Proving once again that where #RFKJr is concerned, there is neither a bottom nor a scintilla of scientific knowledge. Now excuse me while I go make my cheeseburger fried in butter for lunch which I'll wash down with a big glass of whole milk. #VaccinesWork #PaulOffit #PeterHotez #Ethics

Illustration says it all.

What would Jonas Salk say if he could see us now? | Opinion www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/09/18/w...

Low-hanging #MAHA fruit. Remove the synthetic dyes and the foods containing them are still ultra-processed junk. Faded Froot Loops and Dull Doritos: Is Big Food Losing the War on Dyes? www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/p...

Oh, the irony! www.cnn.com/2025/07/22/h... #VaxWar movie available for classroom use, high school through post grad, with discussion guide divided into sections suitable for each. @bullfrogfilms.bsky.social

There are days, okay, weeks, when we just feel like burying our heads in the sand. Fortunately, there's @pauloffit.bsky.social. His substack is always worth reading. Today's is particularly insightful.

An effective antidote to disinformation is nonprofit #PublicGoodProjects #TrustedMessenger program led by tireless communicator & humanitarian Dr. Todd Wolynn. Follow on @LinkedIn & help spread the word. @mursebigford.bsky.social please share w/ #nursepractitioners www.linkedin.com/company/trus...

#Virulent is available for classroom use w/ a study guide created at @cuny.edu grad school of #publichealth to help get the conversation rolling and a shorter running time. @bullfrogfilms.bsky.social offers low-cost licenses to high schools and community colleges. educationworld.com/teachers/wha...

Measles just reached a 33 year high in the U.S. both predicted and predictable. Here are my 4 recommendations for things we can do now (but choose not to, unfortunately) @plosglobalpublichealth.org journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

open.substack.com/pub/pauloffi... A recent resignation at the CDC came with a frightening warning.

Took @thetimesofindia.bsky.social to ask the obvious question perhaps because it's only been 2 yrs since #polio was declared eradicated there. If you've been there, you've seen someone like this man. Always heartbreaking, unbearably so when it's a child. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/h...

On Memorial Day weekend, we shouldn't just think of veterans who died in service but also the people who died as slaves in service to the US military before the Civil War. While their are a few instances of slaves serving in combat roles, they were mostly in forced labor roles. 1/2

Thanks to the best damn group #SecularStudents for taking the lead! Book a #Virulentmovie screening for your organization via @bullfrogfilms.bsky.social . Discussion guide by @cunysph.bsky.social students will get the conversation going! @skepticalscience.bsky.social @skepticallyspeak.com

My full interview www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp-vi...

This book was published in 2023 🥲. I’d call @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social a prophet but that would discredit the simple fact that he’s an expert that knows what he’s talking about.

Or she could form a relationship with the cow, look it in the eyes and decide. What a waste of a #Stanford med school education!

That sounds like what Andrew Wakefield said when he faked the data for his retracted Lancet study, which was funded by attorneys wanting to sue vaccine manufacturers. @briandeer.com www.goodreads.com/book/show/52...

Whooping cough is on the rise again. Why is this happening and what can you do about it? Pleased to share this brief explainer for a lay audience written by @syramadad.bsky.social and me. www.nyas.org/ideas-insigh...

The American Academy of Pediatrics is a reliable source of accurate information on child health including vaccination. #PedSky www.healthychildren.org/English/safe...

Did not know about this London memorial painted by volunteers. @ottoenglish.bsky.social thanks for sharing.

True. Fortunately @harvardmed.bsky.social @mayoclinic.org @clevelandclinic.bsky.social @johnshopkinsepi.bsky.social websites have trustworthy info that cite real research. Note: not a substitute for seeing your doctor if you think something may be wrong with you!

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Kennedy is supposed to testify before the HELP committee May 14. Last time he was scheduled to testify it did not happen - he did not do it. Let's see if he does this time. From @pauloffit.bsky.social: An Open Letter to Senator William Cassidy (R, La) open.substack.com/pub/pauloffi...

RFK Jr and Statistics:

Now is an especially good time to support @center4inquiry.bsky.social for its long history of promoting science & critical thinking, almost a radical act in the current environment. @skepticalinquirer.bsky.social youtube.com/watch?v=qzHG...

Trumpty-Dumpty is defunding PBS. What he calls "bias" some of us call "facts Trumpty-Dumpty doesn't like."

A deserved honor for many reasons including best book title, 'Is #GwynethPaltrow wrong about everything?' (Spoiler: Yes, other than comments about acting.)

Appreciate @mercurynews.com story about #VaxWar movie. Unfortunately, today's measles news is grim. Nearly 900 cases in 28 states reported which means far more since most are unreported. "Documentary examines debate around vaccines amid growing politicization" www.mercurynews.com/2025/04/24/d...

