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Patrick Hickey, MD

@pwhickey

9 months

Look y’all… when someone posts a pic of their dog/cat, or their tasty beverage, or a yummy snack, or a bit of nature- just hit the like button and move on. WTF is wrong with you not wanting to spread joy that costs nothing….

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Patrick Hickey, MD

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2 years

A decision to use masks in schools during periods of increasing COVID transmission is a decision to keep schools open.

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1 year

“death rates among working age people – those 18 to 64-years-old – are up 40 percent in the third and fourth quarter of 2021 over pre-pandemic levels.” “He said the data shows COVID deaths are greatly understated among working age Americans.”

Insurance executive says death rates among working-age people up 40 percent

As COVID-19 deaths approach 19,000 in Indiana, the insurance industry has been processing claims at a record rate. Nationally, more than 824,000 people have died from the virus.

www.wfyi.org

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2 years

This is harm. This is lasting harm. And it makes me soooo angry to think of people in positions of privilege demanding things to be normal, when they were least likely to be bearing the costs.

Kitty Eisele

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2 years

Study: Nearly 8 million kids lost a parent/primary caregiver to the pandemic : Goats and Soda : NPR. This is unreal.

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@pwhickey

2 years

BTW…. The cumulative body of evidence says that kids can & do drive transmission of COVID within communities, as they do for all respiratory viruses. Masks reduce this. The reason they didn’t appear to do so early on in the pandemic is that they were more sheltered than adults.

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@pwhickey

3 months

Dr Jha, if we had a meeting scheduled tomorrow and I emailed to say I had COVID: cough and rhinorrhea for 2 days; never a fever; and headache on day 1 but now resolved (I’m “better”) are we still meeting at your office? If so, what precautions are you taking?

Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH

@ashishkjha

3 months

OK -- so CDC has come out with new guidance saying if you have COVID Isolate while you have a fever but... you can stop isolating once your fever is better and symptoms are resolving Seems right to me What you ask? Has the science changed? Why do this now? Good questions 🧵

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3 months

Just for the record, I also don’t want someone with the flu who says they “feel better” but is still coughing back at work either. Maybe we can find ways to support not making people work while they are sick.

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@pwhickey

2 years

A similar aged dad in the extended social network of my kids died of “pneumonia” recently. No one wants to talk about what that likely means… 😔

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@pwhickey

2 years

The number of adults stridently unwilling to do something simple to prevent the spread of COVID is staggering and depressing

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@pwhickey

2 years

So if a COVID positive kid has a high risk classmate, who has to stay home? Do the high risk kids need to declare their illness to everyone??? “Regardless of when isolation ends, the CDC recommends avoiding people who are at high risk of severe illness until at least day 11.”

AAP News

@AAPNews

2 years

CDC updates COVID guidance for schools, quarantine/isolation guidance for public:

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2 years

Is it just me or do you walk into a high traffic store and see the elderly clerk behind the register wearing an N-95 as customers just la-de-dah around unmasked and think about how much WE failed them

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1 year

Cellar web cam 👀

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2 years

@NicoleTrobaugh Pediatricians everywhere are with you in solidarity.

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1 year

@RexChapman All the emotions wrapped up in this video are why I became a pediatrician

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1 year

The (partial) yield from 2 peonies planted about 5 years ago.

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@pwhickey

2 years

So…. When COVID is shown to be associated with subsequent increased risk of neurovascular, cardiovascular, and thromboembolic disease…. Are we really going to argue about whether the excess mortality due to cardiovascular disease et al. is NOT due to COVID!!?!?

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2 years

Every time someone says we are in a “different place” in the pandemic and “have the tools” to operate schools safely and without disruption… ask them how many local schools have classrooms with 6+ air exchanges per hour; had their HVAC systems upgraded?

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@pwhickey

9 months

Me: hospital admissions in children (especially infants and toddlers) due to COVID are up and that’s not a good thing. 1/2

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2 years

Why? Why would the CDC publish school guidance that will clearly increase the transmission of COVID to children in the same week it posts about the rising number of pediatric hospitalizations due to COVID and the need to increase vaccination rates?

CDC

@CDCgov

2 years

Vaccination helps protect children from severe illness, hospitalization, and death from #COVID19 . CDC recommends everyone ages 6 months and older get vaccinated against COVID-19. Find a vaccine near you: .

