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This is indeed dangerously unethical. When will someone stop RFK Jr. from causing more harm to global public health?
@doritreiss.bsky.social
@doritreiss.bsky.social
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RFK Jr. is about to launch a dangerously unethical experiment in West Africa.
RFK Jr. is about to launch a dangerously unethical experiment in West Africa.
RFK Jr.’s Tuskegee Experiment
RFK Jr. recently directed the CDC to fund a study in West Africa that lays bare his cruelty and dishonesty
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January 9, 2026 at 4:36 AM
This is indeed dangerously unethical. When will someone stop RFK Jr. from causing more harm to global public health?
@doritreiss.bsky.social
@doritreiss.bsky.social
This is an excellent analysis from @joho.bsky.social. It's time we ignore the antivaxx science denialists from @childrenshealthdefense.org.web.brid.gy & other crackpot mendacious intellectual pornographers who reject the wisdom of credible medical & legal experts.
January 8, 2026 at 3:22 AM
This is an excellent analysis from @joho.bsky.social. It's time we ignore the antivaxx science denialists from @childrenshealthdefense.org.web.brid.gy & other crackpot mendacious intellectual pornographers who reject the wisdom of credible medical & legal experts.
I wish AAP success in this. @skepticalraptor.bsky.social's piece is worth reading. @doritreiss.bsky.social
Lawsuit against new COVID vaccine recommendations will proceed: Judge found AAP has standing, the case is not moot, and at least some claims have validity. A legal analysis. www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalrap... via @skepticalraptor.bsky.social
Lawsuit against new COVID vaccine recommendations will proceed
The AAP v. Kennedy lawsuit challenges the revised COVID vaccine recommendations. A federal judge denied the government's motion to dismiss.
www.skepticalraptor.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:01 AM
I wish AAP success in this. @skepticalraptor.bsky.social's piece is worth reading. @doritreiss.bsky.social
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Shifting many pediatric vaccines into the category of shared clinical decision-making means in many red states governors and legislators will be pressured to strip them from school-entry requirements. Vaccination rates could fall sharply with stark regional differences in protection against disease
Federal health officials slash recommended childhood vaccinations under Trump’s directive
The number of recommended childhood shots drops from 17 to 11.
www.statnews.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Shifting many pediatric vaccines into the category of shared clinical decision-making means in many red states governors and legislators will be pressured to strip them from school-entry requirements. Vaccination rates could fall sharply with stark regional differences in protection against disease
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Myself and @doritreiss.bsky.social on the antivaccine movement from 2018.
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The Anti-Vaccine Movement: A Litany of Fallacy and Errors
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January 6, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Myself and @doritreiss.bsky.social on the antivaccine movement from 2018.
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Sadly this is worth noting. We are seeing it already but it will get worse, a lot worse, before it gets better. @doritreiss.bsky.social
Last Year, and the Year to Come: People with weird beliefs in HHS are about to have a lot of blood on their hands. www.science.org/content/blog... via Derek Lowe, @science.org
Last Year, and the Year to Come
www.science.org
January 5, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Sadly this is worth noting. We are seeing it already but it will get worse, a lot worse, before it gets better. @doritreiss.bsky.social
This is worthy of note from @pauloffit.bsky.social.
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RFK Jr. and Donald Trump want us to give fewer vaccines to our children. Why?
RFK Jr. and Donald Trump want us to give fewer vaccines to our children. Why?
On Being Denmark
President Donald Trump recently issued an executive order asking the United States to align itself with other countries and give fewer vaccines. Why?
open.substack.com
January 1, 2026 at 9:13 PM
This is worthy of note from @pauloffit.bsky.social.
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I Was Wrong About RFK Jr.: he's not even a broken clock; he destroyed U.S. leadership in global health, and ruined our ability to trust our health agencies. He's done nothing right. via N. Adam Brown @medpagetoday.com www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/pres...
Opinion | I Was Wrong About RFK Jr.
