Primary care peds @ Children's Hosp of Phila. Health equity, education, violence prevention, #SafeFirearmStorage. Lover of all things nature and children. #Resist #Pedskyhttps://bsky.app/profile/dorothynovick.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/dorothynovick.bsky.social/post/3mbqzdcw6bc2mWhat a great moment to be shortening well visits to 15 minutes. So much for shared decision making.06 Jan 2026 13:04 +0000at://did:plc:jiewells4wdudmbdzw5dk6tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbqzdcw6bc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/dorothynovick.bsky.social/post/3lnolz4xvok2r“Honest communication has to include what we don’t really know, because that builds trust” #PAS202526 Apr 2025 01:37 +0000at://did:plc:jiewells4wdudmbdzw5dk6tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnolz4xvok2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/dorothynovick.bsky.social/post/3lle4izaum22y“In Texas, public health officials have received orders to stop work supported by three grants that helped fund the response to the widening measles outbreak there….” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/health/trump-state-health-grants-cuts.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share27 Mar 2025 10:42 +0000at://did:plc:jiewells4wdudmbdzw5dk6tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lle4izaum22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/dorothynovick.bsky.social/post/3lkqvlomv6c25A month has passed since the CDC indefinitely postponed its ACIP meetings, grinding the vaccine review and approval process to a halt. Meanwhile, in Texas … 2 dead from measles and 36 hospitalized19 Mar 2025 19:18 +0000at://did:plc:jiewells4wdudmbdzw5dk6tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkqvlomv6c25https://bsky.app/profile/dorothynovick.bsky.social/post/3lip3argt7226No ACIP meetings —> no votes —> no vaccines https://publications.aap.org/aapnews/news/31416/AAP-urges-CDC-to-reschedule-crucial-vaccine21 Feb 2025 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:jiewells4wdudmbdzw5dk6tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lip3argt7226https://bsky.app/profile/dorothynovick.bsky.social/post/3lhenp4kzlc2pAnswers to questions from friends and family: Yes, I can find STI guidance elsewhere — but it will be static and therefore not based on latest evidence, trends, resistance patterns. Yes, I can still give vaccines, for now — but insurance only pays for those that the CDC recommends04 Feb 2025 18:09 +0000at://did:plc:jiewells4wdudmbdzw5dk6tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhenp4kzlc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/dorothynovick.bsky.social/post/3lh3fsfyrh22jBlocked.01 Feb 2025 01:54 +0000at://did:plc:jiewells4wdudmbdzw5dk6tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh3fsfyrh22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/dorothynovick.bsky.social/post/3lgw3pincvc2qLike the Alt National Park Service, we will need an Alt CDC. Anyone? I29 Jan 2025 23:10 +0000at://did:plc:jiewells4wdudmbdzw5dk6tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgw3pincvc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/dorothynovick.bsky.social/post/3lgm3xvramc2zOh just the entire global medical and scientific community falling to its knees [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Jan 2025 23:48 +0000at://did:plc:jiewells4wdudmbdzw5dk6tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgm3xvramc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/dorothynovick.bsky.social/post/3lggcfdvwls2xA flash back to providing health care during COVID w/o reliable communications from the CDC. Except now there are none. As health care providers, sharing information has never been more crucial. #resist https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/01/21/trump-hhs-cdc-fda-communication-pause/23 Jan 2025 16:27 +0000at://did:plc:jiewells4wdudmbdzw5dk6tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lggcfdvwls2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/dorothynovick.bsky.social/post/3lfkphcp45c2yThis plays out every day in my pediatric practice. Flu vaccine now refused more often than accepted, and routine childhood vaccines following suit. On a more positive note — these are more often hesitaters than refusers. Still open to discussion, often change their minds. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Jan 2025 17:06 +0000at://did:plc:jiewells4wdudmbdzw5dk6tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfkphcp45c2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/dorothynovick.bsky.social/post/3lbi6zm5mus2kWhether RFK Jr prefers fresh vegetables over fast food is not relevant. It does not make him legitimate or make his plans less dangerous.21 Nov 2024 19:26 +0000at://did:plc:jiewells4wdudmbdzw5dk6tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbi6zm5mus2khttps://bsky.app/profile/dorothynovick.bsky.social/post/3lb723cswtk2hPREACH [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Nov 2024 04:04 +0000at://did:plc:jiewells4wdudmbdzw5dk6tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb723cswtk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/dorothynovick.bsky.social/post/3lb6apiauzs26Powerful and devastating, from the heart of a 16yo girl … [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Nov 2024 20:30 +0000at://did:plc:jiewells4wdudmbdzw5dk6tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb6apiauzs26https://bsky.app/profile/dorothynovick.bsky.social/post/3lb2t2bzjzc2nPlease sign Committee to Protect Health Care’s letter urging Senate to reject RFK Jr appointment: committeetoprotect.org/stop-rfk-jr/ https://committeetoprotect.org/stop-rfk-jr/16 Nov 2024 11:47 +0000at://did:plc:jiewells4wdudmbdzw5dk6tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb2t2bzjzc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/dorothynovick.bsky.social/post/3lb2se2oi2c2b“Global measles cases surged by more than 20 percent to an estimated 10.3 million last year, the WHO and the CDC said Thursday. About 107,500 people, mostly young children, died” https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/15/rfk-jr-global-health-samoa-kennedy/16 Nov 2024 11:35 +0000at://did:plc:jiewells4wdudmbdzw5dk6tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb2se2oi2c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/dorothynovick.bsky.social/post/3lazk2r2mdk2kWow, am I glad to see you all. Now as in Feb 2020, the determination of healthcare providers when their patients are at risk is truly inspiring. And now as in 2020, we will need each other. (If only I could figure how to recreate connections from the other place)15 Nov 2024 23:34 +0000at://did:plc:jiewells4wdudmbdzw5dk6tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lazk2r2mdk2k