Scooter McGruder @chambersol.bsky.social · 04/01/2026Finally watching The Pitt, and I can hear the hospital administrators screaming “who is completing documentation? Dear god, who is THINKING OF THE BILLING AND CODING?!?!?” 050
Scooter McGruder @chambersol.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Surprise Aesop Rock album?? SURPRISE AESOP ROCK ALBUM!!! 020
Reposted by Scooter McGruderElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Dr. El-Deiry put up a slide with case reports of highly disparate cancers that happened to occur after COVID19 vaccination. He falsely claimed that there are no studies of cancer after COVID19 vaccination. None of the massive US vaccine safety systems have ever detected an increase in cancer. 1223065
Scooter McGruder @chambersol.bsky.social · 19/09/2025If you want the 90s rock equivalent of driving a rusted out Honda Accord at top speed down the side of a mountain, the wheels nearly falling off, only to successfully pull off a jump over 100-foot chasm, do yourself a favor and listen to Winder by Hum at top volume. Makes me want to run thru walls 120
Scooter McGruder @chambersol.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Thinking about the “pod” with only one episode of Alien Earth left … 010
Scooter McGruder @chambersol.bsky.social · 21/08/2025Best way to address gun violence after a crazy person shot up the CDC? Oh, I don’t know … how about we decimate the VIOLENCE PREVENTION GROUP?!? This is just so incredibly disgusting. I hate everything.apnews.comAt least 600 CDC employees are getting final termination notices, union saysAt least 600 employees of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are receiving permanent termination notices. 010
Reposted by Scooter McGruderThe American Academy of Pediatrics @ameracadpeds.bsky.social · 19/08/2025American Academy of Pediatrics has released our annual update to our immunization recommendations to best help children and adolescents build immunity and stay healthy. Read our full policy statement to learn about AAP's updated immunization schedule. www.aap.org/en/news-room... 10235133
Reposted by Scooter McGruderVoices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Vaccines do not cause autism. But some people will never stop trying to prove that they do. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comOpinion | The Playbook Used to ‘Prove’ Vaccines Cause Autism (Gift Article)Data can easily be manipulated to show causation that doesn’t exist. 03917
Scooter McGruder @chambersol.bsky.social · 26/06/2025For some reason I’m subjecting myself to listening to ACIP. This thimerosal talk is a highlight of anti-vax bullshit. All to discuss something that has been removed from almost all vaccines. It’s just a scare tactic to lend an air of legitimacy to skepticism of ALL vaccines. I hate everything. 471
Scooter McGruder @chambersol.bsky.social · 25/06/2025We’ve been using VE for years as a marker for effectiveness with multiple exposures to vaccines or infection. Great COVID VE data presented at ACIP … first question from Kulldorf: “what about RTC?” Jesus Christ this is an embarrassing indication of where ACIP is headed. 140
Reposted by Scooter McGruderJoshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Share broadly: deep thanks to all those signatories (and beyond) working to pursue discoveries in medical research in the face of threats to careers and academic freedom. www.cnn.com/2025/06/09/h...cnn.comNIH employees publish ‘Bethesda Declaration’ in dissent of Trump administration policies | CNNStaffers at the US National Institutes of Health published a letter of dissent, taking issue with what they see as the politicization of research and destruction of scientific progress under the Trump... 13825
Reposted by Scooter McGruderAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/06/2025DeLauro uses her opening statement to tear Russ Vought a new one 537154334338
Reposted by Scooter McGruderDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 04/06/2025South Florida meteorologist @johnmoralestv.bsky.social told his viewers live on air that he can no longer accurately predict hurricane season, due to federal government cuts. 10532881119
Reposted by Scooter McGruderElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 04/06/2025Dr. Panagiotakopoulos said, “My career in public health and vaccinology started with a deep-seated desire to help the most vulnerable members of our population, and that is not something I am able to continue doing in this role”. www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-off...cbsnews.comCDC official overseeing COVID-19 vaccine recommendations resignsThe resignation follows an order by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to change the agency's guidance. 13678226
Scooter McGruder @chambersol.bsky.social · 09/05/2025(Sung to the tune of Mission Impossible) Pope pope pope pope new pope Pope pope pope pope new pope There’s a neeeew Pope and heeee’s From the soooouth side! Chi-town! 020
