Joan/Mirl Edelstein

Joan/Mirl Edelstein

@joanrn.bsky.social

Professor MCH, community health/ school nursing; vaccine advocate; veteran; still masking; Mah-Jongg; Yiddish; Travel. No DMs‼️ 🇮🇱🇺🇦🇺🇸

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Joan/Mirl Edelstein
@joanrn.bsky.social

The president declaring war on the people he is supposed to represent. Aside from the fact it's unconstitutional...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "The ones that are run by radical left Democrats -- what they've done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles. They're very unsafe places & we're gonna straighten them out one by one. This is gonna be a major part for some people in this room. That's a war too. It's war from within"

Joan/Mirl Edelstein
@joanrn.bsky.social

I have personally witnessed some of these examples when they happened. They're not made up. This is conversion therapy, but for Jews who think Israel has a right to self-determination, along with harassment and discrimination against both Jewish therapists and Jewish patients, funded by HHS..

worldisraelnews.comUS Taxpayers fund ‘therapy’ that treats Jewish identity as mental illnessThe approach identifies Zionism as a root cause of mental illness, despite Zionism’s absence from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
Joan/Mirl Edelstein
@joanrn.bsky.social

Thank you AAP!

E. Rosalie@erosalie.infoepi.com

The American Academy of Pediatrics will no longer participate in ACIP (vaccine advisory group), as it views the body as politicized and no longer credible. infoepi.substack.com/p/pediatric...

infoepi.substack.comPediatrics Org Says Vaccine Recommendation Group No Longer Credible Under RFK Jr., Will Issue Its Own Vaccine ScheduleAmerican Academy of Pediatrics will no longer participate in ACIP and views the body as politicized and no longer credible.
Joan/Mirl Edelstein
@joanrn.bsky.social

#ProtectVaccineAccess for #PublicHealth

Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com

In response to RFK loading up the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee with anti-vaxxers, medical societies, local health departments, and advocacy groups are working to preserve vaccine access by ordering vaccines directly from manufacturers and emphasizing vaccine guidance from medical associations.

Joan/Mirl Edelstein
@joanrn.bsky.social

They somehow believe diseases in other countries never pose a threat to us, ignoring the fact that all original measles cases in current outbreaks come from international travel.

Jonathan Howard@joho.bsky.social

Doctors who elevated this guy need to be treated like doctors who worked for tobacco companies or pushed OxyContin on everyone. Am I wrong?

Joan/Mirl Edelstein
@joanrn.bsky.social

Nothing like zip tie people in wheelchairs peacefully protesting because they can't afford healthcare and it's even more zip ties, I guess, because they are literally a flight risk and certainly don't want them to fight back.

Aaron Black@aaronblack.bsky.social

People in wheelchairs are getting arrested right now in the Russell Senate Office Building in DC. They showed up to tell Congress not to cut their Medicaid, because they cant afford health care without it. If you look closely you can see the zip ties on their hands. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid

Joan/Mirl Edelstein
@joanrn.bsky.social

When we say #Vaccinate #VaccinesWork #VaccinesSaveLives this is why.

Dr. Richard Pan@drpanmd.bsky.social

“Maintaining #measles elimination requires constant vigilance…. Every piece of that delicate, indispensable system is under threat, both from a well-funded, emboldened antivaccine movement and now from the highest levels of our federal public health agencies.” www.statnews.com/2025/06/24/u....

statnews.comA grim milestone: U.S. is on the cusp of losing its official measles elimination statusWe have had the ability to prevent nearly all cases of measles for more than 60 years. Yet the number of cases keeps growing.
Joan/Mirl Edelstein
@joanrn.bsky.social

Lyn Redwood is a masters prepared NP who worked with her county's board of health and awarded "person of the year" for her service to the community. She went down the rabbit hole of thimerosal 30 years ago when her son developed autism. She's an embarrassment to #nursing and #PublicHealth.

