“This is near and dear and personal for me, because growing up, you know, I was evicted three times within a two-year span. So, I understand how housing stability can take a toll.”@[email protected], Milwaukee’s county exec, on the need for affordable homes. http://matteroffact.tv
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/matteroffacttv/status/1619696993839742977
Listen Up‼️👇
It’s never too late to get vaccinated sez these JAMA data
Vaxxed patients had less symptoms 3 mos post-COVID & those who got Covid & then vaccinated had 30-40% ⬇️ symptoms at 6-12 months!
Why?
Perhaps better virus 🦠 clearance and/or immune stabilization. https://twitter.com/weselymd/status/1618998411331772416
"We want to be able to support about 17,000 black and brown families in our area." Soledad O’Brien & @[email protected] talk about Milwaukee County backing a non-profit to help locals to beat private equity investors in buying homes. http://matteroffact.tv
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/matteroffacttv/status/1619334609598021632
Messaging is half the battle in getting folks vaccinated.
Simplifying that messaging with a single annual vaccine formulation regardless of past vaccination is a critical step forward.
Seventeen studies of nearly 11 million vaccinated children 5-11 yo conclusively demonstrate the safety and efficacy of COVID vaccines in preventing symptomatic illness and hospitalization. Vaccinating children against COVID is the responsible thing to do. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2800743
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/MarkWKlineMD1/status/1618026754177630208
Good to see: the US has passed through its peak of the XBB.1.5 wave with a >30% reduction of hospitalizations in the past 2 weeks
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/covid-cases.html?name=styln-coronavirus®ion=TOP_BANNER&block=storyline_menu_recirc&action=click&pgtype=Interactive&variant=show&is_new=false
This reflects a high level of infection and vaccine-induced immunity relative to a troublesome variant
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1618297289910681600
NEW in @[email protected].
"In a study of >80, 000 patients, 18-64 years, who underwent an appendectomy, Black patients had a *1.4X* higher rate of a delayed diagnosis of appendicitis compared with White patients."
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/fullarticle/2800597
This cohort study examines the association of race and ethnicity with delayed diagnosis of appendicitis and length of hospital stay and rate of 30-day hospital readmissions after appendectomy among adult patients in the US.
#Wisconsin -- some promising disease trends for a change.
Listen to @[email protected] Lake Effect today at noon for an incredibly important segment on the history of Behavioral Health Services & mental health care in Milwaukee County. We've make progress, but it is important to understand history if we are to continue forward in equity.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/DavidCrowleyWI/status/1615741253743792128
“Listen to @WUWMradio Lake Effect today at noon for an incredibly important segment on the history of Behavioral Health Services & mental health care in Milwaukee County. We've make progress, but it is important to understand history if we are to continue forward in equity.”
Below is a link to our just released #Milwaukee County #EMS Dashboards.
🚑 >100,000 annual patient encounters
📊 data driven
🔍 #equity focused
🪟 #Transparent
...more to come on specific care conditions.
@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected]
https://county.milwaukee.gov/EN/Office-of-Emergency-Management/EMS/Data-Analytics
