Defend Public Health
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An organization of thousands of public health professionals dedicated to defending evidence-based public health. https://www.defendpublichealth.org
Lessons From a Year of RFK Jr. Disinformation: His lies hide an ugly political agenda that is disastrous for public health, by Benedicte Callan www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... via @medpagetoday.com @defendpublichealth.bsky.social .
Opinion | Lessons From a Year of RFK Jr. Disinformation
His lies hide an ugly political agenda that is disastrous for public health
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New Whopper from @defendpublichealth.bsky.social RFK Jr.'s Measly Messaging muddles the message that measles is a serious disease that can be safely avoided with two doses of the MMR vaccine. www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop... 🛟
Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr.'s Measly Messaging On Measles | Defend Public Health
Secretary Kennedy is unwilling to deliver the clear, simple message that measles is a serious disease that can be safely avoided with two doses of the measles, mumps, rubella vaccine.
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It’s whopper Wednesday and today’s whopper is about how Secretary Kennedy purposefully muddles the simple message that measles is a serious disease that can be safely avoided with two doses of the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine.
Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr.'s Measly Messaging On Measles | Defend Public Health
Secretary Kennedy is unwilling to deliver the clear, simple message that measles is a serious disease that can be safely avoided with two doses of the measles, mumps, rubella vaccine.
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Did you know an outbreak of mumps has sidelined 17 football players at San Diego State University since September 18? @drjudystone.bsky.social writes all about that and more
Surging Measles Outbreaks May Fuel Mumps And Other Infections
Mumps outbreaks may be fueled by two things—waning immunity and immune amnesia following measles. We are likely to see more of both as fewer people vaccinate.
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My latest: Surging Measles Outbreaks May Fuel Mumps And Other Infections via @forbes www.forbes.com/sites/judyst... #Measles #Mumps #RFKJr #ImmuneAmnesia @defendpublichealth.bsky.social
Surging Measles Outbreaks May Fuel Mumps And Other Infections
Mumps outbreaks may be fueled by two things—waning immunity and immune amnesia following measles. We are likely to see more of both as fewer people vaccinate.
forbes.com
Whopper #51 takes a look back on this summer's cyclosporiasis outbreak and Kennedy's lie that it was under control in July. The outbreak was not officially declared over for until September, after there had been close to to 20,000 confirmed cases.
Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. Doesn't Care if Your Dinner Makes You Sick | Defend Public Health
RFK Jr. prematurely declared the cyclosporiasis outbreak under control in July 2026. The outbreak was not over before mid September. The lack of clear and truthful communication from HHS Secretary cre...
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The @defendpublichealth.bsky.social team looks back on our summer of cyclosporaisis and Kennedy's July lie that the outbreak was under control. We need a Sec of Health committed to making food safe again. www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...
Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. Doesn't Care if Your Dinner Makes You Sick | Defend Public Health
RFK Jr. prematurely declared the cyclosporiasis outbreak under control in July 2026. The outbreak was not over before mid September. The lack of clear and truthful communication from HHS Secretary cre...
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“Vought and RFK Jr. are out-of-control zealots with no rational policy goals. To treat them otherwise is to invest their deep sociopathy with credibility.” @gregggonsalves.bsky.social latest for @thenation.com
Trump Is Destroying Public Health. Democrats Need to Fight Back.
If they win in the midterms, the party must move quickly and aggressively to undo the harm Trump and his cronies have caused.
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If you're in the Kent OH area, I'll be at the downtown gazebo to talk about @defendpublichealth.bsky.social @dphohio.bsky.social and #SoSforHealth for the next couple of hours!
Heidi Overton doesn’t know that #IUDs are not #abortion www.rawstory.com/heidi-overto... cc @defendpublichealth.bsky.social @brucemirken.mas.to.ap.brid.gy
Trump nominee floors senator at FDA hearing: 'Birth control is not an abortion'
President Donald Trump's pick to run the Food and Drug Administration left Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) briefly speechless by declining to say whether an intrauterine device causes an abortion.Heidi Overt...
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Our Whoppers of the week show RFK jr “consistently undermines science, the importance of government programs, the norms of what constitutes public health, and the dedicated workforce of HHS.“ thanks to @benecal.bsky.social leading the charge on our Whoppers and the year retrospective!
Trump Is a Runaway Train—and Nobody’s Pulling the Brakes
Everywhere you look, the president is causing chaos and destruction.
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The Nation is out with an article about Defend Public Health @defendpublichealth.bsky.social and why we continue to fight for the health of all of the people of the United States. @benecal.bsky.social, the leader of the Whopper of the Week, is quoted extensively here. 🔥
Trump Is a Runaway Train—and Nobody’s Pulling the Brakes
Everywhere you look, the president is causing chaos and destruction.
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The incredible Julie Scofield @juelzly.bsky.social from @defendpublichealth.bsky.social summarized Trump’s latest pick for Surgeon General perfectly, saying that Nicole Saphier is “exactly the wrong person”. Amazing how often that happens with the Regime.
