Great post, Lucy, and I agree with you. I'm not sure she's the best choice, to be honest. I think you would do a great job, I think @anish_koka or @drjohnm or @DrJMarine would as well.
However, she was bullied by Sen Murray into providing a clear and direct answer on flu shots and she didn't cave. I think that's important. She does get nuance. That said, I don't think she should have used the word "horrifying" re birth control pills. At the root of all this, I realize, is communication. It's still an art, isn't it? And what are we really looking for from a Surgeon General? What do we want from this position?
@drlucymcbride
https://lucymcbride.substack.com/p/what-concerns-me-about-casey-means
“When we were first invited to Milan for the Olympics, we said no. It felt like more than we could handle. But we kept thinking about what John and Matty would say if they knew we turned it down. We knew the answer.
John loved representing his country. From the time he was little, he dreamed of competing at the Olympics. In that final summer, he was working harder than ever, pushing himself with everything he had to earn a spot on that roster. He was going to be there.
Sitting with that knowledge while watching these Games was not easy — but being present for them, surrounded by people who truly cared about John and Matty, made it something we will always treasure.
Every person we encountered took the time to ask about the boys — who they were, what they meant to us, the kind of people they were away from the ice.
What struck us most was realizing that John and Matty's impact reaches so much further than we sometimes see in our own grief.
They are carried by so many people — in locker rooms, in conversations, in quiet moments we will never even know about. That means everything to us.
And then Team USA won gold. When Zach, Auston, and Matthew carried John's jersey around that ice, we were overwhelmed — they made sure he was there. And then to see Noa and Johnny — on Johnny's second birthday — carried out onto the ice to be part of that gold medal photo — there are no words for what that felt like.
John and Matty should have been there, and in that moment, they were.
Thank you to every member of that team for loving John & Matty - and for making sure they were part of something historic. And thank you to everyone at >@NBCOlympics and @usahockey for your kindness, your generosity, and for bringing our family to Milan to witness it.
You gave us a gift we didn't know we needed.
With love and gratitude,
The Gaudreau Family"
GREAT step by @Target.
Starting in May, all cereals sold at Target will be free from petroleum-based food dyes.
https://www.axios.com/2026/02/27/target-removes-synthetic-food-dyes-cereal
The raw figure was 5.1%, but they aggressively weeded it down to 2.8%, which was still insanely high for a healthy cohort of healthcare workers with no recent cardiac events
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37470105/
I'm still so proud of these guys and just so thankful to be a part of hockey life and culture. It has given our family so much joy. The team first attitude, grit, discipline, toughness - all a part of it.
Roughly 30 million Americans claim some form of serious harm from the Covid vaccines.
High quality studies have shown that a single mRNA shot induces heart inflammation in up to 5% of people who get them.
This panel is long overdo.
A Small Nonprofit Did What the FDA Would Not
https://brownstone.org/articles/a-small-nonprofit-did-what-the-fda-would-not/?utm_medium=onesignal&utm_source=push via @brownstoneinst
Abbey Murphy from the USA women's hockey team on the men's team's deeply scandalous phone call with President Trump:
“We never felt anything bad from them… It’s sad they even have to apologize for anything.”
Olympic legend Kaillie Humphries has come out as a Trump support after medaling in Milan Cortina.
Now as the most accomplished women's bobsled pilot in history, Kaillie is sharing her support for saving women's sports, her defense of the US men's hockey team after backlash from the left, and her belief in strict immigration enforcement as a legal immigrant to the US from Canada.
.@SecKennedy’s team has done hundreds of meetings with retailers to discuss how to use the MAHA political moment to push positive change.
When a retailer like Target enforces requirements, it moves the entire market.
I’m looking forward to more major announcements.
The standing ovations Jack Hughes is getting everywhere he goes are further proof that the loud minority of mentally ill USA hockey haters live in an online fantasy bubble.
America loves you, Legend! 🇺🇸🦅
NEWS: The UK is going to force the adult gender clinics that refused to share data on former pediatric gender patients with the Cass Review to hand over the data so investigators can study what became of the 9,000 people seen by that clinic.
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/clinics-share-data-children-puberty-blockers-nhs-mq2ktj627
This is the cover of @TheLancet
“The destruction… might take generations to repair.”
That’s the damage from RFK — eroding vaccine confidence, weakening public health, and diminishing U.S. scientific credibility.
When a leading medical journal uses language like this, it’s not rhetoric.
It’s a warning the world should take seriously.
Thank you to all of the 🇺🇸 military! This was for all of you! Thank you for doing everything that you do so that we can play the game that we love! Our Olympic Team 🇺🇸 talked daily about playing our hearts out for the military and all first responders!
The golden goal by Meg Keller couldn’t have happened to a better person. Hero for life 🙏🇺🇸🫡
I used to produce her women’s hockey podcast. One the best talent I had ever worked with
Secretary Kennedy is special.
Listen to this advice 👇
To the U.S. Men’s Hockey Team: Thank you for being outstanding athletes and strong role models for our kids. Thank you for showing that it’s still okay to love the USA out loud.
One thing the moms in Moms for Liberty have learned of the years: Don’t cave in to the woke struggle sessions, just hold your head up high.
