I can’t even recover from being sick in peace. (Jk her screams heal me)

We do indeed live in the stupidest timeline No evidence Just vibes And now we’re about to put babies at risk

Day 2. Committee meetings still seem to be a confusing concept to these geniuses

If you need any further evidence on why CDC is broken, just look at the past few ACIP meetings. These “experts” can barely run a structured meeting with appropriate due process. You trust that these charlatans know what’s best for America’s health when they can barely understand the word “AGENDA”?

Ignoring and not talking about AIDS does not make it go away Donny. I cannot think of a single time where a country or multi-lateral entity has EVER chosen not to commemorate World AIDS Day. But don't worry. We took care of those nasty seed oils.

I finally reorganized the whole bookshelf in my office. I need more shelves…

So. Pebble is definitely no longer a kitten

It's been almost 9 months since the first set of illegal firings began happening across the federal government. More than 200K How much money did that save the federal government? $0 How much will their critical service cost the American public? Billions Meanwhile...

Sorry Temu Karen

No former and current federal employee should feel good about the fact that chuck and gang have decided to cave on the ACA subsidies. It’s a slap to the face of everyone who has suffered this far to fight back. Every single one of them needs to be primaried.

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