Ross Grayson, MPH, CIH

Public Health Professional, Executive Management Advisor, University EH&S, Risk Management Director, Vaccination Advocate, Activist...

[ProPublica @propublica]

When the Pentagon announced a $620 million loan last year to a startup linked to Donald Trump Jr., defense officials and the company tried to tamp down suspicions of cronyism.

We found that the request came directly from the White House.
https://t.co/ejXPkLasNM

[Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @PeterHotez]

So the scientific evidence is clear, not only do vaccinations not cause SIDS, we have studies showing vaccinations actually reduce the incidence of SIDS. Why? BC some vaccine preventable diseases cause SIDS. Meanwhile the disinformation empire makes money pedaling their supplements and ivermectin and profits off of this nonsense, articles attached

[(((Dorit Reiss))) @doritmi]

"[RFK Jr. wrote] a medical journal that recently removed a paper suggesting a link between vaccines and infant death, saying their decision was “of great interest to me”.

Public health advocates ... said Kennedy [was] trying to intimidate ..."
https://t.co/CdN2I6hKDY @guardian

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

It was great reconnecting with our alumni tonight!

Michelle and I will always be grateful for the chance to work side-by-side with so many brilliant, selfless people who believed in something bigger than themselves.

[Ryan Hisner @LongDesertTrain]

Confirmed again, for a fourth time: the greatest anti-dementia treatment ever discovered is the Shingles vaccine.

[Jerome Adams @JeromeAdamsMD]

Most U.S. adults have at least one risk factor for cardiovascular disease, America's leading cause of death. Given the clear evidence linking COVID vaccination to better CV outcomes, discouraging or limiting access to vaccination seems difficult to reconcile with a goal of making America healthier.🤔

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

Before President Trump officially nominated Todd Blanche to be the nation’s 88th Attorney General, Blanche had engaged in what looked like a manic spree of auditioning for the top job. He touted one flimsy indictment (of the former F.B.I. director James Comey, for posting on social media a photo of “86 47,” written in seashells) after another (criminal charges against the Southern Poverty Law Center, for allegedly defrauding its donors). He ramped up a seemingly stalled criminal investigation into the former C.I.A. director John Brennan. And he presided over the creation of a nearly $1.8-billion “anti-weaponization” slush fund, supposedly to settle the Trump family’s lawsuit against the I.R.S., for a private contractor’s leak of tax records. (This looting of the Treasury has apparently been averted, following a rare revolt by Republican lawmakers.)

The Senate vote on Blanche’s nomination to be Deputy Attorney General last year was 52–46, along party lines. That was when his background—he had been a registered Democrat until 2023—offered the hope that he would stand up for the norms of Justice Department independence. “The optimism that Blanche would be a moderating force, though, seems to have underestimated the corrupting power of ambition,” Ruth Marcus writes. “In a Senate that took its constitutional role seriously, Blanche would not win confirmation a second time.”

Read Ruth Marcus on why Todd Blanche should not be Attorney General: https://t.co/auHF6XyqgP

[Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @PeterHotez]

As I’ve said consistently for several years now, one of the best ways to protect your heart health is to keep up with your Covid vaccinations. And as I also say, remember the antivaccine activists don’t care about you or your family, they have another agenda https://t.co/Zp3pgFZVOn

[(((Dorit Reiss))) @doritmi]

Secretary Kennedy pretended in the past to support free speech.

Now he is using his position to bully a medical journal, in a way that's reminiscent of the conduct the Supreme Court struck down here: https://t.co/k8EWHplU0q

He cites no regulatory authority, and has none.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

It was great joining Njideka Akunyili Crosby — a gifted Nigerian-born, Los Angeles-based artist — to unveil our first portrait together. This piece reflects so many chapters of Michelle and my story, and we’re thrilled that it will be on display in the Hope and Change lobby at the Obama Presidential Center starting this Juneteenth.

[Maria Shriver @mariashriver]

I’ve been thinking a lot about the extraordinary outbursts of the President of the United States against female journalists... well, actually against journalists in general and journalism. But it feels like he saves his most childlike behavior and irrational language for female reporters, calling them all kinds of names that kids in kindergarten are given times out for. It’s stunning to me to witness such behavior from any leader, any CEO, any person of influence or importance. I’ve never witnessed someone like this raging, this weekend with @meetthepress host @kwelkernbc, just last week in the Oval Office with @cnn’s @kaitlancollins, calling women stupid or piggy, telling them to “smile”, calling them darling, demeaning their credibility. Every good man should denounce this behavior. Every person should be able to stand up for their colleagues and say “No more.”

