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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI

@thedrdery.bsky.social
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Infectious diseases doctor & broadcaster. Co-founded WHIV FM (NOLA) for human rights & social justice. Physician & epidemiologist responding to viral outbreaks. Share info daily via podcast & media. Emphasize social, economic & racial equity in reporting.

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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
What if America’s public-health collapse isn’t random at all—but a pattern of policies that predictably decides who gets protected and who gets left behind? Subscribe to Resistance Radio— b/c if their policies are doing the selecting, we should at least be paying attention to who gets selected out.
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Soft Eugenics in America? Episode 1
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The massive Cyclospora outbreak exposes an uncomfortable truth: when public health threatens profits, capitalism protects the profits—and leaves the rest of us with the bill.
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Cyclospora Update: Public Health and Capitalism Can't Both Win
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The new vaccine changes raise a question nobody seems willing to ask: Is this soft eugenics by policy? Follow four things—who gets protected, what harms are predictable, who pays the price, and what the evidence actually says—and the answer gets uncomfortable fast.
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Soft Eugenics by Policy? The Uncomfortable Logic Behind the New Vaccine Changes.
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Scientists just used AI to design brand-new viruses that actually work — but instead of infecting people, they kill bacteria, and they could someday give us a powerful new weapon against antibiotic-resistant superbugs.
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AI Just Created a Virus? No, It's Not What You Think
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Trump is separating vaccines, potentially taking the DOJ to court against states that keep stronger requirements, and adding barriers to childhood vaccination—so I followed the evidence to answer one very simple question: what exactly changed, the science or the politics?
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Trump Just Changed the Childhood Vaccine Schedule. Did the Science Change?
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The vote to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt may make for good politics, but it could make the next pandemic far more dangerous—and here's why. If this episode helped make public health make sense, like, subscribe, and share it. Because evidence should be contagious too.
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The Fauci Contempt Vote Is Teaching Us the Wrong Lesson
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Cyclospora, measles, Ebola, and Florida’s “leprosy” headlines reveal a hard truth: outbreaks flourish when science, surveillance, and the people most at risk are treated as optional.
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Leprosy Isn't Gone and Neither Are Policy Failures
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I’m an infectious diseases physician and epidemiologist, and I watched RFK Jr’s lie‑filled CNN interview so you don’t have to. I debunk his wildest claims with real studies and real data. Please like, subscribe, and forward so truth has a louder microphone than the lies.
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I'm an Infectious Disease Doctor and I'm Here to Take Down RFK Jr
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
07/31/26 From a Congo Ebola outbreak outpacing history to a senator turning a hearing into a spectacle while Dr. Fauci took the Fifth, this episode connects today's biggest health stories to one truth: the failures are policy, not fate. Please like, subscribe & comment. Help me reach new people!
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Ebola's Sprint, Fauci Fifth, and the Swabs Nobody Wants to Talk About
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
A summer packed with record measles, surging dengue, the fastest Ebola outbreak ever, and a quiet hospital superbug story is not random chaos—it’s a mirror reflecting our policy choices and who those choices leave exposed. Please like, comment, and subscribe. Please help me reach more people.
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Vaccines, Vectors, and a Side of Lettuce: Why Policy Keeps Failing Public Health
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Watch This| A record Cyclospora season, surging measles, and WHO’s pandemic warnings all point to the same story: when policy drains public health capacity, microbes rush in to fill the gap. Please, like, comment, and subscribe. Help me reach more people!
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The Summer of Sick: What Cyclosporiasis and Measles Reveal About Power and Policy
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Watch This| A record Cyclospora season, surging measles, and WHO’s pandemic warnings all point to the same story: when policy drains public health capacity, microbes rush in to fill the gap. Please, like, comment, and subscribe. Help me reach more people!
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The Summer of Sick: What Cyclosporiasis and Measles Reveal About Power and Policy
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
A week where your salad, your sleep schedule, and U.S. HIV funding all go sideways: outbreaks, bad clock science, and how Trump‑era cuts quietly put tens of thousands of kids with HIV at risk. Please like, comment, and subscribe. Help me reach more people. Thanks!
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Lettuce, Lost Sleep, and Lost HIV Treatments: This Week in Public Health
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
This video shows how a nationwide lettuce‑linked diarrhea outbreak and a new federal “chronic Lyme” plan both miss the real problem: broken, underfunded public health systems failing the people who need them most. Please like, comment, and subscribe. Help me reach more people.
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Lab Errors, Loose Labels: Cyclospora , Chronic Lyme and the Cost of Getting It Wrong
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
A parasite in the taco, a surveillance system with blind spots, & an Ebola response that looks more like theater —this is the story of how public health quietly unravels in plain sight. Please like & share it with your network—your reach helps bring this conversation to more people who need it.
