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Eric Meyerowitz

@ericmeyerowitz.bsky.social
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Bronxite, ID physician: HIV, STI prevention & treatment, NTM, HTLV-1, COVID-19, vaccines. Resist kings, bullies, and Nazis. He/him

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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
for me impeachment isn't what we should be after. this president and most of his cabinet and staff should be prosecuted for corruption, fraud, war crimes, obstruction, and all the various crimes they have committed. i will only vote for a presidential candidate in 2028 who commits to this.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
So should universities like Stanford, UCSF, Hopkins take back people who have presided over an unprecedented destruction of science & public health in the US, particularly Bhattacharya, Prasad & Makary? No. When this is over, there should be no going back to the places they once called home.
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Beth S Linas, PhD, MHS @bethlinas.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
The leading cause of health disparities in this country, health inequity, is being struck from medical school curricula- this is a sad day for public health and medicine
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As political pressure mounts, medical school accreditor drops requirement to teach about health equity
The leading medical school accreditation body in the U.S. has removed language from its standards requiring schools to teach about health inequities
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
So does this argument also apply to tax returns (OK so long as postmarked by April 15), court documents, etc.? Or do we have one standard for ballots, and another for all other government-recognized documents?
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
In 2020, I argued every state must count mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day. Today, the RNC argued no state can. That is how far the right has descended into voter suppression. And it is why I continue to fight.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 23/03/2026
Two pilots dead at LaGuardia. A lone controller managing two simultaneous emergencies. The FAA is 3,000 controllers short. We will blame the human. We should fix the system. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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The LaGuardia Crash Will Be Blamed on One Controller. That's Not the Whole Story.
3,000 controllers short. WWII-era radar still in use. And a lone controller managing two emergencies at midnight. This was preventable.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Trump found a new way to raise prices. For no apparently reason we're losing 200,000 commercial truck drivers in one fell swoop, thanks to rule barring immigrants who are asylum seekers, refugees or recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, from obtaining commercial licenses
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Trump’s cancellation of licenses for immigrant truckers takes effect
The rule bars immigrants who are asylum seekers, refugees or DACA recipients from obtaining commercial driver’s licenses.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
When the Trump era is over, this will be the business school 101 lesson of what happened, who blew it, and who didn't: www.cnn.com/2026/03/16/b...
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
just plainly evil.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
The United States is contemplating threatening to kill people with HIV in another country as leverage to get that country's minerals. We have become a sick nation, just as depraved and disgusting as its leader.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
We need to call this what it is: a crime against humanity
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
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Video proves Delta flew Liam Ramos and his dad to ICE detention center
Three plainclothes federal agents can be seen boarding a Delta flight while guarding the 5-year-old boy and his father, right under unsuspecting passengers’ noses.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
2 headlines from this week
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Friday is measles outbreak update day; 1,362 confirmed cases reported in the United States, up from 1,281 a week ago. National public health response remains muted while the most contagious infectious disease continues to spread 😳🤦🏻‍♂️
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
A purpose of the war on Iran might well be to provoke a terrorist attack inside the United States. This would provide Donald Trump with a pretext to try to cancel or “federalize” the coming Congressional elections. snyder.substack.com/p/the-desire...
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The Desire for Terror
And the defense of democracy
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
“War-a-Lago” By Barry Blitt @newyorker.com
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
We bombed a girls elementary school.
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Eric Meyerowitz @ericmeyerowitz.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
The Trump doctrine: bound by no rules, apply maximum cruelty with no grace, at home and abroad
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
"Kennedy has continued to spread misinformation and push politicised agendas at the expense of the country's most vulnerable...the destruction that Kennedy has wrought in 1 year might take generations to repair." Bold,factual and somber editorial in @thelancet.com www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Robert F Kennedy Jr: 1 year of failure
In his first speech as Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Robert F Kennedy Jr laid out a plan to restore trust. The COVID-19 pandemic saw public faith in Federal health...
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Eric Meyerowitz @ericmeyerowitz.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
The weaponization of government programs against the people they were intended to help in the serve in the first place is cruel, petty, inappropriate, and deeply damaging.
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Eric Meyerowitz @ericmeyerowitz.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
“When they saw the video of their son’s death, the Prettis said they saw their son’s character showing through. “His last act on this earth, his last thought, was to help this woman,” his father said. “It’s who he was, every day,” his mother said. “He’s the same Alex he always was.””
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‘No Reason He Should Have Died’: Alex Pretti’s Parents Open Up
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Florida is proposing the introduction of new eligibility rules for ADAP which subsidizes HIV treatment. Under the new rules up to 16000 people living with HIV in the state could lose access to life saving medication. Without ADAP meds cost 3000$-6000$ US/month. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
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Free HIV drugs save lives. Why one state is restricting access for thousands.
An estimated 16,000 HIV and AIDS patients in Florida might lose free medication, health care as the state dramatically rolls back a decades-old program.
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Eric Meyerowitz @ericmeyerowitz.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
“By suggesting that physicians may be committing a federal crime under the FDCA when they prescribe or administer a drug for an unapproved use, the DOJ — in its effort to deter gender-affirming care — calls into question patients’ access to off-label uses of all drugs.” www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Using FDA Law to Threaten Medical Practice | NEJM
Though recent subpoenas from the U.S. DOJ target providers of gender-affirming care, the legal arguments behind them could affect physicians prescribing off-label treatment for any reason.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/02/2026
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
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Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 31/01/2026
They’re taking kids from Minnesota and sending them to detention camps. They’re shooting American citizens in the street and locking investigators out of the crime scenes. The world is watching what happens next.
