Gernie’s Bioethics

Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health

This Op Ed is a call to action from highly qualified experts who have served (and protected) all of us for decades. When they see the depth of the self inflicted wounds that SecDHHS’ is promulgating on all of us, they demand change. All of us should do same.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

Here’s hoping 👆

Abrego García Case Summary;

Deport w/o Due Process > Ignore Injunction Stopping ✈️s > Admit Mistake in Court > Falsely Malign in Media > Ignore SCOTUS’ Demand 2 Facilitate Return > Claim Can’t Return 🇸🇻 Citizen 2 🇺🇸 > Quietly Get Fed Grand Jury 2 Indict for 3 y/o Traffic Stop >

Magically Returns 2 🇺🇸

This NYT story, while describing a tech context, is relevant to my team’s poster preso at ASGCT this week - Do broad claims of trade secret protections create harm?

We ask whether patient safety is impacted if/when the veil of trade secrets is unquestioned.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/t...

Pregnant Georgia woman declared dead, kept in ICU over family's objection Misogyny know a no bounds in the anti-patient autonomy movement

As usual, a lucid and thoughtful discussion and analysis by @alyssaburgart.bsky.social of an incredibly sad case that should concern EVERY American.

Póster #1857 is up @asgct New Orleans! Come and see us from 5:30-7p

I’d advise not to offer or accept, to avoid even a perception of being out of compliance - But hey, that’s just me.

Just a point of reference as to what Bainbridge Island (elected) Councilmembers and (voluntary committee and board members) are permitted to accept as gifts.

Where’s my Roy Cohn?

Trump administration poised to accept 'palace in the sky' as a gift for Trump from Qatar: Sources President Trump poised to accept "palace in the sky" as a gift from Qatar: Sources

Why have the emoluments clause? Is that just for suckers and losers?

Tremendous story, David. So personal. So well done. Thank you for the time and the effort; This kind of transparency and disclosure is crucial in shining a bright light upon how monopolies can hold our health and wellness (and the systems that maintain them) hostage.

The Price of Remission When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked ...

A tremendous story here. So personal, so well written. Please read and share broadly.

Until people are held accountable for the malicious lies they spread, sadly, I don’t see this changing.

Huge props to JOliver and his researchers for debunking Sec DHHS’s patently absurd lexicon of LIES.

If something seems shocking; check facts. Repetition of unchecked lies hurts ALL OF US

Spike Jonze was at least 15Y ahead of the curve on this….

This is pretty deeply “F’d” and these “researchers” need a serious rebuke. Anyone who’s received a letter like that from an IRB knows it translates to; “Oh hell no you can’t do that”.

& yet the Univ is compelled to protect their confidentiality.

The lying to the AI about consent too…..chilling.

Scientists’ curiosity about “the how” is endless. Also; humble ones don’t presume/or make conclusions in areas where they aren’t experts….

So I’m crowdsourcing here.

It sure SEEMS like passenger capacity far exceeds lifeboat capacity.

I look forward to learning how there’s more behind the photo

I just landed in Dallas. TX is a huge state. But you know the only boundary measles knows?

Vaccination

May the absolute GOAT pontiff who put HIS SERVICE TO OTHERS- to the weak, the persecuted, the vulnerable and the poor; Rest In Peace.

As a LOOONNNNGGGG-Lapsed Catholic, I remain blown away at the example he set for service and humility.

A new hi-water mark has been set for “Righteous Dudes.”

Today, on the most important day in Christian faith, how does POTUS’s Easter message the conform to Christ’s teachings?

Luke 6; 27-28; I tell you, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you.

It’s condition upon arrival yesterday says a great deal….

How to Tell a Dumb American Story - This American Life A couple devises a strategy to get their daughter's killer prosecuted and to get attention for other Native families.

SUCH a compelling story of how our differences in the definition of justice can be crushing. Yet can also be overcome. Just wow.

Trump administration lists thousands of immigrants as dead in new policy | CNN Politics The Department of Homeland Security requested the Social Security Administration to enter more than 6,000 names of immigrants into its database used to track dead people, according to a DHS official w...

As a clinical ethicist, the bitterness of the ironies of this story are beyond description.

A call to a consult on determination of death & working through that with a family is one of the most humbling experiences you will ever know.

Here, its surname/age/status > Death. Just wow.

Thank you, coffee gods.

As an ethicist; file under “truth and justice”

Dear Science The Absurdity of Autism Answers on Demand

Gorgeous piece here!

De-extinction is Here. Now What? Colossal Biosciences, a biotechnology company, announced that it has achieved a scientific first -- bringing back an extinct animal: the dire wolf. Crucial questions emerge about scientific hubris, pl...

Worth the read

Another Child Dies from Measles RFK Jr. plans to attend the funeral. He should apologize to the parents for his actions during a measles epidemic that likely involves thousands of children.

Another preventable pediatric death. And RFKjr attending the funeral? I’m SO troubled.

Parents can invite anyone they choose, but pretext of Sec DHHS’s attendance should be seen for what it is;

It’s exploiting another grieving family to promulgate his false beliefs.

These deaths were PREVENTABLE

It’s interesting and inspiring to be on the ⛴️ headed into Seattle, with so many folks organizing to protest.

It should not be overlooked by any that, in add’n to many other pressing concerns, our country permits one individual to bet (and lose) $6T from our economy in 2 days.

Grateful to @bmj.com Journal of Medical Ethics Blog for giving space for this piece.

This is so damned impressive what @booker.senate.gov Cory Booker is doing/has done here. Making new history.

So, So, So important.

Will be Proud to have the longest filibuster on record, now be assigned to a man who stands for citizens rights, versus standing for their denial.