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Justin Gero

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Public health communications professional writing about health, politics, and media: contagion.ghost.io

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 30/04/2026
It's a good day when the Senate rejects at least one junk science charlatan. Good riddance to Casey Means, RFK Jr. is doing enough damage on his own. I'll keep pushing for his removal to protect science and common sense in our government.
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Trump Withdraws Nomination of Casey Means for Surgeon General
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NPR @npr.org · 27/04/2026
Unlike many cancers, colorectal cancer has become more lethal for people at younger ages. Doctors are sleuthing out why. n.pr/4ecgbHq
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Scientists search the microbiome for clues to the rise in colorectal cancers
Unlike many cancers, colorectal cancer has become more lethal for people at younger ages. Doctors are sleuthing out why.
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Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Orban getting shellacked after JD Vance campaigned for him has to be sending shockwaves through the far right US enclaves that have embraced Hungarian style authoritarianism. Voters want good government and affordability more than they want conspiracy theories.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Reason number 632 why #JayBhattacharya is not a serious scientist and is an ideological hack (and has been this way since at least 2020). His politics drives his thinking and his politics is now all in with MAGA.
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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 08/04/2026
We’re on strike today! Support our fight for a fair contract by NOT visiting the @propublica.org website or engaging with ProPublica stories today. Tell ProPublica’s management you won’t cross the picket line: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
We're on strike! Don't visit propublica.org on April 8
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/04/2026
Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available. We decided to illustrate it.
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The Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines Vanish
Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/04/2026
With Tax Day coming up, here's our reminder that TurboTax owner Intuit spent two decades fighting to prevent Americans from filing their taxes online for free. (Published 2019)
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Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free
Using lobbying, the revolving door and “dark pattern” customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government’s attempts to make tax filing free and easy, and created its multi-billion-dollar franchise.
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Working Families Party 🐺 @workingfamilies.org · 24/03/2026
Saturday, March 28th. No Kings. More than 3000+ events, nationwide. The biggest day of mass protest yet. Find one near you: bit.ly/nokings-march28
No Kings. Mass protest. 3/28/26.
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James Hughes @dystopian-fashion.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
"Over the last few years, American tech oligarchs have become the greatest argument against their own existence. The sheer scale of their erratic behavior and political interference proves that extreme wealth concentration is a structural threat to society." -Joni Askola
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
RFK Jr. fired all of the legitimate scientific experts on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and replaced them with unqualified political appointees. A judge just ruled that the new members were not appropriately appointed, so ACIP cannot meet this week to spread more misinformation.
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NPR @npr.org · 16/03/2026
In a rebuke, a federal district court judge blocked the administration's reduction in the number of immunizations recommended for kids and also changes to an influential vaccine committee. n.pr/4uv8q4U
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Federal judge halts RFK Jr.'s changes to children's vaccine policies
In a rebuke, a federal district court judge blocked the administration's reduction in the number of immunizations recommended for kids and also changes to an influential vaccine committee.
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Stoner Philly Fan @stonerphillyfan.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
The U.S. war on Iran is now estimated to cost $1 billion per day. Meanwhile Americans are told there’s no money for healthcare, hospitals, or basic social programs.
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Justin Gero @justingero.com · 04/03/2026
It sure would be nice to have a Democratic Senator in Pennsylvania.
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The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
🚨 New episode out on YouTube! 🚨 Jon, @camanpour.bsky.social and Amb. Wendy Sherman discuss ⬇️: >> Iran & US/Israel >> What’s the Plan? Was there a Plan? >> Drive-By Negotiations >> Tough Decision: Taco Bell or Arby’s? youtube.com/watch?v=02Ns6EbCplY&feature=youtu.be
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The ICE Age of Surveillance and Enforcement | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
things every single republican president of your lifetime has done - started a war in the middle east - completely destroyed the economy
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Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Once again: vaccines are popular, actually.
