Ellie
@kukeoni.bsky.social
current location: plato’s cave
mostly thinking about public health law & ethics and the latest k-drama • occasionally in 粵/한/Fr
mostly thinking about public health law & ethics and the latest k-drama • occasionally in 粵/한/Fr
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They recovered over 180 bullet shells at the CDC. Debris from shattered glass is still being cleaned up. I am completely stunned at how quickly the news cycle has moved on. This was an act of terrorism targeting public health experts, and the response seems to be a collective shrug.
August 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
They recovered over 180 bullet shells at the CDC. Debris from shattered glass is still being cleaned up. I am completely stunned at how quickly the news cycle has moved on. This was an act of terrorism targeting public health experts, and the response seems to be a collective shrug.
currently reading: everything is tuberculosis by john green
July 17, 2025 at 7:37 PM
currently reading: everything is tuberculosis by john green
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Compliance is not a binary, it's a spectrum. And while this administration is defying way more court orders than any prior administration, it still complies with a great number -- indeed, the majority -- of them.
July 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Compliance is not a binary, it's a spectrum. And while this administration is defying way more court orders than any prior administration, it still complies with a great number -- indeed, the majority -- of them.
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This is just odious.
Exclusive: HHS devises a legal playbook for future research grant terminations, an internal memo shows.
www.statnews.com/2025/07/06/h...
www.statnews.com/2025/07/06/h...
HHS devises legal playbook for future grant terminations, internal memo shows
Exclusive: HHS devises a legal playbook for future research grant terminations, an internal memo shows.
www.statnews.com
July 7, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This is just odious.
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The Administration’s policy of mass immigrant exclusion includes:
— stripping citizenship from natural-born US citizens
— deporting US citizen children of unauthorized parents
— mass voiding of legal status from large classes of noncitizen immigrants
Not a ‘crackdown’. A purge.
— stripping citizenship from natural-born US citizens
— deporting US citizen children of unauthorized parents
— mass voiding of legal status from large classes of noncitizen immigrants
Not a ‘crackdown’. A purge.
NEW: the Trump admin has moved to terminate TPS for Honduras and Nicaragua, covering over 50,000 people
Both of these designations date back to 1999, meaning Trump wants to strip legal status from people here legally who have had a background check every 18 months for the last 26 years.
Both of these designations date back to 1999, meaning Trump wants to strip legal status from people here legally who have had a background check every 18 months for the last 26 years.
July 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The Administration’s policy of mass immigrant exclusion includes:
— stripping citizenship from natural-born US citizens
— deporting US citizen children of unauthorized parents
— mass voiding of legal status from large classes of noncitizen immigrants
Not a ‘crackdown’. A purge.
— stripping citizenship from natural-born US citizens
— deporting US citizen children of unauthorized parents
— mass voiding of legal status from large classes of noncitizen immigrants
Not a ‘crackdown’. A purge.
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A chilling reminder that American science denial does not just affect people in the US, it kills people globally.
June 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
A chilling reminder that American science denial does not just affect people in the US, it kills people globally.
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Democrats getting occasional "Gotcha" clips don't matter because the cabinet members know there are no consequences.
So until Democrats start pulling any enforcement levers they can find (contempt, impeachment), they’re just watching the neutering of their oversight.
So until Democrats start pulling any enforcement levers they can find (contempt, impeachment), they’re just watching the neutering of their oversight.
June 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Democrats getting occasional "Gotcha" clips don't matter because the cabinet members know there are no consequences.
So until Democrats start pulling any enforcement levers they can find (contempt, impeachment), they’re just watching the neutering of their oversight.
So until Democrats start pulling any enforcement levers they can find (contempt, impeachment), they’re just watching the neutering of their oversight.
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All right, I’m signing off of ACIP to go about my day. My brief summary is that as expected, fACIP members are unqualified to carefully and knowledgeably review vaccine data. They don’t understand the epidemiological studies.
Each of them should wave this flag.
Each of them should wave this flag.
June 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
All right, I’m signing off of ACIP to go about my day. My brief summary is that as expected, fACIP members are unqualified to carefully and knowledgeably review vaccine data. They don’t understand the epidemiological studies.
Each of them should wave this flag.
Each of them should wave this flag.
