Retired but not disappearing Professor Emeritus
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Arthur Caplan retweeted
I recently joined PBS to talk about why I’m running for Congress and the fight to win California’s 6th District.
Watch the full interview here: pbs.org/video/californias-6t….
Arthur Caplan retweeted
Vivek Ramaswamy and his hair were on Fox & Friends this morning defending his vile attack ad
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HHS wants a new Medicare code that pays doctors extra only when they attribute a patient’s symptoms to a vaccine.
Vaccine critics say doctors are paid to push vaccines. We aren’t. Under this code, we’d be paid to blame them.
My new piece in @CIDRAP:
cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-vac…
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The Trump administration has gutted AHRQ -- a small agency at HHS tasked with overseeing care delivery -- and won't say how it's redirecting grant $$ Congress gave it.
One nugget: Some researchers got letters signed by staffers fired 9 months earlier.
washingtonsun.com/health/ins…
Kennedy to select MAHA-aligned researcher to head mental health institute, overruling NIH director | Science | AAAS science.org/content/article/… Metabolic Psychiatry?
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The Heritage Foundation adviser who recruited 12 bishops to pray over Trump in the Oval Office claimed a Ph.D. from an Italian university that doesn’t grant doctorates. His listed bachelor’s school is a high school.
A Vatican official called the meeting an insult to Pope Leo XIV. thelettersfromleo.com/p/heri…
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Great to have @SuzanDelBene and @CA_Dem Vice Chair Deepa Sharma join our canvass launch today.
We’re going to flip this seat one knocked door at a time!
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Fox News is putting Nicki Minaj up telling people to vote red.
Let’s break that down.
Can Nicki Minaj vote? No.
She’s not a U.S. citizen.
Can Nicki Minaj’s husband vote? No, he’s a registered sex offender.
Can Nicki Minaj’s brother vote? No, he’s serving 25 years to life for child sexual assault.
She seems like the perfect spokesperson for MAGA republicans.
Arthur Caplan retweeted
Florida Surgeon General says the state will end vaccine requirements for kids in school and wants to end ALL mandates: “Who am I to tell you what to put in your body? It’s a gift from God.”
Fact-check: Vaccines have saved millions of lives. (2026)
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Absolutely love this.
Celebrations have erupted in the streets of Serbia's capital Belgrade, after long-standing leader Aleksandar Vučić admitted defeat to a student-led protest movement in snap parliamentary elections. Read more: bbc.in/4BwV5ga
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"Our endorsement of Acton rests on more than Ramaswamy’s failure to meet a basic standard of decency. She has earned consideration on her own record, her preparation and her commitment to the people she seeks to serve."
Cleveland Plain Dealer reverses their decision to stay neutral and endorses @amyactonoh — a true leader and public servant.
cleveland.com/open/2026/10/w…
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Dr. Richard Pan vs. Kevin Kiley: Hunger.
Kevin Kiley voted to slash funding for food assistance, leaving over one million children without food.
I’ve always fought to make sure children and families can put food on the table.
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After being cruelly used by the Ramaswami campaign, Amy Acton’s clearly distressed mother has reportedly been living with her cats in her car in a church parking lot in Pennsylvania. Did the Ramaswami campaign make any effort to improve the plight of this elderly woman they so ruthlessly exploited?
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I guess you forgot my X handle. Well here it is… remember the time you offered me thoughts and prayers for the CDC shooting? I rejected them because YOUR disinformation was likely partially responsible. How about the time you wrote terms of reference for ACIP that silenced CDC scientists claiming they were biased? Let the people know… do you think HPV causes cancer? Share your scientific process while you were on ACIP. Which domains of evidence did you consider before your committee acted. Did you grade the papers, consider bias and methods. Oh that’s right….You didn’t. Thoughts and prayers, Retsef. Thoughts and prayers back to you. Tag me next time. ❤️
Unlike what @washingtonpost & @bylenasun attempt to promote Demetre Daskalakis is NOT a ‘warrior’ of public health & science but part of the cult that tarnished any trust in public health!
The truth is that he actively tried to sabotage the scientific work of ACIP & the COVID Immunization Workgroup!
He worked hard to block discussions on any safety & efficacy issue related to potential contaminants in the COVID vaccines, their prolonged immunological effects (IgG4 class switch), the impact of documented frame shifting (production of unintended antigens) and prolonged vaccine injuries.
We should all be thankful that is not anymore in position of power!