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Justin Gero @justingero.com · 22/02/2026
Connor Hellebuyck Olympic gold MVP What a game! What a performance!
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KFF Health News @kffhealthnews.org · 13/02/2026
RFK Jr. was sworn in as health secretary one year ago, after promising not to cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation’s vaccine recommendations. Since then, he’s done both. Watch for more on some of the promises Kennedy made during his confirmation process ⤵️
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RFK Jr. Made Promises in Order To Become Health Secretary. He’s Broken Many of Them. - KFF Health News
Before being confirmed to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation’s official vacci...
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Justin Gero @justingero.com · 11/02/2026
The latest from Contagion: I found hundreds of pediatric providers who are rejecting the CDC's new vaccine schedule, and not a single one who endorses it. At the same time, public trust in the CDC is tanking. Just 47% of Americans trust the CDC on vaccines. contagion.ghost.io/not-in-the-b...
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“Not in the Best Interests of Child Health” - RFK Jr.’s New Vaccine Schedule Tanks CDC Credibility
Contagion found hundreds of pediatric offices in all 50 states and DC that are rejecting RFK Jr.’s new vaccine schedule.
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
we really need to talk about how AI is being used to provide cover for government policy based on deadly misinformation — and how every one of us who writes about AI in health, but doesn't center that fact, is lending credence to the enterprise.
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
7. #CDC reports that about 95% of the confirmed cases so far this year are in people who aren't fully vaccinated (2 shots). This map shows most parts of the country don't have measles vaccination rates high enough to stop spread if measles is introduced. Measles isn't going away anytime soon.
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Aimee Cunningham @thisisaimeec.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
From the American Academy of Ophthalmology:
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Eye Protection for Tear Gas and other Hazards: A Protest Safety Guide
Protesters may be hit with rubber bullets, projectiles, tear gas, pepper spray or paintball guns. Learn about eye protection for tear gas and other hazards.
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Justin Gero @justingero.com · 03/02/2026
We could create more primary care providers in an instant by letting nurse practitioners fully practice in every state, but these grifters would rather spend your money on chat bot docs.
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Justin Gero @justingero.com · 02/02/2026
I recently watched Warfare (2025) @a24movies.bsky.social, and couldn't stop thinking about it. I think it's the most realistic depiction of concussions and traumatic brain injury I've seen on film.
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“Warfare” is the Most Realistic Depiction of Concussions and Brain Injuries on Film
Warfare is an unglamorous lesson in the trauma and horror of war, and a rare look at the effects and consequences of concussions and TBIs.
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NPR @npr.org · 31/01/2026
The South Carolina measles outbreak is now bigger than last year's Texas outbreak and is happening as the U.S. is poised to lose its measles elimination status. n.pr/46gC8jB
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The U.S. will likely lose its measles elimination status. Here's what that means
The South Carolina measles outbreak is now bigger than last year's Texas outbreak and is happening as the U.S. is poised to lose its measles elimination status.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
It is disingenuous for media outlets to continue reporting that RFK Jr., Bhattacharya, Makary and Prasad are working to “restore trust” in public health. The data clearly show that after one year of being in power, trust in public health is plummeting, not increasing.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
I find it *extremely* disturbing that Jay Bhattacharya—who campaigned for RFK Jr during RFK’s Presidential run—is repositioning the NIH to be the research arm of RFK Jr’s anti-vaccine, anti-science MAHA movement😨
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Kiera Butler @kieraevebutler.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
New from me: Last month I asked HHS about South Carolina's measles outbreak. They brushed me off, saying they weren't "concerned that this will develop into a large, long-running outbreak." A month later, it's the biggest since measles was declared eliminated. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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HHS wasn't worried about South Carolina's measles outbreak. It's now enormous.
“CDC is not currently concerned that this will develop into a large, long-running outbreak," the agency said in December.
