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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH

@gavinyamey.bsky.social
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Hymowitz Family Professor of Global Health & Professor of Public Policy at Duke University. Director of the Center for Policy Impact in Global Health. DJ at WXDU (Thursdays, 4-6pm ET, wxdu.org). TIME columnist. He/him. Tallest Jew on Earth.

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Dr Tatiana Hitchen @txhitchen.bsky.social · 7h
Gardasil is one of the key advancements in women’s health and RFK Jr is a misogynist as well as a tosser. I’m personally quite happy to see fewer HPV-driven cancers under the microscope.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I will never forgive or forget a single Republican Senator who voted yes on RFK Jr.’s confirmation as HHS Secretary. But as you know I hold especial contempt for Bill Cassidy (R, Invertebrate) for greasing the skids for RFK Jr. and for the destruction of U.S. public health.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is how AI will kill us all
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Trump Was Reportedly Pushed Into Invading Venezuela by Conversation With Grok
Trump reportedly consulted with Grok for hours on his next course of action in Venezuela before launching a military invasion.
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Banned Books Week @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social · 11h
"It's up to all of us to ensure that the illuminating power of the written word is not under malicious control." We're proud to have Honorary Chair Tony Weaver, Jr. leading #BannedBooksWeek! #LetBooksBe ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 17h
New at Strength In Numbers this morning: Despite claims from some pundits and Republican strategists of biased and "fake" polling data, the polls and fundamentals basically agree on the blue wave: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-10-04...
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 8h
God almighty, Twitter is the most vile cesspit of Nazism of abuse, run by an actual Nazi
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 17h
If you're in these 3 states, *TODAY* is deadline to register to vote. Alaska Rhode Island South Carolina Even if you think you've registered: doesn't hurt to check everything is in order. Do it now. And there's a lot to vote for across them. A thread with stakes on each. ⬇️
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
seems bad
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 10h
New today in the old tale of externalizing costs while privatizing profits: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman tells Politico, “We believe the world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of this technology.”
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Sam Altman to Decoded: ‘The world should accept some bad things happening’ for the benefits of AI
The OpenAI CEO sought to distinguish his policy stance from rival developer Anthropic.
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 12h
RFK Jr wants to convince patients that AI can free patients from "medical tyranny". AI is garbage without the knowledge of experts. Yes, we are the enemy, who's work fuels the information that AI gives its users. More reason to vote blue in November. 🧪 www.fiercehealthcare.com/ai-and-machi...
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RFK Jr.'s AI claims spark physician backlash as debate over medical AI intensifies
Robert F. | Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, said on Tuesday that artificial intelligence can provide patients a second opinion that is "much better...
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 10h
🚀 This has rocketed very high up my AOTY list, and it might end up being at the top (though there’s a LOT of competition, especially from the Akusmi LP!) jonhassell.bandcamp.com/album/music-...
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Music Is Invisible (Pentimento Volume Three), by Jon Hassell
4 track album
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 11h
This is the world RFK Jr dreamed of and worked towards for many decades; he was then able to turbocharge his extreme anti-vaccine campaign when he was handed the reins of the US federal health system 😢
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 18h
JD Vance is aligning himself with MAHA as it sheds its grassroots supporters in favor of political and corporate interests. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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JD Vance flexing Maha connections as he eyes 2028 election
Considered Republican frontrunner for presidential election, Vance is cozying up to the movement – as it splits
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 12h
Yes it is
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 15h
🤑 I don’t think there’s enough public awareness of RFK Jr’s grift The extreme & very kooky anti-vaxx activist group was paying him $500,000 a year to peddle anti-vaxx BS, there’s the massive fees he got from suing the HPV vaccine maker, the profits from peddling conspiracy theory books, etc., etc.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 15h
I know I shouldn’t laugh, but this is hilarious Conservatives contend that “Gerwig is turning Aslan ‘transgender,’ citing a newly released photo from the movie’s promoters, depicting the lion with rainbow-tinted whiskers” 🏳️‍⚧️🦁 Oh nos! Trans lions with rainbow whiskers! Whatever next?!
