#Health

A contract tracer who was meant to be starting his shift at 8am tells me it's been a 'complete shambles' so far. He was only emailed at 10.30 last night
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i want to tell you a story about being navigating healthcare and advocating for myself as a young woman in the US. after testing positive for the BRCA2 mutation, which
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Ok so I am looking at the replies to this thread and seeing quite a bit of "but you have fewer people" takes and I can't believe I have to
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Yesterday when I was looking up resources for my friend who believes she's #actuallyautistic herself, the search-engine results were sobering: Autism Speaks. The WHO. Various and sundry medical schools. Various
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I cannot read this article because I've used up my monthly allotment. But before I take another indefinite Twitter break, my dear indifferent followers, here's a short thread explaining why
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1/ Thanks, @nassefi, and thanks, @edyong209 for writing this. My husband @GrantWahl showed me the piece this morning. I'm still processing my feelings about this. We the #COVID #coronavirus pandemic
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This is probably the wrong place to ask but has anyone tried curtailing internet/device use across their whole life to see how their mental health, perception, or behavior changed? It's
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Contact tracing apps raise serious human rights concerns: please let’s stop to consider them in race to end #COVID19. The apps use mobile phones to flag proximity of two people,
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Just a quick thread about ethics of Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) decisions during covid-19 pandemic. We first look at what chances the person has of surviving whatever illness caused the
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What is the best way to keep our neighborhoods safe? For decades, conventional wisdom said to hire more police officers. That’s what LA did, even if it meant cutting everything
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Some gems dropped so far on our U.S. Militarism + Climate Justice webinar happening right now: -The green house gas emissions emitted by the U.S. military is as much as
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As someone who has a wide range of research interests , one big positive from this time is the many virtual conferences that are free/ minimal cost that can be
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“Today I am instructing my administration to halt funding of the World Health Organization,” says President Trump in today’s #pressbriefing MORE: The WHO says the U.S. has contributed $893 million
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Valuable lessons that I wouldn’t have learned if it weren’t for the boys; a thread Louis: Louis has put a purpose to my life, and a very important one. And
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Academics. Please, please, please do not ask people to work for free.I've had multiple requests this month for help overhauling courses, providing teaching and creating departmental strategies for student pastoral
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Am really upset by this. This is one of the best parks for dog-owners, and that’s been taken away from all of us. Also not a believer in collective punishment.
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