David O. Freedman

For more than two decades, the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) has guided global immunization strategies, informed @WHO recommendations, ultimately protecting millions of lives thanks to the the power of safe and effective vaccines. At a time when misinformation on vaccines spreads faster than viruses and trust in institutions and science is being tested; independence, transparency, research and evidence are more important than ever. I thank the experts from around the world representing SAGE for lending their expertise, and @WHO looks forward to receiving and reviewing SAGE's latest policy recommendations this week.

New History of Medicine hobby applied to our new home town Asheville. Wellness and TB care largely accounted for the dramatic growth of Asheville from 1870-1920. Due to copyright, contact me if you want the full-text sent privately. acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/AN…

A new issue of Annals of Internal Medicine is online now. Read the latest at f.mtr.cool/axgatbnxxn

The Tale of Two Travellers: How Travellers Can Be Sentinels for Disease youtu.be/crV_RKDj_0g?si… via @YouTube

Every time an infectious disease consult note is copy pasted into a discharge summary, the ID specialist should get $50

Nice Marburg summary on Goats and Soda with quotes from myself and colleagues ##uab #idsa #marburg lnkd.in/gjn6EuXj

I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Associate Editor-2026 CDC Yellow Book (Health Information for International Travel) at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention!

@DGlaucomflecken Charge all self-pay patients no more than the best negotiated price you have with any insurance company for that code.

You have a meeting with the CMO of your hospital. You get 1 request and the administration has to make it happen. What is your request? You can’t ask for more money. Anything else is fair game.

@kalicat15 @herminthology @ASTMH @acmcip Christy, well done and you got the biggest size of box!

Such an honor to be on this cover with all of these amazing women!! @herminthology @ASTMH @acmcip

@lisabodnar Most manuscript software (eg ManuscriptCentral) has the Editor score each review numerically. Any Editor assigning reviewers in the future gets a look at that reviewers score history.

@lisabodnar Move on. Inappropriate reviews happen. That is why usually 3 reviews for full length papers. You are free to rebut or revise for all substantive comments. Editors can’t control reviewer comments but try to trust a fair aggregate decision in the end.

@EricTopol @CDCMMWR Still seems to indicate that assuming 2 or more prior monovalent doses, doesn’t matter much whether Bivalent is at 6 months vs 2 months.

First look at bivalent booster vaccine effectiveness vs hospitalizations through November for age 65+ Strong protection >70-80+%. Includes time during BQ.1 variants rise to dominance new @CDCMMWR cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7…

Midday at the sole COVID vaccine station in the UAB outpatient clinic. 2500 patients a day pass this spot going in and out.

Terrible news from Peru where a coup a la Fujimori is being announced. This is unacceptable: Peruvians and the international community can't tolerate a return to a dictatorship.

@eClinicalMed Robust evidence-based 2022 Guidelines from PAHO several years in the making not considered by authors. Colonialist analysis with no authors experienced in CHIK clinical research. iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2…

📄New systematic review: An evaluation of global #Chikungunya clinical management guidelines Findings suggested that existing guidelines need to be updated to provide detailed evidence-based treatment guidelines for at-risk populations bit.ly/3s15sWO #WAAW2022

Still not quite ready for a cruise

Hotel walls and ceilings just not assuredly impermeable according to this publication I edited for the EID journal. wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28…

Fantastic 28th anniversary celebration of the #Gorgas course with @CayetanoHeredia @UABHeersink colleagues @SVermund @msaagmd @anupamuab @atitapatterns @DavidOFreedman @UAB_ID

As @UAB_ID Dr. David Freedman details, there is a lot we still don't know about #SARSCoV2 & #travel risks when it comes to airplanes Air Travel and SARS-CoV-2: Many Remaining Knowledge Gaps academic.oup.com/jtm/advance-ar…

@kalicat15 @goraleskik @theNAMedicine @ASTMH @acmcip @DrJulieJ A big callout to OneHealth by the NAM! Such important work on leish in domestic canids in the US. Role model for veterinarians!

@goraleskik @theNAMedicine @ASTMH @acmcip @DrJulieJ Thanks Karen!! It’s a very humbling honor for this Midwest lady!!

Congratulations! Fabulous news @kalicat15 is elected to @theNAMedicine considered one of the highest honors in health and medicine. @ASTMH's very own Scientific Program Chair (1st woman to hold the role), @ASTMH Board member, FASTMH, fellow Midwesterner. Proud! @acmcip @DrJulieJ