Tomorrow, the nominee to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Dave Weldon, will appear before the Senate HELP Committee. I’ll have the opportunity to question him about protecting Americans’ public health and safety. What should I ask him? - ThreadSky

markey.senate.gov • 5 hours ago

Tomorrow, the nominee to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Dave Weldon, will appear before the Senate HELP Committee. I’ll have the opportunity to question him about protecting Americans’ public health and safety. What should I ask him?

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mjacksongt.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Climate change has impacts to the health of all Americans, from increased risk of heatstroke to disease carrying insect ranges moving northward. What will you do to monitor and assist Americans with this risk to their health, as well as short and long term measures to resolve the root cause?

mjacksongt.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Examples:

https://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/warmer-climates-bring-more-insects-and-those-insects-can-bring-illnesses/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9874214/

mjacksongt.bsky.social•5 hours ago

https://www.axios.com/2024/08/29/mosquitoes-ticks-diseases-climate-change

noparlpf.bsky.social•1 hour ago

Can he guarantee we're going to get annual vaccines and an HPAI vaccine going forward?

littlenomad.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Will we have an updated flu shot this year? An updated Covid vaccine?

nishb.bsky.social•4 hours ago

hlholeman.bsky.social•4 hours ago

So many posts, doubt you will see mine. I’ll try any way. Why should over 350 million people trust you to safe guard their health? Will you advocate to wear masks to save millions of lives? Will you advocate vaccines to save millions of lives? Why should any mother trust you with her child?

upaswamp.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Vote no on Cloture. Vote no on CR, or watch the Democratic party as it is be abandoned.

kjc65.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Ask him how he sleeps at night after promoting conspiracy theories that have led to children dying.

anirow.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Covid; long covid

dervishspin.bsky.social•4 hours ago

I would ask him if he is going to get in the way of scientific recommendations for dealing with Measles, Listeria, (current domestic outbreaks) Dengue, MPox (international travel notices issued in Feb of 2025)

dervishspin.bsky.social•4 hours ago

I would ask him if he believes in the mission statement of the CDC, or if he plans to change it: https://www.cdc.gov/about/cdc/index.html#cdc_about_cio_mission-our-mission

thebodyfarm.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Besides the layoffs and cease and desist orders for communicating to the public in general...
What is your greatest fear under this administration?

stillngb.bsky.social•4 hours ago

When can we expect this year’s rollout of flu and Covid vaccines to ALL states and territories?

scipionow.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Better check and see if he has been exposed to measles?

bjmburns.bsky.social•5 hours ago

His opinion of Dr. Fauci. Anything less than A+ reviews is disqualifying

ikoikoande.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Has he taken his entire family to a measles party yet? Is his family vaccinated? How fast will he start working on the flu/covid vaccine updates? Will the USA be last in the world to get a bird flu vaccine? How many CDC labs will he shutter? Will ICE be coming for CDC scientists?

abhinary.bsky.social•5 hours ago

The 🦆 from FloriDUH is a vaccine skeptic, to put it mildly.
Weldon appeared in “Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe."😖
He believes in fringe alternative medicine that is NOT tested nor regulated like vaccines and other medicines are.

sheilaeh.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Is he prepared to respond to a pandemic? Does he think the USA should be withdrawn from WHO? How will he stay informed of worldwide health issues? Is he in favor of vaccines and wearing masks to help prevent the spread of infectious diseases?

katiemaemae.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Ask him how my 5-month-old daughter, your constituent and US citizen, is going to be protected against the measles. She doesn’t get her first MMR vaccine until she’s 12-months-old! How am I supposed to protect her?

I would hammer him on this and ask him if “measles parties” are effective. 🙏🏼

katiemaemae.bsky.social•4 hours ago

If he gestures to exposing small children to dangerous diseases as safe or effective, demand that he produce data to prove it. Nail his ass to the wall! 👀

bluberi24.bsky.social•2 hours ago

H5N1 risk of pandemic. How they are trying to prevent it? What happening with culling vs quarantine? What about rolling out human vaccines?

aaronneallucas.bsky.social•5 hours ago

If the Trump administration ordered that sound scientific information be erased or altered in public communications, how would he respond?

dmpro.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Fantastic question.

akfny.bsky.social•4 hours ago

What power will he have over being censored and withholding info from the public?

peregrinamom-sandy.bsky.social•5 hours ago

What protocols does he plan on improving and what protocols he plans on removing. Hold his feet to the fire and vote NO!

drjudystone.bsky.social•3 hours ago

Feel free to contact me. Please read this first about #MaternalDeath: https://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2025/03/11/cdc-pick-dave-weldons-views-on-reproduction-and-end-of-life-raise-alarm/
He'll try to get rid of #HPV vax and #HepB vax because he is rabidly #abstinence only, #mifepristone and more.

drjudystone.bsky.social•3 hours ago

Ask what Weldon would do to address maternal mortality, particularly among poor women of color, since Black mortality and #race #disparities are #DEI forbidden terms.

