This is the only answer that is consistent with medical ethics for the last quarter century. You can't mandate a medical product that doesn't have benefit to third parties.

Intense COVID mitigation measures led to a near-complete disappearance of other respiratory viruses in spring 2020, Shira Doron MD, FreckleDoc, and Westyn Branch-Elliman, M.D., MMSc., FSHEA write. But, RSV has come back with a vengeance, and kids are lacking immunity. trib.al/XtsQh9e

1. THREAD: THE TWITTER FILES: HOW TWITTER RIGGED THE COVID DEBATE – By censoring info that was true but inconvenient to U.S. govt. policy – By discrediting doctors and other experts who disagreed – By suppressing ordinary users, including some sharing the CDC’s *own data*

Today CDC launched two new dashboards to track respiratory virus (COVID-19, Influenza, RSV) trends in the US - Respiratory Virus Hospitalization Surveillance Network (RESP-NET) cdc.gov/surveillance/r… - Emergency Department Visits cdc.gov/ncird/surveill…

The US healthcare system is so messed up, and it starts with insurance companies that want to make a profit rather than provide care

The 5-day isolation requirement for Covid is disruptive. Other countries have done away with it. It’s time we did too. My latest with Westyn Branch-Elliman, M.D., MMSc., FSHEA and FreckleDoc. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…

The best policy making is dynamic & adapts to changing conditions, evidence & context. Time to replace disruptive isolation policies with stay home when sick. Shira Doron MD FreckleDoc Opinion | It’s time to end the five-day isolation guidance for covid - The Washington Post

It’s time to end the five-day isolation guidance for covid washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…

Twitter is not real life. Twitter is not real life. Twitter is not real life.

In the face of potential bans on affirmative action, our ⚡️new publication⚡️in JAMA Health Forum shows why race-conscious med school admissions are essential to diversifying the physician workforce. A thread🧵 1/ jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-…

I am so grateful for the bridge clinic Boston Medical Center. I feel lucky to work at an institution that is focused on the care of this marginalized population.

Do community mask mandates work? It's complicated... and dynamic! academic.oup.com/cid/advance-ar… FreckleDoc Clinical Infectious Diseases IDSA VA Health Systems Research, Bedford/Boston VA Boston HC Shira Doron MD

HUGE kudos to this dream team for demonstrating that community-level mask policy impacts, not surprisingly, are “condition dependent”. Those conditions required for effectiveness: lack of immunity PLUS high rates of transmission.

Happy end of pandemic day!! Westyn Branch-Elliman, M.D., MMSc., FSHEA Shira Doron MD Lloyd Fisher

What the hell?? Men can now get erectile dysfunction meds over the counter but in some states women can not get lifesaving miscarriage meds even with a prescription?? Glad our nation values men's sex lives more than women's life lives.... cnn.com/2023/06/12/hea…

Current COVID testing and isolation guidelines are out of sync with the availability of funding for those tests. But the solution doesn’t have to be unlimited free testing for everyone. Only high-risk people need to know if they have a specific treatable resp virus like SARS2

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Do not use Xfinity Support. Total thieves. I returned rental modem in 2021, they acknowledge that. However, they never took the $15/m equipment charge off my bill. It's autopay so I never look at my bill. I noticed yesterday-$630 in mistaken charges that they won't refund.