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Transcript of today’s RFK Jr lie-fest and Dr. Ashish Jha’s response docs.google.com/document/d/1...
2026-08-02 State of the Union with Dana Bash - RFK Jr. targets Fauci and pushes medical misinformation in fiery CNN interview, Dr. Ashish Jha respondshttps://www.cnn.com/2026/08/02/politics/rfk-jr-fauci-medical-misinformation Youtube versions [timestamps consistent with official CNN video, not youtube] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-FVCCLsZnQ ...docs.google.comNote the role of anti-vax nurse Angela Wulbrecht, who is associated with supercrank Steve Kirsch's "Vaccine Safety Research Foundation". Wulbrecht said that she is a subject in the "Giving Wakefield" Yale study, which was a product of Akiko Iwasaki & Harlan Krumholz's partnership with anti-vaxxers.
Anna MerlanNEW: I dug into the court documents in the case of Andrea Shaw, the Idaho mother charged with killing her toddlers. Shaw insists they died following a set of vaccinations. I looked at how the anti-vaccine movement insinuated itself into this case and her life. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Despite his position at NIH, Anthony Fauci continued treating patients, even Ebola patients in an isolation unit!
Why NIH's Anthony Fauci is treating Ebola patients himselfSpending 2 hours daily with patients has given NIAID chiefwww.science.orgThis was a roller coaster of a CDC MMWR Notes from the Field (with a nice write-up by Beth Mole)
College lab class ends with 32 people on antibiotics for deadly germ exposureLab students were supposed to ID a mild germ. They all identified a deadly pathogen.arstechnica.comThe Washington Post inexplicably fired 9 of its 14 health reporters. Great health journalists are available.
Philip Gourevitchby way of idle wishful thinking - would be great if NYT hired a science writer/thinker for the op-ed page to tell us what’s happening and what’s at stake in the sciences, at a time when they are under attack in a way Galileo would recognize, while newspaper science journalism is facing extinction
Rand Paul continues to harass Dr. Fauci, an 85-year-old retired hero
Anthony Fauci, Rand Paul to face off again in Senate hearing next weekThe former NIH scientist has denied the GOP senator's claims that he played a role in the origin of the coronavirus pandemic.www.washingtonpost.comAlso notable that the lowest paid specialties in medicine are: Pediatrics Public health and preventive medicine Infectious diseases Residencies may have a tough time recruiting for these specialties. www.beckersasc.com/asc-coding-b...
Sarah TaberThis is an important point! Wealthy countries don't usually have a lot of doctors & researchers who are good at diagnosing, tracking, & treating parasite infections. Why? Treating parasites is kinda walled off into "tropical medicine" and "third-world medicine." You know, USAID stuff.
The CDC Autism and Vaccines page received a minor update yesterday. The reference to RFK Jr's agreement with Bill Cassidy has been removed. Dark red = removed. Dark green = additions. RFK Jr had anti-vax lies added to the page in November 2025. www.factcheck.org/2025/11/revi...
Alicia AultCDC has updated its vaccine safety pages. Now says: "The claim 'vaccines do not cause autism' is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism." Whoa #EpiSky #pediatrics #NeuroSky #PsychSky
Besides the anti-science politicians, blame the naturopaths, chiropractors, integrative/functional/alternative quacks, and the broader anti-vax lobby headed by RFK Jr
Amy Maxmen, PhD🧵The US no longer meets criteria for measles elimination. Utah's outbreak has lasted for more than a yr. And cases this yr are at a 35-yr high. I talked w/pediatricians treating measles & talking w/parents who don't vaccinate. My latest @wired.com @kffhealthnews.org www.wired.com/story/the-ch...