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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · Sep 5

Great news and clever workaround for the NY State law that caused a prescription requirement for the COVID vaccine. Now you can get your prescription and your shot all in one go right at the pharmacist.

BREAKING, via @KatelynCordero in NY
Playbook PM: @GovKathyHochul will sign an executive order allowing pharmacists to prescribe and administer Covid vaccines to New Yorkers who request them.
VACCINES FOR ALL: Gov. Kathy Hochul is set to sign an executive order allowing pharmacists to prescribe and administer Covid-19 vaccines to New Yorkers who request them, according to plans shared exclusively with Playbook. The Democrat's executive order will mirror actions taken by other blue state governors this week to protect access to the latest Covid vaccine.
The Food and Drug Administration has only granted limited approval of the jab for older adults and individuals considered to be high-risk.
That's prompted Democratic leaders to create their own vaccine guidance and explore ways they can legally protect access to the shot for everyone.
"By signing this EO, Governor Hochul is making it clear that when Washington Republicans play politics with public health, New Yorkers will still be able to make their own health care decisions and get the care they need from trusted providers in their community," Hochul spokesperson Kara Cumoletti said in a statement to POLITICO.

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Richard @lucanvalerius.bsky.social · Sep 5

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Richard @lucanvalerius.bsky.social · Sep 5

Professor, you're a true national treasure. Everyone should have been listening to you starting 30 years ago

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Aug 30

History shows us the opposite: Undermining and censoring scientists and experts is a central feature of authoritarianism.

Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · Aug 29

RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.

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Daniel Payne @danielpayne.bsky.social · Aug 27

Update: At least three other high-ranking officials in CDC have also resigned.

“I am not able to serve in this role any longer because of the ongoing weaponization of public health,” one of the officials said in a note to staff.

Daniel Payne @danielpayne.bsky.social · Aug 27

CDC Director Susan Monarez is out

www.statnews.com/2025/08/27/c...

CDC Director Susan Monarez is ousted after one month in the job

Susan Monarez, the first Senate-confirmed director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has been ousted after just a month on the job.

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Channa Prakash @agbioworld.bsky.social · Aug 25

The Green Revolution saved 1-2 billion lives globally. Activists say it was a failure. They’re lying geneticliteracyproject.org/2025/08/25/v...

Viewpoint: The Green Revolution saved 1-2 billion lives globally. Activists say it was a failure. They’re lying

n the past few years, many environmental and academic activists have been undermining the work of Norman Borlaug and the successes of the Green Revolution

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Aug 23

“peer reviewed doctors”

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Center for Science in the Public Interest @cspinet.org · Aug 21

Before RFK Jr. fired an entire CDC vaccine advisory panel citing industry influence, conflicts of interest had been at a historic low according to a new study from the USC Schaeffer Center.

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Richard @lucanvalerius.bsky.social · Aug 23

I am hoping he is open to learning where he went wrong. I remember Bill Nye reaching the wrong conclusion long ago. I remember you offering to debate him. Yes, I really am that old.

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Richard @lucanvalerius.bsky.social · Aug 23

It bothers me a lot that this is PBS. The last thing we need now is more people stoking fear in biotech. We have too many people doing that already.

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Richard @lucanvalerius.bsky.social · Aug 23

That would be a great episode. Thanks!!

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · Aug 21

GOOD NEWS! Researchers at the University of Florida have developed a UNIVERSAL vaccine that dramatically BOOSTS the immune system’s ability to fight tumors- even WITHOUT targeting a SPECIFIC cancer type. It has the potential to do away with chemotherapy, surgery AND radiation treatment.

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Richard @lucanvalerius.bsky.social · Aug 23

Is this our future? The guy with the most social media likes gets the nomination?

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · Aug 23

MAHA wasn’t a response to COVID and any journalist who doesn’t understand that it *exploited COVID* intentionally, deliberately from day one should pack it in bc they’re a dupe.

Cover people who want to improve nutrition if that’s what you want to talk about.

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

MAHA Is a Bad Answer to a Good Question

Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 08/22/2025 · 1h 22m

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Richard @lucanvalerius.bsky.social · Aug 23

Powerful

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · Aug 23

5. SO, YEAH. YOU’RE GONNA HAVE TO PUT YOUR ACTIVIST SHOES ON. Unless you want to be a bystander while millions die because MAGA has wielded pseudo-science bullshit to prop up fresh eugenic flavored policies.

Again, this isn’t comfortable. We aren’t used to this. It’s not our “culture”. And yet…

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Richard @lucanvalerius.bsky.social · Aug 23

At this point, he should just sell Tesla and buy the Hummer brand from GM. At least his fans might buy one

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Richard @lucanvalerius.bsky.social · Aug 23

How about having Joe Hanson on the podcast to discuss his fear of seedless fruit. youtu.be/H8c1ObYSlQI?...

Why Seedless Fruit Is a Disaster Waiting To Happen

YouTube video by Be Smart

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Richard @lucanvalerius.bsky.social · Aug 23

Not directly related, but Joe Hanson has a new video. Am I wrong in thinking this contains unsubstantiated fear mongering?
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Why Seedless Fruit Is a Disaster Waiting To Happen

YouTube video by Be Smart

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Magdalena Skipper @magdalenaskipper.bsky.social · Jul 29

Help save 2 million lives: close the vaccine funding gap.

Gavi, the vaccine provider for the world’s poorest people, needs an extra US$3 billion to protect infants and other vulnerable groups

🧪 #MedSky
@nature.com
#Gavi

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Help save 2 million lives: close the vaccine funding gap

Gavi, the vaccine provider for the world’s poorest people, needs an extra US$3 billion to protect infants and other vulnerable groups. More donors must step up.

www.nature.com

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Richard @lucanvalerius.bsky.social · Jul 9

This exactly 💯

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Richard @lucanvalerius.bsky.social · Jul 4

I am so very sorry for you and all the innocent people there. This world pains my soul so deeply.

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Richard @lucanvalerius.bsky.social · May 17

Marcario Garcia won the Medal of Honor at Normandy but was still beaten for being Mexican by a restaurant owner

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Richard @lucanvalerius.bsky.social · May 9