I think this cartoon was circa Trump admin #1 - and even more painfully accurate today. We’re proud of what we do at CDC. Proud to serve. Proud to be #FedStrong 💚 But for tonight’s lighter question: If you weren’t in public health… what would your other dream job be? 🎭📚🎨

Missed this by a few days (oops!) - but still want to highlight. "Make life a little better - for the people and places around you - just like USAID did. 🕊️🌍" Try it anytime this week. No deadline for acts of kindness! 🫶 @altusaid.altgov.info @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social

Heartbreaking.

🧵1/5 Article a few weeks old and no less devastating. It is *tragic*, morally repugnant, and simply *dangerous* that DOGE/this admin have fired the experts working on fighting outbreaks. We cannot protect ourselves if we remove the infrastructure and staff working tirelessly to keep us safe. 🎁🔗👇

Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.

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#FedStrong #GoodTrouble #AltCitizen

Highlighting the CDC's pertussis surveillance program - 🏆 an example of public health thriving ✅ Detects where in the USA pertussis cases are happening 🎯 To identify outbreaks ➡️ end the outbreak 😵‍💫 Enhanced surveillance - looks for disease strains resistant to the antibiotics we usually use.

In good news ... (Cannot believe I'm posting about a Subway sandwich... Weird times we are in 😵‍💫😅)

The American Economy is suffering from Acute Kleptocracy Exposure Syndrome: ICD-$ Onset: minutes after contact with goons, grifters, and tech bros. Symptoms may include: • fainting spells from being bled dry • widespread malaise • elevated inequality Treatment: strong doses of civic engagement

Actions have consequences. Unfortunately for people providing and seeking reliable OB/GYN care in Iowa, they’re experiencing the negative consequences of others’ choices and actions. Rarely do the people making the rules have to live by or suffer under them.

We could give you a nuanced take on the false and misleading claims and fear mongering design of this crunchy MAHA anti-vax graphic. But instead we’ll just add: “Rotate baby for maximum stabbage” 😈

When the chickens come home to roost carrying H5N1.

The sky is blue The grass is green If you confuse people with nonsense They won’t get vaccines

Good morning. We’re feeling silly today. You’ve been warned. 🤪 What kind of day are you having?

We're halfway through the week, folks. Whether you're furloughed, excepted, exempted, or just watching this shutdown drama, take care of yourselves and get a good night of sleep. Because that's what we're off to do now GN 💚

Just like Deb and Demetre, we're all looking forward to the day we can put the MAHA movement behind us for good Then we can get back to the real work of actually improving Americans' health instead of side-eyeing quacks 🦆

The call 📞 is coming from inside the house 🏠 The only data chaos at CDC is coming from RFKJr. Because if you fire the folks responsible for national survey data... that's bound to cause some data chaos 🌪 Here are the 954 HHS souls wrongfully fired on 10/10: www.courtlistener.com/docket/71502...

DYK that the humble sandwich, friend of brown bag lunches everywhere, can pose several health threats? Here's a few 👇 🦠Listeria contamination of deli meats 🥬Norovirus on leafy greens 🧅Explosions of onions (only if you're a border patrol agent)

🧵🦠There is an ongoing listeria outbreak linked to prepared pasta that has caused 25 hospitalizations and 6 deaths across 18 states. Food recalls: 🚫Sprouts Farmers Market smoked mozzarella pasta salad🚫Scott & Jon's shrimp scampi with linguini bowls www.cdc.gov/listeria/out...

It's day 36 of the shutdown 🚫💵and day 5 of no SNAP 🍽️(despite court orders). We are so grateful to communities coming together to care for one another ❤️‍🩹 If you're a CDC worker needing resources or an ally wanting to support CDC workers 👉https://www.cdcresourceportal.org/

💉🧵Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection season is usually Oct-May and peaks Dec-Jan. If eligible, now is the time to get protected, especially before holiday travel. ✈️ RSV infections can be serious in the elderly, young babies, and people with certain conditions. Who should get immunized? 👇

🟥CDC, how do we protect ourselves from Trump’s violations of fed worker rights? Our union, AFGE 2883. 💪Most recently, AFGE won an injunction against the illegal shutdown firings. They will be our recourse if back pay is not given. Join to support and get represented 👉https://join.afge.org/L2883 🟥

The leaves 🍂 are mostly still on the trees here in Georgia but we know up north it’s getting cold 🥶 Make sure your home and car are prepped for winter weather emergencies. 🚫Never use a generator inside your home/garage ✅Check carbon monoxide & smoke detectors are working 🎒Prep car emergency kit

Welcome to day 36 of the longest shutdown in USA history. We were feeling good with the excitement and voter turnout out yesterday. Our morning has been disrupted by many of our colleagues getting paychecks that state the owe money. WTH? More on this to come as we figure it out.

