Devin Worster

Proud to be a part of this team @PIH and lead our work in North Carolina with partners @ncdhhs. With continued investment in CHWs and social supports, the state can build on its commitment to #healthequity and addressing #SDoH during and beyond the pandemic

We need a strong US public health workforce to: -Improve equity in the #COVID19 response -Get vaccines to marginalized populations -Create valued community-based jobs -Build a more resilient health system From @Sheila_DavisDNP (@PIH) and @SenGillibrand cnn.com/2021/02/24/opi…

Hospital-level resources impact covid outcomes and uneven resource distribution within and across health systems exacerbates underlying inequity. @DavidAScales and I write in @statnews about the urgent need to transparently respond to these inequities and realign with communities

@PIH @MassGovernor The @PIH US Public Health Accompaniment Unit (PHAU) is supporting sites around the country in this effort, with community health worker programs in Immokalee, FL and North Carolina providing essential wraparound services @ncdhhs @Duke_FamMed @Curamericas bityl.co/4o7d

Social support/wraparound services is a central pillar of the @PIH approach. Their Care Resource Coordination model within the MA Community Tracing Collaborative from @MassGovernor is another leading example nationally bityl.co/4nwc

Asking people to quarantine/isolate is a burden that requires wraparound services for success. Access to financial assistance, food relief, safe shelter, and connection to care is essential. Proud of the work from @ncdhhs @SecMandyCohen to lead this effort bityl.co/4nvK

Should you travel for Thanksgiving? @aaronecarroll has some simple advice for staying safe this holiday season.

I #MaskUp with @melina_manolas because I’ve witnessed the trauma covid continues to inflict on patients, their families, and colleagues in healthcare. We can prevent this from getting worse but can only do it together @EricMeyerowitz @AaronRichterman @DavidAScales @AliceTangMD

@melina_manolas Descovy (emtracitabine/Tenofovir alafenamide) is the TAF-based equivalent of Truvada. Like Truvada, it can also be used for PrEP.

#PharmQuestion: BIKTARVY vs. TRUVADA for HIV treatment? 😎BIKTARVY = Bictegravir + Emtricitabine/Tenofovir-alafenamide 🤠TRUVADA = Emtricitabine/Tenofovir-disoproxil What is the major benefit of Biktarvy over Truvada? Take your best guess- answer and explanation to come!

@AaronRichterman SSE

And if weather is not permitting?

“...our current political leaders have demonstrated that they are dangerously incompetent. We should not abet them and enable the deaths of thousands more Americans by allowing them to keep their jobs.” nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

“Don’t shy away from the fact this has been an unacceptable toll on our country. It is a slaughter and not just a political dispute.” @CDCgov @CDCDirector say “Here I stand, I cannot do otherwise” and expose @realDonaldTrump for his failure and destruction #document/p1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">documentcloud.org/documents/7222…

"Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life," the president says after being rushed to the hospital and receiving extraordinary treatment for a deadly virus that would be largely unavailable to most average people....

The narcissism of Trump parading his motorcade while COVID+ puts the SS at risk and spits in the face of every family unable to visit loved ones. It doesn't send a message of strength; it sends one of disregard for the lives and hardships of others. Infuriating, not surprising.

@aarthiparthi Imagine living through 2020, where failure of leadership led to thousands of deaths, laid bare the failings of our healthcare system, exposed structural violence and overt racism, while being in a position to help lead us out of this darkness and thinking, “That’s the tweet.” WTF

The medical institution is so elitist. Use your energy to promote health justice and equity.

A broad testing strategy, along with social support to promote quarantine/isolation, is essential to containing COVID in the US. With unscientific decisions from a politicized @CDC our lives are at stake. The presidential election determines whether we have a chance of succeeding

This is literally attempted murder. Defund. The. Police. Now.

2,533 deaths from COVID-19 were reported in the US over the last 48 hours.

If a police officer shoves a guy unprovoked in full view of literally thousands of spectators and cameras, then lies about it and claims he was assaulted, and his superiors back him for more than a year until the footage is released, imagine what they do when nobody’s watching

Please, read. Everyone. also @BlackDigitalHum @uche_blackstock I’m the Only Doctor in My ER Who Stands Up to the Cops thecut.com/article/im-the… via @thecut