As a Trauma Surgeon and survivor of
#GunViolence
I cannot believe the audacity of the
@NRA
to make such a divisive statement.
We take care of these patients everyday. Where are you when I’m having to tell all those families their loved one has died.
@DocsDemand
#Docs4GunSense
Someone should tell self-important anti-gun doctors to stay in their lane. Half of the articles in Annals of Internal Medicine are pushing for gun control. Most upsetting, however, the medical community seems to have consulted NO ONE but themselves.
Number of people killed by Guns in Norway:
2012 — 3
2013 — 1
2014 — 5
2015 — 4
2016 — 3
2017 — 0
2018 — 3
2019 — 3
2020 — 2
Number of people killed by Guns in America:
2020 — 43,598
A man in Norway just killed a bunch of people with a bow and arrow.
Norway has some of the strictest gun laws around, yet mass killings still occur.
Liberals need to understand it is not the gun - it is the criminal who commits the act!
Aurora: AR-15
Orlando: AR-15
Parkland: AR-15
Las Vegas: AR-15
Sandy Hook: AR-15
Texas Church: AR-15
San Bernardino: AR-15
Waffle House: AR-15
Santa Fe High School: AR-15
Let me know if you need more examples.
#DissolveTheNRA
As a fellow surgeon, and someone that has been on your show — I’m incredibly disappointed that you are willing to politicize this pandemic and break that sacred public trust.
There is a video circulating that shows the bodies outside the mall from
#allentx
. It’s horrific to say the least.
As a Trauma Surgeon, we often are witness to the
#AmericanCarnage
that results from bullets on the human body.
Maybe Americans need to see the carnage.
Proud of
@RepSwalwell
continuing to lead by example.
"Who are you here for? Are you here for our Kids or are you here for the Killers?"
I'm here for the Kids, how about you?
So, Kyle Rittenhouse wants us to believe he was there to provide first aid. America, if you ever see someone running around with an AR 15 during a protest, take my advice and assume that they are NOT there for first aid. Your life depends on it.
Is there any real question about who we should be sending to Congress to represent us and the next generation!?
I’m sending
@AnnieAndrewsMD
— a Pediatrician, who is empowering the next generation with knowledge!
Please share if you agree -
#BooksNotGuns
“How long will you watch people being gunned down in:
First grade
Fourth grade
High school
College
Church
Synagogue
A grocery store
A movie theater
A mall
And a Night Club
And do Nothing.”
@valdemings
It’s a sad moment in history and a dark stain on our nation when a public servant like Dr. Anthony Fauci is attacked for having the integrity and moral courage to speak truth to power.
This beautiful piece he penned highlights his love for science. 🧬
As a Trauma Surgeon, I’ve had to deliver devastating news to families of loved ones killed.
Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick has died after he was hurt responding to pro Trump riot.
How do you explain a senseless tragedy incited by the President. Shameful. 🤦🏽♂️
It’s heartbreaking to see a pandemic become so politicized.
Ending this pandemic is possible. It requires us all to come together, follow the data & science, and unite as a country.
We are only as strong as our weakest link.
#GetVaccinated
Well it’s one thing to cancel surgery when we had no choice and no vaccine was available.
We did the best we could with what we had. However, we are moving Backwards.
With a safe and effective Vaccine available this is frankly unacceptable.
I’m proud to be a Trauma Surgeon.
The personal sacrifice is real.
I’m grateful to have voted for
@JoeBiden
who will restore integrity to White House.
“What in the hell is the matter with this man?..Doctors and nurses aren’t profiting. They are dying.”
Dr. Fauci to
@RandPaul
— “So you are making a catastrophic epidemic for your political gain.”
With over 800,000 dead & hospitals on the brink of collapse, the politicization of this pandemic has been beyond reprehensible.
The unwillingness for Americans to
#GetVaccinated
is putting their lives at risk, & prolonging suffering of Americans who will not be able to access the care they need.
Incredibly sad that the
@nytimes
would fire
@Wolfe321
for this tweet.
With an unorthodox transition of power, multiple attempts to overturn the election, and a failed insurrection — the nation was moved as we witnessed the transition.
Raise your hand if you had chills ✋🏽✋🏽
Laura Leander - A RN in Arizona.
What does she do on her day off?
Shows up to a rally to represent the HCWs who are risking their lives on the front lines.
One of the many reasons I love the incredible Nurses I work with.
#COVID
ー19
#HealthcareHeroes
Whether it’s pain from a chronic hernia or the inability to adequately eat because of biliary disease, these issues can be debilitating.
The point is that people coming in for elective surgery are often SUFFERING.
As a trauma surgeon, as a survivor, as an American. I am sick to my stomach.
