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The approval of the Pfizer #covid19 vaccine for age 12-15 is not unexpected - but it is nonetheless momentous, both for our kids, and for our communities. A thread.https://twitter.com/US_FDA/status/1391864766407356420 1)

Some myths and facts about the novel #covid19 vaccines: a thread Myth: it hasn't been adequately studiedFact: both the Pfizer & Moderna vaccines underwent the normal, rigorous, 3 phase trial

1. Reporting 6 cases of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis plus low platelets- the same complication observed w/ AstraZeneca - among 7 million doses administered.**If real, it would never have been

I have lots of thoughts on the pausing of the J&J vaccine. The biggest is that I’m glad that we do good science and post-vaccine monitoring. The 2nd is that

A key issue to keep our eye on: CONTACT TRACING.Half of those who test + for #COVID19 are not contacted by a health dept official.https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/10/19/923972496/covid-19-test-results-get-faster-but-still-too-

The news about #COVID19- when and how to test, when and how to stay home, when and how to mask - can seem impossible to decipher. So let me break

Many of us are about the news that remdesivir may not, actually, change mortality for #COVID19. Why?https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/15/health/coronavirus-remdesivir-who.html @KatherineJWu @ginakolata First: a prior series of articles about

I am leaving the ER right now and reading @edyong209's newest masterful piece on #covid19 for the second time. I have to say - tonight, this piece is everything.https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/10/trump-strength-coronavir

As an ER doc who has been not just treating patients on the frontlines, but also working to get adequate #PPE and public health guidance to people across the country,

Almost a week ago, I was honored to receive one of a very few @cdcgov grants to study the #publichealth approach to firearm injury prevention. I've been waiting to tweet

To be clear: These 200,000 people are NOT "nobody". They are people. With families, communities, and lives.https://news.yahoo.com/u-hits-200-000-covid-050142809.html As an emergency physician, I can attest: Human suffering is not

Today (or maybe yesterday, or maybe a few days before that), our country hit 200,000 #COVID19 deaths.It's a sobering number. It's the population of a small city. It's 67 times