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Donna A Gaffney, DNSc, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN @donnagaffney.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Extraordinary and so well done. A primer for those going into disaster work.

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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

The US Constitution does not endure because of words inked on parchment. It lives or dies in the daily actions of ordinary Americans willing to do extraordinary things. Ordinary people. Extraordinary resolve. Read here- archive.is/8IXjE www.post-gazette.com/opinion/gues...

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Donna Gaffney and Teri Mills: Our democracy depends on the fourth branch of government

Our government has three branches, but America has four. Congress writes the laws, the president enforces them, and the courts interpret them. That’s...

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Anna26458 @anna26458.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

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jeanie31199.bsky.social @jeanie31199.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

I am not surprised. This is WHAT they are. It’s who Republicans are.

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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Polio is a serious vaccine preventable disease as Pat Crago attests to during this interview. Vaccination rates are plummeting! Do not risk your kid's health-get them vaccinated. Grandparents and allies of kids-join us! grandparentsforvaccines.com spectrumnews1.com/oh/cleveland...

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Polio survivor encourages vaccination as childhood vaccination rates decline

According to the CDC, during the 2024-25 school year, vaccination rates in kindergarteners decreased for all reported vaccines compared to the year before.

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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Please follow @gparents4vaccines.bsky.social to keep up to date with our all volunteer organization working to keep our grandkids safe and healthy!

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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Thank you @kfvs12.com and Heartland Health Department for this great partnership. @donnagaffney.bsky.social explains @gparents4vaccines.bsky.social is based on the idea that lived experiences passed down by grandparents can have a huge impact on younger generations. www.kfvs12.com/2025/11/11/h...

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Heartland health department partners with Grandparents for Vaccines

Southern 7 Health Department is one of the latest groups to join a national movement led by grandparents.

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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

I think it's time to IMPEACH DJT. Enough is enough. Come on Congress. Americans deserve so much better.

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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

"As an untapped resource, grandparents are changing the conversation about vaccines — replacing fear and misinformation with stories, wisdom, and love. Together, we honor our legacy and shape a healthier future for every family.” Dr. Arthur Lavin, Founder GFV @gparents4vaccines.bsky.social

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'We remember so our grandchildren never have to' — Southern 7 Health Department partners with Grandparents for Vaccines

“One of the main reasons people don’t understand the need to vaccinate their children is because they’ve never experienced a life without vaccines,” said Shawnna Rhine with S7. “Grandparents have

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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

This is the very first book I remember crying as I read it. (And the only time in my life that I actually loved a spider, "Charlotte" who saved a pig, demonstrating the power of kindness, love and friendship. #HandsOffOurBooks Keep your evil and hate to yourself DHS! www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/u...

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Granddaughter of ‘Charlotte’s Web’ author criticizes use of book title in DHS immigration crackdown operation | CNN

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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Might be a course of antibiotics for these students, but if they expose a baby or small child, pertussis (whooping cough) can be lethal due to their very small airways PLEASE make sure your vaccinations are up to date, not just for your health but for those around you. www.kxly.com/news/five-ws...

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Five WSU students diagnosed with whooping cough

PULLMAN, Wash - Five students at Washington State University have been diagnosed with whooping cough.

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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

GOP war on children: 1731 cases of measles Millions about to lose food security ACIP plans to eliminate hepatitis B newborn vaccine Leader and cronies support and empower pedophilia IF UNTRUE: Release the files Fire RFK Jr Remove ACIP cynics Fully fund SNAP National vaccination program Impeach DT

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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Thank you to @opb.org and @thinkoutloud.bsky.social for interviewing Sheri Schouten and me about Grandparents for Vaccines. Here is the link to take a listen: play.cdnstream1.com/s/opb/think-... Please follow @gparents4vaccines.bsky.social To Join: grandparentsforvaccines.com Our kids need us!

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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Thanks for including @gparents4vaccines.bsky.social interview on @opb.org Think Out Loud @robincogan.bsky.social This is a meaningful and important story. #VaccinesWork #VaccinesAreEffective and MOST IMPORTANT #VaccinesDoNotCauseAutism #VaccinesAreSafe -- spread the word.

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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Sending love and hope to the Kennedy's after reading Tatiana's brave essay in @newyorker.com "I have never encountered a group of people who are more competent, more full of grace and empathy, more willing to serve others than nurses. Nurses should take over." Tatiana, how we wish we could.

