At this rate of RFK Jr.'s destruction of the CDC and FDA, I once again call upon Governor Ferguson, Newsom and Kotek to form the West Coast equivalent to safeguard our public health. We should have our own Cascadia CDC and Cascadia Drug Administration, ones that practice evidence based medicine.

After the DoD failed so many audits, Pete Hegseth is worried about the names on Navy ships. These are not serious people.

At a House testimony, RFK Jr said “I don't think people should be taking medical advice from me.” That's right. Even he knows he is unqualified. He should resign.

Decades of evidence-based, peer-reviewed studies have shown that Mifepristone is safe and effective. Now these people are quoting a non-peer-reviewed "study" coming out of a right-wing "think tank" to try to justify restricting Mifepristone. This is despicable. www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-la...

As expected, the "lower drug cost" Executive Order has no teeth, and it is literally asking drug companies to "voluntarily" lower drug prices and ask the HHS secretary to "facilitate" direct-to-consumer sales of drugs. We know how this administration interprets "facilitate". Good luck with that.

RFK Jr. terminated the program that promote the flu vaccine, leading to the plummeting of flu vaccination rate among American children. Pediatric flu death this season is now 216, the most in 15 years. He is actively killing children.

The Trump administration’s latest budget proposal kills the whole CDC nutrition division. This is MAHA?

NIH may pull all global health funding for foreign researchers, potentially killing 25 million people in the next 15 years. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Trump's budget is proposing to cut the Narcan program, the program that saved hundreds of thousands of lives per year from opioid overdose. Are we great yet?

RFK Jr. said today about fluoride in water: "The more you get, the stupider you are. We need smart kids. We need healthy kids." Fact: Studies show that there is no correlation between IQ and fluoridation of water at the level approved in this country (0.7 mg/L).

Trump's budget is proposing to cut the Narcan program, the program that saved hundreds of thousands of lives per year from opioid overdose. Are we great yet?

"USDA withdraws a plan to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry" Salmonella kills 420 people in the US every year. This is Making America Sicker Again. (The rule was adopted during the Biden Administration).

Tesla profit down 71% and it is still profitable ONLY because of government handout, regulatory credits. Corporate socialism at work. And Musk has the gall to talk about handouts.

After staff cuts, the FDA is suspending its food quality safety check program, increasing the chance of foodborne illnesses. How does this make America healthier? This literally makes America sick.

Canceling research grants isn’t just a budget cut—it's shutting down projects already deemed valuable by experts. Universities can’t just dip into endowments to cover the loss since those funds are legally restricted.

Currently there is a Hepatitis C outbreak in Florida. They sent blood samples to the CDC. Trump and RFK Jr. shuts down the only CDC lab capable of testing them. This is not efficiency or saving, this is negligence on a national scale.

HHS shuttered the Division of Viral Hepatitis in the CDC's headquarters, saying that it is duplicative, when it is a unique lab with unique capabilities. Ongoing investigations of current hepatitis outbreaks have been stalled nationwide. Now we don't know where we have an outbreak at all.

Reminder: Signalgate. It was just 20 days ago.

MAHA should note: Trump is up to date on all required vaccinations.

Last night, arsonist(s) attempted to burn down the PA Governor's residence in Harrisburg in a clear act of domestic terrorism. Governor Shapiro and family was evacuated. DOJ: Silence National media: Silence.

Gift link: The White House is planning to dismantle NOAA and it is as disturbing as their dismantling of NIH. NOAA is a global premier climate/weather science research institute. They are planning to gut: Oceanic/Atmospheric Research office National Marine Fisheries Service National Ocean Service

I am surprised that the American Medical Association hasn't come out to call for RFK Jr.'s resignation and firing. It's time.

Naval Academy library book purge: Mein Kempf - In I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou - Out The Camp of the Saints by Jean Raspail (embraced by white supremacists) - In Memorializing the Holocaust by Janet Jacobs - Out The Bell Curve (argues that Blacks and Women are inferior) - In

I told my wife not to change her name when she married me. One of the reasons is such that she can keep her white sounding name for her career, and the second reason is the possibility of a SAVE Act. And the SAVE Act is here. The Senate must oppose it.