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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 16h
"We don't die when the body starts to end. Because what we leave is a message, which is left and this will survive us." - Rita Levi-Montalcini, awarded the Nobel Prize 40 years ago for her discovery of growth factors. She was the longest-living laureate, passing away at the age of 103 years.
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 15h
A nice letter to the editor about the importance of NIH research and the Bethesda Declaration community. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | This dementia research shows why the NIH matters
Dementia, ant warfare, college affordability and more, in readers' eyes.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 15h
"In women aged 20–24 years between 2020 and 2024, in whom vaccination coverage was around 88–90% at age 12–13 years, no deaths occurred, compared with 23·1 expected deaths based on historical rates, corresponding to a mortality reduction of 100%" RFK Jr wants to torpedo cervical cancer elimination
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 16h
God almighty, putting RFK Jr, the world’s most dangerous and extreme anti-vaccine activist & eugenicist, in charge of the US healthcare system is having horrific consequences He literally has zero expertise, training, or experience in actual public health or medicine or vaccine science FFS
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 16h
A friend of mine is a pediatrician in PA Last year she told me how angry she was about RFK Jr taking his anti-vaccine campaign to PA & how it was making her job harder & how many parents were declining to vaccinate their kids cuz of RFK Jr’s batshit advice 😢 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Pennsylvania health officials brace themselves as measles outbreak expected to spread
Most counties don’t have their own health agencies, and some specific population groups have low vaccination rates
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 16h
I am really, really loving the return of musicians releasing their music on cassette, and I'm building a mini-collection of limited release cassettes.....now I need, um, an actual cassette player, lol
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 17h
Why does the NYT have “an unwritten policy of not crediting previous reporting (the way everyone else in journalism does!)”? Does the NYT think it makes THEIR reporting somehow seem “less original” if they give credit? To me, it would strengthen—not weaken—the NYT’s reputation if they gave credit
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 19h
20th anniversary of this legendary recording by Eleh The music is austere quiet meditative monotones, created with analog synths, tube oscillators, & guitars, which will lower your heart rate & ease your troubles If you're a fan of Sun O))), you'll dig this eleh.bandcamp.com/album/floati...
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Floating Frequencies / Intuitive Synthesis 1 - 20th Anniversary Remaster, by ELEH
3 track album
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 20h
Accurate summary of the MAGA/MAHA Administration
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 20h
Let's talk about the fab new Ezra Collective album, "Here Because of Hope" It's the 4th studio album from one of Britain’s finest bands—the 1st ever jazz band to win the vaunted Mercury Music Prize (in 2023, for their 2nd album, "Where I’m Meant to Be") ezracollective.bandcamp.com/album/here-b...
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Here Because of Hope, by Ezra Collective
17 track album
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Exactly this 👇👇👇
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I do try my best not to hate people (my parents taught me that "hate eats you up"), but, well, when it comes to RFK Jr, who is motivated both by his eugenicist beliefs & his truly horrific financial conflicts of interest to cause as much pain, suffering, & death as he can, I'm afraid I do feel hate
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Sometimes, at a medical conference, when the results of a study are presented, the audience cheers This is what happened at a 2024 cancer meeting when a study showed HPV vaccine lowers the risk of head/neck cancer (www.cancer.org/cancer/lates...) A 2026 study confirmed this finding....
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Our 10-year old son has received the HPV vaccine; when RFK Jr was appointed, and knowing about his horrific anti-HPV vaccine activism, we got our kid scheduled asap....
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
YES! HPV vaccine protects against cervical, vaginal, anal, penile, vulvar, & head/neck cancers I recently chatted with a mom who told me she wasn't planning to give the vaccine to her young teen son; she thought, wrongly, it was "only to prevent cervical cancer" We chatted and.....
