@whatsitlike.me
Investigative health journalist for @theguardian.com and more. Focus on the overdose crisis, drug science and policy & damage by MAHA MS Epidemiology student at Northwestern. ex-marketplace, ex-spotify. chicago now 🌭 missing LA 🍵 #ADHD 🇵🇭🕎🏳️🌈
The Trump regime’s worst policies are colliding in Camp East Montana, the nation's largest ICE detention facility, and creating even more human suffering.
The cruelty is endless.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ice-confirms-measles-outbreak-nations-largest-detention-facility-texas-rcna261659
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The US’s wastewater surveillance system is much more robust than it was a few years ago thanks to supplemental funding for Covid 19 tracking. That system could help estimate measles numbers as clinical data lags behind. But, guess what, the Trump admin is planning to gut that, too.
This likely means we don’t even know how severe the current US measles crisis is, according to Nuzzo. The number of deaths we have seen already suggest there might be far more cases than the approximately 1100 that have been tracked.
Haha happy to answer but also I do not know!
When the admin took a hatchet to CDC $$ last year, it affected every tier of the system that tracks diseases, including measles, says @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social. Each case of measles is reported at the hospital level and makes it way up the chain into national data. That whole system has slowed.
Alonzo Plough, chief science director at the Robert Wood Johnson foundation, pointed out that One of the leaders at CDC “referred to this dramatic and tragic increase in the cases of measles, and, in some states, deaths, as just the ‘cost of doing business.’” Which sounds flippant at best.
Measles is a highly contagious virus. It’s also one we know how to contain. But as cases in the US accelerate past 1000, the Trump admin is refusing to take obvious steps to mitigate the spread. My latest.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
I love caves, inflatables and science communication. This month is #colorectal cancer awareness month - the disease that has been ruining me the last 20 months. Get a colonoscopy folks. It’s not as fun as what I’m doing here but it ain’t that bad either.
Thank you! Your post should add the request to those feeds I believe?
Hello Bluesky, I'm working on a story about colorectal cancer in younger adults. If you're under 50 and have been diagnosed with colorectal cancer, or if you know someone else who fits this description who wants to talk about it, please reach out! DMS open. You can choose to be anonymous.
Add for firearms class taped to a door
Came home to find this ad for a conceal and carry class taped to the door of my building in my very blue neighborhood in my very blue city.
#chicago
The Lunar Eclipse starts in about 7 hours, 0844UT. Good luck everyone. Pity I won't be able to see it. 🔭 🧪
As measles is spreading domestically & abroad, the admin is still refusing to prioritize vaccine promotion. In their comment for this story, HHS was vague, didn’t mention vaccines & talked about protecting Americans foremost, when measles in particular requires international cooperation to prevent.
I would!!
Measles during pregnancy can cause:
miscarriage or stillbirth
premature birth (before the 37th week of pregnancy)
your baby having a low birthweight
It's important to get medical advice if you're pregnant and have been in close contact with someone who has measles.
www.nhs.uk/conditions/m...
Around the world, Nuzzo is worried people are relying on just getting measles “naturally” to gain immunity.
“Listen, this is a bad disease.” Nuzzo said. For those who survive, it’s thought to “bleed” the immune system, making them more susceptible to other diseases, even ones they’ve had before.
AIs are not sentient. Silicon Valley just has a god complex.
The US has also pulled funding from the Global Measles and Rubella Laboratory Network which is run by WHO. It helps identify measles cases globally and prevent travel related transmission. Measles is extremely contagious and can easily jump countries via international travel.
RFK Jr. has long promoted Wakefield’s ideas and has amplified them with renewed force in his position as health secretary. “We live in a global ecosystem, so when other countries hear the vaccine is not good enough for the Americans, they think maybe it’s not good for us either,” Nuzzo said.
The UK, one of 6 European counties that just lost elimination status, is “ground zero”, for vaccine misinformation, says Jennifer Nuzzo, of Brown’s Pandemic Center. Andrew Wakefield, a former British physician, started the vaccine/autism myth. Now the UK has lost elimination status 2x in < 10 years.
The Trump administration’s global havoc is unending.
My latest story is about how the Trump admin is amplifying anti vaxx conspiracies just as measles outbreaks are spreading across the globe; many countries have just lost elimination status, and others are on the brink.
When I try to figure out if there’s any kind of logic behind this administration’s actions the only thing I can think of is they’re trying to dramatically reduce the world’s population.
Like we’re all living under the thumb of the most violently deranged eugenicists.
There has never been a better time to accept and vocalize that Jews and the Israeli government are not the same thing. Yes, the Israeli government has worked hard for decades to make us believe opposing its actions is inherently antisemitic. But it isn’t true. It never was.
Given that most reality shows are already stealth trad wife propaganda, this can’t be a good sign.
This is the front cover of the new edition of @thelancet.com (thanks to @profstevegriffin.bsky.social for sharing) #HealthPolicy #Science 🧪🧵
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This injectable DMT provides a very intense, approximately 30 minute psychedelic experience, which could make it potentially less expensive than other, hours long psychedelic therapies.
It feels very odd to think of psychedelic experiences in terms of billable hours for insurance companies.
The same enzymes that make it possible to consume DMT orally also slow down how the body’s processing & cause nausea.
For a lot of people, the vomiting during ayahusca can be part of the cathartic experience. It often happens at the peak point of emotional release.
This study used injectable DMT.
DMT is best known as one if the psychedelic components of ayahuasca, an hours long ritual experience with Amazonian origins that often involves vomiting.
A fast acting, synthetic form of DMT now shows promise as a treatment for depression according to phase ii trial results.
My latest.
