Reposted by Geeta Sood MD ScMVoteVets @votevets.org · 25/01/2026Non-masked MN National Guard are out handing out hot chocolate, coffee and donuts to protesters. One simple act has de-escalated the situation and helped gain the trust of people. See the difference between professional soldiers and the pretend tough guys in CBP and ICE? 11043321118
Reposted by Geeta Sood MD ScMMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Republican politicians who think that Minneapolis is a political problem are missing the point. It is a moral problem. But they are in so deep that they cannot see just how morally bankrupt they have become. They do not understand that we are as revulsed by their complicity as by Trump's cruelty. 17058131624
Reposted by Geeta Sood MD ScMNBC News @nbcnews.com · 25/01/2026DHS has shot 12 people during immigration enforcement operations since September: 11947303102
Reposted by Geeta Sood MD ScMStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 24/01/2026This is Alex Pretti. This morning he was murdered by ICE. Six ICE agents held him down and shot him at point blank range. Alex was a nurse and researcher at the VA. Our thoughts are with his loved ones and we stand united in action calling for the abolishment of ICE. #ScientistsAgainstICE 271635762
Geeta Sood MD ScM @geetasood.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Thank you aclu! Please send a link so we can support real action 030
Reposted by Geeta Sood MD ScMmidwesterner 🦬 @paradaxiom.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Human beings. You don't need to restrict this to just Americans. "Before they kill any more human beings." 062
Reposted by Geeta Sood MD ScMRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 25/01/2026A lot of Americans make decisions like they have guaranteed access to healthcare 115020
Reposted by Geeta Sood MD ScMThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/01/2026“Freedom is not free. We have to work at it. Nurture it. Protect it. Even sacrifice for it.” 414176747034
Reposted by Geeta Sood MD ScMAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Alex Jeffrey Pretti, an ICU nurse. 😢💔🙏 He spent his life helping people, and now our government is peddling lies in an attempt to make you believe them. 26288692862
Reposted by Geeta Sood MD ScMFree DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 25/01/2026HAPPENING NOW: A massive crowd is gathered in freezing temperatures outside ICE headquarters in DC to demand ICE OUT OF ALL COMMUNITIES NOW. 5370701908
Reposted by Geeta Sood MD ScMMinnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 24/01/2026Another person in Minneapolis shot and killed by feds minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/24/a...minnesotareformer.comAnother person in Minneapolis shot and killed by feds • Minnesota ReformerOver 10 shots can be heard in the video, but it’s unclear if more than one agent fired a weapon. 1414795
Reposted by Geeta Sood MD ScMAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 24/01/2026I am trying not to post on these events in this state of mind but: I hope people understand what the observers are doing is brave and dangerous. 148179012999
Reposted by Geeta Sood MD ScMAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Warning: Reports indicate immigration checkpoints along major interstates in Oklahoma, with Interstate 40 most impacted. 13629851528
Reposted by Geeta Sood MD ScMBK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 29/12/2025The death of any child is tragic. We always think it will not be my child, they are healthy. Severe influenza can be unpredictable & deadly. Getting vaccinated considerably reduces dz severity and deaths. Please make sure you are vaccinated & your children are too. people.com/alabama-boy-...people.comBoy, 11, Dies After Severe Case of the Flu: ‘Jace Never Even Got to Open His Christmas Gifts’Jace Watkins, 11, of Alabama died on Dec. 27 after being hospitalized due to complications from the flu. 32866325
Reposted by Geeta Sood MD ScMAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Thank you! California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced today that the state will send its own observers to keep an eye on federal election monitors sent out by the Trump administration before the upcoming election.kcra.comAttorney General Rob Bonta says California will have its own observers on Trump's election monitorsAs the Trump administration's Department of Justice prepares to send election monitors to California for next week's election, California's attorney general on Monday said the state will have its own ... 962956627
Reposted by Geeta Sood MD ScMPeter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 04/09/2025🚨8 New England & Mid-Atlantic states have formed their own coalition to address CDC shortfalls led by RFK Jr misinformation & lies: Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey & Pennsylvania. What State is really missing? NEW HAMPSHIRE! vtdigger.org/2025/08/28/w...vtdigger.orgWith CDC in chaos, Vermont joins regional coalition to navigate public health challenges - VTDiggerEight Northeast states band together to prep for uncertainties amid sudden departures of high-level federal officials and concerns about the CDC’s vaccine recommendations. 46606214
Reposted by Geeta Sood MD ScMAndrew Pavia @andrewpaviamd.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, until recently head of NIAID and Dr. Kathy Neuzil (incredible public servants and scientists!) document the extent of political interference with science at NIAID. Whistle-Blower Complaints Detail Tension Over Vaccines at N.I.H. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/h...nytimes.comWhistle-Blower Complaints Detail Tension Over Vaccines at N.I.H. 12518
Reposted by Geeta Sood MD ScMNPR @npr.org · 04/09/2025A federal judge in Boston said she found it "difficult to conclude anything other than that [the Trump administration] used antisemitism as a smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault on this country's premier universities, and did so in a way that runs afoul of [federal law]."n.prTrump administration illegally froze billions in Harvard funds, judge rulesThe ruling is a legal victory for Harvard but the White House says it will appeal the decision. 402324601
Reposted by Geeta Sood MD ScMEd Belongia MD @belongia.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Everyone in Congress should read this statement. 110531
Geeta Sood MD ScM @geetasood.bsky.social · 04/09/2025That is pretty powerful coming from so many professional societies. Thank you @idsainfo.bsky.social 030
Reposted by Geeta Sood MD ScMASM @asm.org · 04/09/2025As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people. Read our statement: asm.org/press-releas...asm.orgJoint Statement Calling for Secretary Kennedy ResignationThe American Society for Microbiology released a joint statement calling for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 12729338
