Silence = Death

Trump has put together the whitest presidential administration of the 21st century — 91 percent of his confirmed appointees are white.

www.brookings.edu/articles/tra...

Trump dismisses US intelligence that Saudi prince was likely aware of 2018 killing of journalist President Donald Trump is dismissing U.S. intelligence findings that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman likely had some culpability in the the 2018 killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khas...

US intelligence determined that MBS approved the killing by Saudi agents of a US-based journalist inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, according to findings declassified in 2021 at the start of the Biden administration. Trump officials had refused to release the report.
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CDC’s Autism Website ‘Update’ Came Directly From Kennedy, He Says Ex-CDC vaccines chief Dr. Demetre Daskalakis called the update a “national embarrassment.”

RFK Jr. revealed that he personally ordered the CDC to change its website to push the widely debunked claim that vaccines and autism are linked

Out of pocket cost of common adult vaccines in U.S.
- Flu - $20 to $120
- Shingrix - $400
- TDAP - $25- $100
- Prevnar20 -$312
- HepB series - $120-$330
- COVID vaccine -$200
As per goodRx

To remove vaccines from ACIP guidelines, which seems to be the end goal here, is effectively a ban. If a vaccine is not recommended, Medicare/Medicaid and private insurance can refuse to cover it. Few people can afford to pay for the cost out of pocket.

RFK Jr's end game is to ban vaccines!!!

Defend public health now has a website. It's packed with resources and ways to get involved. If you care about public health and are appalled by the efforts to dismantle it, there's always something you can do to raise awareness and support the cause. Check it out.
www.defendpublichealth.org

White House official confirms Trump had conversation last night with Enrique Tarrio at Mar-a-Lago last night as Trump was walking to his dinner table

On social media, Tarrio said Trump told him to thank the J6ers

Facebook Allegedly Detected When Teen Girls Deleted Selfies So It Could Serve Them Beauty Ads A recent tell-all by a Facebook insider reveals the insidious nature of Facebook's advertising empire, and the dangerous consequences.

Facebook allegedly detected when teen girls deleted selfies so it could serve them beauty ads

I am traveling today and happen to be wearing a jacket with the logo of the health system I work for. Three people at the airport have wished me "happy nurses' day".
I've replied, "Thank you, nurses are awesome, and I'm a doctor."😊
Be careful how you carry your bias, Black women can be doctors too 🤷🏽‍♀️

The CFPB Has Been Gutted The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau terminated the positions of 1,406 employees at the congressionally mandated agency.

This is getting fewer headlines than it should. After coming to power promising to help working people, the president is revealing his real priorities by actively making it easier for banks to rip people off.

PS - It is unethical, irresponsible and cruel to expose people knowingly to communicable diseases that can cause death or severe irreversible harm. It also violates the medical tenet of " first do not harm".
But again uncharted waters, crazy waters, cruel and irrational waters.

I haven’t done enough to speak out for my loved ones. Today I commit to do better.

Ahead of Germany’s election, with anti-immigrant sentiment rising, they released viral videos showing life without immigrants.

History proves that when a country starts erasing certain people, it doesn’t end well.
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Breaking:

A federal judge just barred the Trump admin from carrying out mass deportations under the 18th century-era Alien Enemies Act that Trump invoked hours ago.

The Opposite Of A Karen

NEW: China just announced it will impose additional tariffs of up to 15% on some U.S. goods, including chicken, dairy, fruits and vegetables, and Canada will impose 25% tariffs in response to Trump's new tariffs on the countries.

If you have been exposed to #measles you can get post-exposure vaccination. Ideally within 72 hours of the exposure. This can help reduce the severity of illness and could even prevent you from developing symptoms at all.
Given exposures in gyms and at airports consider this a free tip.

CDC A(H5N1) Bird Flu Response Update February 26, 2025 CDC provides an update on recent developments in the multistate outbreak of avian influenza A(H5N1)

Great to see the CDC providing an update on the #birdflu outbreak.
Key points
1/ The CDC has sequenced the H5N1 viruses from recent human cases in Wyoming and Nevada. The data are now publicly available on GISAID:
Wyoming: EPI_ISL_19749443
Nevada: EPI_ISL_19726293
www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/spo...

The president of the American Federation of Government Employees, Everett Kelley, threatens to sue over Elon Musk's email to federal employees: "AFGE will challenge any unlawful terminations of our members and federal employees across the country."

Alarm as bird flu now ‘endemic in cows’ while Trump cuts staff and funding Experts say current US outbreak is unlikely to end without intervention with further mutation of virus likely

Suppressing data will not make birdflu disappear
Firing USDA staff will not help end the outbreak.
Crippling public health agencies will not bring down egg prices.
Viruses don't consider politics in how they spread and adapt. They seize opportunity.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This made my day!😀
Gotta love a chemistry professor with some #Culture
#HappyBlackHistoryMonth

Canada will be made a state when hell freezes over. Tabarnak mdr💀

The U.S is entering a trade war it’s not gonna win with one of its closest allies, this is so unbelievably fucking stupid. I can feel my neurons dripping onto my skull like wax every time I hear this dumb fucking rhetoric

Yup. I wondered if I was the only one baffled by this.

Top Social Security official exits after clash with Musk’s DOGE over data Yet another top career staffer is leaving the administration amid a disagreement over a request by Elon Musk’s team for sensitive government information.

The acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration left her job this weekend after a clash with Elon Musk's DOGE over their attempts to access sensitive government records.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Trump has signed an executive order halting federal funds for schools that require students to be vaccinated against COVID before they can attend classes in person.