Sophia Hussen
@sophiahussen.bsky.social
Public health researcher and physician at Emory & Grady in Atlanta. Academic interests: HIV, sexual minority health, community engaged research.
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This is extortion. Faculty, students, staff, alumni across the country need to get to their Presidents & Trustees today. Just say no. This blackmail only works if most everyone folds. Capitulation now means the end of American higher education for a generation. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference
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October 2, 2025 at 9:55 AM
This is extortion. Faculty, students, staff, alumni across the country need to get to their Presidents & Trustees today. Just say no. This blackmail only works if most everyone folds. Capitulation now means the end of American higher education for a generation. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
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We are witnessing a full blown war on science, public health & truth itself.
Let me be clear: Vaccines have prevented more than 1.1 million deaths, 500 million cases of illness & 32 million hospitalizations.
That's a lot of moms and dads who don't have to bury their children.
Let me be clear: Vaccines have prevented more than 1.1 million deaths, 500 million cases of illness & 32 million hospitalizations.
That's a lot of moms and dads who don't have to bury their children.
September 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM
We are witnessing a full blown war on science, public health & truth itself.
Let me be clear: Vaccines have prevented more than 1.1 million deaths, 500 million cases of illness & 32 million hospitalizations.
That's a lot of moms and dads who don't have to bury their children.
Let me be clear: Vaccines have prevented more than 1.1 million deaths, 500 million cases of illness & 32 million hospitalizations.
That's a lot of moms and dads who don't have to bury their children.
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The one-sided quest for bipartisan unity results in a constant moving of the goalposts rightward. That is the consistent lesson of the last 20 years of American history. A mistake that we seem condemned to repeat.
September 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The one-sided quest for bipartisan unity results in a constant moving of the goalposts rightward. That is the consistent lesson of the last 20 years of American history. A mistake that we seem condemned to repeat.
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Florida joins forces with measles, polio, and rubella to kill babies. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
Florida Says It Plans to End All Vaccine Mandates
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September 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Florida joins forces with measles, polio, and rubella to kill babies. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
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"Go to an old cemetery. See all the baby graves from before the 1950s & 60s? After that, hardly any. That's when people started vaccinating their children. If you're unsure what to do to protect your kids, the answer is literally written in stone." — Michael Okuda
How quick we forget.
How quick we forget.
September 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"Go to an old cemetery. See all the baby graves from before the 1950s & 60s? After that, hardly any. That's when people started vaccinating their children. If you're unsure what to do to protect your kids, the answer is literally written in stone." — Michael Okuda
How quick we forget.
How quick we forget.
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9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American."
It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
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September 1, 2025 at 11:23 AM
9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American."
It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
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Bernie Sanders: “Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of health and human services, is endangering the health of the American people now and into the future. He must resign.”
Opinion | Bernie Sanders: Kennedy Must Resign
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August 30, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Bernie Sanders: “Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of health and human services, is endangering the health of the American people now and into the future. He must resign.”
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People were making it to ten and calling it a good life before vaccines
August 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
People were making it to ten and calling it a good life before vaccines
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Vaccines have been the foremost breakthrough in medical history
Not of this year
Not this decade
Not this century
Vaccines are the foremost medical breakthrough in history
Not of this year
Not this decade
Not this century
Vaccines are the foremost medical breakthrough in history
August 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Vaccines have been the foremost breakthrough in medical history
Not of this year
Not this decade
Not this century
Vaccines are the foremost medical breakthrough in history
Not of this year
Not this decade
Not this century
Vaccines are the foremost medical breakthrough in history
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People be like “RFK jr is out of step with the medical mainstream”
HE IS NOT A MEDICAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL
HE IS NOT A MEDICAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL
August 29, 2025 at 6:07 PM
People be like “RFK jr is out of step with the medical mainstream”
HE IS NOT A MEDICAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL
HE IS NOT A MEDICAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL
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On the same day the FDA restricted access to COVID vaccines, the CDC director was sacked and top CDC scientists are resigning.
