Megan Dudley
@mdonavan.bsky.social
pediatrician+acupuncturist+HAPA+president of ridgfieldculture.org, a non-profit based in Ridgefield, WA.
always looking to connect with people doing cultural work in SW WA/Portland
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always looking to connect with people doing cultural work in SW WA/Portland
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I lived life as an autistic person for 41 years, and frankly it's wild to see someone who views your existence as a blight elevated to a position of such consequence. I generally see no reason to discuss being on the spectrum publicly, but I'll make an exception for this vile eugenicist. 1/x
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
November 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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This week, I’m hosting The Daily Show Tuesday through Thursday.
It’s my first time hosting anything on TV. Ever.
I’ve spent years writing behind the scenes, learning from truly great and talented people. Now, for three nights, I get to sit at the desk and do it myself.
It’s my first time hosting anything on TV. Ever.
I’ve spent years writing behind the scenes, learning from truly great and talented people. Now, for three nights, I get to sit at the desk and do it myself.
July 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This week, I’m hosting The Daily Show Tuesday through Thursday.
It’s my first time hosting anything on TV. Ever.
I’ve spent years writing behind the scenes, learning from truly great and talented people. Now, for three nights, I get to sit at the desk and do it myself.
It’s my first time hosting anything on TV. Ever.
I’ve spent years writing behind the scenes, learning from truly great and talented people. Now, for three nights, I get to sit at the desk and do it myself.
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You do NOT have to accept this! Post on the public comments to pressure them to NOT do this! www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
May 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
You do NOT have to accept this! Post on the public comments to pressure them to NOT do this! www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
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BIG shakeup at HHS: Sec. RFK Jr. announced a major restructuring of the agency. Goal? “Make America Healthy Again” by cutting bureaucracy, saving $1.8B/year, and tackling chronic disease at its roots - food, water, toxins. I have thoughts
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www.hhs.gov
March 27, 2025 at 5:58 PM
BIG shakeup at HHS: Sec. RFK Jr. announced a major restructuring of the agency. Goal? “Make America Healthy Again” by cutting bureaucracy, saving $1.8B/year, and tackling chronic disease at its roots - food, water, toxins. I have thoughts
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www.hhs.gov/about/news/h...
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www.hhs.gov/about/news/h...
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99.4% of new drugs approved by the FDA are the product of NIH funded research.
Remember this every time you see another headline on the NIH funding cuts.
It will directly impact YOU.
#ScienceNOTSilence
Remember this every time you see another headline on the NIH funding cuts.
It will directly impact YOU.
#ScienceNOTSilence
March 23, 2025 at 10:36 PM
99.4% of new drugs approved by the FDA are the product of NIH funded research.
Remember this every time you see another headline on the NIH funding cuts.
It will directly impact YOU.
#ScienceNOTSilence
Remember this every time you see another headline on the NIH funding cuts.
It will directly impact YOU.
#ScienceNOTSilence
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The author of this piece is an American photo journalist who has been embedded in El Salvador. Reading this piece is frightening and it should be. It's who we are in danger of becoming. time.com/7269604/el-s...
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:47 AM
The author of this piece is an American photo journalist who has been embedded in El Salvador. Reading this piece is frightening and it should be. It's who we are in danger of becoming. time.com/7269604/el-s...
When we talk about cutting funding to the NIH, we are talking about studies such as this. Mortality rate for Ebola is 80-90%. Relying on the private sector to find treatments is naive. We need public institutions that exist for the good of all, not just to enrich themselves.
March 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
When we talk about cutting funding to the NIH, we are talking about studies such as this. Mortality rate for Ebola is 80-90%. Relying on the private sector to find treatments is naive. We need public institutions that exist for the good of all, not just to enrich themselves.
Joy Reid is right. You can't compare people, but if anyone were our time's James Baldwin, it would be Ta-Nehisi Coates. His moral clarity is stunning, and his ability to grow and own up to where he was wrong in the past is what we should all be striving towards. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ojxr...
America Never Cared About Israel or Jewish People, Here's The Real Reason They Are Funding Genocide!
YouTube video by Baldwin & Co.
www.youtube.com
March 17, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Joy Reid is right. You can't compare people, but if anyone were our time's James Baldwin, it would be Ta-Nehisi Coates. His moral clarity is stunning, and his ability to grow and own up to where he was wrong in the past is what we should all be striving towards. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ojxr...
