Alisa Velonis
@alisajv.bsky.social
Public health academic. Gender-based violence researcher and advocate. Maternal child health. Childless cat-lady. Mad knitter.
Hi friends! Ashlee is my student, and this is her dissertation work! Please consider helping her out if you can! It’s important work!
i know people are probably tired of seeing this but i have 45 participants with a goal of 280. if you qualify for the survey, please consider taking it!
if you do not qualify, it would be very helpful to repost and boost in your networks! (also i am very happy to answer any questions)
if you do not qualify, it would be very helpful to repost and boost in your networks! (also i am very happy to answer any questions)
April 24, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Hi friends! Ashlee is my student, and this is her dissertation work! Please consider helping her out if you can! It’s important work!
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This week @defendpublichealth.bsky.social launched the People's Health Platform -- an ambitious, hopeful, rights- and evidence-based vision of the future of health justice in America.
Will you join me in endorsing the People's Health Platform?
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Will you join me in endorsing the People's Health Platform?
actionnetwork.org/forms/endors...
Endorse the People's Health Platform!
The People's Health Platform We need YOU to endorse the People's Health Platform! Sign on here to show your support for this ambitious, human rights- and evidence-based vision for the future of pub...
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April 8, 2026 at 8:12 PM
This week @defendpublichealth.bsky.social launched the People's Health Platform -- an ambitious, hopeful, rights- and evidence-based vision of the future of health justice in America.
Will you join me in endorsing the People's Health Platform?
actionnetwork.org/forms/endors...
Will you join me in endorsing the People's Health Platform?
actionnetwork.org/forms/endors...
DEFEND PUBLIC HEALTH!!
These are the planks in our People’s Health Platform. Voters have a right to know which candidates endorse the platform and are ready to protect the public’s health.
1. Guarantee healthcare for all
2. Put science back in public health
3. Rebuild public health infrastructure
1. Guarantee healthcare for all
2. Put science back in public health
3. Rebuild public health infrastructure
April 6, 2026 at 2:54 PM
DEFEND PUBLIC HEALTH!!
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Each day during Public Health Week, @defendpublichealth.bsky.social will be highlighting two of the 10 planks in our People’s Health Platform.
Today we’re leading off with a banger:
GUARANTEE HEALTHCARE FOR ALL
Today we’re leading off with a banger:
GUARANTEE HEALTHCARE FOR ALL
April 6, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Each day during Public Health Week, @defendpublichealth.bsky.social will be highlighting two of the 10 planks in our People’s Health Platform.
Today we’re leading off with a banger:
GUARANTEE HEALTHCARE FOR ALL
Today we’re leading off with a banger:
GUARANTEE HEALTHCARE FOR ALL
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On the way to a hospital for an uncontrolled nosebleed, 7 yr old Diana Crespo and her family were snatched by ICE.
She is now in Dilley detention center where a measles outbreak is occurring and conditions are very poor
Unacceptable
Call 5calls.org
Write democracy.io
www.opb.org/article/2026...
She is now in Dilley detention center where a measles outbreak is occurring and conditions are very poor
Unacceptable
Call 5calls.org
Write democracy.io
www.opb.org/article/2026...
Gresham family detained by immigration officers while seeking medical care for their 7-year-old
The family’s detainment marks the first confirmed detainment of an entire family in Oregon, advocates say.
www.opb.org
February 6, 2026 at 10:16 PM
On the way to a hospital for an uncontrolled nosebleed, 7 yr old Diana Crespo and her family were snatched by ICE.
She is now in Dilley detention center where a measles outbreak is occurring and conditions are very poor
Unacceptable
Call 5calls.org
Write democracy.io
www.opb.org/article/2026...
She is now in Dilley detention center where a measles outbreak is occurring and conditions are very poor
Unacceptable
Call 5calls.org
Write democracy.io
www.opb.org/article/2026...
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My god
January 25, 2026 at 12:54 AM
My god
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Ah yes. Those diseases are in such high demand. I’m so glad we rescued measles from being eliminated. It was so unjust. Clearly it deserved to go on murdering and disabling children.
Copy Editing Matters, from HHS's release on the new childhood vaccine schedule: All the diseases will still be available to anyone who wants them
January 6, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Ah yes. Those diseases are in such high demand. I’m so glad we rescued measles from being eliminated. It was so unjust. Clearly it deserved to go on murdering and disabling children.
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Is your baby TOO healthy? The first years too sedate for you? Do you think a stint in the NICU will be a fun change of pace?
Show your baby that life IS pain with Rotavirus!
Rotavirus is a contagious infection in the guts that causes vomiting, diarrhea, and dehydration.
Show your baby that life IS pain with Rotavirus!
Rotavirus is a contagious infection in the guts that causes vomiting, diarrhea, and dehydration.
January 6, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Is your baby TOO healthy? The first years too sedate for you? Do you think a stint in the NICU will be a fun change of pace?
