Rick Weinmeyer

"ACIP shouldn’t be this lively, interesting, or funny. These people make decisions that impact people’s lives. Given that, the members’ lack of expertise, incompetence, and blatant anti-vaccine biases were dismaying. Our nation’s public health is not in good hands." - @doritreiss.bsky.social

PREACH

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A glimpse of what happens every time I go to Banana Republic or Lululemon.

I am just learning about what Elf on a Shelf actually entails. But being a Jew who also celebrated Christmas, hard no to this. Why would anyone want to be stalked and hunted in the night?

Hmmm. Probably some sort of other degenerative process at work, rather than purely age ;-)

In part. It’s also about deference to expertise and the power of legislatures to enact laws meant to protect the public’s health.

BUT, members of this current Court have openly challenged Jacobson noting that it is an old case limited to a specific moment of emergency.

I was just in a Texas airport where I overheard men from Texas talk about how much they love Texas. And now I’m sitting next to gay Texan energy traders wearing, sigh, Dolce & Gabbana.

The decision by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to downgrade its recommendations to protect infants from hepatitis B is a dangerous move that will harm children.

Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT

Texas outbreak could cause U.S. to no longer be measles-free One study estimates that an outbreak the size of the one in West Texas earlier this year costs about $12.6 million.

RFK may make measles common again. More kids will be hospitalized, some will lose hearing, some will die.

A comeback will be costly. A study estimates that an outbreak w/2 cases is >$240,000. An outbreak the size of West Texas' is estimated around $12.6 million.
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/05/t...

This is what I've been going around saying! Come to my Wythe Lecture at William & Mary in January if you want to hear a fuller version of this argument. (Or read it in print when it comes out sometime next year, if Williamsburg isn't your thing.)

Timely: Did Americans vote in 2024 for major changes to vaccine policy? No.

Only 3% picked vaccines as a top 3 issue in the election.

Our just-published research letter in @jamahealthforum.com

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The hepatitis B vaccine had been recommended for all newborns since 1991.

From 1990-2019, acute hepatitis B infections reported among children and teens fell 99 percent. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...

WATCH LIVE: RFK Jr.’s CDC panel to debate whether newborns should get lifesaving hepatitis B shot YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

Hats off to PBS for the appropriate title on this panel:

"WATCH LIVE: RFK Jr.’s CDC panel to debate whether newborns should get lifesaving hepatitis B shot"

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"Experienced gay person"

Adding this to LinkedIn.

Just a thought: Maybe the importance of this piece necessitates the removal of the paywall.

Imagine doing something at work so troubling that virtually every person alive who ever had your boss’s job spent their Thanksgiving weekend writing something that explained to the world how wrong you are and how harmful—deadly, even—it would be if you weren’t stopped.

Wait until they learn this fun news:

“Man who was bad at past jobs bad at current job.”

Just a reminder: in 2017, NC's bathroom bill sent the state reeling and led to the end of Pat McCrory's political career.

Now, 20 states have bathroom bans, with Utah, Florida, and Texas making it a criminal offense for transgender people to use facilities consistent with their gender identity.

‘Bathroom bill’ targeting trans Texans takes effect this week. It’s unclear how it’ll be enforced | Houston Public Media Texas lawmakers passed the bill, referred to as the "Women's Privacy Act" by supporters, earlier this year. It requires a person in publicly owned buildings to use restrooms, locker rooms, and similar...

Texas's Women’s Privacy Act takes effect on Thursday. It restricts access to bathrooms & locker rooms based on the user’s biological sex at birth. The law will apply to government buildings, including prisons.

It is obviously an anti-trans law, but it will be used to harm women as a whole.

"Women are a force. But they're also ruining the workplace. Will hotness help?" -N.Y. Times op-ed

I Rewatched Love Actually and Am Here to Ruin It for All of You Since 2007, Jezebel has been the Internet's most treasured source for everything celebrities, sex, and politics...with teeth.

Lindy West agrees with your assessment of Love, Actually:
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Congratulations! A great thing about Minnesota is that when it’s cold, it’s often sunny. And when the temps warm up EVERYONE is outside and practically naked.

Well then, you'll definitely be getting my reaction paper about this post.

Walter Dowdle, Public Health Leader in Times of Crises, Dies at 94

"Until 2012, . . . Dr. Dowdle lived about two miles from the C.D.C.’s headquarters. Ms. Hulsey recalled that her father walked to and from work each day with a large bag to pick up trash on his way home. As a child, she thought her father was a garbage man until a classmate informed her otherwise."

As someone who is braindead from writing torts multiple choice questions, I appreciate this callout to the past.

Super disappointed in my alma mater capitulating to this administration's ludicrous threats.

Sean Duffy Longs for the ‘Golden Age’ of Air Travel. What Was That Like?

What was air travel like in the 1950s?

Wild guess: Sex stereotypes, vicious sexual harassment, and cigarettes.

I adore a story where everyone is absolutely awful.

YouTube video by Lexus 2025 December to Remember: Letter | Lexus

If there's anything I'm known for, it's my unshakable belief that Lexus is The Standard of Amazing.
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