MD Dems For Science

MD pro-science Democrats. Fed up with politicized policies that ignore science and harm children.

We don't follow the science, we read it. 👨‍🔬🔎💙

[Margery Smelkinson, Ph.D. @MSmelkinsonPhD]

Man, you don't know what our ethics office does?? We have ethics training every year! You are obviously due for a massive refresher. There's a lot in there about how to handle federal documents. Hint, you're not supposed to delete them.

[MD Dems For Science @MDdems4science]

A must watch!!! After literal YEARS of feeling totally abandoned by our party, it is finally a relief to see one of our Dem reps fight hard and ask questions!!!

Thank you @RepKweisiMfume for taking a stand and demanding accountability. #MDdemsforscience

https://t.co/TbWKRRoQIS

[MD Dems For Science @MDdems4science]

Not sure what's more mindblowing here- hearing the Washington Post admit that it might be a good idea to "consider the entire spectrum of social harms" re: school closures, or "the next" 😳

It was hard enough to watch the first time. We are saying and VOTING NO. #demsforscience

[Anthony LaMesa @ajlamesa]

How to decide whether to close schools in the next pandemic

“The point is that, in considering such measures, policymakers should account for the entire spectrum of social harms in a transparent conversation about all the trade-offs.”
https://t.co/4S92V3yFdw

[Dr. Jennifer Reesman @jenreesman]

After several months of politely asking, @MCPS publicly posted their evaluation of the Montgomery Virtual Academy. I’ve had a chance to review the report and wanted to share some takeaways. TL:DR Virtual Ed fails compared to in person and badly for elementary students 🧵

[Moderately Moco @ModeratelyMoco]

Same question for @MCPS?

Did keeping schools and athletics closed for so long send many youth to the streets?

Let’s add did it torpedo attendance rates, test scores, and mental health?

[MD Dems For Science @MDdems4science]

💔Very necessary conversation, glad to see it being covered @RealChadRicardo

Areas like DC + MD, w/ harshest + longest restrictions on kids, have work to do. Our kids deserve that. How + why did this happen, and WHAT are we going to DO about it. #VOTEforscience #DEMSforscience

[Chad Ricardo @RealChadRicardo]

🚨 Did the Mayor’s decision to keep Schools CLOSED & subsequently students OUT of the classroom and OFF of the playing field during #COVID inadvertently send many DC youth to the STREETS ⁉️

What’s the role of an inner city head coach and how important is a teens’ SPORTS FAMILY ? …

We’re discussing the rise in juvenile crime/violence in the district and what we can do as a community to help.

#InTheSports Special, TONIGHT @fox5dc and FOX LOCAL (smart tvs, Roku, Firestick et al) 11:30p

[Tracy Beth Høeg, MD, PhD @TracyBethHoeg]

Our systematic review of child mask mandates, finding no good evidence they work, has the highest altmetric score ever for the journal @ADC_BMJ yet total 🦗 from US mainstream media

They Believe in Science but can't cover that type of science, apparently.
https://t.co/bvlzLc9813

[MD Dems For Science @MDdems4science]

Who knew?! (We did)

Wish we weren't still having masks forced on children in schools in Maryland for "outbreaks." In 2023.

[Margery Smelkinson, Ph.D. @MSmelkinsonPhD]

So wait, this whole time those saggy Paw Patrol masks were completely useless??

[MD Dems For Science @MDdems4science]

A must read.

We are still waiting and hoping on policy that catches up with the science?! 😩 Instead we get political games.

We hear from so many other shocked + disappointed Dems who are alienated by this. Esp when it comes to kids. #letthembreathe #mddemsforscience

[Monica Gandhi MD, MPH @MonicaGandhi9]

Child mask mandates for COVID-19: a systematic review -"current body of scientific data does not support masking children for protection against COVID". Hope MDs and public health officials will always be willing to change minds with evidence & data
https://t.co/DBQFmJkk3g

[Kelley K @KelleyKga]

It's truly embarrassing that there are people in the US still trying to defend a toddler mask mandate as evidence-based.

[MD Dems For Science @MDdems4science]

You want our vote? This is how to NOT get it.

"Politicians seem to be basing their approach on how they think it will play w/ voters... Lockdowns, school closures, masks, vaccine mandates, censorship, panic—are still very much part of the official template for future pandemics."

[Jay Bhattacharya @DrJBhattacharya]

My new piece with @MartinKulldorff in @tabletmag. We survey the depressing landscape of political opinions regarding lockdowns. Right now, the architects of the failed and destructive lockdowns are giving themselves awards, papering over their failures.
https://t.co/UrfuEIjsI6

[MD Dems For Science @MDdems4science]

"It was the least progressive idea, championed by my fellow progressives." 💯💯

[Vinay Prasad MD MPH @VPrasadMDMPH]

School closure was a massive policy failure which was pushed by Democratic cities and teachers unions. It was the least progressive idea, championed by my fellow progressives. I was ashamed at how they would not listen to data and just did it to spite Trump. Sad.

[Ian Miller @ianmSC]

Anti-science states like California are going to force people to wear masks forever…they can’t admit they were wrong & refuse to accept studies showing masks don’t work because they listen only to Fauci and CDC

It’s a fanaticism that defies logic & science in favor of ideology

[MD Dems For Science @MDdems4science]

💯💯 #wedontfollowthescienceweREADit

[Vinay Prasad MD MPH @VPrasadMDMPH]

This review is pretty embarrassing. It pools very low quality observational studies that are riddled with unmeasured confounding, and it claims they are high quality. It's really amateur hour for meta analytic work.

[MD Dems For Science @MDdems4science]

Is this for real? It is 2023. Let them breathe!!! #demsforscience

[MD Dems For Science @MDdems4science]

@sadiec50238178 🖤🖤 thanks for supporting! We have way too much evidence in front of us- of the harms AND of the ineffectiveness- for our kids to be doing this in 2023.

[MD Dems For Science @MDdems4science]

MCPS- LET THEM BREATHE!!

No other county in the state is doing this. Why are MCPS students dealing w/ outdated, ineffective policies in 2023? MCPS is one of the only school systems in the entire country presenting anti-science "recommendations" as "mandates" to families.

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