Martha Edwards MD

Pediatrician, Mom of three, Reach Out and Read and AAP fan, promoting resiliency, advocating for children and families, loves long dog walks, gardening

[Martha Edwards MD @MMcEdwards]

@DrOBrienMD Or do we….seems McMaster is folding?

[Martha Edwards MD @MMcEdwards]

Waiter: what are you celebrating?
Us: each other!
@DrOBrienMD @greenhousemd @emacksc @drfixus

[The Hill @thehill]

#BREAKING: Federal court blocks Kennedy’s vaccine changes, invalidates vaccine advisory panel
https://t.co/PPxHATE2T5

[Martha Edwards MD @MMcEdwards]

@SC_AAP Actually this is Dr Simko in the spotlight! A good piece!

[Michael O’Brien @DrOBrienMD]

I am SO proud of my friend Annie Andrews for so many reasons every day, but today I’m proud that she is using her platform as a candidate to boost public knowledge about the measles outbreak in her state.

This is responsible leadership 🩵

[Dr. Annie Andrews @AnnieAndrewsMD]

Yes. We are aware.

[Martha Edwards MD @MMcEdwards]

Hey that’s me!

[MedPage Today @medpagetoday]

"This is a moment that calls for collective responsibility and the courage to speak out."

Read the #OpEd from pediatrician and president of the South Carolina chapter of @AmerAcadPeds, @MMcEdwards at:

https://t.co/g8SgHsnUW5

[Deborah Greenhouse @greenhousemd]

The measles virus says thank you from sunny South Carolina.

[Deborah Greenhouse @greenhousemd]

Reading two consecutive posts this afternoon.
First post- ACIP working to dismantle vaccine policy in the US.
Second post- Measles cases continue to climb in SC.
This is not a coincidence.

[Michael O’Brien @DrOBrienMD]

My brother in Christ, this is quite literally your fault.

[Tameika Isaac Devine @TIDEVINE]

By a vote of 2- 3 S323 fails to get out of subcommittee

[Martha Edwards MD @MMcEdwards]

Thanks for setting him straight, @SenBillCassidy. It’s the least you could do after you let us all down by opening up the floodgates for this disaster of a DHHS secretary.

[U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. @SenBillCassidy]

Empirically, this is not true. Not all mothers have prenatal care. Some get infected between testing in the first trimester and delivery. In some cases, the test is overlooked. If a child is infected at birth, they have a 95% chance of becoming chronically infected UNLESS, they get one dose of hepatitis B vaccine. If they do, they have less than a 5% chance of being chronically infected.

[Atul Gawande @Atul_Gawande]

Medicine and public health have added three decades to the human lifespan. Vaccination alone produced 40% of the reduction in child deaths.

And now a disturbed and unqualified man driven by crackpot theories is destroying the foundations of this work, including CDC.

[Martha Edwards MD @MMcEdwards]

@greenhousemd My first rotation was also OB-GYN and I started on the GYN oncology service. I remember so many cases of cervical cancer and the complications that stubbornly crept through bodies young and old. Having a vaccine to prevent this cancer is an amazing gift.

[Martha Edwards MD @MMcEdwards]

@DrOBrienMD We are so grateful that you made lemonade in SC!

[Martha Edwards MD @MMcEdwards]

@SC_AAP My pleasure!
May you be happy,
may you be healthy,
and may you be at peace!

[Bill Gates @BillGates]

The facts are simple and devastating: Aid cuts have already cost lives, and the number of deaths will continue to rise. Here’s the evidence.

[Sara McGee for Texas HD 132 @SaraForTexLege]

Laughing. In front of a cage, under a tent, in the middle of a swamp, surrounded by alligators - where they plan to hold HUMAN BEINGS whose only crime was crossing a border in search of a better life for their family.

These are the darkest of days.

Please - it is OK to say that you didn’t vote for this. It is OK to say ENOUGH.

And if you look at this picture and feel joy - may God have mercy on your soul.

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

JUST NOW: Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear on Donald Trump’s Big Ugly Bill: “They’re adding trillions of dollars to the national debt. They’re going to blow a hole in every state’s budget with what they’re doing to SNAP. They’re going to fire a ton of healthcare workers. They’re gonna throw people off their healthcare coverage. They’re gonna close rural hospitals and more people are going to go hungry. What could be beautiful about that? Absolutely nothing.”

[Dr. Annie Andrews @AnnieAndrewsMD]

RFK Jr. is threatening the routine childhood immunization schedule. This is bad. Pay attention. Get loud. Stay loud.

*and elect better Senators