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Lawyer turned writer, speaker, podcaster: Original Jurisdiction, . Author, @SCOTUSambitions . Founder, AboveTheLaw/ @ATLblog .🏳️‍🌈

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Here's my behind-the-scenes look at why two of Judge Aileen Cannon's clerks quit since the Trump criminal case arrived in chambers. It answers a lot of the questions that went unanswered in yesterday's post. Here's the link:
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Not an #AprilFoolsDay Joke: after 17 days at @nyulangone , including 6 days on a ventilator, I’m being discharged! Here’s my final hospital bed selfie. #coronavirus #COVID19 #coronaboy #LatsCovid19Journal
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Achievement unlocked: no longer on oxygen! We tapered it down gradually after I was extubated last week, and last night while I was asleep they cut it off entirely. #coronavirus #COVID19 #CoronaBoy
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As someone who recently spent almost a week hooked up to a ventilator (and probably wouldn't be alive today without one), I can attest to the importance of ventilators and the need for an adequate supply. #coronavirus #CoronavirusUSA #COVID19 #Covid_19
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The New York Times
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As the coronavirus ravages the U.S. health care system, the scarcity of ventilators has been forcing doctors to make life-or-death decisions about who gets to breathe and who does not. Our investigation helps explain the acute shortage of medical devices.
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After a second night not requiring supplemental oxygen during which my blood oxygen level didn’t dip below 90. Optimistic about getting discharged soon. Thanks again to everyone for your prayers and support.
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Folks, this #CoronavirusOutbreak is no joke. I’ll give you occasional updates, tweeting from “Above the Hospital Bed,” about how serious #COVID19 aka #coronavirus can be. Think of this as #LatsCovid19Journal , my thoughts on #LivingWithCovid . [Thread]
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Thanks to all the media outlets who have reached out with interview requests - I’m normally delighted to speak with journalists, but right now I’m trying to let my vocal cords heal after 6 days on a ventilator. #Coronavirus #CoronaUpdate #COVID19 #covid_19 #CoronavirusUSA
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To paraphrase @Beyonce , #COVID19 did not come to play with us hoes; it came to slay. Please keep me - and my very anxious family - in your thoughts and prayers. Thank you. #LatsCovid19Journal #CoronaVirusUpdates #Coronavirusnyc
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I was in good shape before I came down with #COVID19 -- and I suspect I might have contracted the #coronavirus at the gym, to which I was going multiple times a week.
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FL Gov Ron DeSantis says he won’t close the state’s gyms because “If you are good shape you have a very, very low likelihood of ending up in significant condition as a result of the #coronavirus .”
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As I recover from #COVID19 , I've been slowly increasing my exercise. Today I went for a two-mile jog/walk, followed by a short swim. I was pleasantly surprised by how well it went; I took many breaks, but I never wound up wheezing.
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FYI - I have a confirmed case of #covid19 aka #coronavirus . If you interacted with me in person after 2/23, you can cite that fact and get automatically tested. Otherwise you might have to go to the ridiculous efforts I had to in order
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Before and after: my final hospital-bed selfie at @nyulangone , before my discharge yesterday afternoon, and a photo taken after I got to shower, shave, floss, and moisturize, for the first time in weeks. #coronavirus #COVID19 #coronaboy #latscovid19journal
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P.S. Look ma, no nasal cannula! Or non-rebreather mask. The mask I’m wearing here provides no oxygen; it’s just to protect staff and patients. #coronavirus #COVID19 #Covid_19 #CoronaBoy
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1/ It has been exactly 9 months since I started having #COVID19 symptoms, which eventually worsened to the point where I wound up in the hospital, then on a ventilator. Many folks ask: how am I doing now? Here's an update (thread). #COVID #coronavirus
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Why do some people die from #coronavirus / #COVID19 , while others show no symptoms? Why did I end up critical in the ICU, while my husband had medium-level flu symptoms for a week? #COVID19Pandemic #CoronavirusPandemic #CoronavirusUSA
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My blood oxygen has remained in the 90s throughout the taper and even after the shutoff - so discharge before the end of this week looks like a very realistic possibility, per my nurse this morning. #coronavirus #covid19 #CoronaBoy
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I'm waxing nostalgic for my time on the ventilator about now.
