#Comorbidities

Samuel Brown

DrSamuelBrown

This paper is a mess in my view. https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0140-6736%2820%2931180-6 The propensity model has very low likelihood of capturing the indication bias, and the fidelity of the data (huge registry with

🇺🇸BKirby🇺🇸

TheRealBKirby

@LtGovDanForest @DanForestNC thought you would be interested in something that I came across this evening. It scroll down to table 3. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm?fbclid=IwAR2-muRM3tB3uBdbTrmKwH1NdaBx6PpZo2kxotN

Trump sells Herbalife in my metaverse. 💙💛🐝

Cajsa

The idea that Jerome Adams could not say something that is a terrific insult to people of color because he is Black belies the power of internalized racism. Look at

Jibby

JibbyD

Deciding on the fate of a loved one is a terrible experience. What may seem black and white to you, is often not so easy to conclude for others. I

Sowmya Reddy

Sowmyareddyr

On the phone calling hospital after hospital. They don’t respond/switched off, if they do they say NO BEDS/with oxygen/ICU. Was finally able to accommodate a critical patient after a lot

Prashant Kakodkar

pkakodkar001

@ActuaryByDay Thought I will give it a go as well.UK went into lockdown on 23rd March it took nearly 3 weeks before admissions to critical care showed a downward trend.

Mark Changizi

MarkChangizi

Many folk simply cannot get past the absolute number of Covid deaths. It feels big to them, and it justifies ANYTHING. Argue at all, and you are deeply ethically flawed.

Jarvin Tan #MoveforMH

Jetlax

Benzos and COVID-19?Benzos don't cause respiratory depression in therapeutic doses or overdose, unless taken w/ CNS depressantsData on benzos on people w/ comorbid respiratory conditions like pneumonia, COPD are conflicting#psychiatryofpandemics

Medlife Crisis (Rohin)

MedCrisis

Updated @ICNARC data - now for the first 2204 UK patients admitted to ICU. 210 units across the country. Broadly similar to previous reports, but significantly higher numbers now.Average age

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SomeBitchIKnow

Yesterday there was a big story in the media about Hydroxychloroquin being ineffective against Covid-19. It was total bullshit.Check it out. The entire point of the case study they're quoting

Robert Peston

Peston

I’ve been sent the criteria issued to doctors for those #covid19 patients who are allowed to be transferred from hospitals to the emergency Nightingale ones that have been set up

Carlos Osweda

COsweda

THREADI know people will want me to talk about this, so I'll write a preemptive thread.@realDonaldTrump and @FLOTUS have tested positive for COVID-19.https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1311892190680014849 And the First Lady.http

Marcio S Bittencourt

MBittencourtMD

It is no news that the Dexa trial is out in preprint. Great work! Many have been calling it practice changing and have suggested Dexa should be used in all

Alex Berenson

AlexBerenson

1/ Yep, the early/hard lockdown countries are at the leading edge of their second wave: Spain with 78 deaths today (equivalent of 550 in the US) and 9,000 cases (63,000

MW Hospital Medicine

midwesthospmed

Pneumonia with Dr Wunderink:Great pearl. Mortality for CAP stayed same for decades until recently. Do to either/both of following: *pneumococcal vaccine for kids which decreased cases for kids AND their

The Reckoning 💥

sethjlevy

1/ Context. That’s what we are missing. It’s hard to understand what we are observing because it’s hard to contextualize. Why are we not panicked about driving on the highway?