At a time like this when a pandemic like #COVID19 is causing significant morbidity and mortality as well as damage to the economy society needs ID docs. #WeAreID ⁦IDSA⁩

On the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine: publishing interim results through a press release is neither good scientific practice nor does it help to build public trust in vaccines. An announcement should come with full publication of a peer-reviewed research paper in a scientific journal.

Please keep perspective. We have a new VOC Omicron, but do not forget that VOC Delta is dominant worldwide & people are drying unnecessarily because we do not have #VaccinEquity We must ⬆️ vaccination among those most at risk in all countries & drive ⬇️ transmission everywhere.

Insurance company vs single-payer healthcare -- you decide

Boesen K, Ioannidis JPA. Medical advertisements and scientific journals: Time for editors and publishers to take a stance. J Eval Clin Pract. 2023 Feb 19. doi:10.1111/jep.13816 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…

Cheers, I'm putting this in my CV.

The moral clarity of WHO's Director-General. thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Cash transfers to individuals that the U.S. government made during the Covid pandemic demonstrated how such a policy tool could help address the political–economic determinants of health. Read the Medicine and Society article by Eric Reinhart, M.D.: nej.md/3Uc70MA

Pentagon peddling anti-vax disinformation in the Philippines. “We weren’t looking at this from a public health perspective,” said a senior US military officer involved in the program. “We were looking at how we could drag China through the mud.” reuters.com/investigates/s…