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2 years

In the past week I’ve heard from colleagues about monkeypox cases in 2 (unrelated) pregnant women and a toddler. Household contact transmission.

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Patrick Hickey, MD

@pwhickey

8 months

Many have been dunking on Penn for taking Dr Kariko off a tenure path when she failed to get NIH funding for her lab- but we should note that our own institutions would likely have done the same. This isn’t about one institution- it’s the entire ecosystem of science funding.

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Patrick Hickey, MD

@pwhickey

2 years

@BriceCollin The nightmare that was establishing an account with the local phone company, sharing the bill with your roommate- and then divvying up the long distance charges each month. Which may have then meant getting a hard copy check 🫠

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Patrick Hickey, MD

@pwhickey

2 years

“Of note, this is strictly a US problem. The authors cite a sobering statistic: 90% of all firearm deaths for children 0-14 years of age in high-income countries occur in the US.” The Tragedy of Child Deaths From Firearms | American Academy of Pediatrics

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Patrick Hickey, MD

@pwhickey

2 years

And let’s be real- EVERYONE is thinking it, but they don’t want to admit to their own vulnerability or be accountable for the risks being taken.

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Patrick Hickey, MD

@pwhickey

9 months

Is this what “endemic” looks like? 😞 “Nearly 1200 children were admitted to the hospital with Covid-19 during the week ending Sept 9… a 5-fold increase over the past three months. Hospitalizations among adults increased about 3-fold in that same time period” It’s the up-slope

Protect Their Future (Formerly @ImmunizeUnder5s)

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2 years

@DrLeanaWen Most people support the use of masks. Most people understand that spreading infections will increase absenteeism. And while we are on the topic of possible hypocrisy- who is paying you speaker and consulting fees?

wsbgnl

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Aug 6-9 Fox News poll

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3 years

Why I know President Biden is a genuinely decent man... During his second term as VP, I was at the Walter Reed ER in the evening with my youngest daughter for yet another lacrosse related injury 🙄 After an x-ray & splint we headed to the mess hall for bite to eat... 1/

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1 year

@seattletimes Where indeed

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Mandatory masking in schools reduced COVID-19 in school transmission by 72% during the Delta surge | National Institutes of Health (NIH)

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One of the most magnificent redbud trees I’ve ever seen in bloom.

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2 years

@lisa_iannattone @DGBassani People who have never cared for an infant in the ICU with a severe respiratory virus infection should check themselves on their enthusiasm for infections at an early age

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2 years

@CDCgov @WIRED @CDC_AMD Of the virus…. Please specify you are talking about genome sequencing of the virus, not the person.🤦‍♂️

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@pwhickey

4 months

@JamesFLoveIV @CosmicWitz That’s correct- discussed here. It’s why across much of the world, that if the measles doesn’t kill you, the next infection(s) are more likely to do it

Measles: The race to understand 'immune amnesia'

Scientists have known for years that measles can alter the immune system – but the latest evidence suggests it's less of a mild tweaking, and more of a total reset.

www.bbc.com

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Patrick Hickey, MD

@pwhickey

2 years

Remember

Auschwitz Memorial

@AuschwitzMuseum

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28 February 1945 | Near the former #Auschwitz I camp a burial ceremony of some 700 last victims of the German Nazi camp was held, people who perished right before or just after the liberation. This place is commemorated today with a monument.

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4 years

Thank you teachers!!!

Rex Chapman🏇🏼

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4 years

“When you’re next door to Teacher of the Year.” Teachers deserve a bazillion dollars a year...

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3 years

Post script- If the true test of character is what a someone does when no one is watching, I have great hope for the years ahead.

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@pwhickey

2 years

@MuellerSheWrote I clicked “yes”

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@AndreaLMerrill @RobinCogan @Delta Great point- anaphylaxis and hypoglycemia are to rapidly treatable causes of in flight emergency that could make a huge difference to the person affected

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@pwhickey

1 year

Pay attention

Auschwitz Memorial

@AuschwitzMuseum

1 year

Happy #Hannukah --- Every year our card contains a picture that aims at inspiring moral reflection about the world we all share. The photo by @MetinMeteAkts was taken during exhumation of bodies of civilians killed by the Russian army in Izium ( #Ukraine ).

