Mike Johansen
@mikejohansenmd.medsky.social
Primary Care doc, likes research, teaches residents, #HSR, #MEPS, #FamilyMedicine
NEW Economist/YouGov Aug 7-10 Net Trump job approval [now | at the start of Trump's 2nd term] among: U.S. adult citizens: -29 / +6 Democrats: -91 | -70 Independents: -53 | -4 Republicans: +58 | +91 MAGA Republicans: +85 | +97 Non-MAGA Republicans: +3 | +84
American Academy of Pediatrics Recommended Child & Adolescent Immunization Schedule for Ages 18 Years or Younger, United States, 2026 ⤵️ These are the exact vaccines your child should receive, unless *their personal clinician* tells you otherwise 👩🏼⚕️👨🏽⚕️🧑🏿⚕️💕 #PedSky #MedSky #VaccinesSaveLives #VaccinesWork
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTrump: "Very importantly, vaccinations for hepatitis B, covid-19, and influenza, among others, are no longer recommended for all children"
Do yourself a favor and google what percentage of health care costs are physician salaries, after that you will be able to focus on where the real costs come from
Some flow charts are useful, others are flow charts. Hopefully, ai doesn't get its hands on this one.
Florian Zores@fzores.eurosky.social · 3d agoUn algorithme éminent pratique dans le NEJM, pour la prise en charge des syncopes 🙃
When the story of why humanity didn't stop climate change is written, it will feature front pages like this. Even as the skies blacken with climate change-induced wildfires, right wing media continue their relentless crusade against measures to tackle it.
This was, of course, expected for decades. Because that is what science (and in this case, specifically microbiology and evolutionary biology) can do for us. They can help us to understand possible futures, and prepare for those futures or even change them.
Ian Weissman, DO@drianweissman.bsky.social · 4d agoP. falciparum has developed resistance to almost all the antimalarial treatments developed in the last 70 years, including artemisinin, one of the most important malaria drugs, which was discovered in the 1970s. www.sciencealert.com/malarias-dru...
Italy has placed one of the best surviving works of Etruscan art on public display after bringing the famous François Tomb frescoes into state ownership. The painted panels, created between 340 and 320 BCE, now... More info: archaeologymag.com/2026/07/ital...
Italy returns 2,300-year-old François Tomb frescoes to the public after more than a century | Archaeology News Online Magazine
Italy returns the 2,300-year-old François Tomb frescoes to the public, placing a masterpiece of Etruscan art on display in Rome.
archaeologymag.com
It's a healthcare economy, and the rest of us are just living in it.
Just b/c you adjusted for something doesn't mean that you have actually adjusted for the cause of the difference.
Coming to a medical system near you. I'd consider this a must read.
Matthew Holehouse@matthewholehouse.bsky.social · 6d agoPublic use of AI is doing weird, unpredictable and damaging things to the state. A dive into how Grok lawyering is upending the employment tribunals www.economist.com/britain/2026...
Probably worth reading to get a handle on what a single payer health care system would address and the likely political fallout.
NBER@nber.org · 6d agoReforms during the 2010 financial crisis cut pharmacy prices and markups in Portugal. Over the next 10 years wages of pharmacists fell by a third, from David Card, Ana Rute Cardoso, and Pedro Luis Silva www.nber.org/papers/w35553
Cheap Mexican pizza cravings outweighed explosive diarrhea fears: Taco Bell US foot traffic data was up 4.2% on July 28 compared to a typical Tuesday (as the chain ran a 1-day-only $1 Mexican Pizza promo) versus down double digits the rest of the week amid the cyclospora outbreak.
Really need some of y’all to stop acting like people don’t have valid reasons to oppose data centers and that it’s all “Glonzo”
Republicans will probably lose Michigan's Senate race despite El-Sayed's win. Contrary to the Takes about the primary, the polls and election "fundamentals" do not suggest Stevens would have performed significantly better www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-08-06...
This point was very clear during the biden admin. There are just numerous things like; people hate higher numbers and relatice increases aren't felt the same. Someone find a novel prize for me.
Sky Marchini@sky.skymarchini.net · last wk.like if a burrito was $2 and household income $8,000 but inflation was 5%, the public would be happier than they are now at $20, household income $80,000, and 3% inflation. "things used to be cheaper!" is part of it, but physical cash coming in set denominations i think is actually the main driver
the median midwestern voter loves two things: electing republicans and thwarting republican policy goals via ballot referendum
Some initial thoughts, and a complicated mix of feelings. Wow. I mean, Erdos problems are cool (I genuinely mean that), I didn't know about the Jacobian conjecture before it got disproved. But this newest batch from OpenAI hits home in a way the previous announcements did not.
Of course he will.
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · last wk.An export cap “would be an extraordinarily aggressive move” — but Trump “faces the possibility of voters being confronted with $4 gas-station signs as they drive to the polls, which didn’t happen even under former President Joe Biden during the 2022 price spike.” www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Me buying Baumol’s goods: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!! Me buying Baumol’s services: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
With the Aug 4 earnings call and Aug 6 stock unlock on the horizon, I have some thoughts about SpaceX and Tesla. montanaskeptic.substack.com/p/elon-musks...
Elon Musk's Hubris May Doom any Tesla-SpaceX Merger
With Tesla shrinking fast, a bailout merger would fit the Musk pattern. But there are some key impediments to consider.
montanaskeptic.substack.com
Love people complaining about the dodgers. It's not like someone else couldn't have offered more.
No, who could have seen this coming?
CNN@cnn.com · 2w agoThe Justice Department is admitting that a $14 million renovation on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC, was flawed, and is dropping the criminal case against a former Olympian that accused him of damaging the pool, according to a new court filing. https://cnn.it/3RJJnwj