Trump’s surgeon general nominee praises MMR and hepatitis B vaccines at Senate hearing
Both the president and Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., have made numerous false claims about the vaccines’ efficacy and safety
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The Nation has just published an in-depth article on Defend Public Health, featuring the incredible @benecal.bsky.social, who is the leader of the Whopper of the Week project. They have pulled no punches. 🔥
Trump Is a Runaway Train—and Nobody’s Pulling the Brakes
Everywhere you look, the president is causing chaos and destruction.
thenation.com
“In a statement issued on Wednesday, Defend Public Health coordinating committee member @juelzly.bsky.social said Saphier is ‘exactly the wrong person to be Surgeon General.‘“
Trump’s surgeon general nominee praises MMR and hepatitis B vaccines at Senate hearing
Both the president and Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., have made numerous false claims about the vaccines’ efficacy and safety
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It’s been a year since @benecal.bsky.social took on the challenge of debunking a falsehood by RFK Jr. in DPH’s Whopper of the Week. What have we learned from this exercise? You can read the report here.
A Year of RFK Jr. Lies: New Analysis Tracks Patterns of Deception | Defend Public Health
Just over one year ago, Defend Public Health began publicly tracking HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s deceptions, distortions and disinformation in a weekly website feature, the RFK Jr. Whopper o...
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“People should not accept this in their government. They should vote. I’m not telling them how to vote, but they should vote for candidates who support truth and support public health”. Great quote from DPH member @miriam2024.bsky.social in this article by @drjudystone.bsky.social.
Defend Public Health Analyzes RFK Jr.'s Falsehoods
Defend Public Health has a new retrospective report on lessons learned from debunking some RFK Jr's most egregious "Whoppers" over the past year.
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Idaho is facing a significant number of public health challenges at the moment, so we are proud that the Idaho state team is taking them on. Here, DPH state team lead Dr. Karen Bloem writes about the critical impact of resignations from one public health district.
MY TURN: North Idaho deserves answers on the Panhandle Health District crisis
When a sitting board member becomes the administrator he is supposed to oversee, it blurs the line between governance and administration and leaves the public with questions unanswered.
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New Whopper from @defendpublichealth.bsky.social Head Start has a 60 year history of helping kids and parents out of poverty. RFK Jr wants to return it to its "roots" by slashing funding, lowering standards, and reducing services to families. www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...
Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. is Turning Head Start Into a Dead End | Defend Public Health
RFK Jr. is deregulating and downsizing the sixty year old Head Start program, despite its impressive record of improving the long-term health and well-being of children and their families.
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This weeks whopper of the week is about the proposed rule changes to the 60+ year old Head Start programs which would devolve federal standards to the states and reduce per capita support for children and their families.
Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. is Turning Head Start Into a Dead End | Defend Public Health
RFK Jr. is deregulating and downsizing the sixty year old Head Start program, despite its impressive record of improving the long-term health and well-being of children and their families.
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A growing #PublicHealth threat: How To Keep Kids Safe On Social Media —It’s More Than Time Limits by @drjudystone.bsky.social @forbes.com
How To Keep Kids Safe On Social Media —It’s More Than Time Limits
There is more needed to keeping kids safe online than the Meta settlement. The Retreat, a NY shelter and nonprofit, shared important advice and resources here.
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Whopper #50 is about the brouhaha between HHS and Pennsylvania. It's a Whopper to claim a state government is weaponizing infectious disease "fears" for political gain, and "fabricating deaths."
Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. Wants Us to Believe a Baby Died “With” Measles, Not “Of” Measles | Defend Public Health
Secretary of Health Kennedy accused Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro of fabricating measles deaths for political gain, then tampered with how the CDC logs infectious disease cases and deaths reporte...
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We are a partner in SOS for Health. The goal is to have as many people in as many places as possible gather outside or near the institutions where you work or study and take a stand. You can start with a few friends or plan a large event. Hope you can participate on September 24th!
@aetiology.bsky.social on why the US is increasingly vulnerable to the growth of measles outbreaks — in both size and frequency — and increased challenges in responding to them. www.ms.now/opinion/rfk-...
Opinion | America beat measles once. RFK Jr. is making it harder to do so again.
The U.S. is headed for more cases, more suffering, more deaths and enormous financial costs.
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@drjudystone.bsky.social on COVID news stating”if transmission follows historical patterns, it will peak around Labor Day and then again on New Year’s Eve.” www.forbes.com/sites/judyst...
Covid-19 Cases Surge—Here’s What’s Different This Summer That Will Help
As Covid again increases, these will help you weather or prevent infection: vaccines, masks, Paxlovid, metformin, azelastine, some antihistamines, and Ensitrelvir.
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This weeks Whopper is how RFK jr thought he won the war on ultra-processed foods but he hasn't even been able to get the OMB to release the definition of UPFs that FDA and USDA crafted, let alone propose any regulations
Whopper of the Week: Kennedy Fails on Ultra-Processed Foods | Defend Public Health
RFK Jr listed "Winning the War on Ultra-Processed Foods" as one of his successes but so far there are no plans to regulate the food industry.
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