Josh Tiger

Glad that’s settled. [Announcer: that was not settled]

[WFH] h/t Fipi Lele

.@nyphospital says it has 1,651 patients who are COVID+ as of today. 25% are critically ill. 420 patients on ventilators, per morning update by leadership.

When the #quarantine is over, I want to buy this man dinner. Who is he? This might be the best thing I've seen in weeks.

The March 22 curves US deaths: steep slope continues and just about to hit Iran's US case curve now highest of all, due to the recent (and very late) surge in testing Thanks to @jburnmurdoch @FT It's clearly a very poor outlook so far

While there has been a surge in US #COVID19 testing (> 2 months late), as tracked by @COVID19Tracking, the difference in US positive tests compared w/ South Korea is striking: 10-17% vs 3% Indicates how very late (virus spread) we are in getting started twitter.com/AlexBerenson/s…

A cartoon to add to all the essays on Medium explaining why all the epidemiologists are wrong.

Governor Newsom announced a stay at home executive order. Here's what that means: ✔️ You can still go to the grocery store ✔️ You can still purchase medical supplies ✔️ You can still go on a walk as you practice social distancing ✔️ You can still go to the gas station

BREAKING: Major London hospital declares 'critical incident' after running out of ICU beds due to surge in Covid-19 cases One senior director in the capital just told me - 'this is f**king petrifying' Free to view hsj.co.uk/news/hospitals…

"The federal government’s mind-boggling failure has bred an apathy that’s as virulent as any microbe" nytimes.com/2020/03/19/opi… @nytopinion

Time for clinicians to set standards: I will not ask our team to intubate without proper PPE I will not ask our team to run a code without proper PPE Clinicians are a limited resource #GetMePPE

Updated version of my #OnePager on ICU care for people with #COVID19 is now available. It reflects new data on mortality rate in the US and updated treatment recommendations. Visit onepagericu.com for PDF or PPT versions (#OpenSource). v2.5 #covid4MDs #FOAMcc #FOAMed

Infectious disease doctors, I’ve been reading about whether COVID-19 should be treated with NSAIDs or should we use acetaminophen. Why are we treating fever at all? Fever is a good thing when you are sick.

Helpful #COVID19 #dataviz, graphics up to date as of yesterday @TheEconomist showing the effects in Europe, the spread in Italy, and a world look

Higher co-infection rates (>20%) in COVID19 at Stanford med. Can't rely on stepwise triage algorithm. (E.g., Patient RSV or Flu+, enough chance of COVID19 that you can't rule it out) link.medium.com/alOn6PZLX4

VERY big telehealth news Medicare is now covering telehealth: 1) For any patient (not just rural) 2) Equal payment to standard office visits 3) In any setting (mobile phone, home etc) 4) No requirement to have seen patient in-person first cms.gov/newsroom/fact-…

We know enough now to act decisively against Covid-19 - STAT statnews.com/2020/03/18/we-…

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