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docbarb.bsky.social

@docbarb.bsky.social
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Recently retired IM Hospitalist, w/ a strong interest in Infectious Disease, Public & Global Health. I love animals (esp dogs), science, hiking, music, guitars, & my husband. Voracious reader & progressive democrat. DMs from friends only, please.

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docbarb.bsky.social @docbarb.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Ukiyo wants to wish everyone a happy Caturday! #caturday
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docbarb.bsky.social @docbarb.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Ukiyo celebrates Halloween every day. #HalloweenCat, #Vampirecat
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docbarb.bsky.social @docbarb.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Costa Rican morning sky.
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docbarb.bsky.social @docbarb.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Isn’t this the truth?
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docbarb.bsky.social @docbarb.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
He’s a idiot! You don’t have to treat a disease if you prevent it in the first place - by making sure people get vaccinated! He’s not a physician, or scientist. He has no idea what he’s talking about. He needs to rely on the expertise of physicians and scientists!! His incompetence is staggering.
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Leia🇨🇴🇺🇸 @theswprincess.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
If you haven't seen Senator Cory Booker's interview on Maddow after he broke the filibuster record, you should watch it. What an inspiring leader. More Senate Democrats should follow his example! These are not normal times - do something different! youtu.be/di3ixolFvmg?...
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After Marathon Senate Speech, Cory Booker joins Rachel maddow
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
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docbarb.bsky.social @docbarb.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
She’s beautiful!!
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docbarb.bsky.social @docbarb.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Thank you, Sen. Cory Booker!
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docbarb.bsky.social @docbarb.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Thank you for being our voice, and standing up for all of us!! You are a great example for all of us! Thanks for creating “good trouble”.
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docbarb.bsky.social @docbarb.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Thank you!!
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docbarb.bsky.social @docbarb.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
This is heartbreaking.
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docbarb.bsky.social @docbarb.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Why does Hegseth have a Russian email address? 🤔
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Not getting much attention, but the Senate GOP is about to start voting - to make sure banks can charge higher overdraft fees. Seriously. Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.
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docbarb.bsky.social @docbarb.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
True!
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Arve Aksnes @arveaksnes75.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
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Neonila 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @catskillowl.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
“By retracting foreign aid, President Trump could make tuberculosis untreatable again.” - John Green The Atlantic
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docbarb.bsky.social @docbarb.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Adorable!! Here’s our beautiful girl, Ukiyo. Black cats are the best! ♥️♥️♥️
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Jorge A. Caballero, MD @datadrivenmd.social · 12/03/2025
Last time I checked there are exactly zero measles vaccine-related hospitalizations or deaths in 2025, but there are 223 of measles cases, 29 hospitalizations, and 2 deaths in Texas alone www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/...
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Measles Outbreak – March 11, 2025 | Texas DSHS
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docbarb.bsky.social @docbarb.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Sad, but true. 😢
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docbarb.bsky.social @docbarb.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Blaming a child for dying is despicable!!
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docbarb.bsky.social @docbarb.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
This is what happens when you place someone in charge of health & science programs, who knows NOTHING about science and medicine!! You know what has been proven to work? Vaccines!! An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure!! Vaccinate!!
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docbarb.bsky.social @docbarb.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
RFK Jr. claims child died of measles because of poor nutrition & lack of an exercise program!! He also claims that antibiotics can treat measles!! Basic science and medicine - antibiotics cannot cure viral infections! He would know this if he had some basic science or medical education.
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
How pathetic and scared must the Trump-Musk gang be, to purge or ban words like "women" "health equity" "gender" "Black" "disabled" "intersectionality" and "climate science"?? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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docbarb.bsky.social @docbarb.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
That’s what I was thinking
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docbarb.bsky.social @docbarb.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Also, my hand is doing fine. She bit my index finger. I started Augmentin right away. Since I’m a hospitalist, I usually saw the cat bites that ended up in the OR. She’s feisty!
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docbarb.bsky.social @docbarb.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
We have to go back to San Jose for about 4 days. John had cataract & glaucoma surgery last visit. He’s going back for a recheck. We have a friend who will leave food out for her while we’re gone. She’s so cute. She’s full grown, but on the small side.
