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Vinay Prasad MD MPH
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I increasingly have folks tell me Twitter is a 'toxic' placeWhat they don't realize is that they themselves contribute to the toxicity. Here is how, and how to be better:[thread]
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To the doctors advocating not treating patients with Recovery protocol/ Dex until the manuscript comes. That is totally wrong will lead to preventable deathis a gross misunderstanding of probabilityand...
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I often get asked, "How do I get more followers on Twitter?"My answer is "I promise; You don't really want that"I hope this thread leads to good some unfollows [thread]
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In the second essay @mlipsitch makes a full throated defense of there is good science vs. everything else.PS there is a lot of everything else online these dayshttp://bostonreview.net/science-nature/marc-lipsitch-good-science-good-science A
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I understand that emotions are high, but the three part essays by@JonathanJFuller @mlipsitch and nowJohn Ioannidis in @BostonReview Are truly worth your time [Thread]What is science in the time of
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I finished reading the Remdesivir trialIf you want my thoughts you will have to read this thread[Thread] The issue of outcome switching is laid to restIt is a non-issue Folks
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What I have learned from COVID19:[Thread] 1. Public health is undervalued, underfunded, neglected, mistreated, and it is easy to get away with that for years, decades, but someday that ends
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Ok, here is a little #Tweetorial about #COVID19 and whether, outside of a controlled trial, we should be using different:1. rules for anti-coagulation/ lytics2. ventilatory settings in ARDS3. anti-virals/ anti-inflammatories
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A parachute is something that improves mortality from 99.99999999% to 0.0000003% in - few minutes. Please dont analogize it to interventions that (at best) change outcomes from 3% to 2%.
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This is a GREAT q: Why is there so much disagreement about using HCQ (or other drugs) for #COVID-19 Even among doctors!My thoughts: [THREAD]https://twitter.com/balinoruo/status/1248328481097650176 1. We do a bad job
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New pre-print by John PA IoannidisCertain to be provocative, Ioannidis and colleagues estimate the risk of dying 80 from COVID-19If you disagree with the result, try to articulate
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