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Gainesville, FL
Joined June 2011
We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. - Elie Wiesel @UFHealth
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Replying to @Delta
@Delta - do better. In a platinum medallion nearly million miler and you cancelled my 2pm Flight from DEN to ATL due to inadequate crew staffing NOT for weather… You then rebook me on a flight to MSP then ATL (then GNV) that misses the ATL to GNV connection.
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To add insult to injury I got a seat on the earlier DEN to MSP flight but you’ve given away my seat from MSP to ATL and expect me to fly to MCO and then get myself home. And your gate agents ask me to check my bag to my final destination which no one really knows since Im standby
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Top it all off with your platinum line phone folks putting me on hold for 15 minutes twice only to hang up on me really it is the cherry on top for the day
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Well said, Dr Buse. I was proud to hand out the editorial next to Dr Kahn and colleagues and I will refrain from doing anything with or for the ADA until an appropriate apologies and leadership changes are madd
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More cowardice from the ADA.
A statement from the American Diabetes Association regarding nonpartisanship. Read our full statement here: bit.ly/4uppisy
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Shame on the @AmDiabetesAssn for kicking a Past President of the ADA, Dr Des Schatz, and Banting Award winner / Editor in chief of Diabetes Care, Dr Steven Kahn, out of the entire meeting for passing out copies of an editorial criticizing federal interference into NIH funding
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Shame on the @AmDiabetesAssn for kicking a Past President of the ADA, Dr Des Schatz, and Banting Award winner / Editor in chief of Diabetes Care, Dr Steven Kahn, out of the entire meeting for passing out copies of an editorial criticizing federal interference into NIH funding
🚨🗣️⬇️BREAKING: Members of @AmDiabetesAssn were escorted by police out of the convention center in New Orleans during the organization's annual meeting on Friday as they handed out copies of an editorial criticizing Trump administration changes to U.S. biomedical research.
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Go to Hell. Love, All Pediatricians
On National Pediatrician Day, I want to thank the pediatricians who earn families’ trust every day and care for our children from their first days through adulthood. Your work matters.
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Fascist says what?
You don't get to change the facts because you don't like them. What happened in Minneapolis was an act of domestic terrorism.   Acts of domestic terrorism like this should be condemned by every politician and elected official. It shouldn’t be hard or remotely controversial.
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Michael Haller, M.D. retweeted
MIssissippi's largest synagogue destroyed in an arson attack on the Sabbath. The fact this isn't the biggest story of the morning, or the day so far, should tell you just how normalized anti-Semitic action is becoming. mississippitoday.org/2026/01…
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She. Was. Murdered.
WOW! Not only does this latest footage confirm that Renee Good had no animosity toward ICE agent Jonathan Ross and that she was steering her car away from him as he was filming with his phone. It also confirms that Ross shot Good in the face with one hand while filming her with his smart phone in the other hand. And no, he wasn't hit by the vehicle. That sound you hear is his gun shooting.
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Michael Haller, M.D. retweeted
Replying to @USMortality
Objectively false. The only way you get to "72 shots" in the USA is dishonestly counting each antigen of combination vaccines like MMR or DTAP as 3 "shots" per dose while counting 18 annual flu vaccines most kids don't receive (and which aren't mandated in any K-12 school) and counting the oral vaccine, rotavirus, as a "shot." The only way you get to "11 shots" in Denmark is to dishonestly count Denmark's combination shots as one single shot, the exact opposite way the USA was counted. Counting each antigen in a combination vaccine as a separate “shot,” Denmark’s routine childhood programme delivers roughly 48–50 "shots" by age 12, depending on whether the child gets 2 or 3 HPV doses. Secondly, the reason Denmark has better health & life expectancy has nothing to do with not vaccinating for diseases like rotavirus or chickenpox. They actually have MORE hospitalizations because of this. It's mainly because of government sponsored healthcare, paid sick leave, paid childcare, paid paternal care, less poverty while Denmark is among the highest income equality countries in the world. Denmark's preventable mortality rate is 120 per 100,000, below the OECD average and far under USA levels (typically 200+), due to better primary care access. Denmark actually has higher vaccination RATES than the USA which also helps! Read more here: xitter.cf/thereal_truther/status…
