Irwin Redlener, MD
@IrwinRedlenerMD
Public Health Analyst, Child Advocate, Founding Director, Columbia University, Co-Founder of http://UCAP.help, author "The Future of Us” & “Americans at Risk".
You can now also find me on Bluesky. Let's connect! bsky.app/profile/irwinr…
I’ll be on Chris Jansing Reports on @MSNBC today around 1:30 PM ET discussing the growing hunger crisis in conflict regions, where millions face extreme food insecurity. msnbc.com/chris-jansing-…
Trump's attacks on democracy and his disregard for America's rule of law and its commitment to separation of powers have been blatantly obvious since he took office. But what I fear most may be the massive appropriation of at least $75 billion to expand ICE. POTUS is creating a…
I just read that health crackpot, Robert F Kennedy, Jr. is thinking about a run for POTUS in’28. I’m imagining a furious contest for the Republican nomination among Bobby, JD Vance and a few others (Tommy Tuberville? Cash Patel? Kristi Noem?) determined to definitively drive…
This is what we should understand on this July 4th celebration of a great idea, imperfect as it was, that lasted for 249 years. Yes, there have been missteps and terrible atrocities - from how we treated the Americans who were here before any Europeans arrived, to the…
Are we surprised that this would happen under the watch of a POTUS who has appointed a raving crackpot to run HHS & who has pardoned the criminal hooligans & murderers who desecrated the U.S. Capitol?
The federal government on Saturday dismissed charges against a Utah plastic surgeon accused of throwing away #COVID vaccines & giving children saline shots instead of the vaccine while telling the parents that their child had been vaccinated against COVID. apnews.com/article/utah-d…
Tune in to Nicolle Wallace on @MSNBC today around 5:40 PM ET, where I’ll join live from Rome, where Karen and I are attending the international conference on Ukraine’s recovery. I’ll be talking about the continuing impact of war on Ukraine’s children. msnbc.com/deadline-white…
#Texasflooding Digital messaging warnings are not enough. We are relying on virtual warning systems that older people may not have, batteries that may not be charged, and people with disabilities. We need to rely on low-tech warning systems, such as very loud audible alarms and…
Coming up on Chris Jansing Reports @MSNBC around 1:10 PM ET, I’ll be discussing the catastrophic flooding in Texas and what’s ahead for impacted communities. msnbc.com/chris-jansing-…
It’s not your political positions that disqualify you for ACIP membership. It’s your history of spreading unscientific and pseudoscientific antivax conspiracy theories and misinformation and your continued belief in them that disqualify you.
For those few who think my political positions as a libertarian, Christian constitutional conservative disqualify me from serving my country as an appointed ACIP member, I invite you to consider Canadian citizenship. They have a state financed MAID program that could be right…
Under bogus rules of his own making, RFK, Jr. approved the June 2025 bogus recommendations of his bogus immunization advisory committee, thereby ignoring the input of the acting CDC director. Another victory for the purveyors of crackpot science and debunked conspiracies. Where…
Totally agree. Ukraine is an innovative, economically thriving, technologically advanced democracy struggling against a massive military force pushed by an authoritarian aggressor bent on destroying our ally. We must support Ukraine! And check out UCAP.help
Ukraine has never asked America to send in the 82nd airborne; they’ve asked for the weapons to defend their homeland and people from Russia attacks. Letting Russia win this war would be a unmitigated disaster for the American people and our security around the world.
Three of many, many stories that may be defining the new American era of isolation, ignorance and cruelty: 1. The sudden withdrawal of $7 billion meant to support vulnerable American school children; 2. The raw glee expressed by Trump & the Rs who opened what amounts to a…
Maybe. But AAP, AMA, etc should at least try. I actually think Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA) could have been swayed. Hard to absorb how much damage they are doing to health and health care in U.S. - and across the world.
I think if Drs. Salk & Spock rose from the dead & pleaded for RFK, Jr, to be escorted from the building & sent to some elegant Esalen-Meets-Waco halfway house, it would have made no difference. Our electeds are too impotent to "JUST SAY NO" to Trump/MAGA; AAP hasn't a chance.
Sad to say, this is more than a little hypocritical. Where was Dr. Kressly and the American Academy of Pediatrics when they could have spoken out against that anti-vaccine, anti-science conspiracy-loving crackpot RFK, Jr. during the HHS Scty confirmation hearing? Will…
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"A public health clown show...". Laurie Garrett and I go after RFK, Jr. , ACIP, etc., etc. MSNBC Sunday June 29 11:45 AM ET
OK, folks, let me put this as clearly as I can: RFK, Jr., U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, is a dishonest purveyor of dangerous BS. He is personally responsible - and will be accountable for - almost irreversible degradation of the health and well-being of Americans,…
Believe me, I understand that the world is in crisis, that domestic politics are in some kind of evil chaos and Donald Trump is making decisions about nuclear weapons. But I can't accept the fact that, other than back-page reports about the latest missile attacks on civilian…
Russian attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine intensify while we’re distracted by domestic political chaos & a rapidly escalating crisis in the Middle East. Keep reminding Congress that Ukraine is defending democracy by standing up to Russia. They need our help! Meantime, check…
If Iran develops a nuclear bomb, it will become the 10th member of an exclusive club of nations with nukes, some controlled by hot heads, war-mongers or tyrants. The global nuclear arsenal already contains about 13,000 nuclear weapons, enough to destroy civilization many, many…
Incredible
Gavin Newsom is a thoroughly decent human. Watch this & tell me he would not make a great President. #GavinNewsom #TrumpisaNationalDisgrace #NoKings @GavinNewsom 💚