Alon Vaisman
@AlonVaisman
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Infectious Diseases, Infection Control Physician, University Health Network, University of Toronto. Walk and study in memetology.
Toronto, Ontario
Joined April 2019
New from @HotaSusy, @AlonVaisman, @ipacuhn, @efan75 Healthcare-associated infections were common among patients with COVID-19 receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, with a substantial associated burden of broad-spectrum antimicrobial use. π: https://t.co/pdRRFicTih
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The lifecycle of evidence on twitter. Tweeter tweets. Reporter contacts tweeter about tweet. Reporter writes story using tweet as evidence. Tweeter tweets story as evidence that the original tweet was right.
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As a fellow emerg doc, I'm extremely disappointed to see this inaccurate focus on COVID related illness as the main cause for incr ED wait times and staff shortages. Rather the link to COVID is that it exposed a system that has always been non functional, but now just more so.π§΅
'Iβm a veteran ER doctor. I canβt believe what I'm seeing' -- There's a crisis in Canadian health care and a new wave of #COVID19 is making a dire situation worse, by @KashPrime
https://t.co/PRCnAUUcmZ via @macleans @johnadams51677 #cdnhealth #CanadaWAITS
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BREAKING NEWS: Scientists discover 4th Newton Law of Physics - "For any firmly held view regarding COVID-19, one can find a citation with an equal and opposite conclusion"
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Don't you just love those work emails that say "See below. What do you think?" followed by a gigantic email chain that includes 53 people that started in 1997
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There are more COVID-related hospital admissions in Ontario now VS recent weeks. Despite models predicting a smaller wave, this will still disproportionately impact vulnerable individuals & populations. Helpful: 1. Masking 2. Vaccination 3. Timely access to therapeutics
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What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard.....
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Post-operative antibiotics have limited benefit but substantial harm. Important for surgeons, ID docs, anyone else looking after post-op patients Great work @sheliza_halani @ASP_Mark! The Harms of Postoperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis https://t.co/F1RtQsYVmf
@JAMAInternalMed
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Spinning p-values in randomized controlled trials: "Analysis of 567,758 randomized controlled trials published over 30 years reveals trends in phrases used to discuss results that do not reach statistical significance" ( https://t.co/2MXZeCShWU)
#statstwitter
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Well-designed (matching cohorts) peer-reviewed study demonstrating that the Omicron variant resulted in less hospitalization or death compared to the Delta variant in Ontario Consistent with numerous other studies on Omicron
Matched study of more than 9000 Omicron cases in Ontario, Canada, found the risk of hospitalization or death was lower for patients with #Omicron vs those with #Delta. https://t.co/syvUjjZxpN
#COVID19 #SARSCoV2
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Because public vaccine mandates are novel, the general population should understand their rationale It would be helpful if governments created pre-determined clear criteria or reasoning in plain language Eg. contact with vulnerable people, close workplace settings
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I don't normally do this but.... Wordle 211 2/6 π©π©π¨π¨β¬ π©π©π©π©π© @md_frost how do you like them apples
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George Carlin listed "7 words you can't say on TV". Similarly, there are covid-related words/phrases you can't discuss on Twitter without triggering an outpouring of polarized responses. Just FYI, back on planet earth, we discuss these concepts frequently. π§΅π
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Seeing so many absurd tweets, I am reminded of the famous Einstein quote: "In a hundred years, nobody is going to remember how many twitter followers, likes, or retweets you had. All people are going to remember is the size of your pog collection"
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In every NFL game there lies a hidden potential β to achieve a score that's never happened before. @Jon_Bois breaks down the art of Scorigami. π #NFLFilmsPresents
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