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A) "Everyone will be exposed to Omicron" B) "Everyone will get Omicron" They're different. (A) promotes appropriate caution till surge ends: boost, N95, outdoor>indoor. (B) promotes counterproductive behavior as hospitals are overwhelmed. Biggest difference: A is true. B is not.

"People in Europe live longer because of their Mediterranean diet" *they can also get medical care without going bankrupt

[COVID and schizophrenia thread 🧵] did you know that the strongest risk factor for dying of COVID is age? probably. did you know the SECOND strongest risk factor is schizophrenia diagnosis? let's talk eugenics bc i have schizo & covid and i don't want to die out here.

If you are quoting #MLK today but still citing race as a risk factor for any disease and you are a journal that are accepting these publications, then please #fullstop

Today we celebrate the birthdays of both ✨Audre Lorde AND Toni Morrison✨ It should be a national holiday, right?

“When you get these jobs that you have been so brilliantly trained for, just remember that your real job is that if you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else.” - Toni Morrison

Devastating news. Paul Farmer gave everything—everything—to others. He saw the worst, and yet did all he could to bring out the best in everyone he encountered. Indefatigable, mischievous, generous, brilliant, soulful, skeptical, idealistic, beloved. A giant.

Global health experts often ask: with limited resources, how do we do the most good? Paul Farmer hated that framing Instead, he asked Given the good we can do for our fellow humans, how do we get the resources we need? Remembering Paul. In The Atlantic theatlantic.com/health/archive…

"It is the status quo that the poor do not receive equitable access to quality health care. We could accept that as inevitable. Or, as Paul Farmer did, we could fight each day to change the odds." Piece by Prof. Michelle Williams bostonglobe.com/2022/02/22/opi…

Come celebrate at the Pride Benefit for Reproductive Justice on Friday, June 17 at Freedom Community Clinic in Oakland!You can get tickets for this great event here! eventbrite.com/e/pride-benefi…

Really excited to share this syllabus on The Homeless Industrial Complex. Annie Powers and I collected texts from within and about the movement for unhoused people, in solidarity with tenants inside and out. All readings available at bit.ly/carceralhousing :

Frank O’Hara’s poems have an intoxicating swagger. Even whipsawed by snow, by city traffic, by volatile love affairs, he displays a deep delightedness. Getting his heart broken only makes him more adventurous. nyti.ms/3AcLZaW

Wearable Use in an Observational Study Among Older Adults: Adherence, Feasibility, and Effects of Clinicodemographic Factors. Overall ⬆️ use, but person-specific factors may ⬇️ use. bit.ly/3z9EQpB Emily Paolillo Anna VandeBunte nina Kaitlin Casaletto #NIAfundedADRC

Combined Effects of Synaptic and Axonal Integrity on Longitudinal Gray Matter Atrophy in Cognitively Unimpaired Adults. Axonal and synaptic biomarkers may improve detection of neural changes. bit.ly/3ERPgyK @CorrinaFonseca Emily Paolillo Breton Asken nina Kaitlin Casaletto

Incredible explosion of gold from a 1,400-year-old Ginkgo tree. Photo by Han Fei

Spookiest thing to gastroenterologists this year… 🎃😱 #HappyHalloween #GITwitter

Viva #MedTwitter!

Say #HERJFund! 📸 Medical students from #UCB and #UCSF smile for a group photo in front of the Capitol’s West Steps after meeting Senator Dodd, Asm Phil Ting, and Asm Wilson’s staffers. #ENACT3023

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