He sued to stop #TerriSchiavo's feeding tube being removed, so he'll interfere w #EndOfLife personal decisions

drjudystone.bsky.social•3 hours ago

As to his anti-vax beliefs, please see: https://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2025/03/10/is-dave-weldon-the-best-candidate-to-head-cdc/
What will a CDC under Weldon’s helm do to encourage vaccine use and counter misinformation about their dangers?
Will he stack & replace #ACIP members

The Senate should perhaps ask, “Why is Weldon the best person for the job?”

wolfggurl50.bsky.social•4 hours ago

1. ask him about the measles outbreak.
2. ask him what PROOF anti-vax theorists have that getting polio is better than getting vaccinated?
3. Ask him what protections americans hv against transmissibles like Ebola now that our research & investigations r shut down.

beta-cat.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Do not vote for his nomination. A vote for any Trump nominee is a vote for continued destruction of our government--healthcare included. If Dr. Weldon was not aligned with this agenda, he would not be nominated.

dmpro.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Absolutely. I truly believe the Democrats should NOT vote for ANY of this regime’s nominees. NOT ONE SINGLE ONE OF THEM. WE truly need to stand as a united BLUE wall against this evil regime.

energystate.bsky.social•5 hours ago

All him if he agrees that is better to contact measles than be vaccinated against measles. Then follow up with how many deaths from measles he estimates to expect this year

energystate.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Oh man. Autocorrect made a mess of that one. :/

okeefe34.bsky.social•3 hours ago

Where are Covid numbers? Measles numbers? Where are the interviews on tv to tell people to vaccinate their children not just a post on their website. RFK said everyone needs to get measles though it can KILL people. Is that insanity? Yes it is. What other information has the CDC STOPPED telling us?

bwr2628.bsky.social•55 minutes ago

How about ‘how does he feel about Elon and DOGE cleaning out some of CDC’s best and brightest before he has even had a chance to be confirmed.’

workinggourmet.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Will he follow the Project 2025 recommendations to conduct “abortion surveillance” through the CDC?

On what scientific studies does he base the assertion that vaccines cause autism?

On what scientific studies does he base the assertion that abortions cause breast cancer?

mir-scs.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Ask him if he knows how many members of trump's former administration trump threw under the bus? And why does he think that he's special?

eykyu.bsky.social•3 hours ago

You need to watch this to hear it straight from the horse's mouth—he is the one doing the fireside chats.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOU-GADaSYg

rob1946.bsky.social•5 hours ago

How about “Do you believe in public health?”

maverick72.bsky.social•5 hours ago

I’d use the same type of questions as with RFK, Jr. I’d like to know if US longstanding health policies are now going to be substituted by crackpot theories by espoused by the current head of HHS.

thisisjoylps.bsky.social•5 hours ago

What scientific studies and journals does he frequently read? How did he think Dr. Fauci did managing the Covid pandemic ad what would he do similarly/differently for the next zoonotic pandemic?

davidsp72.bsky.social•4 hours ago

That’s a foul! You can’t use words like “zoonotic.” How could he be expected to know something like that, he hasn’t gotten his CDC training orientation yet.

thisisjoylps.bsky.social•4 hours ago

lol. 😂

kkon25.bsky.social•1 hour ago

Given that Weldon is the president of the Alliance of Healthcare Sharing Ministries, which are not even legally obligated to pay their own members' claims, how can he be trusted with the public care of all Americans health, particularly those who aren't Christians? Just another Trump grifter IMO

chello24.bsky.social•2 hours ago

How does he feel about RFK and the measles outbreak and the vaccines? What does he want to accomplish in the role? How will he PROTECT Americans in lieu of RFK and his lack of support and the gutting of the CDC and NIH?

coloradocitizen.bsky.social•41 minutes ago

Ask him if he is going to fight to rejoin WHO. Ask him if he is going to stand up to RFK Jr. and his vaccination lies. Ask him if he will stand up to Trump if a pandemic occurs. Ask what he plans to do to stop the measles outbreak.