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1 year

Something tells me the actuarial industry is paying pretty close attention to cause of death and excess mortality burden…

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3 years

@RexChapman Him: “let me know when the heads inside” Buddy from a distance “I got you bro” 🤣

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2 years

@BklynbyBelfast Exactly I believe there is a lot of shame wrapped up in COVID diagnoses- especially when there is a severe outcome. It’s harmful.

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3 years

@apsmunro This is a profoundly ignorant take that you should be ashamed of. You spend enough time on this app to know what your colleagues at some of the finest children’s hospitals in the world are experiencing- children suffering severe disease at numbers not seen in prior waves.

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@pwhickey

1 year

@napernurse This is a 200 year old farmhouse that’s pretty loosely sealed. The first time I ever went in the cellar there were 2 large black rat snakes hanging out - keeps the mice in check 😬 We have an agreement that they stay in the cellar and I don’t burn the house down

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@pwhickey

3 years

I’ve often wondered if he was their visiting troops or his son, battling brain cancer, but I do know - that what I witnessed was someone who intuitively understood the dignity and value of every person he met, someone who I would be proud to call my commander in chief. /end

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2 years

@BriceCollin Really- the more important question is, how much time and thought went into the voice mail greeting on your answering machine with its little mini tape deck

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@pwhickey

2 years

Let’s start by making the investments needed to have healthy indoor air. That’s common ground we should all be able to support.

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@pwhickey

2 years

@DavidCornDC Is this who you are talking about?

Everytown

@Everytown

6 years

Spotted: Alleged Russian agent Maria Butina with Donald Trump Jr., whom she met at a 2016 dinner hosted by the NRA.

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@pwhickey

2 years

Co-sign

Eric Feigl-Ding

@DrEricDing

2 years

Dear CDC—🇬🇧 @UKHSA requires not just 1 test but **2 negative** #COVID19 tests in order to exist isolation before 10 days. But somehow a 5 day exit with 0 negative test is okay in 🇺🇸? American exceptionalism does not apply to a pandemic virus. p.s. Asymptomatic can still spread!🧵

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Pediatric Chief Residents- if your program doesn’t already do it, the medication suspension taste test for your new interns and residents is a 💯 activity Talk to your pharmacy to identify the top 10 suspensions dispensed out of your gen peds clinic

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@pwhickey

2 years

My how people’s standing in life can change

Aaron Rupar

@atrupar

5 years

OMG -- get a load of the look on Zelensky's face as Trump tells him, "I really hope that you and President Putin can get together and solve your problem."

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@snarkypeds Debra has never seen a 1 month old with pertussis on a ventilator

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@pwhickey

2 years

A lot of tweeting about what the proper infection control method for RSV is. I’ll tell you the text book answer and then speak a little bit to how we got there… 🧵

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@pwhickey

2 years

Including annual flu, I’ve had 61 vaccinations since joining the Army in 1995 💪 💉 The vast majority of those doses were required under force health protection policy. FDA approved COVID19 vaccines should be treated no differently.

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@pwhickey

3 years

I wouldn’t normally pick a fight on Twitter but physicians- especially pediatricians- debating whether reports of ⬆️ pediatric COVID admissions are a function of severity or some sort of hysteria are emboldening those who will implement policies that cause more harm

Patrick Hickey, MD

@pwhickey

3 years

@apsmunro This is a profoundly ignorant take that you should be ashamed of. You spend enough time on this app to know what your colleagues at some of the finest children’s hospitals in the world are experiencing- children suffering severe disease at numbers not seen in prior waves.

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@pwhickey

2 years

People giving me criticism for advocating on behalf of vulnerable kids have clearly never met a pediatrician in real life.

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@pwhickey

3 years

@michaelmina_lab I’d just like to finish the trials for kids before getting everyone too distracted.

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@pwhickey

8 months

73.1M kids <18 92% with prior infection 1% with long COVID Roughly 670,000 kids impacted That’s not rare

The Washington Post

@washingtonpost

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Long covid remains rare among children, the CDC says.

