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Sabrina retweeted
If you're shocked by seeing CPR on a twenty four year old athlete, try seeing it done on a ninety two year old because the family reversed the patient's DNR
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Growing peer pressure to go maskless in indoor spaces. I deal with it by likening it to driving on a speed-trap stretch of road & having a car zoom up behind me. While speeding is that driver's prerogative (& risk), I know my best move is to let them pass, not speeding up myself.
Sabrina retweeted
What we know and don't know about the BA.5 booster rolling out for all Americans age 12+ in ~2 weeks
erictopol.substack.com/p/the…
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You know we have poor public health communication when major entities (like cruise lines) STILL equate vaccination w not needing to test
***Vaccinate OR Test doesn’t make sense w Omicron***
If you have a policy that Vax’d don’t need to test and unvax’d do… it’s poor policy
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Remarkable day for COVID #rapidtests
A Thread on @US_FDA NEW GUIDANCE!
FDA finally recognized Sensitivity of test *REGIMEN* is as/more important than single test
Sort of recognized virus load goes up & impacts Rapid Tests!
Sounds familiar! (ca 2020)
nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NE…
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Sabrina retweeted
Just got off the phone with a doc from our hospital transfer center, who said, "There are no beds anywhere. Don't let your family get sick. There is a complete breakdown of the healthcare system. Why is the news not talking about this?"
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The BA.5 story by Eric Topol. This variant is the most contagious, immune evasive, and potentially deadly and debilitating we’ve seen to date. It is now the dominant variant. And the symptoms are those of viral meningitis. Not a cold, not the flu. 💀
erictopol.substack.com/p/the…
Can we please stop calling people Pro-Life and start calling them what they really are: Anti-Women
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Sabrina retweeted
Already seeing comments from nurses & other HCWs that they believe they “have to” report abortions to authorities & this is FALSE. They believe that this is not a violation of federal HIPAA laws & this is ALSO FALSE.
You are not agents of the state, stop trying to be.
Sabrina retweeted
How can we rely on data that is missing a significant number of cases? More than half of the people I know who currently have or recently had COVID tested positive on a home test-including me. Maybe set up 311 or something similar to take home test result reports?
Sabrina retweeted
Multiple entirely unlinked cases.
Difficult to estimate the size of the iceberg of cases not reported or even diagnoses… but I expect it’s much much larger than what we are counting.
nytimes.com/2022/06/03/healt…
Sabrina retweeted
Sometimes, a throat swab is positive but nasal swab is negative
Of note, This is (most) often the other way around - nasal is pos and throat swab neg
This is a good look into the intricacies of test performance
It’s often the sample site, not the test that makes the difference
i'm fortunately asymptomatic thus far, but i assume from that faint line it's early days
ALT A photo of three positive COVID-19 LFD tests, labelled from left to right "nose and throat", "nose only (per test instructions)" and "throat only". The "nose and throat" and the "throat only" test both have very clear test lines. The "nose only" test shows only a very faint test line.
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Head-to-head comparison of immune response, both antibody and cellular, for 4 vaccines: Moderna, Pfizer, Novavax and J&J
cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092…
@CellCellPress @profshanecrotty @ljiresearch @zhang_zeli @jmateust @camilahcoelho @SetteLab
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To clarify Again
A Rapid Ag test is THE BEST tool ppl have to answer "Am I Infectious?" or "Should I keep Isolating?"
We knew 2 years ago that Symptoms do NOT well define if Contagious
"5 or 10 days" is Simply an Average from an era before ppl had tests to check virus at home
Sabrina retweeted
I'm just going to come right out and say it. SARS-CoV-2 has damaged the worlds immune system to such an extent now that we are beginning to see viruses we have controlled for decades become a problem. There is no "mystery" here unless your head is in the sand.
Sabrina retweeted
Today Bed-Stuy Strong gave out 2000 test kits, KN95 masks, and information about antivirals!
We get free tests from the city. If your community group wants to become a distributor, you can apply here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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There are many people getting covid who don't realize they qualify for paxlovid and aren't asking for it.
Everyone 65+ qualifies. As do those aged 12+ with a LONG list of underlying conditions (below).
If you test pos tell your doc right away you want to be screened for pax.
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People - esp doctors
PLEASE STOP saying that ppl who are highly POS on rapid Ag tests after 5 days are not infectious
There is NO reason to say this
All evidence suggest you are likely Infectious if POS
Biological evidence is MUCH more informative than “but it’s been 5 days”
My 5yo is still testing positive on day 15! 2 docs told me he’s no longer contagious and stop testing. We have a negative 8yo & now my Mum at home so seems silly to stop precautions we’ve had for 16 days if he’s testing positive still. Who else knows about rapids?@michaelmina_lab
Sabrina retweeted
UPDATE: #COVID19 cases are increasing in NYC. We’re currently seeing the highest case rate among 25- to 34-year-olds. We strongly recommend that New Yorkers get boosted and wear masks in all public indoor settings, even if you are fully vaccinated: nyc.gov/coviddata
ALT Graph showing the weekly COVID-19 case rates by age in New York City. Since February 19, 2022, COVID-19 cases have been gradually increasing, with a larger increase happening in the last two weeks. The highest case rates are among 25- to 34-year-olds, 35 to 44-year-olds and 18 to 24 -year-olds.
