Isabel @isabelott.bsky.social

3 days ago

A timely pep talk, comic relief, and barn-burner all in one. I did snort out loud at “peculiar expertise.” He’s one of my only heroes – a lifelong public servant & brilliant scientist.

We thought public health was on a path toward healing when suddenly, in his second term, President Trump acquired the peculiar expertise of health secretary Robert F.
Kennedy Jr. He promotes raw milk, which can transmit pathogens; promotes the rotting of children's teeth; and despite exhaustive testing that has shown vaccines don't cause autism, clings to that belief for reasons that defy understanding.
One would think Kennedy's track record of nonsense would win no followers, yet there are people willing to accept drivel from those in positions of authority. Kennedy would be less hazardous if he decided to do cardiac surgery. Then he would kill people only one at a time rather than his current ability to kill by the thousands. Why is it that killing a single person is seen as murder but killing masses is excused if you are a politician?

Isabel @isabelott.bsky.social

3 days ago

For a more contextualized & specific analysis of the attempted mass murder of public servants at CDC, I’d recommend this piece.

Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social

6 days ago

NEW 🚨 The violence is the point. Elected Dems must call for widespread resignations (RFK, Bhattacharya, Prasad) in response to the CDC shooting. Public health must demand this of them, and the public must demand that of us. With @publichealthguy1.bsky.social in STAT: www.statnews.com/2025/08/15/c...

The CDC shooting was public health’s Jan. 6

“In RFK Jr.’s America, it will never be safe to practice public health or medicine," write an epidemiologist and a former CDC staffer.

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