Kurtzer_MD

Nothing says "public service" like telling millions to just get over dying without health care. Truly inspiring leadership.

MAGA Murder Bill: CBO: "8.2M will lose ACA coverage!" Wakely: "Hold our beer." A few weeks ago, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued their official projection of just how much damage the combined effect of the House GOP's budget reconciliation bill (officially the "One B...

🚨🚨🚨 CBO: " #MAGAMurderBill will kick 8.2M ACA enrollees off their coverage!"

Wakely Consulting: "Hold our beer."

New white paper projects up to *~14 MILLION* losing ACA exchange or BHP coverage between House GOP budget bill + IRA subsidy expiration:

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3 years after Dobbs, the harm is undeniable—but so is the resilience. Physicians & clinicians are stepping up, even as they face legal risk for providing evidence-based care that conflicts with restrictive state laws. DFA is proud to help lead the fight—through mobilization, litigation, & education.

If you want to avoid long term health issues, wear a mask

If you care about disabled people, wear a mask

If you care about being able to resist & fight back, wear a mask

If you know that raw milk, vitamin A and green juice aren’t cures, wear a mask

If you want to fight fascism, wear a mask

It took decades for us to reach a place where people were comfortable talking about their autism. Where diagnosis became achievable because awareness & advocacy efforts were successful

This move will undo all of that. People will fear being diagnosed & mask themselves more

The cruelty is the point

NIH building in the background in black and white with a yellowed/faded overlay. Text: SOS Fund the ME/CFS Roadmap.

We are fighting for funding for the ME/CFS Research Roadmap.

We have a letter urging Dr. Bhattacharya to allocate $50 million to fund the ME/CFS Research Roadmap.

Sign our new letter now: bit.ly/MEcfsRoadmap

The more signatures we gather, the louder our call for action.

#PwME #MECFS #NIH

Photo of woman with ME/CFS on mobility scooter in front of sign: Third Annual Community Symposium on the Molecular Basis of ME/CFS, Saturday, September 7, 2019 The post talks about World ME Day on May 12, 2025 and the need for good health care, up-to-date ME/CFS medical education and immediate research funding. This disease impacts people of all ages. Hoping for a cure soon! #StandByMEcfs #StillSickStillFighting #EndMEcfs (Photo of Cynthia Johnson taken by her son in 2019 at an Open Medicine Foundation event. She has suffered from ME/CFS since 2009)

World ME Day - May 12, 2025

I have suffered from ME/CFS since 2009.
We need good health care, up-to-date medical education and immediate research funding!
This bipartisan issue impacts people of all ages.
Please help us find the cure soon.
#StandByMEcfs #StillSickStillFighting #MEcfs #EndMEcfs

Kids keep getting sicker as evidence for COVID immune damage builds As the press pushes "immunity debt" past the breaking point of believability, are parents ready to wake up to the illness crisis?

ICYMI: As kids keep getting sicker, media ignores scientific papers pointing to immune dysregulation and damage after COVID. Instead, parents are urged to “watch out” for unusual waves of RSV, flu, and more, while masks, clean air & COVID go unmentioned.

www.thegauntlet.news/p/kids-keep-...

The health-related quality of life among survivors with post-COVID conditions in the United States Background Even after a mild initial SARS-CoV-2 infection, a considerable proportion of patients experience long-lasting symptoms. However, there is scarce data on how post-COVID conditions (PCCs) are...

In the U.S., a study with 108,237 COVID survivors reveals that post-COVID conditions (PCCs) significantly reduce quality of life.

Survivors with PCCs report poorer general, mental, and physical health, especially in middle age.

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Greyhound, I promise I will never talk smack about you ever again.

Bravo

The next time you hear RFK Jr talk about how he wants to “make America healthy” and end the chronic illness epidemic … remember that he just chose to cut the entire NIOSH department.

A group of people whose sole purpose is to help prevent sickness, death and disability.

Retired early from clinical medicine this week :( Not what I wanted but have to protect my health and family wellbeing now which couldn’t happen in my role as office TIC gynecologist. I will continue in education and advocacy spaces in healthcare and community orgs I am involved in and fighting LC!

Maintaining a Baseline Means Everything When You're Chronically Ill So why is it so hard to do? And how can we make it a bit easier?

