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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

4 years

@hughlaurie Just want to say House is the reason I'm in med school. Really. Current workstation

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

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1 year

Oh my god it happened there was a medical emergency on my flight I've had my MD for 4 days Thank god half the passengers from Israel to New York are also doctors and another more seasoned one stood up because when I tell you my life flashed before my eyes

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

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3 years

OMG GUYS ALL YOU WANTED WAS TO GET BACK TO LIFE AS USUAL AND YOU WONT WEAR MASKS AND YOU WON'T GET THE VACCINE WHAT DO YOU WANT

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

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1 year

Guys unless it's pneumonia or dengue fever I don't know what to do with it

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

3 years

Replace calculus with basic epidemiology as a pre-medical requirement

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

2 years

I go to med school in Israel. We have what may be considered "a lot" of Holocaust survivors here. I've met a few at the hospital. Every one of them was grateful for their vaccines.

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

1 year

@johnmorrisonmd Omg I would have needed a cardiologist

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

1 year

And since people are asking, the guy was okay! I don't know what the problem was bc I didn't get up but those who went to help were with him a few minutes and then went back to their seats and there were no issues the rest of the flight 😅

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

3 years

@HillaryClinton This tweet aged *very* well

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

2 years

Learned this super nifty trick for finding difficult veins today 🤯

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

3 years

Lord grant me the confidence of an ophthalmologist without a board certification trying to tell the most heavily cited infectious disease doctor in the country that he's wrong about infectious disease

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3 years

Sen. @RandPaul : "If we're not spreading the infection, isn't it just theater? You have the vaccine and you're wearing two masks, isn't that theater? Dr. Anthony Fauci: "Here we go again with the theater. Let's get down to the facts." Full video here:

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

4 years

Vaccines don't - cause autism - cause autoimmune disorders - contain toxins Vaccines are - the most heavily safety tested biologic available - the most effective way to prevent many diseases I'm not busting my ass in med school because I want to hurt you. #DoctorsSpeakUp

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

3 years

I'm getting married!!!!!!!!

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

3 years

Who else here still writes in cursive or semi-cursive? We're a dying breed.

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

3 years

What if we all just, like, got vaccinated?

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

4 years

Mr. Wakefield, you are the worst thing to happen to public health since the bubonic plague. Maybe worse, since at least that wasn't intentional. Happy Retraction Day! #VaccinesWork #VaccinesSaveLives #publichealth #medtwitter

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

4 years

@StevenSalzberg1 As someone who studies vaccine hesitancy I can tell you right now this is a BAD IDEA. The public is already on the fence about this one. What if something does go wrong? Do you know the damage that would cost all vaccines? No no no. Follow the correct protocol. No short cuts.

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

11 months

Haven't we been over this ad nauseam?

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11 months

Childhood Vaccines 1983 = 10 vaccines 2013 = 32 vaccines 2022 = 74 vaccines Autism Rates 1983 = 1 in 10,000 2013 = 1 in 88 2022 = 1 in 36 2025… estimates 1 in 2

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

4 years

Dr. Fauci's horrendous first pitch at the Washington Nationals game proves exactly what we already knew: he is our country's top nerd 😍 Never change, Doctor.

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

4 years

Copied from a friend. I don't know who needs to see this, but #Plandemic is a bunch of BS. For many reasons. Let's stick with science. #EvidenceBasedMedicine #Covid19

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

4 years

Idk I just find it pretty hilarious that the people who are complaining about wearing masks aren't the ones working 10 hour shifts in the grocery stores but the ones shopping in those stores for like 45 minutes. #WearADamnMask #MaskUp

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

3 years

I'm in my third year of medical school and i still don't know the difference between a sprain and a strain

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

3 years

Did you guys know Staples is laminating these guys for free?

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

4 years

For the record, Dr. Fauci has never been registered to either party. But it says a lot that he thinks Dr. Fauci must be a Democrat because he believes in science. And it's Dr. Fauci, not Anthony. #Debates2020

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

3 years

You guys realize a 99% survival rate is still 3 million people in this country alone not surviving right? Besides, it's higher than that in the US.

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

3 years

So who's excited to get their 12-15 kids vaccinated?????

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

3 years

20% of you have never smoked weed before

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

3 years

This is a great graphic. Even if you get the vaccine, you are not out of the woods immediately. Please be safe!

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

1 year

@Saramerwin1 Right??? It's never happened to me before and then BOOM

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

4 years

I want to underscore what President-Elect Biden said today: "We will adjust to new data as it comes in." This is such an important principle in science. We don't always have the answers, and we make mistakes. But as we learn, we must adjust accordingly. It's how we grow.

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

2 years

Omg I've had-- 30???-- flu shots in my life?? How am I even alive???

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

3 years

@laurenboebert What about a bill to prosecute those involved in giving away Nancy Pelosi's location to Insurrectionists?