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4 months

@greenhousemd Mom (15 years from now being treated for her own cervical cancer): if only there was some way to have prevented this…

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@RonFilipkowski But he does drink really tasty beer from brewers that support LGBTQ+ pride and that believe Black Lives Matter so that’s cool

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@pwhickey

2 years

“250,000 American children had lost a parent or caregiver due to the pandemic as of May 1, 2022” Yet “I'm not seeing any concerted efforts or even a lead by the federal government to address the needs of these children."

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@ProfesoraLMO aNd bTw I dON’t pLaN tO weAR a mAsK cUz I dOn’T hAvE to….

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2 years

Some people’s ability to think that their experience defines the reality for all other people is fucking mind blowing

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@habashy_engy Smart man

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This article in the @nytimes is rank with biases that COVID19 does not cause severe disease in children. It does. Children must be part of the vaccine strategy or they will continue to experience severe outcomes such as MIS-C and be a reservoir for infecting vulnerable adults 1/2

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1 year

@RonFilipkowski Owning libs while wearing his Tufts University peer mentorship shirt 🙄

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2 years

@SchreierMD @DrRayMD … rolls down window

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@pwhickey

2 years

This is a telling reminder of how minimizers and disinformationists have perverted a health behavior that is intended to keep people safe. Masking for your own health or in solidarity with the vulnerable is a good thing.

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@pwhickey

2 years

@CDCDirector @ProfBardLaw @CDCgov Not even a comment about other diagnostic’s such as COVID serology? Nothing?

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@pwhickey

2 years

@kamigarcia Can she do a presentation on sexism in the American educational system?🤔 So sorry that she is experiencing that

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@pwhickey

1 year

Children deserve better. Parents deserve better. Teachers deserve better. We all deserve better.

Qasim Rashid, Esq.

@QasimRashid

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“The problem is the bloody guns. I’m only here because my husband is in the military. Otherwise I would not have chosen to come to this country.” Outraged mother at Richneck Elementary School in Virginia after a 6-year-old shot a teacher

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@amychomd @GoodishIntent Grandfather was with the baby- traditional robes and a long gray beard - grabbed my arm and said, through an interpreter- “I will tell her when she grows up that you came like an angel and saved her.” 😭😭💔 That war was shit and misery, but I hold on to that moment.

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@pwhickey

2 years

Getting a lot of responses to a tweet that really says something pretty obvious and conventional. This is not a call to make masks mandatory again in schools. It IS a call to think about what we need to do to reduce the burden of this disease across all age / risk groups.

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@pwhickey

2 years

Just want to say to all the people who wonder why we have #USmilitary #militarypediatrics … the military pediatricians are preemptively volunteering to deploy in support of Ukraine operations. #oneteam #Ukraine

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@pwhickey

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@GoodishIntent That evening I made rounds and the nurses were bathing the baby who now was doing great (a big morale boost). 2 hrs later, the night shift was giving the same baby a bath and when I pointed out the baby was already clean I got run out of unit. 🤣

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@pwhickey

2 years

@boulware_dr This whole thread 😳

Aaron Rupar

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"In usual fashion, senator, you are distorting everything about me ... you keep distorting the truth. It's stunning" -- Dr. Fauci and Rand Paul are going at it again. (Paul is grilling him about his emails.)

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And “thank you” @jack for the lack of an edit function for my multiple typos 🤦‍♂️

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@pwhickey

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@MTA @NYCTSubway @NYCTBus @LIRR @MetroNorth This isn’t funny. It’s harmful.

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He spoke with her for at least 5 minutes; eye contact never broke; a hand on her forearm. I’m not sure what’s was said- but in that moment she was completely his focus. Then it was over, and he departed the cafeteria. 4/

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1 year

Appreciate the people recognizing this article is a year old. Next tweet posts a link to the most current publications from the Society of Actuaries - pretty interesting ways to look at data

Patrick Hickey, MD

@pwhickey

1 year

@DuaneHere Thank you for pointing that out, I didn’t catch that- I’m also still writing 2022 on checks 🤦‍♂️

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My thoughts on updated CDC guidelines for COVID, section by section:

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@pwhickey

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“The youngest age bands saw significant improvement in the last two quarters, but the working age population continues to see the highest A/E ratios.” All age groups showing excess mortality - COVID excess mortality > non-COVID causes in all age groups 35 and over

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@pwhickey

2 years

Perhaps a certain heath economist that assured parents COVID was “mild” can calculate the economic impact of type 1 diabetes based on increased health expenditures over a lifetime, lost productivity, and shortened life span.