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Thanks to all the great doctors, nurses, and other #healthcare professionals taking such good care of me here at @NYUlangone . #COVID19 #Covid_19 #NationalDoctorsDay
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NYU Langone Health
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Today is #NationalDoctorsDay , and we know you love our @nyulangone physicians as much as we do. But today, more than ever, we want to show ALL of our #NYULangoneHeroes some 💜. Please leave words of encouragement below. #COVID19
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But for those who get severe cases, like me, it’s been hell. I’ve had 10 days & counting, with no real improvement, of fever, fatigue, joint aches, chills, cough, respiratory difficulty. I have never been this sick in my entire life. #LatsCovid19Journal
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When you learn that a major American newspaper was interviewing prominent lawyers and journalists for a draft of your obituary. #coronavirus #COVID19 #CoronaBoy #LatsCovid19Journal
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Today, about a month after I came off the #ventilator and 3 weeks after my hospital discharge, I had a telemedicine consultation with a pulmonologist. #coronavirus #Covid_19 #COVID19
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The care here at @nyulangone has been excellent - but after two-plus weeks in the hospital, I’m increasingly interested in going home. #coronavirus #COVID19 #CoronaBoy
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David Lat
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I also think Geoffrey Berman should go on @PreetBharara 's podcast -- wouldn't that be fascinating and fun?
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A bit about me: I’m a generally healthy, 44-year-old male, 153 lbs. (surely less now), 5’7”, no drugs , rarely drink, no health conditions other than exercise-induced asthma, which I manage with an inhaler. #COVID19 #coronavirus #LatsCovid19Journal
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To be sure, #COVID19 hits different people differently #ymmv . I gave it to my husband, and for him it was a low-level flu that seems to have almost run its course after about a week. #coronavirus #CoronavirusOutbreak #LatsCovid19Journal
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Please keep Judge Esther Salas and her family in your thoughts and prayers. I was a federal prosecutor in Newark when she was a federal public defender, and she was a highly respected and beloved member of the bar before taking the bench.
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The New York Times
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A gunman shot the son of a federal judge at her home in New Jersey on Sunday, according to an official with knowledge of the situation. Her son died in the shooting and her husband was injured, another judge told The Associated Press.
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This morning, this ex-marathoner could barely walk the five feet from the bed to the toilet - and I had to pee as quickly as possible, chest heaving with the labor of breathing, because I was going to collapse if I stood too long. #LatsCovid19Journal #covid19
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My husband Zach and I will be speaking shortly with Rachel @Maddow about our recent #coronavirus / #Covid_19 experience and important #COVID19 issues; please feel free to tune in.
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I’m usually a fast eater (bad habit, I know). Today it took my 90 minutes to eat my lunch - because I kept getting winded. Who DOES that? I’m so weak, the fork wobbled each time I lifted it to my mouth. #LatsCovid19Journal #COVID19 #CoronavirusOutbreak
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I’ll be discussing all this later today with my doctors/care team at @nyulangone and deferring to their professional judgment. I also want to hear from them about the degree to which I might still be contagious. #coronavirus #COVID19 #CoronaBoy
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It shouldn’t have taken two separate ER visits, both times with severe respiratory symptoms, to get a #COVID19 test. But that was my experience - and even though the situation is improving, it’s still sadly the case for so many others. #LatsCovid19Journal
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I completed the NYC Marathon twice - not the greatest times, but I did - and even now that I can’t run much (knees post-40), each week I still walk 25 miles and go to at least 3 high-intensity interval training classes at the gym. #LatsCovid19Journal #COVID19
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In my current state, #LivingWithCovid , I am constantly weak and winded. I’m hooked up to oxygen 24/7. Even with oxygen, the simplest tasks are extremely difficult. #LatsCovid19Journal
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Thanks to the #HealthcareHeroes here at @nyulangone who not only saved my life, but made a long hospitalization as pleasant as such an experience can be. #coronavirus #COVID19 #coronaboy #LatsCovid19Journal
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1/ A year ago this month, I was hospitalized with #covid19 at @nyulangone for 17 days, including 6 on a ventilator. Today I returned to give blood for a research study I’m participating in, run out of the #Vaccine Center. #COVID19Vaccine #Covid
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18/ I don't think I'll ever be exactly the way I was pre- #COVID . But that's okay. I'm still here -- which so many others cannot say. May they rest in peace.
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Please feel free to try me next week, when I hope to be out of the hospital and in better shape. Thanks for your great work covering the #coronavirus crisis. #COVID19 #CoronaUpdate #covid_19 #CoronavirusUSA
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1/ A year after #COVID19 , I still have greatly reduced cardiovascular endurance, even though I’ve been back to exercise for months. Jogging a short distance at a slow pace sends my heart rate over 170, which never used to happen. #LongCovid #longhaulers
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Steven Calabresi is a conservative, a Republican, and a co-founder of @fedsoc . He thought the Muller investigation was unconstitutional. He notes what he views as Trump’s accomplishments. But he believes Donald Trump should be convicted on impeachment now.
