Pediatrician, Mom of three, Reach Out and Read and AAP fan, promoting resiliency, advocating for children and families, loves long dog walks, gardening

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Waiter: what are you celebrating? Us: each other! @DrOBrienMD @greenhousemd @emacksc @drfixus
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I am SO proud of my friend Annie Andrews for so many reasons every day, but today I’m proud that she is using her platform as a candidate to boost public knowledge about the measles outbreak in her state. This is responsible leadership 🩵
When leadership fails (looking at you Lindsey Graham and RFK Jr.), we all have to step up and lead. Measles FAQ and resources now live on our campaign website. drannieandrews.com/measles/
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Yes. We are aware.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr: Trump lets me do stuff that I don't think anyone else would let me do
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Hey that’s me!
"This is a moment that calls for collective responsibility and the courage to speak out." Read the #OpEd from pediatrician and president of the South Carolina chapter of @AmerAcadPeds, @MMcEdwards at: medpagetoday.com/opinion/sec…
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Martha Edwards MD retweeted
The measles virus says thank you from sunny South Carolina.
Getting President Trump’s team in place was a top priority for Senate Republicans this year. We got it done. 🇺🇸
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Martha Edwards MD retweeted
Reading two consecutive posts this afternoon. First post- ACIP working to dismantle vaccine policy in the US. Second post- Measles cases continue to climb in SC. This is not a coincidence.
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My brother in Christ, this is quite literally your fault.
I’m a doctor who has seen people die from vaccine-preventable diseases. What parents need to hear right now is vaccines for measles, polio, hepatitis B and other childhood diseases are safe and effective and will not cause autism. Any statement to the contrary is wrong, irresponsible, and actively makes Americans sicker. We need to understand the real causes of autism. Studies show there’s a genetic predisposition when a mom who’s pregnant is exposed to environmental toxins which can increase a child’s risk of autism. It’s deeply troubling that, according to HHS officials, they appeared to have canceled hundreds of millions in research on autism genetics. Redirecting attention to factors we definitely know DO NOT cause autism denies families the answers they deserve. We had two children die and many more hospitalized nationally from measles this year. Louisiana is experiencing its worst whooping cough outbreak in 35 years. Families are getting sick and people are dying from vaccine-preventable deaths, and that tragedy needs to stop.
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By a vote of 2- 3 S323 fails to get out of subcommittee
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Thanks for setting him straight, @SenBillCassidy. It’s the least you could do after you let us all down by opening up the floodgates for this disaster of a DHHS secretary.
Empirically, this is not true. Not all mothers have prenatal care. Some get infected between testing in the first trimester and delivery. In some cases, the test is overlooked. If a child is infected at birth, they have a 95% chance of becoming chronically infected UNLESS, they get one dose of hepatitis B vaccine. If they do, they have less than a 5% chance of being chronically infected.
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Martha Edwards MD retweeted
Medicine and public health have added three decades to the human lifespan. Vaccination alone produced 40% of the reduction in child deaths. And now a disturbed and unqualified man driven by crackpot theories is destroying the foundations of this work, including CDC.
27 Aug 2025
RFK JR: I’m looking at kids as I walk through the airports today...and I see these kids that are just overburdened with mitochondrial challenges, inflammation—you can tell from their faces, movements, and lack of social connection
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RT @BillGates: The facts are simple and devastating: Aid cuts have already cost lives, and the number of deaths will continue to rise. Here…
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Laughing. In front of a cage, under a tent, in the middle of a swamp, surrounded by alligators - where they plan to hold HUMAN BEINGS whose only crime was crossing a border in search of a better life for their family. These are the darkest of days. Please - it is OK to say that you didn’t vote for this. It is OK to say ENOUGH. And if you look at this picture and feel joy - may God have mercy on your soul.
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JUST NOW: Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear on Donald Trump’s Big Ugly Bill: “They’re adding trillions of dollars to the national debt. They’re going to blow a hole in every state’s budget with what they’re doing to SNAP. They’re going to fire a ton of healthcare workers. They’re gonna throw people off their healthcare coverage. They’re gonna close rural hospitals and more people are going to go hungry. What could be beautiful about that? Absolutely nothing.”
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RFK Jr. is threatening the routine childhood immunization schedule. This is bad. Pay attention. Get loud. Stay loud. *and elect better Senators
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The cruelty keeps building from this administration toward children around the world:
This is a travesty and a nightmare. The US was a founder of @Gavi. It lowers vaccine costs for the world, has vaccinated 1B children, and averted 19M deaths. This pull out will cost 100s of thousands of children's lives a year -- and RFK Jr will be personally responsible.
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BREAKING: @SecKennedy just cut U.S. funding to @gavi, the alliance that has vaccinated over 1 billion children and prevented more than 17 million deaths since 2000. This isn’t about science. It’s about dangerous ideology overriding children’s lives. The consequences will be devastating: 500 million fewer childhood vaccinations by 2030 Over 8 million preventable child deaths The return of measles, polio, and other diseases we had nearly eliminated The poorest children in the world will suffer the most Gavi works with independent WHO experts, follows rigorous evidence, and has an unmatched record of saving lives. Pulling more than $300 million per year based on conspiracy theories, while children continue to die from preventable diseases, is morally indefensible. When anti-vaccine extremism becomes policy, children pay the price. This is a tragedy we can still prevent. #SaveGavi #VaccinesWork #ChildrenFirst #GlobalHealth h/t @Atul_Gawande politico.com/news/2025/06/25…
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Terrible but totally predictable @SecKennedy decides the US will renege on its pledge to @gavi Gavi helps poor kids around the world get vaccinated against polio and measles and other life threatening diseases This is just mind bogglingly awful nytimes.com/2025/06/25/healt…
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New ACIP members making stuff up and ignoring real science. Right on brand:
A presentation on Thimerosol at the Zombie "ACIP" meeting will site a study on the danger of thimerosol. Except oops, the study didn't exist. Welcome to "ACIP" 2025. yahoo.com/news/us-cdc-report… via @@YahooNews
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I would just like them to have affordable prescription drugs and access to a primary care doctor. 🤷‍♀️
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RFK Jr: "My vision that is every American is wearing a wearable within four years."
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