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Eric Meyerowitz @ericmeyerowitz.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
“And so, in order to uphold our professional covenants, we call for an immediate end to the violence and trauma that is being inflicted on our patients and our communities by ICE. We implore all in our medical community to use the power of your voices as well, to protect our patients and your own.”
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We Do Care | NEJM
Physicians throughout Minnesota bear witness to the devastation that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is wreaking. They implore physicians everywhere to raise their voices.
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Eric Meyerowitz @ericmeyerowitz.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
I wrote this back in July partly in response to process changes by FDA leaders. There has been enormous erosion and destruction of our federal public health institutions since then. The damage being done is devastating and the preventable deaths that will follow are heartbreaking and unnecessary
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FDA Labeling Change for mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines
To the Editor The decision by Drs Prasad and Makary to report changes to US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) safety labels for COVID-19 messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines in a Viewpoint1 rather than on t...
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IDSA @idsainfo.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Today’s announcement that HHS is drastically altering the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule without a transparent process or clear scientific justification represents the latest reckless step in Secretary Kennedy’s assault on the national vaccine infrastructure. Our statement: bit.ly/497Tj8V
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
I am glad to see large media outlets reporting on this. Hopefully it shames the researchers into not continuing with the planned study or at minimum making sure ALL children in the study receive the birth dose of the HepB vaccine. www.science.org/content/arti...
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CDC funds controversial hepatitis B vaccine trial in African newborns
Scientists question the value of the proposed study, which will investigate a vaccine long known to be efficacious and safe
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 18/12/2025
Today I received FOUR death notifications for people in ICE custody. That's 30 deaths since Trump took office. It's appalling & unacceptable.   ICE is required—by law—to ensure detainees are safe & their basic needs are met. It's clear this isn't the case. We NEED answers.
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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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IDSA @idsainfo.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
IDSA has selected Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, MPH, FIDSA, as its next chief executive officer, effective Jan. 12, 2026. Learn more: bit.ly/4pHt2nF
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
This will harm kids. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/h...
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Trump Moves to End Access to Gender-Related Care for Minors
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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
To all the young people in New York and across our country who count on gender-affirming care: I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.  Your health care is still legal and protected.  I'll always fight for you.
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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
This is an important article by @katherinejwu.com on the destruction of infectious disease research - and the man behind it. As someone in the ID field reliant on US federal funding for our research, know that once the next pandemic happens, we won't be around. www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
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The Most Feared Person at the NIH Is a Vaccine Researcher Plucked From Obscurity
While NIH director Jay Bhattacharya focuses on podcasting, his second in command is dramatically remaking the agency.
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Eric Meyerowitz @ericmeyerowitz.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Its not that Makary has come to scientifically reasoned conclusions about these issues (HIV, COVID, vaccines), it’s that his brain is completely reprogrammed to see only conspiracy theories where science itself is the antagonist. He is unable to change his views based on scientific evidence
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Eric Meyerowitz @ericmeyerowitz.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
In such a dark time it’s so important to remember we are also surrounded by good and great people like this
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
It won’t change votes much. But the gutting of USAID might be the most consequential policy of the second Trump administration simply in terms of people who died, who went without food or medicine www.propublica.org/article/keny...
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After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
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Kevin Ault @kevinault.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
I can't imagine an IRB approving this study.
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The American Academy of Pediatrics @ameracadpeds.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
AAP learned this week that seven grants to AAP under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services are being terminated. The sudden withdrawal of these funds will directly impact and potentially harm infants, children, youth, and their families. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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Science Magazine @science.org · 17/12/2025
Jeanne Marrazzo, the former head of the U.S. NIAID, has sued the federal government, which fired her on 26 September. Her suit claims it did so in retaliation for a whistleblower complaint she filed against the Trump administration. scim.ag/48HUI5X
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Fired NIH institute head sues Trump administration
Jeanne Marrazzo says she lost her job because she spoke out against risky public-health policies
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Jonathan Jarry @jonathanjarry.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
You know the "quack Miranda warning?" The text that must be placed on labels of supplements to indicate that the FDA has not evaluated any of it? Well, it's on its way out, further blurring the lines between drugs & nonsense in the US. h/t @builduprdns.bsky.social www.fda.gov/food/informa...
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Letter to the Dietary Supplement Industry on the DSHEA Disclaimer
Letter to the Dietary Supplement Industry on the DSHEA Disclaimer
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/12/2025
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered? GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now THOMPSON: What does that mean?
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
"When I said in February that they were going to cast a wide net for deportations, I had no idea how bad it would be. This is not just a matter of aggressive deportation. The things that are being done by our government to our fellow human beings are monstrous." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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Trump’s Deportations Are Ripping Mothers from Their Babies
The president’s immigration policy is “beyond inhumane.”
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Minnesotans face off against ICE as they target Somalis.
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Eric Meyerowitz @ericmeyerowitz.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
ICE is a criminal organization and a national disgrace. They all must be held fully accountable.
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 07/12/2025
UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene. A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
A Nativity where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
There was revolution in the air in New Orleans when the Border Patrol invaded their city - as brave citizens blew whistles, chased convoys, and confronted masked agents of a tyrannical government From Minneapolis to Manhattan, an uprising has begun. A special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/immi...
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In New Orleans and across U.S., anger over ICE raids sparks a 2nd American Revolution | Will Bunch
Everyday folks are rising up to resist immigration raids with whistles, car chases, and noisy protests. Revolution is in the air.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 07/12/2025
To be very clear: Kennedy's team is messing with a vaccine which has led to a 99 percent drop in the incidence of hepatitis B, which kills, early and painfully, 25 percent of the children who get it.
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RFK’s Anti-Vax Team Readies Its Next Moves
“Their game is, let’s really destabilize trust in the vaccine, and make people really anxious about it.”
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