In early 2025, I was overly optimistic he might get a thing or two right for public health
www.medpagetoday.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I Was Wrong About RFK Jr.: he's not even a broken clock; he destroyed U.S. leadership in global health, and ruined our ability to trust our health agencies. He's done nothing right. via N. Adam Brown @medpagetoday.com www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/pres...
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20 years of KITZMAS! Take this quiz and learn more about the Kitzmiller v. Dover trial that kept non-science "intelligent design" out of the science classroom. https://ncse.ngo/kitzmiller-trial-quiz #historysky #kitzmas
Kitzmiller Trial Quiz | National Center for Science Education
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December 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
20 years of KITZMAS! Take this quiz and learn more about the Kitzmiller v. Dover trial that kept non-science "intelligent design" out of the science classroom. https://ncse.ngo/kitzmiller-trial-quiz #historysky #kitzmas
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What's eating me the most, is RFK jr getting his hooks into these people SO fiercely. It's so bad that even parents of an unvaccinated 6 y/o who DIED from Measles, were STILL against the vaccine when interviewed by CHD. 😠
"The stories that are haunting me the most, though, are the preventable deaths of unvaccinated infants and children. In 2025, we witnessed the first two measles deaths of unvaccinated children in a decade in the United States."
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January 1, 2026 at 12:47 AM
What's eating me the most, is RFK jr getting his hooks into these people SO fiercely. It's so bad that even parents of an unvaccinated 6 y/o who DIED from Measles, were STILL against the vaccine when interviewed by CHD. 😠
Congratulations to @nilese.bsky.social for the publication by the @paleosoc.bsky.social's journal Paleobiology of the 50th anniversary punctuated equilibrium symposium organized by Don Prothero & held at the 2022 GSA meeting. @bruceslieberman.bsky.social @andrejpaleo.bsky.social
January 1, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Congratulations to @nilese.bsky.social for the publication by the @paleosoc.bsky.social's journal Paleobiology of the 50th anniversary punctuated equilibrium symposium organized by Don Prothero & held at the 2022 GSA meeting. @bruceslieberman.bsky.social @andrejpaleo.bsky.social
This flu is hitting Manhattan hard (New York, NY) but it seems Trump & RFK Jr. don't care. Maybe they should.
The “protect the vulnerable” people should actually protect the vulnerable.
January 1, 2026 at 2:27 AM
This flu is hitting Manhattan hard (New York, NY) but it seems Trump & RFK Jr. don't care. Maybe they should.
This is worthy of note from @drpanmd.bsky.social.
That RFK Jr would lie to Congress is not surprising. What is outrageous is that Congress is not holding RFK Jr accountable for lying to them. The U.S. Constitution depends on each branch of government holding the others accountable to protect our rights & freedoms. #DrPanForCongress #AmericanValues
RFK Jr. broke almost every promise he made to senators to get appointed, turned #ACIP into a subservient mouthpiece rather than an expert committee, and put views over science at every turn. wapo.st/48YSPC1 via @rachelroubein.bsky.social @lenasun.bsky.social @laurenweberhp.bsky.social
December 31, 2025 at 2:14 AM
This is worthy of note from @drpanmd.bsky.social.
This is well worth reading even if it's "through the lens of a classic science fiction film". Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have caused much damage to federal science and medicine.
As 2025 ends, I look back at the damage federal science and medicine have sustained thus far under Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. through the lens of a classic science fiction film. Truly, it’s a madhouse at HHS. sciencebasedmedicine.org/public-healt...
It’s a madhouse! Public health under the heirs to Lysenko (and Dr. Zaius) in 2025
As 2025 barrels towards its depressing conclusion, I look back at the damage federal science and medicine have sustained thus far under Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. through the lens of a cla
sciencebasedmedicine.org
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This is well worth reading even if it's "through the lens of a classic science fiction film". Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have caused much damage to federal science and medicine.
