Anesthesiologist, MD, MPH (epidemiology/biostatistics - facts matter!!) mom to 2 beautiful girls, wife, yogi, 4ever NYER 🍎 data driven covid commentator

Manhattan, NY
Joined August 2016
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👫"Honey, did you know that the money we send to Israel actually comes right back to us?” Husband: "No." Wife: “Yeah. Israel has to buy American equipment with the money, so it creates tons of jobs." * Israel is required to spend approximately 92% of its regular U.S. military financing on American-made equipment and services. Israel Saves American Taxpayers Money! For example: 1. The Money Comes Right Back to America: Yearly, America sends $3.8 billion dollars to Israel. This money is falsely described as “foreign aid.” In reality, the money is neither “foreign aid,” nor a handout. In fact, almost all of the money that is given to Israel is immediately returned to America. Nearly all of the money has to be spent to purchase only US-made military equipment or systems. In reality, the money sent to Israel is actually invested into the American economy. The money invested into the American economy turns into mega-billions of dollars in returned value. 2. A professional auditing reveals that the $3.8 billion dollars which is given to Israel is actually a high-yield investment. The investment provides the US with an unprecedented Return-on-Investment (R-o-I). In addition, the investment serves as an irreplaceable financial multiplier for the US homeland and national security. 3. Israel is constantly under attack from Arab countries and Islamic terrorists. This reality means that Israel has the most real combat experience. When America sends new military equipment to Israel, then the equipment is tested in real life. America finds out if our equipment is effective or not. 4. The US maintains its military bases in Western Europe at an annual cost of $35 billion. This cost included maintaining 80,000 American troops. At the same time, the annual US investment in Israel is $3.8 billion with no large stand-alone US military bases, yielding to the US an annual Return-on-Investment of well over 1,000%. 5. Israel is constantly under attack. Israel uses American-made fighter jets in real combat, including strikes against military targets. By sending American equipment to Israel, the equipment becomes a battle-tested laboratory. This yields daily lessons and improvements, with equipment operations, maintenance, repairs, mechanical and technological. All of these tests are shared with the US manufacturers. These lessons are integrated, by the US manufacturers, as modifications and upgrades in the next generation of the US military products. This process saves the US many years of research and development. Real combat saved America 10-20 years in the case of the F-35, F-16 and F-15 each. All of these tests amount to mega-billion dollars in savings and returns. Meaning, the total research and development cost of the F-35 was $55 billion, so imagine how much is saved by testing with Israel. @cenkuygur
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El sayed, graham platner, morris Katz, cenk uygar, Hasan Piker, Mamdani. Quite the tent @TheDemocrats So many people to look up to I don’t know where to begin 🫠
El-Sayed campaign statement: "This ad is not affiliated in any way with the Abdul for Senate campaign. Abdul is focused on pushing back against Trump’s agenda that is raising prices for Michiganders. No one speaks for Abdul but himself and his campaign." #MISEN
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Megan Martin MD, MPH retweeted
Round 1: 🏆Bolsonaro: 56.1 million votes Lula: 53.9 million votes Round 2: 🏆Lula: 64.1 million votes (+10.2M) Bolsonaro: 59.8 million votes (+3.7M) To give you an idea of how unlikely this is: all the eliminated candidates from round 1 got 9.33M VOTES COMBINED
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Megan Martin MD, MPH retweeted
11, 12 and 14 years old Raped for days by more than 20 Pakistani immigrants. Tortured—one had her tongue nailed to the wall to keep her still while they raped her. The police ridiculed, insulted, and ignored them. The feminists turned the other way. If it hadn't been for Elon Musk, who publicly shared the trial testimonies, sparking outrage from Reform UK and internal investigations, no one would have known anything. You're not angry enough.
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Car did not drive through fence - person driving car drove through fence. Assumption is intoxicated person operating vehicle drove through fence. Miracle no one hurt. Any impaired driving should be first and only strike. In the age of ride share and public transportation- no sympathy for people that put other ppls lives at risk
A car drove through the fencing and onto the pedestrian plaza of the West 72nd Street and Broadway train station around 3:15 a.m. this morning. The driver abandoned the vehicle and fled the scene. First 2 photos by instagram.com/bmerrillgarcia…
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Megan Martin MD, MPH retweeted
Amy Acton as health director in Ohio ; Shut schools in March (defensible) and then kept them closed for the remainder of the year (indefensible) Shut restaurants Shut gyms Asked churches to cease in person services Banned all visitors to nursing homes for four months Kids, especially poor kids, fell behind. Grandmothers died alone. Suicide rates climbed. Has she ever expressed regret for any of those decisions?