And it’s barely been two weeks since an antivax conspiracy theorist fired 180 bullets at CDC headquarters.
None of this is making America healthier. What a disaster.
And it’s barely been two weeks since an antivax conspiracy theorist fired 180 bullets at CDC headquarters.
None of this is making America healthier. What a disaster.
August 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
On the same day the FDA restricted access to COVID vaccines, the CDC director was sacked and top CDC scientists are resigning.
And it’s barely been two weeks since an antivax conspiracy theorist fired 180 bullets at CDC headquarters.
None of this is making America healthier. What a disaster.
And it’s barely been two weeks since an antivax conspiracy theorist fired 180 bullets at CDC headquarters.
None of this is making America healthier. What a disaster.
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NEW 🚨 The violence is the point. Elected Dems must call for widespread resignations (RFK, Bhattacharya, Prasad) in response to the CDC shooting. Public health must demand this of them, and the public must demand that of us. With @publichealthguy1.bsky.social in STAT: www.statnews.com/2025/08/15/c...
The CDC shooting was public health’s Jan. 6
“In RFK Jr.’s America, it will never be safe to practice public health or medicine," write an epidemiologist and a former CDC staffer.
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August 15, 2025 at 3:58 PM
NEW 🚨 The violence is the point. Elected Dems must call for widespread resignations (RFK, Bhattacharya, Prasad) in response to the CDC shooting. Public health must demand this of them, and the public must demand that of us. With @publichealthguy1.bsky.social in STAT: www.statnews.com/2025/08/15/c...
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The newspapers are not making a big deal of this today. This is a big deal. Someone shot into a Federal building repeatedly, fueled by misinformation and politics. It should be front page news across the country.
we are extremely fortunate that no CDC workers were shot yesterday in the attack targeting them. around a dozen floors in the headquarters buildings had windows pierced by bullets.
WATCH: Video shows bullets on the ground and bullet holes in windows inside CDC Headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia after gunman opened fire outside the building.
August 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The newspapers are not making a big deal of this today. This is a big deal. Someone shot into a Federal building repeatedly, fueled by misinformation and politics. It should be front page news across the country.
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RFK Jr. posted this with his official gov’t account yesterday.
In the video, he says “Should doctors make decisions based on what’s best for their patients, or based upon what makes them the most money?”.
Hours later a man who believed the COVID19 vaccine harmed him opened fire on the CDC.
In the video, he says “Should doctors make decisions based on what’s best for their patients, or based upon what makes them the most money?”.
Hours later a man who believed the COVID19 vaccine harmed him opened fire on the CDC.
August 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
RFK Jr. posted this with his official gov’t account yesterday.
In the video, he says “Should doctors make decisions based on what’s best for their patients, or based upon what makes them the most money?”.
Hours later a man who believed the COVID19 vaccine harmed him opened fire on the CDC.
In the video, he says “Should doctors make decisions based on what’s best for their patients, or based upon what makes them the most money?”.
Hours later a man who believed the COVID19 vaccine harmed him opened fire on the CDC.
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Every major U.S. medical association supports healthcare for trans people.
July 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Every major U.S. medical association supports healthcare for trans people.
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This is a travesty & a nightmare. The US was a founder of @gavi.org. It lowers global vaccine costs, has vaccinated 1B children, & averted 19M deaths. This pull out will cost 100s of thousands of children's lives a year - and RFK Jr will be personally responsible.
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RFK Jr. says US won’t donate to global vaccine effort
Kennedy ripped into Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in a video address at its pledging summit.
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June 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This is a travesty & a nightmare. The US was a founder of @gavi.org. It lowers global vaccine costs, has vaccinated 1B children, & averted 19M deaths. This pull out will cost 100s of thousands of children's lives a year - and RFK Jr will be personally responsible.
