Mark Dexter @pedsdocdex.bsky.social · 08/10/2026No, @npr.org, RFK Jr. has not been “raising questions” about vaccines for years. He’s a blatant anti-vax propagandist. 121
Reposted by Mark DexterMemento (spooky) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 30/09/2026i had a family member request we give their dying loved one ivermectin to treat their cancer because chatgpt said it was a cure for both and it is not 2317622
Mark Dexter @pedsdocdex.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Raw milk sold by a chiropractor???? We’re just layering on the quackery! 010
Mark Dexter @pedsdocdex.bsky.social · 18/09/2026These people are not “skeptics” by any definition of the word and NYT headline editors should stop labeling them as such. 010
Mark Dexter @pedsdocdex.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Stephen Miller still out here speedrunning the “worst Duke grad ever” race. 000
Mark Dexter @pedsdocdex.bsky.social · 10/08/2026The only epidemic is measles, which is spreading because people are foregoing vaccination. 🤦♂️ 000
Mark Dexter @pedsdocdex.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Bhattacharya’s attacks are one of the main reasons people have lost faith in public health. 000
Mark Dexter @pedsdocdex.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Two doses of the MMR vaccine costs the government about fifty bucks. 🤦♂️ www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...reuters.comA single US measles outbreak can cost millions of dollars, study estimatesThe overall cost of containing a 2025 measles outbreak in New Mexico was nearly $5.4 million, a new study estimates. 000
Reposted by Mark DexterMemento (spooky) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 03/08/2026these lunatics might be able to lie to a lot of people, but what they're forgetting is how many frontline workers lived the exact same experience across the entire world 534227
Mark Dexter @pedsdocdex.bsky.social · 03/08/2026This man is a liar. Signed, A pediatric ICU doctor who was taking care of intubated adult COVID patients in a Boston PICU in 2020 because the adult ICUs were full. 05117
Mark Dexter @pedsdocdex.bsky.social · 29/07/2026I see way too many professional org talks & grand rounds about “how do we regain trust in public health” and not nearly enough about who is actually destroying said trust. 010
Mark Dexter @pedsdocdex.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Senators Johnson and Moreno are clowns from whom I don’t expect anything, but Rand Paul and Roger Marshall are fellow physicians and should be ashamed of how they’re attacking Fauci. 110
Mark Dexter @pedsdocdex.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Bill Cassidy should voluntarily surrender his medical license in shame. 000
Reposted by Mark DexterRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Idk maybe your opinion about children’s health should be worthless if you’d rather see a child die than accept neurodivergence 342390
Mark Dexter @pedsdocdex.bsky.social · 21/07/2026We’re gonna have to make Ralph Northam the next ambassador to Italy. He’ll personally have the problem solved in two months. www.chesapeakebaymagazine.com/italy-puts-1...chesapeakebaymagazine.com 000
Reposted by Mark DexterMeredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 16/07/2026"Why isn't anyone else wearing a mask when the air is so bad?" was high heat from the kid born in SEPTEMBER TWENTY TWENTY 1141
Mark Dexter @pedsdocdex.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Yes, allergies are important but if you’re microwaving fish in the break room we have way bigger issues to deal with. 000
Mark Dexter @pedsdocdex.bsky.social · 02/07/2026My PICU fellowship was at the hospital that had NC’s burn center. I would have little twinges of panic every summer when I’d drive past the pop-up fireworks stand near my apartment. 0325
Reposted by Mark DexterNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 17/05/2026The Physicians for Measles Caucus in the US Senate is losing its most prominent member, as Republican Bill Cassidy, MD and RFK Jr. confirmer, has lost the primary. Many Republican Senators have violated their oath of office. Bill Cassidy was one of the few to violate the Hippocratic oath as well. 392374541
Mark Dexter @pedsdocdex.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Bill Cassidy is a coward who got exactly what he deserved. 100
Reposted by Mark DexterAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 16/05/2026Texas Children's caved and ended care under pressure in April 2022, over four years ago and they still got targeted by DOJ and Paxton. NYU caved and they still got served with a grand jury subpoena. Caving and abandoning will not save you. You have to fight these bastards or they will destroy you. 332699836
Reposted by Mark DexterDuaa Eldeib @deldeib.bsky.social · 06/05/2026This was a hard story to report. Newborns who don’t get a vitamin K shot are 81 times more likely to develop a condition where they bleed uncontrollably. But more and more families are declining the shot. And babies are dying. www.propublica.org/article/more...propublica.orgBabies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at BirthA lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement. 20445151992
Mark Dexter @pedsdocdex.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Just absolute “WTF???” news. Especially from an admin that claims to want to “protect” children. 000
