Dylan Sabb, MD, MPH

Family Medicine doc | home gardens 🪴, tiny houses🏡, painting 🎨| Racism is a Public Health crisis | (he/him)

[Dylan Sabb, MD, MPH @dmsabb20]

A nice quotation to bring along in clerkships: patients likely care more how you treat them than your rank or title when feeling scared or in pain #medtwitter #MedEd #CompassionateCare @uamedphx

[Dr. Mike Varshavski @RealDoctorMike]

At what point will we as medical physicians, medical schools, medical organizations take a unifying stance against Sec Kennedy repeatedly making these ridiculously, inflammatory, & inaccurate statements?

@AmerMedicalAssn @AOAforDOs @drsanjaygupta @aafp @NYITCOMDO

[Nina Turner @ninaturner]

I want my tax dollars going towards healthcare, not military in the streets.

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

I debated whether to share my story on here, but I guess I will.

I think there's an idea out there that millions of violent criminals are pouring across the border, carrying machetes and drugs, looking to harm Americans. Certainly, while some people fall into that category, the vast majority of undocumented immigrants don't.

My family escaped Vietnam after the Tet Offensive and went through an arduous journey that eventually landed them in the Canada. My father worked there for a time as a janitor; my mother, a secretary. When work fell through, my dad was offered to work with his sister in the United States, so he went, as our family needed money. He ended up staying in the US longer than he was supposed to — not knowing immigration laws — and asked my mom to come be with him. Of course, she went and carried me over the border while I was still a baby.

I'm still unsure whether we technically broke an immigration law. The border between Canada and the United States was pretty porous (as it is today, for the most part). But either way, since I came here without legal documentation, I eventually fell into the category of being an undocumented immigrant. Yet, I've been in the United States since I was a baby. My identity and roots are very much based in this country, no different from anyone else.

The lack of legal immigration has totally shaped my life. It has made every interaction with the law much scarier. It has shaped which opportunities I could or could not get. It has taken an emotional toll, as this legal issue hangs over your head like a black cloud.

There are millions of people in my situation — people who were brought here as children, some babies, and were unable to raise their hand during this process and say "maybe we should hire a lawyer." Parents may have crossed the border not knowing about the law, as the law can be pretty confusing and lawyers are expensive. Perhaps, in the end, they should have hired a lawyer; but sometimes life is messy. In the end, they crossed for the same reason many people rise every day: to support their families.

I think it's unreasonable to deport millions of people who have contributed positively to society. It's simply not true that the majority of these people are violent criminals carrying drugs. Many own small businesses; many work as skilled laborers (including garment workers!). The vast majority are good, honest people. For those of us who grew up in the United States, sending us "back" to our "home" country would mean sending someone to a foreign land, as they grew up in the United States. Tearing families apart based on immigration status seems inhumane.

About twenty years ago, I watched with some small measure of hope that the Dream ACT would pass and help a portion of undocumented immigrants. I saw people march angrily in the streets (something I supported). But I was dismayed to see nothing really come about. In fact, when Obama passed DACA, I was skeptical that it would be sensible to give your information to the federal government without a guaranteed path to citizenship. It seems that the Trump administration may use those lists to hunt down immigrants.

I think the ICE sweeps are inhumane. I support and admire the protestors who are putting their bodies on the line for non-violent resistance. Ultimately, I think we need to solve this issue on a systemic level. It's unreasonable to me to expect that the government will deport some 10-20 million people. Even deporting 1 million will cause an insane amount of chaos, not to mention an incredible amount of wasteful government spending. The militarization of law enforcement is over the top and only escalate the situation.

I have seen people march on this issue, only for it to be dropped later and dissolve into quiet grumbles. In the end, nothing is done for immigrants. Time passes until decades later, we have another political crisis like the one we have today. This cycle seems unsustainable. I hope people sustain this energy to solve the immigration issue and put undocumented immigrants — most who are peaceful, skilled, and hard-working citizens — on a path to citizenship. As time continues to go by, many undocumented immigrants are seeing their lives wasted away.

If you care about this issue, I hope you get involved on the long haul: volunteer for pro-immigrant groups, donate to mutual aid, and perhaps pursue career paths that help people in this situation. I was moved to read someone on here say that, when they found their employee was undocumented, they helped them get a green card. The path was difficult, as our immigration system is broken (it took them 11 years). But I can tell you that this is like pulling someone drowning in raging waters.

Ultimately, I hope me sharing this story helps push back against the idea that all undocumented immigrants are MS-13 members. I know many people in my position and they are all like your neighbors.

[AAFP @aafp]

Today the HHS Secretary made an announcement that will cripple the health care system's ability to prepare for the fall respiratory season. The #AAFP will always fight for family medicine and public health.

