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Andy Pasternak

@tubadrew.bsky.social
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Fam med doc, ultrarunner, xc skier, WSER med director, tuba enthusiast. 117th Nevada State Med Association Pres. Political opinions my own

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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Republicans would rather your children watch a man get killed than a drag queen read
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/10/2026
Regulators have linked Mark McAfee’s raw dairy farm to more than a dozen recalls and outbreaks that left hundreds of people ill. “I’ve put a couple kids in the hospital,” McAfee said. “But here’s the thing: I’m a pioneer.” (Published June)
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He Profits Off Raw Milk That’s Making People Sick. The Government Isn’t Stopping Him.
With Raw Farm, the largest raw-milk dairy in the country, Mark McAfee has capitalized on a once-fringe product that’s been thrust into the mainstream in recent years and backed by Health Secretary Rob...
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Andy Pasternak @tubadrew.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
@gavinyamey.bsky.social - Truly being the professor today with the radio show. Digging the McCartney right now!
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
And they voted for him anyway 😕
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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Absolutely stunning/horrifying to see a 5th measles death in PA. This means the outbreak is probably far higher than numbers count, seeing as roughly 1-3 people die per 1,000. Many people aren't being tested. Also: I'm going to states now for info, not the CDC* app.powerbigov.us/view?r=eyJrI...
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026
Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Why can't our medical establishment be honest with the American public?
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Podcast Jay praises Dear Leader Trump, Tylenol and autism
YouTube video by Jonathan Howard
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
To be entirely fair, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is in fact representative of an American minority. He's an ignorant crank pretending to know things he doesn't and acting upon such to harm others. Which is to say, he is one of those Making America Great Again folk. As they use the term, this is DEI.
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026
“The Department of Health and Human Services informed congressional appropriators earlier this year that it was moving about $12 million from its Office of Minority Health to help cover the ballooning cost of security for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office
The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
An executive order will place the NIH under the control of the White House. This was always the MAGA/MAHA end goal: the complete politicization and political control of health research & science 🤯 🎁 link www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/s...
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White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants (Gift Article)
Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending.
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Andy Pasternak @tubadrew.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Wow- 40 years and my senior year of high school. I enjoyed jazz, but the movie and soundtrack introduced me to many musicians & songs I didn't know. Life-changing gest overused, but listening to this soundtrack/watching the movie at that age opened my ears to so many musicians I still love today
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Andy Pasternak @tubadrew.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Thanks to Professor G, I had "Canary in a Coal Mine" stuck in my head during my run this AM
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 18/09/2026
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40,000 women die of breast cancer every year 
300 kids died from the flu last year 
No one dies of chemtrails
Because chemtrails are not a thing 
Our health secretary needs to focus on what matters to making Americans healthier
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
RFK Jr really is the kookiest of all the conspiracy theorists out there Every single day I still feel shocked that he leads America’s health system
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ACLU @aclu.org · 16/09/2026
BREAKING: We're suing Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and the National Institutes of Health Director for their ideologically-driven termination and censorship of biomedical research grants. Targeting views the government disagrees with for not aligning with a political agenda is unconstitutional.
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Andy Pasternak @tubadrew.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Thank you, @renonewsreview voters! With so many great family med docs in Northern Nevada, this is a huge honor! Being in an independent family medicine office is getting harder and harder. Awards like this help us show insurance companies that patients prefer the care we provide. Thank you! 🙏🙏 🙏🙏
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Andy Pasternak @tubadrew.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Thanks to the RGJ for letting my friend Dr. Raman and me discuss how @aboutKP has destroyed long-term doctor-patient relationships here in my hometown in Northern Nevada. www.rgj.com/story/news/h...
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4,500 Nevadans told to find new doctors by Kaiser | Exclusive
Patients and doctors cry foul after Kaiser Permanente and Renown Health give 4,500 patients just weeks to find new physicians after insurance change.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
So the GOP is celebrating a guy who created a darknet marketplace for heroin and meth, and put out multiple muder-for-hire contacts to conceal his crimes.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Here's an anecdote: On 9/10/2001, The Onion staff had a New York launch party at the Bowery Ballroom to celebrate the staff's move from Madison, Wisconsin to New York City. They woke up hungover, took a week off, and then produced one of the greatest front pages in the history of newspapers.