Isabella Eckerle

@EckerleIsabella

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Findings like this are exactly the reason why I have always argued that children too deserve protection from a new virus. Relatively milder acute infection compared to adults does not exclude complications later on. #SARSCoV2 #COVID19 #children

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Co-sign. I’m well vaccinated and not too worried personally about death, but hoping to avoid chronic illness as best I can. Oh, and I’d like it if my illness didn’t result in someone else being harmed too…

Mehdi Hasan

@mehdirhasan

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It’s like the flu! It’s harmless! It’s mild!

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@DMRegister Take this down. Signed- a pediatric infectious disease physician.

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@pwhickey

4 years

Is there a metric for how much you care about other people?

Cleavon MD 💉 💉 💉

@Cleavon_MD

4 years

When calculating "acceptable risk" to take during a pandemic, it would be important to know how many ICU beds are available at your local hospital. This information should be public.

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@DrJenGunter @DrCanuckMD @theIDPharmD When you see a shitty post from a troll- just go through and block everyone that liked it. Makes life better

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@LEBassett @gtconway3d If you text in full sentences with punctuation, there is a blanket dispensation. Those are the rules.

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2 years

“Mild” COVID could look like this

Vanessa Lamers, MESc, MPH

@vlamers

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This is absolutely heartbreaking.

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@pwhickey

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Reposting a tweet I just saw from a private account- “Placebo families are pandemic heroes. They did all the trial work but missed out on the benefits. I have so much love for all of you” I couldn’t agree more- thank you so much and congrats on reaching this next phase 💪❤️💪❤️

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@pwhickey

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We haven’t been aggressive enough getting vaccine to those most at risk based on the initial epidemiology & we are losing control as it starts moving into the broader community. IMO new orders for Jynneos won’t come soon enough to break the outbreak without expanding eligibility.

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@TheAngryEpi This is outstanding guerrilla activism. The youth make a “game” of anonymously airdropping pics - this is next level. 💪

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@pwhickey

2 years

Likely brought to you by those demanding a return to “normal” at the expense of safety

The FAA ✈️

@FAANews

2 years

Due to unexpected staff availability tonight, the FAA must reduce the flow of aircraft around New York City to maintain safety. Evening delays may be 2 hrs at @JFKairport , @LGAairport & @EWRairport . Check for updates & w/ your airline for flight info.

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@pwhickey

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Halfway thru the door, a voice called out- “I love you Joe Biden!!!” Wearing a smock and hair net, one of the kitchen staff cleaning dishes had come out from the back and was waving to VP Biden. With no hesitation, he pivoted and came back across the dining room... 3/

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@caitlindani19 Send a brief note about this to the rotation director as a - just to document this moment- prior to any future feedback that gets sent in

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Patrick Hickey, MD

@pwhickey

2 years

Hot take by a PEDs ID doc on this emerging story about a case of monkeypox in a daycare worker 🧵

Dan Diamond

@ddiamond

2 years

A woman working at a day care in Illinois has tested positive for monkeypox, multiple sources tell The Post. Multiple children reportedly exposed. Illinois officials holding a briefing at 4 PM ET. More TK.

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Patrick Hickey, MD

@pwhickey

2 years

@DrLiver @sdbaral That sign was itself an act of quiet courage

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Patrick Hickey, MD

@pwhickey

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Nibbling on dinner we looked across the mostly empty dining hall and recognized then VP Biden and a staffer- huddled at a table, both eating hotdogs. They finished their simple meal, bussed their trays and thru away their trash, then headed to the exit... 2/

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Patrick Hickey, MD

@pwhickey

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Pertussis in young infants is among the most wicked and awful diseases I’ve ever seen. Vaccination during pregnancy is among the effective ways to avoid seeing your 2 month old on a ventilator. Pregnancy and Pertussis: Vaccine Effectiveness | CDC

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“Schools might need to require masking in settings… to protect students with [conditions]… that increase their risk for getting very sick with COVID-19 in accordance with applicable federal, state, or local laws and policies.” Watch this space for ADA lawsuits.

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