It gave me a weird kind of hope that maybe one day we can all learn to “live with” COVID. We need to vax, boost, and take reasonable precautions. But we must stop succumbing to knee-jerk fear-based decision making (both personal and policy) and remember the importance of living. Tweet added by Shira Doron MD @ShiraDoronMD

Shira Doron MD

3 years

It gave me a weird kind of hope that maybe one day we can all learn to “live with” COVID. We need to vax, boost, and take reasonable precautions. But we must stop succumbing to knee-jerk fear-based decision making (both personal and policy) and remember the importance of living.

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Shira Doron MD

@ShiraDoronMD

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On this, my “vaxaversary”, some thoughts about hope, fear, the surge ahead, what it means to be alive, and *that* @TheAtlantic article that incited so much anger…🧵

Craig LeMoult

@clemoult

4 years

Today, I saw Dr. Shira Doron of @TuftsMedicalCtr become one of the first in Boston to get the @pfizer #COVID19 vaccine. “It’s a good day to have hope,” she said. “And to be confident, finally, that there's some light at the end of this dark, dark and long tunnel.” @GBHNews

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Shira Doron MD

@ShiraDoronMD

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I feel well protected by my 3 shots. I know I *could* get infected and even end up hospitalized or die. But my life isn’t worth living if I live in fear. I go to bars because I’m a rock singer with @offlabelband and if I stop doing that then that’s not life for me.

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Shira Doron MD

@ShiraDoronMD

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I’m not a COVID minimizer. I spent my vaxaversary taking care of COVID (and other) patients and planning for the worsening surge. But I worry about the growing fear around me and how it will affect decision making. I wrote about that in @statnews in 2020

To defeat Covid-19, we must acknowledge the fear it engenders

Respect the fear individuals have about Covid-19. Acknowledge it. Listen to what they have to say. Support them. Be patient and compassionate. And we can overcome the fear together.

www.statnews.com

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Shira Doron MD

@ShiraDoronMD

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As much as I don’t want a single additional COVID patient to be admitted to the hospital, I would work 24 hours a day if it meant the difference between children going to school or staying home…between college students being able to socialize or being isolated and depressed…

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Shira Doron MD

@ShiraDoronMD

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When I read this article, I wasn’t angry…even though the author didn’t acknowledge how exhausted healthcare workers are or how tragic 800,000 deaths are.

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@RobinKetro

3 years

@ShiraDoronMD @ajlamesa I have t read it yet, where does your band play?

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Jerrod Hoeft

@whohead1

3 years

@ShiraDoronMD Great thread. Thanks for a logical, rational and common sense response. You are a breath of fresh air.

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JB

@JakeBoisvert

3 years

@ShiraDoronMD Just watched you on 7 and please explain why you said get vaxed so you can be immune to Covid. We know that’s not true. What did you mean?! Agree get vaxed but that does not equal immunity .

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