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Cyclospora Nation: When Systems Fail Quietly
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Watch this| From Cyclospora induced diarrhea to bird‑flu‑driven respiratory failure and a post‑primary senator finally shouting down vaccine lies, this Resistance Radio episode exposes how politics, produce, and poultry together reveal just how fragile America’s public health really is.
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Salad, Spillover, and the Senator: Public Health vs Political Power
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Cyclospora Update #2: Salad Days Are Over Your summer salad might be part of the biggest parasite outbreak in U.S. history—here’s what’s really going on, who’s getting sick, and how to lower your risk without giving up fresh food.
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Cyclospora Update 2: Salad Days Are Over
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
On today’s Resistance Radio, I take a deep dive into the Cyclospora outbreak, the fastest‑growing Bundibugyo Ebola crisis, & new Medicaid work rules that threaten HIV—showing how policy decisions, not just microbes, are driving today’s epidemics. Please like, comment, & forward to your networks.
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Foodborne Parasites, Fast-Moving Ebola, and HIV Risk: The Cost of Public Health Cuts
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Watch This | Hanta 2026: Final Thoughts from the MV Hondius – the definitive, no‑nonsense debrief on the deadly Andes hantavirus cruise ship outbreak, what actually happened, and why it never became the next pandemic. Please like, subscribe, and comment. Help me reach more people!
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Hanta 2026: Final Thoughts from the MV Hondius
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
A record-breaking parasite outbreak is quietly spreading through our salads—here’s why Cyclospora is surging, who’s at risk, and what you can actually do about it. Please like and drop comments! Help me reach more people!
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The Parasite in Your Salad Cyclospora Update 2026
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
In this episode of Resistance Radio, we connect Ebola, West Nile, and measles to one uncomfortable truth: outbreaks aren’t accidents of nature, they’re the predictable result of policy choices that decide who gets protected and who gets sacrificed.
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Mosquitoes, Measles, and Manufactured Risk
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Public health inequity isn't a sad coincidence—it's a predictable result of who we decide to protect. Today's outbreak roundup is also a policy autopsy.
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When the System Fails On Purpose: A Health Equity Breakdown
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Here is my latest piece on the Ebola outbreak published by @idsainfo.bsky.social. Ebola isn’t just a “deadly virus” — it’s a stress test of power, showing how policy choices, frozen aid, and unequal evacuation plans decide whose outbreaks get resources and whose communities are left in precarity.
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Ebola isn’t just a virus: It’s a power audit
MarkAlain Dery, DO, MPH, FACOI, reflects on the current Ebola outbreak through the lens of his experience responding to the West Africa Ebola outbreak and what both reveal about global health equity.
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Outbreaks are not accidents—they are policy decisions playing out in real time.
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Measles,Ebola, and the Politics of Neglect
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
A 5,500-year-old skeleton just proved plague was killing people long before history recorded it — and the way we're handling Ebola, HIV, and measles right now suggests we haven't learned a single thing.
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The Stone Age Had Plague: We Have Budget Cuts
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Bad policy is the most contagious thing in America right now. 🦠
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Power Makes the Rules, Everyone Else Gets the Bill
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Ebola in a war zone, measles at daycare, and a government that defunded the people watching for both — your Saturday briefing.
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Corruption Is a Comorbidity
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
From Ebola outbreaks to vaccine data grabs, today’s Resistance Radio exposes how bad policy and health inequity—not just viruses—are driving global health crises and putting marginalized communities at the greatest risk. #PublicHealth #Ebola #VaccineSafety #HealthEquity #GlobalHealth #Outbreaks
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When Policy Fails, Pathogens Win
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
The deadliest comorbidity in America isn't diabetes or heart disease — it's a broken public health policy that keeps choosing winners and losers. #PublicHealth #HealthPolicy #Measles #GroupAStrep #HealthEquity #ResistanceRadio #VaccinePolicy #ACIP #HealthJustice
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The System Isn't Broken: It's Working Exactly as Built
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
The government broke public health on purpose. The outbreaks are the proof. #CDC #Ebola2026 #MeaslesOutbreak #PublicHealthCrisis #HealthEquity
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Power Doesn t Get Ebola The Poor Do
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
If you think Ebola in Congo, hantavirus on a cruise ship, and measles in American classrooms have nothing to do with each other, today’s episode will change your mind—because the through-line isn’t microbiology, it’s power.
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When Power Writes the Outbreak Story
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Today on Resistance Radio, we’re following Ebola in conflict zones and hantavirus on luxury cruises to ask a simple question: when an outbreak hits, whose lives are treated as optional?
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The Virus Isn’t the Villain—The Budget Is
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
New Strains, Old Injustices: Outbreaks in an Unequal World From ‘super’ Ebola and hantavirus to malaria cures and lab leaks, the real story isn’t the viruses—it’s who our health system quietly decides is expendable.
