Health Equity, Disparities, and Infectious Diseases With MarkAlain Dery, DO, MPH, FACOI

Infectious Disease

Dr. Dery is the Chief Innovation Officer and Medical Director for Infectious Diseases at Access Health Louisiana and the Director of 2 HRSA Ryan White Grants. Emphasizing human rights and social justice, he founded the New Orleans-based community radio station, 102.3 FM WHIV-LP, and the NoiseFilter podcast. He also creates animations to explain COVID-19 vaccines and HIV.


Vaccination Woes, Policy Foes, and the Vulnerable Left Behind

Colleagues,

Recent headlines spotlight a disturbing trend: vaccination rates are dropping, crucial pandemic preparedness contracts are being axed, and policy shifts threaten the health and safety of our most vulnerable. As political squabbles over healthcare access and global health funding intensify, millions risk losing vital support. These moves reveal a widening gap between evidence-based science and the decisions shaping public health—putting lives at risk and undermining trust in institutions. It’s a stark reminder: when science and compassion are sidelined, everyone pays the price.

Power to the people because people power is all we left.

MarkAlain Dery, DO, MPH, FACOI


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    • MMR rates are tanking faster than your phone battery on 1%—but sure, let’s keep trusting random internet posts over actual doctors.

      Measles is just dusting off its party hat and RSVP’ing to all the unvaccinated invites.

      Yo. Science called; it wants its facts back!

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    • Breaking news: The US government’s new strategy to fight poverty—keep people poor and desperate by cutting social services to the bone.

      Nothing says ‘help’ like making sure the safety net is just a few loose threads.

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    • One Big Beautiful Bill: finally, a plan to help billionaires buy their 4th yacht while working families get a commemorative ‘good luck’ card.

      Turns out ‘beautiful’ is just a fancy word for a disaster in disguise.

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    • Bravo to the media for bravely reporting-again-that work requirements don’t work, while still letting politicians pretend they do.

      The real work here? Bending over backwards to keep the charade alive, even when everyone knows the emperor’s got no clothes.

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    • Just admit it-you don’t want people healthy. You want them sick, overwhelmed, and drowning in paperwork because a sick, powerless population is way easier to control.

      It’s not about care, it’s about control.

      Stop pretending otherwise.

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    • Medicaid cuts will “streamline” care by pushing vulnerable seniors and disabled folks into chaos- because who needs support when you can have suffering?

       Apparently, that’s the goal.

      Get ready to watch Medicaid’s safety net unravel, one policy “win” at a time.