For this week’s Whopper of the Week, we have a look at RFK Jr.’s appointees to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and their ties to the anti-vaccine movement. You can read it below.

“You’re mentioning somebody that was extremely controversial,” Mr. Trump said, referring to the murdered columnist. “A lot of people didn’t like that gentleman that you’re talking about. Whether you like him, or didn’t like him, things happen." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...

This is an excellent discussion of public health's current dilemma.

This is an excellent discussion of public health's current dilemma.

I really did not enjoy Jay Bhattacharya & Matthew Memoli’s screed against pandemic & virology research for the flagship blog of a “free-market think tank." Instead of getting mad, I accepted @jeremyfaust.bsky.social's kind invitation to take a factual & scientific blowtorch to it.

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Timothy Snyder on Trump's and Vance's grift bubble. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

Timothy Snyder on Trump's and Vance's grift bubble. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

This is designed to tank public health & primary care by excluding public health professions, advanced nursing practice, physical & occupational therapy from loans that can cover the cost of education. This is going to make an existing workforce crisis worse. aspph.org/department-o...

CDC's Vaccine Panel May Change Recommendations on Hep B Shot Next Month www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...

CDC's Vaccine Panel May Change Recommendations on Hep B Shot Next Month www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...

RFK's biggest fan (surprise!) is himself. Scientists and physicians, except for his cabal, disagree. They recognize a crackpot who is destroying the nation's public health. www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...

RFK's biggest fan (surprise!) is himself. Scientists and physicians, except for his cabal, disagree. They recognize a crackpot who is destroying the nation's public health. www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...

David Szalay’s ‘Flesh’ Wins 2025 Booker Prize www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/b...

David Szalay’s ‘Flesh’ Wins 2025 Booker Prize www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/b...

Joyce Carol Oates, already a goddess of literature, knows more than most about class (in several meanings of the word). Musk is an empty husk. She called it.

Joyce Carol Oates, already a goddess of literature, knows more than most about class (in several meanings of the word). Musk is an empty husk. She called it.

Our latest Whopper of the Week. Defend Public Health refutes another crackpot theory spewed by RFK. www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...

Our latest Whopper of the Week. Defend Public Health refutes another crackpot theory spewed by RFK. www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...

YAY!!!! ZOHRAN WINS!!!!

YAY!!!! ZOHRAN WINS!!!!

So, I LOVE Zohran, and sure hope he's our next Mayor.

I am going to be that annoying friend. Get your #COVID & #flu shots. There is little downside to getting immunized and it will spare you from being out sick, having to go to the doctor's office, hospitalization and yes, death. Too many people aren't stepping up to get the shots. Do it this weekend.

Health care workers under 65 must be vaccinated against Covid www.statnews.com/2025/10/30/c... via @statnews.com

Health care workers under 65 must be vaccinated against Covid www.statnews.com/2025/10/30/c... via @statnews.com

As you know, RFK is obsessed with his own macho virility. Has this bias shaped his views on sperm counts (and apparently, he's counting)? Yep, and he's cherry-picking his evidence as usual. What a liar! Our Whopper of the Week counters his crackpot point of view. #CarolineWarnedUs

As you know, RFK is obsessed with his own macho virility. Has this bias shaped his views on sperm counts (and apparently, he's counting)? Yep, and he's cherry-picking his evidence as usual. What a liar! Our Whopper of the Week counters his crackpot point of view. #CarolineWarnedUs

I predict that at some point this idiocy will be fodder for a @DefendPublicHealth Whopper of the Week. It's all about kissing the big, fat behind of Donald Trump.

I predict that at some point this idiocy will be fodder for a @DefendPublicHealth Whopper of the Week. It's all about kissing the big, fat behind of Donald Trump.

I'd love to say lots of nice things about this invaluable preventable disease tracker from @monscience.bsky.social and team at Think Global Health. It's an incredible resource. But I can't get over my anger & sadness that this resource is even needed. www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/vacc...

Slippery slope putting a guy who thinks like a Nazi in charge of special ed. This is the creep who already floated the idea of sending certain classes of children to camps. #CarolineWarnedUs

Slippery slope putting a guy who thinks like a Nazi in charge of special ed. This is the creep who already floated the idea of sending certain classes of children to camps. #CarolineWarnedUs

Behind the Dismantling of the C.D.C.: Reform or ‘Humiliation’? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/h...

Behind the Dismantling of the C.D.C.: Reform or ‘Humiliation’? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/h...

Cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social.

Here are the companies destroying the east wing of the White House

So much work goes into these weekly Whoppers. RFK, aka Pants On Fire, lies like breathing so we have lots of material. #CarolineWarnedUs

So much work goes into these weekly Whoppers. RFK, aka Pants On Fire, lies like breathing so we have lots of material. #CarolineWarnedUs

Whopper of the week! RFK Jr.’s Claims of “Immune Overload” is Nonsense and Ignores How the Immune System Works

The author of the law told ProPublica she believes infectious diseases have been made “the bogeyman.” She thinks measles can protect against cancer and put cancer into remission. (The sources she provided for this claim don't actually say that.)

The Truth about Panics open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

The Truth about Panics open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

This is a must watch. Gaza and Protest open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

This is a must watch. Gaza and Protest open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...