Show your baby that life IS pain with Rotavirus!
Rotavirus is a contagious infection in the guts that causes vomiting, diarrhea, and dehydration.
Show your baby that life IS pain with Rotavirus!
Rotavirus is a contagious infection in the guts that causes vomiting, diarrhea, and dehydration.
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RFK Jr. and his anti-vax ACIP are responsible for doing harm to generations of Americans living in the shadow of his anti-science leadership, and Hep. B is just the tip of the iceberg
It's time for Congress to impeach and remove RFK Jr. No ifs, no buts. Enough is enough. #ImpeachtheQuack
It's time for Congress to impeach and remove RFK Jr. No ifs, no buts. Enough is enough. #ImpeachtheQuack
ACIP votes to end universal HBV birth dose for newborns. The consequence? Prepare to see a reversal of our rates of chronic liver disease and liver cancer as more children are left unprotected.
The birth dose has an up to 90% efficacy rate of protecting newborns from Hep B, which is incurable.
The birth dose has an up to 90% efficacy rate of protecting newborns from Hep B, which is incurable.
ACIP votes to abandon universal hepatitis B vaccination for newborns
Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are meeting today on what could be a major change to the childhood vaccination schedule. Follow here for live updates.
www.cnn.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
RFK Jr. and his anti-vax ACIP are responsible for doing harm to generations of Americans living in the shadow of his anti-science leadership, and Hep. B is just the tip of the iceberg
It's time for Congress to impeach and remove RFK Jr. No ifs, no buts. Enough is enough. #ImpeachtheQuack
It's time for Congress to impeach and remove RFK Jr. No ifs, no buts. Enough is enough. #ImpeachtheQuack
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One (of so so many) things that made me angry today was Retsef Levi suggesting people "ask their friends" as a way to gauge HepB prevalence in the community*, when a reason it's currently low is *all the effort we've put into vaccination over several decades*. I miss actual experts on ACIP.
The effects of the ACIP poisoned recommendations may not be seen clearly at scale for years.
But every child that unnecessarily develops HepB-associated chronic liver disease and cancer is the fault of those on that committee, the HHS Secretary, and those that capitulated to put him in power.
But every child that unnecessarily develops HepB-associated chronic liver disease and cancer is the fault of those on that committee, the HHS Secretary, and those that capitulated to put him in power.
December 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
One (of so so many) things that made me angry today was Retsef Levi suggesting people "ask their friends" as a way to gauge HepB prevalence in the community*, when a reason it's currently low is *all the effort we've put into vaccination over several decades*. I miss actual experts on ACIP.
My Equity Research Is Being Censored. I Knew This Day Was Coming. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Opinion | My Equity Research Is Being Censored. I Knew This Day Was Coming.
Ending DEI in public health research and practice is harmful
www.medpagetoday.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:46 AM
My Equity Research Is Being Censored. I Knew This Day Was Coming. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
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Vaccines remain one of our most powerful tools to protect public health and America’s future generations. Every child deserves the right to vaccines. #SaveCDC #ACIP #SavePublicHealth #VaccinesSaveLives
September 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Vaccines remain one of our most powerful tools to protect public health and America’s future generations. Every child deserves the right to vaccines. #SaveCDC #ACIP #SavePublicHealth #VaccinesSaveLives
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🚨 Trigger warning 🚨
To 🧠🪱, various politicians, and reporters who are mis-reporting and minimizing the CDC shooting (some innocently, & others clearly not):
A shooting "near" CDC instead of *at* CDC is like
an abusive partner saying: “I didn’t hit you — I just punched the wall next to your head.”
To 🧠🪱, various politicians, and reporters who are mis-reporting and minimizing the CDC shooting (some innocently, & others clearly not):
A shooting "near" CDC instead of *at* CDC is like
an abusive partner saying: “I didn’t hit you — I just punched the wall next to your head.”
August 12, 2025 at 12:17 AM
🚨 Trigger warning 🚨
To 🧠🪱, various politicians, and reporters who are mis-reporting and minimizing the CDC shooting (some innocently, & others clearly not):
A shooting "near" CDC instead of *at* CDC is like
an abusive partner saying: “I didn’t hit you — I just punched the wall next to your head.”
To 🧠🪱, various politicians, and reporters who are mis-reporting and minimizing the CDC shooting (some innocently, & others clearly not):
A shooting "near" CDC instead of *at* CDC is like
an abusive partner saying: “I didn’t hit you — I just punched the wall next to your head.”
