Dr. Mike

Husband, Father, Latter-Day Saint, Scientist, Conservatarian, Sometimes Republican

[Jake Scott, MD @jakescottMD]

Nine days ago RFK Jr. said Pennsylvania's measles deaths may have been "altogether fabricated." Yesterday Reuters reported he asked the CDC director to pull them from the national count, and she did. This morning the Lancaster County coroner, the same one Kennedy has been citing, confirmed a 6-week-old girl died of measles. Kennedy's own post acknowledges the coroner "publicly stated that measles caused" her death.

His response is that she had a genetic condition and that infants with it "typically live only about six months."

She was six weeks old, too young for MMR, so her protection was the people around her. That is the entire case for MMR, and he's citing it to explain why the CDC death count still says zero.

He's also now pointing to NCHS death records, which can take months. The CDC measles count has always come from state reports, not NCHS records. Last year's deaths in Texas and New Mexico were counted that way. The rules changed for one state after he picked a fight with its governor.

We're past 3,100 measles cases this year, the most since 1991. Pennsylvania has 577. A baby who couldn't be vaccinated died of a disease we eliminated in 2000, and the HHS Secretary is arguing about whether she counts.

[Frank J. Fleming @IMAO_]

Trade is a magic trick that makes both sides richer. To do less trade is to be poorer.

[Peter J. Hasson @peterjhasson]

Let's check in on the Democrats real qui... oh.

[Dr. Mike @mfuller297]

@AlexBerenson If I have terminal cancer and weeks to live and am in a fatal car crash, it isn't the cancer that is the cause of death. This isn't rocket science.

[blighter @blightersort]

seeing a lot of this kind of thing. everything else aside, maybe look up Constance Fisher of Maine.

she killed her three children, was found not guilty by reason of insanity, got treatment, was released partly bc her husband who stayed with her advocated for her release, they had three more kids and… she killed those kids too.

[Dr. Mike @mfuller297]

@rwlesq Justice? People shouldn't be punished for murdering three young children for the sake of punishment?

[Dr. Mike @mfuller297]

So keep swapping out hurors until they give you the verdict you want?

[Hannah Cox @HannahDCox]

This is ridiculous.

You have one juror refusing to apply the law. They should be tossed for an alternate. The fact they’re going to make the public go through this (and pay for this) again is inexcusable.

[Dr. Mike @mfuller297]

@NickAdamsinUSA So you were okay with Biden and Obama making those name changes?

[Dr. Mike @mfuller297]

@SapientHetero @calleymeans @GovernorShapiro You're the guy trusting a Kennedy with brain worms.

[Dr. Mike @mfuller297]

@SapientHetero @calleymeans @GovernorShapiro You'd have to travel quite a distance to get in spitting range of stupid, and not from the good side.

[Governor Josh Shapiro @GovernorShapiro]

Last week, the Pennsylvania Department of Health reported our Commonwealth’s first two measles-associated deaths in 35 years.

Then, instead of listening to the real doctors and public health experts, RFK chose to sow doubt, play politics, direct the CDC not to acknowledge these deaths, and even accuse me of fabricating these tragedies. That led to a firestorm of conspiracy theories that denied these families’ pain, invaded their privacy, and undermined public health.

It’s long past time for RFK to stop playing games with people’s lives, report these deaths accurately on the CDC dashboard, and heed the guidance of actual medical experts so people get accurate information to discuss with their trusted health care providers and can best protect themselves and their children against this deadly disease.

[Dr. Mike @mfuller297]

@IzaBooboo Your husband is right.

[Dr. Mike @mfuller297]

@cenkuygur @benshapiro Well, I guess Young Turks would know all about genocides. How many fewer Armenians are there in the world thanks to your namesakes?

[Dr. Mike @mfuller297]

@SenBillCassidy Remind us how you voted on his confirmation.

[Dr. Mike @mfuller297]

@BasedMikeLee No. Sometimes party asks too much. We have too many immoral people in the party already. To our detriment.

[Dr. Mike @mfuller297]

@jpodhoretz Just abhorrent, especially given that she probably has relatives who died because of a political ideology in the Holocaust. Never Again.

[Dr. Mike @mfuller297]

@mattmurphyshow @p_j_jenkins I went to the Great Synagogue in Budapest - it doubled as a Holocaust memorial. They had paper skull caps for all to wear. We did because it was the respectful thing to do. I'm not Jewish. I'm just human. Try that sometime.

[Dr. Mike @mfuller297]

@JonahDispatch My favorite is the one where the boss forces his very attractive female employee to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner in front of him because she is skipping meals. That happens all the time.

[Dr. Mike @mfuller297]

@DLoesch Quit stacking the deck with crappy cards. I'm sick of the GOP fielding shitty nominees and then browbeating us to get in line. Trump and his MAGAheads show no reciprocal loyalty.

[Dr. Mike @mfuller297]

@lyndseyfifield @KylieJaneKremer A female wearing pink? Whoever heard of such a thing!