Jason Stamm, MD

The President sees a bad jobs report, and responds by getting rid of the person in charge of the statistics. This is how America becomes a third-rate country.

Today they have crossed a deep red line.

We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.

RFK Jr. ousts entire CDC vaccine advisory committee Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use vaccines.

The ATS condemns the HHS Sec. Kennedy’s unilateral decision to dismiss all members of the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). This decision undermines decades of medical and scientific that have been vital to safeguarding public health.
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A Friday-Night Massacre at the Pentagon Trump’s purge started with his firing of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the top Navy officer, and the vice chief of the Air Force.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

"It is praetorianism, plain and simple."

The Face of Courage You only need to read one thing today, and this is it.

joycevance.substack.com/p/the-face-o...

"But it was never going to be me" 🥄

He's preparing to do something really bad.

ABA condemns remarks questioning legitimacy of courts and judicial review CHICAGO, Feb. 11, 2025 — The American Bar Association condemns recent remarks of high-ranking officials of the administration that appear to question the legitimacy of judicial review and demand impea...

www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...

I don't usually find myself on the same page as attorneys, but kudos to the ABA

It’s honestly just journalism malpractice to report on the Trump press conference today as a straight up news story. Not a scintilla of the absolute bonkersness.

First day on service versus last day on service.

So true. I've lost track of the number of post procedure "pneumothorax" calls from alarmed radiologists were simply trapped lungs in chronic effusions. Even worse is when these poor folks subsequently receive chest tubes🤦

more isn’t always better.

my primary concern with telemedicine ICU consultation is diffusion of responsibility:

- primary attending may be falsely reassured by the involvement of an intensivist

- intensivist defers responsibility to the primary attending

#EMIMCC

a muscular man with his mouth open and the words let 's do this above him ALT: a muscular man with his mouth open and the words let 's do this above him

Update: NEJM started posting! 😁

To all the journals out there: NEJM, JAMA, and @altmetric.com are on Bluesky!

C’mon over journals, you don’t want to be late to the party!