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Step 1: Sow doubt about vaccine safety and efficacy; prey on people who have reason to mistrust/distrust authority
Step 2: Watch trends in vaccine uptake decrease
Step 3: Cite low vaccine uptake as a reason to limit vaccine availability and weaken vaccine recommendations
Step 2: Watch trends in vaccine uptake decrease
Step 3: Cite low vaccine uptake as a reason to limit vaccine availability and weaken vaccine recommendations
Meissner asks if public uptake ought to influence ACIP recommendations.
This is the game right there. The vaccines are safe and effective and a benefit to all ages. But these contrarians have sowed doubt in them and are using that to kill them.
This is the game right there. The vaccines are safe and effective and a benefit to all ages. But these contrarians have sowed doubt in them and are using that to kill them.
June 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Step 1: Sow doubt about vaccine safety and efficacy; prey on people who have reason to mistrust/distrust authority
Step 2: Watch trends in vaccine uptake decrease
Step 3: Cite low vaccine uptake as a reason to limit vaccine availability and weaken vaccine recommendations
Step 2: Watch trends in vaccine uptake decrease
Step 3: Cite low vaccine uptake as a reason to limit vaccine availability and weaken vaccine recommendations
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For my NIH focused peeps, think this through if you have not yet done so. *All* extramural support keeps your University vibrant. Loss of NSF etc will just pressure other sources of funding including NIH IDC and DC.
June 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
For my NIH focused peeps, think this through if you have not yet done so. *All* extramural support keeps your University vibrant. Loss of NSF etc will just pressure other sources of funding including NIH IDC and DC.
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Parents deserve information they can trust. The AAP has published the childhood immunization schedule for decades that has been grounded in science and relied upon by pediatricians and families alike. If you have questions, your pediatrician is your best source for answers and guidance.
June 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Parents deserve information they can trust. The AAP has published the childhood immunization schedule for decades that has been grounded in science and relied upon by pediatricians and families alike. If you have questions, your pediatrician is your best source for answers and guidance.
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Where we are is professional medical organizations having to provide evidence-based information because we have a government committee that actively engages in misinformation. Devastating consequences.
After RFK Jr fired the entire vaccine advisory committee and replaced them with cranks (something he specifically promised he would not do), fake ACIP is beginning its first 2-day meeting.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=2PnY...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=2PnY...
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) - Day 1 of 2
YouTube video by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
m.youtube.com
June 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Where we are is professional medical organizations having to provide evidence-based information because we have a government committee that actively engages in misinformation. Devastating consequences.
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ICE's actions in how they arrested her also vile. This is a woman who has been diligently checking in with ICE since before it even existed, back when it was INS — for more than a quarter of a century.
And yet they grabbed her outside her home while she was gardening. Why not just call her in?
And yet they grabbed her outside her home while she was gardening. Why not just call her in?
June 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
ICE's actions in how they arrested her also vile. This is a woman who has been diligently checking in with ICE since before it even existed, back when it was INS — for more than a quarter of a century.
And yet they grabbed her outside her home while she was gardening. Why not just call her in?
And yet they grabbed her outside her home while she was gardening. Why not just call her in?
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Pretty much. There's no debate that they CAN deport her (although from the circumstances it seems quite likely they violated regulations on revocation of orders of supervision), but the question is why the HELL would you deport someone like her who's had a stay of removal since 1998?
June 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Pretty much. There's no debate that they CAN deport her (although from the circumstances it seems quite likely they violated regulations on revocation of orders of supervision), but the question is why the HELL would you deport someone like her who's had a stay of removal since 1998?
currently reading: “what if we get it right?” - i’m ready for some tough love
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As you can probably tell by now, in this book you'll find no sugar coating or downplaying of scientific projections or of the speed and scope of change required in order to birth a future where we have a chance to flourish. You also won't find wallowing. We are learning lessons and looking forward Fundamentally changing how we interact with nature and each other certainly will not be easy. This transformation will
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June 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
currently reading: “what if we get it right?” - i’m ready for some tough love
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you're not a machine. you're a soul that needs love, connection, nourishment, laughter & small pockets of joy. prioritize them like your life depends on it, because it does
June 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM
you're not a machine. you're a soul that needs love, connection, nourishment, laughter & small pockets of joy. prioritize them like your life depends on it, because it does
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NEW: As the Trump admin is flying Afrikaners here today to be resettled as "refugees," @Sec_Noem is terminating Temporary Protected Status for Afghanistan — meaning they may start deporting women and allies who protected our troops to the Taliban to be persecuted or killed!
