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Jo Hofmann

@birdcmp.bsky.social

Birder, woodworker, recovering servant of public health, exFed

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Night picture of Big Ben Clock Tower in London w/ an almost full moon in a cloudy sky. Also a small green reflection in the sky just right of Ben that is an artifact and not celestial

Night picture of Big Ben Clock Tower in London w/ an almost full moon in a cloudy sky. Also a small green reflection in the sky just right of Ben that is an artifact and not celestial

Sadly, did not see any werewolves on my travels.

03.02.2026 18:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hegseth is such a big man he has to harass Scouts.
Pentagon warns Scouts to restore β€˜core values’ or lose military support

03.02.2026 18:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
No one Will thank you for the disease they didn't get.
Dr William H. Foege
Public health works best when nothing happens. No outbreak. No crisis. No headlines.
That invisibility is both its strength and its challenge. Prevention rarely gets applause, yet vaccines, clean air, safer roads, and early intervention quietly save millions of lives. If no one notices, the system worked.

Kevin Fenton

No one Will thank you for the disease they didn't get. Dr William H. Foege Public health works best when nothing happens. No outbreak. No crisis. No headlines. That invisibility is both its strength and its challenge. Prevention rarely gets applause, yet vaccines, clean air, safer roads, and early intervention quietly save millions of lives. If no one notices, the system worked. Kevin Fenton

You know public health systems worked as intended when outbreaks of preventable disease don’t make headlines every week.

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@kevinfenton

02.02.2026 03:53 β€” πŸ‘ 291    πŸ” 88    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 4

I can’t bear to read it.

03.02.2026 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Extremely on brand for Douthat to bring on the guy who is demolishing American science research to whine about public trust in science.

29.01.2026 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

Yo, Philly!

29.01.2026 11:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | A β€˜Fringe Epidemiologist’ on What’s Wrong With Public Health

I’m not sure I can bear to listen to this, or even read it. Maybe w/ some Zofran . . .
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/o...

29.01.2026 10:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Early reviews are in:
β€˜Even if they showed this on a plane, people would still walk out’

28.01.2026 07:29 β€” πŸ‘ 948    πŸ” 253    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 35
Temptation of St Anthony

Temptation of St Anthony

Temptation of St Anthony

27.01.2026 11:26 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For rx of of gonorrhea-related urethral strictures.

27.01.2026 12:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dozens of CDC databases are not being updated β€” most related to vaccines, study finds The agency plays a key role in tracking disease spread and vaccination rates. Last year, it seemed to back away from some of that work, according to new research.

No data, no problem?

Dozens of CDC databases are not being updated β€” most related to vaccines, study finds

27.01.2026 10:19 β€” πŸ‘ 98    πŸ” 61    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4
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RFK Jr pushes false claims about HPV cancer-prevention vaccine Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.) has a history of promoting false claims about vaccines, particularly the HPV vaccine.

I should also give a shout out to @skepticalraptor.bsky.social who published multiple excellent articles on HPV vaccines. www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalrap...

26.01.2026 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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This year is the 20th anniversary of the initial approval of the HPV vaccine, and January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. Sadly, 2026 is going to be a year of disinformation about the HPV vaccine.

26.01.2026 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 124    πŸ” 56    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 8
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Selective silencing of the CDC:
~50% of surveillance databases have halted updates
β€”87% of these were vaccine related
www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
editorial www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...

26.01.2026 22:16 β€” πŸ‘ 227    πŸ” 128    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 2
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Celebrating public health in a dark moment. The lives of Dr. William Foege and ICU nurse Alex Pretti. Two notable deaths affected the world of public health this weekend. Both were sad. One was senseless.

Inside Medicine: Celebrating public health in a dark moment.

The lives of Dr. William Foege and ICU nurse Alex Pretti.

by Jeremy Faust @jeremyfaust.bsky.social

bit.ly/4qIjlGd

26.01.2026 13:13 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Gift link to ALT article:
β€œAt times, Minneapolis reminded me of what I saw during the Arab Spring in 2011, a series of street clashes between protesters and police that quickly swelled into a much larger struggle against autocracy,” @robertfworth reports.

26.01.2026 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Nurses’ strike 1/30/26

Nurses’ strike 1/30/26

#medsky

26.01.2026 13:20 β€” πŸ‘ 136    πŸ” 66    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3
Photo of one of the gates @ Buckingham Palace in London. An ornate black wrought iron gate topped w/ gold crosses. There are stone columns on both sides of the gate and the one on the right is topped w/ a bronze rampant unicorn. The sky is cloudy and the people in the picture look cold.

Photo of one of the gates @ Buckingham Palace in London. An ornate black wrought iron gate topped w/ gold crosses. There are stone columns on both sides of the gate and the one on the right is topped w/ a bronze rampant unicorn. The sky is cloudy and the people in the picture look cold.

Just added a Unicorn to my life list.

26.01.2026 13:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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signs left at alex pretti’s memorial in minneapolis: β€œi love you so much / i’ll miss you forever” photo with a friend, β€œi would have done the same. RIP alex,” a stethoscope and β€œwe’ll take it from here, alex” and a tshirt for the minnesota nurses association

25.01.2026 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 6328    πŸ” 1513    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 70

Might move back just to get the asshats on Broad St.

26.01.2026 08:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No idea you were a Philly boy. Fuck ICE.

26.01.2026 08:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | Bill Foege’s optimism helped save the world from smallpox His design of β€œsurveillance-containment” changed the course of public health strategy.

We lost a public health legend yesterday, Bill Foege.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

25.01.2026 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 82    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

It’s too bad Trump can’t get a gig as the next drummer for Spinal Tap.

25.01.2026 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Reporter: You received a letter from AG Pam Bondi making several demands….

Walz: I would just give a pro tip to the AG. There's 2 million documents in the Epstein files we're still waiting on. Go ahead and work on those

25.01.2026 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 47880    πŸ” 13739    πŸ’¬ 949    πŸ“Œ 870
Two Italian Greyhounds with heads poking out from under the covers @ the head of a bed.

Two Italian Greyhounds with heads poking out from under the covers @ the head of a bed.

Why trying to make the bed is always so challenging.

25.01.2026 19:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
fred shuttlesworth looking over the wreckage of his bombed house

fred shuttlesworth looking over the wreckage of his bombed house

i think about this picture of fred shuttlesworth looking at his bombed out house every day because it is in my classroom and so i see it five times a week. tired and defiant.

a face that says well, on we go

25.01.2026 02:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2717    πŸ” 635    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 11
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CIDRAP: South Carolina’s measles outbreak hits 700 cases as CDC confirms 416 so far in 2026

bit.ly/3LLuXcg

@cidrap.bsky.social

23.01.2026 22:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Don-no penguins in Greenland. Or is he going after Antarctica too.

23.01.2026 23:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

May he suffer crippling zoster, as I’m sure he did not get Zostavax.

23.01.2026 23:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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