RFK Jr. is going to "find the cause in the rise of autism" by September. 4 months? And somehow, he already knows now? Science has never worked like that. It only means that he has already drawn the conclusion and is making up materials to support those conclusions. It's going to be nonsense.

👋40+ years investor here: What is happening is a large, national-scale market manipulation to benefit a very small billionaire-class, to the detriment of the whole country/world. This "pausing for 90 days" is pre-meditated.

The Cybertruck is so bad that even Tesla would not take it as a trade-in.

Because of Trump's cut to the CDC funding, the Vessel Sanitation Program that helps the cruise ship industry prevent and control the introduction and spread of gastrointestinal illnesses on cruise ships has been terminated. Gross...

Dunning-Kruger at work.

A third person, a child has died from measles. The MMR vaccines prevent measles. Get vaccinated.

As an investor for 40+ years, I am beginning to see that this tariff fiasco is intentionally created for large investors (not tiny ones like me) to cash in. He introduces tariffs, market tanks, institutional investors buy up equity on the cheap, then he rescinds the tariff, and the market recovers.

Two infants die of whooping cough in Louisiana. The TDaP vaccine prevents pertussis.

A second child has died of measles in Texas. It is entirely preventable.

Misinformation kills and costs. New study shows that misinformation caused 14% more COVID infections during the pandemic (47 million people) with an economic cost of over $143 B (Billion with a B).

The entire staff of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) has been fired today. LIHEAP helps low-income elderly with heating support and air conditioning in hot places like Texas. People will die from this.

@governorferguson.bsky.social @governor.ca.gov @tinakotek.bsky.social I would like to renew my suggestion that we establish CDC/FDA/NIH Cascadia. The Federal agencies have been gutted and are no longer credible entities. We have the resources and the expertise to safeguard our public health.

Health and Human Services firing 10,000 employees and gutting many FDA departments will not make America healthier. It will make America sicker and more at risk of another pandemic. Even fee-based employees (employees that cost taxpayer nothing) have been laid off, resulting in zero savings.

About one third of our generic medications comes from India. Trump is going to impose tariff on imported pharmaceuticals. You will pay more.

Dr. Peter Marks, the Food and Drug Administration's top vaccine official, was forced to resign Friday. In his resignation letter, he wrote, "It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies"

Gift article/No paywall. NIH's reckless cut affects cancer, vaccines, new treatments for infectious diseases and chronic diseases. All gone. www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

Now we are doing Russia's bidding detaining a Harvard Medical School researcher from Russia who is against the war in Ukraine. Detained without charges. There is no rule of law left in the United States. theins.ru/en/news/280037

Senate Republicans just voted to raise overdraft fees to $35. Last year, Democrats passed a law to cap it at $5. Who is working for the working class?

Gift article/No paywall: The Atlantic publishes the full transcript of the Attack Plans in the Signal group chat.

Gift article/No Paywall Antivaxxer has been appointed to lead the Federal research on vaccine and autism. Dark times.

19% of Tesla failed Sweden's mandatory inspection in 2024, becoming the worst-performing brand on the list behind Dacia (a Romanian car company that is notorious for reliability). Polestar's EV came first with only a 3.3% failure rate. Tesla is junk. alltomelbil.se/polestar-bas...

Gift link/No Paywall: Trump admin texted The Atlantic its war plan with the Houthi over Signal, violating quite a few laws governing national security and secrecy. Pete Hegseth was in the middle of it all, so was VP and SOS. This is why you don't do DUI hire.

23% of Model Year 2020 Tesla Model 3s failed a compulsory safety test last year in Denmark. Worse than the second-place brand Dacia (a Romanian car company notorious for quality) at 13%. Other EVs failed at an average rate of 9%. Tesla is junk.

Have I missed it or has Trump never talked about any concept of a plan to improve our healthcare system since he took office?

Last time teachers and professors were demonized, China had the Cultural Revolution and thousands of educated people died.

Musk is doing Beijing's bidding, dismantling critical military and intelligence infrastructure that hinder China's incursions into our infrastructure and systems. And he is doing it right in front of our eyes. This is treason. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/u...