All of our Presidential Candidates had better commit to the Gun Violence Prevention Town Hall In October.
#GunViolence
is the National Emergency we are facing! Wake up America.
#elpasotexas
It’s been 4 years since the
#Parkland
shooting.
Jamie
Alyssa
Scott
Martin
Nick
Aaron
Chris
Luke
Cara
Gina
Joaquin
Alaina
Meadow
Helena
Alex
Carmen
Peter
Thinking about those we lost, & the loved ones whose hearts were broken on a day that should be filled with Love.
The
@MayoClinic
has now removed this communication.
They should have enforced the policy for the
@VP
just like they do for all people.
Once you start giving “VIP” treatment bad things happen.
Absolute Love
@TheAmandaGorman
!
During some of our darkest times, Amanda is a bright light sharing words of inspiration and providing a glimmer of hope as we work on digging out of this pandemic and moving forward.
#SuperBowl
"That's my experience, I lift bodies into the morgue." Emily Ballantyne, RN
I've always said that Nurses are the GLUE that hold us together. Emily is one of the best critical care nurses I've ever worked with. 💔💔
#GetVaccinated
Must watch 👇👇
Imagine how different this video would have been if the terrorist had an AR-15 with 100-round dual drum magazine similar to
#Dayton
.
Instead citizens ‘armed’ with a:
Narwhal tusk ✅
Fire extinguisher ✅
Bare knuckles ✅
Take Down The
#LondonBridgeAttack
2 yrs ago, in a little over 6 minutes, 17 students and staff were murdered at
#Parkland
💔💔💔
The impact of this senseless tragedy reverberated across the Nation.
We will
#NeverForget
what happened on 2-14-18, and together we will
#HonorWithAction
.
#EndGunViolence
During times of crisis Americans come together. This
#COVID
ー19 Relief Bill Vote is an example: 363-40
Here are the 40 legislators, all Republican, who Voted No on a Bill that is aimed at providing relief for Americans during
#CoronaOutbreak
I’m a Trauma Surgeon, survivor of
#GunViolence
, and have been working Beyond the Bedside at the intersection of Medicine/Public Health/Public Policy to make communities safer.
One thing is clear
@ThisIsOurLane
Let’s Go —
#DoctorsForGunSafety
Last year those of us who perform elective surgery pushed for conservation of resources. Whether that’s the appropriate utilization of nurses and surgeons or beds and ventilators. This allocation was critical in order to SAVE lives.
As a Board member of
@bradybuzz
, I’ve always been proud to work with
@SteveKerr
and his willingness to cut through the B.S.
“I’m not gonna talk about basketball……”
We all should be this angry 👇🏽
Gun Violence is not just a statistic.
These people are fathers daughters, sisters......Last night we lost:
Tamara O’Neal - A Doctor
Samuel Jimenez - A Police Officer
Dayna Less - A Pharmacy Resident
Are you really still asking if
@ThisIsOurLane
#ThisIsOurLane
#MercyHospital
What’s just as scary is how this will impact hospitals, especially in rural communities…..and their ability to continue to deliver care with the loss of revenue over time.
Here’s another critical perspective that many folks don’t appreciate. The term “elective” can sometimes be deceiving.
In general, we are NOT talking about people who are having to delay cosmetic surgery (as someone jokingly mentioned to me).
So as
#COVID19
cases ⬆️ and hospitals once again pause “elective“ surgery, you can imagine the frustration of so many healthcare professionals across America.
Why?
David Keene, former
@NRA
president gives a graduation speech at James Madison Academy.
Only one problem — the school doesn’t exist.
3,044 empty chairs estimating the kids who were killed by
#GunViolence
, instead of graduating this year.
#TheLostClass
Speaking Truth to Power.
Senator
@RandPaul
you do not know what you are talking about quite frankly…..and I want to say that officially YOU DO NOT KNOW what you are talking about.
As a trauma surgeon, we often have to deliver devastating news to loved ones.
Imagine your child that leaves to go to a Christmas parade celebration only to be told they are never coming home again.
My heart goes out to all the victims, families, and responders.
#waukesha
💔💔
This of course came at a significant cost to healthcare systems that utilize the revenue from surgeries to ensure the ability of operationalizing other Departments in the hospital.
Surgery is mission critical for sustainability & delivery of care to communities across America.
It’s hard to come to grips with the fact that
#WhenCoronaVirusIsOver
some of us in healthcare will not be standing. And to think that is partially due to a lack of
#PPE
is infuriating.
#GetMePPE
Aurora: AR-15
Boulder: AR-15
Parkland: AR-15
Las Vegas: AR-15
Sandy Hook: AR-15
Waffle House: AR-15
San Bernardino: AR-15
Sutherland Springs: AR-15
Santa Fe High School: AR-15
Tree of Life Synagogue: AR-15
Gun Manufacturers should be held liable!