Reposted by Scooter McGruderEmma Roller @emmaroller.bsky.social · 04/05/2025“Take and eat; this is my body.” - The Ueckarist 384125211639
Reposted by Scooter McGruderDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 28/04/2025Deaths from heart disease down 75%, that’s NIH. Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH. HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH. 99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH. Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important. 5650332379
Reposted by Scooter McGruderRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Elon backtracked on DOGE savings goals from $1 trillion to $150 billion. But watchdogs report only $12.6 billion in verifiable savings. That represents just 0.173% of the U.S. federal budget for 2025. We're losing vital government services for basically nothing in return. 32866392353
Reposted by Scooter McGruderThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 24/04/2025Breaking news: The United States faces millions of measles cases over the next 25 years if vaccination rates for the disease drop 10 percent, according to new research published Thursday.washingtonpost.comMillions of U.S. measles cases forecast over 25 years if shots declineMeasles, once virtually wiped out in the United States, could become commonplace again if declining vaccination rates continue, a new model shows. 61183873423
Scooter McGruder @chambersol.bsky.social · 11/04/2025All so that the richest can get a tax cut. Just disgusting.cnn.comCDC denies Milwaukee’s request for help with unsafe lead levels in public schools | CNNThe US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has denied a request fromMilwaukee’s public health department for assistance in managing unsafe lead levels in the city’s public schools, citing the l... 066
Reposted by Scooter McGruderNPR @npr.org · 10/04/2025Federal funding cuts, though temporarily blocked by a judge, have upended vaccination outreach across the country, including in Arizona, Minnesota, Nevada, Texas, and Washington state.npr.orgAs measles spreads, federal budget cuts force closure of vaccine clinicsFederal funding cuts, though temporarily blocked by a judge, have upended vaccination outreach across the country, including in Arizona, Minnesota, Nevada, Texas, and Washington state. 24362166
Reposted by Scooter McGruderIndivisible Tucson Action Alliance @indivisibletucson.bsky.social · 06/04/2025@maddow.msnbc.com Tucson came out by the thousands for the #HandsOff protest, and had a great time. 114822
Reposted by Scooter McGruderElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 28/03/202520,000 HHS employees, gone in the blink of an eye. Kids getting treated for vitamin A toxicity on the advice of a charlatan. Funds for local public health efforts vaporized. A larger measles outbreak continuing to spread. Hope your vote for RFK Jr. was worth it, Bill Cassidy. 401481411
Scooter McGruder @chambersol.bsky.social · 28/03/2025In Atlanta for a conference, and guys … these HHS cuts are really hurting the CDC 120
Scooter McGruder @chambersol.bsky.social · 27/03/2025We’re all about to see what happens when the head of HHS believes that miasmas are the cause of most disease and that germ theory is a hoax. 010
Reposted by Scooter McGruderPhysicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 19/03/2025 947393
Reposted by Scooter McGruderAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 15/03/2025these are our party leaders now, ignore all other opinions 27496876713124
Reposted by Scooter McGruderMax Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 13/03/2025The richest man in the world gave a 22 year old without a security clearance everyone in America’s social security and tax information and Senate Democrats did absolutely fuck all in response. Incredible work everyone. 232123476
Reposted by Scooter McGruderMatt Martell @mattmartell.fangraphs.com · 13/03/2025I called Jonathan Lucroy about a year and a half ago for a story. He didn't pick up. Instead of Lucroy’s Southern drawl, I heard the comforting cadence of a Bob Uecker broadcast. I wrote about the former Brewers who had Uecker record their voicemail greetings:blogs.fangraphs.comBob Uecker’s Voice Lives OnThe Hall of Fame broadcaster, entertainer, and big league catcher’s legacy of laughter also includes personalized voicemail recordings for former players. 813137
Reposted by Scooter McGruderYashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Democratic Senator Chris Murphy on Mahmoud Khalil. 17158142715
Reposted by Scooter McGruderRhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 12/03/2025FACT: #Medicaid covers nearly half of all births in the country, and around two-thirds of nursing home stays. FACT: About 1 in 5 Americans rely on Medicare or #Medicaid to cover healthcare expenses. FACT: Republicans just passed a bill requiring DEEP cuts to these programs. 29362
