time for a thread. I haven't work one-on-one with Bob Lutz, but I have been on ethics boards newly created in Spokane to handle possible caseload surges and advise physicians. In this role, we worked many long hours as a team to develop procedures and protocol back in March. /1 https://twitter.com/NiaWong/status/1322201000606801923

Bob wasn't generally at these meetings (although he occasionally was), but his guidance was felt in general. So I can't speak to him specifically as a person, nor do I know fully what is going on. I'll state that up front. /2

But as someone who has been on the public health ethics front lines here in Spokane, I can say this. I have watched Bob's management of Eastern Washington's health crisis CAREFULLY, and I have always been absolutely amazed at his moderate, careful, evidence-based approaches to /3

navigating whole-human-centered healthcare practices. By this I mean, he not only carefully stewarded us through biological hazards, at all steps along the way, giving careful guidance and transparent information about our phases of re-opening and how to achieve them, but also /4

was willing to openly discuss and acknowledge the psycho-socio-emotional risks of quarantine. He didn't seem married to any one party line, and he didn't seem so married to quantitative evidence alone that he erred on the side of complete risk intolerance. /5

In short, I have found him to be such an amazing leader at this time, that I specifically mentioned him as a model to be emulated in my forthcoming book #Quarantinelife, and I honestly am sitting in existential dread today at the thought of not having his future guidance. /6

#epitwitter #medtwitter #twitterstorians #academictwitter - could I get some help with RTs? We really need this scandal to get noticed by national news outlets like @nytimes or @washingtonpost

@ChrisCuomo @maddow they have left us with NO public health officer in a large community. @nytimes @alexburnsNYT @jmartNYT @washingtonpost @cnnbrk