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New Strains, Old Injustices: Outbreaks in an Unequal World
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
From cruise ships to Congo, five deadly pathogens are circling the globe right now — and none of them checked their itinerary at the border.
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Ebola in the Headlines, Measles in the Waiting Room
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
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All You Fascists Bound to Lose
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Get the real story behind the new Ebola outbreak, the quiet summer virus surge, and the political games reshaping vaccines—before they show up in your hospital or your kid’s school.
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Low Risk, High Stakes: Ebola, Hantavirus, and the Off Season
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Ebola is surging in Central Africa again—while the U.S. quietly strips away its own public health defenses.
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Ebola Abroad Weak Immune System at Home
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
The U.S. just banned travelers over Ebola — but the virus experts are worried about has no vaccine, no treatment, and we're sending zero help where it actually matters.
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When Borders Close and Viruses Don't
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Trump is using a deadly Ebola outbreak to slam borders shut while climate change quietly loads the dice for the next pandemic—and the people most at risk aren’t the ones his policies pretend to protect.
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Ebola Borders and Who We Really Protect
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Meet the virus that hijacks the immune system and exploits human traditions—why stopping it takes more than medicine.
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How Ebola Hijacks the Body
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The World Health Organization has officially declared the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the DRC and Uganda a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Learn why this specific strain requires a shift in strategy and a renewed focus on the fundamentals of supportive care and early triage.
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The Bundibugyo Brief Ebola s Quiet Cousin Makes a Scene
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Medicaid cuts aren’t abstract—they’re an "imperial health boomerang" that will hit Ryan White clinics, undocumented patients, and our communities hardest. My new piece is a call to prepare, resist, and refuse to look away.⚕️
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Preparing for Medicaid cuts and the imperial health boomerang
Federal Medicaid cuts threaten vulnerable patients and the Ryan White program. Discover how the imperial health boomerang explains this domestic health care crisis.
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
ProPublica warns that RFK Jr.'s vaccine agenda risks reviving deadly childhood diseases like diphtheria and rubella—read this critical report before misinformation costs lives. 😷📰
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How Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine agenda risks a resurgence of deadly childhood plagues
By � Patricia Callahan �for ProPublica Dr. Adam Ratner hovered over a gravely ill infant in a New York City intensive care unit on a grim day in 2022. The 3-month-old girl spiked a fever two days ...
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
This video breaks down how policy whiplash, pharmacy hurdles, and fading urgency are quietly undermining one of our simplest tools to protect each other—and why your next shot still matters more than you think.
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A Patchwork of Protection: Understanding Vaccine Confusion in America
Millions once lined up for COVID shots; now, with vaccination rates sinking to about a quarter of adults, confusion and mixed messages are doing what the virus alone couldn’t.
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
A person in WA just died from the first-ever human case of the H5N5 bird flu variant — a strain never seen in humans before, & it happened after exposure to backyard poultry. This isn’t just another flu scare; it’s a stark reminder that animal viruses can jump to humans, & the stakes just got real.
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Bird Flu's Unwelcome Guest
A person in Washington state just died from the first-ever human case of the H5N5 bird flu variant — a strain never seen in humans before, and it happened after exposure to backyard poultry.
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
When the CDC quietly rewrote its vaccine–autism page, it didn’t just edit a website; it handed anti-vaccine rhetoric a government badge.In this clip, I break down how you destroy public trust in science one asterisk at a time—& why that should terrify anyone who cares about keeping outbreaks at bay.
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CDC’s Autism Messaging About-Face: When Politics Trumps Decades of Science
When the CDC quietly rewrote its vaccine–autism page, it didn’t just edit a website; it handed anti-vaccine rhetoric a government badge.
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Getting a COVID shot used to be as easy as grabbing a coffee, but now it’s more like solving a government puzzle blindfolded. If you’re still confused about who can get what and where, you’re not alone—and this video spills the tea on why it’s all so messy.
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A Patchwork of Protection: Understanding Vaccine Confusion in America
Getting a COVID shot used to be as easy as grabbing a coffee, but now it’s more like solving a government puzzle blindfolded.
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Mask rules, vaccine requirements, and social distancing—these are the mandates designed to prevent the spread of diseases like measles and COVID-19. Now Florida is rolling them back, risking hospital overloads and community chaos in the name of “freedom.”
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Freedom to Get Sick: The New Florida School Policy
Mask rules, vaccine requirements, and social distancing—these are the mandates designed to prevent the spread of diseases like measles and COVID-19.
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MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI @thedrdery.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
I had an amazing time chatting with Sandee at @leftofthebox.bsky.social. Don't miss the talk and follow her! She's incredibly insightful on current events and has so much to share.
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