Reposted by Scooter McGruderPhysicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 12/03/2025@drrobdavidson.bsky.social 25796142796
Reposted by Scooter McGruderIndivisible Tucson Action Alliance @indivisibletucson.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Call Senators Kelly and Gallego today! Senator Kelly's DC voicemail is full. Call his Arizona offices: 602-671-7901 & 520-475-5177. bsky.app/profile/aoc.... 4105
Reposted by Scooter McGruderElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 12/03/2025RFK Jr. went on Hannity last night and continued his crusade against MMR vaccines. “It used to be when you and I were kids, everybody got measles," Kennedy told Hannity. "And measles gave you protection, lifetime protection against measles…a vaccine doesn’t do that…” 2112923
Reposted by Scooter McGruderThe Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 11/03/2025The Trump administration has terminated $800 million in grants to Johns Hopkins University, spurring the nation’s top spender on research and development to plan layoffs and cancel health projectswsj.comJohns Hopkins Plans Staff Layoffs After $800 Million Grant CutsLocal and international health research efforts are already winding down as the university braces for even more potential cuts. 1311308971
Reposted by Scooter McGruderAngie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Two truths and a lie Truth: There are adverse events from MMR and all vaccines. Truth: People die, albeit very, very, VERY rarely. BIG FUCKING LIE: the MMR does NOT cause measles or any sequelae. It prevents measles. It’s safe and effective. Measles disables & kills children. Vaccinate your kids 1437494
Reposted by Scooter McGruderJeff Duchin @docjeffd.bsky.social · 11/03/2025“Decades of research and hundreds of carefully designed and scientifically sound studies show no link or association between vaccines and autism.” www.idsociety.org/news--public...idsociety.orgStatement on CDC Decision to Study Vaccines and Autism 4350126
Reposted by Scooter McGruderPeter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 11/03/2025And, scene: bsky.app/profile/wash... 1115527
Reposted by Scooter McGruderandy™ @andylevy.net · 11/03/2025if we make it through this one thing i know is i don't want to hear another goddamn word about the constitution from conservatives 242363283
Reposted by Scooter McGruderDavid Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Seems the new standard for being called a traitor in this Age of American Misrule is to fly more than three dozen combat missions in Iraq for the U.S. Navy, then command the Space Shuttle as a U.S. Astronaut, then serve in the U.S. Senate, and remember that Russia attacked its neighbor, Ukraine. 26554133
Reposted by Scooter McGruderMaurice J. Casey @mauricejcasey.com · 07/03/2025Being a historian, people ask me if I think the US is living through Germany 1933. I answer no, analogies are always imperfect but to me it feels more like Russia 1999: a blatant theft of state assets and liberals in a fugue state, refusing to believe the arc of progress is bending against them. 784317198267
Reposted by Scooter McGruderNick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 07/03/2025I’m just gonna post this every so often.youtu.beChumbawamba - The day the nazi diedYouTube video by Huppelplopp1848 65514
Reposted by Scooter McGruderDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 05/03/2025Nearly all the nominees for health agencies have engaged in spreading COVID disinformation & conspiracy theories over the last 5 years. I can't emphasize enough how dangerous it will be if they are confirmed. Motivated by revenge, they will try to dismantle all critical public health infrastructure. 11643165
Reposted by Scooter McGruderTruthout @truthout.org · 05/03/2025Sen. Bernie Sanders highlighted a new analysis showing that the wealthiest 1% has extracted $79 trillion from the bottom 90% of Americans since 1975. In 2023 alone, $3.9 trillion was redirected upward—enough to provide every U.S. worker with a $32,000 raise.buff.lySanders: 1 Percent Has Sapped $79T in Wealth From Bottom 90 Percent Since 1975In 2023 alone, $3.9 trillion was sapped from the bottom 90 percent— enough to give every worker a $32,000 raise. 261539626
Reposted by Scooter McGruderElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Dr. Jim Alwine @jimalwine.bsky.social just published this piece on the threat posed by the nominations of Bhattacharya to lead the NIH and Weldon to lead the CDC. 🔥https://tucson.com/opinion/column/article_4b593eac-f82c-11ef-8a9f-5300a67c4dfe.htmltucson.comLocal opinion: The danger to US health science research does not stop at RFK Jr.The Trump administration has declared war on the health sciences by nominating Drs. Bhattacharya and Weldon to head NIH and CDC. They will damage US disease and vaccine research in 35217