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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 10/03/2025
On Friday CDC issued a health network advisory on measles and travel. Make sure you are up to date with MMR vaccine before travel especially if going to an area with measles outbreaks. Babies 6 -11mo in TX counties with measles outbreaks should receive an early MMR dose. www.cdc.gov/han/2025/han...
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Health Alert Network (HAN) - 00522 | Expanding Measles Outbreak in the United States and Guidance for the Upcoming Travel SeasonMinusSASstats
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David Gorski, MD, PhD @gorskon.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Our new HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to change CDC messaging about vaccines to emphasize “informed consent.” What he really means is misinformed refusal. sciencebasedmedicine.org/misinformed-...
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Misinformed refusal: What antivaxxers really mean when they invoke “informed consent”
Our new Secretary of Health and Human Services wants to change CDC messaging about vaccines to emphasize "informed consent." What he really means is misinformed refusal.
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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Gentle reminder to encourage your friends and colleagues to come to Bluesky. It’s probably the best place to get news on what is happening in America. Here’s our starter pack; you can send this link to others. go.bsky.app/2K6jTi5
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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
To Make America Healthy Again, it will be crucial for the CDC to spend millions of research funds to revisit the idea of whether eating chocolate causes Nobel prize winners.
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Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist @drandrealove.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Vaccines don’t cause autism. Vaccines aren’t even associated with autism. The biggest predictor of autism? GENETICS. We have decades of data and millions of data points that to show this. This lie insults people with autism too — as if it’s an “adverse effect” of medicine. 1/
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Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist @drandrealove.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
To slow the spread of measles, we need widespread vaccination. We are weeks behind. MeV incubation period is ~12 days AND it takes 2 weeks to develop protection after vaccination. The fact RFK Jr hasn’t ACTIVELY ENCOURAGED vaccination for everyone eligible should tell you his words are empty.
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Say something to your representatives
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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Mainstream mechanics is such a scam. I only trust alternative, integrative, and functional mechanics.
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Deb @deblavoy.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
www.theguardian.com/global/2025/... Research by the CCDH showed that 70% of Covid-19 anti-vax disinfo between February and March 2021 had been generated by 12 individuals with annual revenues of around $36m. ..Joseph Mercola, a content producer who made $7.2m.. RFK Jr, who received > $500,000
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Formerly anti-vax parents on how they changed their minds: ‘I really made a mistake’
Researchers believe personal stories are more persuasive than facts alone in addressing vaccine skepticism
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Said No School Psych Ever @saidnoschpsychever.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
bsky.app/profile/pbis... Just found this gem of a resource on BlueSky!
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David Gorski, MD, PhD @gorskon.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Measles is back, and, unfortunately, so are all the old antivax tropes about the disease and the vaccine. Same as it ever was. sciencebasedmedicine.org/measles-is-b...
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Measles is back, and so are all the old antivax tropes about it
Measles is back, and so are all the old antivax tropes about the disease and the vaccine. Unfortunately, there's an antivaxxer in charge.
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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
2 day change -1,400 (always a tweet)
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Elon Musk’s DOGE is now requesting over $4 million from OPM for their “assistance.” Follow the money and see where it goes.
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Joshua Sharfstein @drjoshs.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
I visited this lab when at FDA — lead for pharmaceutical quality, key for investigations of contaminants in drug supply. If this move interrupts agency function, it’s a big deal.
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David Gorski, MD, PhD @gorskon.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
For the record, Science-Based Medicine does not receive funding from pharma. (You’ll soon see why in preemptively posting this, I suspect.)
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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Always ask yourself: “What evidence would convince me that I’m wrong?” If the answer is, “nothing,” then you are not adhering to the rules of science or logic. thelogicofscience.com/2019/03/05/h...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
RIP U.S. Department of Education. Education Secretary Linda McMahon introduced herself to department employees with an email calling on them to join her in a “historic final mission” to downsize the agency and shift control to the states.
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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 05/03/2025
Discover the benefits of affirmations in your elementary classroom! These strategies can help you make these little confidence boosters part of your classroom culture. 🌟 #SEL #ElementaryTeacher
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The Enduring Power of Affirmations
It doesn’t take much time to implement little confidence boosters in elementary classrooms.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/03/2025
Is this what they meant by a Red Wave?