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

4 years

VOTE Every single one of you. Vote.

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

4 years

I don’t know who needs to hear this- but automatically doing the opposite of what scientists tell you isn’t “thinking for yourself.”

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

3 years

Please get vaccinated.

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

3 years

How are people really okay with 1 out of every 100 people they know dying?

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

4 years

@austinruse @STurdferguson @TheAtlantic @JohnGHendy You must be a very little, insecure man to have the gall to make fun of someone's stutter. He was the Vice President for 8 years and is now the Democratic nominee for President. What have you done lately?

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

4 years

The first surge was a learning experience. The second is inexcusable.

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

3 years

Believing in Q anon should be a disqualifier for holding a government position like being an antivaxxer should be a disqualifier for working in healthcare like being a flat earther should be a disqualifier for being a pilot 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

2 years

It's almost as if they don't teach basic epidemiology in art school

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

1 year

Imagine blaming a clear blunt trauma injury on a vaccine

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

4 years

"If Dr. Fauci and the scientists tell me to take [the vaccine], I will take it." This is the correct response. #VPDebate

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

4 years

And what about Ron DeSantis, Rand? What about Greg Abbott? Or is it all a petty political game to you? Don't answer that. We know what you did when you were infected. You are undeserving of the title MD.

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

2 years

Anyone who compares vaccine mandates to the Holocaust will be promptly blocked.

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

3 years

Today is the 41st anniversary of the official eradication of smallpox. So thankful for scientists, epidemiologists, doctors, and whoever else was involved in leading the most successful eradication effort ever. Let's do it again. #ThisIsOurShot

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

4 years

What antivax trope triggers you most? For me, it's that doctors don't learn about vaccines in med school, or that since we can't recite every ingredient, we must not be qualified to give them. I didn't sit through hours of biochemsitry, immunology, physiology, etc... for nothing!

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

3 years

Hello hi excuse me but WHY IS THORACIC ENDOMETRIOSIS A THING

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

2 years

Scrub pants without pockets should be illegal

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

4 years

@catturd2 @GavinNewsom It seems you are not familiar with Jacobson v Massachusetts 1905, which gives public health preference over individual rights in a public health crisis

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

3 years

Raise your hand if you've proudly been #BlockedByGu without any interaction with him whatsoever

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

4 years

Science bless Joe Biden I can't wait for the next 4 years 💉🧠🦠🫁🔬👩🏻‍🔬🏿‍🔬👩🏼‍⚕️👨🏽‍⚕️🌡️

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

3 years

@Cleavon_MD @SpeakerPelosi @FBI Wow imagine purposely publicly admitting to commiting a federal crime

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

4 years

Another reminder that if Claudia Conway hadn't posted about Kellyanne on TikTok, we would not know about Kellyanne's condition-- an abuse of the transparency this country is owed.

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

3 years

Don't hear about people who regret being vaccinated too often, do we?

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

3 years

@laurenboebert Whoa what's that? You tried to aid insurrectionists to find Nancy Pelosi?

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

4 years

Deep breath. Okay. I spend a lot of time in the anti-vaccine echo chamber monitoring for when this kind of thing happens. They are ALREADY starting to encourage UV/ozone/chlorine dioxide therapy. The press needs to stop airing Trump's pressers. He's going to kill someone.

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

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2 years

@mattgaetz Proud of my overeducation

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

2 years

SSRIs are the reason I only take one nap a day. Don't listen to internet billionaires who confuse wealth with knowledge. Keep taking your SSRIs as your doctor recommends, and know that SSRIs are incredibly effective and accessible. Talk to your doctor if you are depressed.

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

4 years

A year younger than me Do not say this can't happen to young people. It does.

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

3 years

**Being vaccinated is not a reward, and not being vaccinated is not a punishment** It helps nobody to frame vaccines as anything but public health tools to prevent the spread of disease.

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

5 years

A girl is ready #GameOfThrones #GOT8 #nerdlife

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

3 years

Why are these people allowed to tweet

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

3 years

@janemarielynch You, uh, know who Dr. Gunter is, right? She laid out pretty clear evidence for having read the book, and Marianne is known for her grift among the medical folk.