Gold medals.
Gratitude.
And a little bit of patriotism.
Imagine being mad about that? 🇺🇸🏒
The advice that all children should avoid peanut butter until age 3 was medical dogma that ended up being perfectly backwards.
This is hands down the best FDA team we are likely to ever have from a Science/citizen standpoint if the focus is on getting drugs to market that actually work and are safe.
🙏 @DrMakaryFDA @VPrasadMDMPH @TracyBethHoeg for your service
We were impressed with the CHARACTER of Team USA Hockey this week even more than their gold medals. You could not find a more genuine, humble and patriotic group of guys. They represent America so well!
As just one example, when brothers Jack and Quinn Hughes heard that my 15 yr old son Will had to miss the gathering because he was sick, they offered to call him on FaceTime to check on him and say hello. He’ll never forget it!
HERO'S WELCOME: Jack Hughes returns home to a roaring New Jersey stadium after scoring the overtime winner that delivered the first Olympic gold for U.S. men’s hockey in 46 years:
"I’m so proud and I’m so happy that the men’s and women’s USA hockey teams brought gold medals back to the United States of America."
“I wasn’t expecting that. very special. He’s a class act. Cares about his teammates, cares about his country. His team.”
Tage Thompson on Jack Hughes pulling him in to share the standing ovation 👏
For all interested in supporting high quality independent research⏬️⏬️
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Have to give the Devils and their fans credit (which is tough as a lifelong Rangers fan)… the pregame ceremony was AWESOME! I got chills and goosebumps as the crowd serenaded Jack Hughes and Tage Thompson with cheers and USA chants.
Jack Hughes gets a warm welcome home from Devils fans, and he brings out USA teammate Tage Thompson from the Sabres bench for the ovation 👏🇺🇸
Transparency in vaccine research is non-negotiable. Hope this inspires more journals to waive fees for public health studies.
If you appreciate the hard work of independent scientists and want to help support the publication of their research, please consider donating to Restore Childhood. They funded the publication of our recent re-analysis of the FDA's risk-benefit analysis of the Moderna mRNA Covid vaccine (original 2-dose formulation) among young males 18-25.
Here's how you can support them - it cost $4000 to publish our paper. We worked for free, but the journal cost that much. We would not have been able to bring this work to the public without Restore Childhood's support. Whatever you can contribute is greatly appreciated!
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I was hard on Casey Means last year when I analyzed her (in some ways questionable) biodata company. But here in this clip in her hearing for Surgeon General, she did an incredibly brave, honest and pro-women’s-health thing. She told the truth about the overuse of hormonal birth control, with its potential very dangerous side effects, including blood clots and strokes. Take note please of these facts @MartyMakary and also my good friend @DrDrew. And Brava to @CaseyMeansMD. @HHSGov
.@Surgeon_General nominee Dr. Casey Means: “One of the key root cause modifiable factors of chronic disease is nutrition…Starting with the Dietary Guidelines for America…This is the first time we’ve had a full-throated denunciation of ultra-processed food. I think this is historic.”
Surgeon General nominee Casey Means says she will be a proponent of informed consent for vaccines.
“I think it’s very important as a physician to rebuild trust in public health.”
“And to make sure that patients are encouraged to have informed consent with their doctor before getting any medication.”
“I do not want to not encourage patients to have a conversation with their doctor.”
“Informed consent is going to be part of building trust in public health.”
@CaseyMeansMD
Surgeon General nominee Casey Means: “Mental and physical health are unraveling from shared root causes that we can fix.”
“Preventable heart disease, our number one killer in men and women, is emblematic of a nation with a broken heart.”
“Diabetes, representing cellular energy collapse, is draining our human potential.”
“Dementia, depression, and neurodevelopmental decline reflects a society losing its mind.”
“Our bodies are telling us this current path is totally unsustainable.”
“There is another way, a path that unites rigorous science with reverence for our miraculous bodies and planet and brings Americans and our medical institutions together around actual healing and prevention.”
“This path is also economically sound with the potential to save trillions of dollars annually.”
“I feel profound awe at the privilege we have as adults to create a better world for future generations.”
“As Surgeon General, I would call on every American and the public health service to join in a great national healing, one that halts preventable chronic disease, makes healthy living the easiest choice, honors the body’s connection to the environment, and puts America back on the road towards wholeness and health.”
Don’t let social media convince you everyone’s awful and against you.
Most people are more like these guys.
GLP-1s are changing lives, offering hope and better self-image. But concerns arise about misuse for vanity, even by those barely overweight. The boom targets those seeking to feel skinnier, potentially suppressing natural body functions. #GLP1 #WeightLoss #Health
Meeting the cultural moment is exactly what these young men did, Mary.
Joyful, patriotic, proud, gracious, cheered like crazy for the gold medal winning women’s team they train with, & supported a widow and her children.
They are precisely what we needed in this moment. 🇺🇸
‘They [medical organizations] have tried to have it both ways: They’ve presented themselves as representing “the science” while sometimes violating science’s traditional norms of transparency and open debate.’
“Should we trust the science? Sure, in theory — but only when the science in question has earned our trust through transparency and rigor.”
Sounds like Covid huh?
[PS now do all so called “gender care.”]