Trying a new Thread. You can find me @spidadoc at Zuck’s new place.
Peter Bornstein
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Johns Hopkins BA/Rush MD/Carlson (Minnesota) MBA Infectious Disease consultant. All posts personal/do not reflect views of SPIDA, AllinaHealth, Fairview Health Services, or any pathogens.
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Will check it out. TBH, I’ve dialed back my social media activity; still a little Insta, a lot of FB (just friends—not public), occasionally stalk Twitter (no posting).
Peace out!
It often felt like I was working three jobs per day: taking care of patients; taking care of my institution; taking care of my family
How Infectious Disease Experts Impacted the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Response: Lessons From the Front Lines | Clinical Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic
https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciad137/7145892
Fascinating interview. Dr Fauci is at turns combative and humble. I also think he, and his role at NIH, were broadly misunderstood by the general public. He is a physician-scientist, but not a public health officer.
There were many missteps responding to this pandemic, some avoidable, some not. We can do better.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/04/24/magazine/dr-fauci-pandemic.html
“What is now clear is that the study was not removed because of faulty research. Instead, it was withdrawn at the direction of Chinese health officials amid a crackdown on science.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/23/world/europe/chinese-censorship-covid.html
Unraveling a hidden cause of UTIs — plus how to prevent them
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/04/23/1171428486/uti-infection-prevent-treat
Dimitri DrekonjaOn #tax day, I’m always reminded of the Oliver Wendell Holmes quote: “taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society.” But increasingly I’m also reminded that the ultra-wealthy and powerful pay far too little into the system (which fits the OWH quote well, since they really do seem to want to be part of a totally separate society from the rest of us).
ID Experts Urge Healthcare to Shed Universal Masking | MedPage Today
Today is the day we go “masking optional” at two healthcare systems where I work.
https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/104065
Eric TopolBacteria and cancer.
First we didn't believe that bacteria were present or had a role in tumor progression.
Now there's the potential of engineering bacteria to treat cancer.
https://erictopol.substack.com/p/the-fascinating-and-evolving-story
First we didn't believe that bacteria were present or had a role in tumor progression.
Now there's the potential of engineering bacteria to treat cancer.
https://erictopol.substack.com/p/the-fascinating-and-evolving-story
“The state of emergency might be over, but Covid is still out there. At this point, it’s kinda like a crazy ex. Like you deleted her number, but you still have to worry you might run into her at a bar one night.”
—Jimmy Kimmel
My latest blog post.
