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[Tom Morello @tmorello]

Banned words. Banned books. Banned thoughts. Enough is enough. #ArrestThePresident

[BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ @mmpadellan]

FACT CHECK: TRUE

[Good Trouble Georgia @GAgoodtrouble]

This summer we protested ICE, showed up in droves at #TeslaTakedowns, painted our protest at art parties, and marched & danced through the streets together.

[Good Trouble Georgia @GAgoodtrouble]

People power.

[Radical Urge @RadicalUrgeNow]

Our colleagues at the @CDCgov here in ATL have faced an extraordinary & tragic year, from attacks on science and public health to devastating personal losses. They endured the chaos of @RobertFKennedy missteps, mass staff departures, and the unimaginable violence of a shooting.

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

Indeed.

[Liam Nissan™ @theliamnissan]

BREAKING NEWS: TYLENOL RESEARCHERS FIND DISTURBING LINK BETWEEN DONALD TRUMP AND JEFFREY EPSTEIN

[Dr. Catharine Young @DrCatharineY]

This is why we fund science. And experimental gene therapy.

[Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran]

Yesterday, history happened at the UN: For the first time hundreds of orgs came together to sign a global pledge declaring that healthy #indoorair is a human right.

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

Every nation is home to disgruntled and violent young men. Only America gives them easy access to arsenals.

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

Black people in America are not "making everything about race." We live in a nation that is erasing evidence of our history, celebrating a man who demeaned and maligned us, polluting our neighborhoods with toxins, ending lifesaving services to our communities, and suppressing our votes.

The United States of America has been consistently culpable in "making everything about race."

It's beyond time to end anti-Black racism.
Join in doing that.

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

WHO statement on autism-related issues

The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes that there is currently no conclusive scientific evidence confirming a possible link between autism and use of acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol) during pregnancy.

Globally, nearly 62 million people (1 in 127) have autism spectrum disorder, a diverse group of conditions related to development of the brain. Although awareness and diagnosis have improved in recent years, the exact causes of #autism have not been established, and it is understood there are multiple factors that can be involved.

Extensive research has been undertaken over the past decade, including large-scale studies, looking into links between acetaminophen use during pregnancy and autism. At this time, no consistent association has been established.

WHO recommends that all women continue to follow advice of their doctors or health workers, who can help assess individual circumstances and recommend necessary medicines.
Any medicine should be used with caution during pregnancy, especially in the first three months, and in line with advice from health professionals.

Also, a robust, extensive evidence base exists showing childhood vaccines do not cause autism. Large, high-quality  studies from many countries have all reached the same conclusion. Original studies suggesting a link were flawed and have been discredited. 
Since 1999, independent experts advising WHO have repeatedly confirmed that vaccines - including those with thiomersal or aluminum - do not cause autism or other developmental disorders.

Childhood vaccine schedules are developed through a careful, extensive and evidence-based process involving global experts and country input.
The childhood immunization schedule, carefully guided by WHO, has been adopted by all countries, and has saved at least 154 million lives over the past 50 years. The schedule remains essential for the health and wellbeing of every child and every community. These schedules have continually evolved with science and now safeguard children, adolescents and adults against 30 infectious diseases.

Every vaccine recommendation by the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE), an independent advisory group to WHO, is grounded in rigorous review of evidence and carefully designed to offer the best protection against serious diseases and to be delivered when most needed.

When immunization schedules are delayed or disrupted, or altered without evidence review, there is a sharp increase in the risk of infection not only for the child, but also for the wider community.
Infants too young to be vaccinated and people with weakened immune systems or underlying health conditions are at greatest risk.

Autism and neurodevelopmental disorders are among priority mental health and neurological conditions being discussed at the 4th UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs and mental health this Thursday, 25 September.
As a global community, we need to do more to understand the causes of autism and how best to care for and support the needs of autistic people and their families.

WHO is committed to advancing this goal working together with partners including autistic-led organizations and other organizations representing persons with lived experience.
WHO also stands with people who are living with autism and their families, a dignified community entitled to evidence-based considerations free of stigma.

Full statement: https://t.co/xxGS3NWoaI

[Jasmine Crockett @JasmineForUS]

Can we Make Presidents Smart Again?!

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

This is what a REAL scientific breakthough looks like

Not that Tylenol stuff

[Symone D. Sanders Townsend @SymoneDSanders]

It’s only been 241 days.

[Andrea Junker @Strandjunker]

Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.

[Radical Urge @RadicalUrgeNow]

@algore Thank you @ClimateTRACE!

[Al Gore @algore]

As fossil fuel facilities continue to spew more and more heat-trapping greenhouse gases into the sky, they also spread massive amounts of disease-causing particulate co-pollution into the communities where they’re located — killing almost 9 million people every year. The incredible team at @ClimateTRACE has started tracking that pollution and you can now see how it pollutes the air in 2,500 cities worldwide at https://t.co/S4PCF46Ntj