Nathan Boonstra MD
@pedsgeekmd.bsky.social
Equal parts puns, pediatrics, pop culture. I debunk vaccine myths like Spock & McCoy combined. Yes, I’ve read the inserts. Opinions mine, not employer’s.
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Finally my first and only credit in the medical literature is Pubmed official! I am pleased to share our open access paper on vaccine hesitancy and strategies for healthcare providers.
www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/13...
www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/13...
The gold standard science of copying other countries!
December 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The gold standard science of copying other countries!
Anyone looking for a little extra work over the holidays and also without any particular moral standards?
December 9, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Anyone looking for a little extra work over the holidays and also without any particular moral standards?
Don’t put off those flu shots another day, Iowans.
“An official with the Moulton-Udell School District, in Appanoose County, told KCCI about 30% of students and staff are out — many with influenza A.”
www.kcci.com/article/iowa...
“An official with the Moulton-Udell School District, in Appanoose County, told KCCI about 30% of students and staff are out — many with influenza A.”
www.kcci.com/article/iowa...
Iowa school district cancels classes Tuesday, Wednesday due to widespread illness
An official with the Moulton-Udell School District told KCCI about 30% of students and staff are out with illness.
www.kcci.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Don’t put off those flu shots another day, Iowans.
“An official with the Moulton-Udell School District, in Appanoose County, told KCCI about 30% of students and staff are out — many with influenza A.”
www.kcci.com/article/iowa...
“An official with the Moulton-Udell School District, in Appanoose County, told KCCI about 30% of students and staff are out — many with influenza A.”
www.kcci.com/article/iowa...
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Motion to vote on not having ACIP during pediatrician work hours
December 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Motion to vote on not having ACIP during pediatrician work hours
We focus so much on the nefariousness and grift of leaders of the antivaccine movement that we often underplay their sheer incompetence.
Once again, ACIP has just voted to postpone all votes on the birth dose of the HBV vaccine, because once again, they are too incompetent to even propose a vote properly.
These people are incompetent.
These people are incompetent.
December 4, 2025 at 6:20 PM
We focus so much on the nefariousness and grift of leaders of the antivaccine movement that we often underplay their sheer incompetence.
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Hoeg and others keep referring to what other nations are doing. But those have almost 100% maternal testing AND universal healthcare. We have closer to 85% testing and I don't need to say about our problematic healthcare issues.
December 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Hoeg and others keep referring to what other nations are doing. But those have almost 100% maternal testing AND universal healthcare. We have closer to 85% testing and I don't need to say about our problematic healthcare issues.
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Retsef Levi asks for humility. Total unqualified guy on a hugely important committee asks. for. humility.
December 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Retsef Levi asks for humility. Total unqualified guy on a hugely important committee asks. for. humility.
Happy Halloween from Da Pitt! #ilovedapitt
November 1, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Happy Halloween from Da Pitt! #ilovedapitt
Guess my costume.
October 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Guess my costume.
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It’s the appropriate season: @pedsgeekmd.bsky.social and I are having peanuts with candy corn/those pumpkin things.
I mean, I haven’t done it yet, but I got a good feeling about this year!!
I mean, I haven’t done it yet, but I got a good feeling about this year!!
October 4, 2025 at 12:55 AM
It’s the appropriate season: @pedsgeekmd.bsky.social and I are having peanuts with candy corn/those pumpkin things.
I mean, I haven’t done it yet, but I got a good feeling about this year!!
I mean, I haven’t done it yet, but I got a good feeling about this year!!
Used my considerable artistic talent on the chalkboard above our pantry. IYKYK.
October 1, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Used my considerable artistic talent on the chalkboard above our pantry. IYKYK.
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Yes - I don’t think the “reduction of disease and complications” is well-appreciated by some people. Like sure my aunt survived polio but she had health issues and required physical therapy and a cane during much of her adult life (and was on disability, etc)
September 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Yes - I don’t think the “reduction of disease and complications” is well-appreciated by some people. Like sure my aunt survived polio but she had health issues and required physical therapy and a cane during much of her adult life (and was on disability, etc)
Straight up lying here. Nowhere in her questioning did Senator Cantwell claim vaccines saved hundreds of millions of American lives. Vaccines are estimated to have saved ~150 million lives globally. The only thing RDK shreds here is a straw man.
September 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Straight up lying here. Nowhere in her questioning did Senator Cantwell claim vaccines saved hundreds of millions of American lives. Vaccines are estimated to have saved ~150 million lives globally. The only thing RDK shreds here is a straw man.
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SIR MIX-O-LOTL
September 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
SIR MIX-O-LOTL
Kids generally get shots at 2, 4, 6, 12, and 15 months, so that's going to be... 25 visits over that time for no demonstrable reason? Science!
September 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Kids generally get shots at 2, 4, 6, 12, and 15 months, so that's going to be... 25 visits over that time for no demonstrable reason? Science!
His guy is in charge of HHS. If these things were a good idea (they aren't), then CDC and FDA would change the schedule. Instead, they choose to spread fear about vaccines.
And has no one *yet* informed him that the individual M, M, and R don't exist in the US?
And has no one *yet* informed him that the individual M, M, and R don't exist in the US?
September 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
His guy is in charge of HHS. If these things were a good idea (they aren't), then CDC and FDA would change the schedule. Instead, they choose to spread fear about vaccines.
And has no one *yet* informed him that the individual M, M, and R don't exist in the US?
And has no one *yet* informed him that the individual M, M, and R don't exist in the US?
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85% of parents choose to separate the MMR and chickenpox (varicella) vaccines, while 15% choose the combination. The #ACIP will vote on whether to take that choice away from the 15% who want the combination shot.
September 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
85% of parents choose to separate the MMR and chickenpox (varicella) vaccines, while 15% choose the combination. The #ACIP will vote on whether to take that choice away from the 15% who want the combination shot.
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BREAKING: Disney+ is to replace the two-season run of Andor with a recut version that runs for only five minutes, and is just Mon Mothma apologising profusely to Darth Vader for any inconvenience, and letting him have whatever he wants.
September 18, 2025 at 7:17 AM
BREAKING: Disney+ is to replace the two-season run of Andor with a recut version that runs for only five minutes, and is just Mon Mothma apologising profusely to Darth Vader for any inconvenience, and letting him have whatever he wants.
Oh you all are not going to believe how I am feeling about this now
September 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Oh you all are not going to believe how I am feeling about this now
Hey all, I got my 2025-2026 COVID shot and flu shot at Hy-Vee today without difficulty. If you’re planning to get your updated Covid shot, you might want to do it by the 18th when ACIP meets. It’s hard to predict what accessibility will be like after they make recommendations.
September 14, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Hey all, I got my 2025-2026 COVID shot and flu shot at Hy-Vee today without difficulty. If you’re planning to get your updated Covid shot, you might want to do it by the 18th when ACIP meets. It’s hard to predict what accessibility will be like after they make recommendations.
In which I am, and apparently it can not be stressed enough, concerned.
September 13, 2025 at 12:31 AM
In which I am, and apparently it can not be stressed enough, concerned.
Something has to be done about this declining infant mortality rate! If we don't act, infants won't have any mortality at all!
-Florida
-Florida
September 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Something has to be done about this declining infant mortality rate! If we don't act, infants won't have any mortality at all!
-Florida
-Florida