Bernard Ashby MD, MPP, FACC
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Omicron exacerbates chronic illnesses such as CVD, CKD, COPD, cancer etc. In cardiology, we have seen increased heart attacks in those with COVID-19 that can present weeks later. So, let’s stop with incidental COVID-19 narrative already.
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The video of Damar Hamlin from a cardiologist’s perspective resembled commotio cordis - a phenomenon that occurs when a sudden blunt impact to the chest causes cardiac arrest.
Timely defibrillation is life saving & prevents anoxic brain injury. I pray an AED was near.
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As a doctor in Florida whose patients are begging for vaccines but can’t get them, I am pissed off that
@govrondesantis
set up vaccine clinics for the ultra-wealthy in January, while getting big donations from them.
Here’s why we need an investigation ASAP:
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A liver laceration is a medical emergency usually due to internal bleeding. Travis Hunter could’ve easily went into cardiac arrest due to hypovolemic shock on the field. I don’t think people realize how close we were to witnessing a nationally televised tragedy 🙏🏿
Colorado Star Travis Hunter Suffered Lacerated Liver From Late Hit, Out Few Games
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Allow me to reintroduce myself: Bernard Ashby MD, MPP, FACC. Board certified in Cardiology, Internal Medicine, Nuclear Cardiology, Vascular Medicine, & Vascular Interpretation. I ride or die for patients and my community.
#NewProfiePic
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Also, the incidental narrative ignores why we’re seeing a surge in hospitalizations. Patients with congestive heart failure, asthma attacks, acute kidney failure etc. that test positive are likely there due to omicron, which causes COVID-19 an inflammatory disease.
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I quick (not)humble brag thread🧵
First up, these 3 stars right here. They’re our first class of CVC Cardio, Research, & Tech Fellows…all 3 were accepted to medschool 😎🙌🏿
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I don’t take threats like this lightly, but I WILL NOT be silenced. These bullies won’t stop me from fighting for the people. Over 60,000 Floridians have already paid the ultimate price and counting so I’ll take my chances.
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@historyinmemes
Disgusting. This is an embarrassment to our country and devastating to the Iraqis.
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Florida now ranks first in per capita COVID19 hospital admissions and second for child hospitalizations in the country. We need real leadership now!
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Wow...this tweet has gone Omicron (aka viral) 🦠
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@SahajKohli
My mom did the same and my response was similar. Our parents love us dearly, but clearly raised us to do what’s right even when it’s harmful to our careers.
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13 y/o Becomes Youngest Person Ever To Get Into Medical School: She has been accepted to the University of Alabama’s Early Assurance Program in May. Currently, she is a junior at Arizona State University.
#medtwitter
🙌🏿
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Damar Hamlin’s life was saved by CPR, AED, & great first responders. I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s extubated & talking by tomorrow 🙏🏿
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Dr. Ladapo’s unwillingness to disclose his COVID-19 vaccination status disqualifies him from serving as
@FLSurgeonGen
during the worst public health crisis of our lifetime. Floridians need someone who will prioritize our health and wellness, not a DeSantis political prop 🚩
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Damar Hamlin appears to be neurologically intact! Based on this info it is very likely that he’ll have a complete recovery!
#DamarStrong
🙏🏿
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@RnaudBertrand
Thank you! The level of hysteria and misinformation coming from the media about the conspicuous boogeyman balloon from China is peak absurdity.
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Watch every second of this investigative report by
@NBC2
's
@DaveElias
documenting Ron DeSantis' lies and attempted cover up of one million expired COVID tests.
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The McConnell freezing incident is a transient ischemic accident (TIA) until proven otherwise. TIA is a temporarily blocked artery in the brain. Although it doesn’t cause permanent damage, it’s a major warning sign of impending stroke. He needs to seek medical attention ASAP.
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@MZanona
@RepTroyNehls
Do you stand by your racist remarks directed at
@RepCori
? I don’t use that word lightly btw.
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If you’re concerned about sudden cardiac arrest in sports, here are 3 things you can do to help:
1. Encourage athletes to undergo a pre-participation sports physical to identify any potential heart conditions.
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Florida public schools begin reopening today, but
@govrondesantis
still refuses to protect our children. Therefore, it’s up to us to keep them safe while minimizing disruptions in their learning during the COVID-19 public health crisis.
Here are a few tips:
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I wish
@JoyAnnReid
would have me on when I wasn’t so pissed off, but
@GovRonDeSantis
keeps making poor decisions that will literally kill Floridians. WTF?!
"That's more deaths than Canada, Germany, and most European countries."
@BAshbyMD
on Florida topping 14k deaths as the governor clears restaurants to fully open.
#TheReidOut
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@BryanDGriffin
What is DeSantis doing to stop the active ongoing institutional sex abuse happening right now? Florida is failing our kids. More needs to be done Bryan.
