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Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix)

@alyssaburgart.com
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Co-Host of The Present Illness Podcast 😷Stanford Bioethics, Peds Anesthesiology, Feminist Gender & Sexuality 🧭Writes @ PoppiesAndPropofol.com ❤️‍🩹 Founder, The Moral Injury Clinic (She/they)

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Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix) @alyssaburgart.com · 17/09/2026
Dr. Arghavan Salles is suing the NIH over banned words in research. “Scientists should not have to scrub their research to receive federal funding, particularly after taxpayers have already invested years in supporting this work.” Follow her: @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social
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Researchers Challenge NIH Screening of Grants for Disfavored Viewpoints | American Civil Liberties Union
Class action lawsuit seeks to stop censorship and termination of federally funded scientific research
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Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix) @alyssaburgart.com · 10/05/2026
What the fuck. This child should never have been separated from his parents. Down with ICE. Close EVERY detention center.
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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 08/05/2026
Such a privilege to get to hear from the incredible LeVar Burton tonight with @alyssaburgart.com! My favorite line was when he said that his mom was such a proponent of reading that in his house you either read a book or got hit by one 🤣
Photo of LeVar Burton standing in front of a Stanford Graduate School of Education background Photo of Alyssa and me wearing N95s holding a bookmark that says “An evening with LeVar Burton” in an auditorium filled with people
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Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix) @alyssaburgart.com · 04/05/2026
It will never not be weird when a social media company reminds me that it's my dead friend's birthday. Or would have been. I feel it in my gut when I see how many of their "friends" have no idea this person died almost 10 years ago.
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Alt: I'm just gonna change into my funeral blacks.
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Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix) @alyssaburgart.com · 19/04/2026
The Trump administration aims to withhold gender-affirming care for incarcerated transgender people. A rumor circulated that it was “medical experimentation,” but the government has no research question. @raesdeng.bsky.social @snopes.com
I suppose you could call it an experiment to see how many more trans people are profoundly harmed and perhaps killed in the prison system - Burgart said
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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 18/04/2026
Episode 29 is live! @alyssaburgart.com spoke with special guest Dr. Lara Jones about what’s happening in ICE detention centers and her work to free the children detained there. Even if you think you know what’s happening, I’d recommend listening to learn from Dr. Jones’s insights.
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Shut Down Dilley Detention Center with Dr. Lara Jones
Podcast Episode · The Present Illness · April 17 · 57m
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Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix) @alyssaburgart.com · 17/04/2026
“A child who isn't eating and who has a fever needs to go see a doctor. Why isn't he being brought to a doctor?” From The Present Illness podcast: Shut Down Dilley Detention Center with Dr. Lara Jones, Apr 17, 2026 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Shut Down Dilley Detention Center with Dr. Lara Jones
Podcast Episode · The Present Illness · April 17 · 57m
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Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
The latest episode of Philosophy Tube is about conversion therapy, why it’s still legal in the UK, and the ways the British government is implicated in it making it NHS policy. Proud to expose this stuff ✊ youtu.be/_S5w18sjYLk?...
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How To Ban Conversion Therapy
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Pandemic 𓅃. Index @panaccindex.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
@arghavansallesmd.medsky.social YOU! We have to TALK! About SPACE BABIES! Have you seen… The Expanse?!?
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a woman in a red cape with a fur hood walks through the snow
ALT: a woman in a red cape with a fur hood walks through the snow
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 15/02/2026
⚠️ PSA - don’t take health advice from people who snort cocaine off toilet seats. We are truly living in Idiocracy, and you can thank RFK Jr. for this outbreak.
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Margaret G @mls0308.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
February 13th is the new deadline for the DHS funding bill. 🚨🚨🚨 New script at 5calls.org #Pinks #ProudBlue
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Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix) @alyssaburgart.com · 03/02/2026
Now being targeted by Libs of TT. I will always put the dignity of our patients first. I will not stop speaking out for the nuanced, personalized clinical care our patients deserve.
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Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix) @alyssaburgart.com · 30/01/2026
Please make public comments opposing these bans. Trans and non-binary kids need access to expert care, not hatred from the government ⬇️
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 31/01/2026
Context matters… Dr Oz is using his position with the US gov to target the Armenian community in LA. He’s of Turkish descent and has publicly engaged w/Turkey and Erdoğan. Armenians are victims of genocide at the hands of Turkey. A historical fact they deny. Oz doesn’t acknowledge the genocide.
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Fricking Delight (No Refunds) @blikethecheese.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
The Eugenicists-In-Chief are trying to ban gender-affirming care by restricting Medicaid funding to hospitals providing it. Kids will die. Please take 5 minutes to share your thoughts about the proposed ban.
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Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix) @alyssaburgart.com · 30/01/2026
“Our expert ethical analysis does not support withholding gender-affirming care from minors.” As pediatric bioethicists, we wrote this analysis of the ethical shortcomings and flawed conclusions driving the two proposed bans on gender-affirming care. www.statnews.com/2026/01/30/g...
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Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 28/01/2026
This drops tomorrow. Disability justice advocate @vilissathompson.bsky.social joins B*tch, Listen, hosted by @angryblacklady.blacksky.app, to lay out how true crime reframes violence against disabled people as “mercy”—and what gets erased in the process. 🎧 New episode • Jan. 29, 2026
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Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix) @alyssaburgart.com · 27/01/2026
We must prosecute Bovino and all the other government appointees promoting tyranny.
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𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒂 ☆𝓨𝓸𝓾 𝓓𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮 𝓑𝓮𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓻☆ 𝑩𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒒𝒖𝒂-𝑷𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒌𝒚 🤝💙💗 @bevilacquapalesky.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
My personal project has come together at the perfect time. Set to the Battle Hymn of the Republic, but I rewrote it to connect to present-day American. Share it with fellow activists across the platforms. #Pinks #BlueCrew #50501Movement #Indivisible #Americans #NewBattleHymn #EndICE🧊🔥 #GrowWithMe
Mine eyes have seen the trials of a fragile, tested land,
Where the rule of law is bending beneath a willful hand;
Where the words once sworn in honor are traded like loose sand—
Yet truth is marching on.

