Notices by Dr. Lucky Tran :verified: (luckytran@med-mastodon.com), page 4

Sending much love and solidarity to all the public health workers who have been inexplicably fired from government agencies today. The world is far less safe as a result.

With an anti-science conspiracy theorist leading the US Department of Health and Human Services, preventative action is critical to protecting your health and the health of your community.

A good place to start would be getting back into the practice of regularly wearing a mask.

It's official: Robert F. Kennedy Jr, an anti-vaxxer, AIDS-denialist, and conspiracy theorist has been confirmed to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. This is a highly partisan move that will harm all people in the US. We must commit to fighting his disinformation as he takes office.

Carl Sagan's prediction in 1995. We are here now.

"These cuts should be a rallying cry for higher education to come together to make the case for the American system of research and teaching. Conflicts between faculty and administrators should be set aside to focus attention on this ruthless takedown of academia. All disciplines will be affected by these cuts, not just science. This is a moment to unite."

100% agree. Now is the time for all of us to come together in support of science for the benefit of humanity. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adw6467

BREAKING: In response to a lawsuit by Doctors of America, a federal judge ordered the Department of Health and Human Services to restore critical health information on websites that were removed by the Trump administration.

The webpages must be restored to their Jan. 30 state by midnight Tue, Feb 11.

They actually changed the name on Google Maps. Embarrassing.

I know there's been years of disinfo downplaying the flu in order to dismiss COVID as a threat, but both things cause serious illness and are best avoided. This flu wave is no joke. It's a good idea to get this season's flu vaccine (it's not too late), and wear a well-fitting mask like an N95.

US military budget: $850 billion

US National Institutes of Health indirect costs: $9 billion

That they are so focused on cutting the budget of the latter says everything.

More details on censorship at the CDC from Alexander Tin. TLDR; Trump officials stopped CDC scientists from publishing data on bird flu in the MMWR. Instead, at the last minute they forced CDC scientists to publish on the health risks of wildfires to bolster Trump's attacks on California Governor Gavin Newsom's handling of the wildfires.

Story: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-officials-influence-cdc-mmwr/

This is NOT a drill. The NIH has announced the cuts will take effect Monday.

Do not stay silent. Now is the time to organize your labs, your departments, your campuses, your cities, and push back against this vengeful attempt to destroy science and universities.

I can't emphasize enough how disastrous the NIH cuts will be. If implemented as proposed, it could decimate universities and college towns. And it could mean every one of us in the US and around the world will experience shorter and less healthy lives.

The NIH announced it will slash billions of dollars of support to universities and research centers.

This is one of the biggest attacks on science we have ever seen. It could dismantle the biomedical research system, shut down clinical trials, and halt development of treatments.

Wow. So not only were several bird flu studies left out of today’s CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, some data on bird flu briefly appeared in the online report and then was quickly removed.

The bird flu data removed from the CDC MMWR included crucial information about the risks of bird flu to people and pets. The data suggests an infected cat might have spread the virus to a human adolescent.

Article: https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/white-house-preparing-order-to-cut-thousands-of-federal-health-workers-bd1e0b7f?st=daNvNq&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

According to the Wall Street Journal, Trump's White House is working on an executive order to fire thousands of workers from HHS, FDA, CDC and other health agencies. The order could come as soon as next week.

If it goes through, this order would put everyone's health in danger.

After an unprecedented pause of three weeks, the CDC has resumed publishing its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).

However, three studies about bird flu that were supposed to appear in this edition, remain on hold even as the outbreak spreads.

The government censoring scientists is horrific.

But what is even more horrific is that many non-government scientists and institutions are self-censoring themselves because they are scared of the government and losing funding.

Authoritarianism wins when we comply in advance!

As a science advocate, something I hear a lot is that people think government would be better if there were more scientists and physicians elected to Congress. Senator Bill Cassidy's cowardice in voting for RFK Jr, show us that expertise is useless if you have no morals.

Senator Bill Cassidy, a former doctor, voting to approve a dangerous anti-science quack like RFK Jr, is malpractice and violation of the hippocratic oath.