the state’s Health Policy Commission.
Primary medical care in Massachusetts has a dire prognosis, and patients are feeling the strain - The Boston Globe
Patients are struggling to access care, the physician workforce is aging and dissatisfied, and the pipeline for new doctors is dwindling, a new report says.
www.bostonglobe.com
January 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Primary care, the foundation of the state’s health care industry, is crumbling, and Massachusetts is running out of time to fix it, according to a report published Thursday by the state’s Health Policy Commission.
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Here is my strongest personal belief: the worst animal is better than the best human.
January 16, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Here is my strongest personal belief: the worst animal is better than the best human.
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Primary care typically gets little respect. Professors and peers alike admonish students: If you’re so smart, why would you choose primary care? kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Can Medical Schools Funnel More Doctors Into the Primary Care Pipeline? - KFF Health News
More medical schools say they will no longer charge tuition, in hopes that more students, graduating free of debt, will choose lower-paying primary care careers. But evidence suggests it will take a l...
kffhealthnews.org
January 14, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Primary care typically gets little respect. Professors and peers alike admonish students: If you’re so smart, why would you choose primary care? kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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I would like to be able to tell the rideshare app I do not wish to be picked up by a Tesla
January 2, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I would like to be able to tell the rideshare app I do not wish to be picked up by a Tesla
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Also, courage is contagious. I continue to stand against American fascism in the hope that others will take heart, too.
December 23, 2024 at 1:55 AM
Also, courage is contagious. I continue to stand against American fascism in the hope that others will take heart, too.
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Huge scoop from @propublica.org reporter Kavitha Surana today that you must read. The Senate emergency health post Dobbs report highlights how hospitals rarely advise doctors on how to treat patients under abortion bans.
www.propublica.org/article/abor...
www.propublica.org/article/abor...
Report: Hospitals Rarely Advise Doctors on How to Treat Patients Under Abortion Bans
Doctors described hospital lawyers who “refused to meet” with them for months, were hard to reach during “life or death” situations and offered little help beyond “regurgitating” the law, according to...
www.propublica.org
December 19, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Huge scoop from @propublica.org reporter Kavitha Surana today that you must read. The Senate emergency health post Dobbs report highlights how hospitals rarely advise doctors on how to treat patients under abortion bans.
www.propublica.org/article/abor...
www.propublica.org/article/abor...
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No women will lead House committees for first time in 2 decades abcnews.go.com/Politics/rep...
No women will lead House committees for first time in 2 decades
The 17 standing committees will be dominated by white men when the new Congress is seated on Jan. 3. No people of color were selected, either.
abcnews.go.com
December 15, 2024 at 4:29 PM
No women will lead House committees for first time in 2 decades abcnews.go.com/Politics/rep...
But we all know that in their time of need, idiots like this will still ask for help from the science against which they fight:
Kennedy’s Lawyer Has Asked the F.D.A. to Revoke Approval of the Polio Vaccine www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/h...
Kennedy’s Lawyer Has Asked the F.D.A. to Revoke Approval of the Polio Vaccine www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/h...
RFK Jr.’s Lawyer Has Asked the FDA to Revoke Polio Vaccine Approval
Aaron Siri, who specializes in vaccine lawsuits, has been at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s side reviewing candidates for top jobs at the Department of Health and Human Services.
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2024 at 12:32 PM
But we all know that in their time of need, idiots like this will still ask for help from the science against which they fight:
Kennedy’s Lawyer Has Asked the F.D.A. to Revoke Approval of the Polio Vaccine www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/h...
Kennedy’s Lawyer Has Asked the F.D.A. to Revoke Approval of the Polio Vaccine www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/h...
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"The only thing holding you back is your entire personality and your existence." Brilliant show, @watsoncomedian.bsky.social!
December 2, 2024 at 11:51 PM
"The only thing holding you back is your entire personality and your existence." Brilliant show, @watsoncomedian.bsky.social!
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📽️ WATCH: Porsha Ngumezi is the fifth case ProPublica has reported on in which a woman died after not receiving a D&C or its second-trimester equivalent in time, or at all: https://propub.li/49gkSv3
Video: @carissaqmb.bsky.social
Video: @carissaqmb.bsky.social
Porsha Ngumezi Died After Not Getting a D&C in a Texas Hospital
Porsha Ngumezi, a 35-year-old mother of two living in Houston, Texas, was 11 weeks pregnant when she died last year after doctors did not give her a D&C, or ...
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December 2, 2024 at 6:30 PM
📽️ WATCH: Porsha Ngumezi is the fifth case ProPublica has reported on in which a woman died after not receiving a D&C or its second-trimester equivalent in time, or at all: https://propub.li/49gkSv3
Video: @carissaqmb.bsky.social
Video: @carissaqmb.bsky.social
Spending the day training medical students how to do primary care procedures provides just a slight degree of optimism that maybe we are not completely doomed.
November 23, 2024 at 10:40 PM
Spending the day training medical students how to do primary care procedures provides just a slight degree of optimism that maybe we are not completely doomed.
@mcuban.bsky.social, question! Huge fan of the work you've done with @costplusdrugs.com, and I'd like to request a more accessible option for a very commonly prescribed antibiotic called rifaximin. It has been around since the 80s, yet a two week course still costs over $2k. It's totally absurd.
November 15, 2024 at 3:06 AM
@mcuban.bsky.social, question! Huge fan of the work you've done with @costplusdrugs.com, and I'd like to request a more accessible option for a very commonly prescribed antibiotic called rifaximin. It has been around since the 80s, yet a two week course still costs over $2k. It's totally absurd.
I haven't used social media since 2008, but I'm willing to try it again given the state of the universe, on the off chance it can prove me wrong and not be terrible.
November 15, 2024 at 2:45 AM
I haven't used social media since 2008, but I'm willing to try it again given the state of the universe, on the off chance it can prove me wrong and not be terrible.