Simply Having a Wonderful Rx-mas Time 💊

Norovirus was one of the worst things I ever experienced. Couldn’t keep anything down for 8 days then was slowly able to have broth and white rice. It took me over a year to be able to eat food normally again, partly because of developing SIBO.

Graphic that says NOROVIRUS: YOU DON'T WANT IT. It has a figure on hands and knees with effluent coming from both ends.

Never a good sign when I have a chance to post this.

www.usatoday.com/story/travel...

This was just sent to me by an LAUSD parent. A 4th grader was assigned to design a book cover for Pippi Longstocking using Adobe for Education. Here is what the AI tool generated:

I wouldn't necessarily have predicted that this one story would get to me more than many others, but I feel heartsick.

Every married woman who takes her husband's last name has changed their legal name. Legal name changes aren't a matter of opinion - Rachel is her name.

This technology that people in school administrations and higher education are demanding everyone get behind because it's "the future" and "we just have to accept it," which is, nfn, the language of abuse.

Who’s allowed to get the hepatitis B vaccine in the US now? Advisers for the CDC voted to limit the vaccines – here’s what happened and why the vote is so significant

NEW: What does the hepatitis B vote mean, exactly? My explainer: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

If you know me from The Worse Place, you’ve heard this one a lot. If you’re new here (welcome!), I’ll give you a Dr. Whyte axiom: If you scratch an antivaxer, you’ll find a bigot.

Anyone here with political aspirations, please take note. We live in an era, policy-wise where there is such a dearth of humanity that if you simply allow basic fundamental baby-brained levels of human decency to guide your policy it’s like 99% certain you’ll be goddamn Superman to the average voter

This meeting could have been an email that went straight to the junk folder.

I read an article long ago about how accessibility for people with disabilities helps so many more people— the elderly, pregnant people, children, etc. I think the idea of people “not needing it” is influenced by whether people perceive a visible/obvious/permanent disability.

grossly similar to the people who say, “well what about the false reports of rape”

My takeaway from ACIP so far: they have not presented any evidence of harm from the hepatitis B vaccine, yet there are immense benefits.

Suspended!

A brown mutt wearing a bright red tutu. He looks like he is smiling.

My daughter wore this tutu for halloween and then she left it on the ground. Bean found it and figured out how to put it on himself. Doesn't he look nice?

probably because they’d get their nuts chopped off and eaten raw or blended into a smoothie by this group

Congratulations!!! ♥️

This is how you write a headline

And RFK Jr. is trying pulling over to throw the shark in his trunk for dinner

Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) - December 4, 2025 - Day 1 of 2 YouTube video by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Alright, pals: ACIP meeting is beginning.

Here is the link to the livestream:
www.youtube.com/live/LpthhPB...

The updated agenda:
www.cdc.gov/acip/downloa...

And the prebunk from TEC/Your Local Epidemiologist:
open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...

Anticipated votes:
www.cdc.gov/acip/meeting...

Marc Rowan declares Mamdani ‘our enemy’ at 50th UJA-Federation Wall Street Dinner The event, which grossed a record-breaking $57 million in donations, also memorialized Wesley LePatner, the Blackstone executive who was killed in July

It is outrageous that Marc Rowan stood at the UJA Federation dinner (a memorial for Wesley LePatner) and said about Zohran: “He is our enemy.”

Who’s trying to make Jewish New Yorkers safer – and who’s fanning the flames of hatred? 🧵

ejewishphilanthropy.com/marc-rowan-d...

Not sure if I should be more shocked that you had any respect for him remaining or any respect for him to begin with

hmmm seems like something @benchapmanncsu.bsky.social might know

They should do MyChart Wrapped

'Mad Max' 'Full Self-Driving' mode that ignores speed
limits?

If you can make removing baffles from mufflers illegal for motorcycles, how is "Mad Max" mode not outlawed?

Reminder that the CSU system is spending $17 million on ChatGPT.

#medsky #pedsky #idsky #immunosky #episky

I collaborated with exceptionally talented people in infectious diseases to write this Special Article about aluminum salts in childhood vaccines.
We review the evidence base for key safety concerns and offer guidance for communication with caregivers.

(even more) people are going to die

#MedSky #PublicHeath

Air pollution: Delhi hospitals saw 200,000 respiratory illness patients in three years More than 30,000 people with respiratory illnesses had to be hospitalised in Delhi between 2022 and 2024.

Delhi records 200,000 acute respiratory illness cases amid toxic air. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Pre-med is not a major. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

"Prosecute ICE" should be a basic position for Democrats at this point.