Critical Care Surgeon here.
Please Do Not Inhale Hydrogen Peroxide. This is Dangerous.
Refusing to get vaccinated is one thing— but intentionally inhaling a harmful substance that can land you in the hospital, on a ventilator, or result in your death is mind blowing.
The right is now telling people to inhale hydrogen peroxide via a nebulizer to prevent COVID-19.
This unvaccinated man says it cleans out the virus after his maskless trips to the movie theater and prevents the effects of “vaxxed-out people from shedding all over” him.
“You are told that this flame will bring freedom to the people of
#Ukraine
. But the people of Ukraine are already free.”
@ZelenskyyUa
This speech will be one for the books of history.
#StandWithUkraine
BREAKING NEWS: A Stanford analysis found that 18 summer Trump rallies resulted in over 30,000 cases of
#COVID19
& likely led to over 700 deaths.
As a Trauma Surgeon, and a fellow American the blatant disregard for human life is mind blowing.
#VoteHealth
When I’m seeing a
#coronavirus
positive patient — I put on an N95, a face shield, gloves, a gown......yet we literally have the President who is still infectious walking around the White House with no mask.
RECKLESS — enough people have tested positive at White House.
#WearAMask
Heartbroken this morning at the loss of
@RepCummings
.
As a Trauma Surgeon in Baltimore, It’s clear to me how much he was part of the fabric that made up this community.
Thank you for your service to Maryland and the Nation.
RIP
#ElijahCummings
As the Senate prepares to pass common sense gun laws for the first time in 30 years, the
#SupremeCourt
weakens gun laws that have been in place for over 100 years.
As a survivor and now Trauma Surgeon, I can tell you
@elonmusk
that the safest way to store your firearm is Unloaded and Locked.
This is critical to practicing responsible gun ownership. I suspect that if you spent a day with me in our trauma center, your views may change.
As a doctor, I need to ask a serious question.
Why would a doc prescribe
#Hydroxychloroquine
, an ineffective treatment for
#COVID19
, and risk a potentially fatal side effect in the
#POTUS
?
How is this even possible?
11 years ago today,
@GabbyGiffords
was shot in the head.
As a survivor of
#GunViolence
and now Trauma Surgeon, I’ve been blessed to work alongside Gabby in our fight to make communities safer.
Grateful she had the COURAGE to take a horrific moment & turn it into a movement.🙌🏾
The leadership of the
@NRA
fail in representing the majority of responsible gun owners.
As a survivor of
#GunViolence
& now trauma surgeon, I have seen this firsthand.
Let’s honor the individuals, families, & communities impacted by Gun Violence with ACTION.
@ThisIsOurLane
On Friday, Biden pledged to DEFEAT THE NRA.
Biden wants to ban our semi-auto rifles, tax our guns/mags & more. He knows the only thing standing in his way to DISMANTLE THE 2ND AMENDMENT is NRA.
Gun owners must stay vigilant & be engaged in elections and the legislative process.
This report being released from the Senate Homeland Security & Government Accountabiliy committee is mind blowing.
The Senators conclude that early failures of administration during pandemic “Resulted in the avoidable yet devastating loss of human life.”
“This is a bullet from an AR-15, but it’s also an ERASER. As a doctor, I’ve seen it erase 10th birthdays, family vacations, school dances, and so much more.”
@AnnieAndrewsMD
Protecting our Kids should be our top priority.
A 13 year old kid has a few items on his shopping list:
Beer ❌
Cigarettes ❌
Racy Magazines ❌
Lottery Tickets ❌
Gun — No Problem!
Another example of how easy it is to access firearms in America.
As a Trauma Surgeon, it’s inevitable that at times my hands and scrubs get blood on them despite our best efforts.
I’m horrified at the image of the little girl Miah who was so terrified of gunman coming back she took the blood of a dead classmate & rubbed it all over herself.💔
I’m hearing folks raise the question about whether the Buffalo gunman has a mental health illness.
Please Stop. Most people with mental illnesses are more likely to be victims rather than perpetrators.
This mass shooting was carried out by a white supremacist.
#DisarmHate
The Impact on HCWs is real.
Dr. Lorna Breen, head of the ED at a Manhattan hospital committed suicide.
She spent days on the front lines.
She had contracted
#COVID
ー19
She had no history of mental illness
“She tried to do her job, and it killed her” Dr. Philip Breen (Dad)
Not only are we not going to “stay in our lane”, but we are going to do everything in our power to ensure that Americans in communities all across this nation our protected from these senseless tragedies.
Listening to this girl describe shooting
@Nationals
game is mind blowing.