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MLK was born the same year as Barbara Walters. Let that sink in.
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@CollinRugg
They ain’t had to do Killer Mike like that. Perp walk during the Grammys is nasty work.
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1. Subsidized/ubiquitous N95/Rapid Testing/air filtration systems.
2. Early COVID-19 Treatment! Linked to testing to minimize delay.
3. Open source vaccine tech
4. Interoperable EHR + Pop Health
5. Universal healthcare!!!
@uche_blackstock
What would be the best five point plan that policy makers could implement?
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Florida COVID-19 Update:
Infections: 26,203 (24hr record high)
Hospitalizations: 17,164
ICU: 3,682
Deaths: 227 daily (record high)
I’m ashamed and disgusted by these numbers. Failure in real-time.
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Tune in to the
@thereidout
with
@JoyAnnReid
tonight at 7:50 pm est, where I’ll discuss Desantis & his puppet Ladapo’s reckless COVID19 response and asinine comments re: testing basically not being needed for most Floridians smh.
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Ron DeSantis just signed an Executive Order banning all mask mandates in schools. This can’t be real life 🤦🏾♂️
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I don’t play when it comes to my patients and community period!
.
@BAshbyMD
: "All we know is that Gov. DeSantis has used his executive action to do pop up clinics and they disproportionately went to the communities with the wealthiest zip codes.
The communities that donate to his campaign, he has had the highest fundraising since 2018."
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I said what I said
#4thepeople
➡️NEW: Miami cardiologist Dr.
@BAshbyMD
gets honest with
@CNN
about Gov.
@RonDeSantisFL
, who's discouraging masks for children in Florida schools:
"I don't think he cares about children."
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From COVID-19 to homicides, our leaders have decided to tolerate an inhumane amount of easily preventable deaths. This will only change with a shift in power, not reactionary rhetoric.
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@Craig_A_Spencer
Yeah, no. I disagree. COVID-19 is a outpatient disease and should be treated as such. Early treatment also decreases risk of spread and Long COVID.
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Our country is at war with COVID19 and we don’t even realize that we’re losing. Sadly, the people at the bottom of society will once again suffer the most casualties.
#COVID19
#pandemic
#poorpeople
#workingclass
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@DrEricDing
@rid1tweets
The excess deaths are due to staffing shortages, overwhelmed hospitals, piss pore planning, and pure incompetence by leadership at all levels. AKA Omicron collateral damage.
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I’ll be on
@MSNBC
with
@HallieJackson
today at 10 am est. I’m not going to stop until we get our leaders to do their job and step up for Floridians during this crisis.
#COVID19
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As predicated, the new
@FLSurgeonGen
is missing in action. Omicron was declared a VOC last week, but he hasn’t said a word about it when Floridians just need clarity. This is your first real test Dr. Ladapo...stop being a Desantis puppet and do your job!
Happy Thanksgiving! I'm thankful that Florida still has the lowest case rate in the nation. In observance of Thanksgiving, this week's report will be published on Tuesday.
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@damienwoody
Anyone without NFL goggles can see Tua shouldn’t play again this season or ever again. I’m a Dolphin’s fan, but also a physician. His destiny is so much bigger than football. I just hope he realizes that before it’s too late.
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I said the zoonotic origin of the SARS-CoV-2 has yet to be discovered, but Rohan Gilkes twisted my words to tell a lie. Ian Copeland then calls me a Coon for having an opinion he disagrees with. They’ve lost the argument, so they’re trying to bully me…I’m the wrong one.
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Seeing so many medical experts still dismissing lab escape as a conspiracy theory is highly concerning. Shaming those that acknowledge the compelling evidence indicating SARS-CoV-2 is most likely a product of gain of function research is not only anti-science, it’s dangerous!
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Catch me on the
@CrossConnection
with the illustrious
@TiffanyDCross
tomorrow at 10 am est. Can’t wait!
#MSNBC
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Damar Hamlin is now in the neurological status phase of his fight. The most important question post-cardiac arrest: Is there significant anoxic brain injury? Hamlin is an elite athlete & therefore has a > than avg chance of meaningful neurological recovery.
#DamarStrong
🙏🏿
A family spokesman says Damar Hamlin's recovery is moving in a "positive direction" after the 24-year-old Buffalo Bills' safety suffered cardiac arrest during Monday Night Football.
@perezreports
has the latest.
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2. Promote education for athletes, coaches, and parents about the signs of cardiac distress and the importance of stopping play if symptoms occur.
3. Advocate for the presence of AEDs at sporting events and ensure that coaches and staff are trained in CPR and AED use.
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So, are we going to ignore the fact that EMS failed
#GeorgeFloyd
? They allowed the cop to keep his knee on the back of his neck well after they arrived, kept him handcuffs although unresponsive, and provided zero CPR. His life didn’t matter to them.
