I collaborated on a commentary w/ researchers, practitioners who met through @RapidTests. It's wrong not to test: The case for universal, frequent rapid COVID-19 testing

The far bigger issue is he's traded on his name and reputation to ingratiate himself with the public while peddling supplements and disseminating misinformation that can harm people, particularly things completely outside the scope of his expertise.

As an educator who believes in accepting late work, I say “thank you” to @CDCgov for turning in this guidance on ventilation. I’d also like to have a convo with CDC after class about the consequences of turning this work in 4 yrs past the due date. https://t.co/8SGgyFBvdW

Today we're launching Sequencer, a writer-owned science publication. The three best science journalists I know (@laxmevy @d_samorodnitsky @goes_by_kim) and I are putting our experiment out into the world, and we hope you'll follow along:

was helping a friend study questions for USMLE step 1 and one of them involved a woman in her 20s with episodes of dizziness, palpitations, dyspnea for periods of 5-10 minutes that resolve with arm paraesthesias and diaphoresis with 2 prior visits to the ED wherein every test

Minor thread with a request: I’m someone who still takes covid seriously and tries not to get it, but I struggle with how to parse the info. Most people have checked out and decided it doesn’t matter, so the stories about covid tend to be from people taking it *very* seriously…

Books will be written about how and why the #PublicHealth initiatives of the 1950s and 60s were eroded 2 generations later. The consequences are serious. We must revitalise the idea of preventative medicine. Vaccination is a central pillar, and so too is #CleanAir.

This is a very important article on the realities of the HVAC industry (spoiler: not great), with huge implications for Indoor Air Quality

1/ In 2000 I wrote an article for Environmental Manager called Indoor Air Quality: A Time for Recognition. I tried to make a compelling case for the importance of IAQ and called for new Clean Air Act Amendments that address indoor air quality.

Everything I have is bc I self-studied my ass off, for over a decade. And I am studying in 2024 more than ever. If you think you are too good to be a student, I am going to lap you. This is my bag. And the journal article I carry around to read when I have a few minutes.

“The SARS-CoV-2 JN.1 variant is driving a major rise in cases and hospitalizations, but extensive population immunity attenuates its intrinsic virulence, which is incompletely characterized. Higher levels of vaccine uptake would help further.” Fixed it for you.

Also just to pre-empt it: there’s an episode of The Brady Bunch where someone gets measles and it’s treated as nbd. If you’re relying on The Brady Bunch for guidance on how to deal with infectious diseases instead of every expert body on the planet, I’m not sure how to help you.

That's my dream. Low cost, energy efficient, low noise, very effective air cleaners in every classroom. Thanks for articulating it so clearly.

We have the (very simple) tools to significantly reduce inhalation dose of virus-laden respiratory aerosol particles & thus to significantly reduce those infections. It's never been rocket science, folks.

🇮🇪 One day last week 39 children needed ICU care for RSV This is unprecedented Research links RSV rise to previous Covid infection RSV & other airborne pathogens are entirely preventable So why is there no public health plan to protect children?

I bet private equity loves when we say “we need more research about private equity” because while we’re spending years doing our little research projects, they’ll buy up another 50 billion dollars worth of medical practices.

For those programs that were lucky enough to fill, it’s now time to help those out with spots remaining! Like and retweet unfilled spots! More ID trainees means more ID docs, and everyone benefits from that! 🦠

📢UPDATE ON AIR QUALITY EFFORTS IN DISTRICT📢 It just keeps getter better, folks. The California Department of Public Health (CDPD) & the County of San Diego were looking for a school to host a training for ALL San Diego school leaders & facilities staff on #IAQ in schools. 🧵

The Fellows on our team are producing some of the most interesting and applied work we've done to date. If you're an early career researcher interested in emerging viruses and open science, this is probably the opportunity for you: please retweet!

I hope this platform will be embraced by all those working in #DiseaseEcology & #OneHealth. Field sampling is expensive, time-consuming and hard. Sharing disaggregated data freely, while ensuring those who did it are credited, moves science forward. #OpenScience #Zoonoses