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George Conway
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Steven Calabresi in the Daily Caller: "He besmirched our national reputation. ... Whether or not Trump’s words were a violation of the criminal law, they fall squarely within the Framers’ definition of 'a High Crime and Misdemeanor.'"
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Thanks again to the people of many different faiths (or no faith at all) who sent healing thoughts and prayers and good wishes my way over these past few weeks; it means more to me than you’ll ever know. #coronavirus #CoronaUpdate #COVID19 #Covid_19
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Here at @nyulangone , a top academic hospital, they’re also engaging in research to help learn more about how to fight diseases like #coronavirus / #covid19 ; I’m participating in 2 studies. #coronaboy #LatsCovid19Journal
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How many times did Team @NYULangone save my life? Probably in the 1.5-2.0 range. (a) When I came to the ER having trouble breathing from #Coronavirus aka #Covid19 and they put me on oxygen ASAP: 0.3 (not sure I would necessarily have died then & there).
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NYU Langone Health
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Today is #NationalDoctorsDay , and we know you love our @nyulangone physicians as much as we do. But today, more than ever, we want to show ALL of our #NYULangoneHeroes some 💜. Please leave words of encouragement below. #COVID19
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Finally, I apologize if I inadvertently and unknowingly infected you. I self-quarantined as soon as I had clear symptoms - but people can transmit before they’re symptomatic, which is another reason for a robust testing regime. #covid19 #coronavirus
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Merry Christmas, from our family to yours!
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Another factor (thanks to the folks who shared with me): viral load. You can get more or less exposure to a virus, and more exposure can cause more harm. It's not just binary, exposed/not exposed. #CoronavirusOutbreak #COVID19
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to get a simple test that other countries have given to their citizens by the hundreds of thousands (the U.S. isn’t even at 21K tests). #COVID ー19 #coronavirus #CoronavirusOutbreak
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(Despite my enthusiasm for @nyulangone , I’m not a paid spokesperson, just a grateful patient - and I reserve the right to return to Twitter and complain if, e.g., there’s a health insurance issue.) #coronavirus #COVID19 #coronaboy #LatsCovid19Journal
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It’s great to have a world-class hospital so close to home. If I ever come down again with life-threatening illness (or have another important #healthcare need), I’ll be back. Thanks again, @nyulangone ! #coronavirus #COVID19 #coronaboy #LatsCovid19Journal
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1/ THREAD. I’m not in the self-help or self-improvement space — I write about #SCOTUS , law firms, and other legal stuff — but if you’ll indulge me, I have some life advice to share.
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I’m generally more intellectual, a “head” over “heart” sort of person - but these days I exhibit so much emotional lability, and the most random things will bring me to tears or the brink thereof (and I actually don’t mind). #coronavirus #COVID19 #CoronaBoy
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Btw, I’m very curious to see the cost on the EOB for my #coronavirus treatment - any guesses? It involved 2 ER visits, 16 hospital nights (mostly in the ICU), 1 intubation, 6 days on a ventilator, tons of oxygen. #COVID19 #coronaboy #LatsCovid19Journal
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If I were Bill Barr, I'd resign -- not for the reasons given by my ideological foes (whom I hate -- I'm Bill Barr in this hypothetical), but because of the utter humiliation. Here I am, trying to be a foot soldier/hatchet man, and #POTUS hangs me out to dry.
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@DavidLat So, at least for now, Trump leaves Barr's ass hanging out and swinging in the wind. How fitting.
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Nick Cordero, the Broadway actor who has been hospitalized since March, is still hanging in there, after 91 days in the ICU. Please keep him and his family in your thoughts and prayers. #COVID #COVID19 #COVID ー19 #coronavirus
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Interestingly enough, I have been giving lots of blood to science: @nyulangone is running a study on the plasma of #coronavirus patients, and I’ve donated a ton. #CoronavirusUSA #covid19 #Covid_19 #CoronaBoy
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George Conway
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@DavidLat @maggieNYT everyone is still going to be really nice to you because they want plasma don’t be fooled
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I've been fairly quiet on social media recently, largely out of anxiety and depression, which have plagued me over the years (and still do). Much as I love Twitter, sometimes I need to take a break, just for my own mental health. (Try it sometime.)
