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Leo Lam, Ph.D.πŸ’‰βš•οΈπŸŒŽ

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Husband, dog/cat dad, anesthesia researcher, med. device dev, a few medical patents, Humanist, C-PTSD Survivor, Business owner, Angel Investor.

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Geezus. The CDC has completely lost it's relevance due to this administration. RFK Jr. must go.

20.11.2025 23:06 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Physiological drivers of pks+ E. coli in colorectal cancer Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a significant global health challenge, with rising incidence, particularly among individuals under 50. Increasing evidence highlights the gut microbiota as key contributors ...

Eat cooked food, especially since Trump has cut food inspectors at the USDA and CDC. It is up to us now.
Link below:
www.cell.com/trends/micro...

10.11.2025 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Science Monday: Certain strains of E. coli can contribute to colon cancer by producing a toxin called colibactin, which can damage DNA and disrupt cell cycles. This is not a cause-and-effect link for all cases, but a significant risk factor, particularly when exposure occurs in early childhood.

10.11.2025 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Venezuela has the world’s largest oil reserves.
Nigeria has natural gas, precious metals and the world's 10th largest oil reserves.
It's pretty clear what this administration is doing.

02.11.2025 05:16 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What a hell hole Seattle is.

(Glorious fall is upon us).

28.10.2025 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Amazon, which got a huge billion dollar tax break from the Big Ugly Bill, is laying off 30,000 people.

No, it doesn't trickle down.

28.10.2025 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

At this rate of RFK Jr.'s destruction of the CDC and FDA, I once again call upon Governor Ferguson, Newsom and Kotek
to form the West Coast equivalent to safeguard our public health. We should have our own Cascadia CDC and Cascadia Drug Administration, ones that practice evidence based medicine.

12.06.2025 04:53 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

After the DoD failed so many audits, Pete Hegseth is worried about the names on Navy ships. These are not serious people.

04.06.2025 21:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

At a House testimony, RFK Jr said β€œI don't think people should be taking medical advice from me.”

That's right. Even he knows he is unqualified. He should resign.

14.05.2025 22:11 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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GOP Lays Groundwork To Restrict Abortion Pill With New Junk Science Report Recent comments from Trump’s FDA commissioner, coupled with an anti-abortion study on mifepristone, are setting off alarm bells among reproductive rights groups.

Decades of evidence-based, peer-reviewed studies have shown that Mifepristone is safe and effective. Now these people are quoting a non-peer-reviewed "study" coming out of a right-wing "think tank" to try to justify restricting Mifepristone. This is despicable.

www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-la...

13.05.2025 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As expected, the "lower drug cost" Executive Order has no teeth, and it is literally asking drug companies to "voluntarily" lower drug prices and ask the HHS secretary to "facilitate" direct-to-consumer sales of drugs. We know how this administration interprets "facilitate".
Good luck with that.

13.05.2025 17:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He is one step away from selling supplements.

06.05.2025 05:18 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

RFK Jr. terminated the program that promote the flu vaccine, leading to the plummeting of flu vaccination rate among American children. Pediatric flu death this season is now 216, the most in 15 years. He is actively killing children.

04.05.2025 00:27 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Trump administration’s latest budget proposal kills the whole CDC nutrition division.

This is MAHA?

03.05.2025 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Exclusive: NIH to suspend funds for research abroad as it overhauls policy Move by US biomedical agency threatens thousands of projects on infectious diseases, cancer and more.

NIH may pull all global health funding for foreign researchers, potentially killing 25 million people in the next 15 years.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

01.05.2025 04:09 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump's budget is proposing to cut the Narcan program, the program that saved hundreds of thousands of lives per year from opioid overdose.

Are we great yet?

01.05.2025 03:37 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

RFK Jr. said today about fluoride in water: "The more you get, the stupider you are. We need smart kids. We need healthy kids."
Fact: Studies show that there is no correlation between IQ and fluoridation of water at the level approved in this country (0.7 mg/L).

01.05.2025 03:24 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump's budget is proposing to cut the Narcan program, the program that saved hundreds of thousands of lives per year from opioid overdose.
Are we great yet?

27.04.2025 00:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"USDA withdraws a plan to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry"

Salmonella kills 420 people in the US every year. This is Making America Sicker Again. (The rule was adopted during the Biden Administration).

24.04.2025 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Tesla profit down 71% and it is still profitable ONLY because of government handout, regulatory credits. Corporate socialism at work. And Musk has the gall to talk about handouts.

23.04.2025 22:51 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

After staff cuts, the FDA is suspending its food quality safety check program, increasing the chance of foodborne illnesses.
How does this make America healthier? This literally makes America sick.

19.04.2025 02:56 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Canceling research grants isn’t just a budget cutβ€”it's shutting down projects already deemed valuable by experts. Universities can’t just dip into endowments to cover the loss since those funds are legally restricted.

19.04.2025 01:39 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Currently there is a Hepatitis C outbreak in Florida.
They sent blood samples to the CDC.
Trump and RFK Jr. shuts down the only CDC lab capable of testing them.
This is not efficiency or saving, this is negligence on a national scale.

18.04.2025 01:31 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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In the middle of a hepatitis outbreak, U.S. shutters the one CDC lab that could help All 27 scientists at the CDC's viral hepatitis lab were told their duties were "unnecessary." Ongoing outbreak investigations have now been halted.

www.npr.org/2025/04/16/n...

17.04.2025 01:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

HHS shuttered the Division of Viral Hepatitis in the CDC's headquarters, saying that it is duplicative, when it is a unique lab with unique capabilities. Ongoing investigations of current hepatitis outbreaks have been stalled nationwide. Now we don't know where we have an outbreak at all.

17.04.2025 01:01 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Reminder: Signalgate.
It was just 20 days ago.

14.04.2025 02:51 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

MAHA should note:
Trump is up to date on all required vaccinations.

14.04.2025 02:50 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Last night, arsonist(s) attempted to burn down the PA Governor's residence in Harrisburg in a clear act of domestic terrorism. Governor Shapiro and family was evacuated.
DOJ: Silence
National media: Silence.

13.04.2025 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

These people have zero strategy. Incompetent at its worst.

13.04.2025 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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White House Plan Calls for NOAA Research Programs to Be Dismantled (Gift Article) A Trump administration budget proposal would essentially eliminate one of the world’s foremost Earth sciences research operations.

Space Weather Prediction Center
Satellite programs (to be privatized by Musk?)
Space Traffic program (to be privatized?)
Marine habitat research and species rehabilitation programs

13.04.2025 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0