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mikebusniak.bsky.social
Environmental Health Specialist / Licensed Public Health professional / Lecturer / Sometimes I get ridiculous
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Scheduled meeting of CDC vaccine advisers postponed The postponement comes amid concerns that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime vaccine critic, could make changes to the group, or get rid of it altogether. www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

Louisiana Department of Health says it will no longer promote mass vaccination www.cnn.com/2025/02/13/h...

submitted 10 days ago • 6 comments

It is very unclear what this means. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

submitted 30 days ago • 8 comments

🛟 Hopefully the link to this 2023 study doesn't disappear, but in case anyone is looking for info about how the NIH has impacted our society, www.nih.gov/sites/defaul...

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

As I say often, universal health care is disaster mitigation and preparedness. This is why.

submitted 78 days ago • 3 comments

@neorsd.org Do you have any thoughts on this? www.bbc.com/future/artic...

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

🏳️‍⚧️FAQ for posterity: Why do you use pronouns in your bio? Because it's an easy way to promote inclusivity & to increase awareness of gender expression. It costs me nothing, &because I work with kids who are establishing their identity it shows that I don't make assumptions. /1

submitted 87 days ago • 4 comments

composting is best. disposals do have two strikes against them: they encourage more solids in your plumbing system, and they also increase water use. both practices consume a lot of resources.

submitted 89 days ago • 3 comments

A person on a bicycle is by far the most energy-efficient among animals and machines per distance traveled relative to body weight. The bicycle is magic. www.jstor.org/stable/24923...

submitted 91 days ago • 273 comments

Others have noted it but I will too: The big reason Bluesky is so hot right now is that the people who add value to social media - the frequent posters in specific fields - are here now, talking to each other and creating the "spectator value" that draws users and attention.

submitted 92 days ago • 935 comments

🧵Growing outbreaks of vaccine preventable, severe disease in kids: A grim thread “As of Nov 9, which marks the latest data available from the CDC, there were more than 23,500 cases of whooping cough reported so far this year. That’s far and above the roughly 5,000 cases confirmed in all of 2023”

submitted 92 days ago • 33 comments

Antivax organizations are celebrating the choice of Weldon for CDC. He has a history of casting doubt on vaccine safety.

submitted 92 days ago • 6 comments