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Vinay Prasad MD MPH
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This week on @medpagetoday I have 7 suggestions to turn the monthly episode of #MobTwitter into #ProductiveOutrage insteadhttps://www.medpagetoday.com/blogs/vinay-prasad/88916tl;drHere they are (thread)#1 - you gotta watch the video yoursel
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Smart, honest academics can have different views on COVID policies because1 God did not give us tablets with answers2 There are trade-offs3 There is uncertainty, and different scientists handle uncertainty
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The biggest problem in science is the myth that every scientist can make true, novel discoveries, and worse--- that we incentivize smart people to claim discovery, while giving them massive
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Listening to last episode of casualinference podcast@EpiEllie makes a point that Chris Booth makes to me often privately. That Twitter and podcast discussion of journal articles is terrific but 10
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As someone who wrote a book on this topicEnding Medical Reversal (2015) w @adamcifu This article hurtsUnless you have a parachute-- and lets be clear-none of these drugs are parachutes--
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I keep hearing folks restate an industry talking point"Even if cancer drugs don't improve overall survival, improving PFS keeps patients going just in case a new drug comes along that
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The conversation we really need to have is on Twitter COVID opportunismWhy do so many scientists with only a passing affiliation with ID, pandemic response, drug approval, drug trials, vaccine
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This idea of allowing some people access to an investigational vaccine WHILE a randomized trial is ongoing is not a serious proposalThe fact it is made on twitter & a
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A dangerous & irresponsible opinion that is ignorant of 1 vaccine history2 medical efficacy3 what 'safety' means in vaccine context4 manufacturing/ distribution5 disparitieshttps://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/12898922336137789
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There is a typo in the abstract, it should read:"Unlike other professions where common sense, decency and a free market to negotiate one's job sets working hours, medicine is different....https://twitter.com/NEJM/status/12763041663
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When I entered med. school (no docs in fam), I assumed:1 Med education would primarily train me to be a doc2 Cancer screening is an unalloyed good3 When docs recommend
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Oh look. The RECOVERY preprint is outI am glad I was a staunch advocate we adopt this asap as it was not a typical 'medicine by PR' because the manuscript
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