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docbarb.bsky.social @docbarb.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
However, once she bit me she ran into a covered ditch. She had to mostly fend for herself for 8 days. She looks like she may have gotten into a scrape with another animal while we were gone. She looks like she lost a little weight.
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docbarb.bsky.social @docbarb.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
She’s doing fairly well. She’s still an outdoor cat. I tried to get her in the pet carrier in a hurry before we went to San Jose Cost Rica. She was supposed get spayed, and have an abdominal hernia repair while we were gone. We were going to board her at the vet’s office…..
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docbarb.bsky.social @docbarb.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
I don’t think you can find anything in the literature to show that cod liver oil treats measles. Of course, RFK Jr has absolutely no training in medicine, or science. Vaccinate!! People may learn the hard way that vaccines save lives. When you listen to pseudoscientists you get pseudo-cures. 😢
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docbarb.bsky.social @docbarb.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
It’s hard to believe that in 2025 the head of HHS is recommending cod liver oil to treat measles!! It’s hard to imagine how many people could be at risk from this epidemic! www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/h...
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As Measles Spreads, Kennedy Embraces Remedies Like Cod Liver Oil
In an interview, the H.H.S. secretary claimed that unconventional treatments were helping patients but described vaccination as a personal choice.
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docbarb.bsky.social @docbarb.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Another “rapid unscheduled disassembly” of a SpaceX rocket, brought to you by the man who is rapidly disassembling our democracy.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
SpaceX has received over $15B in government contracts and state grants and the only thing Nazi Musk’s company has produced consistently is failed launches and high velocity explosions. This is what I’d call actual fraud and a real waste of tax dollars.
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docbarb.bsky.social @docbarb.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
It is heartbreaking. 💔
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docbarb.bsky.social @docbarb.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Absolutely!! 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Rep Al Green put it perfectly last night. FOTUS doesn’t care about poor people and wants to cut Medicaid and Medicare!
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docbarb.bsky.social @docbarb.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Spot on!
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docbarb.bsky.social @docbarb.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Yes!!!
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docbarb.bsky.social @docbarb.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Ukiyo, our beautiful, still somewhat wild girl.
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docbarb.bsky.social @docbarb.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
I’m looking forward to seeing this movie. The main character reminds me of our girl, Ukiyo, who survived on her own in rural Costa Rica before we adopted her. (Picture below)
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docbarb.bsky.social @docbarb.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
I’m excited to watch this beautiful movie. The main character reminds me of our girl, Ukiyo, who lived by her wits in rural Costa Rica before we adopted her.
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docbarb.bsky.social @docbarb.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
"If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos." — Edward O. Wilson
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docbarb.bsky.social @docbarb.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
What a disgrace. 😢
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docbarb.bsky.social @docbarb.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
“But more often than not, Black history is made more quietly, by acts like wearing your late father’s shirt to work.”
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docbarb.bsky.social @docbarb.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Great story about a young man paying tribute to his dad, by wearing his shirt. “Black people make history in this country every day. Through loud protests and massive marches. Through powerful prose and stage performances that give voice to our experience.” www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | This man wears his father’s shirt. The reason gave me chills.
When you’re Black in elite spaces, you’re always bringing your family and ancestors with you.
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docbarb.bsky.social @docbarb.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
This awful. She is correct, women are dying! They don’t care about women, and really don’t care how many women die!
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docbarb.bsky.social @docbarb.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
OMG!! This is awful!
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docbarb.bsky.social @docbarb.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
In 2019, RFK Jr. thought he would help the Samoan people by telling them not to vaccinate their children. This resulted in an outbreak of over 5,000 people with 83 deaths in a county with 200,000 people. Just think how many deaths he can cause in the United States as head of HHS?
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docbarb.bsky.social @docbarb.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
It’s sad that so many people have listened to idiots like Jenny McCarthy, and RFK Jr.instead of physicians and scientists. Neither one of them have any training in science or medicine. Please listen to your child’s pediatrician! This could get really nasty! Remember Samoa?
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docbarb.bsky.social @docbarb.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
History repeats itself.
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