May 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
NEW: As the Trump admin is flying Afrikaners here today to be resettled as "refugees," @Sec_Noem is terminating Temporary Protected Status for Afghanistan — meaning they may start deporting women and allies who protected our troops to the Taliban to be persecuted or killed!
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Speaking of unconscionable actions by the current regime... this one ranks pretty close to the top of the list:
www.uscis.gov/newsroom/new...
www.uscis.gov/newsroom/new...
DHS Terminating Temporary Protected Status for Afghanistan | USCIS
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem today announced the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Afghanistan. The TPS designation for the country expires on May 20, 2025, and the terminati...
www.uscis.gov
May 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Speaking of unconscionable actions by the current regime... this one ranks pretty close to the top of the list:
www.uscis.gov/newsroom/new...
www.uscis.gov/newsroom/new...
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May 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Wanna stand up and fight back against Trump’s broadside attacks on justice oriented public health institutions, policies, and people?
Here is one important way! 👇
Here is one important way! 👇
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I need you to make calls to Congress because on Tuesday, the House Committee responsible for Medicaid is meeting to slash funding for Medicaid—the health program 80 million Americans rely on, the health program that has kept me alive.
This piece is not paywalled, it is not locked—please share it.
This piece is not paywalled, it is not locked—please share it.
CTA: House Committee Meets to Slash Medicaid on Tuesday 5/13 | Matthew Cortland
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May 10, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I need you to make calls to Congress because on Tuesday, the House Committee responsible for Medicaid is meeting to slash funding for Medicaid—the health program 80 million Americans rely on, the health program that has kept me alive.
This piece is not paywalled, it is not locked—please share it.
This piece is not paywalled, it is not locked—please share it.
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RFK Jr will kill many innocent people. Lets not let those off the hook who could have stopped him, all those in Washington who voted to allow this monster into office, they have blood on their hands as well.
May 12, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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The White House budget proposal cuts $3.6b from CDC, $18b from NIH, $1.7b from HRSA. It eliminates the Nat Institute on Minority & Health Disparities & for IRA's equity programs.
It asks for $44 billion more for Homeland Security, including for The Wall. www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
It asks for $44 billion more for Homeland Security, including for The Wall. www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
www.whitehouse.gov
May 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The White House budget proposal cuts $3.6b from CDC, $18b from NIH, $1.7b from HRSA. It eliminates the Nat Institute on Minority & Health Disparities & for IRA's equity programs.
It asks for $44 billion more for Homeland Security, including for The Wall. www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
It asks for $44 billion more for Homeland Security, including for The Wall. www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
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Science news is particularly grim this week. For NSF funding, 2 key fronts:
1) freeze on ALL existing grants (portal is down - no $$ going out, including reimbursements) www.nature.com/articles/d41...
2) budget proposes 40% overall cut & 15% cap on indirects (lawsuits blocked same for NIH in Feb)
1) freeze on ALL existing grants (portal is down - no $$ going out, including reimbursements) www.nature.com/articles/d41...
2) budget proposes 40% overall cut & 15% cap on indirects (lawsuits blocked same for NIH in Feb)
May 2, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Science news is particularly grim this week. For NSF funding, 2 key fronts:
1) freeze on ALL existing grants (portal is down - no $$ going out, including reimbursements) www.nature.com/articles/d41...
2) budget proposes 40% overall cut & 15% cap on indirects (lawsuits blocked same for NIH in Feb)
1) freeze on ALL existing grants (portal is down - no $$ going out, including reimbursements) www.nature.com/articles/d41...
2) budget proposes 40% overall cut & 15% cap on indirects (lawsuits blocked same for NIH in Feb)
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Even in conflict we’ve collaborated w/medicine. At the height of the Cold War, the US & USSR worked together to eradicate smallpox and develop a polio vaccine. Scientists shared info/samples across the Iron Curtain. We understood then that medicines aren’t a battlefield. We can choose that again. 8/
April 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Even in conflict we’ve collaborated w/medicine. At the height of the Cold War, the US & USSR worked together to eradicate smallpox and develop a polio vaccine. Scientists shared info/samples across the Iron Curtain. We understood then that medicines aren’t a battlefield. We can choose that again. 8/