Cool. So. Can I get my job back?

The administration has 100% taken the country hostage with contingency funds that were already set aside and approved. They would rather starve millions vs moving the needle forward. Cruelty is always their game.

Received a nice little surprise award in our public health dept staff meeting. This award felt more meaningful than any of my meritorious performance award as it was a heartfelt thank you from my colleagues. It took every little bit of energy I could muster to not ugly cry while accepting it.

Yup. We’re all Costco Executive members now

Of all the people, Rubio knows DAMN well that the United States is the LARGEST contributor to the Global Fund, which provides lifesaving treatment for AIDS, TB, and Malaria. Every year we have contributed BILLIONS in helping countries get these treatments. www.theglobalfund.org/en/government/

The insidious “obvious now” factor is that all this dialog of vaccine and Tylenol causing autism is that it’s normalizing and setting the tone of “neurodivergence is an unforgivable sin and we must not let them exist” We are not a sin. We deserve to exist. We deserve love.

20 years ago I would never think that it was acceptable for men to get their nails done Even after coming out, there was the extremely toxic gay dating culture of “no femme, no Asians, no Blacks, no fat” mentality Today I said “fuck it” and went to get a manicure and select my nail polish

It appears we’ve now gone down the rabbit hole (again) of anecdotes being evidence for mRNA vaccines causing cancer. And Robert Malone with his tacky:dated tinfoil hat claiming Pfizer tampered with their safety data… (with no evidence) I need to just make a bingo card of all the best hits

If anyone has followed me back when I covered CDC’s ACIP meeting pre-trump, you’d understand that the group that is responsible for reviewing the data and making recommendation on vaccines are not THIS incompetent. Listening to their “deliberation” was equivalent to Reddit conducting a vibe check

Regardless of ACIP’s decision this week (this is one component of the vaccines availability) AHIP has noted that health plans will continue to cover all recommended immunizations as of Sept 1 2025.

Gentle reminder to all on the following: Fuck Elon Musk and Fuck Russell Vought Kindest Regards, A Former Federal Employee P.S. - oh and fuck the rest of the lot too

Really amazing as to how many cishet white men are suddenly so concerned about freedom of speech (democrat and republican). Babe, when has anyone silenced you?

STOP DOOM SCROLLING Look at the fluffy baby

👀 Lots of questions here. VAERS is a system that generates hypotheses. It is designed to be a very low threshold system for everyone, patients and providers, to submit adverse events for additional review and to generate more study.

Yesterday’s events have further cemented my mindset that folks cannot operate with nuance on the topics that need urgent addressing. We’re so focused on binary thinking, right or wrong, this or that, that we lose sight of what is actually killing us literally and figuratively as a democratic nation.

Bucket and Pebble are now inseparable 🥺

All this sudden anger/language on RFK pisses me off more than anything: ➡️ stop calling him a vaccine skeptic. He’s an anti-vaxxer. ➡️ he and MAHA have always made it clear on removing/side stepping scientific experts. ➡️ he has NEVER intelligently spoke about public health. Stop. Normalizing. Him

First contact…..

Trump has been so successful in being a fucking piece of shit every day that he has gaslit us into a frenzy on seeing what his press conference will discuss (we’re all hoping the same thing)

There’s not enough colors in the rainbow to illustrate in color how stupid this equivalency take is.

If someone responds to discussions around ICE with “Well if they’re here legally, why are they scared” 🚩🚩THEY ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM🚩🚩

Taking this weekend to unburden myself of my mitochondrial challenges

The CDC and public health has been suffering a slow painful death since February. As long as RFK and Orange tango tits have power, science does not have reprieve from the onslaught. Even if suddenly we had a complete administrative replacement, the damage is done and will take decades to repair.

First contact

Several of you asked how bucket was handling the new kitten. As a rule of thumb, I don’t just flat out introduce them to each other as that can likely cause huge stress/anxiety for both. Right now they play with each other thru the door and doing scent exchanges. Supervised play comes later.

This year has been so rough in this house with losing mako and my job. But I’ve since been back to work and also got to welcome this beautiful little one in my life. Everyone. Please say hi to Pebble.

“We don’t believe in erasing American history…. if you are a white heterosexual cis male conservative Christian bathed in bigotry and hatred”

This dumb fuck

Dumbest timeline

Folks. What have I been saying since the beginning. This advisory panel is responsible for making the recommendations on what cancer screenings and preventative measures must be covered by insurance. This. Will. Impact. Everyone.

Hi mutuals. Do I have anyone who might be able to connect me with public health (or public health adjacent like nursing or social work) professors or program directors at their school? Looking to invite students/folks for a public health showcase…. DM me!!!

Global health security and refugee/migrant technical assistance. You know. Actual diplomacy. But please tell me about this wasteful HR spending you all seem to be so stuck on. Or just how HR is suppose to function in a large organization with embassies all over the world. I’ll wait.

Hi. Former state department employee here None of the state department employees in the diplomatic corps are redundant and serve critical roles for US diplomacy… This is just a repeat of what they did at CDC. Meanwhile Rubio (how many roles does he have now?) continues being an expensive doorstep

Look at all that “transparency”

I’m watching The Gilded Age and while it is entertaining, I can’t help but feel this sickening familiarity as the wealthy industries sit and bicker over lost profit for providing comparable wages and installing safety standards Times change, but now we’re arguing over food and basic medical care

We’ve officially stamped our approval on an actual eugenics based approach to providing healthcare. Meanwhile RFK Jr’s fucking dumbass is still talking about synthetic dyes and our president is openly screaming at people to buy his repackaged axe body spray Dumbest fucking timeline

So about those “thousands” of private sector jobs for former fed employees 🙄

When I say that we were THIS close to actually beating HIV domestically and globally…. And then to have it all ripped away is beyond cruel and inhumane We have effectively set back DECADES of progress in just a few short months All to please a small group of rich greedy bigoted men

Bucket vs Water Bottle Who wins?

Not even close to daddy status. Stinks of log cabin republican bullshit Signed A Zaddy

Remember when folks were STILL defending target….and yet they had the audacity to sell pride merchandise and STILL pull out of pride sponsorships? Go ahead and try to reason around that. You can’t halfass being an ally. We can tell.

It’s inevitable that we will need to rely heavily on the great work of the AAP and ACOG for recommended care and actual scientific guidance. Not ones driven by ChatGPT fabricated lies

We really do live in the dumbest timeline

I might not be able to march with my CDC colleagues, but I was able to march with my new county public health family for pride. #happypride

The new bird feeder has become buckets new widescreen TV

….are we honestly still trying to do this tired old fucking trope? Still not a shred of actual linkage data on the covid vaccine to “massive sudden deaths” after….how many years is it now? Keep reaching Sweety, maybe one day you’ll be tall/old enough to understand what’s actually happening

My CDC family sent me happy pride roses to my work 🥹. Even if we’re no longer working together, the love and support will always be there. My heart is full.

Close to a 3rd world war, but hey, at least we took care of the rampant immigration issue, Medicaid/medicare corruption, vaccine overdosing, and massive federal overspending….. Right?

I have been nothing but extremely lucky and fortunate that I was able to land a job after being fired from CDC. But unfortunately the same cannot be said for my colleagues. Many of them are still desperately seeking a comparable job to replace the career they had built at the CDC

Midwest nice is by far the most insidious thing.