Nathan Boonstra MD

Oh wait, they are labeled I see!

Congrats, and may they continue to be the Espurr to your Solid Snake or vice versa

It’s the appropriate season: @pedsgeekmd.bsky.social and I are having peanuts with candy corn/those pumpkin things.

I mean, I haven’t done it yet, but I got a good feeling about this year!!

Protein and seasonal vegetables, clearly what we are meant to eat.

Used my considerable artistic talent on the chalkboard above our pantry. IYKYK.

Yes - I don’t think the “reduction of disease and complications” is well-appreciated by some people. Like sure my aunt survived polio but she had health issues and required physical therapy and a cane during much of her adult life (and was on disability, etc)

Mortality from all causes went down significantly in the first half of the 1900s. Hygiene, nutrition, & general medical advancements contributed far more to this than vaccines. No one disputes that. But vaccines still decreased deaths even further & greatly reduced all kinds of disease complications

Straight up lying here. Nowhere in her questioning did Senator Cantwell claim vaccines saved hundreds of millions of American lives. Vaccines are estimated to have saved ~150 million lives globally. The only thing RDK shreds here is a straw man.

🎶We come from the land of the ice and snow
From the midnight sun where the hot springs blow🎶

facebook post from brookfield zoo chicago with a picture of an axolotl and the caption: “And the votes are in... Please give a warm welcome to our newly named axolotl: Sir Mix-O-Lotl. Thank you to everyone who cast their vote in our naming contest. Stop by The Living Coast to say hi to Sir Mix-O-Lot on your next visit! Brookfield Zoo Chicago recently took in 20 rescued axolotls that were illegally imported at O'Hare International Airport and seized by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officers. These salamanders were imported from Indonesia and needed professional care to survive. Axolotls are listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List). You can symbolically adopt Sir Mix-O-Lot to support the care, education, and conservation of this critically endangered species at https://bit.ly/4mFQXlh.”

SIR MIX-O-LOTL

Kids generally get shots at 2, 4, 6, 12, and 15 months, so that's going to be... 25 visits over that time for no demonstrable reason? Science!

His guy is in charge of HHS. If these things were a good idea (they aren't), then CDC and FDA would change the schedule. Instead, they choose to spread fear about vaccines.

And has no one *yet* informed him that the individual M, M, and R don't exist in the US?

85% of parents choose to separate the MMR and chickenpox (varicella) vaccines, while 15% choose the combination. The #ACIP will vote on whether to take that choice away from the 15% who want the combination shot.

BREAKING: Disney+ is to replace the two-season run of Andor with a recut version that runs for only five minutes, and is just Mon Mothma apologising profusely to Darth Vader for any inconvenience, and letting him have whatever he wants.

In which I am, yet again, concerned.

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Oh you all are not going to believe how I am feeling about this now

Hey all, I got my 2025-2026 COVID shot and flu shot at Hy-Vee today without difficulty. If you’re planning to get your updated Covid shot, you might want to do it by the 18th when ACIP meets. It’s hard to predict what accessibility will be like after they make recommendations.

It Might Be A Giant

Kira Nerys, Stardate 50564.2

I shall retire to my concernatory.

Most concernedly!

In which I am, and apparently it can not be stressed enough, concerned.

Something has to be done about this declining infant mortality rate! If we don't act, infants won't have any mortality at all!

-Florida

Fun fact, the designer of Wellbee was Harold M. Walker, an animator for Felix the Cat.

Antivax leaders can generally be counted on doing the worst things for kids as offensively as possible.

DeSantis and Ladapo to ‘end all vaccine mandates in Florida law’ Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo announced the move in Hillsborough on Wednesday.

“For decades, the state has required numerous vaccines for kids attending school, including shots that protect against Measles-mumps-rubella, polio, chickenpox and Hepatitis B.

“But Ladapo on Wednesday compared these mandates to ‘slavery’ and promised that they all will soon end.”

wth is happening

Health and Wellness | What to do when your podcaster and your pediatrician disagree about vaccines for children.

"Your pediatrician has an MD and has worked for over 15 years in their field. Your podcaster is a college dropout who left her job at Sears to become a MAHA influencer. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust."

You mean “Does it bear fire?”