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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
HPV vaccine uptake in US teens hasn’t increased in 4 years: We have a cancer preventing vaccine. And misinformation is deterring families from using it, and setting up people for preventable cancers. www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va... via @missmeghanmack.bsky.social @cidrap.bsky.social
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HPV vaccine uptake in US teens hasn’t increased in 4 years
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Andy Pasternak @tubadrew.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I got to sit in with Swiss Alphorn players! Good times!
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The preliminary paper in the New England Journal of Medicine noted that the trial was supported by the "Dolly Parton COVID-19 Research Fund (Vanderbilt University Medical Center)," her $1M donation Getting vaccinated & wearing a mask on camera was public health advocacy www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Pic of Dolly Partin getting the Covid vaccine
Dolly Parton, who helped fund the Moderna vaccine, gets a ‘dose of her own medicine.’
The country music star broke into song before she was inoculated, and urged her fans to “get out there and get your shot.”
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Andy Pasternak @tubadrew.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Growing up in Detroit, I somehow didn't know as much about Motown as I probably should have. Between studying bass lines with my tuba bass group and visiting the Motown Museum, I'm now appreciating the genius of James Jamerson www.tabletmag.com/sections/art...
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James Jamerson: Funk Brother No. 1 - Tablet Magazine
The genius of the bassist who helped create the Motown sound
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Andy Pasternak @tubadrew.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
This is a bit long (7 min), but I've had a lot on my mind. Today is the last day that I can see 250 patients because @aboutKP terminated our contract. Another nail in the coffin for Independent practices @aafp @AmerMedicalAssn www.facebook.com/share/v/1DEL...
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Andy Pasternak @tubadrew.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I wonder how this is going to play with rural NV voters
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Andy Pasternak @tubadrew.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Heading to Europe on Saturday. Excited to not have to worry about eating fruits and veggies there
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Andy Pasternak @tubadrew.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Just saw a patient in his 70s who was diagnosed with AML in August 2020. So stoked to hear that he just requalified for Ironman Kona after getting a bone marrow transplant. The business of medicine sucks, but caring for patients is so awesome. I needed some tissues as I was talking to him
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Andy Pasternak @tubadrew.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
If Trump were smart enough to know about the Odyssey, this this would be his plan
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Andy Pasternak @tubadrew.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
If you are in a city where this is playing, it's a lovely little movie! I've seen it twice now on airplanes and am excited it's finally being released in the States. Highly recommended! themarchingbandmovie.com/buy-tickets
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Buy Tickets | The Marching Band
A world-famous orchestra conductor discovers the brother he never knew he had — a school cafeteria worker who plays trombone in a local marching band.
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Andy Pasternak @tubadrew.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
As a family med doc who encourages vaccinations and cares for transgender patients, this week that has full-on sucked. Add to that having to say goodbye to patients I've seen for decades but can't anymore due to @aboutKP I need some outdoor time
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The big push by RFK Jr, Jay Bhattacharya, & Donald Trump to “separate” out the MMR vaccine—a push that will cost children’s lives—is a pathetic play to their MAHA base It’s not practical or feasible any time soon (you can’t get single disease shots in the US) www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
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Trump’s goal to split MMR vaccine could take a decade, experts say
President Donald Trump's order directing Americans to receive separate ​measles, mumps and rubella vaccines faces an immediate obstacle: none of the individual shots are licensed in the United States ...
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Andy Pasternak @tubadrew.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Any chance Trump soiled himself and they just didn't want him stinking up Air Force One? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump’s Air Force One deception faces scrutiny over ‘decoy’ passengers
Journalists and others were allowed to fly on presidential jet despite security threat while Trump was spirited away
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
For years, our current NIH director, Jay Bhattacharya, has insisted that public health efforts to control COVID-19 did more harm than the virus itself. He has long insisted that the best response was letting the virus rip for herd immunity. This is a pretty damning move.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
We're back to the eternal "Stupid, senile, dishonest, or insane?" question. (Please check all that apply.)
