#Pneumonia

Every Easter, I’m reminded of the call that I took 20 yrs ago now, as an intern @umichmedicine. It was Good Friday & I was headed into the evening admitting
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Imagine social distancing since 3/3, only going out to check the mail or for a quick walk, avoiding direct contact with people, wiping everything down, washing your hands, wearing a
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Read the 2nd Yan et al. report. It was frustrating... each statement requires fact-checking to the point where, instead of pointing out the errors, it may be better for someone
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⠀ ⠀⠀ ⋆ ╱ ⠀For more facts.⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀ “ My intention to make this thread is that
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Today is 100 days since the WHO was notified of a “pneumonia like” virus appearing in China.In the days that have since passed, the world has become a very different
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1/I want to take some time to share findings from our semi-recent PETACS study. This was a wonderful collaboration between @COpedsID faculty, survey designers, and #microbiologists across the US.@JClinMicro @ASMicrobiology
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Political Cartoonist - Homer Davenport (1867-1912)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_Davenport Davenport caricature of Hearst, 1896 "How can he lose me?": McKinley and Hanna, alluding to the candidate's 1893 insolvency "A Man of M
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There’s a popular tweet going around stating the CDC now reports 6% of COVID deaths are actually from COVID, and the rest could be blamed on other comorbid or preexisting
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"More people die of the flu every year, you're just fear mongering"No, more than 140k Americans do NOT die from flu a year. No matter how you calculate them.2017-18 was
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A summary of some key points from @ICNARC's latest weekly update on COVID patients in ICU, on behalf of @ActuaryByDay and @COVID19actuary. New admissions have now risen to 3129 since
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[Thread] The Murder of Brittany Murphy + Simon Monjack 1 Brittany Murphy and Ashton were together as a couple in early 2000’s. He is a pedophile. So is her mother,
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When we started coming down with #covid19 symptoms I found threads detailing progression extremely helpful. I’m on day 10 today, so here’s mine:1/ It started with my 6yo, 11days into
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Vallence is being deeply and culpably misleading. Ignoring false positives which cuts right into his.Stating that the proportion of increased testing isn't of any concern but failing to provide the
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OK, I’ll explain why this is a big deal in (hopefully) simple terms... and why it’s not “just like flu”.Background: I’ve worked in healthcare research for 20+ years and am
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1. Johnson just announced "science says we'll need airport checks soon" [and that "we may not get a vaccine".]Aiports is a lie. oto 10s of thousands of extra dead. Science
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