Reposted by Mark DexterKristen Panthagani, MD, PhD @kmpanthagani.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Did AI really beat ER doctors at ER triage? Nope. But with the headlines circulating this week around a new Science paper, you wouldn’t be blamed for walking away with that conclusion. Here’s what actually happened and why the headlines are wrong: www.youcanknowthings.com/did-ai-reall...youcanknowthings.comDid AI really beat ER doctors at ER triage?Nope. A look at an interesting AI study that has led to some very overhyped headlines. Yesterday a new study was published in Science comparing the diagnostic capacity of several AI tools to physicia... 5235
Reposted by Mark DexterThomas [DARK MODE], DO @tom.medsky.social · 02/05/2026Mary this is literally how vaccines are supposed to work. 1596133799
Reposted by Mark DexterMe and a small nugget of love. 🇸🇪♥️🇺🇦 @mnotme.bsky.social · 19/04/2026The human circulatory system, before and after proper cable management. 294200413909
Reposted by Mark DexterMalaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 15/04/2026MA’s 2.1% should be a disgrace, rather than the best score in the nation. I guess it can be both. 611929
Reposted by Mark DexterThomas Neville @goobermunch.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Just going to leave this here. 1881741855
Mark Dexter @pedsdocdex.bsky.social · 25/03/2026As we face a (worsened) global shortage of helium, I’m curious as to how many of my #PedsICU colleagues are still routinely using Heliox for status asthmaticus. 101
Mark Dexter @pedsdocdex.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Fascinating study from the terms of respiratory physiology, even if the findings are a bit terrifying. link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comCarbon dioxide overload, detected in human blood, suggests a potentially toxic atmosphere within 50 years - Air Quality, Atmosphere & HealthAir Quality, Atmosphere & Health - Anthropogenic activities are increasing the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. There is mounting experimental evidence that lifetime exposure... 000
Mark Dexter @pedsdocdex.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Good luck today to all the M4s finding out where they matched and congratulations to all of this year’s interns on contractually obligated replacement day! 100
Reposted by Mark DexterWalker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 07/03/2026If allying yourself with an anti-vax lunatic and helping him gut public health in America while children die of vaccine-preventable diseases doesn’t get you expelled from academia, then the whole system is utterly broken. 539560
Reposted by Mark DexterWalker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 07/03/2026None of these contrarian types who gladly went to work at HHS under anti-vax conspiracy theorist Robert Kennedy Jr. should ever work in academia again. 352272
Reposted by Mark DexterWalker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Perhaps an early (bad) sign of what is to come: Vinay Prasad, who helped lead a campaign against lifesaving mRNA vaccines at FDA, is being welcomed back to the University of California San Francisco, where he was prior to joining the Trump administration. 37661181
Mark Dexter @pedsdocdex.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Pediatric ICU doc here who’s expected measles to be pretty damn bad! 000
Reposted by Mark DexterJosh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Every anti-vaxxer I encounter seems to love weird unregulated supplements. They hate Big Pharma but they love Little Pharma, Big Pharma’s younger sibling who grew up without any adult supervision. 1424547774
Reposted by Mark DexterMemento (spooky) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Casey Means is unfit to be surgeon general, just like RFK Jr is unfit to lead HHS, just like Bhattacharya is unfit to lead the CDC, just like 611314
Reposted by Mark DexterMemento (spooky) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 27/02/2026They will never fully redeem themselves and erase their decision to put someone in charge who is now responsible for the death of many, but they could start by saying no to Casey Means 1587
Mark Dexter @pedsdocdex.bsky.social · 27/02/2026I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Oppose Nomination of Casey Means for Surgeon General . Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/oppo...actionnetwork.orgOppose Nomination of Casey Means for Surgeon GeneralThe Senate HELP Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on the nomination of Casey Means to serve as U.S. Surgeon General on Wednesday, February 25th. While we were hoping this nomination was dead, i... 000
Mark Dexter @pedsdocdex.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Absolutely LMAO at last night’s episode of The Pitt and having to teach the younger generation how to use paper charts and fax machines. 110
Reposted by Mark Dexterrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 27/02/2026checking into a doctor’s appointment online ahead of time is a goddamn scam. we both know you’re just going to make me do it a second time on a shitty non responsive ipad at the office anyway 1335821
Mark Dexter @pedsdocdex.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Casey Means is as qualified to be Surgeon General as Pete Hegseth is to be Secretary of Defense. 010