Esther Choo

From nine former CDC directors, who collectively worked at the agency for more than 100 years: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o... Read every word.

Three children, ages 5, 8, and 11. One teacher. Our hearts are broken in Oregon, and as @tinakotek.bsky.social said, “will stay broken” www.opb.org/article/2026...

Thinking of when a patient showed up with a firearm looking for one of my colleagues. Healthcare workers: it’s worth asking your hospital if there is a non-firewalled link to your schedules out there.

Last week we revealed that dozens of hospitals throughout the country expose the live call schedule and cells of their physicians and medical providers. At a time of increased violence threats and harassment, experts said, that’s a significant security risk. And yet, most schedules are still live.

Along with everything else, she always made us laugh. RIP Dolly 💔

This is a terrific response, but they can go even further -- the weak attack on "communism" gives Democrats a great opening to call out Trump's massive cronyism and corruption.

look if we’re trying to showcase parts of america that don’t suck we can do a lot worse than the muppets

“The fundamental choice is between a system where scientists make scientific judgments through accountable deliberative processes and one where political appointees make those calls instead.” In this cycle as both a submitter and a study section reviewer, these proposed changes are grim news.

One of my ER colleagues trying to figure out how to allocate the two hallway beds with 35 patients in the waiting room

This is now the LOST generation for all doctoral research, from engineering to public health, from literature to psychology, from religion to economics. Some programs will suffer more than others, but this is a tremendous loss to the future. This is ALL on #RussellVought #DonaldTrump #JDVance.

When Trump said he would bring on a "New Golden Age," he was talking about his wallet.

Casey Means has gone on and on about her passion for getting healthy foods on Americans' plates. I hope one of the Democrats asks her what she thinks is the effect of cutting SNAP cuts and the Local Food For Schools program on low-income Americans' ability to afford healthy food.

HORRIFYING - Dismantling USAID & cancelling >80% of aid caused ~750,000 deaths by mid-2025 🧸Most were children ⌛️ Many died within the first year 😰 Preventable deaths were mainly from: - HIV, TB, malaria - Maternal & fetal deaths - Malnutrition news.westernu.ca/2026/01/u-s-...

“the withering of public health might not anticipate a future apocalypse so much as it recalls a previous America, one where lives were cheaper and shorter, where good health was the province of a privileged few…” www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

No context needed #generalstrike

Kristi Noem: "Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen"

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

The heartbreak is that we all know those nurses: the ones who don’t compartmentalize to the hospital, but are always caring for the people around them.

“I don’t like established science,” he said, adding “science is what I observe.”

Ask yourself: If Donald Trump was intentionally trying to destroy the United States, how could you tell the difference?

DHS getting basic 4th Amendment law wrong on its official Twitter account. Seems like this post is bound to show up as an exhibit in one of the cases challenging ICE/Border Control enforcement actions.

In case anyone is still unclear, a tariff is a tax on imports and in practice American consumers pay most of it through higher prices

Thank you, @jeremyfaust.bsky.social, for this public service; we have all wanted to see the protocol of this deeply unethical trial being funded by RFK Jr in Guinea-Bissau, I’m grateful you obtained it and have published it insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-the-...

Happening Now: Students have walked out of school and are protesting against ICE in Saint Paul, Minnesota

An announcement from Noah Wyle and the CDC:

I want it to be very clear that this doesn't just affect people with mental illness or addiction. It doesn't just affect their families, either. It will impact every single American with a decrease in quality of life, because the services that help people also buffer the community.

No one should feel scared to exist in this country. We need guardrails on DHS and ICE, and elected officials who will enforce them. In this country that I love, we stand up for our rights and each other. We can choose compassion over cruelty, and humanity over fear. #BeGood

Last six days - Venezuela strike, Maduro seized - Trump warns Cuba, Colombia - RFK Jr changes vaccine schedule - Walz ends re-election bid - Jan 6 anniversary - Greenland threats spark diplomatic crisis - Minnesota ICE shooting - House passes ACA subsidy bill - Iran protesters

Two people were shot by ICE in Portland Oregon today katu.com/news/local/i...

Bacterial meningitis and advanced liver failure are high-suffering diseases. These are not good things to learn the hard way.

Just trying to reconcile the fear that ICE officers always say they have, when day after day what the ER sees is injured protesters and detainees.

They are going to Epstein Files a murder

I extend my deepest sympathies, prayers, and righteous anger to the loved ones of Renee Good, a 37 year old mother and American citizen killed by ICE. We should never normalize what is happening. We must do all we can to resist tyranny and hate — and to demand accountability.