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THREAD. In the wake of her recent hospitalization, let's remember how strong Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 87, truly is.#SCOTUS #appellatetwitter #NotoriousRBG #RuthBaderGinsburg #JusticeGinsburg Justice Ginsburg has defeated cancer at l
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Richard Rose, rest in peace. The 37-year-old Ohio man condemned the "hype" over #COVID19 on social media and declared he would "not buy a f**king mask." He died of #COVID
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Every household should have a pulse oximeter, just as you have a thermometer for checking fever. My physician parents have had one for years -- an old-school, giant box. After
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Today, about a month after I came off the #ventilator and 3 weeks after my hospital discharge, I had a telemedicine consultation with a pulmonologist.#coronavirus #Covid_19 #COVID19 I told him
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A very interesting op-ed by Dr. Richard Levitan about #covid #pneumonia and how the use of pulse oximeters could help detect it earlier. https://nyti.ms/3exqk01 #coronavirus #COVID19 Fun fact: Dr. Levitan is
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When you hear of someone getting very sick or even dying from #coronavirus / #COVID19, do you instinctively try to distinguish yourself from that person? E.g., "Oh, that person is
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An account of ICU delirium, which some patients on #ventilators will experience. Scary. (I count myself lucky; I haven't had it.)https://bit.ly/3a1m2ue #ventilator #coronavirus #COVID19 #Covid_19 "In the months after I left
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In response to my @WashingtonPost op-ed about being on a #ventilator, I received an email from a respiratory therapist that made an excellent point. I'm sharing part of her email
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Although I'm obviously pro-#ventilator, as someone whose life was saved by one, I have a nuanced view (which I tried to convey in my @WashingtonPost piece). Many patients on them
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This is my definitive statement about my medications/treatments for #coronavirus/#COVID19/#COVID_19. Please note: it corrects errors in past statements of mine, for which I apologize.#LatsCovid19Journal Caveat: I'm not a doctor or
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As a recent #coronavirus/#COVID19 patient, I'm always interested in voices from the other side of the treatment line - from the nurses and doctors who just brought me back to
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Why do some people die from #coronavirus/#COVID19, while others show no symptoms? Why did I end up critical in the ICU, while my husband had medium-level flu symptoms for a
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