Reposted by Geeta Sood MD ScMAlt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 03/09/2025Great news coming out of the #bestcoast. Until we #FireRFK, it falls to the states to protect us.king5.comWashington, Oregon and California will issue their own vaccine recommendations, separate from CDCCiting a lack of faith in Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy's CDC, Washington, Oregon and California will issue their own vaccine recommendations. 26882174
Reposted by Geeta Sood MD ScMBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 03/09/2025More of this. 895223945161
Reposted by Geeta Sood MD ScMBK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 03/09/2025California, Oregon and Washington State have launched a west coast health alliance to uphold the integrity of science and public health. With CDC compromised states are taking matters into their hands to safe guard the health of their populations. www.gov.ca.gov/2025/09/03/c...gov.ca.govCalifornia, Oregon, and Washington to launch new West Coast Health Alliance to uphold scientific integrity in public health as Trump destroys CDC’s credibility | Governor of California 06917
Reposted by Geeta Sood MD ScMAlt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 03/09/2025🚨🚨 Over 1,000 colleagues across Health and Human Services (HHS) have signed a letter demanding RFK Jr’s resignation. When your own staff lines up to say you’re bad at your job… that’s not “health freedom,” that’s just failure. #SaveHHS #DemandRFKJrResign #USAnotRFKtheguardian.comMore than 1,000 health workers urge Kennedy to quit over anti-vax policiesLetter says Kennedy installed ideologues, endangered US health and ignored pleas as resignations mounted at CDC 221031291
Reposted by Geeta Sood MD ScMMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 03/09/2025NEWS: Harvard University scored a major legal victory in its battle with the Trump administration after a court ruled that the US illegally froze more than $2 billion in research funding. (Bloomberg)bloomberg.comHarvard $2 Billion Funding Freeze by US Was Illegal, Judge SaysHarvard University scored a major legal victory in its battle with the Trump administration after a court ruled that the US illegally froze more than $2 billion in research funding. 704239895
Reposted by Geeta Sood MD ScMAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Angus: I’m saying we need to start building progressive media that people actually listen to. I’ll give you an example: MeidasTouch. Wherever I go in Canada, working-class people listen to MeidasTouch because they talk about what’s happening in a practical way. They give facts. 266119352976
Reposted by Geeta Sood MD ScMKai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · 28/08/2025“I am unable to serve in an environment that treats CDC as a tool to generate policies and materials that do not reflect scientific reality and are designed to hurt rather than to improve the public’s health.” That’s from the resignation of CDC’s Demetre Daskalakis @drdemetre.bsky.social (on X) 🧪 2461176
Reposted by Geeta Sood MD ScMGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 21/08/2025There is no solace for NIH funded researchers in this Supreme Court decision. Grants that were ripped away on dubious grounds, restored by a reasonable judge are now again terminated by an out-of-control Supreme Court. Labs will shutter, people will lose jobs. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...reuters.comUS Supreme Court lets Trump cut diversity-related NIH grantsThe U.S. Supreme Court let President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday proceed with sweeping cuts to National Institutes of Health grants for research related to racial minorities or LGBT people, part of his crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and transgender identity. 28512276
Reposted by Geeta Sood MD ScMAltStateGov @altstategov.altgov.info · 22/08/2025This is an absolutely horrifying headline to read ❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹 Everyone deserves help accessing mental health support and treatment. If you know or think someone is struggling, please try getting them help or resources. Mental Health silent battles are brutal and often unseen. 23217
Reposted by Geeta Sood MD ScMIan Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 18/08/2025A patient with type 1 diabetes has begun producing his own insulin after receiving a transplant of pancreatic cells. For the first time, islet cells have been edited so they wouldn't be rejected by the patient, removing the need for immunosuppressant drugs. www.sciencealert.com/first-of-its...sciencealert.comFirst-Of-Its-Kind Cell Transplant Brings a Cure For Diabetes CloserA patient with type 1 diabetes has begun producing his own insulin after receiving a transplant of pancreatic cells. 532659942
Reposted by Geeta Sood MD ScMAlt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 15/08/2025🧠🪱's only goal is to weaponize HHS. This ruling is good news, but it's temporary. #FireRFKJapnews.comJudge orders RFK Jr.'s health department to stop sharing Medicaid data with deportation officialsA federal judge has ordered the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to stop sharing personal data of Medicaid enrollees with deportation officials. 211066260
Reposted by Geeta Sood MD ScMRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 09/08/2025People in Los Angeles have been protesting 24 hours for 2 weeks straight and no news outlet is covering it! 8/8/25 7332136910381
Reposted by Geeta Sood MD ScMAudrey John MD PhD @odomjohnlab.bsky.social · 05/08/2025To say that "the data show these vaccines fail" in regards to the mRNA plaform is unforgivable. For those of you that don't remember - this is the data from a SINGLE dose. In December 2020. So good I cried in grateful tears. 10545245
Reposted by Geeta Sood MD ScMNBC News @nbcnews.com · 05/08/2025Florida officials are warning the public about the risks of consuming raw milk after over 20 people have gotten sick.nbcnews.toFlorida officials warn about risks of drinking raw milk after 21 infectionsThere have been 21 cases of Campylobacter and Shiga toxin-producing E. coli infections linked to raw milk from the same farm, health officials said. Of those, six have been in children under the age of 10. 113311107
Reposted by Geeta Sood MD ScMDr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 03/08/2025“We take vaccines so for granted in the United States” ...“Women in the developing world know the power of [vaccines]. They will walk 10 kilometers in the heat with their child and line up to get a vaccine because they have seen death.” Melinda Gates 13677172445