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

4 years

It's almost like we should leave science to the scientists And also VOTE SCIENTISTS INTO CONGRESS

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@nowthisimpact

4 years

Don’t play these hydroxychloroquine games with Dr. Fauci

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

4 years

If you are a medical student who refuses to wear a mask, you are a waste of space and don't deserve your education

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

3 years

I feel so privileged to have received my first dose of @moderna_tx . I would've had my 2nd today, the 11th anniversary of Retraction Day, if not for the snow. Now more than ever, we need to remember #VaccinesSaveLives . Happy Retraction Day, everyone. #ThisIsOurShot

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

4 years

I'm going to pre-empt anti-vaccine rally cries. On the #CNNTownHall , Dr. Fauci just suggested a vaccine could cause deleterious effects-- including immune enhancement-- if it's rushed. He is NOT admitting vaccines are dangerous. What he is saying is exactly what we all say:

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3 years

I'm standing in line for my flu shot behind a girl who's so nervous to get her covid shot bc she doesn't like needles and she's so scared she can't even give her birthday so her dad did and I heard the date and she turned 12 one week ago and is already getting it like a champ

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

4 years

wait so we're asking teachers to sacrifice themselves to gun violence /and/ a pandemic? that doesn't seem like what they signed up for

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

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4 years

Hey @Twitter There's some really gnarly medical misinformation floating around-- the kind that can get people killed-- and it needs to be reported stat. How about adding an option to "report as medical misinformation?" Thanks

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

3 years

No such thing as a "covid centrist." There is evidence-based policy and the rest.

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

2 years

If you were gonna remove the mRNA from your body, how would you do it?

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

3 years

For the record, I absolutely do not endorse violence against anyone, including Palestinians. It's really really shitty what's going on. I am also allowed to be afraid of rockets coming my way in Tel Aviv.

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

3 years

Tell me I'm not the only one who's cancelled so many travel plans in the last two years because of this effing virus. I need to hear it.

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

4 years

Trying to get ahead of the curve here... It is quite possible a covid vaccine-- including Pfizer's-- will make you feel icky for a few days after you take it. THAT IS NORMAL. It is just your immune system doing what it is meant to do: activate. It is not giving you covid.

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

5 months

Wahoo I'm a doctor!

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

4 years

This is one of the most beautiful exchanges with an #antivaxxer I've ever seen. Dunning Kruger at its finest. #antivaxlogic #scicomm #sciencematters

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

4 years

Looking forward to renewing our friendship with the @WHO !! Whew that was a close one, guys 💉💉💉🍾🍾

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

4 years

@benshapiro "I reject the proud boys and all white supremacy and white supremacist organizations." There. I did it. Let's see the president now.

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

3 years

Can we take a moment to reiterate the importance of checking your facts and not being afraid to say, "I don't know," instead of making up lies or going off unverified assumptions?

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

3 years

Reporter: Given the new administration's strive for transparency, is there anything you want to amend or correct that you've said over the last 10 or 12 months? Fauci: Well, no, I always told it straight. That's why I got in trouble sometimes.

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

3 years

YOU HEARD THE MAN! RUB THAT GRILLED CHICKEN ON YOUR PURULENT ABSCESS, STAT.

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@RachelAlter007

3 years

You know what I'm gonna poke the bear Doctors are medical providers. 🤯

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@RachelAlter007

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@laurenboebert I am liberal. This is me praising Joe Biden on his own merits. Next.

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@RachelAlter007

3 years

Which circle of hell is this

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

4 years

@mikedohertynj Hey there NJ born and raised. Also a public health professional and a medical student. I wholly support @GovMurphy for his responsible covid policies. Last I checked, it was also mandatory to wear pants in public. Don't kill my grandma please. #MaskUpNJ

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

4 years

I don't know who needs the reminder but Plandemic is a piece of absolute nonsense and has been debunked repeatedly by the scientific and medical communities. Stop giving air time to antivaxxers (yes, they are the ones promulgating this dumb theory).

Plandemic: Judy Mikovits and the mother of all COVID-19 conspiracy theories

Judy Mikovits is a disgraced scientist who published a paper claiming that a retrovirus called XMRV causes chronic fatigue syndrome, results that other investigators were unable to replicate. Since...

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

4 years

Another PSA You could be exposed on Monday and test negative on Tuesday and test negative on Wednesday and test positive on Thursday Just because you test negative once doesn't mean you *are* negative. It's all about timing. Quarantine and get tested often if exposed.

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@RachelAlter007

3 years

As medical students were supposed to get 6-8 hours of sleep a night That's right, -2 hours a night

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@RachelAlter007

4 years

It *is* common decency to get covid tested if you think you've been exposed, and to wear a mask regardless.

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@RachelAlter007

2 years

Today I learned it's a HIPAA violation to look at *your own* medical record at a hospital where you've been admitted before????? Explain.

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@RachelAlter007

9 months

Briefly returning from my Twitter exodus to emphasize that 1. There is absolutely no Ebola at Burning Man 2. Ebola isn't easy to catch and must be transmitted frm a symptomatic person thru body fluids. Anyone in the US who has symptomatic Ebola wld be under strict quarantine.

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3 years

Honestly just don't have kids if you can't afford to fly them to Cancun the morning after they ask if they can go, during a pandemic when you're Senator of a state with no power

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@RachelAlter007

4 years

I'm so sick of the hydroxychloroquine people

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