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@tbyg.bsky.social

Random lurker. Childless cat lady against fascism. Not a sucker or a loser.

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I am a neurologist, now retired, having lived through the pandemic- from seeing reports in the Times about a surge in a a SARS-like illness in China to the chaos in Naples to the first cases in Washington state to the waves of patients overwhelming my hospital in SC. 

For a long time, as a medical director of in-patient neurology and a comprehensive stroke program, I never saw anyone who survived covid. And it wasn't just the death, it was the level of human suffering. I'd practiced for over 30 years, but nothing prepared me for the level of suffering that I witnessed every day for months on end.  It was a fever that finally broke with the introduction of the vaccine. 

RNA vaccine technology is a scientific triumph. The key breakthroughs were made by Kaitlin Kariko and Drew Weismann, at Penn. I met Kaitlin when she was a post doc at USUHS and I was a fellow down the street at Walter Reed, so I feel a deep personal connection to the story of RNA vaccines development. 

It should come as no surprise that I feel the greatest anger, frustration and personal animis toward RFK2 for wrecking the edifice of public health and the most important biomedical advance of the 21st century. 

A pox on your house…

I am a neurologist, now retired, having lived through the pandemic- from seeing reports in the Times about a surge in a a SARS-like illness in China to the chaos in Naples to the first cases in Washington state to the waves of patients overwhelming my hospital in SC. For a long time, as a medical director of in-patient neurology and a comprehensive stroke program, I never saw anyone who survived covid. And it wasn't just the death, it was the level of human suffering. I'd practiced for over 30 years, but nothing prepared me for the level of suffering that I witnessed every day for months on end. It was a fever that finally broke with the introduction of the vaccine. RNA vaccine technology is a scientific triumph. The key breakthroughs were made by Kaitlin Kariko and Drew Weismann, at Penn. I met Kaitlin when she was a post doc at USUHS and I was a fellow down the street at Walter Reed, so I feel a deep personal connection to the story of RNA vaccines development. It should come as no surprise that I feel the greatest anger, frustration and personal animis toward RFK2 for wrecking the edifice of public health and the most important biomedical advance of the 21st century. A pox on your house…

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Perfect for your next protest.

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I follow sources other than mainstream news, and I had no idea. I would love to be directed to more info.

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A Google alert announces Chappell Roan concert tickets, but the image is of Weird Al

A Google alert announces Chappell Roan concert tickets, but the image is of Weird Al

You sure about this, Google?

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Just to be clear, mRNA vaccines may cure pancreatic cancer. It is an amazing advancement in medicine. letswinpc.org/research/mrn...

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πŸ’™ A TRUE PROFILE IN
COURAGE
πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡

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I’m all for this going forward…. He hates Court room. β€œF” it…. Pay up! I guess the Grand Ball Room will have to wait ole Donny πŸ‘¦ Boy!

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Unfortunately, this is where we are headed... shameful...πŸ₯Ί

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BREAKING: A class-action lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges that people held at the immigrant-detention center dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" are being prevented from having access to lawyers and "effectively have no way to contest their detention."

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If this is your reply to Mamdani's post, I would question your stated credentials. If you were replying to something else, my apologies. Bluesky made it look like you were replying to Mamdani.

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The U.S. is sending 200 Marines to Florida to help ICE

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Happy 90th birthday Mom!

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Chaos in downtown
Los Angeles

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Resist, record, refuse to cooperate, and if possible impede peacefully.

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DHS CONTRACTORS FOR KIDNAPPING: These job adverts confirm that DHS-ICE is hiring people off the streets with as little as 2 years military service.

Plus CBP is hiring former War on Terror analysts to hunt Americans and migrants alike.

Straight up Secret Police shit.

These were on LinkedIn.

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WATCH: β€œThis is f*cking kidnapping! That’s not your badge… I do have a little bit of education… get the f*ck out of here, racial profiling is illegal…”

A brave woman melts ice 🧊 πŸ’ͺ🏽 www.instagram.com/reel/DLOWbEs...

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Juneteenth went uncelebrated by the White House. That alone says everything you need to know about this regime.

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Peace be upon us.

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Happy Juneteenth!

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