The “kids are too medicated” crew and making more medications, without sufficient evidence, available for kids.

I will say I do like RFK jr being visibly uncomfortable behind Trump as he riffs absolutely insane health recommendations.

With the (very confusing) ACIP meeting concluding, I’m reminding everyone we have this spreadsheet that I would LOVE help updating (as I assume more state will declare their own rules about COVID access). If your state needs updating and has a public statement please tell me!!!

So…are the recommendations in changed from last year? Do we have no recommendations? Is it every state for themselves?

Ok. Robert Malone being a voice of reason regarding what the ACIP legal authority is is…surprising.

Ok let’s say they approve this vote…in states that follow ACIP recs but don’t currently require a rx if you fall into the FDA approved groups, are those states going to require a rx now?

Step 1) Pounding the drum of "This vaccine isn't necessary" Step 2) Vaccination rates drop Step 3) "should we give this vaccine if so few people take it?"

Meissner saying vaccine uptake should factor into CDC recommendations is wild because a) many members of the ACIP are directly responsible for low vaccine uptake and b) many Americans don’t get the recommended amount of physical activity. Should we stop recommending physical activity?

Drinking every time they say “Gold Standard Science”

Soooo. MMRV is not longer available as a first dose but it’s still covered under VFC….but you can’t get it….but it’s covered?

Hey Dr Malone just quick FYI if you’re abstaining because you have a prior legal agreement to testify AGAINST MMRV vaccines that IS actually a conflict of interest.

Someone genuinely suggested the language be “MMR and varicella be preferred, otherwise shared decision making” which is what the recommendations currently ARE. These people are a joke.

Malone is a really wearing the hot dog suit when he’s talking about mistrust of vaccines.

An ACIP member using the phrase “drug addicts” is fucking heinous!!! My stomach hurts!!!

Someone with a hot mic greeting their colleague with “sup nerd” is very relatable.

The language of the Hep B vote: are we assuming these ding dongs are using “testing” the same way we use “screening” (meaning a screening is a HBsAg test for everyone, vs a test being a HBsAg test for symptomatic or high risk people)?

I made a google doc to try and sort of what COVID vaccine access looks like in each state. It’s very confusing and always changing so if you have info on a state and an SOURCE (not an anecdote) please email me! [email protected] docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

So RFK jrs reasoning for why we should stop using COVID vaccines is BOTH that the virus has mutated to be less dangerous AND that vaccines have caused the virus to mutate to be worse?

My wonderful audition producer Kevin made this for me and I like to use it at the end of every video I make about the current state of public health.

He called for that last time and nothing happened so…

Currently very into upsetting my friends talking about screwworm www.npr.org/2025/08/25/n...

What’s going on with all the NIH grants that are multiple millions of dollars and have a 1-3 week application period….

Universities will bend the knee to Trump and as a reward he will completely fuck them anyway.

I feel like this really gives it away. They spent all this time debating thimerosal when in reality many members will likely eventually vote to remove flu recommendations, thimerosal or not.

Appreciate his reasoning but rather big of Meissner to think the world will STILL look to ACIP recommendations for guidance after this meeting.

I told myself I wouldn’t listen to the ACIP meetings because I knew it’d make me too mad so instead I’m compulsively reading people’s updates and, unsurprisingly, that’s not making me feel better!!!!

I feel like I was reading someone’s coverage of yesterdays ACIP meeting and they mentioned something about worms in the opening? Did I hallucinate that? There was so much to process and it only sort of hit me today that I should look into that but I can’t remember who posted it???

I love mess and hot goss but I don’t think I can follow Love Island AND whatever is happening with the alt gov accounts on here.

In addition to it being ridiculous to put quotes around “germ theory” what he described in his book is actually “terrain theory.” The man doesn’t do enough research to even properly identify which debunked science he follows.

Really can’t stop thinking about this. “Eligible organizations” are schools that are part of the national school lunch program…so the investigator needs to be “an established investigator” at an elementary school? Or they need to establish a relationship with a local elementary school in <30 days?

May the lort keep and protect bars that stock tums for anyone who needs them. Amen.

Accepting immunologic data for people over 65 and risk groups but demanding RCTs for everyone else really gives off “antivaxers giving performative support of vaccines”

I took the clogs I used for bartending and used them in the hospital during COVID. The things those sanitas have seen…

*Actively searching for distraction from The Horrors on social media* *seeing posts about anything other than The Horrors* Me: Jesus Christ read the room guys

Great BarringHEN Declaration. Told you I’d get there.

The Great Barrington Duckleration? The Great Barrington Cluckleration? Hang on, I’ll find it eventually…. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/h...

Extremely excited to talk to John Green and meet the @tbfighters.org next week!

I didn’t like the NYT coverage speculating on the potential for cats to spread bird flu to humans and it turns out I was justified! The reports did not show evidence of cat to human transmission. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

My bird flu magnum opus. Thank you to @lakdawalalab.bsky.social for giving notes

There’s only going to be two genders here: me gendering you, and you gendering the floor.

Dr. Hall is THE man to talk to about ultra processed foods. Thanks for coming on the show!

I first met Charles completely randomly when I booked a room in his house so I could apartment hunt when I moved to ATL. Now 6 years later he has written this wonderful little piece, I assume specifically for me.

Highly recommend @stephenwpatrick.bsky.social as a follow for your maternal (and general) opioids education.

Acclimating to Bluesky and loving all the science starter packs but does anyone was like a “shit poster meme” pack? Little too academic around here….

I remember an episode of a cartoon from childhood where the villain became mayor(?) and put his cronies in charge and one them didn’t like traffic so his solution was to remove all the stop lights. Been thinking about that a lot lately for no reason…

I’m so extremely close to finally leaving X entirely but wow nothing makes me feel older than a fear of learning a new social media platform.