13 Oct 2025


Please read the action item note at the bottom of this email.  The note is after the email addresses and is in bold red typeface.


Letter by MF (Health Care)


I am writing in defense of science and in favor of compassion.  Both have been sorely lacking, especially in terms of health care. Across the globe, people no longer receive vaccinations for diseases like polio, malaria, tuberculosis, and measles. These life protecting services had been supported by the now defunded U.S.A.I.D. As a result, outbreaks of preventable illnesses have become much more likely.  If compassion for others is not enough of a call for action, remember illnesses know no boundaries. Communicable diseases are threats to everyone, not just abroad but at home as well.

In the U.S., we have been given information that is misleading at best and potentially deadly at worse. Despite substantial research to the contrary, President Donald

Trump and his Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.  continue to spread false claims about links between vaccinations and autism.  There is no connection between the two, much less the suggested causal relationship.  Resources would be better spent on real issues like the recent uptick in measles in cities across the country.

In addition to vaccines, the administration is suggesting another source of autism: Tylenol/Acetaminophen.  The rumor now is that taking Tylenol when pregnant might also be a cause of autism.  What then do you do if you’re an expectant mother and you have pain and/or a fever?  According to President Trump, you don’t seek relief in a known, safe treatment; you “just fight like hell”.

No matter where you live, healthcare policy should be based on hard scientific evidence not untested theories. It should berooted in rigorous, multi-faceted, and data driven research. Instead, the Trump administration slashed funding and fired staff for doing these very same in-depth studies.  

Wealthy and powerful countries like the United States must lead the fight for health world-wide. Compassion and accurate science are both valuable tools in meeting this challenge. Leaders must also listen to and share sound medical advice. The cost of not doing so is simply too much bear.


Sincerely,

 

Idea for another letter (Cancer Research)

“money for unnecessary National Guard deployments could be better spent on canceled cancer research”


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Example: Hyde-Smith: Gaza (1)

Hyde-Smith: Subject of letter (# of letters sent)
Wicker: Subject of letter (# of letters sent)
Kelly: Subject of letter (# of letters sent)
Thompson: Subject of letter (# of letters sent)
Reeves: Subject of letter (# of letters sent)
White: Subject of letter (# of letters sent)

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Stats to report: For Letter Committee Use Only

6 Oct 2025
This week’s tracking: 22 letters; 75 postcards 
Blackburn: Subject of letter (# of letters sent)
Hyde-Smith: Roger
  (DQ, PF, BT)
Hyde-Smith: Cancer Research
  (BS)
Hyde-Smith: National Guard
  (BT, BT)
Hyde-Smith: Shutdown
  (BT,BT)
Hyde-Smith: Epstein Files
 (PF)
Hagerty: Subject of letter (# of letters sent)
Wicker: Roger
  (DQ, PF, BT)
Wicker: Cancer Research
  (BS)
Wicker: National Guard
  (BT, BT)
Wicker: Shutdown
  (BT, BT)
Wicker: Epstein Files
  (PF)
Cohen: Subject of letter (# of letters sent)
Kelly: Epstein Files 
(PF)
Kelly: Cancer Research   (BS)
Thompson: Stand Strong 
(BT, BT)
Reeves: Subject of letter (# of letters sent)
White: Subject of letter (# of letters sent)
75 post cards sent by PF


13 Oct 2025: No Kings 2.0 18 Oct 2025
This week’s tracking: 7 letters
Blackburn: Subject of letter (# of letters sent)
Hyde-Smith: Health Care (DQ, BT)
Hyde-Smith: 
Hyde-Smith: 
Hyde-Smith: 
Hyde-Smith: 
Hagerty: Subject of letter (# of letters sent)
Wicker: Health Care (DQ, BT)
Wicker: 
Wicker: 
Wicker: 
Wicker: 
Cohen: Subject of letter (# of letters sent)
Kelly: Health Care (DQ)
Kelly: 
Thompson: Health Care (BT)
Reeves: Subject of letter (# of letters sent)
White: Subject of letter (# of letters sent)

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