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Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist @drandrealove.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Measles is caused by a virus. There are no antivirals for illness. Treatment is symptom management & supportive care. Treatment is NOT: • antibiotics (it’s a virus) • unproven wellness products • cod liver oil, “nutrition hacks,” or supplements. We can prevent measles: with the MMR vaccine.
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David Gorski, MD, PhD @gorskon.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
All the Democrats should’ve walked out with Rep. Green.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 28/02/2025
📣 Probationary federal employees receiving a termination notice - the Office of the Attorney General of DC would like to speak to you by Friday, February 28th. Message our tip line for more information.
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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 28/02/2025
Of the 4000 researchers at NIH, only 20% are tenured. They’re going to fire all the rest as their contracts come up for renewal, absolutely decimating research at the NIH. This is catastrophic, not just for Americans, but for the whole world. www.science.org/content/arti...
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NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research
Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs
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Meg K. 🌊🏔️❄️ @c2snow.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
We’ve tried to shelter our minds but tonight we’re preparing for the genocide of Science. Entire NIH departments will have no leaders. World renowned Scientists kicked to the curb without cause, & grants will loose their lead investigators. Is this what they want? Chaos? Destruction?
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NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research
Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Tomorrow, February 28, let’s disrupt the status quo by spending ONLY at businesses that uplift our communities. That means: 🚫 No gas from corporate giants 🚫 No fast food chains 🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
If you’re at home today, not spending money, and feeling bored, you might be wondering, “What could I do?” Well, task one: you can make random reports on this website: enddei.ed.gov
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Department of Education FormLock
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California Department of Public Health @capublichealth.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Measles is a very contagious disease caused by a virus that spreads through the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes. Keep you and your family up to date on the MMR vaccine.​ ​📲 Find more vaccination information at: cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Immunization/family.aspx​
A group of children exiting a school bus with red dots in the background. "Vacation ✓ Measles ✕"
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Jinothy @jinah.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
What kendrick did to drake, I need bill burr to do to ben shapiro comedically and professionally
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Nothing screams government efficiency more than accidentally firing government workers and having to spend more money and resources to rehire them.
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David Gorski, MD, PhD @gorskon.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
I love it when @joho.bsky.social calls out @ucsfhealth.bsky.social docs lamenting Trump's attacks on NIH and CDC, like @anilmakam.bsky.social , @ewidera.bsky.social, and Monica Gandhi, after having amplified the misinformation that got us here. sciencebasedmedicine.org/ucsfapathy/
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Welcome to the Resistance UCSF Doctors
The many doctors who are just now realizing that misinformation wasn't "COVID hysteria nonsense" have a lot of catching up to do to understand how the forces they've legitimized the led to this moment
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Unbiased Science @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
The CDC's new interim report on the 2024-2025 flu vaccine shows promising effectiveness during one of the most severe flu seasons in 15 years. For children & adolescents, the vaccine reduced outpatient visits for flu by 32-60% & cut hospitalizations by 63-78%.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 28/02/2025
Good morning! Rise like the sun and burn bright today. Your light is beautiful.
Yellow, gold and orange sunrise with visible sun rays in a blue sky with scattered clouds
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Congratulations to Dr. Peter Hotez. I've had conversations with Hotez. Not only is he a brilliant man, but also a very kind human being. houston.innovationmap.com/peter-hotez-...
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Houston Nobel Prize nominee earns latest award for public health research
Hotez and his team were selected to receive $500,000 from Lyda Hill Philanthropies to help fund The Texas Virosphere Project.
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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Mental health misinformation is rampant on social media. In our new study, 33% of top viewed TikTok videos that offered advice and information were misleading. These videos were watched over 1 billion times. journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.... @srmarcon.bsky.social @marcozenone.bsky.social
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Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist @drandrealove.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
An unvaccinated child died of measles in the Texas outbreak. Measles kills 1 in every 1,000 people in developed nations, more where healthcare is scarce. The measles vaccine has never caused a death. It ALSO prevents deaths from measles. Anti-vaccine lies are killing children. 1/
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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
BREAKING: The NIH summer internship program (SIP) has been officially cancelled, across all institutes. It’s a sad loss for the brightest science students in America, for American science, and for future cures for diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s. 🧪 1/
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
The Capitol Police arrested a group of peaceful protesters who demonstrated today in the Cannon House Office Building against the Trump’s decision to freeze foreign aid and lay off thousands of USAID workers. The president has made his message clear: disagree with them, and they will come after you.
