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Husband, father, Iraq veteran, and emergency physician. Founder/CEO, Lightspeed Testing, providing no cost COVID testing to the people of Monterey County.

Monterey, California
Joined November 2010
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. @supervisoraskew @SupervisorAlejo @SupervisorLopez @MaryLAdams @PhillipsForSupe We need (a lot) more testing. Voluntary PCR is great but not enough. Workplace and community-based rapid testing, and lots of it, can help us stop the fourth surge.
Over past week, number of infections in U.S. has stopped declining At about 50K infections every day About where we were at height of summer surge Why the stall? Suspect B.1.1.7 is now starting to really have an effect And states are opening up This is a problem Thread
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.@AmericanAir stuck at the gate at MCO because of a “big company-wide Internet outage” blocking departure. But not a peep about it anywhere??
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.@Marriott really furious that the @RenDallasHotel decided to close their rooftop pool to REGISTERED guests for the eclipse, only 5 days beforehand. I had that reservation for almost a year. Atrocious customer service and lousy recognition of your elite members!!!
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Soooooo…. After reserving the hotel with a rooftop pool - a year in advance! - with no previous notification of this closure and “private party”, Cory Burns decides to shake my family down for $400? And then has the gall to send me viewing locations “as a courtesy”?
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Doesn’t seem like you “appreciate my business”, Cory.
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VOLESKY CONVERTS ANOTHER PENALTY AND WE ARE ON TOP!!!!! #DEFENDTHE831 || #MBvCOS
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.@ultimateears not buying your Wonderboom until you put in USB-C. Tired of carrying around more cables unnecessarily.
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Hey @aaeminfo @RobertMcNamar12 @TakeMedBack: here’s something that came up on an ED dir acad list: “For 30 years there has been a lot of rhetoric about how EP Groups should have opportunities to be independent.      Well, here's your chance. 800 EDs ripe for the picking.”
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What are we - and this goes to all of us, especially those of us who run independent shops - doing to support those groups who suddenly find themselves with this opportunity?
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Those folks need a bible, with stepwise instructions (including all the pitfalls) of how to go from a CMG shop to a private SDG. I’m happy to help, as I’m sure many other SDG docs are - but I think we will need the resources of the motherships to help coordinate….
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You know who is rightfully terrified of private equity? New residency/fellowship graduates. Right now, independent, physician-owned practices have a massive recruiting advantage. You should be shouting your hatred of private equity from the rooftops.
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Someone’s having a bad f—-ing morning.
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Might be my personal record low pH.
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Hey .MIL vets: do you put your hand over heart for the anthem, or stand at attention? Just curious.
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