Paige Perriello

Fridge in the Pediatric Associates pantry filled with fresh veggies and fruits.

Grateful to generous donors for our new fridge and the ability to add fresh food to the mix in our office pantry! If you have garden/farm surplus we’d gladly take your donation to share with the community!!

Opinion | I’m a Pediatrician. I’m Afraid of Diseases I Thought I’d Never See.

“Pediatricians like me come to our job w/the conviction that children should not die — that whatever might hurt or kill them should be prevented,whether through car seat laws,safety tops on med bottles,pediatric cancer research or,above all, routine vaccination.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/o...

Nikita gill poem About fighting for children ending with all children deserve hope, protection and safety.

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A Texas boy needed protection from measles. The vaccine cost $1,400. Due to the ongoing U.S. measles outbreak, a Texas man worried that his young son was at risk and took him to get vaccinated. The cost of the shot? $1,400.

A sobering story about the price of vaccines in the current US health system for those who are under-insured.

And a cautionary tale for the future, should the government & insurers stop covering this essential part of preventive care.

www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...

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Right?

While the bill would be a boon to wealthy Americans, it would scale back resources for the nation's poorest households, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) warned in a recent letter to lawmakers.”

Brutal:

“Low-income children and families would be among the groups hit hardest by Republicans' One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

What children in poverty could lose from the 'Big Beautiful Bill' Republicans want to change or reduce key social safety net programs that provide health care, food benefits and financial assistance for millions of children.

This sentence shouldn't need to be said because it feels so obvious, but nonetheless.....

"Research shows investing in vulnerable children isn't just a benefit to them and their families, it also provides lifetime returns to the nation."

www.npr.org/2025/06/20/n...

What children in poverty could lose from the 'Big Beautiful Bill' Republicans want to change or reduce key social safety net programs that provide health care, food benefits and financial assistance for millions of children.

If you're wondering why all the pediatricians you know are feeling worried and angry - this is it right here. I really encourage you to read the article and use these facts to help advocate for our children.

www.npr.org/2025/06/20/n...

Headline about Trump cutting suicide hotline for lgbtq people

The cruelty is the point… F these people. And check in on the people you love.

Terrible news from SCOTUS😡

Winning back elections for the people takes all kinds of work- and I am superbly grateful to Clean Virginia for stepping up and being a critical part of the fight!

….there are tons of activists who’ve worked hard for this in all the ways that matter for a very long time - sleeping in trees,fighting legal battles,chaining themselves to machinery to stop a pipeline,showing up at town halls to hold candidates & politicians accountable, & never, never giving up.

This morning, for the first time in VA history, we have 3 candidates running for state wide office who are not beholden to Dominion. This is in huge part due to the efforts of Clean Virginia. Of course, the fight for our environment and people power in Virginia is not 8 years old….

Quote from Brennan Gilmore- ED of Clean Virginia noting it’s the first ti Virginia voters have a clean slate of candidates refusing to utility money.

Huge shout out this morning to @brennangilmore.bsky.social & @cleanvirginia.org ! 8 years ago, it seemed impossible to put forth candidates in VA who could remain principled & competitive w/o accepting money from corporate utilities (who then would exert power over laws, decision making, etc).

Be a good person, give to your community in as many ways as you can think of, be smart and creative (help birth a lot of babies). And voila- a city council seat is yours!!!!! Hope is what this is 💙. And thank you @jenfleisher.bsky.social for running!!!!

Tom Perriello with a I voted sticker encouraging folks to vote for Jay Jones for AG!

Haven’t gotten Tom on here yet, but here’s another nudge for Jay Jones for AG!!!! Be sure you vote today!!

Thank you for watching this so I didn’t have to 😂

Same!

Standing in the shade of a tree at the protest.

Group of protestors.

Awesome energy, despite the heat, at the #nokings protest in Charlottesville! Also loved driving back by when we left and honking at the crowd that stretched for an entire mile!
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Protest today at Stonefield from 12-2

No Kings protest today at Stonefield from 12-2

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NO KINGS Nationwide Protest, June 14, 2025, Stonefield, Noon-2pm, 2100 Hydraulic Rd, Organized by Indivisible Charlottesville

A couple of reminders for TOMORROW.
-Please review our protest safety tips: www.indivisiblecharlottesville.org/protest-safety
-Many of the shops at Stonefield are locally-owned. The folks working there are doing their best to earn a living + many support us! Show them some love & appreciation!

Info flyer for a mindfulness group for LGBtQ teens. Email in the post.

Know a teen who might be interested? Send them this flyer! Space is limited, so registration is required.

Register by emailing Lauren (lernst@readykidscville.org) or Chili (cszlafrok@readykidscville.org)!

RFK Jr. purges every vaccine adviser on CDC panel; will pick replacements Kennedy said the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, a group of experts who recommend vaccines, has been "plagued with persistent conflicts of interest."

RFK jr is the biggest conflict of interest around in the vaccine world 😡😡

www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Kennedy Removes All C.D.C. Vaccine Panel Experts

When people asked early in the administration how we could lose access to vaccines -pediatricians were most worried about the dissolution of the ACIP.

This is very, very bad news.

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/h...