[American Academy of Pediatrics @AmerAcadPeds]

Today's decision is about undermining independent medical expertise and will only further endanger the health of the American public, especially children. https://t.co/SFgjr1ISn6

[Dr. Annie Andrews @AnnieAndrewsMD]

We went so viral this week I’m worried RFK Jr. is going to start telling people to take vitamin A and ivermectin to get rid of me.

Spoiler alert: it won’t work for the measles and it won’t work for me

[Rachel S. Rubin, MD @drrachelrubin]

🔥 New GSM Guidelines 🔥

Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause is common, progressive, & treatable. The 2025 AUA Guidelines make it crystal clear:
✅ Ask about symptoms
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[Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren]

If President Trump can wrongly deport a Maryland father to a prison in El Salvador and then defy a 9-0 Supreme Court order to facilitate bringing him home, who’s next?

This threatens the rights and freedoms of everyone in the United States.

[Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN]

Members of Congress should never be allowed to trade stocks. Period.

[Michael O’Brien @DrOBrienMD]

Me talking to a 4 year old before I do their strep swab:

[AAFP Advocacy @AAFP_advocacy]

The #Medicaid program covers millions of patients and families. Medicaid cuts will:
➡️ Worsen our nation’s health outcomes
➡️ Increase health care costs
➡️ Lead to practice closures and restrict access to care
That’s why @AAFP’s president, president-elect and board chair are on Capitol Hill today urging Congress to protect this vital program. https://t.co/PzMflubepw

[AAFP Advocacy @AAFP_advocacy]

📢 #AAFP’s president, president-elect and board chair are on Capitol Hill today advocating for policies to improve access to comprehensive #primarycare. On the agenda: protecting the #Medicaid program so beneficiaries have access to care, permanently reauthorizing the THCGME program and reforming #Medicare physician payment.

[NAACP @NAACP]

The NAACP strongly opposes @RobertKennedyJr's nomination for Secretary of @HHSGov.

Ahead of today’s nomination hearing, we sent an open letter to U.S. Senate leaders to voice our concerns.

“Let’s not forget - COVID-19 is still alive and disproportionately impacting the Black community. Under no circumstance, should a conspiracy theorist with a track record of disregard for the sanctity of life be appointed to lead one of our nation’s most powerful health institutions.”

—President and CEO @DerrickNAACP

Read our full statement: https://t.co/TXMO8AcjgY

#WeDontTrustHim #SayNoToPolio

[John Hickenlooper @Hickenlooper]

Coloradans have made it clear again and again. Reproductive care is health care.

[Dylan Sabb, MD, MPH @dmsabb20]

Well, this isn’t it

[Jared Polis @jaredpolis]

I’m excited by the news that the President-Elect will appoint @RobertKennedyJr to @HHSGov. He helped us defeat vaccine mandates in Colorado in 2019 and will help make America healthy again by shaking up HHS and FDA. I hope he leans into personal choice on vaccines rather than bans (which I think are terrible, just like mandates) but what I’m most optimistic about is taking on big pharma and the corporate ag oligopoly to improve our health. Before you mock him or disagree, I want to share with you some quotes that if he follows through show why I’m excited:

“Level the playing field for Americans internationally on drug costs…cap drug prices so that companies can’t charge Americans substantially more than Europeans pay." YES! Colorado currently has an application just SITTING at FDA for us to import low-cost prescription drugs from Canada and we just need their approval.

"In some categories, there are entire departments, like the nutrition department at the FDA that are – that have to go, that are not doing their job, they're not protecting our kids," YES! The entire nutrition regime is dominated by big corporate ag rather than human health and they do more harm than good

“We’ve got to get off of pesticide-intensive agriculture.” YES! We have tried unsuccessfully to better protect people and pollinators from harmful pesticides here in Colorado and we need all the help we can get to take on big chemical companies and improve human health and the environment! For our pollinators and our people! 🦋

He will face strong special interest opposition on these, but I look forward to partnering with him to truly make America healthy again and I hope that we can finally make progress on these important issues.

[John Hickenlooper @Hickenlooper]

Our reproductive freedoms are on the ballot. Let’s send @KamalaHarris to the White House and restore Roe v. Wade.

[Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières @MSF_canada]

Doctors without Borders is outraged by the repeated killings of our staff in #Gaza and calls for an immediate halt on attacks of medical personnel, humanitarian workers and civilians.

[Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk]

Racist ideas are often served with humor. The humor allows both the producer and consumer to deny the ideas are racist.

[Lise Horton Is Writing @lisekimhorton]

Arizona Dem running against Kari Lake foe the US Senate, RUBEN GALLEGO, had promised to visit all 22 of the state's federally recognized tribes. But there was no road leading into the Havasupai village of 639 people. So he trekked in on foot. It took him 4 hours to walk there.