iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Jay Dintaman

The American Academy of Pediatrics @ameracadpeds.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

A statement from AAP President Dr. Andrew Racine on today’s executive order on U.S. childhood vaccines: www.aap.org/en/news-room...

8408245

Jay Dintaman @jaydintaman.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

What an incredible waste of time! We are governed by idiots.

000

Reposted by Jay Dintaman

Shematologist, MD @shematologist.medsky.social · 30/07/2026

Back in 2020, as a pediatric hematologist married to a physician, we signed up to volunteer in a field hospital for patients with COVID. We wrote our wills and worried about getting our kids sick. I posted about terrifying outcomes in kids and received death threats. Fauci is a goddamn hero.

18723161

Reposted by Jay Dintaman

NPR @npr.org · 18/07/2026

Both Marco Rubio and Elon Musk, who led the effort to sunset the foreign aid agency, have said that no deaths have been linked to the cutting of its funding. These parents tell a different story.

n.pr

Trump's team says 'no children' died from USAID cuts. Consider these 3 cases

Both Marco Rubio and Elon Musk, who led the effort to sunset the foreign aid agency, have said that no deaths have been linked to the cutting of its funding. These parents tell a different story.

38623245

Jay Dintaman @jaydintaman.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Such an avoidable and unbelievably tragic outcome.

151

Jay Dintaman @jaydintaman.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

@kristinestone.bsky.social loving the music this morning! Beautiful weather here in MD and I have the windows down totally enjoying my morning commute!

010

Reposted by Jay Dintaman

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16/04/2026

TRUMP, throwing insults at Pope Leo: “weak on crime” “terrible for foreign policy” “catering to the Radical Left” “owes his position to me” “sit down and mind your own business” POPE LEO, unbothered: “We are called to love.”

933379971

Jay Dintaman @jaydintaman.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

It is nearly inconceivable to me and such a tragedy that we have enabled such racism to flourish within the senior ranks of the government. Fills me with rage. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/u...

nytimes.com

Hegseth Strikes Two Black and Two Female Officers From Promotion List

030

Reposted by Jay Dintaman

Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

🚨 BREAKING: A federal judge has ruled in favor of @ameracadpeds.bsky.social and issued a preliminary injunction against the CDC. The ruling pauses the Jan 2026 childhood immunization schedule revisions, blocks RFK Jr's 13 recent ACIP member appointments, and pauses all votes taken by the committee.

7592196

Reposted by Jay Dintaman

Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Trump Wants to Secure Hormuz. Here’s What It Would Take. * Thousands of soldiers and sailors, for months * Even with full escort, traffic would be 10% of prewar amount; Iran likely to sink vessels regardless www.wsj.com/world/middle...

wsj.com

Trump Wants to Secure Hormuz. Here’s What It Would Take.

One option would be to clear the way for naval escorts by using more-intense air power against Iranian missiles and drones. Another option: seize the territory around the waterway with ground troops.

67238

Reposted by Jay Dintaman

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11/03/2026

The U.S. was responsible for a strike on an Iranian elementary school, an ongoing military investigation found. The inquiry said the strike — which Iranian officials said killed at least 175 people, most of them children — was the result of a targeting mistake. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/u...

A photo shows the aftermath of the strike on an Iranian school. A headline reads: "U.S. at Fault in Strike on School in Iran, Preliminary Inquiry Says." More copy reads: "An ongoing military investigation has determined that the strike, which killed mostly children, was the result of a targeting mistake. The finding undercuts President Trump’s claim that Iran could be to blame." Photo by IRIB TV, via Agence France-Presse

44235112

Reposted by Jay Dintaman

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Five-byline alert: 🚨 “.. An ongoing military investigation has determined that the United States is responsible for a deadly Tomahawk missile strike on an Iranian elementary school, according to U.S. officials and others familiar with the preliminary findings.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/u...

931643591

Jay Dintaman @jaydintaman.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

He should never hold a position of responsibility again.

010

Reposted by Jay Dintaman

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Cover of The Lancet: @thelancet.com www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

15381653434

Jay Dintaman @jaydintaman.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

We live in the dumbest of timelines.

000

Reposted by Jay Dintaman

Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

youtu.be

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

42559708440535

Reposted by Jay Dintaman

Jeff Rueter @jeffrueter.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."

Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti
Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti

“We are heartbroken but also very angry.

Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact.

I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed.

Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

1962468712664

Jay Dintaman @jaydintaman.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Thankful to see the courts standing up for the rule of law when so many other institutions seem to be rolling over.

030

Reposted by Jay Dintaman

The American Academy of Pediatrics @ameracadpeds.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

A third Kentucky infant has died from whooping cough (also known as pertussis) this year as the state faces its largest spike in cases since 2012. Cases are only expected to continue to rise, highlighting the importance of widespread immunization. Learn more: publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...