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Andy Pasternak @tubadrew.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I'm so pissed off right now
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Andy Pasternak @tubadrew.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Public health physicians are not terrorists. One thing I miss about growing up in suburban Detroit is being surrounded by so many different cultures. 1/x
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Vaccinate Your Family @vaxyourfam.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Peek-a-boo is cute. Whooping cough? Hard pass. Pertussis can be especially scary for babies, so ask about DTaP and Tdap vaccines to help protect your crew. @voices4vaccines.bsky.social #AskForVax #VoicesForVaccines #NIAM26 #MakeTheCall
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
As a physician who now works in public health & policy, & as the father of a pre-teen boy who will inevitably be exposed to messages from the manosphere, I'm concerned about how MAHA, MAGA, & masculinity influencers have merged Here's my new OpEd on the risks www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
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Opinion | The Manosphere and MAHA Have Merged. I Worry for My Pre-Teen Son.
This culture is driving three main kinds of health risks
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Kenny Lin, MD, MPH @kennylinafp.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
As far as I’m concerned, he remains the country’s leading ID expert. If half of the country no longer wants to listen to him and let measles and Ebola run wild, that’s on them.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
RFK Jr and MAHA's horrific legacy Anne Schuchat, who led the CDC’s immunization and respiratory disease group from 2006 to 2015, says of measles' return: “It’s just so sad, because some people will get brutally ill." Superb piece by @amymaxmen.bsky.social kffhealthnews.org/public-healt...
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‘The Child Is Terrified’: Doctors on the Front Lines of a Measles Comeback Speak Out - KFF Health News
Hear from six pediatricians in measles hot spot Utah as the U.S. faces infection levels not seen in over three decades and prepares to lose its status as a country that eliminated the dangerous diseas...
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Andy Pasternak @tubadrew.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
About to meet with a Kaiser insurance executive who will explain to me why 250 seniors will no longer be able to see me. I've been seeing some of these people for 20+ years and I've been working with this health plan for 28 years. Loyality and continuity do not get rewarded
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
As @michaeldgreen.phd & I say in our BMJ piece, the Trump Administration's push to ban medical schools from creating a diverse health workforce will likely worsen American's health There's good evidence that Americans live longer when the healthworkforce is diverse 1/2 www.ed.gov/about/news/p...
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U.S. Department of Education Investigates Five Medical Schools as Trump Administration Pushes to End Racial Discrimination in Admissions
Today, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights launched new investigations into five medical schools across the country for alleged racial discrimination in admissions.
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Andy Pasternak @tubadrew.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Another nail in the coffin for independent practices here in Reno. Kaiser is forcing all of our senior patients to find a new primary care provider within 45 days. I'm crushed because I've seen some of these patients for decades. This is truly moral injury.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
This is a good summary of everything HHS Secretary RFK Jr. is doing both publicly and behind the scenes to destroy the US vaccination program. He even wanted to end requirements for the polio vaccine. He will not stop, and Republicans in Congress will continue to do nothing about it.
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Inside RFK Jr.’s push to dismantle decades of U.S. vaccine policy
Insider accounts reveal the scale of the health secretary's ambitions to curb childhood immunizations and unearth a link between vaccines and autism.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15/07/2026
In recent years, FDA inspectors have uncovered disturbing lapses in facilities producing food bound for American supermarkets. Under the second Trump administration, inspections became their lowest since 2011, excluding the pandemic. (Published Nov. 2025)
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Foreign Food Safety Inspections Hit Historic Low After Trump Cuts
The dramatic shift in oversight comes at a time when the U.S. has never been more reliant on foreign food, which accounts for the vast majority of the nation’s seafood and more than half its fresh fru...
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Andy Pasternak @tubadrew.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
So frustrating having to pick up the pieces for a patient who just spent 6 months seeing an "alternative" cancer doctor. Finally got an accurate, pathology-confirmed diagnosis and am getting him set up to see a board-certified hem/onc doc.
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Andy Pasternak @tubadrew.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
So much fun working with @hyponaqueen this year at @wser with the research program. More ultrarunning research has come out of @WSER than any other race in the world, and it's great to be a small part of the program this year. Thank you, WSER, and thank you, researchers!
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Andy Pasternak @tubadrew.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Jibboom Street Marching Band wins 1st place in the open category at the Truckee 4th of July Parade! Thank you to all the musicians who came out and celebrated America's 250th in Truckee style
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Andy Pasternak @tubadrew.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
#ultrarunning dog-owning friends. What's the farthest or toughest run you've ever done with your dog?
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Andy Pasternak @tubadrew.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Second to last @wser post. Smart runners & cooler temps helped keep things relatively calm this year, but a HUGE thanks to the entire medical team!!! There is no other trail race in the world that has this amount of experience and talent. You are the top!
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