Do it. Go get a postcard, send it. Then pat yourself on the back and enjoy your weekend. I can pretty much guarantee it will make a bigger difference irl than any post you’ve ever made here.

I hear this song every time that virus is mentioned.

I miss my 50-year streak of not knowing who the Secretary of Health is or anything about them.

These guys are just the worst hypocrites. On Monday he had this to say, “to quote the dean of the Harvard School of Public Health, there is a causal relationship between prenatal acetaminophen use and neurodevelopmental disorders…” Most of the worried public won’t see his backtracking

South Texas game cam catches a raccoon riding a javelina (Dicotyles tajacu). The deer feeder corn attracts a lot of other species, but maybe we should worry about them all teaming up against us? (📷: Jeff Davis, TAMU-Kingsville alumni forum)

Like father like son.

I can almost taste the H5N1

I can almost taste the H5N1

I have no idea who shot at the ICE facility or why, & hard to trust this FBI director. Murder is always inexcusable. Now, the idea that people are mad at ICE because of ‘Democrats’ rhetoric’ & not because of daily videos of masked ICE agents assaulting people, including citizens, is for the birds.

I deal with this a lot, more than anti-vax. It’s the same playbook as human wellness/SCAM. It tends to rope in very well meaning and usually pretty smart pet owners just trying to do their best. And with the skyrocketing costs of vet care (thanks private equity), trust in us is at an all time low.

Perfect tweet for our moment. Online supplement salesman and RFK advisor says to blindly trust the government, not the people who will take care of you if you get sick.

Hi there @deanbaccarelli.bsky.social How about committing to donating that 150k, as well as the firehose of money coming your way in the inevitable glut of upcoming lawsuits spurred by your work, to a worthwhile Autism cause?

Hi there @deanbaccarelli.bsky.social How about committing to donating that 150k, as well as the firehose of money coming your way in the inevitable glut of upcoming lawsuits spurred by your work, to a worthwhile Autism cause?

We talk a lot about the Swedish study where the effects of acetaminophen on neurodevelopmental outcomes disappeared after sibling control. This paper from Japan with over 200,000 subjects showed the same thing. Small harmful effect that disappeared (actually sl. protective) with sibling controls.

So grateful to Vet Record for sharing my journey. Thankful to the mentors, colleagues, collaborators, and students who’ve been part of it. Read the full story in Vet Record: bvajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... #Veterinary #Epidemiology #OneHealth #Gratitude #VetMed #Journey #Career

Fact Check: Dr. Oz Will NOT Profit From iHerb When Trump FDA Recommends Folinic Acid For Treatment Of Autism - Oz Sold Shares, Resigned Paid Post

Acetaminophen is an incredibly dangerous drug at any dose and should never be used… in cats. Kitten1 and Kitten2 approve this message. (Check out the 6 toes!!)

Donnie Bonespur telling pregnant women they need to “tough it out” after spending a weak throwing tantrums because comedians are mean to him is just too much.

The government knowingly putting false information in the label of a drug is crossing a Rubicon that should not be taken lightly

Can someone please show Trump a video of babies getting vaccines? He used the word “pumping” so many times to describe giving injections, I just don’t think he knows what a vaccine syringe looks like. Also, if he says “pumping” again I’m going to vomit.

RFK JR: "One area we are closely examining is vaccines. 40-70% of mothers who have children with autism believe that their child was injured by a vaccine." BECAUSE YOU PROPAGANDIZED THEM FOR DECADES, BOBBY!

#medsky #immunosky #episky #pedsky #idsky My colleagues and I have completed our review of the obscenity that was this ACIP meeting. You can download it here (it's free after you answer the questions) www.evicollective.org/tec-briefs

The interim CDC director who will rubber stamp the ACIP recommendations on MMRV vaccine and COVID vaccine is neither a scientist nor a physician. He is a former silicon valley executive. When was the last time you consulted a corporate executive for guidance on your health? 🤔...I'll wait.

None of the Covid vaccines work, but one of them doesn’t work better than the other one doesn’t work.

Dr Milhoan is a cardiologist. How many patients given statins or anti-hypertensives eventually have a heart attack? Is it greater than 0? So he must think those medications are ineffective as well.