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March 15, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Another year, another pi day where I am woefully unprepared 😢🥧
March 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Another year, another pi day where I am woefully unprepared 😢🥧
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Please take a couple of minutes to read this piece.
It's important.
"We have ignored the perspectives, stories & voices of disabled people for so long that their actual needs, feelings and experiences are hardly acknowledged."
It's important.
"We have ignored the perspectives, stories & voices of disabled people for so long that their actual needs, feelings and experiences are hardly acknowledged."
I've Been Paralyzed Since I Was 3. Here's Why Kindness Toward Disabled People Is More Complicated Than You Think
Editors Note: This is a boldly honest look at how people with paralysis have to deal with "overly kind" (well-meaning) offers of help. It's a uniquely
facingdisability.com
March 13, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Please take a couple of minutes to read this piece.
It's important.
"We have ignored the perspectives, stories & voices of disabled people for so long that their actual needs, feelings and experiences are hardly acknowledged."
It's important.
"We have ignored the perspectives, stories & voices of disabled people for so long that their actual needs, feelings and experiences are hardly acknowledged."
This is the kind of bullshit people say when they either have no sense of history or are willfully and deliberately ignorant. #WAStateLegislature
March 6, 2025 at 12:34 AM
This is the kind of bullshit people say when they either have no sense of history or are willfully and deliberately ignorant. #WAStateLegislature
This looks great!
With global health and development in a state of crisis, how do we reimagine global health?
Please join us online for this genuinely diverse & inclusive course!
June 9 - 13, 2025
www.mcgill.ca/summerinstit...
Please join us online for this genuinely diverse & inclusive course!
June 9 - 13, 2025
www.mcgill.ca/summerinstit...
March 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This looks great!
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Actually, a measles outbreak IS an unusual occurrence. Especially in a country like the US, which had eliminated the disease thanks to vaccination until recently.
It's so unusual that most physicians in the U.S. have NEVER seen a case!
www.nbcnews.com/now/video/-i...
It's so unusual that most physicians in the U.S. have NEVER seen a case!
www.nbcnews.com/now/video/-i...
'It's not unusual': RFK Jr. comments on growing Texas measles outbreak
When questioned about a growing measles outbreak in West Texas that has claimed at least one life, Health & Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told reporters "we have measles outbreaks eve...
www.nbcnews.com
February 26, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Actually, a measles outbreak IS an unusual occurrence. Especially in a country like the US, which had eliminated the disease thanks to vaccination until recently.
It's so unusual that most physicians in the U.S. have NEVER seen a case!
www.nbcnews.com/now/video/-i...
It's so unusual that most physicians in the U.S. have NEVER seen a case!
www.nbcnews.com/now/video/-i...
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In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…
February 24, 2025 at 1:07 AM
In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…
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(1/6) Why the federal funding chaos disproportionately affects Native Americans:
February 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
(1/6) Why the federal funding chaos disproportionately affects Native Americans:
I realize this is the opposite sides of the ideological spectrum (socialism vs capitalism). Still, I can't stop thinking about the Red Guards of the Cultural Revolution and the current Tech Bros throwing out everything without thought in the name of "progress."
February 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I realize this is the opposite sides of the ideological spectrum (socialism vs capitalism). Still, I can't stop thinking about the Red Guards of the Cultural Revolution and the current Tech Bros throwing out everything without thought in the name of "progress."
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This is absolutely required reading.
"In 2025, the United States is governed nationally by a party with greater will and power to exploit constitutional and legal ambiguities for authoritarian ends than at any time in the past two centuries."
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
"In 2025, the United States is governed nationally by a party with greater will and power to exploit constitutional and legal ambiguities for authoritarian ends than at any time in the past two centuries."
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
The Path to American Authoritarianism
What comes after democratic breakdown.
www.foreignaffairs.com
February 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
This is absolutely required reading.
"In 2025, the United States is governed nationally by a party with greater will and power to exploit constitutional and legal ambiguities for authoritarian ends than at any time in the past two centuries."
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
"In 2025, the United States is governed nationally by a party with greater will and power to exploit constitutional and legal ambiguities for authoritarian ends than at any time in the past two centuries."
