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Eric Widera, MD

@ewidera

Professor of Med @UCSF. Focused on Geriatrics, Hospice, Palliative care, and medical education. Podcasts at geripal.org Also at ewidera.bsky.social

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If there is any doubt who is running the Trump show, it’s Elon. The subject line “fork in the road” that all government employees got to is the same that he used on Twitter. wired.com/story/elon-mus…

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Imagine you open your email and find everyone in your hospital system is encouraged to retire next week and in return they get a 7 month severance period in which they no longer are expected to work (at all). That’s just what happened at the VA today. opm.gov/fork

Imagine you open your email and find everyone in your hospital system is encouraged to retire next week and in return they get a 7 month severance period in which they no longer are expected to work (at all). That’s just what happened at the VA today. 
opm.gov/fork
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It takes competence to fix something or make it better. Any fool can brake it even further. RFK Jr is in the latter group. nytimes.com/2025/01/29/hea…

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If someone refuses vaccines or any other tx, you build trust, listen to concerns, share your worries. Influence but not control. But to not even try? Refuse healthcare to a child for a decision that their parent is making?? That’s wrong. Opinion 1 is right nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

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Does he even know what nurses and doctors do? Also, he sounds like your weird uncle at Thanksgiving dinner telling you why doctors will be replaced by [insert anything] in the next year

GeriPal - A Geriatrics & Palliative Care Podcast (@geripalblog) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We talk with Joseph Greer, Simone Rinaldi, & Vicki Jackson about their recent JAMA article on #Telehealth vs In-Person #PalliativeCare. Which option gives the best quality of life to the patient? Guest host Lynn Flint. bit.ly/GeriPalEp341 - hosts Alex Smith, MD | Eric Widera, MD

Bernie Sanders (@berniesanders) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We are living in a dangerous and unprecedented moment in American history. I’m getting a lot of calls from people who are not only upset about what’s happening, but are wondering how we best go forward. Here are my thoughts:

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Unelected billionaire Elon Musk continues to expand his power grab, and this time he wants Americans’ most sensitive information, including their Social Security numbers and banking information. We should all be asking why he wants it. rollingstone.com/politics/polit…

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Every day this week I’m a lot less Twitter and a little more Bluesky (bsky.app/profile/ewider…). Any reason to stay as I feel like I’m just supporting Elon cos-playing as an elected official?

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Chad D. Kollas, MD (he/him/his) My feed yesterday was Elon, Elon, and then Alex Jones. I think I’m just gonna burn my twitter account to the ground by tweeting crap about Elon and promoting Bluesky

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Every tweet you write gives Elon more power, even if it is anti-Elon tweet. Use them wisely only to get people off this platform. #geriatrics #HAPC #HAPC25 #palliativecare #medtwitter