This is the response when I tried to fill Boocat in on the clusterfuckery taking place at the ACIP meeting today. She ain’t having it.

The fact that no medical test is 100% accurate is why you put your trust in trained professionals to interpret those tests and make decisions based on the imperfect results.

Attention veterinarians and cat owners! Today we published a One Health paper on an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu among 4 house cats in Tulare, the epicenter of the California dairy cattle outbreaks. sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

They are working hard at a post-hoc justification, looking for some cherry picked garbage study that was never replicated to present as “Gold Standard Science.” And by working hard of course I mean asking chatGPT over and over until it hallucinates some nonsense that confirms their biases.

Key point right here. The actual actions thus far will have a fairly low impact. For instance, 85% of parents already separate MMR and V, as the CDC has recommended for years. But, the 15% who don’t separate probably have a valid reason.

In the field of vaccinology this is one of the most basic concepts. Like, first week intro course stuff. Yet it appears the guy who thinks he got robbed of a Nobel prize for inventing mRNA vaccines doesn’t understand it.

Wild chimpanzees consume ~4.5 kg fruit containing ~14 g ethanol every day, the equivalent of 1-2 standard drinks daily. Both human and chimp alcohol metabolism evolved as an adaptation to eat fruit without being too intoxicated. 🧪 #vetmed www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Republicans: Have more kids, it’s an emergency! Everyone: OK, just give us family leave, healthcare, nutrition support and education Republicans: Marxists!

No one has been more vindicated than normie resistance Dems, women’s marchers and never-Trump Republicans. They were right all along about the threat. The anti-anti-Trump Republicans and reactionary centrists, and the far left “it’s always been this bad” folks have been proved wrong over and over.

Panda Bear at the Orange Peel last night. Fantastic show. Very weird, psychedelic indie rock. He’s a member of Animal Collective.

This is a ridiculous specimen. Bred to have a somewhat longer snout so that’s a plus. Like a little fuzzy baked potato.

In theory, it’s sound to focus on Hepatitis B screening in pregnancy & targeted vaccination But in practice, pregnant people at elevated risk of Hepatitis B are also at risk of less prenatal care We can learn from syphilis - we haven’t been able to screen & treat in pregnancy as well as we wish

Today is the day of the special election to fill the seat of former MN State Rep Melissa Hortman, who was shot by a right-wing extremist.

Important thread. You’ll hear all sorts of arguments about why infants don’t need to be vaccinated. How things like screening and vaccinating at risk people are sufficient. But, those arguments never engage with the actual data on outcomes, which demonstrate a massive benefit.

Did you know? Universal Infant Hepatitis B vaccination is a public health policy success story. The US initially tried a risk-based approach to Hepatitis B vaccination in the 1980s. But vaccination rates remained low. New cases continued to increase. www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview....

This is your annual fall reminder to get your HPV #vaccine, if eligible. The vaccine prevents infection with the strains of HPV that most often cause cervical, vaginal, penile, anal, and throat cancer. It is incredibly safe and effective. #IDSky #EpiSky 🧪 my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treat...

hope it is finally crystal clear to everyone that our fates are all tied directly to the fates of trans people. hang together or hang separately.

I was listening to an old Casey Kasem American Top 40 (I find this soothing these days) from 1985 where he told the story of Wendy Carlos, who scored The Shining and Tron, and her journey to becoming trans. Casey got all the pronouns right and it was presented as a slice of life, feel good story

The right story here is buried in the final quote. Our president loves McDonalds and Diet Coke. RFK doesn't have any beliefs. Any changes they make, they're making because it makes them money. But mostly it's aesthetics to run cover for what they actually care about: disabling and weaponizing HHS.

RFK Jr isn’t trying to “Make America Healthy Again.” The movement is about Making America Well™ Again. He’s got a lot of friends who stand to make a lot of money. Plus, the Wellness grift machine is dying to stick it to science based health. Grievance and Grift are their only two motivations.

Who doesn’t want to go to the state fair for a “Rockin’ Tug” session?

My thoughts on the unpublished study unveiled at today’s hearing on the state of vaccine safety science. Big thanks to @thekibosch.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/09/09/a...

Shouldn’t we just try to teach them proper values instead?