Category Archives: Public Health

The Staggering Ignorance of Trump Administration Officials: the Drug-Resistant TB Edition

Posted on April 14, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

Over at The Handbasket, Marisa Kabas has a terrifying excerpt about Trump administration officials’ ignorance of basic biology from Nicholas Enrich’s new book, Into the Wood Chipper: A Whistleblower’s Account of How the Trump Administration Shredded USAID (boldface mine): The … Continue reading →

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We Are Governed by the Stupidest People: The HHS Secretary and Plaguelord Kennedy Edition

Posted on February 23, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

From the Washington Post, which still can occasionally do some good reporting (boldface mine): Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has spent years campaigning against vaccines, but with the flu shot, he’s suggested it’s personal. Kennedy has linked his strained, … Continue reading →

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A Possible Trajectory of Childhood Diseases Under Plaguelord and HHS Secretary Kennedy

Posted on December 22, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Friday night, the Trump administration under direction from Plaguelord and HHS Secretary Kennedy decided to stop recommending childhood vaccines. This is both expected and very bad. I think there will be few immediate consequences fortunately, so that hopefully gives us … Continue reading →

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Plaguelord and HHS Secretary Kennedy Retaliates By Canceling Grant Awarded to Critics

Posted on December 18, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

This is yet another reason why you don’t let crazy ass anti-vaxxers run HHS (boldface mine): The Department of Health and Human Services has terminated seven grants totaling millions of dollars to the American Academy of Pediatrics, including for research … Continue reading →

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Impeach HHS Secretary and Plaguelord Kennedy. Impeach Him Now.

Posted on December 11, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Calls for a Kennedy impeachment: it’s not just for bloggers anymore! Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens* (MI) is pushing filed articles of impeachment against HHS Secretary and Plaguelord Kennedy. Is she doing this to help her Senate bid (she’s running for … Continue reading →

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Et Tu, Murdoch? HHS Secretary Kennedy Is in Trouble

Posted on September 8, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Even the liberal New Republic conservative New York Post wants HHS Secretary and anti-vaccinationist Kennedy gone (boldface mine): Health Secretary Robert Kennedy’s Senate testimony Thursday made one thing crystal clear: He won’t be restoring sanity to our public health bureaucracies, … Continue reading →

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The Good News Is Florida Is a Low Population State That Very Few People Visit

Posted on September 4, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

The Republican Party is a party of death (boldface mine): Florida’s surgeon general on Wednesday announced plans to end all state vaccine mandates, including for children to attend schools, which would make it the first state to completely withdraw from … Continue reading →

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When HHS Secretary Kennedy and Other Trump Appointees Foment Stochastic Terrorism Against Public Health Workers

Posted on August 11, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Last Friday, someone who was convinced that COVID vaccines caused his depression and suicidal tendencies murdered a police officer and fired dozens of rounds at CDC facilities in Atlanta. So it’s clear, high profile members of the administration, all of … Continue reading →

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A Defense of USAID

Posted on February 10, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

A response to the anti-USAID propaganda from Musk:

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Senator Warren Has Questions for Kennedy about Vaccination

Posted on January 21, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

And they’re very good (boldface mine): 1. At a 2022 anti-vaccination rally, you compared the Covid-19 mandates in Washington D.C. to the tragedies of the Holocaust stating, “Even in Hitler’s Germany, you could cross the Alps to Switzerland. You could … Continue reading →

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