#BlackLivesMatter
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This is revisionist history 101. Liz and her gangster ass family’s catastrophic relationship with Africa included generational exploitation, dehumanization, & human rights atrocities.
We take a look back at Queen Elizabeth II's longstanding relationship with Africa.
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@DrEricDing
@rid1tweets
Omicron also exacerbates chronic illnesses such as CVD, CKD, COPD, cancer etc. So, let’s stop with incidental COVID-19 narrative already.
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Add Lee County to the list of Republican counties in Florida that opted to protect children and educators. Yet, Desantis the Dictator is still defunding schools although his reckless executive order was found to be unconstitutional last week.
#DesantistheDictator
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Not supposed to say this, buuut the science on the currently authorized vaccines in the U.S. is clear. Once vaccinated, your chances of asymptotic spread are hella low. We need to stop underselling the vaccines already and keep it a buck 🤷🏾♂️
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Trump had the White House jumping like a Trap House. This pharmacy log during his tenure is wild! Who and why were they prescribing so much narcotics? Fentanyl, Versed, Hydrocodone, Ketamine 👀
The gasp I didn’t gasp-
Report finds “Trump’s White House Pharmacy handed out drugs like candy”
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@colorfullstory
@KillerMike
Stick to music brobro. You can inspire others to do the actual scholarship needed to solve our societal issues.
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I diagnose way too many new Black patients with CKD that multiple doctors missed prior to them seeing me. It’s heartbreaking when a patient visits me with end stage renal disease that could’ve easily been prevented. This change was criminally long overdue.
"A biased test kept thousands of Black people from getting a kidney transplant. It’s finally changing"
14,000 Black kidney transplant candidates have been moved up in priority on the transplant list after a biased race-correction factor was eliminated.
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Oh yeah, she’s also next up. Alexis chose the Premedical UPenn Summer Research Program over running it back with CVC-CRT. I’m a lil salty, but can’t hate on her continued elevation 📈
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@briebriejoy
Wow! Selma can’t even hide her disgust for Muslims in her PR letter. She’s in a free fall off the deep end. Sad.
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This message warmed my heart in a way I can’t even begin to describe. He’s so right, I am him and he is me. I’m just glad he has examples like myself and so many others who are now changing the face of medicine.
#RepresentationMatters
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Florida’s Omicron cases have peaked. Now there will be a rapid decline that DeSantis will somehow take credit for smh. His political playbook is basic.
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I’ll just leave this right here.
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@chrislhayes
@uche_blackstock
1. Subsidized/ubiquitous N95/Rapid Testing/air filtration systems.
2. Early COVID-19 Treatment! Linked to testing to minimize delay.
3. Open source vaccine tech
4. Interoperable EHR + Pop Health
5. Universal healthcare!!!
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I’ll be on
@thereidout
at ~7:25pm est. Tune in!
Coming up tonight on
@thereidout
:
@EricHolder
@OliviaTroye
@BAshbyMD
@RichardEngel
@RepJasonCrow
@dcstl
@Milbank
@JoyAnnReid
will see you all at 7 pm ET on
@MSNBC
,
#reiders
!
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Yes, I told
@marcorubio
to shut his mouth on national TV. Marco Loco is the same clown that said masks don’t work. I’m done being nice to these reckless politicians who choose politics over people’s lives.
@ctphealthcare
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Excess deaths are a much better measure of the Omicron Effect. In addition to exacerbating chronic illnesses and Long COVID...staff shortages, surging hospitalizations, in hospital transmission, poor therapeutic access etc. are all contributing to many preventable deaths.
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@briebriejoy
BJG really out here liberating the voice of the silent majority from liberal lockdown. She just crossed the Obama 40-yard line and getting close to the red zone. DC likely dialing up some exotic blitzes to flush her out the pocket.
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Americans are astoundingly ignorant on foreign affairs. If you want understand why anti-vax misinformation was so readily embraced, just look at all of the uninformed hot takes on Ukraine.
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Thank you
@JoyAnnReid
for allowing to speak on behalf of healthcare professionals, my patients, and my community. We are hella proud of you down here in the 305 btw 🙏🏿💯
.
@BAshbyMD
is great — he’s both heroically fighting the coronavirus and repping the 305. Always enjoy having him on!
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Warms my heart. Pun intended ❤️🫀
@BAshbyMD
I just got our church to buy an AED. CPR classes will be offered there for the staff & any parishioners interested. I’m relieved they listened to me.
#LifeSaving
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FYI,
The Postal Service is delivering one shipment of 4 COVID tests per residential address. Enter your name, address and email at to request a shipment. It is live now!
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A New World Order is happening right now in real-time and most Americans are completely unaware. The incredible lack of awareness of this monumental time is an indictment of current state of our country.
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Ron DeSantis, how many COVID deaths are enough? | Commentary - Orlando Sentinel
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