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Eric Topol
EricTopol
Confirmed Prior Covid + 1 shot mRNA vaccine = Fully Vaccinated (FV).Strong evidence to supportBut many people w/prior covid are getting 2nd dose, unnecessary side effectsCDC/gov't needs to certify this
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Eric Topol
EricTopol
To see that 20% of US #COVID19 infections are among the #healthcare workforce is sickening.Not only were 1000s of American deaths preventable, but not getting ahead of the outbreak AND
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Sarah Hudson
sarahhudsonuk
Time-travelling through the evidence behind classical HF medications in 8 tweets, based on Prof Marc Pfeffer's stunning #ESCCongress talk. Links to key papers included.Starting in 1986: evidence is published for
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Agonisti
agonisti
1/x You'll be hearing a lot about the term "case fatality rate" in COVID-19 discussions. It's the reference indicator often used to compare how lethally bad COVID-19 is relative to
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Bogdan Enache
bogdienache
* Disease prevalence = 1/1000 * Test false positive rate of 5%Q: What is the chance that a random person with a positive test actually has the disease?A question maybe
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Jen Heemstra
jenheemstra
The drug Remdesivir has started to be used to treat #COVID19 and the first data were just published. So, does it work? The answer is that we don’t know yet.
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Irène P. Mathieu
gumbo_amando
So you want students to come back to campus as long as they can show a negative COVID test, huh? #LRT Let's break this down.A negative test result does not
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Jane van Dis
janevandis
* Female doctors paid 87 cents to the dollar for every hour worked compared to their male colleagues* Female doctors spend more time with patients, order more tests and spend
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Angry Cardiologist
AngryCardio
Time for another takedown. Today, it’s the editors of @NEJM for today’s editorial.https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe2029812 I will start with the references: 2 database queries, and 2 newspaper articles. Definitely typical for
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Adam Kucharski
AdamJKucharski
Interesting new data from NYC - 215 pregnant women were tested for COVID-19 upon admission. 33 tested positive at arrival (15%), and of those who tested positive, 26/34 had no
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Ryan Goodman
rgoodlaw
UnprecedentedNew England J. of Medicine rebukes Trump"Our current political leaders have demonstrated that they are dangerously incompetent. We should not abet them and enable the deaths of thousands more Americans
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Cynthia Gyamfi, MD
drcynthiagyamfi
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2009316 Congratulations to our team @ColumbiaWomens for publishing this letter out about our cohort! 13.5% of #pregnant women with universal screening were positive, and 29 of 33 (87.9%) positive women
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Chise 🧬🧫🦠💉
sailorrooscout
Encouraging studies! An analysis of cross-reactive viral binding and neutralization of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants shows Novavax’s and Moderna’s vaccines elicit immune responses that are effective against variants B.1.429 (CA)
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Chris "Early Treatment" Martenson, PhD
chrismartenson
The TOGETHER trial purports to show that Ivermectin doesn't provide any benefit. It's given top billing in the NEJM and is now splashed everywhere on the medical news. It's a
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Dell Medical School
DellMedSchool
Bean bag rounds are reported to be less than lethal. But during protests in Austin where bean bags and rubber bullets were used, 19 patients were treated at the nearest
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David Sinclair, PhD
davidasinclair
@NEJM Advisory: Blood clotting in small blood vessels is a symptom of severe #COVID_19. It can be detected by a rise in D-dimer, a protein fragment not normally in blood,
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