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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
More hits to #NIH: "The Trump administration has imposed a new restriction on employment that could push out thousands of NIH’s senior scientists: The agency cannot retain scientists in 1-year to 4-year positions that have long been routinely renewed." 🧪 @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social at @science.org
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NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research
Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 27/02/2025
What were your "tiny pushes" today? Your acts of micro-resistance? One of us listened (via headphones) to the "hostile government takeover" song on repeat at work. And hummed along. Loudly. What can we say, it's super catchy. Goodnight! See you in the morning.
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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 27/02/2025
With one small shift in language, you can help students embrace mistakes as part of the learning process. 🙌 #teachers #k12
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One Word to Drop From Your Teacher Vocabulary
A simple change in language can show students how mistakes are useful and how struggle can be productive.
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Said No School Psych Ever @saidnoschpsychever.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Here’s a great advocacy tool from the Education Law Center to determine how US DOE funneled funding impacts your state. edlawcenter.org/research/tru...
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Trump 2.0 Federal Revenue Tool - Education Law Center
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Vaccine safety researchers know you have to follow the science, regardless of whether it exonerates or implicates a vaccine in a suspected side effect. They also know their work may be weaponized & misconstrued by people trying to undermine vaccine confidence. www.statnews.com/2025/02/24/p...
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A small study on Covid vaccine safety sparks an online tempest
A small study on Covid vaccine safety has sparked an online tempest — and highlighted the conundrum faced by some scientists.
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Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist @drandrealove.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Media: stop being apologists to people who harm science & public health. A broken clock is right twice a day. That doesn’t mean it’s trustworthy. That’s the attitude you need toward RFK Jr., Calley Means, Mehmet Oz, Marty Makary, etc. You—journalists—are contributing to the problem.
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Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist @drandrealove.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
This is exactly the same playbook as Lyme pseudoscience. Exploit vulnerable people with real symptoms and sell them unproven and ineffective solutions, many of which are actually dangerous (in addition to the forgoing medical care bit)
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Science Magazine @science.org · 24/02/2025
“There’s going to be a missing age class of researchers that will reverberate for years.” scim.ag/3ERRLDo
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U.S. early-career researchers struggling amid chaos
Uncertain funding, government firings, and distressed universities hit vulnerable groups especially hard
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David Gorski, MD, PhD @gorskon.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Yup. That also goes for those who use the salute to troll or claim it was “just a joke.”
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Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist @drandrealove.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Sorry not sorry, I’ll be here calling out lies from anti-science grifters. Read the articles I’ve written on RFK Jr’s dangerous lies: news.immunologic.org/t/rfk-jr
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drericbeam.bsky.social @drericbeam.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Quote from my son in college, “It is weird being old enough to see the direct impact of politics on my life. A grad student’s research on ‘ecological biodiversity’ was cut on the DEI funding ban because their understanding ends after ‘Ctrl-F diversity’.”
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 24/02/2025
This is hard to beat, but we have faith that CDC can rise to the challenge with our RTO. We'll be watching for evidence of fever, mouth sores, and skin rash on mango Mussolini in the meantime. You can learn more about the signs of hand, foot and mouth disease here: www.cdc.gov/hand-foot-mo...
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About Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease
Learn about hand, foot, and mouth disease. It is very contagious and most common in young children.
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Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist @drandrealove.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Want to know why the US has been free from polio since 1979? Vaccines. Which RFK Jr. wants to get rid of. Look around and see what’s happening here now that politicians gave him control of our highest federal health agency. Read more ⬇️ news.immunologic.org/p/vaccines-a...
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Vaccines are the real MVP: they've been saving lives for hundreds of years.
RFK Jr. and others who erode trust in life-saving medical tools are dangers to our society and they do not care about improving health.
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