In this historical moment of anti-science, the story and journey of this year’s Winslow Medal awardee @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social inspires us @yalesph.bsky.social on how to keep the important public health work ongoing despite challenges ahead! Thank you, Dr Hotez! @meganranney.bsky.social

Critical error: Not flattering Trump into calling it the Trump vaccine. Slaps his name on sneakers, golden bibles, a “university,” Melania, hotels, steaks, casinos, mattresses, so why not something that actually helps people?

3 stages of #VaxWar movie: • 2019, began filming in response to measles & pertussis outbreaks. • 2020, hope for a happy ending. So many lives destroyed by the pandemic, surely most will want the vaccine. • 2025, measles confirmed in 24 states and counting.

An autism "registry" culled from private medical records could potentially violate federal privacy laws and runs the risk of abuse. It also harkens back to a time when disabled people were labeled, segregated, and excluded. We won't go back.

‪#RFKJr declares sugar = poison. But beef fat, er, tallow (a word that seems borrowed from the 19th c.) is suddenly good for you. Costco now displaying big jars of white animal fat. Will cardiovascular & preventable infectious diseases rise while Jr's running #HHS? www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/u...

You're being much too science-y.

The European Region reported the highest number of measles cases in more than 25 years with 127, 350 measles cases & 38 reported deaths. Over half of the reported cases required hospitalization, indicating a high burden of severe disease. www.who.int/europe/news/...

Thanks for calling out RFK, Jr's assessment of people with autism. It is indeed the mindset of a eugenicist. Agree about @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social books. He has a gift for explaining science to non-scientists and making it compelling.

We now have teaching guides available for WRITTEN ON THE LANDSCAPE: Mysteries Beyond Chaco Canyon, VIRULENT: The Vaccine War & WATER FOR LIFE! Visit our catalog to download. www.bullfrogfilms.com/newreleases.... The lesson plans for WATER FOR LIFE developed by Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights.

Virulent: The Vaccine War documentary film @VaxWar (Jan 30, 2025): #VirulentMovie available to libraries, teachers (HS thru post-grad) & community groups via @bullfrogfilms Interviews w/ @DrPaulOffit [and others] expose the #antivax movement & give insight into countering it. x.com/VaxWar/statu...

Our presenting station @wqed.bsky.social is a Pgh institution founded 16 yrs before PBS. Josie Carey & Fred Rogers created The Children’s Corner (which pre-dated Mr. Rogers Neighborhood) in 1955. That is their legacy. Support #WQED generously & watch Virulent free on PBS. donate.wqed.org/wqed/donate

The film 'Virulent: The Vaccine War' explores the consequences of vaccine hesitancy and denial and the effect COVID-19 had on anti-vaccination activists | It is available to view here: youtu.be/pgj6sD7JeXM?... #VaccinesWork #GetImmunized

Virulent: The Vaccine War – a close-up look at the American antivax movement | Wendy M. Grossman @wendyg skeptic.org.uk/2023/02/virule…

Marjorie Taylor Greene calls PBS, home of Mr. Rogers, "communist," a description best reserved for Putin, and DJT calls it a "waste of money" and threatens to defund it. Give what you can to your local PBS affiliate, e.g. @wqed.bsky.social & watch Virulent free on #PBS. www.pbs.org/show/virulen...

Stations large and small are highlighting their local roles. "WQED is not going anywhere," Jason Jedlinski, CEO of Pittsburgh's PBS station, wrote, listing recent features (segments about a local farm, a reading club, and so on) that, quite frankly, few other media outlets would spend time on.

Vaccines have become the victim of their success. We do not encounter the diseases and consequences anymore, have collectively forgotten. Together with disinformation it has resulted in vaccine hesitancy, and the return of some diseases Please watch from @vaxwar.bsky.social youtu.be/pgj6sD7JeXM...

Once again, thank you @pauloffit.bsky.social. Can't imagine how tired you must be of rebutting the baseless lies of a drug-addled, lust demon-possessed, BBQed dog-eating, whale-beheading, brain worm-ridden beneficiary of the Harvard legacies Trump is trying to get rid of.

If you want to read my thoughts on it, I wrote about it here: www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/... (Keep in mind that the entire McGill website has been experiencing problems for over a week. Try refreshing the link if it doesn't work.)

The documentary VIRULENT: THE VACCINE WAR is now available for free on YouTube (and it is airing on PBS). I recommend you watch it and spread it far and wide. I can't believe it's become *more* relevant since I first saw it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgj6...

Sharing this with others who are as heartsick and angry about the return of measles and pertussis as we are. Won't sit by as anti-vax spreads the lie that clean drinking water prevents polio. @isaiahrmartin.bsky.social @brendannyhan.bsky.social @angierasmussen.bsky.social @luckytran.com

If only there were a vaccine to prevent this..