The executive functioning required to make these decisions is considerable, and ironically also has a negative impact on our baseline. It’s exhausting having to be on high alert all the time. Unfortunately the alternative, throwing caution to the wind, is far more dangerous to our health.

abc headline, women choosing to be single bc of dating pressure

abc missing the point... again

its not "dating pressure" is violence, assault, misogyny, death threats, stalking, revenge pr0n, r*pe, murder

Nobody seems to get this. I have lived with this possibility that one unfortunate encounter could leave me bed and house bound and that hangs over my head every day I walk in to face unmasked people in my workplace. I am finally escaping to safety after 5 years of suffering this reality.

“You’re already sick so why not take the risk?”

Non disabled people act like because our level of functioning is reduced, we should be ok taking extra risks.

It’s the opposite. We know the pain of losing health & independence. We know help isn’t coming. We protect what we have left at all costs.

Long‐Term Stroke and Mortality Risk Reduction Associated With Acute‐Phase Paxlovid Use in Mild‐to‐Moderate COVID‐19 This retrospective cohort study investigated whether Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir/ritonavir) use during the acute phase of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 reduces the risk of ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke occur....

181 992 matched pairs:

Paxlovid use associated with a significant reduced risk of ischemic & hemorrhagic stroke (HR 0.85) and all-cause mortality (HR 0.68) during the long COVID period, defined as more than 90 days post-diagnosis

Tschüss Psychosomatik

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It will never cease to amaze me that wearing a mask was a deal breaker for many people.

It’s a powerful public health tool. It’s one of the most effective ways to avoid mass disablement. It keeps you & your community healthy. It shows you prioritize self care, disability justice & bodily autonomy.

Studies: 1 in 7 US working-age adults report long COVID, with heaviest burden on the poor

This is no surprise to many of us who work in long COVID. The poor lack access to good care; the poor can’t take time off to rest when they need to; the poor often work in higher exposure risk jobs (healthcare and teaching and essential workers) and are women.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/stu...

This is what they're doing to Dr. Badar Khan Suri.

This is not my America, and the world is aghast.

National public health group calls for RFK Jr. to resign, citing 'complete disregard for science' Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has shown "complete disregard for science” and should resign, says Georges Benjamin of the American Public Health Association.

Georges Benjamin, exec director of the American Public Health Assn, calls on Secretary Kennedy to resign, calling him "a danger to the public’s health.”
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Thank you so much for being there, @metrauxjulia.bsky.social!

Everyone who couldn't make it, we are hosting another rally next Saturday. Looking forward to seeing you there.

This is a copy of text from cdc.org highlighting section about those vaccinated for measles as children between 1963-67 got the killed vaccine rather than the live attenuated vaccine and thus, may not have good immunity if exposed. Checking your records to see which vaccine you got & talking to your doc is advised before getting booster. However, if you cannot find records or unsure of which vaccine, getting an additional booster as an adult is generally felt to be safe.

All avoidable with vaccine. Also for adults, those immunized between 1963-67 did not get the live attenuated vaccine and they may want to consider a booster for protection from measles after a discussion with their doctor.

Hire Clowns, Get a Circus Trump’s horrible, terrible, no good, very bad week

Enjoy Dan Rather’s writing!

RECOVER grants for Long COVID pathobiology research are among those cut under new NIH directive - The Sick Times Some grants for Long COVID pathobiology research in the National Institutes of Health’s RECOVER program are among those rescinded by the federal government this week under a new order to cut all fundi...

🚨: RECOVER grants for Long COVID pathobiology studies were rescinded under a new NIH directive this week.

"...there’s going to be an opportunity cost which will reverberate for generations" one pediatric Long COVID researcher told @thesicktimes.bsky.social

thesicktimes.org/2025/03/27/r...

Why Are Chronically Ill People Forced to Hide Their Pain? And what would happen if we stopped hiding and showed the world the depths of our suffering?

“I don’t know how you do it! I could never be chronically ill!”

We didn’t get a choice. No one asked our permission. Disability just happens. It can happen to you too.

We cope because we have no choice. We can’t trade our bodies in for new ones. We can’t “try harder” our way out of it.

No matter your station in life, there is astoundingly little separating you from those men in that cage behind Kristi Noem. No charges, no attorneys, no hearings, no trial. Just conjecture and brute force could be enough to justify completely dehumanizing you, too.

Himes: This is his life now. He’s nowhere near qualified for the position he holds, so when he gets on a Signal chat with his buddies and says, ‘We’re a go. Centcom says all in. F-18s,’ it just makes him feel really, really good.

Sadly, of course, it puts our people at risk.