MAGA doctors and their MAGA science.
09.10.2025 17:19 β π 22 π 7 π¬ 4 π 1@sfederick.bsky.social
Science Defender Incognito Virologist tired of X_Hate
MAGA doctors and their MAGA science.
09.10.2025 17:19 β π 22 π 7 π¬ 4 π 1I was deeply disturbed by Jay Bhattacharya & RFK Jr canceling federal funding for mRNA vaccine research & I thought that the OpEds that they each wrote were utterly pathetic, full of utter nonsense & anti-science BS
The US is going to be left behind (e.g., see www.yahoo.com/news/article...)
"Secretary Kennedy is entitled to his views. But he is not entitled to put peopleβs health at risk. This is bigger than politics. Itβs about putting the health of Americans first."
- Six former U.S. surgeons general, who have served under both Republican and Democratic administrations
I have been trying to get this published as an op-ed, but I am going to post it here since I think it is timely in light of the "consent" extortion events.
Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment
jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...
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In a seven-minute video RFK Jr. posted last week, he demonstrated that he is truly antivaccine, weaponizing an old one deceptive antivax trope claiming that vaccines didnβt do that much to improve global health. sciencebasedmedicine.org/robert-f-ken...
06.10.2025 13:26 β π 213 π 73 π¬ 22 π 15In my last R15, I replaced the old "diversity" section with one entitled "How this project will enhance Gold-Standard Research," addressing each point in the EO. Results .... it was not discussed.
05.10.2025 14:56 β π 6 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0Not yet, though. In my last R15, I replaced the old "diversity" section with one entitled "How this project will enhance Gold-Standard Research," addressing each point in the EO. Results .... it was not discussed.
05.10.2025 14:55 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Discussed here.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/science-base...
Thankfully (for now), Bhatcharrya still barely understands his role. He still calls it the National Institute* of Health, for example, and spends all his time doing podcasts.
05.10.2025 14:00 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"I think Covid led to a massive rise in misinformation on social media, and before scientists could fact check it, or even knew about itβ¦ it was gathering pace. Trust in the medical profession began to drop."
03.10.2025 19:00 β π 50 π 13 π¬ 3 π 3If Kate Shemirani were an American, she would be our Secretary of HHS now. Senators (Drs.) Cassisity and Paul would be her new BFFs.
05.10.2025 13:56 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0If Kate Shemirani were an American, she would be our Secretary of HHS now. Senators (Drs.) Cassisity and Paul would be her new BFFs.
05.10.2025 13:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The PRESENT NIH director defines fact-checking as "censorship."
05.10.2025 13:45 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0More than a million Americans died of COVID (even with a vaccine), and the people who said we should all get COVID in 2020 (before the vaccine) are now in charge of HHS. Killing Americans appears to be his primary objective.
04.10.2025 16:28 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Where are the people who were so outraged that Biden asked google to pull misinfo at Covid, now that Trump has made Apple pull the ice tracker app
04.10.2025 14:18 β π 4154 π 1061 π¬ 203 π 35I found them!
04.10.2025 14:23 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0a.co/d/iy8vtFg
Philipp Markolinβs book, the best and the only one in the βlab leak theoryβ for anyone with a serious desire to understand the issues and the science behind the true origins of Covid.
Disabled and Covid Cautious people: βDonβt ban masks weβre in a pandemic and theyβre a critical tool to protect ourselvesβ
Government: βToo bad. Masks are criminalizedβ.
ICE: βDonβt ban masks we need to hide our faces while we torture peopleβ
Government: βMask bans are unconstitutionalβ
Bhattacharya graduated medical school but is not a physician.
Being a physician means you passed USMLE and are currently licensed.
Bhattacharya did neither.
Makary is a physician and surgeon and could be delicensed for making false/misleading claims.
It's good to see @richardhorton1.bsky.social calling out the physicians who are doing Trump & RFK Jr's bidding, & who should know better
I agree with Richard: what Drs Makary & Bhattacharya are doing is unforgivable.
Standing next to Trump & RFK Jr smiling during the anti-vaxx BS talking pointsπ‘
I stand by this.
Doctors who served as defense attorneys for MAHA this time last year have forfeited the right to be taken seriously when they complain about it now.
You have to see these presentations to understand how naive they are (watch him tell NIAID to study "infectious diseases", for example).. There is no way he could address concerns from real scholars like @jeremymberg.bsky.social in a public setting.
videocast.nih.gov/watch=56898
One of the things Iβm angriest about is that horrific anti-vaxx video that RFK Jr, Jay Bhattacharya, & Marty Makary made & posted to X, telling pregnant people that COVID vaccination is no longer recommended
It was extraordinarily damaging & it flew in the face of all the evidence
Ugh
Sorry.. I forgot BOTH Bhattacharya and Makary were members.
02.10.2025 14:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Also, I'd like to point out that BioSafetyNow is petitioning to remove the present NIAID director. (Who was their most famous member, again? He might be in charge of something.)
www.change.org/p/remove-jef...
Here is notice of the firing. katzbanks.com/news/marrazz...
02.10.2025 09:27 β π 21 π 9 π¬ 1 π 0Now Jeanne Marrazzo, the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has been fired by #RFKJr in retaliation. This administration is corrupt. Matthew Memoli: remember this man's name, MAGA grifter who scored $500M for his research. www.statnews.com/2025/09/04/n...
02.10.2025 09:26 β π 252 π 121 π¬ 7 π 3Of course these people are in the ER. Itβs from eating too many catsβ¦
02.10.2025 07:44 β π 23 π 2 π¬ 3 π 0I knew about YouTube, but why not Vimeo, or another less partisan host?
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