Is TrumpRx worth the golden eagle that delivers it to us, you know, like a golden carrion that golden eagles might soar with?? Here is your full analysis. Caveat emptor, to say the least! mccormickmd.substack.com/p/is-trumprx...

Thank you for representing us here in Philly with class, integrity, courage, and a good moral compass.

The same movement that mocked masking as cowardice now defends balaclavas on federal agents as “officer safety,” turning face coverings from a tool of solidarity and public health beneficence into a shield for state violence, terror, and impunity.

Millions of healthcare workers are right there with these devastated coworkers, heroes of the ICU. mccormickmd.substack.com/p/one-family...

So now RFK Jr’s Childrens Health Defense is coming at vaccines with a RICO racketeering lawsuit. They are attacking the American Academy of Pediatrics like one comes after the mafia. You have to read it to believe it, and most importantly, to know some talking points to counter the bullshit:

This is why I’m never leaving a proud city like Philadelphia, especially as communities are threatened, abused, and killed by ICE agents under orders from this regime. I gladly pay my Philly taxes for a generally great District Attorney, Sheriff, and police force.

Not sure how I feel about the culture and economy of getting cats “high” on grass and joints, or the sketchy supplement industry expanding into CBD as a pet panacea, too. Thoughts from pet owners and non-pet owners? As seen in Philly:

Alright, pals: ACIP meeting is beginning. Here is the link to the livestream: www.youtube.com/live/LpthhPB... The updated agenda: www.cdc.gov/acip/downloa... And the prebunk from TEC/Your Local Epidemiologist: open.substack.com/pub/yourloca... Anticipated votes: www.cdc.gov/acip/meeting...

Are you frightened by the #vinayprasad memo in which he claims Covid vaccines caused at least 10 child deaths? We should all want to see the proof... but until then, and don't hold your breath, here's a deep dive on the state of Prasad's predictable, ideological mess mongering. Click to read post:

Just as the West built itself on the myth of endless progress, much of modern medicine, wellness culture, and the longevity industry have constructed their own foundational lie: that with enough effort, tech, and personal responsibility, we can indefinitely postpone decline, disability, and death.

I’m thankful for this roasted dinosaur sacrificed on Thanksgiving. That some birds and mammals were among the 25% of life on Earth to survive the meteoric extinction 66M years ago. I’m sorry for the tragedy of the other 75%. It’s a miracle that any of us survive - conscious, sentient, aware. Cheers!

THIS MOTHERFUCKER HELD A GREAT GATSBY PARTY WHILE 43 MILLION PEOPLE GO HUNGRY AND HEALTHCARE COSTS KEEP RISING.

In an interview on Fox News, anchor Jesse Watters mocks Dr. Anthony Fauci, Kid Rock mocks the public health tool of masking, then both devolve into fits of laughter at Kid’s gleeful use of the disability slur “retard.” Here’s one way to think about it: mccormickmd.substack.com/p/how-to-und...

We should be drawing up plans now for how to retrofit the grotesque White House Billionaires’ Ballroom. In the future it needs to be repurposed as a National Civic Center. Galas honoring teachers, first responders, military, scientists, etc. Town halls. The people’s house returned to the people.

At the end of your primary care visit, Dr. Strong thinks it’s funny as he jokes about dumping liquid feces on you and your family. Sound familiar? mccormickmd.substack.com/p/the-fascis...

This was my favorite canine protester of the day at No Kings in Philly. Absolutely no American hate from anyone on display. Just a plea for more Americans, especially some Republicans, to say “no kings” to the people who twist their values, take away their affordable healthcare (continued) #nokings

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

Do you find this propaganda art inspiring? Did you know our President just got his Covid and flu shots? mccormickmd.substack.com/p/learning-f...

EXCLUSIVE: Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.

Let me know your experience in your state if you have one! In PA CVS pharmacists cannot give Covid shots/flu shots, which they have in stock now, without a doctor’s prescription. For anyone! Never dreamed this would happen for flu shots. Without ACIP meeting, many states can’t dispense shots.

Here’s a new logo for the institution formerly known as CDC, now rebranded as the CFD. Dropped “prevention”, because that takes work, expertise, scientists. Used a Cracker Barrel style that harkens back to the good old days of unchecked polio, measles, and other diseases. What do y’all think?

An apparently healthy child born today WILL NEED TO WAIT UNTIL AGE 65 for their first COVID shot (if you listen to the captured CDC). Fortunately the AAP is lead by actual pediatricians. They remind us that “Infants and children 6 through 23 months of age are at the highest risk for severe COVID

Breaking news on the updated COVID shots for this year. It’s not great, but it could have been worse. Here’s a table I made with the goods, click through for bigger version and details of who can and can’t get the COVID shots, according to the gatekeepers: mccormickmd.substack.com/p/breaking-n...

