James T Lee
@jtsylee
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Physician, epidemiologist. Interest in health policy, econ, and infectious diseases. Tweets = own.
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Joined August 2009
“Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Do not become bitter or hostile. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble.” - Rep. John Lewis.
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RT @Farzad_MD: 1/ After residency at Mass General Hospital, I reported to Atlanta to meet my fellow CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service Offic….
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RT @CincyIM: Our new paper explores how pass/fail grading has created a "shadow economy of effort," as medical students engage in extracurr….
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, volunteer, and work experiences to enhance their residency applications. These extracurricular efforts to secure a residency position are subphenomena of the hidden curriculum. Medical schools do...
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RT @mluckovichajc: I kept changing my mind which Jimmy Carter cartoon i should go with. Here's all three.
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RT @SecYellen: A frank and productive exchange of views with my counterpart on key issues like expanding the global supply of candy and toy….
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RT @CDCDirector: Visited @GradyHealth’s Ponce De Leon Center in Atlanta to learn about their STI prevention work and to talk about @CDCgov….
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RT @UMichMedScience: The updated COVID-19 vaccine is effective, but is it cost-effective for the nation (especially now that special pandem….
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A cost effectiveness analysis of the updated COVID-19 vaccine shows that it will save money in older adults and give good value for other adults.
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“133 students, 14 percent were Black and 30 percent were Hispanic… A vast majority of the U.C. Davis class — 84 percent — comes from disadvantaged backgrounds, and 42 percent are the first in their family to go to college.”. UC Davis doing it right.
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To build a diverse class of students, the medical school at U.C. Davis ranks applicants by the disadvantages they have faced. Can it work nationally?
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This paper reminds me why my undergrad has a course called "Physics for Biological Science Majors".
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RT @ProfWehrman: What harm can be done by a scientist or public health official agreeing to debate an anti-vaccination huckster? It's not j….
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RT @KFFHealthNews: NEW: A Tennessee doctor who signed covid-19 vaccine waivers for people without actually examining them has lost his medi….
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Richard Coble issued vaccine waivers to patients in at least three states without examining them. He was exposed by a Nashville TV station that bought a waiver for a Labrador retriever named Charlie.
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RT @ProfCRobertson: Our new systematic review of 38 studies on effectiveness of 💵incentives for 💉vaccination during COVID 🤒, and we found. ….
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RT @scienceisstrat1: Peter Thiel’s theory of California’s decline has several problems, writes @TheEconomist . “In the past five years, Cal….
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This feels like a metaphor for my workplace “wellness” and “resiliency” programs.
A chimpanzee who ran away from a Ukrainian zoo was talked into returning after zookeepers offered her a raincoat, a hug and a bike ride.
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In spite of nearly 2x dispensing sites, poorer zip codes had about 1/2 the rates of dispensing for oral COVID medications. Not okay. Dispensing of Oral Antiviral Drugs for Treatment . via @CDCgov.
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This report describes the dispensing rate of oral antiviral drug treatments for COVID-19 by zip code from December 2021 to May 2022.
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And the Mandell-Douglas-Bennett chapter on orthopoxviruses that I skipped countless times before thinking "I'm never going to see this. ".
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This is in addition to some downtime for reading the excellent review on viral RNA persistance from Diane Griffin out on @PLOSBiology .
Most RNA #viruses cause acute infections, but phenomena such as #LongCovid suggest that viral #RNA can persist after recovery. In this Unsolved Mystery, Diane Griffin explores the meaning, origins and consequences of persistent viral RNA. @JohnsHopkinsSPH
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