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THREAD. In the wake of her recent hospitalization, let's remember how strong Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 87, truly is. #SCOTUS #appellatetwitter #NotoriousRBG #RuthBaderGinsburg #JusticeGinsburg
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Ultimately it’s about the quality of the care, but I will add that the new ICU wing of @nyulangone is gorgeous (wish I had taken a photo of my suite and its views, but I had other things to deal with). #coronavirus #COVID19 #coronaboy #LatsCovid19Journal
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Even this older wing, where I shared a (more dated) suite with three other patients, has great East River views. #coronavirus #COVID19 #coronaboy #LatsCovid19Journal
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It might not be just about age and health conditions; there could be a genetic influence as well. (Thanks to @larry_falbe for the interesting article.) #COVID19 #COVID19Pandemic #coronavirus #CoronavirusPandemic #CoronavirusUSA
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David Lat
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1/ One year ago today.👇👇👇
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1/ Congratulations to the Biden Administration on its impressive speed in releasing its first slate of (very impressive) nominees -- a sign that President @JoeBiden and his team are prioritizing judicial nominations. #appellatetwitter #SCOTUS
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Jeff Zients
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Number of judicial nominees, first 100 days: - Trump: 2 - Obama: 3 - Bush43: 0 - Clinton: 0 Biden: 11, with 30+ days to go.
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For me, “trouble breathing” were the magic words; I remember gripping the ER admissions counter at @nyulangone because I couldn’t stand. They took me back immediately and put me on oxygen (and a few days later, intubated me). #coronavirus #COVID19 #Covid_19
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Mark D. Levine
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This is the CDC’s (not all inclusive) list of signs that should prompt you to get emergency attention: * Trouble breathing * Persistent pain or pressure in the chest * New confusion or inability to arouse * Bluish lips or face 8/
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Today marks two weeks at @nyulangone for me. It will probably be another few days before I’m released - but given how close I came to dying of #coronavirus (as a healthy 44-year-old), I’m not complaining. #CoronaVirusUpdate #COVID19 #Covid_19 #CoronavirusUSA
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Dear @CNN , If you're looking for a thoughtful and careful legal analyst with wide-ranging experience as a lawyer, 15+ years of writing about the law, respect from both sides of the aisle, diversity, and a really boring personal life, I know someone....
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I’ll close with two graphics that say a lot. #CovidTesting #covidtest #COVIDTESTINGNOW #LatsCovid19Journal
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Dr. Nisar Quraishi, RIP. He saw patients as recently as this month at @NYULangone Trinity before contracting #coronavirus himself. He passed away on April 11 from #COVID19 complications.
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As the #CoronavirusOutbreak continues to spread, more and more people will experience symptoms and wonder: do I have #COVID19 ? Once again, I’ll share my experience. #LatsCovid19Journal #coronavirus
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1/ Yesterday I ran the #NB5thAveMile , a virtual one-mile race hosted by @NYRR and #sponsored by @NewBalance -- the first time I've run a mile since almost dying from #COVID19 . (For more, see @ZacharyKussin 's great @NYPost story.)
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Look, I really loved going to the gym. I still miss it today. But here's one thing I don't understand about @GovRonDeSantis 's not closing gyms. It's FLORIDA, where you can exercise OUTDOORS, which is much safer than the gym, YEAR-ROUND.
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So they saved my life maybe ~1.7 times. Thank you, Team @NYULangone - and my husband and our son and my family and friends thank you as well. #NationalDoctorsDay #NationalDoctorDay #NationalDoctorsDay2020 #Covid19usa #CoronavirusUSA #CoronavirusUSA
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Today's heartwarming story: Marilee Shapiro Asher beat Spanish flu at age 6 -- and just beat #coronavirus , at age 107. She's also a celebrated artist with work at the @Smithsonian - and she's still creating art today. #COVID19
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Those of you who text or email with me know that I pride myself on impeccable spelling and grammar. But when I came off a #ventilator after 6 days, I was a bit out of it, as reflected in this exchange with my dad. #coronavirus #COVID #COVID19 #ventilators
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Katie Couric writes in her new memoir that she thought Justice Ginsburg, 83 at the time, was "elderly and probably didn't fully understand the question." I dunno. Based on her writing & speaking leading up to her death, I think RBG was pretty darn with it.
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Alex Thompson
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Couric writes that she wanted to protect RBG and so she edited out RBG saying that those who kneel during the national anthem are showing 'contempt for a government that has made it possible for their parents and grandparents to live a decent life.'
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1/ Do you support repealing the Second Amendment?
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No new records for distance or duration, just an ordinary morning run (three miles), and that’s okay. Six months ago, the best I could do without stopping was two miles, so I am (slowly) getting back to baseline. Next goal, four miles/40 minutes.
