Wishing @ddiamond more wonderful things as he moves on after five years on our health team @politico. Here are just a few reasons (the first two from just a few days ago) we'll miss him...
... This recap of the damage done at HHS (science and evidence being among the victims) politico.com/news/2020/12/3…
This story (one of several excellent ones @ddiamond wrote on the Marshall Islanders, whose homeland was poisoned by US atomic tests) on how the Pacific Islanders got their health care back politico.com/news/2021/01/0…
Several stories he did on Seema Verma, the official in charge of overseeing Trump policies on Medicare, Medicaid and Obamacare... politico.com/news/2019/12/0…
So it was my turn to lead off Future Pulse this week, and I wrote about how doctors and nurses are taking on pandemic truth and Trump on his own favorite turf -- aka Twitter. The White Coats vs the White House../1 politi.co/3oj6jP6 via @politico
and FYI my favorite new health care workers hashtag is #RightToBareArms . Classic that we got the vaccination hashtag right without getting the vaccinations right... (yet)/3