RFKJr, Shitbird from Hell, is rechartering the ACIP so he and his clueless minions can eliminate vaccines in the US. They will kill many of us, especially kids, to bring America to its knees before the great orangutan. Since AI will put so many out of work RFKJr must cull the population.

Public health is a process of researching and implementing strategies. The body of knowledge that has been built up over decades—even centuries—has been blithely tossed aside by a delusional lawyer with a famous name. When you discard science in favor of beliefs, it’s garbage in, garbage out.

Defend Public Health’s Wopper of the Week: RFK Jr.’s War on Public Health Is Framed as “Restoring Trust” … bottom line RFKJr is killing our health and us. www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...

Most Americans are unaware of how their health is increasingly in danger under the present administration. I believe many would care deeply if they were aware of what is happening. Unfortunately, the nation is hurtling towards 1920’s-era health care, complete with the rise in

RFKJr is halting testing and reporting of many infectious diseases. He can hide the numbers but that won’t stop the diseases. Come on, Bobby, admit that your anti-vaccine campaign is making more and more people, especially Little kids, very sick.

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“Pete Hegseth, the U.S. defense secretary, has asked the American people to pray “every day, on bended knee” for a military victory in the Middle East “in the name of Jesus Christ.” Kill’um in the name of Jesus has been promoted since the Crusades by the fanatical authoritarian Christian’s.

Measles. If you are in your forties and older and have been vaccinated or had measles as a child, you might wonder if you should get an MMR vaccine or a booster. I had a titer done and was surprised to find that over 70 years after having measles I still had

Jay Bhattacharya, NIH director and interim CDC director, had a “fireside chat” with CDC employees where he tried to make the damage he and his boss, RFKJr, have done seem well meaning and reasonable. Note also that RFKJr is backing off of vaccine rhetoric and his bogus 

This weeks Whopper is about how RFK Jr tries to circumvent normal processes of scientific deliberation and go straight to the public with his half-baked reports.

My friend and fellow DPH member @brucemirken.mas.to.ap.brid.gy has an excellent piece out on gender-affirming care.

New for #WorldTBDay: An innovative rapid test using tongue swabs can greatly aid the struggle vs TB - #nPOC or near point-of-care testing, boosted by the #Gates Foundation and #WHO By @drjudystone.bsky.social

The vultures were abounding on today’s walk. Seemed like a meeting of RFKJr and his HHS staff.

Testosterone is the second most evil molecule on earth.

Thank goodness for APHA!

I’m sure by now many of you have heard that RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisory board has “leaked” a report claiming that there is a chronic condition, similar to LongCOVID, that is caused by the COVID19 vaccine. I wanted to take some time with it before I posted, and now I have, so here comes a thread.

This is why you run, don’t walk, away from medical snake oil peddlers. www.propublica.org/article/raad...

As we find it hard to relax in the times we live in, Lola, the long hair dachshund, shows us how it’s done.

The March 14 pictures of the day included this one of snowdrops emerging from the snow. One of my favorite signs of spring when I lived in PA.

Every infectious virus is welcoming Jay Bhattcharya’s “Scientific Freedom.” They so want to be freed from scientific scrutiny which has proven hard on their existence. It’s a real coup for them, just think of it, the simultaneous rise of pseudoscience, quackery

The idea of “medical freedom” weighs one parent’s decision to refuse vaccines as more important than another’s decision to protect their own children from contagious, vaccine-preventable diseases”. @jimalwine.bsky.social and I in a new OpEd about AZ trying to ban childhood vaccine requirements.

RIP Country Joe McDonald Thanks for the “I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ To Die” Rag. Seems timely right now.

Do you want somebody to blame? Start with Russell Vought at OMB, Jay Bhattacharya, Matthew Memoli, Jon Lorsch at NIH. These are evil, small minded men. I hope one day they’re held accountable for the destruction of biomedical research in the United States.

Vinay Prasad has been an a noxious influence on public health and drug regulation. Good riddance. UCSF should not take him back. He should wander in the wilderness forever. www.cnn.com/2026/03/06/h...

Measles is out of control in the US, yet RFKJr lies and manipulate the system so the US won’t lose its measles elimination status until after the mid term elections. Just hideing the fucking mess this shitbird has made of US health. Well I won’t let anyone forget. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/w...

