Dr CatLady (she/her)
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Amplifying this bc we're continuing to see *inaccurate* claims that the Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP) was gutted in 2025
Did VSP lose employees? Yes: 2 civilians were RIFed and 1 person retired (after being RIFed)
Does VSP still have most of its employees: Also yes!
Did VSP lose employees? Yes: 2 civilians were RIFed and 1 person retired (after being RIFed)
Does VSP still have most of its employees: Also yes!
May 7, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Amplifying this bc we're continuing to see *inaccurate* claims that the Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP) was gutted in 2025
Did VSP lose employees? Yes: 2 civilians were RIFed and 1 person retired (after being RIFed)
Does VSP still have most of its employees: Also yes!
Did VSP lose employees? Yes: 2 civilians were RIFed and 1 person retired (after being RIFed)
Does VSP still have most of its employees: Also yes!
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Yeah I’m struggling with this hearing.
RFK Jr. is lying every time he is asked a question and we’re expected to just like accept that this is normal business.
THIS. MAN. SHOULD. NOT. BE. HHS. SECRETARY. PERIOD.
He is dangerous and he is harming so many people.
RFK Jr. is lying every time he is asked a question and we’re expected to just like accept that this is normal business.
THIS. MAN. SHOULD. NOT. BE. HHS. SECRETARY. PERIOD.
He is dangerous and he is harming so many people.
April 22, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Yeah I’m struggling with this hearing.
RFK Jr. is lying every time he is asked a question and we’re expected to just like accept that this is normal business.
THIS. MAN. SHOULD. NOT. BE. HHS. SECRETARY. PERIOD.
He is dangerous and he is harming so many people.
RFK Jr. is lying every time he is asked a question and we’re expected to just like accept that this is normal business.
THIS. MAN. SHOULD. NOT. BE. HHS. SECRETARY. PERIOD.
He is dangerous and he is harming so many people.
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On April 1, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services issued broad Reduction in Force (RIF) notifications that wiped out entire divisions at federal health agencies, like the CDC. The author of this piece serves at one such agency and describes their experiences on that day.
April 1, 2025, The Day the Science Died
On April 1, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services issued broad Reduction in Force (RIF) notifications that wiped out entire divisions at federal health agencies, like the CDC.
thosenerdygirls.substack.com
March 31, 2026 at 7:36 PM
On April 1, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services issued broad Reduction in Force (RIF) notifications that wiped out entire divisions at federal health agencies, like the CDC. The author of this piece serves at one such agency and describes their experiences on that day.
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This was a stunning piece of reporting and a heartbreaking read. Thanks to all the brave CDC folks speaking out and to @jeneeninterlandi.bsky.social for this article.
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Inside the Turmoil at RFK Jr.’s CDC, as Told by Current and Former Employees (Gift Article)
Forty-three current and former C.D.C. employees on the changes they say are replacing science with ideology — and making Americans more vulnerable.
www.nytimes.com
March 23, 2026 at 4:33 PM
This was a stunning piece of reporting and a heartbreaking read. Thanks to all the brave CDC folks speaking out and to @jeneeninterlandi.bsky.social for this article.
🎁🔗
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The Bradford-Hill Criteria give you a scientific checklist that can help you evaluate whether wild health claims are actually true. @sandylaping.bsky.social
Read more here:
Read more here:
You see a WILD claim on social media, but how do you know it's true?
The Bradford-Hill Criteria give you a scientific checklist that can help you evaluate whether wild health claims are actually true.
thosenerdygirls.substack.com
February 18, 2026 at 9:30 AM
The Bradford-Hill Criteria give you a scientific checklist that can help you evaluate whether wild health claims are actually true. @sandylaping.bsky.social
Read more here:
Read more here:
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Skydance, parent co of Paramount & CBS, complied in advance. FCC chair, Brendan Carr is flexing so CBS barred Colbert from airing his interview with TX Senate candidate, Rep. James Talarico
Therefore, don't share this link of the Colbert interview with @jamestalarico.bsky.social
It'll make Carr mad
Therefore, don't share this link of the Colbert interview with @jamestalarico.bsky.social
It'll make Carr mad
Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislatu…
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtu.be
February 17, 2026 at 6:22 AM
Skydance, parent co of Paramount & CBS, complied in advance. FCC chair, Brendan Carr is flexing so CBS barred Colbert from airing his interview with TX Senate candidate, Rep. James Talarico
Therefore, don't share this link of the Colbert interview with @jamestalarico.bsky.social
It'll make Carr mad
Therefore, don't share this link of the Colbert interview with @jamestalarico.bsky.social
It'll make Carr mad
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That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers.
Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they?
Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they?
January 3, 2026 at 8:01 PM
That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers.
Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they?
Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they?