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This is the hill we should all be dying on. Measles is not covid. The end. But we are here today bc people like Dana can’t seem to admit that a shot with no efficacy was pushed on toddlers so that adults could “feel safe”. Despite 95% seropositivity - prob higher already in the population. This is a disgrace and shows her extreme bias as an interviewer and lack of journalistic integrity.
CNN’s Dana Bash: “I also don't want to use this interview to allow you to say things that aren't entirely true. It is also factually true that the COVID vaccine worked. The COVID vaccine prevented deaths. There is data, upon data, upon data.” HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “You think the COVID vaccine protected children?” Dana Bash: “I have talked to scientists and doctors…” Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “Can you show me one study that shows that children were protected by the COVID vaccine?” 
“That that vaccine did more good than harm to children? Can you show me one study that shows that?” Dana Bash: “There have been studies that show that, because of vaccine disinformation, there could have been 100K to 200K in the U.S. saved But because people didn't get the vaccine, that's why. Robert F. Kennedy: “You are saying nonsense. You are saying something that you cannot show me a single study.” Dana Bash: “Excuse me! Excuse me!” Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “Cite me the study that you’re talking about. You said you’ve seen studies. Cite me the study.” Dana Bash: *Can’t cite the study* Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “You're talking nonsense. You're making assertions you can't support, and then when I call you on them, you're telling me I'm arguing with you.” Kennedy gave a MASTERCLASS on how to handle FAKE NEWS CNN.
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Why would anyone stay in England ? This is a serious question
Persistent anti-social behaviour offenders can now face curfews or bans from town centres. New Respect Orders mean they could also be ordered to attend drug, alcohol or anger management programmes. Those who breach these orders could face up to two years in prison.
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🚨 NEW: Respect Orders are now live across England and Wales People who cause harassment, alarm or distress to others can receive bans from town centres, anger management courses or unlimited fines Anyone who breaches an Order can be arrested and jailed for up to 2 years
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Megan Martin MD, MPH retweeted
🚨 NEW: England’s most senior doctors will strike from 25-26 November over pay
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Megan Martin MD, MPH retweeted
Woman Pushed Onto Tracks at Union Square, Pulled Out Alive A woman was pushed onto the train tracks at the 14th Street-Union Square station in New York… 📍 E 14th St & Union Sq E, New York, NY 10003, USA 1,981,610 Citizen users alerted Details here: 👇 go.citizen.com/sAC2XMwnx7b
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Jews…. Brain short circuits. Jews Jews Jews. Why do you have problems ? Jew Jews Jews. Not quiet at all. @TheDemocrats have turned into the modern day Nazis for all intents and purposes.
New @RebellionPac ad dropping in Michigan. We have to suffer here at home, so Israel can get all its wars. That’s why they buy politicians like Mike Rogers. He promised to serve Israel “unconditionally,” but never made that promise to you.
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🚨 JUST IN: AG Todd Blanche catches Dana Bash RED-HANDED misleading viewers on Alaska cheating and he FORCES her to correct on-air "CONVENIENTLY, you put the Constitution on your screen, but you highlighted only the first clause! Why don't you show the NEXT CLAUSE to your viewers which says that Congress is allowed to pass laws to make sure that that happens? PUT THAT BACK UP THERE." BASH: We have it up, go ahead 🤣 BLANCHE: "The second clause says, but the Congress made at any time by law — and we have a law and that's the law that we're relying on when we filed suit earlier this week." Doing anything to make it seem like Trump is violating the Constitution. He then expertly dismantles any attempt to justify Alaska letting the fake Dan Sullivan on the ballot — FEDERAL LAW is supreme to protect voters President Trump says he directed the DOJ lawsuit and it only will have an impact if the fraud Sullivan SIPHONS ENOUGH VOTES to unseat incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan. MASTERCLASS BY BLANCHE
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Megan Martin MD, MPH retweeted
Oz had three GOP opponents in his primary. None made an issue of his religion. You should already know this. So what’s the difference between Oz and Abdul? Oz is normal. Abdul is an extremist. He blames terrorism on US policies. He’s endorsed by the Muslim Brotherhood. Members of the MB donate to him. Stop shielding Abdul’s risky extremism by hiding behind Abdul’s religion.
If Oz has run as a Democrat, you don’t think you and your fellow Republicans would have brought up his faith or his Turkish dual citizenship or his alleged ties to Erdogan? Why do you lie so much, Ari? You’ve been doing it since 2003.