Good morning friends. As Mamdani said last night, Hope is alive 💚

That’s it for tonight! We will be back to health posts tomorrow. We enjoyed taking pot shots at Cuomo, but after tonight we aspire to never hear from or see him again. We will leave you with the only thing from his COVID response that we enjoyed (it left us laughing instead of cursing). #nocuomo

California does the work and the cities want Dem Mayors. In Cincinnati, JD Vance’s brother lost to a Dem. Pittsburgh, Detroit, Minneapolis, Atlanta and Buffalo have all elected Dem mayors Seattle’s mayoral race hasn’t been called but both contestants are blue so that’s a pretty solid sweep!

Colorado shows that feeding children is still a popular notion. All school meals should be free.

Bad night for sexual assaulters all around

Feeling excited and want to fight back? Become a poll worker! We know he is working to rig the midterms. Don’t let him!

Repro wins so far: - Virginia protected its status as the last abortion access haven in the South - The Pennsylvania Supreme Court retained the three Democratic justices needed to protect abortion - New Jersey elected a Dem governor (vital as one of the few states w/zero abortion restrictions)

It’s been an amazing night at on the East Coast from Maine to Florida (yes, Florida). 🤞for Chicago and the West Coast.

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Hizzoner MAMDANI!

If you need a laugh today please read this glorious thread about day 2 of Sandwich Guy’s trial 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

There are more of us than there are of them.

This could be you!! We don’t just need new blood in our politics, we need real people who care about their communities. We have to fight fascism at every level. Run for Something!

Everyone in Virginia is now obligated to transition. Welcome! 🏳️‍⚧️

Ah, off-cycle election night. Time to start obsessively following the returns for a faraway candidate I just learned about an hour ago.

It has been 2 months since FDA head Marty Makary falsely alleged that “There have been children who have died from the COVID vaccine…We’re gonna release a report in the coming few weeks”. His report is still nowhere to be found. Where’s the report, shitbirds?

I think a thing we'll learn tonight is that people fucking hate what is going on and they will straight ticket vote against anyone involved in starving people while pillaging the country and kidnapping their neighbors. I don't think it matters at all who that person is.

ELECTION RAGE/JOY THREAD As polls are starting to close on the East Coast, let us know how your local elections are doing! We tried to have a betting pool for NYC but no one was dumb enough to put money on Cuomo. 🇺🇸🗳️🇺🇸🗽🇺🇸

FACTS.

Salk’s response when asked why he didn’t patent the polio vaccine was to respond, “can you patent the sun?” (NB you cannot patent the sun but you can patent anything the sun shines on which is how tech ruined innovation)

"During the next hurricane, or wildfire, or flood, or nuclear assault, ask yourself if you want to call a Cato policy wonk to protect your family; or would you want an oath-bound service of uniformed health professionals who deploy anywhere at any time without regard to their own well-being?"

❓When people say, "the longest in U.S. history," how long is that? The U.S. was founded in 1776. So, "the longest" means 249 years. That’s 8-10 generations of people. Think about that when we say: Tonight, this government shutdown will become the longest in U.S. history. Let that sink in.

Good morning! We've got two tasks we are requesting of y'all today: 1) If you're in an area with an election, GO VOTE! 2) If the Louvre has taught us anything, now might be a good time to change your passwords from "Password" to something more secure...

It’s time for another episode of correlation vs causation as another study is being widely reported and misinterpreted. The hype: A study of electronic health records claims that adults prescribed melatonin are more likely to have cardiac issues.

An excellent breakdown of the new "study" linking vaccines to autism @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social "We manually reviewed every single one of the 308 references...the list is essentially a sea of red flags." theunbiasedscipod.substack.com/p/anti-vacci...