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COVID deaths are NOT being overcounted. We're UNDERcounting. Still. My friend/colleague Jeremy Faust MD MS (ER physician) does a great job of analyzing the data & debunking this claim: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/data-snapsho… The REAL question is whether you/we think those deaths matter. And maybe you/we don't.

Yesterday in clinic we saw our one of our older patients living with HIV for 30 + years who just had their first great, great grandchild. Seriously, who would have dreamed that up 30 years ago.

We still don’t know enough about how well the bivalent Covid vaccines are working. My latest for Vox vox.com/science-and-he…

Excellent slide by Adarsh Bhimraj about guidelines on convalescent plasma for trearment of #COVID19 From CDC/IDSA Clinician Call of 2023 #IDTwitter Todd C. Lee Shmuel Shoham

**New Kidney Transplant Policy Alert** As of January 5, 2023 all US kidney transplant centers are REQUIRED to review which Black patients have had a race-based #eGFR equation used for #kidney waitlisting. If used, their waitlist times will be modified. bit.ly/3iS6DHn

Given that each COVID booster has been associated w/ ⬇️ severe dz in high risk recipients, transitioning to yearly boosters makes sense 👉🏽For now 👉🏽For that group 👉🏽W/ the usual caveats 👉🏽Rolling efficacy studies should inform next steps npr.org/sections/healt…

Assessment of Efficacy and Safety of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines in Children Aged 5 to 11 Years ja.ma/3HrtGC6 via JAMA Pediatrics part of JAMA Network

These are stories because insurance companies & Pharma run health care: Who gets expensive new therapies? nytimes.com/2023/01/24/hea… Moderna to charge >$100/dose of publicly-funded vaccines thenation.com/article/econom… More hospital layoffs beckershospitalreview.com/workforce/memo…

A recent The Washington Post opinion piece speculated that COVID-19 deaths are over-counted. Our new The Conversation U.S. article explains why this piece is flawed. COVID-19 deaths are not overcounted; most evidence indicates they are undercounted. Thread 1/6 theconversation.com/covid-19-death…

We’ve all wondered why scientists or MDs “turn”. How respected folk can find themselves deep in the anti-vax community. It’s a decidedly simple (but dangerous and malicious) process. Below is a thread on how people become “red pilled.” 🧵

“holding these government contractors accountable would save more than 7,000 lives a year — translating to $1 billion saved in foregone dialysis” nytimes.com/2023/01/28/opi…

We will never find a better balance between legit corporate profit & public health if we can’t grow our civic conversation beyond the false dichotomy of capitalism vs socialism nytimes.com/2023/01/28/bus…

Our article in Health Affairs examining community health, healthcare access, and COVID-19 booster uptake in Massachusetts through April 2022 just published. A few of our main findings: healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hl…

Ozempic, and other GLP1 meds, have been unleashed on the market in a contentious moment: Health at Every Size has gained traction, with acolytes saying obesity is not a disease in need of treatment, nor should weight loss be medically prescribed. 1/5🧵 vox.com/science-and-he…

Nice explainer on the consequences of ending the public health emergency. Importantly it looks at the patient perspective. What ending the emergency actually means, by Katelyn Jetelina open.substack.com/pub/yourlocale…

A table of contents with links to all 148 (!) of the daily videos I have posted (90s each) on preventing substance use in kids: jessicalahey.com/comingofageint…

THIS. I mean, if you care about #kids.

Took a break from the trolls and the dysfunctional landlord To see how it felt I missed the good conversations - and enjoyed my days more without the misinformation and amorphous rage Off to find a better party. Hope to see good friends there