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This is dumb. Asking if a scientist will debate RFK Jr is like asking if Rogan (a martial arts expert) will debate someone who believes in Kung Fu exploding heart techniques. There is no way to resolve mystical claims; it will be a waste of time and a disservice to patients.
Again, I’m going to ask you very clearly, are you willing to debate @RobertKennedyJr on my podcast?
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Thread: Wednesday news round-up
1. End of the Ebola outbreak in Uganda teapawt.net/CEPIvaccines/status/16…
Thread: Wednesday news round-up
1. End of the Ebola outbreak in Uganda teapawt.net/CEPIvaccines/status/16…
📢 Today @MinofHealthUG and @WHO announced an end to the #SudanEbolavirus (SUDV) outbreak in Uganda – <4 months since first case was confirmed
afro.who.int/countries/ugand…
3. The continued climate extremes teapawt.net/hausfath/status/161287…
The past 8 years have been the 8 warmest years on record for the Earth's surface in the @CopernicusECMWF dataset. Other groups like NASA, NOAA, Hadley, and @BerkeleyEarth will report our findings on January 12th. nytimes.com/interactive/2023…
4. Excess deaths in the UK teapawt.net/apsmunro/status/161284…
The issue with excess deaths in the UK is very serious
A very clear and concise look at the issue here by @robertcuffe and @rachelschraer
Very likely related to healthcare failing under immense pressures, and possible after effects of covid infections
bbc.co.uk/news/health-642092…
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Inside Medicine -- Fun with OpenAI, medical charting, and diagnostics. (Also: I just got lied to by a bot). insidemedicine.substack.com/…
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Thread: Monday news round-up
1. Updated booster efficacy teapawt.net/AshishKJha46/status/16…
Thread: Monday news round-up
1. Updated booster efficacy teapawt.net/AshishKJha46/status/16…
So evidence for bivalent vaccines keeps getting stronger
Latest from Israel
Compared to vaccinated folks who had NOT gotten bivalent
Older folks who got the bivalent had
81% reduction in hospitalizations
86% reduction in deaths
Pretty stunning stuff
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
3. The XBB.1.5 variant teapawt.net/EricTopol/status/16121…
What the XBB.1.5 variant is telling us.
And what we can do about it.
My oped @washingtonpost
washingtonpost.com/opinions/… @PostOpinions
Thread: Wednesday news round-up
1. About Paxlovid teapawt.net/EricTopol/status/16104…
Why hasn't Paxlovid implementation lived up to its expectations?
Prescribed for only 13% in the US & 0.5% in the UK despite it working well against all variants to date, including XBB.1.5 [we've shown rebound is ~10% via systematic assessment]
nature.com/articles/d41586-0… @maxdkozlov
3. Effect of C difficile & MRSA teapawt.net/CIDRAP/status/16103868…
Report estimates deaths, costs from #Cdiff, #MRSA infections in Canada
Infections caused by C difficile and MRSA resulted in 1,743 premature deaths in Canada in 2019 and cost hospitals more than $91 million (USD)
cidrap.umn.edu/antimicrobial…
#AMR #AntibioticStewardship @CIDRAP_ASP
4. AI potential in healthcare teapawt.net/emollick/status/161026…
Extraordinary new paper from Google on medicine & AI: When Google tuned a AI chatbot to answer common medical questions, doctors judged 92.6% of its answers right … compared to 92.9% of answers given by other doctors.
And look at the pace of improvement! arxiv.org/pdf/2212.13138.pdf
Thread: Monday news round-up
1. Fauci's message to the next generation of scientists teapawt.net/paimadhu/status/160174…
2. Fusion experiment results teapawt.net/thomas_m_wilson/status…
SCOOP: Net energy gain in a fusion reaction has been a holy grail in science for decades. Now I’m told US scientists have done it. A massive breakthrough with revolutionary potential for clean power. US Energy Secretary to hold a press conference Tuesday on.ft.com/3PgDdya
3. DNA base editing teapawt.net/BBCHughPym/status/1602…
Base editing: Revolutionary therapy clears girl's incurable cancer bbc.co.uk/news/health-638591…