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Listening to you. Chronic migraine, baked goods, we flipped OR Dist-5 blue! Currently fighting fascism
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submitted 17 hours ago • 485 comments

22 years ago I pivoted from working on antibiotic resistance to pandemic viruses. Since then, I've argued that if we care about saving US lives in expectation, advance capacity for producing bird flu vaccine offers by far the greatest expected return on investment. ... We were so goddamn close.

submitted 1 day ago • 112 comments

Palestinians are digging through trash to find scraps of food to feed their families, as Israel's blockade forces Gaza into famine. In 20 years, very few people who defend this genocide today will publicly admit it.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Steven J. Fleischman, MD, president of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, said in a statement, “The science has not changed. It is very clear that #COVID infection during pregnancy can be catastrophic and lead to major disability." @acog.org

submitted 1 day ago • 22 comments

It’s also a short step from treating a virus as a crime to treating the ill as criminals. I’m reminded of the recent remarks by Dr. Oz saying it was our “patriotic duty” to remain healthy so we consume fewer healthcare resources.

submitted 1 day ago • 14 comments

I’m absolutely thrilled that a group of historians have joined Defend Public Health to document the abuses that The Regime is inflicting on the health of the people of the United States of America. We will never forget.

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

We are 8 days and a wake up from Unite for Veterans on the National Mall. Join us on June 6th at 2:00 PM as we expect thousands of veterans, supporters, and allies to let them know we aren't taking the destruction of our benefits, jobs, and Constitution quietly. Learn more at Unite4Veterans.org.

submitted 1 day ago • 21 comments