RFK Jr. wants to change the US vaccine schedule to match Denmark, a healthier country. Would that make the US healthier? Here are the facts: • Denmark has a population of approximately 6 million people. The USA's population stands at around 345 million, making it over 57 times larger. • Denmark is among the highest income equality countries while the US is among the least equal due to progressive taxation, strong welfare systems & wage compression policies. • Denmark provides universal healthcare coverage to ALL residents through a tax-funded system while the United States leaves approximately 8-10% of its population uninsured, often resulting in limited or delayed care. • 86% of Danes report satisfaction with healthcare availability and quality, far above the OECD's 64% & USA's lower rates amid access barriers. • Denmark's preventable mortality rate is 120 per 100,000, below the OECD average and far under USA levels (typically 200+), due to better primary care access. • Denmark offers one of the world's most generous parental leave systems, totaling up to 52 weeks of paid leave shared between parents while the USA offers only 12 weeks of unpaid federal leave nationwide. • Denmark heavily subsidizes childcare, capping parental fees at 25% of costs (municipality/government covers 75%+) with income-based reductions making it free or near-free for low-income families while the USA has no federal paid or subsidized childcare system. • Denmark far outpaces the USA in paid sick leave generosity, offering full pay for up to 22 weeks (or longer in some cases) via a statutory system while the USA has no federal paid sick leave mandate. • Suicide stands at 9 per 100,000 in Denmark versus USA's higher 14-16 per 100,000. • Cardiovascular hospitalization rates for older adults are 50% higher in the USA than Denmark with heart failure rates over two-fold higher. • Denmark maintains childhood vaccination coverage above 95% while the USA has dipped to 93% or below. • The US overall obesity rate is roughly twice as high as Denmark. • The US childhood obesity rate is roughly 3–4 times higher than Denmark. • The US has approximately twice the diabetes rate as Denmark. • US youth diabetes rates exceed Denmark's by roughly 1.5 times, driven by growing type 2 cases tied to obesity. • Denmark reports significantly lower poverty rates than the US, with child poverty over 20%, far exceeding Denmark's 4%. • Denmark's Nordic diet links to lower obesity and better heart health metrics, aided by active lifestyle. The US faces higher obesity, diabetes, and related diseases, tied to processed foods, larger portions & sugary drinks. • Denmark does not vaccinate against diseases like rotavirus or chickenpox for all children because its universal healthcare system along with it's systematic strengths (paid sick leave, parental leave) effectively manages severe outcomes unlike the USA pre-vaccine era. Rotavirus caused 3 million episodes of gastroenteritis, 410,000 physician visits, 205,000–272,000 ER visits, 55,000–70,000 hospitalizations & 20-60 deaths among children under 5 years-old every year in the USA pre-vaccine. Chickenpox caused 10,000-13,000 hospitalizations & 100 to 150 deaths a year pre-vaccination in the USA. Tell me how reducing vaccines for US children to match the Denmark schedule without doing anything else to match Denmark will do anything to improve ACTUAL health outcomes?
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Another day, another set of lies and propaganda being promulgated by the Surgeon General of Florida (and tenured professor at the University of Florida). And thanks to UFs snazzy new Orwellian double-speak “institutional neutrality” policy, leadership will remain silent.
Congratulations to ACIP for restoring sanity! Did you know the hepatitis B vaccines given to babies in the U.S. were approved by the FDA based on less than a week of safety data? Yes, absurd. Thank you, ACIP!
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Awful self-inflicted wound for the nation. Today our federal govt gleefully condemned thousands of kids each year to chronic hepatitis and liver cancer, by denying them a vaccine invented in America, using microbial fermentation, our least expensive and safest technology
Thank you, Mr. President. We’re on it.
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Michael Haller, M.D. retweeted
The sequel to We Want Them Infected is done! COVID killed 1.2 million Americans while vaccines saved millions. Yet, disinformation superspreaders were empowered, where they are taking a wrecking ball to science & medicine. How did that happen?🧵 sciencebasedmedicine.org/eve…
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Did we all take organic chemistry & the MCAT & miss the social part of our early 20’s and work 80 hours a week for 3+ years for the brain worm guy who doesn’t know what a p-value is to destroy our nation’s public health system? No. Time to lean into our expertise and speak up.
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Oh look they’re running a special sale…Two quacks for the price of one.
We need more physicians who are honest and courageous like Dr. Ralph Abraham.
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