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Esther Choo

@choo.bsky.social
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Emergency Medicine Doc | Mom | Health Services Research | Public Health Preserving a modicum of peace where I can. If engagement is not respectful, I will block.

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Thinking of when a patient showed up with a firearm looking for one of my colleagues. Healthcare workers: it’s worth asking your hospital if there is a non-firewalled link to your schedules out there.
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Abraham Gutman @abgutman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Last week we revealed that dozens of hospitals throughout the country expose the live call schedule and cells of their physicians and medical providers. At a time of increased violence threats and harassment, experts said, that’s a significant security risk. And yet, most schedules are still live.
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Links exposed physician cell numbers and work schedules at health systems in Philly and nationwide
QGenda web links revealed the information for thousands of providers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Penn Medicine, ChristianaCare, and at least 50 other health systems across the country.
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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Along with everything else, she always made us laugh. RIP Dolly 💔
Dolly center, with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin in the 1980 movie 9 to 5.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
This is a terrific response, but they can go even further -- the weak attack on "communism" gives Democrats a great opening to call out Trump's massive cronyism and corruption.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 19/07/2026
look if we’re trying to showcase parts of america that don’t suck we can do a lot worse than the muppets
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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Madonna-Seven Nation Army-Muppets-BTS is not a combination I would have predicted and it's awesome
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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
“The fundamental choice is between a system where scientists make scientific judgments through accountable deliberative processes and one where political appointees make those calls instead.” In this cycle as both a submitter and a study section reviewer, these proposed changes are grim news.
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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Thrilled to support The Green Book for Health, an RWJ-sponsored initiative that provides resources to help Black patients navigate healthcare. givebutter.com/the-green-bo...
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The Green Book for Health
Building a movement to improvd
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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
One of my ER colleagues trying to figure out how to allocate the two hallway beds with 35 patients in the waiting room
Painting of Jesus with fish and loaves of bread
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
This is now the LOST generation for all doctoral research, from engineering to public health, from literature to psychology, from religion to economics. Some programs will suffer more than others, but this is a tremendous loss to the future. This is ALL on #RussellVought #DonaldTrump #JDVance.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
When Trump said he would bring on a "New Golden Age," he was talking about his wallet.
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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Casey Means has gone on and on about her passion for getting healthy foods on Americans' plates. I hope one of the Democrats asks her what she thinks is the effect of cutting SNAP cuts and the Local Food For Schools program on low-income Americans' ability to afford healthy food.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D. @drgorfinkel.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
HORRIFYING - Dismantling USAID & cancelling >80% of aid caused ~750,000 deaths by mid-2025 🧸Most were children ⌛️ Many died within the first year 😰 Preventable deaths were mainly from: - HIV, TB, malaria - Maternal & fetal deaths - Malnutrition news.westernu.ca/2026/01/u-s-...
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Expert insight: U.S. withdrawal from WHO could affect global health - Western News
History professor Mitchell L. Hammond explains how the U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization could affect global health and disease threats.
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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
“the withering of public health might not anticipate a future apocalypse so much as it recalls a previous America, one where lives were cheaper and shorter, where good health was the province of a privileged few…” www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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How America Got So Sick
The health of a nation reflects the health of a democracy.
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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
"Every social theory undergirding Trumpism has been broken on the steel of Minnesotan resolve. The multiracial community in Minneapolis was supposed to shatter. It did not. It held until Bovino was forced out of the Twin Cities..." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong
The pushback against ICE exposed a series of mistaken assumptions.
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General Strike US @generalstrikeus.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
No context needed #generalstrike
Black background with everything in white text, except [NationalShutdown.us] which it’s on top of a white box
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/01/2026
Kristi Noem: "Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen"
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.
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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The heartbreak is that we all know those nurses: the ones who don’t compartmentalize to the hospital, but are always caring for the people around them.
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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
“I don’t like established science,” he said, adding “science is what I observe.”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/01/2026
Ask yourself: If Donald Trump was intentionally trying to destroy the United States, how could you tell the difference?
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
DHS getting basic 4th Amendment law wrong on its official Twitter account. Seems like this post is bound to show up as an exhibit in one of the cases challenging ICE/Border Control enforcement actions.
Homeland Security &
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Law enforcement uses 'reasonable suspicion' to make arrests, as protected under the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Supreme Court has already vindicated us on this position.
A person's immigration status makes them a target for enforcement, not their skin color, race or ethnicity.
@TriciaOhio
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
In case anyone is still unclear, a tariff is a tax on imports and in practice American consumers pay most of it through higher prices
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Thank you, @jeremyfaust.bsky.social, for this public service; we have all wanted to see the protocol of this deeply unethical trial being funded by RFK Jr in Guinea-Bissau, I’m grateful you obtained it and have published it insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-the-...
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Scoop: The leaked protocol of the CDC-funded Hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau. “This is another Tuskegee.”
The protocol reveals that the trial will withhold the Hepatitis B birth dose from thousands—without placebos, without universal maternal screening, and with endpoints critics call indefensible.