The fabulous and prolific @nurseteria.bsky.social and Dr. Arthur Lavin have a piece out about the lessons that polio taught us about vaccines and public health. It’s ludicrous that RFK Jr. and his minions want to destroy the progress made against infectious disease.

From @drjudystone.bsky.social

What about the constitutional right to life - to live not fearing deadly diseases. No these shitbirds want medical freedom, the selfish pigheaded attitude that they can do whatever and the rest of society be damned. Well, history shows this will bite you in the ass. tucson.com/news/state-r...

The rise of vaccine-preventable diseases in the US (now including mumps) is being suppressed by RFKJr’s anti-vaccine efforts. Most Americans are unaware of how hideous and deadly his MAHA movement is. And its all to benefit Big Wellness that will fleece millions selling snake oil.

Medical Freedom, the darling of the Republicans is really support for the Big Wellness, an industry which is much, much bigger than Big Pharma, and is largely unregulated. It makes those medical clames that their products are what “your Dr. won’t tell you about.” That’s because it’s snake oil.

Unfortunately as an Arizonan I am all too familiar with ICE purchasing warehouses to use as detention camps. The incredible @drjudystone.bsky.social takes on this cruelty in her latest.

Tucson sunrise 2-16-26

The Trump Administration Is Waging a Global War on Children. An OpEd with my friend and co-author @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...

Another blow to public health and science.

I have been a scientist for nearly all my life, starting with the fascination I felt with my first science classes in school; then in 1957 Sputnik was launched. For those who don’t know, Sputnik was the first satellite launched into Earth orbit. It

The FDA refused to review Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine application. The first shot at eliminating US flu vaccines. Actually RFKJr and the plague mongers want to severely limit or eliminate ALL vaccines. I can hear the viruses and bacteria cheering as they prepare to spread pestilance.

Making America healthy again? Measles spread in the US is essentially out of control. Measles encephalitis is increasing and a case of SSPE has been reported. Measles deaths are eminent. Whooping cough is rising at a frightening rate. Pediatric deaths from influenza are dreadfully increased

The ICE Health Services Corp is in charge of dealing with the communicable diseases, like measles, that are blooming in ICE detection Facilities. They haven’t suggested vaccinations, but are probably prepared with leeches and ivermectin.

I ate an artichoke for dinner and it was a lesson in Trumpian government. In the beginning it was a beautiful bud, the leaves all ordered and symetric, but as I removed the leaves and ate them it became chaos and a mess to be discarded in the trash.

RFK's bizarre Food pyramid is this week's Whopper from @defendpublichealth.bsky.social www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

I had a conversation with the guy who comes to service my pool. During the conversation he said that his son had pink eye (which is caused by an adenovirus), and I mentioned that antibiotic eye drops would stop a secondary bacterial infection. He said he would rather his son let

Let me say up front that I am opposed to guns and the gun culture of the US. Much stronger laws and controls are needed. But right now we have the gun culture and the second amendment supporters, many of whom supported Trump. But now under Trump we are facing the loss of democracy and the onset

It didn’t start out looking like a good Tucson sunrise, but you have to wait for it.

FYI: DomainShifters is a science fiction novel about a group from the future (2085) who travel back in time to 2024 to stop the rise of an authoritarian conservative movement (the AuthCons) that has ruined the world.

@joho.bsky.social goes where no one has dared to tread (including me!). He names names. As you click on each link you see the depth of the collaboration of colleagues with key figures in this administration, how they promoted them, still do. It is a necessary task to open ourselves up to scrutiny.

My latest: New CDC Vaccine Chair Prioritizes Personal Choice via @forbes He wants to make #vaccines optional. www.forbes.com/sites/judyst... #PublicHealth #Measles #Polio #CDC with thanks to @defendpublichealth.bsky.social's @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social and @jimalwine.bsky.social for comments

Kennedy and his plague mongers want to limit vaccinations to find out what will happen when American children and contagious viruses and bacteria are on a level playing field. Well guess what history tells us the answer, the viruses and bacteria win. They will win every time until

AZ @govhobbs please have the state join WHO.