Meg Tirrell@megtirrell.bsky.social

Slides posted for thimerosal presentation at ACIP included citation of study that appears not to exist “I don’t have a publication in Neurotoxicology by that title,” the apparent lead author told us Slide has since been removed First spied by @drboulware.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/h...

cnn.comPresentation for CDC advisers appears to cite nonexistent study to support claims about risk of vaccine preservative | CNNA presentation slated to be shared at this week’s meeting of vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention claimed that a study in animals suggested that use of the vaccine pre...
Joan/Mirl Edelstein
@joanrn.bsky.social

#Vaccinate #VaccinesWork #VaccinesSaveLives

Jan Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H.@drjanicekirsch.bsky.social

KIDS TREATED WITH BOBBY'S PROTOCOL ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF LIVER DAMAGE. High doses of Vitamin A and cod liver oil being given over an extended period of time is causing toxicity in some Texas children with measles. In most cases it was given to avoid vaccination. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/h...

nytimes.comFor Some Measles Patients, Vitamin A Remedy Supported by RFK Jr. Leaves Them More Ill (Gift Article)After the health secretary promoted vitamin A as a cure, parents in West Texas began giving their children high doses, sometimes to prevent infection.
Joan/Mirl Edelstein
@joanrn.bsky.social

#Vaccinate #VaccinesWork #VaccinesSaveLives

Dr. Richard Pan@drpanmd.bsky.social

“The outbreak consists of 10 people in Ashtabula County,[Ohio]… nine of which are linked to an unvaccinated man reported last week as the state's first #measles case of 2025…. None of the individuals infected were vaccinated.” #Ivax2protect www.dispatch.com/story/news/h...

dispatch.comMeasles outbreak has been confirmed in Ohio, state health department announcesNone of the individuals infected were vaccinated.
Joan/Mirl Edelstein
@joanrn.bsky.social

Democracy prevails for now. Judge Boasberg issued a restraining order to stop this administration from using the Alien Enemies Act and ordered all planes to turn around and return to the US. He also expanded the class to anyone the administration is trying to deport using the AEA.

Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com

Judge Boasberg is a hero.

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Renee DiResta
@noupside.bsky.social

“Because the Democrats tend to be inept and incompetent in explaining reality to people, Rep. Jerry Nadler released the report on New Year’s Eve where it basically got zero attention.” JFC. I follow this issue obsessively and I didn’t even see this until now. www.techdirt.com/2025/01/10/c...

techdirt.comCongressional Report Accuses Jordan, Musk Of Weaponizing Gov’t To Silence CriticsFor quite some time now, we’ve pointed out how Jim Jordan has weaponized the government to suppress speech. Quite frequently, he seems to be doing this in coordination with Elon Musk. And yet, some…
Joan/Mirl Edelstein
@joanrn.bsky.social

How to destroy #PublicHealth and reduce #LifeExpectancy "'We're really talking about deaths,'... 'Even a reduction in flu and COVID vaccines can lead to increased deaths.'"

npr.orgLouisiana forbids public health workers from promoting COVID, flu and mpox shotsAn NPR investigation found Louisiana health officials told staff to stop promoting vaccines for COVID, flu and mpox, holding flu shot events or otherwise encouraging the public to get those vaccines.
Joan/Mirl Edelstein
@joanrn.bsky.social

"My overriding message every time I appeared before a congressional committee was to warn against what I saw as the biggest threat to Americans being able to get the care they need at a price they can afford: the relentless profit demands of Wall Street, its growing entanglement in the 1/2

statnews.comI used to do health insurance company PR. Here’s what I think the backlash is missingA health insurance company executive turned whistleblower, Wendell Potter thinks that the backlash to the industry is missing something key.
Joan/Mirl Edelstein
@joanrn.bsky.social

The Association of Jewish Psychologists offers weekly virtual support (not therapy) groups for members of the Jewish community. All groups are facilitated by licensed clinicians. These groups have been a lifesaver. They are warm, welcoming, caring, and most importantly understanding. This is a 1/2

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Sofia Resnick
@sofiaresnick.bsky.social

Over a few days a young miscarriage patient said she passed baseball-sized blood clots and experienced extreme pain and dizziness in two different Louisiana hospitals, while never being offered a common miscarriage procedure, even after she requested it. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/loui...

newsfromthestates.comLouisiana miscarriage patient who had to cross state lines for a D&C wants answersThis is the sixth installment of an occasional States Newsroom series called When and Where: Abortion Access in America, profiling individuals who have needed abortion care in the U.S. before and afte...
Joan/Mirl Edelstein
@joanrn.bsky.social

An amazing job of showing exactly who RFK, Jr. is. Stunning and compelling, even for those of us who have known for some time. Absolutely worth watching.

Paul Offit@pauloffit.bsky.social

Do we really want a liar and conspiracy theorist as our next head of HHS? Great 30-minute video. Please repost far and wide.

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