Steph
@stephsalyer.bsky.social
Veterinary epidemiologist, abortion doula, feminist, reproductive/housing justice and One Health advocate. Views are my own
Ayanna Pressley's name is being floated!! 🥰 Make sure your reps know how your feel!! www.commondreams.org/opinion/why-...
10 Reasons Hakeem Jeffries Should Not Be House Speaker | Common Dreams
Voters did not reject Republican extremism just to see Democratic leaders continue pouring billions into wars and corporate interests while families struggle to afford housing, healthcare, and basic n...
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Georgia friends!!! I just got off the phone with Nikema's office and can confirm that she is planning to vote for Jeffries. Make sure you call her if this is not the leadership you want in Washington. (202) 225-3801 @altcdc.altgov.info @firedbutfighting.bsky.social
Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day! We’re grateful for Indigenous ppls' knowledge, leadership & contributions to public health & the world We honor your strength, courage & resilience, and are ashamed of how US government has failed Indigenous communities You deserve better And we’re grateful for you
Please share and call your representatives. This should not move forward. This will put thousands of newborns at risk of acquiring hepatitis B in a country that has a 1 in 5 incidence of hepatitis B in adults. www.cdc.gov/hepatitis-b/...
Hepatitis B Basics
Learn the basics of hepatitis B, including symptoms, spread, prevention, vaccination, and treatment.
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Y'all!!! So excited to share a collaboration that the @cdcmutualaid.bsky.social is doing with Bookish in EAV. Please check it out and help raise some funds for some amazing causes! 🥰 📚 www.bookishatl.com/for-the-publ...
For the Public Good — Bookish is East Atlanta’s Indie Bookstore
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📣 Early warning and EBS colleagues - our EBS unit is finally sharing our toolkit publicly on GitHub! Please come check it out, modify it to your country or region context, or share your thoughts about what we can do to make these more useful: github.com/dghpebsunit-...
GitHub - dghpebsunit-ux/USCDC_EBSToolkit: US CDC Event-based Surveillance Toolkit
US CDC Event-based Surveillance Toolkit. Contribute to dghpebsunit-ux/USCDC_EBSToolkit development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Our Editor-at-Large did not mince words at all on Fourth of July:
The Xylom@thexylom.com · 4mo agoIn this week's newsletter, our Editor-at-Large KC Cheng shares the absurdities she encountered while reporting on a planned Ebola quarantine facility for Americans in central Kenya:
www.instagram.com/reel/DYaYS7d... Worth a watch - they mention HHS but don't specifically mention CDC who also uses Palantir. Note that data access has been mentioned in a majority of the DOS MOUs - what does this also mean for countries that sign these agreements with USG? @altcdc.altgov.info
More Perfect Union on Instagram: "A former Palantir employee is sounding the alarm. The tech company, founded by Peter Thiel, claims they can revolutionize government systems with their AI-powered sof...
6,790 likes, 129 comments - perfectunion on May 15, 2026: "A former Palantir employee is sounding the alarm. The tech company, founded by Peter Thiel, claims they can revolutionize government systems ...
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Science nerds - who the heck did Ryan Murphy consult with? Kid Rock and RFK? Rabies makes you fear water, not love it. And why are the FBI conducting epidemiologic investigations???
President Trump signed an executive order directs the U.S. Postal Service to send ballots only to voters who appear on a list of citizens to be compiled by the Department of Homeland Security with the assistance of the Social Security Administration.
Maybe you heard somewhere that the COVID-19 pandemic started with a lab leak? NO! That is NOT what the evidence shows. It was not a goddamn lab leak. I’ve had enough. Here is what the evidence shows: it was zoonotic spillover at the market rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/five-reaso...
Five Reasons Why It Still Wasn't a Lab Leak
Time for some of that civil disagreement that the NIH Director can't get enough of
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💚 Looking for ways to support CDC staff? Check out @cdcmutualaid.bsky.social The 2026 fundraising goal of $75,000 would provide funds to the 38 CDCers still on their waiting list 💵 Donations: www.cdcresourceportal.org 🛒 CDC mutual aid store:
CDC Mutual Aid Network
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i love my neighborhood most of the time but i love my neighborhood extra today
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Former CDC employees mark anniversary of mass firings
Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employees and supporters rallied outside CDC headquarters in DeKalb County on Feb. 10 to mark the upcoming Feb. 14 anniversary of the mass firings of ...