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race does not equal genes
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Massive NIH study challenges use of race as a proxy for genetic ancestry in research
A large government study shows that Americans’ self-reported race is a poor proxy for their genetic ancestry.
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June 6, 2025 at 12:38 AM
race does not equal genes
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The fact that a term such as “reverse discrimination” exists is an admission that gives away the whole game: Even they are defining the normal discrimination as being against people who aren’t white and straight.
June 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The fact that a term such as “reverse discrimination” exists is an admission that gives away the whole game: Even they are defining the normal discrimination as being against people who aren’t white and straight.
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Lakshmi, you are a hero for drawing your line in the sand and refusing to cross it. We all aspire to be as brave as you when we reach our lines. We know wherever you land you will continue your work to protect others. Thank you for being loud when so many are silent
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CDC official overseeing COVID-19 vaccine recommendations resigns
The resignation follows an order by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to change the agency's guidance.
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June 4, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Lakshmi, you are a hero for drawing your line in the sand and refusing to cross it. We all aspire to be as brave as you when we reach our lines. We know wherever you land you will continue your work to protect others. Thank you for being loud when so many are silent
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🧵We feds are all struggling desperately with this question: do I stay and keep fighting or am I becoming complicit in a fascist regime?
We commend the bravery of our dear colleague Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos who resigned today in protest of the changes made to COVID-19 vaccine recommendations.
We commend the bravery of our dear colleague Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos who resigned today in protest of the changes made to COVID-19 vaccine recommendations.
June 4, 2025 at 2:06 AM
🧵We feds are all struggling desperately with this question: do I stay and keep fighting or am I becoming complicit in a fascist regime?
We commend the bravery of our dear colleague Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos who resigned today in protest of the changes made to COVID-19 vaccine recommendations.
We commend the bravery of our dear colleague Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos who resigned today in protest of the changes made to COVID-19 vaccine recommendations.
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A top coronavirus vaccine adviser at the CDC has resigned, citing concerns that she could no longer help vulnerable people after officials rescinded recommendations to immunize children and pregnant women.
Top CDC covid vaccine adviser quits after RFK Jr. ended recommendations
Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos said she could no longer help vulnerable people after officials removed recommendations to immunize children and pregnant women.
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June 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
A top coronavirus vaccine adviser at the CDC has resigned, citing concerns that she could no longer help vulnerable people after officials rescinded recommendations to immunize children and pregnant women.
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Quick. Somebody tell Trump that the best way to own Elon is to restore all research grants and double NSF funding.
June 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Quick. Somebody tell Trump that the best way to own Elon is to restore all research grants and double NSF funding.
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60% of American households can’t afford a minimal quality of life.
Meanwhile, the 19 richest households saw their wealth increase by $1 trillion in 2024 — the biggest one-year increase ever.
Our problem isn't a lack of resources.
Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.
Meanwhile, the 19 richest households saw their wealth increase by $1 trillion in 2024 — the biggest one-year increase ever.
Our problem isn't a lack of resources.
Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.
May 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
60% of American households can’t afford a minimal quality of life.
Meanwhile, the 19 richest households saw their wealth increase by $1 trillion in 2024 — the biggest one-year increase ever.
Our problem isn't a lack of resources.
Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.
Meanwhile, the 19 richest households saw their wealth increase by $1 trillion in 2024 — the biggest one-year increase ever.
Our problem isn't a lack of resources.
Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.
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When we take measures to address the racial bias that has allowed whites to enjoy privilege, they call our survival mechanisms 'racial bias.' Pure hypocrisy.
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NSF’s grant cuts fall heaviest on scientists from underrepresented groups
Projects to broaden participation were cut disproportionately—and were often led by Black scientists, women, and those with disabilities
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May 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
When we take measures to address the racial bias that has allowed whites to enjoy privilege, they call our survival mechanisms 'racial bias.' Pure hypocrisy.
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#saveNSF #NSF
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#saveNSF #NSF