Refrain:
Stand tall for democracy,
Stand tall for democracy,
Stand tall for democracy,
For truth is marching on.

I have seen it in the courtrooms and the crowded city squares,
In the quiet acts of courage and the whistleblowers’ prayers;
In the voices rising softly, then uniting through the air—
Our cause is marching on.

I have read a living charter etched in hearts and minds,
That power bows to justice, not to flags or party signs;
That no crown is fit for tyrants in a land of equal lines—
The law is marching on.

It has sounded through the ballots, never calling us to flee,
It is weighing every promise against what ought to be;
Oh be swift, my soul, to answer to this call of liberty—
Our hope is marching on.

In the strength of ordinary hands across the plains,
Lives the force that breaks the silence, not the windowpanes;
Not by fear but by persistence freedom’s fire remains—
And still it marches on.

It is rising like the morning through the smoke and strain,
A light that names the truth though it unsettles and pains;
No throne above the people, no man above their chains—
For truth is marching on.
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Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix) @alyssaburgart.com · 03/01/2026
The attack on Venezuela is a disaster for so many reasons. As an anesthesiologist, it further complicates screening children for a devastating mitochondrial disorder. Recent reports indicate at least 25 children and young adults of Venezuelan maternal ancestry have suffered
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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
I don't want to participate in a transmission chain that brings the virus to them. I also just don't want the disruption that even a mild case of flu (or whatever respiratory pathogen) would introduce into my life. Taking reasonable, evidence-based precautions for yourself has no bearing on others.
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Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix) @alyssaburgart.com · 29/12/2025
“All your mom wants right now is five minutes to herself.” - overheard in a bookstore as a dad gently explained to his small son that mom is currently off limits.
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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 15/11/2025
Episode 7 is live! This week we discuss the Epstein emails, Larry Summers, etc and how that relates to women ruining the workplace. @alyssaburgart.com ruined the workplace a few times in just the last week, even!
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The Epstein of It All
Podcast Episode · The Present Illness · 11/15/2025 · 1h 1m
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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
New ‘swag’! Two T-shirt options Neither says “awkword” Both symbolize the movement Only $20 each And 25% goes to @onepeoplesproject.bsky.social thisisawkword.com/store
White T-shirt with yellow fire and GLOBAL WARNING written over it in white block letters with blue outlineTall thin Black man with blue jeans and a white T-shirt with yellow fire and GLOBAL WARNING written over it in white block letters with blue outlinewhite T-shirt with a blueish black faceless head and torso in a hoodie, with two small birds flying in the backgroundTall thin Black man with blue jeans and a white T-shirt with a blueish black faceless head and torso in a hoodie, with two small birds flying in the background
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Medsky Moderation @moderation.medsky.network · 07/10/2025
Want posts to appear on the Pediatrics #Pedsky feed? • Add a @medsky.social Peds label by liking the linked post below • Post with the #Pedsky hashtag or add it to your bio • Post links to Peds websites like @ameracadpeds.bsky.social Hit the “Like” and “Pin” button an join the conversation!
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Phil Mandelbaum @philmandelbaum.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.
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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 12/10/2025
A little snippet from this week’s episode of The Present Illness, where @alyssaburgart.com and I discuss current events with rationality, facts, and a dash of humor. Available wherever you get your podcasts!
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Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix) @alyssaburgart.com · 05/10/2025
What I thought would solve moral injury: -Working harder -Caring less -Quitting my job What actually leads to healing: -Connecting with others who share my values -Making tiny choices that align with who I am -Seeking moments of ethical clarity amid the chaos We can't fix broken systems alone.
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
The sequel to We Want Them Infected is done! COVID killed 1.2 million Americans while vaccines saved millions. Yet, disinformation superspreaders were empowered, where they are taking a wrecking ball to science & medicine. How did that happen?🧵 sciencebasedmedicine.org/everyone-els...
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Everyone Else is Lying to You: My Book is Done!
The pandemic’s biggest disinformation superspreaders are now in charge. How did this happen?
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Grateful for wonderful colleagues like the lovely @alyssaburgart.com, who generously sent several copies of this book for relief in these dark times. Already it has delighted & amused one of my stressed out students. Things suck right now but small acts of kindness make a big difference.❤️
Pet this Fucking Puppy book
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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
#MelissaHortman
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ASA Monitor @asamonitor.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
The @asamonitor.bsky.social is now on Bluesky! Follow us for the latest specialty and industry news, practice-changing clinical information, podcast interviews, special collections, and more. 👉Join us on Bluesky bsky.app/profile/asam...
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Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix) @alyssaburgart.com · 09/09/2025