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The 17 experts who were ousted from an HHS vaccine committee have published a commentary on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, saying that Robert Kennedy, Jr., and his self-picked panel are abandoning rigorous scientific review and open deliberation.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
July 31, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The 17 experts who were ousted from an HHS vaccine committee have published a commentary on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, saying that Robert Kennedy, Jr., and his self-picked panel are abandoning rigorous scientific review and open deliberation.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Best read as a reasoned call to action, not a question. And we will need vivid terms for where we are going — oligarchy and fascism — as well as what we are seeking — freedom and equality.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
Opinion | How Will We Know When We Have Lost Our Democracy?
www.nytimes.com
May 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Best read as a reasoned call to action, not a question. And we will need vivid terms for where we are going — oligarchy and fascism — as well as what we are seeking — freedom and equality.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
As upset as I am that RAINN caved (with seemingly public awareness), I’m livid that they were placed in this position in the first place. newrepublic.com/post/195327/...
Top Sexual Assault Hotline RAINN Caves to Trump in Chilling Move
RAINN has given in to Donald Trump’s war on DEI.
newrepublic.com
May 16, 2025 at 2:03 AM
As upset as I am that RAINN caved (with seemingly public awareness), I’m livid that they were placed in this position in the first place. newrepublic.com/post/195327/...
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Good morning 🌞 – some inspo to start your day:
It’s people like Dr. Brittany Charlton, a Harvard professor and public health researcher, who remind us that science, equity, and truth are worth fighting for. 💪🏽🌍
Her lawsuit is protecting LGBTQ+ health, science, and democracy. 🏳️🌈⚖️
It’s people like Dr. Brittany Charlton, a Harvard professor and public health researcher, who remind us that science, equity, and truth are worth fighting for. 💪🏽🌍
Her lawsuit is protecting LGBTQ+ health, science, and democracy. 🏳️🌈⚖️
Science is under attack. So I’m taking RFK Jr. to court
“After losing every one of my grants — and seeing the human cost to my team, patients, and society — I knew silence was not an option,” writes Brittany Charlton.
www.statnews.com
May 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Good morning 🌞 – some inspo to start your day:
It’s people like Dr. Brittany Charlton, a Harvard professor and public health researcher, who remind us that science, equity, and truth are worth fighting for. 💪🏽🌍
Her lawsuit is protecting LGBTQ+ health, science, and democracy. 🏳️🌈⚖️
It’s people like Dr. Brittany Charlton, a Harvard professor and public health researcher, who remind us that science, equity, and truth are worth fighting for. 💪🏽🌍
Her lawsuit is protecting LGBTQ+ health, science, and democracy. 🏳️🌈⚖️
May 14, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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Please see below strong Statement from @apha.org Executive Director Georges C. Benjamin, MD: "I ask my colleagues to join me and speak up. Secretary Robert Kennedy is a danger to the public’s health and should resign or be fired."
#PublicHealth #EpiSky #SocialEpi
www.apha.org/news-and-med...
#PublicHealth #EpiSky #SocialEpi
www.apha.org/news-and-med...
Secretary Kennedy and his policies are a danger to the public’s health
www.apha.org
April 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Please see below strong Statement from @apha.org Executive Director Georges C. Benjamin, MD: "I ask my colleagues to join me and speak up. Secretary Robert Kennedy is a danger to the public’s health and should resign or be fired."
#PublicHealth #EpiSky #SocialEpi
www.apha.org/news-and-med...
#PublicHealth #EpiSky #SocialEpi
www.apha.org/news-and-med...
Go @nickmetheny.bsky.social and colleagues!
So proud to join colleagues in refusing to abandon our science and the communities we serve in the face of cruelty and chaos:
April 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Go @nickmetheny.bsky.social and colleagues!
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@ylepidemiologist.bsky.social
is right. You can humiliate and fire us. But we will not stay down. Because we truly believe in our mission. We fight for people. We fight for kids. For the right to survive and the hope to thrive.
Goodnight friends. Get some rest.
open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
is right. You can humiliate and fire us. But we will not stay down. Because we truly believe in our mission. We fight for people. We fight for kids. For the right to survive and the hope to thrive.
Goodnight friends. Get some rest.
open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
Why we keep going
Today thousands of health workers at the CDC and FDA lost their jobs—effective immediately.
open.substack.com
April 2, 2025 at 3:21 AM
@ylepidemiologist.bsky.social
is right. You can humiliate and fire us. But we will not stay down. Because we truly believe in our mission. We fight for people. We fight for kids. For the right to survive and the hope to thrive.
Goodnight friends. Get some rest.
open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
is right. You can humiliate and fire us. But we will not stay down. Because we truly believe in our mission. We fight for people. We fight for kids. For the right to survive and the hope to thrive.
Goodnight friends. Get some rest.
open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
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There is no other way to say this: Today is the day the CDC was essentially dissolved. What's left is a husk. People will die as a direct result.
www.wired.com/story/cdc-gu...
www.wired.com/story/cdc-gu...
The CDC Has Been Gutted
Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.
www.wired.com
April 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
There is no other way to say this: Today is the day the CDC was essentially dissolved. What's left is a husk. People will die as a direct result.
www.wired.com/story/cdc-gu...
www.wired.com/story/cdc-gu...