The next time you’re feeling defeated by fascism, climate apocalypse, anti-science capture of our instituitons,and Sydney Sweeney jeans… just think of how this blue monkey’s got your back. You’re welcome 😂

Our medical establishment, Vinay Prasad and Marty Makary have devoted most of their energy to limiting an MRI abnormality in 1 in 61,500 young men. Is this a good use of their time? The latest episode with @wendyorent.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Outrage and anger drive engagement and attention. But we need a break, and a construct that allows us to feel joy, happiness, and connection even as the world is being shredded. Let me know if this essay helps you for today! mccormickmd.substack.com/p/granting-o...

The next time someone parrots something about: “Current vaccines haven’t been tested in randomized controlled trials.” Tell them here are 276 studies and counting, as compiled by a few real doctors: www.bradspellberg.com/vaccine-rcts Expanded note about this below: substack.com/@mccormickmd...

Trump’s $45 million birthday parade with its tanks and helicopters is an authoritarian ego trip. But the real show of force this weekend won't take place in D.C., it’ll happen in the streets as protesters gather nationwide to declare "No Kings in America!"

Know your rights. Go to your local No Kings protest this Saturday. Especially as a US Senator is on his stomach in handcuffs. There are 343 million Americans with rights. They can’t take these away all at once: aclu.org/know-your-righ… Stay strong. American. Peaceful. Duty and honor. nokings.org

Going out the way he came in (high off his ass)

I just watched this video and love this brave woman. My wife is ok with that 😂. We are going to send her campaign $100 today.

WTF FDA. We don’t approve of your disapproval of Covid vaccines for people who want/need them this fall and beyond. I know, it’s Drs. Prasad/Makary, not really you. This is better: Everyone can get one, but high-risk groups should. Then insurance still covers shots, and we keep studying them.

Anyone else pissed about the narrowing of eligibility for the next round of Covid shots?! If you want to stock up on good quality studies showing that staying up to date with Covid shots, even when healthy, continues to provide net benefits, here’s a timely deep dive:

This is why I think doctors, scientists, public health and other good people should be sad about the passing of Pope Francis. I am. And I’m thankful he tried, too. #popefrancis

Anyone else getting in some “good trouble” this Saturday? Joining up to say hands off our health care, our data, our jobs, our services, our science… our sacred democracy? Local: www.mobilize.us/handsoff/eve... National: handsoff2025.com I am. Here’s why: mccormickmd.substack.com/p/heres-why-...

Absolutely horrendous. Fellow human beings. Cruelty is the point. Does the spectacle of others’ suffering make our collective sufferings more bearable? Maybe those progressive ideas which aim to lessen suffering were the right answer after all. Thanks for highlighting JVL, great live talk today!

Strong crowd here in Philly standing up for Science, medicine, research, patients, truth.💪❤️ I became a doctor to help patients and fight diseases, not to obey sick agendas and fight politicians. #standupforscience2025

I’m going to the ‘Stand Up for Science’ rally next Friday 3/7/25. Stand up for the researchers fired, the public health institutions undermined, the science communication stifled, the research funding cut, the vaccines soon denied, the WHO/CDC/NIH/HHS/EPA disrespected standupforscience2025.org

"Either way, it’s as if Franklin Delano Roosevelt had showered slurs on Winston Churchill during the Blitz and praised Adolf Hitler" -- The Philadelphia Inquirer's great foreign-affairs columnist Trudy Rubin, on what the hell just happened here www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

SO MANY CHILDREN WILL BE HARMED BY THIS

Want a look into the crystal ball of what happens to your healthcare in an America with increasingly cruel, nihilistic, authoritarian rule? It’s not good. But it can be resisted:

Much love and respect to the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Here's their courageous commitment to stand up to misinformation, replete with resources and facts. If only the leadership of this country were so faithfully American... or even just decent towards women's health.

Sick, sick mindsets. Go to the Holocaust Museum in DC, remind yourself of the absolute depravity and horrors of starving families being tortured, killed, hair and teeth extracted, dumped in mass graves… we (Democrats, Republican, independents) MUST RALLY AGAINST anti-American would-be Nazis.

And the ironic thing is that according to this logic, we could also dismiss an RFK Jr death from Covid because he has at least four chronic diseases, including atrial fibrillation, brain worms, mercury poisoning, and spastic dysphonia (previous public domain disclosures).

Thanks @sarah-todd.bsky.social for an excellent read about MAHA and the "cooking with seed oil" profitable panic right now. A really good video, too! I feel better informed, and less likely to freak out and buy a "Make Frying oil Tallow Again" hat.

The legendary Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) gone, just like that. Since 1951, these disease detectives have hit the pavement and secured vital information needed to face emerging threats to our lives.

Heinous—Trump WH/HHS is planning to likely destroy $500 million worth of stockpiled COVID tests. They could give it out for free, but then Trump and RFK Jr would have to admit COVID is serious. And minimizers don’t have the guts to admit millions died. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Every state should press charges-

For those outside of metro Philly, the Inquirer is one of the few remaining major city papers owned by a nonprofit foundation, not by a billionaire.