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This is why women like @jk_rowling will be remembered, honored, and cherished in history and Emma what’s her name will only be remembered as the girl who played hermione in the jk Rowling masterpieces.
I'm seeing quite a bit of comment about this, so I want to make a couple of points. I'm not owed eternal agreement from any actor who once played a character I created. The idea is as ludicrous as me checking with the boss I had when I was twenty-one for what opinions I should hold these days. Emma Watson and her co-stars have every right to embrace gender identity ideology. Such beliefs are legally protected, and I wouldn't want to see any of them threatened with loss of work, or violence, or death, because of them. However, Emma and Dan in particular have both made it clear over the last few years that they think our former professional association gives them a particular right - nay, obligation - to critique me and my views in public. Years after they finished acting in Potter, they continue to assume the role of de facto spokespeople for the world I created. When you've known people since they were ten years old it's hard to shake a certain protectiveness. Until quite recently, I hadn't managed to throw off the memory of children who needed to be gently coaxed through their dialogue in a big scary film studio. For the past few years, I've repeatedly declined invitations from journalists to comment on Emma specifically, most notably on the Witch Trials of JK Rowling. Ironically, I told the producers that I didn't want her to be hounded as the result of anything I said. The television presenter in the attached clip highlights Emma's 'all witches' speech, and in truth, that was a turning point for me, but it had a postscript that hurt far more than the speech itself. Emma asked someone to pass on a handwritten note from her to me, which contained the single sentence 'I'm so sorry for what you're going through' (she has my phone number). This was back when the death, rape and torture threats against me were at their peak, at a time when my personal security measures had had to be tightened considerably and I was constantly worried for my family's safety. Emma had just publicly poured more petrol on the flames, yet thought a one line expression of concern from her would reassure me of her fundamental sympathy and kindness. Like other people who've never experienced adult life uncushioned by wealth and fame, Emma has so little experience of real life she's ignorant of how ignorant she is. She'll never need a homeless shelter. She's never going to be placed on a mixed sex public hospital ward. I'd be astounded if she's been in a high street changing room since childhood. Her 'public bathroom' is single occupancy and comes with a security man standing guard outside the door. Has she had to strip off in a newly mixed-sex changing room at a council-run swimming pool? Is she ever likely to need a state-run rape crisis centre that refuses to guarantee an all-female service? To find herself sharing a prison cell with a male rapist who's identified into the women's prison? I wasn't a multimillionaire at fourteen. I lived in poverty while writing the book that made Emma famous. I therefore understand from my own life experience what the trashing of women's rights in which Emma has so enthusiastically participated means to women and girls without her privileges. The greatest irony here is that, had Emma not decided in her most recent interview to declare that she loves and treasures me - a change of tack I suspect she's adopted because she's noticed full-throated condemnation of me is no longer quite as fashionable as it was - I might never have been this honest. Adults can't expect to cosy up to an activist movement that regularly calls for a friend's assassination, then assert their right to the former friend's love, as though the friend was in fact their mother. Emma is rightly free to disagree with me and indeed to discuss her feelings about me in public - but I have the same right, and I've finally decided to exercise it.
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Shame on @GaleBrewerNYC @MicahLasher @LindaBRosenthal This is my community. Our businesses are being impacted and yet absolutely nothing is being done. @CB7Manhattan arrest this person harassing this restaurant and make an example. @NYPD20Pct
“Almost every Israeli restaurant in the city has experienced harassment…At the end of the day, says one business owner who took the hard decision to remove Israel from the menu entirely after his restaurant was repeatedly vandalized, “I need to support my family,” and threatening phone calls from strangers were not part of the business plan.” nypost.com/2026/10/23/opinio…
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Can you imagine how much @NYC_DOT @TransAlt hates Nyers to do this to the streets? All so their mostly able bodied lobbyists can ride their bikes a few days a year? Truly astounding
It’s going to take years and BILLIONS of dollars to undo the damage that is being done in NYC by an activist DOT. In NYC the average ambulance response time is over 13 minutes. People will die, but at least there will be bike lanes for those that don’t.
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Megan Martin MD, MPH retweeted
How did crime denialism become a white liberal thing? And has it always been this way? Serious Q.
Hey, NYT, if you're telling people whether the subways are "safer" or not than they used to be, here's the data points you should use! You're welcome. 1/3
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9 PM violent knifepoint robbery on UES fleeing into @CentralParkNYC But sure - everything is great @ManhattanDA @NYCMayor
Manhattan | E 66th St and 5th Ave. Confirmed knifepoint robbery. Suspect is a m/h in his 30s wearing all black clothing. Suspect fled w/b into Central Park.
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