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If you have a fed in your life, be it digital or IRL, show them some extra love these next few weeks
For so many, they are watching their lifes work get shit on by criminals & conmen
Be patient with them. Remind them they’re not alone. They aren’t forgotten
This administration has taken so much 💔
For so many, they are watching their lifes work get shit on by criminals & conmen
Be patient with them. Remind them they’re not alone. They aren’t forgotten
This administration has taken so much 💔
December 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
If you have a fed in your life, be it digital or IRL, show them some extra love these next few weeks
For so many, they are watching their lifes work get shit on by criminals & conmen
Be patient with them. Remind them they’re not alone. They aren’t forgotten
This administration has taken so much 💔
For so many, they are watching their lifes work get shit on by criminals & conmen
Be patient with them. Remind them they’re not alone. They aren’t forgotten
This administration has taken so much 💔
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The media needs to stop writing headlines like “The CDC changes course on vaccines and autism” and “The CDC defends measles response”.
NONE of this is coming from legitimate scientists at the CDC.
ALL of it is coming from RFK Jr.
Every such headline is causing further harm to public health.
NONE of this is coming from legitimate scientists at the CDC.
ALL of it is coming from RFK Jr.
Every such headline is causing further harm to public health.
December 17, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The media needs to stop writing headlines like “The CDC changes course on vaccines and autism” and “The CDC defends measles response”.
NONE of this is coming from legitimate scientists at the CDC.
ALL of it is coming from RFK Jr.
Every such headline is causing further harm to public health.
NONE of this is coming from legitimate scientists at the CDC.
ALL of it is coming from RFK Jr.
Every such headline is causing further harm to public health.
What a remarkable, piercing, and perfect assessment of these malignant moronic monsters.
November 27, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Thankful for my colleagues Dan Jernigan and @drdemetre.bsky.social; for the media and partners who continue to sound the alarm about public health; and most of all to those on the frontlines every day at CDC and in health departments. Our Lancet commentary re CDC: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
US CDC: a public health agency in critical condition
For almost 80 years, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been
the nation's immune system, detecting threats early, coordinating rapid responses,
and safeguarding population hea...
www.thelancet.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Thankful for my colleagues Dan Jernigan and @drdemetre.bsky.social; for the media and partners who continue to sound the alarm about public health; and most of all to those on the frontlines every day at CDC and in health departments. Our Lancet commentary re CDC: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Among the things I am thankful for is the courage and patriotism of all the federal workers who blew the whistle on agency policies that harm Americans, and those who support us. #CourageIsContagious Art by @drrabbithole.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Among the things I am thankful for is the courage and patriotism of all the federal workers who blew the whistle on agency policies that harm Americans, and those who support us. #CourageIsContagious Art by @drrabbithole.bsky.social
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Vecna (aka RFK jr) can’t keep his dusty, mind-flaying tentacles out of your tax funded public health system.
Call Senators Cassidy & Sanders today and tell them to publicly question Sec Kennedy on his lies.
#CDC #HHS #StrangerThings #StrangeThings
Call Senators Cassidy & Sanders today and tell them to publicly question Sec Kennedy on his lies.
#CDC #HHS #StrangerThings #StrangeThings
November 27, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Vecna (aka RFK jr) can’t keep his dusty, mind-flaying tentacles out of your tax funded public health system.
Call Senators Cassidy & Sanders today and tell them to publicly question Sec Kennedy on his lies.
#CDC #HHS #StrangerThings #StrangeThings
Call Senators Cassidy & Sanders today and tell them to publicly question Sec Kennedy on his lies.
#CDC #HHS #StrangerThings #StrangeThings
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The CDC is Not Dead. But Its Autism Page Now Tells Us The Fight Has Changed
whyshoulditrustyou.substack.com/p/the-cdc-is...
whyshoulditrustyou.substack.com/p/the-cdc-is...
The CDC is Not Dead. But Its Autism Page Now Tells Us The Fight Has Changed
The CDC website language change on autism is not the agency’s death knell. Instead, it’s the starting gun of a new race that must be run differently.
whyshoulditrustyou.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:22 AM
The CDC is Not Dead. But Its Autism Page Now Tells Us The Fight Has Changed
whyshoulditrustyou.substack.com/p/the-cdc-is...
whyshoulditrustyou.substack.com/p/the-cdc-is...
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My thoughts on ABC news- Scientists, not political appointees, should be who advises the public on clinical guidance. RFK needs to meet with CDC career leaders and learn about the agency's responses to outbreaks and overall programs vs directing CDC website changes based on ideology not science
Video Former CDC chief on agency webpage saying autism, vaccines link ignored
Dr. Debra Houry, who resigned from her position as chief medical officer of the CDC in 2025, called the change on the CDC’s website "disturbing."
abcnews.go.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
My thoughts on ABC news- Scientists, not political appointees, should be who advises the public on clinical guidance. RFK needs to meet with CDC career leaders and learn about the agency's responses to outbreaks and overall programs vs directing CDC website changes based on ideology not science
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"When you remove scientists from science, you don’t get truth. You get ideology. " Signed D3- Deb, Dan, and @drdemetre.bsky.social
We are former CDC officials. RFK Jr.'s change to vaccine guidance is propaganda.
Under Secretary Kennedy, CDC materials can no longer be assumed to reflect scientific authority.
www.ms.now
November 21, 2025 at 11:01 PM
"When you remove scientists from science, you don’t get truth. You get ideology. " Signed D3- Deb, Dan, and @drdemetre.bsky.social
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Hard day today
Here's what we think about trusting CDC
Here's what we think about trusting CDC
November 21, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Hard day today
Here's what we think about trusting CDC
Here's what we think about trusting CDC
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The right-wing war against public health means that now a person has refused to cooperate with a case investigation that exists for the sole purpose of minimizing the risk to others.
