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Planes landed at Reagan National Airport in wind gusts of up to 48 mph today - travelers tell me they experienced the wildest landings of their lives. #aviation

@dgurdasani1 We ordered kosher meals or vegetarian meals which arrived earlier and let us eat before the rest of the plane got their standard meals. It’s not perfect but we could remask when everyone else started eating.

Thanks for all the suggestions- to those saying don't take off masks, unfortunately this is not going to be possible for my young daughter on a 13 hr flight, so looking for solutions that allow mask removal for her for short durations of time to eat/drink.

Have to take a long-haul flight soon that I can't avoid- does anyone have suggestions for small portable HEPA filters that can be used on flight when taking masks off to eat/drink? @DavidElfstrom @RealSexyCyborg @kprather88 @adsquires @JimRosenthal4

Fairly grim warning from the Airbus CEO this morning as Russian airlines continue to operate the company's planes without the usual monitoring & support “We are worried about the conditions for maintenance as actually the planes are flying a lot” bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Lucinda To prepares buffets, washes dishes & clears tables at restaurants & the United Club lounge at SFO airport. She works 60 hours a week at 2 airport jobs for $17 an hr "I make so little I can't even buy a meal at this airport where hamburgers are $22 washingtonpost.com/business/2022/…

A lot has been written about the difficulties faced by airline passengers who use wheelchairs. We wanted to show what the experience was actually like. Great visual journalism from @AmandaMoMorris @scottymacphoto and @sahiltner nytimes.com/2022/08/08/tra…

@profshanecrotty The UCSF Building Optimal AntibOdies Study (BOOST) is assessing how vaccine response is influenced by factors such as age, immune cell age, sleep, mood, and stress. I’m enrolled as a participant. Thank you for your informative thread.

What kind of studies that would bring us closer to addressing some of the knowledge gaps in engineering durable vaccine immune responses?

Wonderful workshop on Vaccine Durability questions today and yesterday with NIAID. Thanks to my session co-chair @TheBcellArtist, and the awesome panelists. There was intensive and wonderful discussion, and we did make several recommendations 👇🏼

A Delta Air Lines plane packed with 1,000 pieces of luggage but no passengers was flown from Heathrow Airport in London to Detroit this week. The luggage belonged to Delta customers who were separated from their bags because of travel disruptions. nyti.ms/3P4LwMA

Delta pilots are looking for higher pay and better insurance as contract negotiations continue with the company. n.pr/3NzEIF9

@uche_blackstock @nyulangone Thank you for speaking up on behalf of patients with severe pain. The last time I was in the ER I was shocked that my doctor didn’t deny pain medicine, I started crying. So many years of mistreatment that we expect discrimination and denial of care.

Dear @nyulangone, this thread describes frankly unacceptable and below standard patient care. As a former employee, I know you can and should do better. Dr. Moffett-Bateau not only deserves an apology, but an appropriate course of action to adequately treat her pain.

@49Ashleys @hknightsf Lincoln needs to be a top priority for pedestrian safety. Even flashing stop lights or flashing pedestrian crossings would be an improvement to the current Lincoln Speedway.

@hknightsf Unruly driving seems to be worse than ever in the Sunset. Not even an exaggeration to say I see people blowing through stop signs every time I drive, especially on Lincoln. I’m not sure I would ever feel safe crossing Lincoln as a pedestrian.

My latest column: Drivers have killed 10 pedestrians in San Francisco this year — including an astounding six in May alone — as the city’s deadline for eliminating traffic fatalities is just 18 months away. But proposed solutions keep getting brushed off. sfchronicle.com/sf/bayarea/hea…

@pbleic @justinbieber My recurrent shingles began in my early 30s. Sometimes I can’t even get antivirals because the rash isn’t on my back but my legs. For over a decade, i couldn’t get a primary care doc to treat because they think shingles is relatively harmless for young adults.

1/ With @justinbieber case of Ramsay-Hunt syndrome (a post-zoster complication) it is useful to point out that shingles has been increasing in young people before COVID. webmd.com/skin-problems-…

@HastiPilates @BettyKPIX @Jerold_Chinn @TooShort @KPIXtv @sterngrovefest I tried to DM but it’s maybe your settings. I changed mine to open for messages to anyone.

TOO $HORT TO CO-HEADLINE STERN GROVE 🌲 OPENING CONCERT Ticket reservations for Sunday's show sold out in 11 minutes. "I'm definitely going to have that energy,” @TooShort said. He’ll share the stage with Oakland funk veterans Tower of Power. @KPIXtv @sterngrovefest

@wavylox This Sunday? I have extra

@Kateeelan @kndhlx I have 3-4 extra tickets for Sunday because family canceled.

@avyfain @coolgrey @PrecitaEyesLove Walk ups accepted for scheduled tours or Book an affordable private tour with a veteran guide (donations to a nonprofit affiliated with the public library)

@avyfain @coolgrey @PrecitaEyesLove sfcityguides.org/tour/mission-m…

Any recommendations for Mission mural tours for my mom and my nephew when they come visit San Francisco? Seems like @PrecitaEyesLove is still shut down because of COVID.

@Tinu @coolgrey @statnews Thank you for sharing. I want everyone to know before I die that sadistic doctors refusing compassionate care for my severe spinal stenosis even after multiple surgeries caused me decades of depression and disability, the injury wasn’t the only only cause.

As a pain specialist, I may have caused more harm by underprescribing #opioids statnews.com/2022/04/12/und… via @statnews

@ChuckXL @jdavidgoodman “Most police departments do not keep statistics on road rage episodes, in part because it is not itself a crime category. There is no federal database.”

NEW: A spate of road rage shootings in Dallas last year led police to start tracking the episodes for the first time. The results were stark: 45 wounded, 11 killed And the explosion of violence is not just in Texas nytimes.com/2022/04/12/us/…

We know you like to plane, so we put some planes in your plane so you can plane while you plane