Imagine this man screaming like this at your daughter, your wife, your sister, your mother... would you stand for it? No, you wouldn’t! And neither should any of us. It’s unacceptable and undignified. Period. End of story.

[Jerome Adams @JeromeAdamsMD]

The claim that we must slash U.S. childhood vaccinations to "align with peer nations" rests on a false premise. A STAT analysis shows the old U.S. schedule wasn't the extreme outlier officials claimed. And the new pared-down version (now protecting against just 11 diseases) actually covers fewer diseases than all but one of the 20 so-called peer countries cited as justification for the cuts. 🤯👇🏽https://t.co/NxXtFBCPTG

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

This is so insanely corrupt, I can’t even believe it.

More than half the donors to Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom just won over $50 billion in new federal contracts in six months.

And here’s the part that should make your blood boil.

Sixteen of these 27 donors were facing federal enforcement actions, antitrust reviews, labor cases, securities charges. Many of those cases have been quietly dropped or scaled back since Trump took office. You write a check, your legal problems disappear. That’s not a coincidence.

The White House won’t even release the full donor list. They’re hiding it on purpose, because daylight is the one thing pay-to-play can’t survive. A federal judge already ruled ballroom construction has to stop until Congress authorizes it.

Government is supposed to serve the people, not auction itself off to the highest bidder. When access goes to whoever pays the most, working families always end up paying the price.

We either end the corruption, or the corruption will end us.

https://t.co/4MGFzSseFl

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

NEW: Multiple ICE warehouses were sold by people in Trump's circle who were sitting on the properties and losing money.

We dug into it, and found that some properties were bought by the feds for 10x their list price.

It's a new level of corruption — and you're paying for it.

[(((Dorit Reiss))) @doritmi]

"...FDA’s report, dated Dec. 5, flagged 96 “unique” pediatric deaths ... “no cases were classified as certain in relation to COVID-19 vaccination,” 2 were probably linked, 7 possibly. Dr. Prasad's claims on this were inaccurate.
via @biospace
https://t.co/U8ydG5bgdy

[Mona Charen @monacharen]

Tragic. Her death was completely avoidable and the family has suffered due to lies circulated by people like RFK, Jr. Measles Took My Daughter. This Is What I Want Everyone to Know. https://t.co/hhXDfiv2Wv

[UNICEF @UNICEF]

UNICEF is deeply concerned by confirmed Ebola outbreaks in DR Congo and Uganda, and the growing risk to children and vulnerable communities across the region.

UNICEF and partners are scaling up efforts to protect and support children and families amid the outbreak.

Learn more: https://t.co/3a7dIIh0Am

[Jerome Adams @JeromeAdamsMD]

Reminder: Long COVID's disability & suffering will be the pandemic's most devastating long-term global legacy. Neither GBD supporters nor critics anticipated its scale or included it in their policy calculus -and “let er rip” strategies prioritizing widespread exposure clearly worsen the toll. Millions affected, with real costs in lives and productivity (on top of 20 million direct deaths globally, which we should never forget or minimize). https://t.co/I48h2XxxfS

[Orla Joelsen @OJoelsen]

An investigation by The New York Times, based on interviews with officials in Washington, Copenhagen and Greenland, has discovered:

The United States is trying to modify a longstanding military arrangement to ensure American troops can stay in Greenland indefinitely, even if Greenland becomes independent. The notion is basically a forever clause, and Greenlanders do not like it.

The United States has pushed the talks beyond military matters and wants effective veto power over any major investment deals in Greenland to box out competitors like Russia and China. Greenlanders and Danes strongly object to this.

(Gift article)

https://t.co/fHDN2J9YkH

[Emoluments Clause @Emolclause]

#BREAKING: MY Nicolle: “I’ve not heard you this angry in a long time.”

Marc Elias: “…have we learned nothing?…has the broader legal community not leaned anything?…have people not learned that when you do this to Black voters it turns out bad for democracy for everybody? So yeah, I’m angry. I’m angry because of the appalling SILENCE that is going on right now around this case and the aftermath.”😳