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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I am worried about:
- the future of vaccines
- the unchecked spread of bird flu
- the suppression of public health voices
- the rolling back HIV care access
- the assault on science and researchers
Today more than ever, I am worried about these things and the threat to our collective health.
- the future of vaccines
- the unchecked spread of bird flu
- the suppression of public health voices
- the rolling back HIV care access
- the assault on science and researchers
Today more than ever, I am worried about these things and the threat to our collective health.
February 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I am worried about:
- the future of vaccines
- the unchecked spread of bird flu
- the suppression of public health voices
- the rolling back HIV care access
- the assault on science and researchers
Today more than ever, I am worried about these things and the threat to our collective health.
- the future of vaccines
- the unchecked spread of bird flu
- the suppression of public health voices
- the rolling back HIV care access
- the assault on science and researchers
Today more than ever, I am worried about these things and the threat to our collective health.
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This is just incredibly sad. A reminder that flu can be severe in even the healthiest. It took a whole team effort to get my 7 year old nephew (with needle phobia) his flu shot. Me hyping via video call, parents on hand hyping in person. He got his shot +a lollipop. We were all proud and grateful.
Three local teenagers have died from the flu as of Thursday, none of whom were vaccinated, according to San Diego County.
Three teenagers die from flu in San Diego County
Three local teenagers have died from the flu as of Thursday, according to San Diego County.
fox5sandiego.com
February 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
This is just incredibly sad. A reminder that flu can be severe in even the healthiest. It took a whole team effort to get my 7 year old nephew (with needle phobia) his flu shot. Me hyping via video call, parents on hand hyping in person. He got his shot +a lollipop. We were all proud and grateful.
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BERNIE SANDERS: Vaccines do not cause autism. Do you agree?
RFK Jr: As I said, I'm not going into HHS with any preordained--
SANDERS: I asked you a simple question, Bobby
RFK Jr: If you show me those studies ...
SANDERS: That is a very troubling response
RFK Jr: As I said, I'm not going into HHS with any preordained--
SANDERS: I asked you a simple question, Bobby
RFK Jr: If you show me those studies ...
SANDERS: That is a very troubling response
January 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
BERNIE SANDERS: Vaccines do not cause autism. Do you agree?
RFK Jr: As I said, I'm not going into HHS with any preordained--
SANDERS: I asked you a simple question, Bobby
RFK Jr: If you show me those studies ...
SANDERS: That is a very troubling response
RFK Jr: As I said, I'm not going into HHS with any preordained--
SANDERS: I asked you a simple question, Bobby
RFK Jr: If you show me those studies ...
SANDERS: That is a very troubling response
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January 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
This is going to cause so much instability across all sectors. Make it make sense.
BREAKING: The White House on Tuesday began offering buyouts worth seven months of salary to all federal employees who opt to leave their jobs by Feb. 6 — part of President Donald Trump’s unprecedented overhaul of the U.S. government.
Trump offers all federal workers a buyout with 7 months' pay in effort to shrink size of government
The White House has begun offering buyouts worth seven months of salary to all federal employees who opt to leave their jobs by Feb. 6.
apnews.com
January 29, 2025 at 3:27 AM
This is going to cause so much instability across all sectors. Make it make sense.
Finished Thinking in Pictures & hadn't thought about how I think this hard ever. My thinking is more emotion-based than picture or word-based. I am so glad for glimpses into other people's thinking to better understand humanity's beauty in all of its variability.
January 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Finished Thinking in Pictures & hadn't thought about how I think this hard ever. My thinking is more emotion-based than picture or word-based. I am so glad for glimpses into other people's thinking to better understand humanity's beauty in all of its variability.
"'Could you recommend a good pediatrician who does not believe in vaccines?' No, I say, no more that I can recommend a good physicist who does not believe in gravity."
We can't sit this one out.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
We can't sit this one out.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
The Pediatrician’s Lament | NEJM
With U.S. politics threatening to erase the gains of science, reduce access to vaccines,
and undermine their vast public health benefit, what is a conscientious pediatrician
to do?
www.nejm.org
January 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
"'Could you recommend a good pediatrician who does not believe in vaccines?' No, I say, no more that I can recommend a good physicist who does not believe in gravity."
We can't sit this one out.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
We can't sit this one out.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....