@michaelemann.bsky.social & @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social's "Science Under Siege" is one of the most important books published in recent memory, especially this year It is a timely look at what happens when science is attacked, ignored & discredited. It should be required reading for most Americans.
December 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
@michaelemann.bsky.social & @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social's "Science Under Siege" is one of the most important books published in recent memory, especially this year It is a timely look at what happens when science is attacked, ignored & discredited. It should be required reading for most Americans.
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You know what, shitbird? I have an idea. What about a VACCINE?
There are several in late stages of development.
Will you promote them so we can get “children back into the woods” as you say?
There are several in late stages of development.
Will you promote them so we can get “children back into the woods” as you say?
December 29, 2025 at 11:36 PM
You know what, shitbird? I have an idea. What about a VACCINE?
There are several in late stages of development.
Will you promote them so we can get “children back into the woods” as you say?
There are several in late stages of development.
Will you promote them so we can get “children back into the woods” as you say?
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So @jeneeninterlandi.bsky.social is on the @nytimes.com editorial board. She has been a voice of reason for many years at the paper (as have many of their health/science reporters) on infectious diseases. This is a great piece from her to close out 2025. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/o...
Opinion | This Is the Damage Kennedy Has Done in Less Than a Year
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December 30, 2025 at 11:38 AM
So @jeneeninterlandi.bsky.social is on the @nytimes.com editorial board. She has been a voice of reason for many years at the paper (as have many of their health/science reporters) on infectious diseases. This is a great piece from her to close out 2025. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/o...
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The health of Americans is at risk as those in power abandon evidence and process, and elevate anecdote and rhetoric in their place. Excellent article (if sad to read) www.statnews.com/2025/12/03/a...
CDC’s vaccine advisory panel faces a crisis of its own making
“ACIP has drifted toward inflating speculative risks while downplaying well-established vaccine benefits,” write former CDC officials Demetre Daskalakis, Daniel Jernigan, and Debra Houry.
www.statnews.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The health of Americans is at risk as those in power abandon evidence and process, and elevate anecdote and rhetoric in their place. Excellent article (if sad to read) www.statnews.com/2025/12/03/a...
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A spectacular look back at Kitzmiller v. Dover, from Witold "Vic" Walczak.
Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District – A 20-year Retrospective on Using the Law to Defend Scientific Integrity - ACLU of Pennsylvania
Twenty years ago, in December of 2005, a federal court in Pennsylvania issued a ruling in Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District that an effort to teach so-called Intelligent Design Creationism as a...
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December 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
A spectacular look back at Kitzmiller v. Dover, from Witold "Vic" Walczak.
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In which I describe the links between Trump, creationism, ID, Christian Nationalism, and the book at the centre of the case; fear that the judgement will be undermined or, worse, bypassed; and show that this book contains errors of scientific reasoning that would disgrace an undergraduate.
Creationism in the classroom: does it matter? Kitzmiller 20 years on - 3 Quarks Daily
by Paul Braterman
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December 24, 2025 at 11:33 AM
In which I describe the links between Trump, creationism, ID, Christian Nationalism, and the book at the centre of the case; fear that the judgement will be undermined or, worse, bypassed; and show that this book contains errors of scientific reasoning that would disgrace an undergraduate.
This is a succinct, intriguing look at what Wilde thought about Darwin.
In which I investigate Oscar Wilde's views on Darwin.
Running Wilde | National Center for Science Education
I’ve always liked Tim M.
ncse.ngo
December 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
This is a succinct, intriguing look at what Wilde thought about Darwin.
Sadly this is worthy of note.
“Flu activity is increasing across the U.S…. The CDC estimates there have been at least 4.6 million illnesses, 49,000 hospitalizations and 1,900 deaths from flu this season so far, according to data updated as of Dec. 19, and experts expect these numbers will continue to rise”
Flu cases on the rise amid holiday travel, gatherings, latest CDC data shows
Flu activity is increasing across the U.S. amid holiday travel and gatherings, according to the latest data from the CDC.
abcnews.go.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Sadly this is worthy of note.