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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Okay, now these SAMHSA grants are reinstated? I’m relieved, but how chaotic and inconstant and unprofessional is all this? democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-r...
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DeLauro Statement on HHS Reinstating Billions in Addiction and Mental Health Grants After Abrupt Cancellation
Today, House Appropriations Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro issued the following statement after Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. reinstated billions of dollars in Substanc...
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Brendan Gutenschwager @bgonthescene.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Happening Now: Students have walked out of school and are protesting against ICE in Saint Paul, Minnesota
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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
An announcement from Noah Wyle and the CDC:
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IYKYK 🌮 @nisslbody.blacksky.app · 14/01/2026
I want it to be very clear that this doesn't just affect people with mental illness or addiction. It doesn't just affect their families, either. It will impact every single American with a decrease in quality of life, because the services that help people also buffer the community.
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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Deep cuts to addiction and mental health service funding through SAMHSA, another gutting of health areas that will cost U.S. lives. This is yet another tragedy that will be tremendously hard to bounce back from www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
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Trump administration sends letter wiping out addiction, mental health grants
The Trump administration sent hundreds of letters Tuesday terminating federal grants supporting mental health and drug addiction services. The cuts could total as much as $2 billion.
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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
No one should feel scared to exist in this country. We need guardrails on DHS and ICE, and elected officials who will enforce them. In this country that I love, we stand up for our rights and each other. We can choose compassion over cruelty, and humanity over fear. #BeGood
White text against black background: BE GOODWhite text against black background: ICE OUT
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Last six days - Venezuela strike, Maduro seized - Trump warns Cuba, Colombia - RFK Jr changes vaccine schedule - Walz ends re-election bid - Jan 6 anniversary - Greenland threats spark diplomatic crisis - Minnesota ICE shooting - House passes ACA subsidy bill - Iran protesters
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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Two people were shot by ICE in Portland Oregon today katu.com/news/local/i...
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US Border agents shoot, wound two people in Portland, city officials say
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents shot and wounded two people in Portland on Thursday afternoon, according to the FBI, Portland police and city official
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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Bacterial meningitis and advanced liver failure are high-suffering diseases. These are not good things to learn the hard way.
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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Just trying to reconcile the fear that ICE officers always say they have, when day after day what the ER sees is injured protesters and detainees.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
They are going to Epstein Files a murder
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Skye Perryman @skyeperryman.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
I extend my deepest sympathies, prayers, and righteous anger to the loved ones of Renee Good, a 37 year old mother and American citizen killed by ICE. We should never normalize what is happening. We must do all we can to resist tyranny and hate — and to demand accountability.
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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
What could the physician have done? Checked vital signs. Sometimes a pulse is slow or thready or there are subtle signs of life. Administer CPR. Open the airway. Staunch the bleed. Why the %#*^ would you keep a doc away?
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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Bacterial meningitis and advanced liver failure are high-suffering diseases. These are not good things to learn the hard way.
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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
“Trump’s illogical quadruple dose of aspirin and his scorn for the standards and processes that advise against it connect in a straight line to the structural changes he’s inflicted on scientific and public health functions vital to this nation.” www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
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Opinion | Trump's aspirin intake provides insight into how he's running the country
Dr. Esther Choo: Trump blowing off the advice of his medical team shows he doesn't believe any expertise needs to be taken seriously
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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Happy New Years to all and ongoing luck with Flu A, which is no joke this winter
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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Hospital lore —which seems to hold up very well— is that the nicest people have the worst cancers. God bless Tatiana Schlossberg, who while dying wrote to praise nurses and oncologists, defend scientific research, & eviscerate her cousin, RFK Jr, as he deserves www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Thinking about how hard it is for people in the U.S. to budget & accurately predict healthcare costs as I stare down this bill for my 2.5 y/o son's birth. Yes, 2.5 years later.
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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Merry Christmas to all and to all good luck with your Flu A symptoms
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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
She was supposed to be in L&D but they were critically understaffed so she was boarding in the ER back hallway.
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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
This study suggests a staggering lack of listening.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
This is a wildly unethical study that would be illegal to conduct in the United States. Have you heard of the Tuskegee experiments (crimes against humanity)? This sounds like that.
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
This is not the first time RFK Jr or his fellow anti-vax travelers conducted a study they knew would harm or kill children in low-income countries. It is a dehumanizing, colonialist model of manufacturing evidence: sacrificing foreign kids for political pseudoscience. www.notus.org/health-scien...
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CDC to Fund Controversial Study in West Africa on Infant Hepatitis B Vaccines
The study prompted swift outcry from scientists in the U.S. who say it’s “unethical.”
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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
For the first time in my life, I donated to the American Academy of Pediatrics. They’re upholding evidence-based health standards for our kids and our communities, and they’re losing federal grants because of it. www.aap.org/en/philanthr...
https://www.aap.org/en/
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18/12/2025
There will come a time when people of good faith are empowered to uphold the law. When that time comes, Illinois will have the testimony and records needed to pursue justice to its fullest extent. The truth of what Trump and his masked agents are doing in Chicago will be told.
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