This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia. Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.” Really listen to it.

Rotavirus can be lethal. Before the vaccine, rotavirus killed 500,000 children each year across the world. Post vaccine it still causes 200,000 deaths per year worldwide. In the United States, childhood deaths from rotavirus range from 20-40 per year. This child looked like their pH was 6.9

Don’t forget to register for #SCCM2026. Early bird registration open until January 14th!! @sccmcriticalcare.bsky.social

It is important to correct errors in medical publications in a timely fashion. Although I know why they made this one in particular. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

MAHA is obviously not interested in “gold standard science.” If it did, you wouldn’t broadly support wearables while arbitrarily eliminating vaccine recs. We’re living in the #StupidAge or maybe the #AgeoftheGrift

You know which children are “high risk” for meningococcal disease? Those who are alive. Kids with no spleen…sure, still higher risk, but no child is protected…unless they’ve had the vaccine.

Because I knew there would be fewer people to agree with me there I posted my vaccine comments about meningococcus on the hell site as well. Despite still having nearly 14k followers…113 views. One like. Zero engagement. Sad.

A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:

Parent and pediatrician here. All vaccines are still available & recommended. Talk to your pediatrician for more info. Know this: Even as our government shifts its recommendation language, I would never forgo the RSV, hepatitis A & B, or meningitis vaccines for my own kids.

Read our full statement by AAP President Dr. Andrew Racine on today’s HHS announcement about the childhood immunization schedule: www.aap.org/en/news-room...

Every single one of the vaccines “no longer universally” recommended today, is something I have seen kids in the ICU for, several of which I’ve seen die despite heroic efforts by the #PedsICU team. Freed up beds allowed us to advance other care for children, accommodating return of vanquished

and won't you believe it, republicans just gutted funding for a lot of pediatric hospitals by cutting medicaid

Clearly no one making the decisions at CDC has ever cared for a patient with any of these vaccine preventable diseases. I could go off on any of them but for now I’ll pick Meningococcal disease: it’s horrific, it’s fast, #PedsICU 1/3

Well I'm glad this finally answers all the questions...JK, more fodder for the anti-E, pro-K peeps. The associated editorial is very good. Ketamine, Etomidate, and Mortality in Emergency Department Intubations url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Apple needs to add a feature to the Photos app where it tells you which of your friends you already shared the meme with

No, more wars!

It really is that bad. Grant funded science, supposedly a key piece of American exceptionalism, was already a huge headache. Now it’s looking nearly impossible.

Tolkein ripped off Star Wars so many times. The eye of Sauron is just a poor replica of one of the three Death Stars.

End of discussion 6. Always great. Looking forward to the next one #LOTR2026

WORD FACT Favourite mammal collective nouns: 1. A dazzle of zebras 2. A troop of baboons 3. A bloat of hippos 4. A caress of squirrels* 5. A crash of rhinos (*Who came up with this, and how?)

Disc 5 done…but going to finish in the morning. Happy New Year everyone! #LOTR2026

The Beacons remain my favorite scene of LOTR

On to Return of the King! #LOTR2026

Tough but fair

In discussing whether LOTR is Princess Bride rip-off, my eldest pointed out it doesn’t have ROUSes, but what about Grond?

On to the Two Towers! #LOTR2026

It’s the day! Start time is getting close! #LOTR2026

As a resident I watched a previously healthy child die from chicken pox. The parents chose to not vaccinate the child since the chicken pox shot was new. I still hear their cries.

Absolutely getting my ass beat at work today, the hospital is full, BUT I just wanted to say thank you for all the birthday wishes! For my birthday this year I donated to the Cincinnati Freestore Foodbank and if you reallllly want to get me a gift, you can donate too, or to one in your area! xO

I might be the Too Woke Friend here but as someone who has done chaplain care with people who have things stuck in their butts in the emergency dept I don't actually think it should be a journalism thing. It's really traumatizing for people! And it shouldn't be traumatizing to make a sex mistake!

This week I saw Hamilton live, then watched K-pop Demon Hunters for the first time. So you can imagine the unique mix of music I’m playing in my head and in my car.

@mementomorty.bsky.social wishing you only a manageable number of MTPs, RRTs, PIV requests and codes for your birthday. 🎂 🎉🎊 (Im a little worried about the banana in this gif but sending it anyway)

Excellent video on Measles from @nejm.org youtu.be/PI6M680p9i0?... HT to @omnintensivist.bsky.social #PedsICU

This is GLORIOUS

So they kept “memorial” as part of the name. Interesting choice.

I had a baby yesterday 😊 her name is Wren Jane 🥰 She’s being very dramatic and is in NICU bc she needs some CPAP after aspirating and swallowing too much amniotic fluid But she’s perfect 💜

Surgery used to be a lot louder

Yup, 2.7% totally believable.

I think this is a first. Out of the 6 compressors between day and evening code team training sessions, 4 hit depth and rate targets on first attempt, all hit them on the second time around. (I always spend an extra couple minutes with them afterwards optimizing their technique) #PedsICU

This. And if you don't know where to get him a map, I can suggest a very good mapmaker who makes maps bespoke maps on commission. I know a guy! ... ... ... It's me. I'm the guy.

The perfect hat for #PedsICU rounds has arrived. @marketplace.org

I am a student at Brown in communication with a friend at RIBC. There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI. Spread the word. www.ribc.org/donate-blood/

Policy We want f’ing policy

BROWN UNIVERSITY: “Expected casualty count is anticipated to be significantly higher than the presumed 20 victims.”

My son is at Brown. Thank goodness he is safe but likely more than 20 dead. Maybe someday we will do something to prevent this.

What I learned today on rounds: Vitamin D is vitamin D flavored.

Justice Jackson to Solicitor General Sauer (just now, in Trump v. Slaughter arguments):