“It was my second shooting. So I was kind of prepared .…. I always am expecting something to happen.”
This may be our current reality, but I refuse to let it be our future.
“We saw U.S. citizens living in Texas melting snow in their bathtubs to be able to flush their toilets in the United States of America. That is unacceptable.”
@PeteButtigieg
Mic 🎤 🙌🏾
It’s such a privilege to be a Trauma Surgeon. The one thing I can never get past is having to shatter the hearts of mothers, fathers, and families by telling them their child was shot & never coming home again.
Words cannot describe the pain and anguish — it’s simply unbearable.
Having to watch this
#AmericanCarnage
terrorize every aspect of our daily lives is infuriating.
Today it happens to be
#ALLEN
Texas, Tomorrow it may be your community.
Get off the sidelines of history, and become part of the solution.
#Vote
This is so bizarre.
Why would the
@VP
not set the right example for America by wearing a mask?
And to be clear the
@MayoClinic
informed him if their policy. 🤦♂️
“So spare me the Bullshit about constitutional rights……No I will not yield and I’m not gonna yield for my entire five minutes so don’t ask again.”
@davidcicilline
Uvalde: AR-15
Aurora: AR-15
Buffalo: AR-15
Orlando: AR-15
St. Louis: AR-15
Parkland: AR-15
Las Vegas: AR-15
Sandy Hook: AR-15
Waffle House: AR-15
San Bernardino: AR-15
Sutherland Spring: AR-15
This partial list continues to grow, as lives continue to be cut short.
The only thing “irresponsible” here is that as Americans we have stood by as thousands of citizens are injured or die from firearms annually.
The time for Action is Now. This False Narrative from
@DLoesch
, the
@NRA
and others will not stop us.
@ThisIsOurLane
#ThisISOurLane
The consequence of forgetting to change your clock — minimal.
The consequence of forgetting to
#Vote
— catastrophic
Healthcare Workers are depending on You —
#VoteHealth
This picture of
@SpeakerPelosi
literally standing up for the core values that bring us together as American’s is simple remarkable.
A moment that will for sure go down in American History.
Everyone Needs to Watch this Video of the send off of
#CaptCrozier
!
He was the Commander of the USS Roosevelt and FIRED yesterday for sounding the alarm to Save the lives of his Sailors.
This is disgraceful, he is a National Hero! Please Share.
#COVID19
As a Survivor of
#GunViolence
and a Trauma Surgeon at
@hopkinsmedicine
, I’ve seen this public health crisis from numerous vantage points.
Despite my own experience, nothing prepares you when the person you have to take care of is one of your own.
🧵
Amazing how the same individuals who are so quick to regulate a Woman’s right to Choose, are vehemently opposed to regulating firearms that result in over 300 Americans injured or killed daily.
Tennessee Republicans want to prevent a 13-year-old girl who is forcibly raped by her uncle from having an abortion, if her rapist objects. Let that sink in.
For
#BlackLivesMatter
protesters they had tear gas and rubber bullets.
Yet here are Trump supporters destroying one of the most sacred federal buildings in our Nations Capital.
Where are the Police?
It’s clear to me that listening to
@JoeBiden
address Americans in Delaware as he begins his journey to Washington instills in me hope that tomorrow holds better days.
#InaugurationDay
As a Trauma Surgeon, and victim of gun violence I’m inspired by this young woman.
Next time you go vote, remember this riveting speech by Emma Gonzalez.
History will judge us by our actions.
#VoteThemOut
#wis2018
Watch this savage speech by Emma Gonzalez today in Fort Lauderdale. She pulled no punches and took no prisoners.
Now join
#StudentsDemandAction
by texting STUDENTS to 64433. Or text ACT to 64433 to join
@MomsDemand
.
#ThrowThemOut
Incredibly difficult to speak out, especially when it intimately involves your own dad.
@CarolineRoseGiu
does a beautiful job of speaking out, and urging Americans to “end this nightmare” by voting for
@JoeBiden
and
@KamalaHarris
.
As a surgeon I’m constantly reminded that Nurses are the glue that really hold everything together.
Proud of these 2 RN’s in Colorado who stood up to peacefully protest people not abiding by stay-at-home orders.
#CoronavirusUSA
#COVID
ー19
#TogetherAtHome
Caron Nazario — A 2nd Lt. U.S. Army, Dressed in uniform, and Hands held in the air
Nazario “I’m honestly afraid to get out.”
Officer “Yeah, you should be!”
Unacceptable. These officers need to be fired.
#BlackLivesMatter
An important demonstration of a leader is the ability to challenge the status quo.
Proud to be part of the medical community that along with other Citizens have re-energized the discussion on
#GunViolence
in America.
Change is coming!
@ThisIsOurLane