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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Lots of comments in support of Tatiana Schlossberg saying they want to do something. She bravely stood up for science rebuking RFK Jr. Get your flu and COVID vaccines-cancer patients depend on herd immunity as they are too immunosuppressed to be vaccinated. Show them some love through action.

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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

VACCINES DO NOT CAUSE AUTISM! However Measles can cause encephalitis and brain damage. Chickenpox can lead to permanent scars. Meningitis has long term consequences like seizures and motor function disorders. Polio can cause respiratory paralysis. Vaccines are SAFE and prevent life long misery.

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No, Vaccines Don’t Cause Autism—Here’s the Proof Parents Need to See

Countless studies have shown no link between vaccines and an increased risk of autism spectrum disorder. But some parents still hold onto that belief.

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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

SNAP benefits, just days from termination, will especially hurt mothers, babies and children who depend on these government subsidies to eat. @donnagaffney.bsky.social and I wrote about HUNGER 2 months ago in USA Today. If you live in VA, NJ, PA your vote will help #FiretheGOP This is on them!

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Grandparents For Vaccines @gparents4vaccines.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Welcome all new followers! And special thanks to @wkyc.bsky.social for hosting Grandparents for Vaccines Founder and President Arthur Lavin yesterday. Dr. Patrick Crago shares what it was like to be a 5 year old child with polio - before a vaccine was available. www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3-H...

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Grandparents for Vaccines founder explains mission on 3News

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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

@gparents4vaccines.bsky.social is now officially on BSKY!! We need followers. :-) Check out this amazing video where Pat Crago describes what he remembers during his hospitalization with polio. Join us: grandparentsforvaccines.com For media requests email us at grandparentsforvaccines@gmail.com

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Grandparents For Vaccines @gparents4vaccines.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Wondering what #GrandparentsforVaccines is all about? Take a look at nurseteria.bsky.social and donnagaffney.bsky.social op ed published this week in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. meidastouch.com mollyjongfast.bsky.social todayshow.com www.cleveland.com/opinion/2025...

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We remember. That’s why grandparents are standing up for vaccines: Donna A. Gaffney and Teri Mills

Now is the time for all grandparents to do something to protect our grandchildren from this growing and preventable threat to their lives. Add your voice to this vital conversation by joining Grandpar...

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Students for Science @studentsforsci.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Hey y’all! NEXT THURSDAY, in lieu of our usual SFS general meeting, we will be having an info session for ANY STUDENT interested in science advocacy! High school, undergraduate, and graduate students welcome. ANY SCHOOL, ANY STATE, ANY MAJOR!

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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

HEIST: THE LOUVRE'S STOLEN CROWN A look at the brazen daylight theft and what it reveals about security, power and French national pride. Watch CNN @cnn.com YOU MISSED THE STORY MAJORITY OF AMERICANS CARE ABOUT. FOTUS destroyed the East Wing and we are pissed! www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_Q4...

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Videos, satellite images capture demolished White House East Wing

YouTube video by CBS News

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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Not the title @donnagaffney.bsky.social and I sent in to the editor but grateful to #AshevilleCitizen-Times for picking up this op ed! From Public Service to Public Peril: A Betrayal of the Kennedy Legacy was what we submitted. RFK Jr is NO JFK! www.yahoo.com/news/article...

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Opinion: RFK Jr. spreads false vaccine claims, exposing children to diseases like polio

President John F. Kennedy was a champion of life-saving immunizations. His nephew RFK Jr. destroys that legacy by spreading lies about vaccines.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

"The group brings together hundreds of grandparents nationwide who lived through diseases such as polio, tuberculosis and measles — illnesses once thought eliminated in the United States..." www.kgw.com/article/news...

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Grandparents for Vaccines launches to share stories of life before immunizations

New volunteer group aims to educate parents about vaccine importance by sharing personal experiences with preventable diseases.

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Robin Cogan @robincogan.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

relentlessschoolnurse.com/2025/08/31/t... “Why Grandparents Must Lead on Vaccines,” a recently published Op Ed by @donnagaffney.bsky.social & @nurseteria.bsky.social , aka #OpEdNurses, & proud grandparents share the urgent message of seniors having a powerful voice in vaccine promotion

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The Relentless School Nurse: Grandparents – A Powerful Force for Vaccines

“Why Grandparents Must Lead on Vaccines,” a recently published Op Ed by Donna Gaffney and Teri Mills—known as The Op Ed Nurses and both proud grandparents—is part of a wider movement: nurses across…

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Judy Stone @drjudystone.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Another great op-ed from @nurseteria.bsky.social and @donnagaffney.bsky.social on grandparents fiercely protecting their families through #vaccination www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/us-v... #GrandparentsForVaccines.

