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If I had to unmask in this type of event, I would require a covid rapid test and hepa purifiers and ventilation.

@MattLaslo OMG someone is swearing an oath on a book about a guy in the sky with special powers? That is crazy!!!!

DEVELOPING: A member of the House of Representatives is taking their oath on a classic Superman comic book

@kellygordonmn Imagine how much money pharmacies would save if they mandated and provided N95 masks for their employees. (it would also save lives, but I think they would be more excited about the money).

So my daughter is a pharmacy tech at a major drugstore chain. She tested positive for COVID Wednesday night. She’s staying home, per protocol. But will she get sick pay? It appears not.

@stitchnpawz @ann_mcnitt Great news- you can recycle your masks: greenmatters.com/p/recycle-face…

@ann_mcnitt I mask when the establishment asks for it. Otherwise, no. I won't contribute to the insane amount of mask litter I see EVERYWHERE.

🧵 For people who refuse to wear masks in public places, here's my advice: 1. Please go to the parents of a baby on a ventilator and tell them that your "freedom to breathe" is more important than their child, who probably caught covid, then RSV/flu from an unmasked person. 🧵

@AdairaLandryMD Don't give your pets new treats or table scraps around the holidays. The veterinary ERs are overbooked & understaffed & there is a long line of diarrhea/ vomiting from everyone else who thought that was going to be a good idea.

Question for #medtwitter: what is a tip related to your speciality that can help people have a healthier 2023? For EM, never drive while intoxicated.

@MeetJess My coworker's daughter had her first seizure when she had COVID last year. Now she has seizures regularly and has been diagnosed with epilepsy. No one has connected it to the COVID.

Two new US studies describe pediatric COVID-19, one finding that 7.0% of hospitalized children developed neurologic complications such as seizures, and the other showing that even mild infections can lead to long COVID. cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19-neuro…

@zerocovider I'm glad you're here.

Another year of living in a world that doesn’t want me.

@silvervixen62 @CDCgov cdc.gov/coronavirus/20….

@silvervixen62 @CDCgov The CDC pretzled itself a new definition of "community levels" that is based on their definition of hospital strain d/t COVID. Then they made the definition of hospitalized d/t COVID require treatment with specific drugs that are not commonly used (Remdesivir, Dex, etc.).

New data show the #COVID19 variant #XBB.1.5 is projected to make up 40.5% of COVID-19 cases nationally. See thread below for what we currently know and on what you can do to protect yourself. See COVID Data Tracker: bit.ly/3BOwX9Q

@CDCgov Source: change dropdown menu for data type to "community transmission": #county-view?list_select_state=all_states&list_select_county=all_counties&data-type=CommunityLevels&null=Risk" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tra…

@CDCgov Nearly the entire county is in an area w/ high community transmission- everyone should be masking!

@CDCDirector So you're saying a national testing and isolation if positive campaign would help slow the spread?

We can't stop the spread of #COVID19, but pre-departure testing and the requirement to show a negative test result when flying from China to the U.S. can help slow the spread as we work to identify and understand any potential new variants. Read the Order: bit.ly/3jKDgq8

@alexmeshkin Yup, at least one employee out sick every day the last three weeks. Two repair guys cancelled b/c they are COVID positive. We still mask so thankfully no intraoffice spread, though.

The volumes of sick people in LA really seems greater than last year.

@MK_Works @Paulette_O @MaggieM00021130 There is a massive national worker shortage caused by the pandemic.

Is a uti an usual uti or a sti? Is the pink eye an usual pink eye or covid? A dr has expertise 2 assess pts. How abt the pharmacist? Im unsure abt the same diagnosis level n its a step towards privatization. Shoppers Drug Mart will reap in big time. Lets leave dxs to MDs/NPs

@MiscSusan I've only ever had men do that to me. Were they all males?

Attending at a new hospital this week, and I'm keeping a tally of the times I have introduced myself to a colleague as "Susan Wilcox, the new Intensivist," and they have responded, "Hi Susan, I'm Dr. ____." So far, it's 5. But it's only Thursday. And I started on Tuesday.

@denise_dewald If they are so afraid of excessive CO2, can we at least get them to support upgrading ventilation standards?

‘General Hospital’ Actor Exits Show Without Completing Filming Due to Health Issues The actor, who has portrayed Nikolas Cassadine for the last few seasons, will not be properly wrapping up on set after complications following a recent bout of Covid parade.com/tv/general-hos…

@thght_rebellion @wsbgnl National contact tracing, free PCR testing & N95 masks, mask mandates in schools, stores, public transit, & medical facilities. At the very least, modeling proper mask wearing and not pulling it down to cough or talk to high risk children in hospitals! $ for Long COVID research.

@cmclymer I hope I'm wrong but- Trump never indicted, more people die of COVID than any previous year/we keep pretending it's over, increasing "sudden deaths" that people will either blame on COVID or the vaccine or the "lockdowns", massive supply chain issues & worker shortages.

Cards on the table. What’s your biggest news prediction for 2023?