Joe Liller
@jliller.bsky.social
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Scoop: As federal health agencies are gutted, Kyle Diamantas, a Florida attorney w/ a slim resume + no prior gov't experience, is the new head of food safety at @US_FDA. Turns out, he's Donald Trump Jr.'s hunting buddy, @vanityfair.com is reporting exclusively: www.vanityfair.com/news/story/f... /1
America’s Food Safety Is Now in the Hands of Don Jr.’s Hunting Buddy
As federal health agencies are gutted with abandon, a Florida attorney with a history of hunting with the president’s son has been put in charge of food safety at the FDA, overseeing the nation’s food...
www.vanityfair.com
February 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Scoop: As federal health agencies are gutted, Kyle Diamantas, a Florida attorney w/ a slim resume + no prior gov't experience, is the new head of food safety at @US_FDA. Turns out, he's Donald Trump Jr.'s hunting buddy, @vanityfair.com is reporting exclusively: www.vanityfair.com/news/story/f... /1
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CDC Shutters PRAMS Program on Maternal and Infant Health. Story by @joshtpm.bsky.social talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/cdc-s...
CDC Shutters PRAMS Program on Maternal and Infant Health
The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) is a federal data collection...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
CDC Shutters PRAMS Program on Maternal and Infant Health. Story by @joshtpm.bsky.social talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/cdc-s...
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If you’re not vaccinated for measles, now is the time. If you’re unsure, talk to your doctor about getting a titre check.
Masks work well against measles, N95 or better!
Mask up to protect yourself, your community and the most vulnerable around you.
Masks work well against measles, N95 or better!
Mask up to protect yourself, your community and the most vulnerable around you.
My staff and I are closely tracking the potential measles exposure in San Antonio that originated with a visitor from West Texas.
If you visited any of the locations listed below, please watch out for symptoms (including fever or unexplained rash) and contact a doctor right away if they occur.
If you visited any of the locations listed below, please watch out for symptoms (including fever or unexplained rash) and contact a doctor right away if they occur.
February 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If you’re not vaccinated for measles, now is the time. If you’re unsure, talk to your doctor about getting a titre check.
Masks work well against measles, N95 or better!
Mask up to protect yourself, your community and the most vulnerable around you.
Masks work well against measles, N95 or better!
Mask up to protect yourself, your community and the most vulnerable around you.
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This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools - ClarksvilleNow.com
At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement...
clarksvillenow.com
February 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
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Deaths predicted amid the chaos of Elon Musk’s shutdown of USAid
The Guardian
February 4, 2025
By Mark Townsend, Karen McVeigh, Charles Pensulo, Caroline Kimeu, Luke Taylor
stillcoviding.ca/en/news/deat...
#health #USAID #USPoli #Trump #Musk
The Guardian
February 4, 2025
By Mark Townsend, Karen McVeigh, Charles Pensulo, Caroline Kimeu, Luke Taylor
stillcoviding.ca/en/news/deat...
#health #USAID #USPoli #Trump #Musk
Deaths predicted amid the chaos of Elon Musk’s shutdown of USAid
stillcoviding.ca
February 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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“Trump was, alas, elected, and delegated outsize power to Musk voluntarily. But the reason it feels like a coup is that we have no precedent for an administration treating its own government like a hostile territory to be conquered and exploited.”
This by @michellegoldberg.bsky.social is spot-on
This by @michellegoldberg.bsky.social is spot-on
Opinion | Trump Is Running America the Way America Ran Iraq (Gift Article)
He and his team are treating the government like hostile territory to be conquered.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
“Trump was, alas, elected, and delegated outsize power to Musk voluntarily. But the reason it feels like a coup is that we have no precedent for an administration treating its own government like a hostile territory to be conquered and exploited.”
This by @michellegoldberg.bsky.social is spot-on
This by @michellegoldberg.bsky.social is spot-on
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Top 10 signs you might be living in a fascist state?
Nazi salute executed and cheered for at presidential inauguration (check)
Identifying a vulnerable sub-population and weaponizing the state against them by 'othering' them (check)
Rapid dismantling of institutions that protect rights (check)
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Nazi salute executed and cheered for at presidential inauguration (check)
Identifying a vulnerable sub-population and weaponizing the state against them by 'othering' them (check)
Rapid dismantling of institutions that protect rights (check)
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January 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Top 10 signs you might be living in a fascist state?
Nazi salute executed and cheered for at presidential inauguration (check)
Identifying a vulnerable sub-population and weaponizing the state against them by 'othering' them (check)
Rapid dismantling of institutions that protect rights (check)
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Nazi salute executed and cheered for at presidential inauguration (check)
Identifying a vulnerable sub-population and weaponizing the state against them by 'othering' them (check)
Rapid dismantling of institutions that protect rights (check)
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A 67 year old amputee and wheelchair user lived with his son who had cerebral palsy.