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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Grandparents must lead on vaccines. We remember the dangers of vaccine preventable diseases. Our message- it is crucial that every child be vaccinated following the AAP childhood immunization schedule. @donnagaffney.bsky.social and my op-ed is here: www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/us-v...

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

“Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday night accused President Trump of intentionally fanning the flames of the Los Angeles protests and ‘pulling a military dragnet across’ the city endangering peaceful protesters and targeting hardworking immigrant families.” www.latimes.com/california/s...

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Newsom, in California address, says Trump purposely 'fanned the flames' of L.A. protests

Gov. Gavin Newsom blamed President Trump for intentionally inflaming tensions at protests in L.A. and targeting hardworking immigrant families in federal raids.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 11/06/2025

LIVE: Prayer vigiI in Los Angeles calling for peace and solidarity Prayer vigil held in downtown Los Angeles, calling for peace and solidarity with immigrants. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpwK...

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LIVE: Prayer vigiI in Los Angeles calling for peace and solidarity | REUTERS

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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

CA Gov. Gavin Newsom urges peaceful protests: "I want you to know that you are the antidote to that fear and that anxiety. What Donald Trump wants most is your fealty, your silence, to be complicit in this moment. Do not give in to him."

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

I can forgive many things, but I cannot forgive being so terrible that you give Gavin Newsom a chance to appear courageous.

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Donna A Gaffney, DNSc, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN @donnagaffney.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

I drove 3 hours through LA today, on the 10, 110, 101, 60, thru DTLA, past Pasadena. What did I see, traffic slowdowns from two stalled cars. That’s it—If Trump wanted to see our city on fire he should have come in January. Thanks @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social for these photos @nurseteria.bsky.social

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Call to Action: Saturday, May 17th National Day of Protest to Declare: "The Trump Fascist Regime Must Go Now!" Find protests or register a protest you are planning at RefuseFascism.org #3E #endImpunity #EndOligarchy #EndAutogenocide #RefuseFascism

SATURDAY, MAY 17TH
NATIONAL DAY OF PROTEST TO DECLARE:
THE TRUMP FASCIST REGIME MUST GO NOW!
FIND PROTESTS OR REGISTER A PROTEST YOU ARE PLANNING AT REFUSEFASCISM.ORG

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Different world, needs different response @changeisneeded.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Why would a man who believes vaccines are evil and the cause illness, launch a campaign to cause evil and illness? America's leadership is led by ruthless fascists, and some are delusional. Biden could have led the charge to expel & jail the traitor leaders, like Trump. But he didn't want too.

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Sweetiesue1111 @sweetiesue1111.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

I had whooping cough last year and it took a full 5 months to get over of the cough. 0 out of 5 Stars. Not recommended. (I thought it had been eradicate and didn't realize I should have gotten a booster).

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viking62.bsky.social @viking62.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Kinda crazy there’s a vaccine for this as well. You would think people would stop listening to an anti vaccination person who has been vaccinated

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Feelin Blue, girl @gdalander.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

So, let me get this straight. When a boat plowed into the key bridge, @petebuttigieg.bsky.social was targeted as a do-nothing DEI hire But when RFK jr literally drives disease instead of fighting it, there's crickets everywhere?

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a statue of yoda with the words `` the cognitive dissonance is strong with this one ''

ALT: a statue of yoda with the words `` the cognitive dissonance is strong with this one ''

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lifelearn.bsky.social @lifelearn.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

People, it’s easy , listen to your doctor. Not this administration. They don’t care about you. His own family spoke out against him. He makes a lot of money selling snake oil . Get your kids vaccinated, get yourselves vaccinated. Try to be healthy , use your common sense.

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GypsyLee @gypsylee54.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

The Trump regime wants all of us sick - poor and stupid. It’s their idea of the Golden Era. Anyone who survives is the house servant or worker .

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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

1st 100 days- NOT 1st in anything! Stocks falling off a cliff. Measles exploding. DOE decimated. NIH, CDC, FDA gutted. National security under siege. US born citizens assaulted and deported. Press under attack. Veterans left behind. Allies alienated. Recession pending. THIS IS NOT NORMAL ‼️🚨

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 13/04/2025

From the Editorial Board: Our public libraries serve as a great equalizer. Funding them should be a priority.

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Editorial: Leave libraries alone. They more than pay their way.

Our public libraries serve as a great equalizer. Funding them should be a priority.

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