Ed Belongia MD

belongia.bsky.social

04 December 2025 20:04

Dr Goldman points out the committee bias, unqualified presenters, lack of transparency, cherry-picking data, sidelining actual SMEs, & failure to follow established ACIP procedures. They could have addressed this issue with an unbiased review of evidence (GRADE). That's not what is happening here.

Jonathan Bernstein

jonathanbernstein.bsky.social

04 December 2025 20:04

That last point. Cassidy really has enormous leverage if he wants to use it. He would win this fight. Worst case is he winds up losing a primary and spends his 70s (he's 68 now) as a hero to millions. He'll likely never have as much influence over anything again as he has over this right now.

Andy Craig

andycraig.bsky.social

04 December 2025 20:04

Not like it would be justified if they were drug smugglers, but I think it hasn't gotten enough focus that a boat with 11 people onboard heading from Venezuela to Trinidad was almost certainly migrants. These were probably, at least for some of them, people fleeing Maduro. That's who they murdered.

Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD

prasad.bsky.social

04 December 2025 20:04

this 👇🏽 different tradition in medicine, but the same core principle: duty first and last anything less is unacceptable

Andrew Hazlett

andrewhazlett.bsky.social

04 December 2025 20:03

"Fat, illiterate, and violent" is no way to go through life, son. But you may be a good fit for ICE! www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...