Really selfish behavior from a suspected measles case in Utah.
Really selfish behavior from a suspected measles case in Utah.
Measles outbreak investigation in Utah blocked by patient who refuses to talk
The person refused to even tell health officials their address.
arstechnica.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:51 AM
The right-wing war against public health means that now a person has refused to cooperate with a case investigation that exists for the sole purpose of minimizing the risk to others.
Really selfish behavior from a suspected measles case in Utah.
Really selfish behavior from a suspected measles case in Utah.
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1/6
In the halls of the Department of Health and Human Services, a photo of Admiral Rachel Levine now hangs -- but with her *deadname* printed beneath it.
It’s a quiet act of cruelty. And it says so much about how this Regime sees trans people.
In the halls of the Department of Health and Human Services, a photo of Admiral Rachel Levine now hangs -- but with her *deadname* printed beneath it.
It’s a quiet act of cruelty. And it says so much about how this Regime sees trans people.
Biography: Rachel Levine
Rachel Levine became the highest-ranking openly transgender government official in U.S. history when she was confirmed by the Senate as the 17th Assistant Secretary for Health in March 2021.
www.womenshistory.org
October 30, 2025 at 10:53 PM
1/6
In the halls of the Department of Health and Human Services, a photo of Admiral Rachel Levine now hangs -- but with her *deadname* printed beneath it.
It’s a quiet act of cruelty. And it says so much about how this Regime sees trans people.
In the halls of the Department of Health and Human Services, a photo of Admiral Rachel Levine now hangs -- but with her *deadname* printed beneath it.
It’s a quiet act of cruelty. And it says so much about how this Regime sees trans people.
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2/6
For those who don’t know:
Dr. Rachel Levine is a four-star admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps -- the *highest-ranking openly transgender official in U.S. history.*
She’s dedicated her career to public health, compassion, and evidence-based care.
For those who don’t know:
Dr. Rachel Levine is a four-star admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps -- the *highest-ranking openly transgender official in U.S. history.*
She’s dedicated her career to public health, compassion, and evidence-based care.
October 30, 2025 at 10:53 PM
2/6
For those who don’t know:
Dr. Rachel Levine is a four-star admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps -- the *highest-ranking openly transgender official in U.S. history.*
She’s dedicated her career to public health, compassion, and evidence-based care.
For those who don’t know:
Dr. Rachel Levine is a four-star admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps -- the *highest-ranking openly transgender official in U.S. history.*
She’s dedicated her career to public health, compassion, and evidence-based care.
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3/6
When her portrait was first installed, it meant something.
A trans woman -- in uniform -- recognized for her service, her leadership, and her humanity.
For many, she was a mirror. A rare sign of visibility in an institution that so often erases.
When her portrait was first installed, it meant something.
A trans woman -- in uniform -- recognized for her service, her leadership, and her humanity.
For many, she was a mirror. A rare sign of visibility in an institution that so often erases.
October 30, 2025 at 10:53 PM
3/6
When her portrait was first installed, it meant something.
A trans woman -- in uniform -- recognized for her service, her leadership, and her humanity.
For many, she was a mirror. A rare sign of visibility in an institution that so often erases.
When her portrait was first installed, it meant something.
A trans woman -- in uniform -- recognized for her service, her leadership, and her humanity.
For many, she was a mirror. A rare sign of visibility in an institution that so often erases.
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4/6
Now that visibility is being stripped away.
Deadnaming isn’t a clerical error. It’s a deliberate refusal to see someone for who they are.
It tells every trans person in government: your truth is conditional. Your name is temporary.
Now that visibility is being stripped away.
Deadnaming isn’t a clerical error. It’s a deliberate refusal to see someone for who they are.
It tells every trans person in government: your truth is conditional. Your name is temporary.
October 30, 2025 at 10:53 PM
4/6
Now that visibility is being stripped away.
Deadnaming isn’t a clerical error. It’s a deliberate refusal to see someone for who they are.
It tells every trans person in government: your truth is conditional. Your name is temporary.
Now that visibility is being stripped away.
Deadnaming isn’t a clerical error. It’s a deliberate refusal to see someone for who they are.
It tells every trans person in government: your truth is conditional. Your name is temporary.
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5/6
It takes immense bravery to live authentically, especially under an administration that treats authenticity as defiance.
That’s character -- the kind of integrity this regime could never hope to have.
It takes immense bravery to live authentically, especially under an administration that treats authenticity as defiance.
That’s character -- the kind of integrity this regime could never hope to have.
October 30, 2025 at 10:53 PM
5/6
It takes immense bravery to live authentically, especially under an administration that treats authenticity as defiance.
That’s character -- the kind of integrity this regime could never hope to have.
It takes immense bravery to live authentically, especially under an administration that treats authenticity as defiance.
That’s character -- the kind of integrity this regime could never hope to have.