#Surgical

Marjorie Stiegler M.D.

DrMStiegler

Mixed messages on personal masks, simplified (a #COVID19 thread):Personal masks level up #socialdistancing. When we absolutely can't #StayHome , my mask protects you a bit, and your mask protects me

Alicia Carlson 💙 🇺🇸

AmicaAli

This is abhorrent. Vulnerable women, a language barrier, no legal representation.Performing a hysterectomy versus a tubal ligation potentially gives them cover as it can be argued it was “determined to

Aaron Engelhart

aaronengelhart

https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/08/07/sciadv.abd3083 Paper looking at respiratory droplets emitted from people talking w/various masks.Takeaways:1) Chances are, the mask you wear blocked most droplets in this study. Every

NursesForAbolition

MarthPaynter

In light of the decades-long confusion over what is now called #Clinic554, “private clinics” and #AccessToAbortion in Atlantic Canada, here’s my thread. I provide abortion care now from a hospital-located

GEORGE 🇺🇸

TheCollectiveQ

OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENTTUESDAY, APRIL 21, 2020EDT11:00 AM VPOTUS departs Washington, D.C. en route Madison, WI on Air Force Two, JBACDT12:00 PM VPOTUS arrives in Madison, WI on Air

Don Taylor

donaldhtaylorjr

1/n To reopen schools, have football, economy fully recover we must control the spread of SARS COV 2. We are now failing. It will take:*massive testing capability with 24-36hr turnaround

Sarah

sarahlovesears

Thread in response to the conversations I’ve been seeing about face masks and accessibility for deaf people. There are good research-based reasons for not using clear masks. Some of this

Siddharth Kankaria | सिद्धार्थ कांकरिया

SiddhrthKnkaria

*Short Thread On The Need For Using #Masks for #COVID19*Advisories for requiring masks are constantly updating, as there are new studies everyday that show that wearing simple surgical / homemade

Paul O'Brien 保罗

Paul_Chemlinked

1. The mask usage debate has lacked a bit of nuance. What you really want to do is risk stratify your personal protection based on exposure scenario taking into consideration

Alan Russell

soxgnasher

J. G. Ingram & Son Ltd The London India Rubber Works was founded 1847 making toy balloons in a small workshop in Hoxton. The company expanded to a 3.5 acre

Pam Resists

ResisterForever

NYC requested 30K ventilators. They sent 30. Trump & Kushner both said NY doesn’t need anywhere near the ventilators they’re requesting. The ventilators sent to CA are defective. Over 10K

Linsey Marr

linseymarr

We started studying cloth masks in March. Preprint now at https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.11.18.20233353v1 Take-home: Cloth masks are not an N95, but they work reasonably well for aerosols 1-2 microns and larger, which

Steph Herold

StephHerold

Very glad to see @people publish an article about medication abortion, yet perplexed & disappointed to see so much misinformation and stigma in it! https://people.com/health/abortion-pill-what-to-know/A thread. Dr. Mary Jane Minkin

Simon Johnson

guruintraining_

Caribbean Peeps.Your mom leaves exactly half a cake in the fridge like this, how do you take a slice without her knowing?[20 marks] Let's go again.Ice cream in the freezer

Felicity Czarnecki

flicczarnecki

Spent time as a patient in a local hospital this week. Reminded of how lucky we are to have access to emergency care, radiology, medication, surgery without having to worry

Reem Khurshid

ReemKhurshid

In an ideal situation, we'd all be wearing single-use surgical or N95 masks and following the same protocols for use. But we aren't, and the general public shouldn't be using