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For my family’s sake, I’m glad this research wasn’t out at the time I had an emergency intubation and got put on a ventilator. #coronavirus #covid19 #COVID19Pandemic #LatsCovid19Journal
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NPR
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The majority of COVID-19 patients who end up on ventilators don't survive, early research shows. And many of the patients who are still alive can't be taken off the breathing machines.
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Good evening. I'm #COVID19 and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS).
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Introduce yourself with what almost killed you Hi, I'm swimming pool.
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6/ The ventilator damaged my vocal cords, and it took longer for my voice to return to normal -- but I think it's fairly normal now. (But it's not quite the same -- and maybe it never will be. My husband thinks it's deeper -- maybe not a bad thing.)
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Suddenly getting lots of queries about my health (from folks not familiar with my story). I’m 44, not overweight, no smoking, no drugs, hardly any drinking. No health conditions except exercise-induced asthma, which I manage with an inhaler.
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Nothing is certain, plus I could still catch something else - e.g., regular flu - so we continue to wash hands constantly, wear masks on the rare occasions we do go out, and generally #StayAtHome . #coronavirus #COVID19 #Covid_19
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7/ But as I always mention on these threads, I still act like I don’t have immunity; I don’t go out much, I wash my hands constantly, and I follow the advice of my three-year-old son (video below). #COVID #Covid_19 #COVID ー19 #covid19
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I remember telling friends over dinner before I got sick, "For many people, #COVID19 is just a bad flu -- I can deal with that." I turned out to be very, very wrong. #Covid_19 #COVID #COVID__19 #coronavirus
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3/ It took me a long time to get here. As I wrote in July for the @LATimes , recovery from #COVID19 "is not like switching a light on or off. It’s like a dimmer switch, where the light gets brighter, then darker, then brighter again."
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1/ The Capitol attack has led to a lot of soul-searching on the right -- including some behind-the-scenes drama and deliberation at the Federalist Society. Here's my take on how @FedSoc should respond to the events of January 6.
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@maggieNYT Funny: one of the texts I got during my recovery, from a childhood friend, was "You got a Twitter shoutout from @MaggieNYT !" I told my friend I'm a longtime fan of yours, we follow each other on Twitter, etc. - but not sure it was worth almost dying! ;-)
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David Lat
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My taste is back with a vengeance - and because (1) I lost all that weight in the hospital and (2) I'm so glad to be alive, I am eating whatever the heck I want (at least for now). #coronavirus #COVID19 #CoronaBoy #LatsCovid19Journal
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@DavidLat
David Lat
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4/ I would say that I had serious symptoms for more than two full months after getting discharged from @NYULangone on April 1. Specifically, I had a terrible cough, plus shortness of breath, for all of April and May, into June. #COVID19 #COVID
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@DavidLat
David Lat
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At @nyulangone - I’m baaack! About two months after my hospital discharge, I’m seeing the pulmonologist today for a follow-up on the state of my lungs post- #COVID19 . #covid #coronavirus
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@DavidLat
David Lat
4 years
The exercise-induced asthma didn’t stop me from competing the NY Marathon twice - slowly, but I did it - or going to HIIT classes at least three times a week. BP almost always 120/80. All bloodwork at my annual physicals in normal range.
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David Lat
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9/ I do have greatly reduced cardiovascular endurance. My limit for jogging without stopping is about 2 miles/20 minutes, after previously being able to run for miles, and I had to build up to even this (I had to use a wheelchair when I first came home).
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@DavidLat
David Lat
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It's true my marathon-running days were in the distant past (I finished the NYC marathon twice) -- but I was still in good shape before #COVID19 landed me in the hospital for almost 3 weeks, including 6 days in the ICU on a ventilator, in critical condition.
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@DavidLat
David Lat
4 years
Dr. Anthony Fauci to @JenSeniorNY , on young people who seem (and act) indifferent to #COVID19 : "By getting infected themselves — even if they never get a symptom — they are part of the propagation of a pandemic."
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@DavidLat
David Lat
4 years
By Monday 3/16, I couldn’t breathe again. I rushed back to the ER - and this time they were on their game. They admitted me, gave me oxygen, put me in an isolation room - and FINALLY gave me the #coronavirus test. #LatsCovid19Journal
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@DavidLat
David Lat
3 years
7/ I might still be considered #LongCovid , though, because my lungs still don't look normal on a CT scan. At my last pulmonologist visit in September, the scan showed some lung scarring and "ground glass opacities" (haziness that shouldn't be there).
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@DavidLat
David Lat
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5/ But at some point in June, the cough and shortness of breath went away -- quite suddenly, actually. I'm not sure why. Was it the maintenance inhaler I had been using since getting out of the hospital? Or just the passage of time? #COVID19 #COVID
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