They were killed in the Eaton fire while waiting for an ambulance that never arrived.
Many disabled people can not evacuate on their own. They need to be included in evacuation plans (yet almost never are)
They were killed in the Eaton fire while waiting for an ambulance that never arrived.
Many disabled people can not evacuate on their own. They need to be included in evacuation plans (yet almost never are)
Father Missing a Limb and Son with Cerebral Palsy Weren't Able to Evacuate L.A. Fires in Time, Family Says
A 67-year-old amputee along with his son with cerebral palsy died in the Eaton fire on Jan. 8, according to his daughter.
people.com
January 11, 2025 at 5:15 AM
A 67 year old amputee and wheelchair user lived with his son who had cerebral palsy.
They were killed in the Eaton fire while waiting for an ambulance that never arrived.
Many disabled people can not evacuate on their own. They need to be included in evacuation plans (yet almost never are)
They were killed in the Eaton fire while waiting for an ambulance that never arrived.
Many disabled people can not evacuate on their own. They need to be included in evacuation plans (yet almost never are)
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It's always worth remembering that, fundamentally, 'immunity debt' is a political term, a convenient and media-friendly phrase to explain away what is much more likely to be pathogen-pathogen interaction.
A representative example (SARS-CoV-2 & DENV-2):
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A representative example (SARS-CoV-2 & DENV-2):
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
SARS-CoV-2 antibodies cross-react and enhance dengue infection
Dengue disease is highly prevalent in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. However, its pathogenesis is still incompletely understood, particularly in comparison to other endemic viruses. Antib...
www.biorxiv.org
January 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
It's always worth remembering that, fundamentally, 'immunity debt' is a political term, a convenient and media-friendly phrase to explain away what is much more likely to be pathogen-pathogen interaction.
A representative example (SARS-CoV-2 & DENV-2):
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A representative example (SARS-CoV-2 & DENV-2):
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Worth reiterating that H5N1 has never behaved like this. Millions of infections in North America combined with what seem to be multiple modes of transmission combined with growing numbers of human infections combined with flu season is a time bomb.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Bird flu kills 20 big cats at Washington animal sanctuary
The animals - including a Bengal tiger, cougars and bobcats - have died of the virus over the past several weeks.
www.bbc.com
December 26, 2024 at 1:13 PM
Worth reiterating that H5N1 has never behaved like this. Millions of infections in North America combined with what seem to be multiple modes of transmission combined with growing numbers of human infections combined with flu season is a time bomb.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Economic burden of Long Covid in the UK estimated to be >$20 billion per year from real cohort data
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/1...
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/1...
November 14, 2024 at 2:08 AM
Economic burden of Long Covid in the UK estimated to be >$20 billion per year from real cohort data
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/1...
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/1...
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This is outrageous.
First Avian flu case in Canada, the teen affected went to the ICU. But they aren't using airborne precautions.
So this could spread to any number of health care workers on that unit, and further beyond.
We have learned absolutely nothing.
First Avian flu case in Canada, the teen affected went to the ICU. But they aren't using airborne precautions.
So this could spread to any number of health care workers on that unit, and further beyond.
We have learned absolutely nothing.
H5N1 Case in BC: Patient in Intensive Care Amid Concerns Over Changing Isolation Protocols
A patient in British Columbia has been admitted to intensive care after being diagnosed with H5N1, a highly pathogenic avian influenza strain.
A patient in British Columbia has been admitted to intensive care after being diagnosed with H5N1, a highly pathogenic avian influenza strain.
November 12, 2024 at 3:05 PM
This is outrageous.
First Avian flu case in Canada, the teen affected went to the ICU. But they aren't using airborne precautions.
So this could spread to any number of health care workers on that unit, and further beyond.
We have learned absolutely nothing.
First Avian flu case in Canada, the teen affected went to the ICU. But they aren't using airborne precautions.
So this could spread to any number of health care workers on that unit, and further beyond.
We have learned absolutely nothing.
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Phew thankfully this isn't happening in the United Sta--OH MY G
"The Nazi government developed a partnership with leading German business interests, who supported the goals of the regime in exchange for advantageous contracts, subsidies, and the suppression of the trade union movement. ...
"The Nazi government developed a partnership with leading German business interests, who supported the goals of the regime in exchange for advantageous contracts, subsidies, and the suppression of the trade union movement. ...
Economy of Nazi Germany - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
November 11, 2024 at 5:07 PM
Phew thankfully this isn't happening in the United Sta--OH MY G
"The Nazi government developed a partnership with leading German business interests, who supported the goals of the regime in exchange for advantageous contracts, subsidies, and the suppression of the trade union movement. ...
"The Nazi government developed a partnership with leading German business interests, who supported the goals of the regime in exchange for advantageous contracts, subsidies, and the suppression of the trade union movement. ...