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
No Kings is hosting what is shaping up to be the largest ICE Watch training in history tonight. Join here: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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Eyes on ICE: Document and Record · No Kings
On Saturday, federal agents horrifically shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who cared for veterans, in the Eat Street neighborhood of south Minneapolis after brutally beating him in...
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Justin Gero @justingero.com · 26/01/2026
The medical community is united against RFK Jr's new vaccine schedule.
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The Verge @theverge.com · 25/01/2026
We've pulled this out of our paywall so more people can read it
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Best thing I've read in the Atlantic in years
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How the Bernie Goetz Shootings Explain the Trump Era
A notorious event in 1984 divided New Yorkers in ways that feel extremely familiar four decades later.
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Justin Gero @justingero.com · 26/01/2026
Refusing to take a side is taking a side. Appeasement and false equivalency aid and abet fascism.
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Justin Gero @justingero.com · 25/01/2026
ICE is murdering people in the streets and its detention centers, and they're pillaging your healthcare to pay for it. contagion.ghost.io/americas-imm...
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America’s “Immigration Enforcement” Is Killing Us, and Healthcare Cuts Are Paying for It
ICE is murdering people in the streets and detention centers, and they're pillaging your healthcare to pay for it.
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Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 25/01/2026
“Donald Trump’s masked marauders murdered another U.S. citizen in Minneapolis on Saturday, a senseless killing in a senseless war playing out in broad daylight on America’s streets," writes The Inquirer Editorial Board. 🔗 www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
A nurse. A 37-year-old man who devoted his time to healing the sick and the injured, who came outside in the cold to protect his neighbors, gunned down in the street by bloodthirsty blackshirts
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max nesterak @maxnesterak.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 23/01/2026
Not hyperbolic to say this is lunacy. ACIP Chair Milhoan offers classic antivax claim "Why vax for diseases that aren't as big a thing now as they used to be?" plus doubt-sowing. Let's see how well his sci-dismissing beliefs & libertarian fixation comfort the afflicted in US he envisions. 🛟medsky😷
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
AOC: An agency that is attacking U.S. citizens, kidnapping five-year-olds and using them as bait, and privately circulating the idea that they can violate the rights of Americans by busting down their doors—they deserve to be defunded, and I’ll take any step in that direction.
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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Don't let elected officials paper over anything. None of this can be reformed.
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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
“We can still stop these abuses of power, but we need to be clear about what we’re facing. This is no longer a conversation about law enforcement or immigration policy. This is about authoritarianism.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...
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Opinion | I’ve Covered Police Abuse for 20 Years. What ICE Is Doing Is Different.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 19/01/2026
When ICE comes to the neighborhood, communities fight back. @meeshellchen.bsky.social takes inside the grassroots defense against deportation raids. www.thenation.com/article/acti...
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The People vs. ICE
Across the country, neighbors are working together to protect one another from Trump’s immigration crackdowns.
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Justin Gero @justingero.com · 19/01/2026
“I want everybody to understand: the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. All of that extra money … was taken out and given to ICE. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.” @aoc.bsky.social
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Evil MoPac @evilmopacatx.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Being required to present proof of citizenship to someone not required to present proof they're actually law enforcement is one hell of a dichotomy
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Justin Gero @justingero.com · 18/01/2026
Finally reading this sci-fi classic.
Book cover of DUNE by Frank Herbert
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NPR @npr.org · 17/01/2026
The Administration for a Healthy America is RFK Jr.'s plan to tackle chronic disease, addiction and other persistent problems. But so far it's not being set up like previous new agencies. n.pr/49qdzTp
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Is RFK Jr.'s Administration for a Healthy America — AHA — in the works or not?
The Administration for a Healthy America is RFK Jr.'s plan to tackle chronic disease, addiction and other persistent problems. But so far it's not being set up like previous new agencies.
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Justin Gero @justingero.com · 16/01/2026
No Democrat more deserving of a primary. This guy needs to retire for his health and ours.
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