Lauri DeRuiter-Willems

#liar. Do we know if anything (artifacts, treasures, history) that was in that space was preserved, or did it all get destroyed?

Again, believe the opposite of whatever dft says!

(1/3) 🌍 Today is ALSO World Polio Day!
Today commemorates the birthday of Jonas Salk, who developed the first effective polio vaccine. It highlights progress made through the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, a partnership of many health organizations, including CDC and WHO.

(2/3) 🩺 Polio vaccination campaigns are a clear global health success story. Polio once paralyzed 1,000 children EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.

Vaccines changed that. There's been a 99% reduction in polio cases since 1988. That's more than 20 million people spared from paralysis.

Was dft sent to speed up the demise of the planet? Grrr.

Trump OKs drilling in Alaska wildlife refuge share.google/FYRyhKkY1N56...

Wisdom from Schoolhouse Rock.

OMG. It may be safer to do the exact opposite of whatever doodoo rfk jr' says. Now it will be M.A.FatAgain.

MAHA? Health Sec. Robert Kennedy Jr. to advocate for more saturated fats share.google/10Opjz9Cge7U...

👏👏👏

JB Pritzker issues defiant response to Donald Trump's jail demand National Guard troops are positioned outside Chicago as President Donald Trump's administration pushes ahead with an aggressive policy toward big-city crime.

Thank you JB for standing up for Illinois! www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

Congratulations to Sienna Mark on receiving this prestigious scholarship! www.eiu.edu/media/viewst...

Picture of a large green oak tree with spreading branches. Caption reads "In public health we plant the seeds of trees under whose shade we will never rest."

This week it’s hard not to despair as we see everything we’ve lost. But public health has always been an act of faith. Faith that incremental changes can make vast differences in the future. So keep speaking up. Keep doing the work. We are the keepers of the seeds. And we will grow again. 💚

CDC's Population Health Office Is Gone Only one critical, long-standing national survey was spared

Prevention should always be the first effort! They're doing it backward again. "Getting rid of efforts for prevention, early detection, and supporting caregivers seems so counter to the idea of finding efficiencies in federal spending," one source said. www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...

Please NO! We already have a holiday on that day... Flag Day! It was also my mother and grandmother bday - they are worthy of celebration!

Trump administration cuts $153 million in Illinois public health, substance abuse programs The Illinois cuts are part of $12 billion in grants that the federal Department of Health and Human Services canceled this week.

www.wbez.org/politics/202...

I know this is happening around the country, but there's a little extra sting when it's your own state, and so many of my friends and colleagues are working directly in this field. Continue making phone calls!!

AOC, @aoc.bsky.social, making the case for free speech alongside universal healthcare is so KEY for the left, because it's time progressives reclaimed the mantle of fighting for free speech from the faux free speech warriors of the right.

Good solid explanation of the measles. CDC states people born before 1957 and vaccinated before 1968 do not have immunity. Public health departments or pharmacies typically provide MMR vaccines.

USDA cuts over $1 billion in local food purchasing for schools and food banks The School Nutrition Association said the USDA cut the Local Food for Schools program for 2025.

This is like a bad version of the children's book "If you give a pig a pancake." The impact of these cuts goes so far ... schools meal programs, food pantries, farmers, and growers are all going to feel this in a negative way.
www.today.com/food/news/us...

Arlington Cemetery website drops links for Black, Hispanic, and women veterans The Arlington National Cemetery website "unpublished" links to material about Black, Hispanic and women veterans.

No big deal (said sarcastically), they just wipe out reference to Black, Hispanic, and women notable veterans like these honored individuals never existed or didn't do whatever they did? UNACCEPTABLE!!!!!

taskandpurpose.com/news/arlingt...

U.S. Is Added to Human Rights Watchlist The United States was added Sunday to the CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist, due to declining civil liberties.

We used to be the country to help others, welcome with open arms, and example of good. This is embarrassing.
time.com/7266334/us-h...

Yet another crazy plot. Anyone think women should try to get names, DLs, and passports changed now to include their birth last names if they can? I know this act excludes many and should not pass!!!!

Please!!!

Remind them that standing

up for democracy matters

—and that we the people

have the power to vote

them out if they won’t.

WTAF?

He doesn't deserve ANY respect! Now Warner doesn't either. 😡

I laughed out loud at this and had one person's face in mind. Any guesses who?

Geez. Colleges have been safe spaces for young adults to express themselves through protest. Permanently expelled? Not sure that protests are part of the student conduct code. No masks? Not only to see who's there, no protection from whatever virus is around. Makes me think of Kent State - hope not.

Geez. Colleges have been safe spaces for young adults to express themselves through protest. Permanently expelled? Not sure that protests are part of the student conduct code. No masks? Not only to see who's there, no protection from whatever virus is around. Makes me think of Kent State - hope not.

“To achieve success in the elections, Donald Trump relied on certain forces to which he has corresponding obligations. And as a responsible person, he will be obliged to fulfill them.”
“The new administration is rapidly changing all foreign policy ... This largely aligns with our vision.”

One of these is not like the other ... Zelensky knows what's right!

But so much worse, and it's only a few weeks in. #shitshow