58659

Jay Dintaman @jaydintaman.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

We can expect more of this unfortunately as vaccine misinformation floods social media. What a horrific and totally preventable tragedy.

030

Jay Dintaman @jaydintaman.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

One of the great tragedies of our time. Completely foreseeable, preventable, and irreversible. Pure moral cowardice on the part of our political leaders.

041

Reposted by Jay Dintaman

Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

“Trump tells sailors not to ‘worry about’ paychecks as shutdown continues” There isn’t a failsafe for military pay this time 1 in 3 “military families has less than $3,000 in savings, [and]… nearly 1 in 4 service members has trouble putting food on the table.” www.stripes.com/theaters/us/...

stripes.com

Trump tells sailors not to ‘worry about’ paychecks as shutdown continues

All troops will miss a paycheck if Congress does not agree on a deal to reopen the government before Oct. 15, the next pay date for the military.

1817064

Jay Dintaman @jaydintaman.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Absolute madness to take something that all acknowledge has worked incredibly well and break it. And once again it will be the most vulnerable populations who suffer the most from this decision.

030

Jay Dintaman @jaydintaman.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Very concerning news. Especially related to RSV vaccination which is one of the great technological triumphs in recent years to treat a truly debilitating respiratory disease among vulnerable infants.

0152

Reposted by Jay Dintaman

The American Academy of Pediatrics @ameracadpeds.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

1/ THREAD: ACIP, Then and Now What has changed with the panel that guides vaccine recommendations in the U.S.

14626

Jay Dintaman @jaydintaman.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Would like to see this in a peer reviewed publication but I have no doubts that the findings will be replicated. A foreseeable tragedy for pregnant women in TX.

040

Reposted by Jay Dintaman

ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.

Excerpt from a public letter Roald Dahl wrote encouraging people to vaccinate their children.

Olivia, my eldest daughter, caught measles when she was seven years old. As the illness took its usual course I can remember reading to her often in bed and not feeling particularly alarmed about it. Then one morning, when she was well on the road to recovery, I was sitting on her bed showing her how to fashion little animals out of coloured pipe-cleaners, and when it came to her turn to make one herself, I noticed that her fingers and her mind were not working together and she couldn’t do anything.

“Are you feeling all right?” I asked her.

“I feel all sleepy,” she said.

In an hour, she was unconscious. In twelve hours she was dead.

The measles had turned into a terrible thing called measles encephalitis and there was nothing the doctors could do to save her. That was twenty-four years ago in 1962, but even now, if a child with measles happens to develop the same deadly reaction from measles as Olivia did, there would still be nothing the doctors could do to help her.

On the other hand, there is today something that parents can do to make sure that this sort of tragedy does not happen to a child of theirs. They can insist that their child is immunized against measles. I was unable to do that for Olivia in 1962 because in those days a reliable measles vaccine had not been discovered. Today a good and safe vaccine is available to every family and all you have to do is to ask your doctor to administer it.

3972657611682

Reposted by Jay Dintaman

Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Rubio claims that @USAID lifesaving assistance for health and humanitarian needs will continue. But his team just communicated that the entire agency will be imminently reduced from 14,000 to 294 people. Just 12 in Africa.

13727691408

Jay Dintaman @jaydintaman.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

It is insanity to abruptly stop these programs. Even if the plan is to ultimately terminate them there is a responsible and ethical method to do so. This is neither and will cause irreparable harm and loss of life.

020

Reposted by Jay Dintaman

Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Head of USAID (an organization that helps to spread democracy around the world) stands up for the rule of law and democracy in America, gets put on leave. via @dylanmatt.bsky.social

22608235

Reposted by Jay Dintaman

Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

💔 “My sister’s death was one hundred percent preventable”

0347

Jay Dintaman @jaydintaman.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

I fear this story will become more frequent among service women who likely have very limited knowledge of the possible limited scope of medical care available to them based on where they are assigned. Our service men and women should always have access to standard of care medicine!

020

Jay Dintaman @jaydintaman.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Just logged my #HCWvsHunger donation for the Capital Area Food Bank! Let’s go!

181

Jay Dintaman @jaydintaman.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

This is not how a state should treat evaluation of maternal deaths if the goal is to reduce them.

030

Reposted by Jay Dintaman

Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

pedsky: to help with your senate letter letter & email writing, or the inevitable questions we will face from patient families the resources below can help. First is an annotated bibliography of key studies

1175

Jay Dintaman @jaydintaman.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Would really like our respective professional physician organizations to endorse this approach. It should be all hands on deck. Maybe they’re waiting to see if the nomination is pulled but it feels like this isn’t the situation for a wait and see approach.

030

Jay Dintaman @jaydintaman.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

I am not sure this is at all debatable. In terms of lives saved it has to be at the top of all medical interventions ever.

030

Jay Dintaman @jaydintaman.bsky.social · 21/09/2023

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

040