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Bad Medical Takes @badmedicaltakes.bsky.social · 19 days

The founding fathers intended that I, as a doctor, could tell everyone about your weird dick.

Holy shit, a trifecta? A HIPAA claim, a first amendment take, and a bad medical take?

i love the "hippopotamuses are against the constitution" genre of right wing ignorance

Knock-knock Who's there HIPAA HIPAA who? Oh, sorry, I can't tell you that

The context for this is, apparently, a doctor in Texas illegally shared the private medical records of several children not under his care with right-wing media. He was indicted for it, hence conservatives turning on HIPAA after their long stint using it to justify their anti-vax positions.

I would have said "trans children" but I'm seeing some speculation that it may have been made up. Which wouldn't be a surprise, if accurate. Also "right-wing media" in this case means "some guy on Twitter who tweeted a bunch of private medical info belonging to kids to complain about trans people".

Harry the HIPAA Hippo is going to go bonkers

"hippa" critical

Simultaneously showing their clear lack of understanding of HIPAA *and* the US Constitution.

Once again proving the people who get most up in arms over the first amendment have never once had any clue what it actually means/does

[time traveler from the future] “wait, like conservative Supreme Court Chief Justice Blake La Pierre?”

This mf said "hippa"

I don’t like the thought of people still using Twitter, but I do hope Bad Hippa [sic] Takes is still on there.

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