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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD

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Epidemiologist. Professor Emerita. Blue in Arizona, forged in the Burgh. Banner quote by @amandagorman 1elizabethtjacobs1@gmail.com @defendpublichealth.bsky.social https://www.defendpublichealth.org

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120 ER visits
31 hospitalizations

“The children I am seeing in clinic with measles are very, very ill”.

“[a] healthy young mother…was admitted to the intensive care unit with measles-induced hepatitis. Her liver had become severely inflamed”.

06.03.2026 23:57 👍 12 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
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Measles is 'worse than expected' in Utah, officials say Measles patients in Utah are developing severe complications, health officials say, including potentially life-threatening anemia and liver inflammation.

For RFK Jr and his “measles isn’t serious” disciples:

“A number of them clearly said if they had known, they would have vaccinated themselves and their children against measles, but they didn’t realize how bad it was”.

06.03.2026 23:54 👍 59 🔁 33 💬 6 📌 0

😂

06.03.2026 23:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Uday and Qusay

06.03.2026 23:38 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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a close up of a woman 's face with her eyes closed Alt: a close up of Christina Rocco’s face with her eyes closed. She is nodding with a smile.
06.03.2026 23:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

With this one simple life hack, we can improve our regulatory apparatuses immediately!

06.03.2026 23:34 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My wife misses me sniff sniff I sleep in an OFFICE single tear

06.03.2026 23:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

With Prasad bouncing from the FDA, now we’re never ever EVER gonna see the data.

06.03.2026 23:32 👍 47 🔁 17 💬 1 📌 1

Maybe Trump has Vinay Prasad and Kristi Noem in mind as the new leaders of Iran.

Who can say at this point.

06.03.2026 23:29 👍 61 🔁 4 💬 7 📌 0

😂 again

06.03.2026 23:24 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Oh yeah he was already griping about how hard he was working in like the first month. What a wuss.

06.03.2026 23:23 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Oppose Nomination of Casey Means for Surgeon General The Senate HELP Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on the nomination of Casey Means to serve as U.S. Surgeon General on Wednesday, February 25th. While we were hoping this nomination was dead, i...

No Means No!

If you don’t want Casey Means to be Surgeon General, you can write to your Senators in 2 minutes or less with @defendpublichealth.bsky.social’s handy form.

A fun Friday night activity for the whole family!

06.03.2026 23:15 👍 67 🔁 37 💬 2 📌 0

One step at a time friend.

06.03.2026 23:12 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Ah, the ancient curse! Well done.

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😂 sorry to disappoint

06.03.2026 23:08 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Yeah they need to prove there aren’t any side effects after all.

06.03.2026 23:07 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Awwww sweet Maude. Hugs to both of you (but only very briefly for Maude).

06.03.2026 23:06 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We sure do wish.

06.03.2026 23:05 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I hope he's not going to turn into some sort of revenant.

06.03.2026 22:54 👍 26 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0

Prasad needs to be completely shunned by the medical establishment, but I am guessing he weasels his way back into respectability

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😂😂😂 I am not feeling great today but so many of these quote posts are making me laugh and for that I thank you.

06.03.2026 23:03 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

One of my colleagues once described another scientist as “not totally useless”. I was like put that on my tombstone/urn. It’s good to have goals.

06.03.2026 23:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Do not let this clown back into your fold, UCSF. Let him podcast and grift to his heart’s content.

Almost happier about this than I am about Noem😂😂😂

06.03.2026 23:01 👍 56 🔁 7 💬 2 📌 0

😂😂😂 These quote tweets do NOT disappoint.

06.03.2026 23:00 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Yeah I think he’s another one who found out that working in a government institution is actually much harder than hosting a podcast.

Good riddance.

06.03.2026 22:59 👍 28 🔁 1 💬 3 📌 1

😂✅

06.03.2026 22:58 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

😂

06.03.2026 22:57 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Let’s be real he’s going back to “home” to his podcast studio.

06.03.2026 22:53 👍 25 🔁 1 💬 3 📌 0

Vaccine approvals and regulations run through the FDA. Vaccination approvals and recommendations run through the CDC. While there is obviously overlap here, each area requires different specialized training.

As we have learned during the pandemic, vaccines and vaccinations are not the same.

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