Not preparing for the next pandemic doesn't prevent pandemic from happening. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I hate wearing contacts, and I will never wear a pair of these fascist peeping-Tom goggles. But if I need to start wearing contacts so people can trust me, I’ll do it.

I said this yesterday and I'll say it again. The Trump regime is running a squalid, disease-ridden and deadly concentration camp at Fort Bliss called Camp East Montana. Is it any wonder they don't want drones observing what happens there?

Superb thread

Thread. 🧵 (1/x) On the superiority of water as the primary decontaminant for tear gas and peppery spray on skin and eyes. To make it clear to people, this is a thread. Some of you are not clear on the concept. I will reply this with another post and mark it with a number in (x). And so forth. (1)

Yep.

An infant in New Mexico has just died from listeria. Public health officials think it is because the mother drank raw milk during pregnancy. I can imagine this family’s pain. Please, please don’t drink raw milk. It is of no benefit whatsoever.

In 2020, my mom thought I was gonna die because I was treating COVID patients wearing garbage bags as PPE. Jay also had a hard time tweeting through it.

RIP Catherine. Thanks for all the laughs.

The AAP’s vaccine schedule considers when children are most likely to be exposed to contagious diseases and when children’s immune systems will respond best. This timing has kept millions of kids healthy, so they can focus on growing, playing, and learning.   www.healthychildren.org/English/safe...

Much as I would like to take credit for getting both of my Senators (Moody & R. Scott) to vote No, I suspect something rotten is afoot.

This Administration is all about spreading infectious diseases AND stopping effective care. So it would be right in their wheelhouse to cause a fever… …where the only prescription… …is more cowbell.

Today marks a major moment for child health: the AAP has released its updated 2026 childhood and adolescent immunization schedule. Updated annually to reflect the latest scientific evidence, this year’s schedule is formally endorsed by 12 leading medical and healthcare organizations. bit.ly/4r5KbaQ

We're horrified & outraged: Immigration agents have once again committed cold-blooded murder of a public observer who posed no threat to them. This time, they've executed a fellow nurse, Alex Pretti. We demand justice and accountability. Abolish ICE, now! https://bit.ly/4big77u

I will not forget how this illegitimate Administration killed Alex Pretti, nor will I forget their ghoulish attempt to assassinate his character afterward.

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

Just left phone messages for my Senators demanding DHS funding be stripped from the budget bill. It’s the bare minimum those of us outside Minneapolis can do when the brave people of that city are risking their lives. Senate switchboard 202-224-3121.

All in a year’s work. RFK Jr.’s relentless assault on vaccines has been wildly successful for the anti-vaccine agenda and detrimental to us all. A rundown of what he has managed to accomplish in such a short time should terrify everyone. A 🧵

“If I have to choose between an unpunished crime and ‘Justice,’ like yours, I’d pick the first one!” Not a bad motto for these turbulent times.

Can you die from embarrassment? Asking for a country…

Finally, some good news.

CENTRAL FLORIDA: We’ve received multiple reports of heavy ICE activity in our community. Make sure to know your rights, stay safe, and reach out to my office if you need assistance.

"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future." - @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit. Incredible words. Listen to all of it!

OPINION: "Pediatricians are grieving the children we have already lost to vaccine-preventable illnesses, and we are grieving the losses that will come from these new recommendations." — Frances Avila-Soto

Health Misinformation Is Everywhere. And increasingly it is about politics. My take: thewalrus.ca/before-you-s... via @thewalrus.ca People’s positions on everything from raw milk and miracle supplements to reproductive care, gender, and diet are often shaped by how they vote.

Excellent cautionary tale about the risks of misinformation.

The DJIA skyrocketed at today’s opening? Dark times ahead. youtu.be/K3b6SGoN6dA?...

all this is both foolish and unnecessary

2026, we a had a good day or two. But I can see you’re going to be just as bad as your older sibling, if not worse.

Good riddance, 2025.

Great thread from one of my med school professors, debunking more RFKjr junk.

#Caturday blues. Magic was not ready for his favorite Christmas garland to be put away.

Make a Bond movie academic: Dr., No: Patient Autonomy, Including the Right to Refuse Treatment as a Cornerstone of 21st Century Medical Ethics

Joseph & Mary’s cat, the moment he realized those three bozos brought nice-smelling gifts but no catnip.

Watching Blackadder’s Christmas Carol. If you haven’t watched it yet, you should. Felicitous compliments of the gorging season to you all.

Good thread.

Reminder that the head of the NIH is an economist who has never conducted NIH-funded research, spent years doing paid speaking engagements for far-right extremist groups, & is best known for a study where he committed serious ethical violations & ended up wrong by greater than an order of magnitude.

🚨BREAKING: Physicians speak out against RFK Jr! Doctors made the promise to do no harm, and they’re calling out harm where they see it. Medical professionals, your voice has value. Join us in taking action to #ImpeachRFKJr. standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr

Just call it Milkshake Doc.

The Grinch Connection

Impeach RFKJr.

This is unethical scientific exploitation through "research" on vulnerable populations that will cause harm and will be written about and taught in ethics courses in years to come. This study would not be approved by any IRB in the US or in Europe. African children deserve better.

Designating fentanyl a WMD will worsen fentanyl misinformation, which does not prevent overdoses -it makes them deadlier- & harms anyone who could ever need pain treatment, anesthesia, & more. Patients already refuse one of the safest, best studied, easiest-to-dose pain meds because of such misinfo!

Unless the WH Medical Unit does procedures under sedation, there’s no reason for them to have fentanyl, Versed, or ketamine on the formulary.

The RFK, jr effect.

If dietary supplement labels include health claims, they are required to add the following: “This statement has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.” RFK Jr.’s regime wants the statement removed.

Bravo to MMWR for this middle-finger salute to RFK Jr #IDSky

This is Pulitzer Prize-winning material. I encourage you to read the linked articles to gain a deeper understanding of several ways in which the U.S. healthcare system is badly broken.