Join me iwth @maryroach.bsky.social on Wednesday, September 10 from noon to 1pm on the Substack app. open.substack.com/live-stream/...
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LIVE SOON: Author Mary Roach on Anatomy!
Starting Sep 10 at 3:00 PM EDT
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Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix) @alyssaburgart.com · 09/09/2025
I'm stoked to get to chat with the incomparable Mary Roach (@maryroach.bsky.social) about her new book Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy! [link in 🧵]
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
The right does not like that Dr. Daskalakis is an outspoken gay man who has the audacity to promote love and acceptance for ALL. So they cast about for lies and Fox News viewers lap it up. www.politico.com/news/2022/09...
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Biden’s monkeypox adviser is trying manage a virus while dodging talk of Satanism
Demetre Daskalakis has become caricatured as a tattooed oddity among buttoned-up bureaucrats. The truth is far different. “I wish I were that interesting,” he says.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
They’re walking back the Chicago rhetoric, which illustrates why it’s critical to respond immediately and forcefully against the administration like the public and Governor Pritzker did. We’ll see if it’s enough to keep the National Guard out.
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Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix) @alyssaburgart.com · 06/09/2025
The Disneyland measles outbreak lead to CA tightening up vaccine exemption laws. Florida: hold my beer!
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a mickey mouse holding a wand in front of a pink castle
Alt: a Mickey Mouse uses a magic wand to welcome a bunch of unvaccinated Floridians and be the nexus of infectious disease outbreaks
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 06/09/2025
This is all predictably a chaotic, uncoordinated mess, and shows why restricting vaccines to people with certain conditions when the vaccine is perfectly safe is so harmful to public health - it makes it unnecessarily complicated to make a vaccine appointment which decreases uptake.
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Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix) @alyssaburgart.com · 05/09/2025
Got to meet @glaucomflecken.bsky.social today at the Big Ideas in Medicine conference. I made him laugh, so I’ll be an insufferable unicorn all day. 🦄 🌈
Glauc laughs at something I saidMe and Dr Glaucomenfleken, Will Flannery
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Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix) @alyssaburgart.com · 31/08/2025
Protecting children does not include rounding them up on a plane and sending them back to a country where the same children say they will be harmed.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 31/08/2025
New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER
NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
SECRETARY GINA DEBLASSIE
AUGUST 29, 2025
Ensuring Availability of COVID-19 Vaccine for the 2025-2026 SeasonTHIS ORDER supersedes any previous order, proclamation, or directives to the extent they are in conflict. This Public Order shall take effect immediately and remain in effect until such time as it automatically expires one year from the date of issuance, or until such time as the New Mexico Department of Health Cabinet Secretary rescinds it.
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Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix) @alyssaburgart.com · 30/08/2025
Worried about the safety of the American transplant system? Watch out for Jim O’Neill’s dreams for down on their luck Americans to sell their kidneys.
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Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix) @alyssaburgart.com · 30/08/2025
There are plenty of healthy spare kidneys walking around, unused.” - Jim O’Neill, set to lead the CDC, said in 2009 at a Peter Thiel event.
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Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix) @alyssaburgart.com · 29/08/2025
We need an old school morbidity and mortality report for RFK Jr. We need every cranky, genius, retired former surgeon to coach Congress on how to do a proper takedown of the unqualified, unhinged, foolish decisions of this administration.
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Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix) @alyssaburgart.com · 29/08/2025
Don’t worry guys, we now have an investment banker/former political speech writer with no medical, scientific, or public health training heading the CDC. American will not get healthier with the clown car of unqualified bozos dismantling public health services. We are fucked.
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White House picks Kennedy deputy Jim O’Neill to replace fired CDC chief
Deputy health secretary chosen as agency’s interim director after firing of Susan Monarez
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Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix) @alyssaburgart.com · 29/08/2025
I’ve been gifted with something I didn’t know I needed. In the last 24 hours, I’ve received texts from two colleagues about how much I helped them because of the way I approach my work.
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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 26/08/2025
We asked researchers across the country how federal funding changes have affected them and their labs. Their responses indicate a sense of doom and an existential crisis for science in the US: “The ship is going down and we are powerless.” Importantly, there’s still time to fix this. 1/2
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We surveyed hundreds of biomedical researchers about the instability in federal funding. Here’s what they said
“The ship is going down and we are powerless”: What scientists are saying about cuts to federal research funding.
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Ruth Ann Crystal @drruth.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
👉14 Tips for Healthcare Workers when ICE shows up at the Hospital or Clinic
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