Exacerbate

to make something worse; to make something more severe (often used in reference to feelings, illness or disease)

Drishti Pillai, PhD, MPH

Drishti Pillai, PhD, MPH

@drishp.bsky.social

In a @kff.org survey from fall '25, nearly half of likely undocumented immigrant adults, and one in seven who are lawfully present, said they had avoided medical care since January '25 due to immigration-related concerns -- recent increases in ICE presence could further exacerbate these challenges

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Rose 🫧

Rose 🫧

@msrosemarie.bsky.social

@svupodcast.bsky.social Matt, I confuse Beck and Limbaugh ALL the time. It's always disappointing to remember one's alive. Aviv, I hate to exacerbate your face-blindness, but there are *two* Peyton Lists in Hollywood.

also I'm embarrassed to say I saw Hyde Park on Hudson at NYFF. 😬 for like $30

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Kristen Hanley Cardozo

Kristen Hanley Cardozo

@khandozo.bsky.social

One of the ways fascism (and anti-government governing more generally) works is to declare a problem and then create or exacerbate the conditions that cause it. The Trump admin has, both times, accused immigrants of carrying disease while creating the conditions in which they'll get sick.

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