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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Kennedy is consistently, relentlessly dishonest." A banger from @benecal.bsky.social www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
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Opinion | Lessons From a Year of RFK Jr. Disinformation
His lies hide an ugly political agenda that is disastrous for public health
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I see some folks asking: what motivates RFK Jr to tell such horrific, dangerous, repulsive lies about the HPV vaccine? Well, he has made $856,559 from suing the HPV vaccine maker (his vaccine adviser, Dr Kulldorff, also got rich the same way) Always follow the 🤑! www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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RFK Jr. plans to keep a financial stake in lawsuits against the drugmaker Merck
RFK Jr. plans to keep collecting referral fees in lawsuits against the drug company Merck even if confirmed as HHS secretary, according to new filings with the Office of Government Ethics.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I really wish RFK Jr would stop telling parents dreadful lies about the HPV vaccine—he says it increases the risk of cervical cancer, which is a horrific and dangerous lie He loves fearmongering He has made a fortune suing the HPV vaccine maker; ALWAYS follow the money & conflicts of interest
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I’ve lost track of how many people have told me I remind them of Owen Cutts, lol (the “new music is cool, but have you ever heard old music?" guy)
Owen Cutts
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Mallory @this-is-mallory.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
GET READY TO CREAM YOUR YAMS
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Coleen Murphy @ctmurphy1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Great article from @benecal.bsky.social "Kennedy is consistently, relentlessly dishonest."
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The petty-ass bullshit this administration inflicts on people just trying to live their livea is truly something to behold
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Absolutely.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I really wish the world’s most dangerous, extreme anti-vaccine activist & conspiracy theorist, RFK Jr, who is a eugenicist & a MAHA dude who repeatedly peddles vile lies, had not been put in charge of the US health system Here he is telling truly horrific, dangerous lies about HPV & COVID vaccines
RFK Jr saying that the HPV vaccine increases the risk of cervical cancer & the Covid vaccine increases the risk of Covid—these are 2 dangerous lies
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Steven Pergam, MD, MPH @pergamic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Expect to see more of this - truly heartbreaking
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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
People on the internet argue about everything. This is a cat looking out at the world and the birds outside.
Cat sitting on cat tree looking outside.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
RFK Jr lies as often as you & I breathe His lies are designed to instill fear His lies “hide an ugly political agenda that is disastrous for public health” Here’s a valuable in-depth analysis of his big lies to date, on everything from vaccines to fluoride👇 www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
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Opinion | Lessons From a Year of RFK Jr. Disinformation
His lies hide an ugly political agenda that is disastrous for public health
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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The fiscal year is over. The dying Social, Behavioral, and Economic division of NSF ended up awarding 90 total grants this year, as opposed to ~700-800 in recent past years. Source: grantwitness.org/nsf/analyses...
The graph shows the cumulative number of awards made by month across this fiscal year, as compared to the last 6 fiscal years. The line for this year is total flat until June, but then finally gets up to 91 by October. In prior years the increase starts building earlier and ends on average in the 700-800 range (with variability, last year was only between 400-500).
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Russell Brand, the astoundingly creepy MAHA adviser, who joins regular MAHA planning calls, & who faces charges of rape & sexual assault, & who spoke at the recent MAHA Summit (🤮) along with Drs Oz & Bhattacharya, is out there praising RFK Jr, MAHA Leader, for his fine genetics It’s eugenics 101
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is the world RFK Jr dreamed of—going back decades—a dream based on eugenics Republicans handed him the reins of the US health system, giving him the largest megaphone imaginable to peddle his dangerous conspiracy theories & kooky anti-science, anti-vaxx beliefs He made his dreams come true
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ It’s the Durham Pride Parade today & these are my 2 fave floats/vehicles so far—the Durham Public Library & the Mobile Shower Truck—& they’re kind of connected, cuz our VERY amazing world-class library is a place of refuge for homeless people & the shower truck is often parked near the library
Durham Public Library van, with posters saying “Less Shushing, More Slaying” & also “Kind of Chic to 3D Print at the Library!”Fresh Start Durham, Mobile Shower Truck
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Kurt Ronn @kronn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
MMR VACCINE PREVENTS RFK JR FROM SHOWING UP AT YOUR CHILD'S FUNERAL
MMR VACCINE PREVENTS RFK JR FROM SHOWING UP
AT YOUR CHILD'S FUNERAL

Protest sign in front yard with azaleas, English ivy and Japanese maple.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Let it be.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
karl rove, handbasket reader?
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Republicans don’t have a Nazi problem—they are the Nazi problem
A spate of recent revelations have shown the ideologies and their adherents are one and the same.
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