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Plague Dr. K

@plaguedrk.bsky.social

Mom of two heathens and the handler of a fluffy dog. Science nerd, book lover and defender of public health. University of Illinois and Purdue

83 Followers  |  98 Following  |  100 Posts  |  Joined: 23.01.2025  |  2.0818

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Following all. Please follow back. Let's help the #Resister community grow.

07.11.2025 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Video CDC staff are 'struggling' to keep Americans safe in shutdown: Former CDC leader Dr. Deb Houry, former deputy director of the CDC, discusses the state of the agency amid terminations and a government shutdown.

The furlough and firings at CDC hurt all all of us as the nation's public health agency is unable to respond to communities and is lacking basic functions like HR and IRB abcnews.go.com/US/video/cdc...

07.11.2025 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 114    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Scientist James Watson has died. As per his final requests, he will be buried in such a position that he can still look over the shoulder of the grave of Dr. Franklin, just in case zombie Rosalind discovers something else worth swiping.

07.11.2025 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 117    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
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Someone is feeling judgy

08.11.2025 01:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Following all. Please follow back. Let's help the community grow. #StrongerTogether

26.10.2025 19:47 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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a woman in a black dress says it - it - the f - it - flam - flames ALT: a woman in a black dress says it - it - the f - it - flam - flames

He’s gonna put TRUMP in gold letters on the White House, isn’t he

21.10.2025 05:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3576    πŸ” 579    πŸ’¬ 292    πŸ“Œ 46
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Destruction of the White House East Wing began today. Here it is in better times with better residents.

20.10.2025 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 12716    πŸ” 3265    πŸ’¬ 325    πŸ“Œ 138
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What creepy books are you reading for October? I’m really enjoying Summer of Night thanks to @bubs1.bsky.social but I need my next spooky fix!

05.10.2025 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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A β€˜hostile takeover’: ousted CDC official raises alarm over RFK Jr approach to infectious disease Debra Houry speaks after testifying on eight months under Kennedy, who critics say shuns science and spreads falsehoods

This is another damning picture of Kennedy refusing to meet with senior scientists and get advice about infections or vaccines whilst he spreads disinformation #healthpolicy

05.10.2025 07:06 β€” πŸ‘ 288    πŸ” 117    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 4

Yes, I laughed but then Tylenol doesn’t cause autism or people to be shitbags.

05.10.2025 17:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Redistribution of money… what does that sound like??? I just can’t think of the term right now. Can someone help me out?

05.10.2025 17:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Very solid choice!

05.10.2025 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Colbert Stewart 2028 ticket would be amazing.

05.10.2025 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A double shutdown of state and federal government in Michigan would have been devastating to those of us in public health. State got the job done, but there are major cuts to MDHHS staffing.

05.10.2025 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This would be a great platform to run on for any office.

04.10.2025 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Spot on.

04.10.2025 12:08 β€” πŸ‘ 23618    πŸ” 10777    πŸ’¬ 722    πŸ“Œ 488
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Got some new antibiotic stickers on the Etsy store for all your stewardship & pharmacology needs. 😜

labbeaglegames.etsy.com/listing/4315...

#IDSky #AMSSky

21.06.2025 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
War and Disaster Resources | International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

Resources for dealing with war and disaster-related stress can be found here. #war #stress #ptsd

22.06.2025 00:35 β€” πŸ‘ 472    πŸ” 199    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 10

Now they’re off having their self congratulatory circle jerk.

22.06.2025 03:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well this certainly stopped people making fun of his lame ass birthday parade. He’s always looking for the next episode of his reality show. Don’t like the current narrative? Blow something up!

22.06.2025 03:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

These didn’t age well.

22.06.2025 03:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This shitstain continues to get away with whatever illegalities he wants because congress most of congress is in a cult and the rest has no goddamn spine.

22.06.2025 03:25 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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Good morning!

πŸ“£ Reminder:
Public comments for the June CDC ACIP meeting close *tonight* at 11:59pm ET.

ICYMI: RFKJ replaced all 17 expert members with 8 new appointees, some of whom have publicly expressed vaccine skepticism.

Comment here:
www.regulations.gov/document/CDC...

20.06.2025 12:51 β€” πŸ‘ 187    πŸ” 94    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 8
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The crisis in American science - Kathryn M. Olesko, Anthony Eames, Cyrus C. M. Mody, Ilana LΓΆwy, Thomas Zeller, Mark Walker, Mitchell G. Ash, Donna Haraway, 2025 The second regime of Donald J. Trump has decimated federal science and federally supported science to a greater degree than his first regime, unleashing an unpr...

I ask my new + old followers to circulate this open access roundtable onAmerican science. Please repost! We in the USA are losing our lead in scientific research due to totalitarian tendencies in the current administration. This loss will affect all of us.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

20.06.2025 02:08 β€” πŸ‘ 59    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

Louder for the idiots in the back

20.06.2025 02:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sign The Open Letter to Stand Up For Science Now! Science is under siege. Join us in adding your name to our open letter condemning Trump’s escalated assault on science in America.

Friend, Science is under siege. Trump’s latest Executive Order that appoints politicians β€” not scientists β€” to evaluate research.

Add your name to our open letter: actionnetwork.org/petitions/op... πŸ§ͺ

19.06.2025 21:03 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

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