Cara Exten (Rice)

Associate Prof @PSUNursing. ID Epidemiologist. HIV,STIs,SGM health. Alum @etsu @EmoryRollins @OSUPublicHealth.She/her.Views are my own. #epitwitter

[Cara Exten (Rice) @ExtenCara]

Important thread about DV. "Why doesn't she leave?" is NOT the question we should be asking. If we want to help women, we have to ask the right questions. "Why isn't he arrested?" And my own addition to this thread: "Why does the law protect his rights more than hers?"

[Sky Watcher (Leesa Brown) @ReasonVsFear]

I came across something I wrote some years back, and I think it is relevant to the "Man or Bear?" conversation. So, a thread, but first some observations:

When a woman is in an abusive relationship, what's the first thing people say?

"Why doesn't she just leave?"

[Cara Exten (Rice) @ExtenCara]

@MilitoLuke @statehighfball @NFL @SCoachLintal @steelers So awesome!

[Cara Exten (Rice) @ExtenCara]

@SenBillCassidy Senator Cassidy - Very few of us have the power to change the trajectory this country is on. You do. Your job is to "serve the nation's interests". Please do that. RFK Jr has no business leading health policy for this country.
Tweeting about it doesn't fix it. Impeach now.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

We have people in power making broad claims around certain drugs and autism that have been continuously disproven. The degree to which those comments can undermine public health, do harm to women who are pregnant, create anxiety for parents who do have children who are autistic – is violence against the truth.

[DrDemetre @dr_demetre]

Exemptions increased in 36 states and DC, with 17 states reporting exemptions exceeding 5%.

[that means risk for outbreaks like measles because community immunity is below 95%]

[Cara Exten (Rice) @ExtenCara]

Judges' robes are starting to look an awful lot like superhero capes. The judicial branch may save us yet.

[Cara Exten (Rice) @ExtenCara]

@dr_demetre @MonicaGandhi9 This is a tremendous loss for America....but I don't see any other way. Thank you for your incredible work.

[Cara Exten (Rice) @ExtenCara]

@lisamurkowski Thank you for speaking up, Senator. Please continue to push back against this administration. Your voice is needed.

[Walt Wang @waltywang]

It’s called judicial review, and it’s been around since the Supreme Court decided Marbury v. Madison in 1803.

If one didn’t mind when justices (who are themselves judges) on the “Supreme Court struck down Biden’s vaccination decree,” then they have no room to argue against the courts striking down Trump’s executive actions.

Archive: https://t.co/4cd8ZLhC9J

[Cara Exten (Rice) @ExtenCara]

@DaveMcCormickPA @SeanParnellUSA @SecDef Senator McCormick - please empty your voicemail and answer your phones so that constituents may contact you.

[Cara Exten (Rice) @ExtenCara]

@AssumeNormality Thank you!

[Cara Exten (Rice) @ExtenCara]

@SenBillCassidy Yes, PEPFAR must remain active and funded. It provides critical life-changing care throughout Africa. But so must the USAID. The dismantling of USAID will result in human tragedy….and a less secure United States. Please act now to keep USAID programs active.

[Miguel Hernán @_MiguelHernan]

The CDC's page for HIV data has vanished.

Who benefits from this? In what universe does this help the country?

https://t.co/ulkvStjBbl

[Cara Exten (Rice) @ExtenCara]

@_kvelasco @NSF I’m so sorry. Such important work.

[Cara Exten (Rice) @ExtenCara]

@OnwardState @PennStateFball @tacobell This is incredible. And the way it should be

[Cara Exten (Rice) @ExtenCara]

@SethAbramson State College, PA - home to Penn State University (one of the largest and most productive research universities in the world) - no longer has fluoride in their water because of this same madness. As a resident and an epidemiologist - I just can’t get over it.

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

Holy shit, this “American girl” ad from @senecaprojectus is amazing!!!
Hard to see the letters I’m typing through the tears streaming down my face though.

[Cara Exten (Rice) @ExtenCara]

@Doc_Courtney I had a similar week. Luckily it’s a week where chocolate is plentiful.

[Cara Exten (Rice) @ExtenCara]

@KeeganTPeterson @MelissaBopp_PhD @PRCPennState So excited to see this study getting off the ground! Such important work!

[Cara Exten (Rice) @ExtenCara]

@PainPtFightBack What a way to increase maternal and neonatal mortality. Make women scared to obtain prenatal care. Appalling

[Cara Exten (Rice) @ExtenCara]

Broken ❤️ to see the destruction of my favorite places on Earth.The mtns of E. TN and W. NC are where I spent my late teens and early 20s.These communities provided this Army brat with a place to call home and fostered my love of the outdoors.I can’t describe my grief and concern

[Tariq Scott Bokhari @FinTechInnov8r]

Went to help in the Lake Lure/Chimney Rock area today, and it’s hard to describe - never seen anything like this. Post apocalyptic. It’s so overwhelming you don’t even know how to fathom what recovery looks like, let alone where to start. Going to be a long path to recovery that all levels of stakeholders are going to be needed.