kalstone.bsky.social•5 hours ago

If he's changed his mind about the safety of the HPV vaccine now that data has shown the many cases of cervical cancer it's preventing.

universelost.bsky.social•4 hours ago

I'd push to ask about programs that encourage vaccination in juvenile males as well... But won't press my luck

pepe-mccormack.bsky.social•5 hours ago

How does he feel about vaccines? How does he feel about RFK Jr. antivaccines statements? What actions would he recommend we do about the measles epidemic hitting US?

fairfaxdemocrats.bsky.social•5 hours ago

What would he have done to protect Americans from Covid-19 when trump was promoting disinfectant ingestion, shining powerful lights inside the body and ivermectin?

danylwms.bsky.social•4 hours ago

As they no longer allow CDC communications-what was the rational and what is their proposed alternative for informing state public health agencies?

Is it okay for their to be outbreaks and the population not know their risk?
How is that beneficial to Americans?
Do U care about healthcare WORKERS?

indivisibleuppercape.org•1 hour ago

Honestly, I want to understand this confirmation charade. We ALL know not one nominee has been qualified. No matter what you ask they lie, you know it & they know you know. And still some Dems have voted to confirm. I hope you read this and find a way to address this question

gretafied.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Fascism Nazism and Racism are mental diseases.

gretafied.bsky.social•4 hours ago

How do we deal emotionally and mentally with being terrorized by the governing process? In memory of my Grandma Anna Dahl who saved the US taxpayers $850 Million in 1955(Sac Bee). A teacher and electric coop pioneer she told me in 1966 that "Politics is the dirtiest business in the world".

accidentalmomma68.bsky.social•1 hour ago

Prevention is in your Agency’s name. How are you planning to do that without research funding?

susanbrilliant.bsky.social•2 hours ago

@markey.senate.gov: what is Dr Weldon’s understanding of the principles of public health? What is his plan to strengthen public health programs across all states? Ask him to name 10 essential public health services. What are his plans to strengthen disease surveillance?

https://www.apha.org/what-is-public-health/10-essential-public-health-services

mymothersgirl.bsky.social•3 hours ago

This guy should be a straight up no vote.

mskanin.bsky.social•1 hour ago

Senator Markey knows this

daumtm.bsky.social•3 hours ago

@markey.senate.gov And remind him that he took a hippocratic oath to DO NO HARM!

daumtm.bsky.social•3 hours ago

@markey.senate.gov you should ask him where the legitimate scientific studies are showing getting measles is better than vaccination, why currently the CDC can't share CRUICAL information regarding outbreaks with states & what he would do to protect the health of every day citizens.

mskanin.bsky.social•1 hour ago

he'll claim the are legit because the other side thrives in a disinformation environment

callyourreps.us•5 hours ago

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mskanin.bsky.social•1 hour ago

Truth is, he's likely to lie. In this regime, lies are acceptable and cruelty is the point. Remember, too, that no matter what he says, Weldon is against uniform reproductive rights and has helped RJKJr in his anti-vax attacks. That means he won't listen to those trying to protect public health.

jlspeakup.bsky.social•3 hours ago

Will seniors be able to get covid and flu shots next fall, or should we plan on another pandemic?

lolitaslife.bsky.social•59 minutes ago

Ask him if they will spend the same amount of money Trump & Kristi (Homeland Security) used to deter migrants from entering the country with ads that looked like political ads, quite frankly, to help inform the American public of dangerous diseases & vaccines like measles.
$200mil I think it was?

feliscorvus.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Ask him to commit to communicating accurately about vaccines & securing Americans’ access to vaccines.

dmpro.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Exactly. This really shouldn’t be a thing. Boomers were the largest population boom. I can guarantee that a majority of us were vaccinated. We actually eradicated measles in the US until this whole vaccine skepticism started. SCIENCE WORKS. And CONTINUED SCIENTIFIC STUDIES will strengthen MEDICINE.

agllegal.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Go through the answers that Kennedy recently gave to Hannity. Ask if he agrees.

suedonym123.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Ask him what his first five actions will be to stop the spread of the measles and to stop the crossover of bird flu to humans.

colleenckc1.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Ask him if his kids and grandkids are vaccinated.

mbaileywriter.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Ask him how he intends to sabotage the CDC, because we all know that's exactly why he was nominated.

majlh77.bsky.social•2 hours ago

Ask him if he’s heard of the book, “Samantha’s Voice.” A book that gives fentanyl victims a voice. Then ask him what impact does the opioid crisis have on maternal/ fetal health, and the link to autism rates.

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