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💕 This Valentine’s Day, let’s show up for one another 💕 We’re fundraising for the CDC Mutual Aid Network through Valentine’s Day cards—small gestures, real support. 💌 10 cards for $8 | Beautiful designs | Helping colleagues in need Pre-order now! tinyurl.com/479kch26
🛑🧊Stop ICE. Protect Health. On January 26, 2026, Save HHS released the following public letter to the United States Senate (see savehhs.org link). @firedbutfighting.bsky.social @altcdc.altgov.info @cdcmutualaid.bsky.social
Save HHS | Support Public Health – Take Action Now
Save HHS is a collaboration among the National Public Health Coalition, 27 UNIHTED, and countless current and former HHS staff. Join us in calling for public health as a vital government service. The ...
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🌍🦠 One Health Friends! Excited to announce a Special Issue focused on “One Health Surveillance for Emerging and Reemerging Zoonotic Pathogens” in MDPI's Pathogens that I am co-editing. 📌 Learn more & submit: www.mdpi.com/journal/path... #OneHealth #Zoonoses #Surveillance #PandemicPreparedness
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For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention. The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
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You're paying for this. Trump's Big Ugly Bill gave BILLIONS to ICE and giant corporations—using money meant to lower your health care costs. Instead of helping your mom get cancer treatment, your tax dollars are being used to terrorize communities.
FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 10mo agoCNN airs a compilation of escalating ICE aggression towards peaceful protesters.
After a year of chaos, US CDC’s global health work hangs in the balance www.devex.com/news/after-a...
After a year of chaos, US CDC’s global health work hangs in the balance
Staff cuts, loss of expertise, shuttered programs, and the withdrawal from the World Health Organization are worrying those who’ve invested deeply in the agency's decades-long work in global health.
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Remember those DoS America First MoUs that are currently being signed? Some of them include deportation provisions @altcdc.altgov.info @altusaid.altgov.info
Timothy Burke@bubbaprog.xyz · 11mo agoThe full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
Rubio 🤮 is using lifesaving US health aid as leverage to force Zambia into mineral extraction deals. He is dismantling programs that saved millions, extending life expectancy by decades, and replacing partnership with coercion. This is exploitation, not diplomacy!
African and Global Civil Society Call on to African Heads of State and Government to: Demand Fair Terms in U.S. Health Agreements www.citizen.org/article/lett...
African and Global Civil Society Call on to African Heads of State and Government to: Demand Fair Terms in U.S. Health Agreements - Public Citizen
LETTER TO AFRICAN HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT: URGENT NEED TO PROTECT SOVEREIGNTY BY DEMANDING FAIR TERMS IN HEALTH AGREEMENTS…
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Anyone else concerned about these America first MOUs? healthpolicy-watch.news/africa-stuck...
Africa Is Stuck Between Global Pathogen-Sharing Talks And Conflicting US Bilateral Agreements - Health Policy Watch
African countries affirmed their commitment to a global agreement to share information about pathogens that may cause pandemics on Monday – yet several of
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Not all "federal workers" receive back pay. About half of our colleagues that applied to the fund during the furlough were contractors whose companies provided no back pay at all. Some companies even dropped their benefits completely - leaving staff without health coverage for almost 2 months.
CDC Mutual Aid Network@cdcmutualaid.bsky.social · 11mo agoThis #GivingTuesday, you can support the displaced CDC workers who protected us for years. 99¢ of every dollar goes directly to helping them cover basic needs. They were there for us; Let's be there for them. 🔗 Donate: bit.ly/4oel9Vr 👕 Shop: cdc-mutual-aid-network.printful.me
As a CDC staff - I do not support this message. It's a false narrative, not bound in science, that RFK is pushing. This harmful communication will result in more deaths in our communities. 💔 www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
Autism and Vaccines
Answers to common questions about vaccine safety and autism.
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The longest government shutdown in U.S. history has ended, but the uncertainty for federal workers is far from over. “Even with back pay, we’ll still be starting behind and playing catch-up for a while,” said one Veterans Affairs employee who was furloughed for weeks. nyti.ms/4i4bP56
