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Scientists and policy makers need not be partisan, but we must be political. #resist

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Atul Gawande (@atul_gawande) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Just got out of the OR to read this piece about Trump’s new lawsuit to bring back pre-ex condition exclusions. If it won, all four of my patients would be denied coverage on the individual market for the very reasons I did surgery for them. Insane. vox.com/platform/amp/p


Science News (@sciencenews) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Suicide rates have increased across the U.S. over the last 25 years — in dozens of states, by more than 30 percent. ow.ly/b5lD30kp8jg

World Health Organization (WHO) (@who) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#Depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide. Depression can be treated. The first step is talking #LetsTalk bit.ly/2wxpk6p

Lance Shaver (@lanceshaver) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Dear Amazon, please remove this item from your website and ban the person selling it. It is completely and utterly ableist, and just downright discriminatory. #DisabilityRights are #HumanRights! #Equity #socialjustice #healthequity #Autism amazon.com/Evidence-Vacci


Health Policy Nerd (@healthy_policy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Discriminatory & hateful comments from Shannon Reilly, owner of Magnolia Bistro in #btv, against people receiving medication assisted therapy, saying, "junkies should detox or die" đŸ˜„ RT if u think employers should be supportive of people in recovery! #OpioidCrisis #VT #vtpoli x.com/RSPavek/status


Health Policy Nerd (@healthy_policy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Glad to see that Academics aren't standing idly by while Donald J. Trump continues blatantly disrespecting science and truth. Academics need not be partisan, but we must be political. x.com/jocalynclark/s


Matthew Fox (@profmattfox) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Am I the only one who struggles to read a full methods paper because I find a reference I was unaware of and start reading that, then stop in the middle to try to go back to the first then get distracted again by a new reference?

Health Policy Nerd (@healthy_policy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We are so much more what our abusers try to manipulate and gaslight us into believing we are. so much more capable. so much more worthy. #medtwitter #FOAMed #GuGate #metoomedicine #metoo x.com/DoctorMeowskis


Health Policy Nerd (@healthy_policy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Absolutely distasteful and dehumanizing comments from @PacoBTV, who represents the Burlington GOP. This represents a dangerous and uninformed understanding of substance use disorders and the #opioidcrisis. #vtpoli #btv #GOP #DNC

André Picard (@picardonhealth) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Please indulge me for a rare (but brief) thread of personal comments. I was on a city bus in Copenhagen early this morning. A young man clearly suffering from mental illness was screaming angrily. Not an unusual occurrence on urban transport. Passengers ignored him. 1/

André Picard (@picardonhealth) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It was a reminder that some values - like caring for your fellow citizens in a time of crisis- are universal. It was a reminder that immigrants and refugees bring incredible skills with them. It is not newcomers we need to fear, but the assumptions we make about them.

STAT (@statnews) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A universal flu vaccine? The White House says “closer than ever.” The experts say, not really. buff.ly/2D0wVfg